Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 841
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Chapter 841
‘Did I really look like that?’
Flustered by his reputation that had somehow plummeted, Lee Han tried to persuade Professor Garcia.
“Professor. Please trust me.”
“Yes. Yes. I trust you.”
“…”
When Lee Han looked at her with sad eyes, Professor Garcia finally felt her heart soften a little.
“What am I saying… I’m sorry. Student Lee Han. You wouldn’t want this either. Right?”
“That’s right. Professor.”
Lee Han, who had been agreeing, glanced at the Echo Stone embedded at the tip of his staff and subtly rotated his staff.
‘This is a bit of an exceptional situation, so I should set it aside separately.’
“Actually, if a disciple only follows the path the master wants, that’s not a good disciple. A good disciple should originally stray from the path the master wants.”
“No. I only want to follow the path Professor Garcia directs.”
“…”
Professor Garcia was dumbfounded by her disciple’s ridiculous flattery.
To say such things – did her disciple really have no conscience?
“…Just be careful. Student Lee Han. That projection is a kind of thought-form. It’s not a living being but something like a law or disaster. The persistence of such beings has aspects that go beyond our mortal common sense.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
“Well then. Let’s go meet Professor Verdus.”
Professor Garcia checked the time and stood up.
In her heart, she wanted to lecture him for about another hour to be careful, but Professor Garcia had already half-given up, thinking it was meaningless.
If her disciple had known, it would have been a deeply hurtful abandonment.
“Oh. Student Lee Han.”
“Yes?”
“Do students these days not use many exclamation marks when writing letters?”
“They just write normally, I think. Is there a reason to use many exclamation marks?”
“Uh… well… is it a trend or something?”
“I haven’t heard of such a trend.”
“…”
Professor Garcia made a shocked expression.
Seeing her muttering things like ‘That’s impossible’ and ‘The trend ended already’, Lee Han asked back in confusion.
“Are you sending letters to students?”
“Oh… no. I was just asking.”
‘For just asking, you seem quite shocked.’
* * *
The security at the Sacred Workshop, the magic tower where Professor Verdus stayed, was much more brutal than usual.
Even before approaching the entrance, small walking bronze golems approached with sapphire lenses glowing.
-Outsider access is not permitted. Outsider access is not permitted.
“I’m Professor Garcia.”
“I’m Lee Han.”
-Confirmed as Einroguard personnel. Proceeding to next verification. Have you ever received requests from outsiders to kidnap Bibble Verdus or equivalent? Please answer.
“…”
“…”
Strangely twisted mana extended from the bronze golem.
Though it was magic he’d never seen before, Lee Han could guess what kind of magic it was.
‘It must be magic to verify lies…’
And there was only one reason to equip that expensive magic to bronze golems and deploy them for the tower’s security.
Right now at Einroguard, there was the pirate La Mo who was grinding his teeth after being swindled by Professor Verdus.
“I haven’t…”
“I haven’t either.”
-Confirmed as truth. You may enter.
‘Should I just smash it…’
Professor Garcia grumbled inwardly as she moved her steps.
Instead of making such things, what would be wrong with teaching students one more thing or giving them one more material as a gift?
On the first floor of the Sacred Workshop, several Divination Magic Guild students were sitting and carefully discussing.
Seeing this, Professor Garcia felt even more heartbroken.
‘They should be receiving teachings under their professor, but they have to study alone like that.’
Thinking she might help if there was anything she could assist with, Professor Garcia approached the students.
“I think we should kidnap Professor Verdus now and sell him. If we wait a few more days, the customers might give up and leave.”
“No. We need to think carefully. Rather, as the weekend approaches, Professor Verdus’s value might go up.”
“I think how to kidnap and sell him is more important than when to sell. You all haven’t forgotten, right? The moment we make a decision and accept a request, those golems will block us.”
“…”
Seeing students seriously plotting to accept requests from outsiders to kidnap their professor, Professor Garcia sighed deeply enough to make the ground cave in.
“Oh. Professor Garcia. Hello.”
“I can’t say hello…”
“Is there something wrong?”
“…Never mind. Everyone work hard.”
Professor Garcia was about to say something but gave up.
This was, in a way, Professor Verdus’s own doing.
‘It’s not my place to interfere.’
Walking along, Professor Garcia suddenly felt something strange.
Lee Han wasn’t visible beside her.
“Seniors. Exactly who are the people who want to kidnap Professor Verdus?”
“Student Lee Han!”
“I’m sorry.”
Lee Han quickly apologized and ran over.
“You were asking about that over there?”
“You never know when it might be helpful…”
“…Just follow me.”
Professor Garcia stepped up the spiral stairs of the Sacred Workshop.
Then she shouted in an irritated voice.
“You put useless magic here again. Professor Verdus! Open up!”
“Doesn’t Professor Verdus not listen to words?”
Lee Han thought Professor Garcia was wasting energy unnecessarily.
Instead of this time, it would be better to just break the magic and go up to Professor Verdus’s quarters…
-Alright. Calm down!
“?!”
However, surprisingly, Professor Verdus’s voice returned from the ceiling.
Lee Han was truly astonished.
‘Professor Verdus listens?’
Unable to believe it, Lee Han looked over Professor Garcia once more. Her tightly clenched fist strangely caught his eye.
‘Could it be because of that?’
Whirrrr-
Several confusion spells disappeared and the traps hidden in the stairs were disarmed. New paths appeared from the walls and doors appeared in the ceiling.
“Should we go up?”
“It’s not over yet. Student Lee Han.”
Clank clank clank!
A loud noise came from behind the door that had appeared on the ceiling. Professor Garcia spoke in an irritated voice.
“How long do I have to wait??”
-Just a moment! I tied too many chains! Wait just a little longer!
It was quite rare to see Professor Verdus shouting so urgently like that.
Professor Verdus, who was clanking as he undid the chains, spoke worriedly.
-Don’t break it! Professor Garcia!
“…”
Under Lee Han’s gaze, Professor Garcia’s face turned slightly red.
“I don’t usually break things. Lee Han. Last time was an accident when I bumped into it.”
“Professor. Even if you brought down the entire Sacred Workshop, I would only respect you more.”
‘Don’t respect me for something like that…’
Professor Verdus, who had hastily undone the locks, opened the ceiling door and lowered a magic ladder.
He was so hurried that he was covered in sweat.
“Here! You didn’t break it, right?”
“Anyone would think I go around breaking everything. Professor Verdus.”
“You do go around breaking every… Aack!”
Professor Verdus paid dearly for letting his guard down when Professor Garcia approached.
Professor Garcia used her natural instincts, talent, and wisdom to slip past Professor Verdus’s magical defensive barrier and firmly grabbed his shoulder.
In pain that brought tears to his eyes, Professor Verdus blamed his own complacency and naivety.
‘I fell for it again! I shouldn’t have trusted her, even if she is Professor Garcia!’
“Don’t say strange things. Got it?”
“Yes! Yes!”
At this magnificent display of suppression, Lee Han looked at Professor Garcia with the hottest gaze of respect he’d shown all year.
‘I want to become like Professor Garcia too.’
The Skeleton Principal and the insane projection were all unnecessary. That might be what a real mage was like.
The two who climbed up to the ceiling were surprised by what they saw inside.
The upper area wasn’t the magic workshop Professor Verdus usually used, but an attic.
With fewer magical tools and devices and a smaller space, it was much more cluttered and cramped. Professor Verdus grabbed the artifact he’d been making since earlier and asked.
“What brings you here? But could you let go of my shoulder?”
“Professor Verdus. We came because we have a favor to ask.”
“I understand. But really, could you let go of my shoulder?”
Professor Verdus appealed with his naturally cute voice and face characteristic of beaver beastmen, but Professor Garcia shook her head.
If she let him go out of pity, things would become troublesome.
“Could you process some black magnetite for Lee Han here?”
“Huh? No.”
Violence and submission.
Along with the sound of something breaking in Professor Verdus’s collarbone, healing magic activated.
“Okay! I’ll do it!”
“Thank you. Professor. I’ll forget about how I covered your patrol shifts, graded exams for you, prepared assignments for you, made artifacts to fill criminals with, and managed materials for you.”
“You’re a complete extortionist…”
At Professor Verdus’s grumbling, Professor Garcia wanted to apply pressure once more but held back.
She might do it for her disciple, but she didn’t want to use force for her own momentary emotions.
“Did you bring the black magnetite?”
“You have it, Professor.”
“…”
Professor Verdus made a tearful face, but Professor Garcia coldly shook her head.
Sniffling, Professor Verdus fumbled in his pockets and pulled out black magnetite ingots.
‘The professor carries subspace pockets and bags attached to his regular clothes.’
Lee Han keenly memorized Professor Verdus’s item list for future reference.
“Isn’t this worse than Gonadaltes?”
“…”
Professor Garcia endured the insult with superhuman patience.
“Look at this. Now, if you look at this staff form…”
“Ancient magic specialization? Did Gonadaltes commission this?”
“No. I told you it’s Lee Han’s staff. Weren’t you listening?”
“Well… Gonadaltes could commission Wardanaz’s staff too…”
Professor Verdus spoke hesitantly, slightly overwhelmed by Professor Garcia’s murderous aura.
Professor Garcia was flustered by the unexpectedly valid point.
‘That’s true?’
Come to think of it, the Skeleton Principal could also commission Lee Han’s staff. That was quite sharp observation for Professor Verdus.
“That’s true, but anyway, it’s not. Now, you can feel the wood here, right?”
“A King-level spirit? How did you secure this?”
Professor Verdus began to show interest.
Unlike boring repetitive work, this staff had quite a few fresh aspects.
“I’ll tell you when we’re done.”
“Wait. Did you get this from Gwangmok King’s Forest!? How did you get in there!?”
Professor Verdus asked in surprise.
A tree branch from Gwangmok King’s Forest.
He’d been coveting that for ages!
“Listen.”
“Aack!”
“You need to complete the staff to match this.”
“I understand…”
“Can you do it?”
“Yeah. It looks like it’ll be fun.”
Professor Garcia felt relieved at Professor Verdus’s words.
Words like ‘I’ll try,’ ‘I’ll do it,’ or ‘I’ll really work hard, I promise’ weren’t trustworthy at all, but Professor Verdus saying ‘it looks fun’ was reliable.
When something was fun for him, Professor Verdus worked harder than anyone.
“Then I’ll have to do what Gonadaltes commissioned later. It was boring anyway.”
“Do that.”
“?”
Lee Han, who had been listening from the side, whispered in confusion.
“Um. Professor. Is that okay? If Professor Verdus can’t meet the deadline…”
“What does it matter. It’s his responsibility. Who told him not to meet deadlines.”
“…”
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