Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 851

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Chapter 851

Originally, Sevius was strict with his juniors.

But even he couldn’t be cold-hearted in a situation like this.

“…Let’s take a break for now. If you keep looking for easy paths like that, you won’t develop the skills you lack. When you do difficult research later, you’ll hit walls, and it’ll be even harder then.”

“With that level of wealth, he could hire mages capable of solving the blocked parts.”

“Shut up.”

At a loss for words, Sevius eventually wielded his senior authority to make him shut his mouth.

Seeing his junior become dejected, Sevius felt a bit sorry and tried to change the subject.

“By the way, that mage named Galar thinks you’re a 6th year. You’re doing well. The more you hide your identity, the more confusing it is, the better.”

It was unfortunate that being from the Wardanaz Family was known, but deceiving about his year was well done.

Thanks to that, even Sevius’s identity would be disguised.

“But senior. I told him I was a 2nd year.”

“What?”

“Actually, we talked before.”

Lee Han casually explained about when the Baldrogard students had just visited with Galar, and how he had accidentally summoned the Black Tortoise.

‘If I mention it casually like this, it won’t seem strange, right?’

Of course, it had little effect. Sevius looked at his junior who had accidentally summoned the Black Tortoise like he was looking at a madman.

Last time he had clearly said he ‘showed some magic’, but that ‘some’ wasn’t the ‘some’ he had thought.

‘If he makes two mistakes, he’ll destroy Einroguard.’

“Anyway, at that time I clearly told him I was a 2nd year when he grabbed me and questioned me. But I don’t understand why he keeps calling me a 6th year. Ah. Are you perhaps helping me?”

Lee Han showed a slightly moved expression at the kindness shown by the mage from the Snow Mage Tower.

Was he calling Lee Han a 6th year to prevent the Baldrogard students from taking ugly revenge?

“Did you get hit by an arrow in the head? If it were you, would you lie for someone who grabbed you and robbed you?”

“…Since the Einroguard student is a bit pitiful, he might…”

“No way.”

“Then what is it?”

As his senior kept finding fault, Lee Han’s voice became sulky too.

Sevius explained simply.

“He probably thought you were a crazy 6th year who goes around claiming to be a 2nd year. There are many crazy people among Einroguard’s upperclassmen.”

“…”

Lee Han was shocked by such an absurd hypothesis.

“What… How do you see people?!”

“If he thinks you’re a 6th year even though you said you were a 2nd year, what else could it be? Accept it. That level is prettily crazy.”

“What am I supposed to accept!”

He already disliked being mistaken for a 6th year, but being a crazy 6th year who claims to be a 2nd year was even more insulting.

“As I said, there’s nothing bad about it. It’s good to be mistaken for someone else. Look at me. I’m deliberately being rude.”

“I’d rather say I’m Gainando.”

“No. Using the name of someone around you as an alias can get you tracked.”

As the two talked seriously beside them, Zandani asked Galar curiously.

“What are those two talking about?”

“Probably discussing whether to use those gems or not.”

“Isn’t there no reason not to use them?”

“Hmm. It is true that it costs too much. Einroguard mages hate inefficiency.”

Galar was about to say luxury or waste but held back for Zandani’s sake.

Zandani asked as if he didn’t understand.

“Isn’t this efficient? It’s not like they don’t have money.”

“…Please just keep your mouth shut. Please.”

“!?”

Provoking the already sufficiently unfortunate Einroguard students, especially a somewhat crazy 6th year student, was not a good choice.

* * *

The two who finished their meeting (more precisely, Lee Han gave up) returned.

Galar asked carefully.

“How did it go? Will you use them?”

“What?”

“The gems here…”

“Ah.”

“??”

Galar was flustered by Lee Han nodding as if he just remembered.

Wasn’t this what they were discussing?

“Let’s use them. Please take care of it. Mr. Zandani.”

“You can call me Zandani. Wardanaz. Everyone close to me calls me Zandani.”

“Yes. Mr. Zandani.”

Galar shook his head inwardly.

Zandani seemed to want to become friendly with the 6th year student from the Wardanaz Family, but it didn’t seem like a good idea.

First, the other party didn’t seem to want that…

“Let’s begin.”

“Good. Here we go!”

Zandani took out a gem scarab. Then he threw it into the bag with an incantation.

Whooom-

With a faint mana fluctuation, part of the spatial maze was erased. The inefficiency made Lee Han’s heart ache even though it wasn’t his gem.

“It’s going well!”

“…Yes. Let’s go to the next one.”

Zandani took out the next gem and threw it.

Threw, and threw again…

Lee Han couldn’t stand watching and advised.

“Wouldn’t it be better to control it somewhat rather than just throwing?”

“Control?”

“Like this.”

Lee Han cast telekinesis magic without incantation and made the gem brooch move like a butterfly.

Galar and Sevius, who were watching from the side, admired the delicate movement simultaneously.

Telekinesis magic that moves small objects was easy magic that even half-baked mages who hadn’t learned proper magic could use, but the story changed when the weight increased and you tried to control the movement delicately.

To move it to that degree, the circle would need to be at least…

“Ah. I can’t use telekinesis magic.”

“…Haha. I didn’t mean to use it without incantation, just general telekinesis magic. Even 1st circle is enough.”

“I haven’t learned that either.”

“…Why not?”

Lee Han couldn’t help but ask.

Zandani asked back, rather puzzled.

“Because there’s no need to use it?”

“…”

“…”

Galar seriously considered whether he should jump in between the two and stop them.

However, Lee Han exercised patience.

‘Think of the other person as Gainando’s brother. The other person is Gainando’s brother.’

“Well. Then let’s learn it now.”

“Now? But Wardanaz. I’m an alchemist, do I really need this kind of magic?”

“Haha. Of course. You bastard.”

“Yes?”

“Ah. I’m sorry. Mr. Zandani. Anyway, there’s nothing wrong with learning it even if you’re from the alchemy school. Trust me. Haha.”

Galar became even more frightened as Lee Han laughed with every word he spoke.

A crazy mage laughing was never a good sign.

However, surprisingly, instead of exploding, Lee Han patiently taught Zandani telekinesis magic.

“Here. You lift it like this.”

“This… is interesting! I’ve never done anything like this at Baldrogard.”

“Didn’t they teach you in lectures?”

“I only attended alchemy classes.”

“…Haha. Here. Try practicing by rotating this spirit stone orb. Here. Here. Here!”

“Ack! Ack! It hurts!”

“Oh my. I’m sorry. At Einroguard, the orbs sometimes attack too.”

“?”

Sevius tilted his head.

Professor Garcia wouldn’t teach like that, would she?

Garaldo also seemed surprised and whispered.

“Does Professor Garcia teach like that these days?”

“Hmm. The Professor is human too, so she might get angry sometimes…”

Despite getting hit by the spirit stone orb a few times, Zandani became completely absorbed in telekinesis magic.

Baldrogard’s education was originally full of dignity and freedom.

So Zandani had learned various magical subjects like travel, literature, art, drinking, music, theater, philosophy, debate, dancing, and horseback riding in his first and second years, and studied gem alchemy in his third year.

But now, listening to the Wardanaz family mage, telekinesis magic was more interesting than he thought. Even though he got hit a few times, this experience was refreshing.

“It’s fun! It’s really fun!”

“Haha.”

Lee Han laughed artificially. In his mind, he was imagining Professor Boladi being invited to and appointed at Baldrogard.

“I think I can lift this much.”

“Then now try sensing the space inside and moving it.”

“I don’t think I can do that much.”

“…Then just move it as I direct you.”

“I think I can do that much.”

Zandani, who had just learned telekinesis magic and was floating the gem, moved very carefully.

Then a thought occurred to him and he asked.

“Wardanaz. Don’t you think we get along really well? Like the two people who made this bag.”

“…Haha. Hahaha. Hahahaha.”

“Ack! It hurts!”

Without realizing it, Lee Han’s grip tightened on Zandani’s shoulder. Sevius intervened and said.

“Wait. I just saw something in the maze.”

“?”

“Could it be that we’ve reached the exit?!”

“Wait a min…”

Lee Han tried to stop the excited Zandani and expand his senses.

Considering the width of the maze when he first measured it, it wasn’t time for the exit to appear yet.

“Let me try!”

When Zandani controlled the cufflink and sent it flying, the curse hidden in the spatial maze bared its teeth.

It was a trap to counter-attack any intruder who might try to destroy the maze.

Whoosh!

As the curse poured out from inside the bag like a backflow, Lee Han grabbed Zandani by the back of the neck, threw him aside, and blocked it with his own body.

The curse that flowed out with great force couldn’t penetrate Lee Han’s body and bounced right off.

“…”

Lee Han gritted his teeth and glared at Zandani. Zandani said dejectedly.

“I’m, I’m sorry… Thank you for saving me.”

“It’s fine. The curse is gone, so let’s continue.”

Zandani watched Lee Han’s expression as he inserted the gem.

After that, there were no particular traps. When they had used up all the gems they had, the exit revealed itself.

Click!

“It, it opened!”

At Zandani’s shout, all the mages present turned their gazes with tense faces.

What on earth was in the sixth compartment?

Congratulations. If you’re hearing this, you must have unlocked it, right? I still vividly remember how weak you were with spatial mazes. I don’t know why Baldrogard doesn’t force students to learn.

Lee Han was startled by the voice flowing from inside and looked at Sevius. Sevius had a similarly surprised expression.

I know well that you didn’t deliberately avoid sending letters. Of course, my friends didn’t believe it… How would an outsider know that the Principal sometimes kidnaps paper birds? I should have warned you.

“…”

“…”

I learned so much from you while making this together. Please forgive me for initially looking down on you for being a Baldrogard student. And also for not telling my Einroguard friends about our friendship. Instead, I’m taking this backpack as a token of our friendship and secretly leaving this message here. When you hear this, stop blaming yourself and come meet your friend.

‘This is unbelievable.’

Lee Han couldn’t believe it even as he listened.

They were really friends.

Oh right. Never go to petition the Skeleton Principal. You might get dragged to the punishment room for no reason. And the backpack might get confiscated too. I stole a few things needed for the backpack from the Skeleton Principal. I’m sorry for lying when you asked where I got them. Come to think of it, I stole from Professor Verdus too. Don’t show it to Professor Verdus either.

Zandani said with a face choked with emotion.

“It’s like a miracle! To think there really was a friendship!”

“…Indeed.”

“In a way, it’s also fate that we opened this…”

“That’s not it.”

Lee Han became serious with the person who was talking nonsense.

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