Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 850

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Chapter 850

Lee Han, who had immediately regained his composure, coughed awkwardly in embarrassment.

He had almost tormented an innocent person due to his hatred for Baldrogard.

“Senior. What would you like to do? I think it would be fine to check.”

“Right. Let’s do that.”

‘Senior?’

Galar wondered inwardly.

If what the Wardanaz Family Boy was saying was true, it meant Sevius was 6th year or higher.

Of course, Einroguard students theoretically stayed at school if they couldn’t graduate, but Sevius didn’t seem like that…?

“Wait. I’ve cast magic on it. Don’t open the main gate right away, check the snowflake pattern carved above. You need to find a pattern identical to this one to dispel it.”

“Why did you put up barrier magic?”

“It’s not for security, but because Baldrogard students keep getting lost in the village. When you touch that, it makes a loud noise. Then we can find them from far away.”

“…”

While Sevius made a complicated expression, Lee Han spoke in a slightly apologetic voice.

“Um. Galar.”

“What?”

“Actually, I broke the magic you just mentioned earlier. I thought it was magic to summon Death Knights.”

“…What? How?”

Galar was flustered.

The magic he had just mentioned was barrier magic developed by the Northern Snowflake Tower, and it wasn’t easy to dispel without knowing the exact snowflake pattern set by the mage.

“I broke it with force.”

“…??!”

“Don’t be too surprised. This junior here learned secrets from a great Illusion Mage.”

“Ah. Are you talking about Master Ogonin?”

“No. Someone called Master Baldoron…”

“???”

Galar became even more confused at the unfamiliar mage’s name.

‘Who is that?’

“The small talk has gone on too long. Let’s go in.”

“Yes.”

Sevius commanded with a stern attitude as if he wouldn’t allow any more conversation.

Just because things were going well didn’t mean they should let their guard down during position movement – that was something only amateurs did.

Creak-

Galar was right.

The first floor of the manor was already empty of people. Even the 【Six-Space Backpack】 was blatantly left on the table, making it feel like a trap.

“Check for magic.”

“There’s none.”

“Right. Then…”

Just as the two were about to grab the backpack, Zandani came walking down the upstairs stairs, yawning.

“Oh. You’re back? I actually had something to ask…”

“…”

“…”

Lee Han and Sevius exchanged glances.

“Don’t move. Put down your wand.”

“Uh… how…”

“All barriers have weaknesses.”

“Ah, no. That’s not it. How do I not move and put down my wand at the same time…”

“…I’ll take it from you.”

* * *

Zandani, who had suddenly been kidnapped along with Galar, was forcibly seated in an armchair in front of the fireplace with a dumbfounded expression.

Galar sighed deeply and asked.

“Rather than sleeping, why did you get up at this hour?”

“I was going to sleep, but I suddenly remembered what you said earlier.”

“What?”

“You asked if I wasn’t curious about why the 6th space here is locked.”

“…So don’t tell me, you got up at this hour to try opening it?”

“Yes.”

Galar was surprised.

And Sevius and Lee Han were surprised too.

“That’s a lie.”

“Don’t lie. You got up because you wanted the wine you left unfinished, didn’t you?”

“Both of you, please.”

Galar still tried to protect Zandani from the Einroguard students’ criticism since he was the employer.

“But what’s this about a 6th space?”

“Ah. You don’t know yet. This bag is unique among space expansion items…”

“Don’t tell me it’s not an item that inflates or expands space, but one that creates separate subspaces and connects them? How remarkable.”

“…”

Galar asked in shock at Lee Han figuring it out before he could even explain.

He himself hadn’t noticed until he touched it directly.

“Did you know originally?”

“No. I just learned it now.”

“I… I see.”

Galar tried to calm his surprised heart. Zandani, who was beside him, asked in confusion, not knowing what was so impressive.

“What’s wrong?”

“…It’s nothing.”

Suppressing the urge to punch him, Galar began explaining properly.

Six spaces and the last locked space.

There, Lee Han and Sevius additionally explained the real past for Zandani’s sake.

“…Like that, our senior was captured!”

“That… that’s…!”

Zandani blinked his eyes as if shocked by the shocking real past.

“Do you understand? How cruel, despicable, and vile it was to steal this bag?”

“But… why would the Principal capture someone just for going out?”

Even in his shock, Zandani raised a reasonable question.

Lee Han was at a loss for words.

“…That’s not important right now. Each Imperial magic school has different rules.”

“That’s right.”

Galar also stepped in to help.

He was worried about Zandani constantly provoking the most unfortunate magic school students in the Empire.

However, unaware of such concerns, Zandani launched another provocation.

“And that… there might have been a misunderstanding.”

“What misunderstanding?”

“Maybe you two were really close friends, but the Einroguard students didn’t believe it and misunderstood…”

Lee Han started laughing.

Sevius also started laughing along.

The two kept laughing. They seemed to laugh for about ten minutes.

Galar coughed awkwardly with an embarrassed expression.

“Ahem.”

“Ah. I’m sorry.”

“It was just such a ridiculous thing to say.”

At their reaction, Zandani cursed inwardly.

As expected, those Einroguard bastards were savage and heartless, clearly not knowing what friendship was.

“Hmph. Let’s just open the 6th space.”

“Excuse me?”

“I’m talking about the locked 6th space.”

When Lee Han didn’t understand, Zandani shouted as if frustrated.

Of course, Lee Han hadn’t failed to understand.

“You want to open it together now?”

Of course, Lee Han and Sevius were raiders with legitimate acquisition rights, but wanting to check the hidden space of the backpack together with those raiders wasn’t a normal thought.

“We’re going to take this anyway.”

“Regardless of that, shouldn’t a mage naturally be curious about it!”

At Zandani’s words, Galar was inwardly dumbfounded.

This guy who hadn’t even been curious until he himself mentioned it?

‘But I am curious.’

Galar was also curious about why the student who made such a backpack had locked the 6th space.

If there was no space at all it would be one thing, but creating a space and then locking it was definitely strange.

Moreover, once the Einroguard students took the backpack, there would be no chance to check it in the future.

“If you’re opening it now, I’ll help. Honestly, I’m curious too.”

“Mr. Galar.”

Lee Han wavered slightly.

Advice from an experienced mage like Galar would definitely be helpful.

“I’ll help too.”

“Huh? You don’t need to go that far…”

“…”

Zandani glared at Lee Han.

* * *

The four mages gathered in front of the fireplace and began working.

“It seems like the space has been twisted and coiled to block it. We need to unravel this.”

“How about breaking it with mana?”

“That’s a bit… the backpack could be destroyed.”

At Galar’s words, Zandani, who was listening nearby, added his comment.

“More than anything, it would be difficult to supply that much mana here. You’d need a tremendous amount of mana to break something like that.”

Zandani seemed proud that he had made a proper point. The other three exchanged complex looks.

“…Then what method would be good?”

“Actually, if we can bypass it, that would be best.”

Sevius, who was listening, shook his head and answered.

“I tried inserting a spatial probe, but it seems impossible. It’s thoroughly blocked. It seems like this kind of bypass was prepared for from the beginning.”

When space is twisted, gaps inevitably form.

By flowing mana through those gaps, one could pass through the blocked space relatively easily, but the creator had blocked such gaps almost perfectly.

“So it’s a frontal approach after all. If we knew the pattern of the shape, we could solve it.”

The twisted and coiled space was a kind of maze.

It would be best if they could bypass the maze itself and take a side path, but if that wasn’t possible, they had no choice but to go through the maze.

At this time, what served as a map or strategy guide for the maze was the pattern of the spatial shape.

If only they knew that, they could solve it right away…

“Did you happen to hear anything else when you inherited this backpack?”

“I didn’t hear anything.”

‘He’s really not helpful.’

‘He’s really not helpful.’

“Rather, how about this method?”

Zandani, unaware that the two were cursing him inwardly, brought up a topic.

Among gems, emerald jade had the effect of showing its owner a vision containing truth.

In magical terms, it had the property of breaking through various illusion magics and showing the right path.

Skilled alchemists knew how to expand and utilize such properties of gems.

“Here. We send a scarab made by processing emerald jade inside! It will restore the twisted and coiled space back to its original state.”

“…”

The three exchanged complex looks once again.

Finally, Lee Han stepped up to take charge.

“Um. Mr. Zandani. As you know, this spatial maze is larger and more complex than expected. One emerald jade scarab won’t be enough.”

Expensive gems were worth their price.

Even the emerald jade scarab restored twisted and coiled space back to its original state without much impact on the surroundings, and that was certainly impressive.

But it wasn’t enough to solve the entire maze.

“Besides, it would be difficult to recover in such a maze. You might unlock a bit of space and lose it forever.”

“Ah. There’s no need for that.”

“…?”

Zandani smiled as if he had been waiting for this. His smile contained the confidence befitting the top student of Baldrogard’s alchemy class.

“This was made as a disposable consumable from the beginning.”

“…What?”

Lee Han doubted his ears. Zandani excitedly explained.

The emerald jade scarab processed to solve twisted and coiled space had the disadvantages of narrow range and difficulty in recovery.

So Zandani came up with a genius idea.

He processed the gem so that it would evaporate after one use.

The range became much wider, and there was no need to recover it!

“…”

“…”

Lee Han and Sevius couldn’t continue speaking and stared at Zandani with severely shocked faces.

Zandani thought the Einroguard students were admiring his method and felt proud.

‘That guy… is worse than a mage criminal!’

While Lee Han shuddered inwardly, Zandani rummaged around and pulled out brooches, cufflinks, badges, and other items made of emerald jade.

The two Einroguard students broke out in cold sweat at the sight of him casually pulling out gems like Gainando pulling out hidden snacks.

“How about using everything here?”

“…Mr. Zandani, you’re from the alchemy school, right?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“Do you often use gems?”

“How did you know? Gems are my specialty.”

Zandani excitedly explained the beautiful simplicity of not having to memorize complex and difficult materials and processes, but just throwing in a few gems to solve everything.

Why would one need to memorize things like juniper berries and perilla leaves?

Just throw in one chrysoprase and it’s done!

Of course, the cost was high, but that wasn’t something a mage needed to worry about.

Sevius unconsciously comforted his junior. That’s how distorted Lee Han’s face was.

“Calm down. That method must have disadvantages too.”

“What disadvantages? The disadvantage of being happy? The disadvantage of having spare time and being relaxed? The disadvantage of sleeping early, waking up early, and enjoying life?”

“…”

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