Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 856

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Chapter 856

“I think there’s surprisingly good potential here. Kihihi.”

Ragesa said this and called over a Death Knight.

The Death Knight standing at the main gate came running over with confusion.

-What’s the matter?

“Do you see this sailboat here?”

-I can see it.

“I’m trying to hand over this sailboat to this boy from the Wardanaz Family here. Could you be a witness?”

The Death Knight didn’t understand what she meant at first and asked back.

-Is a witness really necessary for such a thing?

“Ah. It’s Bibleh’s sailboat. Of course, since I researched it with my own gold coins, it’s technically my property. But Bibleh isn’t the type to care about such things, right?”

-!

The Death Knight immediately understood what Ragesa meant.

And called his comrades.

-Hey there!

-What’s going on?

-Professor Verdus here is transferring ownership of the sailboat he was researching with Lady Ragesa’s funding to Lord Wardanaz here. All of you become witnesses.

-Good heavens! Understood! If Professor Verdus disgracefully covets his disciple’s property, I’ll throw him into the hottest and most painful spot in the deep punishment room!

-I also swear it!

The Death Knights excitedly made their oaths without anyone going first.

Lee Han said in confusion.

“No. You don’t need to go that far. It would be too troublesome.”

-No. We want to lock him up, you see?

“…”

Ragesa patted Lee Han’s shoulder as if she understood everything, then said her farewell.

“Well then, take care. Future Marryongwan.”

“Yes. Please go safe…”

Lee Han, who was politely greeting and seeing off Ragesa, paused.

‘Wait. She’s saying farewell but with such harsh words?’

As expected of a pirate!

* * *

“Good morning, senior.”

Monday morning.

Lee Han headed to the dining storage of the 7th floor cooking club and greeted.

Falkrious, who would normally be wearing a huge apron doing bone removal work on unidentifiable monster meat, was sitting at a table in neat school uniform reading a book.

“?!”

Lee Han was surprised by this sight and asked.

“By any chance…”

“Oh. Wardanaz. You’re here?”

“Are you lacking the grades needed for graduation?”

Falkrious, who usually always laughed heartily, asked with a dejected face.

“Did I look that way to you?”

“Ah, no. You only worked in the storage, didn’t you.”

“I have to prepare for midterms this week.”

Since next week was midterms, even Einroguard students couldn’t be the same as usual.

Since everyone was similar during first year, Lee Han nodded.

“So that’s why you’re studying here.”

“Study… it’s a bit different from studying.”

“Pardon?”

“This is the midterm that the underclassmen will take.”

“???”

Lee Han tilted his head in confusion at Falkrious’s words.

Why was Falkrious looking at the midterm that the underclassmen would take?

“Why are you looking at the midterm that underclassmen will take, senior… Ah. Did a professor ask you to help prepare it?”

Falkrious chuckled at the absurd question.

“Puhuh. Unless it’s a completely crazy professor, they wouldn’t ask a disciple who isn’t even a 5th year to help prepare exams!”

“…”

Huh?

“This is a club tradition, Wardanaz. You seem not to know.”

Originally, clubs weren’t survival groups for making a living, but rather gatherings to maintain common hobbies, interests, and traditions.

It was easy to mistake, but Einroguard’s clubs also had their own dignity and traditions.

One of those traditions was helping underclassmen!

Many of Einroguard’s clubs, including the cooking club, had seniors step up to help underclassmen prepare for exams.

‘Wait. There was such a culture?’

Lee Han was surprised.

Who would have thought such a culture existed in Einroguard, cold and barren like a desert.

“What does helping with exams mean? Do you tell them parts they don’t know, or summarize key points for them?”

“Puhuhuh. Well, there’s that too. You could also say helping them raid professors’ towers to find out exam questions in advance counts as helping.”

“…”

Lee Han gradually felt something was off.

No matter how he looked at it, this didn’t seem like the warm friendship between seniors and juniors he had initially expected.

Falkrious continued explaining.

Of course, answering questions or summarizing key points as the underclassman just mentioned was also good help.

But when clubs competed honorably with each other, more active, sometimes radical methods would emerge.

Raiding professors’ towers to find out exam questions, or preparing cheating methods to use during exams…

“Why go to such lengths?”

“That’s what I’m saying, Wardanaz. I’m really sorry too. If only those guys from other clubs would compete fair and square, there’d be no need for this…”

Falkrious looked up at the sky as if feeling sorry.

If only Einroguard had places like the cooking club, what a cheerful and harmonious school it would become?

‘I doubt that.’

“Puhuh. Come to think of it, it might be fortunate that you joined multiple clubs. If you’d only joined one, everyone would have fought so much. Usually we don’t touch underclassmen, but if it were you, Wardanaz, they might have…”

“…”

“Anyway, Wardanaz. You came at just the right time! Honestly, you seem like you’d do well on your own, but as a member of our club, I have to help you as a senior.”

“I can’t do well on my own. Please help me.”

Lee Han answered readily.

Whatever else, he had no intention of refusing help with exams.

“Uhahahaha! Of course. Then pick a lecture.”

“Pardon?”

“You’re taking too many lectures for one club to handle everything. We decided to divide them up after talking with guys from other clubs.”

Normally, seniors would help with whatever lectures their underclassmen were taking, but occasionally when an underclassman taking all schools of magic appeared, the story changed.

Rather than having club seniors collapse, wouldn’t it be better for each club to divide and take responsibility?

“…”

“Puhuh. For reference, I’d like you to assign me the 【One Drop of Potion Instead of Complex Magic】 lecture. Our club members are generally good at alchemy.”

“That certainly makes sense.”

Except for a few exceptional cases, alchemists were also skilled in cooking and brewing.

Since Lee Han had no intention of being spiteful by requesting something like Professor Boladi’s 【Understanding Intermediate Combat Magic】, he decided to request the alchemy lecture.

Bang bang bang!

-What! Why did you close the door!

-Cooking Club! Aren’t you doing business today?!

At the sound of someone knocking from outside, Falkrious stuck his head out and shouted.

“We’re not doing it because we have to prepare for next week’s exam!”

“What… what are you talking about! You did it even during exam period last year?!”

“Last year we did it during exam period because we had no money. This year we’ve saved up enough so we’re not doing it! Hahaha!”

Falkrious burst into laughter full of leisure.

Unlike last year, this year the sales figures were completely different thanks to an underclassman who suspiciously brought high-quality ingredients.

Thanks to that, they could afford to close whenever they wanted like this.

“That’s… that’s ridiculous!”

“I woke up early and ran here to eat tomato egg soup…”

The upperclassmen collapsed with expressions as if the sky had fallen.

Unlike last year, they had high expectations since the quality of meals from the Cooking Club had greatly improved.

Lee Han felt sorry for no reason and stuck his head out, speaking in a small voice.

“…Shh. Be quiet. I’ll prepare some just for you two.”

“War… Wardanaz!”

“What a kind nanny-like 2nd year!”

“?”

Lee Han paused.

“Wasn’t that just an insult?”

“It was, it was a compliment…?”

The upperclassmen were bewildered.

Wasn’t this nickname given because he took such good care of them?

A moment later.

While the two hungry upperclassmen hurriedly sliced the rye bread they brought and dipped it in soup to eat, Lee Han continued the conversation he was having with Falkrious earlier.

“So how exactly will you help me?”

“Heh. The 【One Drop of Potion Instead of Complex Magic】 lecture exam is ultimately half about securing reagents. The other half is making them.”

With senior-like expertise, Falkrious pointed out the key issue.

Professor Thunderstep’s alchemy lecture was notorious not only for the difficulty of manufacturing itself, but also because students had to secure reagents directly.

“At least now you can get them by wandering around Einroguard’s territory, but in more advanced courses, they tell you to bring gems! Heh. Complete nonsense!”

“You’re absolutely right!”

Lee Han responded with an indignant voice.

“What kind of alchemy uses gems! Crazy bastards!”

“War, Wardanaz. What’s wrong with you? Are you perhaps hungry? You’ll have to use gems eventually…”

Alchemy wasn’t just about potions, but a discipline of studying all kinds of materials.

No matter how expensive, you couldn’t avoid using them forever.

Falkrious cleared his throat once and said.

“We need to check the professor’s tower or herb gardens to see what reagents are needed.”

“And borrow some while we’re at it?”

Falkrious gave a thumbs up at his underclassman’s excellent learning.

“But this year the security is a bit tighter. You know Professor Thunderstep’s cabin located south of Kaksu Hall, right? Do you know who’s guarding the vegetable garden there?”

“I wonder?”

Lee Han was puzzled.

That cabin’s vegetable garden was a place Lee Han knew relatively well since he was in charge of managing it.

Had additional security been added?

“Professor Bendozol! Heh. Can you believe it? Professor Bendozol is personally guarding it!”

“…”

Lee Han had to concentrate to manage his expression.

Professor Bendozol, who loved animals, was taking over chores to make time for Lee Han.

“In, indeed… it would certainly be difficult.”

“Still, we have to try to break through.”

“Excuse me. I have something to tell you.”

A 3rd year student who had not only emptied the tomato egg soup but wiped it clean with bread crumbs called Falkrious.

“I know about a herb garden Professor Thunderstep secretly made in the mountain range.”

“What?! Really? How did you find out?”

“I spent a few days on a cliff for an assignment and saw the professor passing below.”

“Heh. You were lucky.”

‘Am I the only one who finds it strange that he spent days on a cliff?’

Lee Han thought to himself.

Falkrious interestedly noted down the 3rd year student’s testimony.

“Indeed, indeed… Good. We should check this place too. We need to sweep up everything we need. Don’t you have anything? Your underclassman specially lit the fire in the cauldron to serve you a meal?”

“Uh, well…”

Unlike his friend, the upperclassman who had nothing to report about Professor Thunderstep panicked and blurted out.

“I… I know who attacked Professor Thunderstep’s supply carriage last summer.”

“What! This is also interesting. We can negotiate with the professor. Tell me the name!”

“Carnell from the Hormashi family…”

While Falkrious was talking with the two students, other members of the Cooking Club arrived one by one.

The students seemed to immediately understand what Falkrious was doing as they watched him interrogate and record various things.

“You’re preparing for midterms.”

“Wait. Isn’t Wardanaz taking classes from all schools? Can we handle everything?”

“He said he talked with other clubs and divided it up.”

“Phew. That’s a relief.”

“Heh! I think this is enough. Everyone let’s go! We need to work hard all week to help the underclassmen with their exams!”

“Yes!”

Following Falkrious’s shout, the members gathered energetically and departed.

When Falkrious distributed pickled tentacle sandwiches he had prepared in advance for breakfast, the members’ spirits rose even higher.

So the members didn’t notice at first.

‘…Huh, why is Wardanaz coming along?’

The 2nd year underclassman had joined them so naturally.

2nd years didn’t need to do this!

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