Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 869

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Chapter 869

Even with the harassment from his wicked seniors, Lee Han remained unshaken.

Gonadaltes: As a mage, one must not harbor irrational fears. You must face that fear directly and overcome it.

Iaktus: You should stare at the Principal a lot more.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: You should overcome the Principal a lot more.

“…”

Lee Han was about to attack with ‘Will you even graduate like that?’ but came to his senses.

No matter how much he wanted to fight his opponent, there were lines that shouldn’t be crossed.

‘Besides, this isn’t helpful.’

Unlike other topics, whenever the Skeleton Principal came up, everyone became so sensitive that gathering information was difficult.

Just when Lee Han was wondering if he should give up, someone posted a message.

Klzenbereg: The Principal has gone up to the capital.

“!”

Lee Han was surprised by the unfamiliar name. It seemed not only Lee Han but others were also a bit surprised.

Iaktus: Klzenbereg! I thought you had graduated.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: I thought you were locked in the punishment room forever.

Klzenbereg: Haha. I’ve been busy with work lately.

Gonadaltes: …Am I the only one bothered by Klzenbereg speaking in archaic style?

Iaktus: Hey. You used Gonadaltes as your alias.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Right. Are you in any position to point out other people’s quirks?

Though it was a brief conversation, Lee Han could learn several facts.

First, Klzenbereg was a student who spoke in a rather old-fashioned manner, and was quite popular among the other members of the group.

This was the complete opposite reaction to members like Unbreakable One, who got jeered at whenever they posted.

‘If I had to categorize, he’d be among the most popular in this 【Watchmen of Einroguard】 group. Unbreakable One would be among the least popular.’

Lee Han momentarily wondered where he would fit, but quickly stopped after seeing the alias ‘Gonadaltes.’

Klzenbereg: By the way, Beaver-Penguin-Fox, how is that research you mentioned last time going?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Of course it’s going well. The toxic vapor cloud turned out perfectly. If anyone approaches, I can kill them in 3 seconds, right?

Unbreakable One: …Isn’t that a bit too extreme? Other students might get hurt.

Suddenly no text appeared on the whispering artifact and it became quiet. Even though Lee Han couldn’t see anything, he could feel the atmosphere turning cold.

Klzenbereg: I understand Unbreakable One’s concern. But hasn’t Beaver-Penguin-Fox always shown excellent abilities as a member? Even if they make toxic vapor clouds, they wouldn’t use them on other students.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: …

Unbreakable One: You’re not going to use it, right?!

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Ah. So noisy. Who are you to keep interfering?

Unbreakable One: Look, look at that! Look at that!

Klzenbereg: Everyone calm down. Beaver-Penguin-Fox surely…

‘Hmm. I can see why he’s popular.’

Klzenbereg reminded him of Alarlong, the veteran knight of the Wardanaz family.

A kind and considerate veteran knight.

Having finished his rough assessment, Lee Han picked up his quill pen again.

Though he was curious about where exactly Beaver-Penguin-Fox would use toxic vapor clouds that could kill in just 3 seconds of inhalation, the Skeleton Principal was more concerning right now.

Gonadaltes: Klzenbereg. You said the Principal went up to the capital. Can you tell me more details?

Iaktus: Ugh. We finally changed the topic.

Though others grumbled, Lee Han ignored them. Klzenbereg kindly answered.

Klzenbereg: Of course. …But why did you choose such a peculiar alias?

Gonadaltes: …

Klzenbereg: Anyway, the Principal went up to the capital to prepare for grand magic. He needs to get various permissions, it seems?

Unbreakable One: Huh? Really? That was the reason?

Iaktus: What grand magic?? What is it? It’s not putting additional curses on all students’ necks, is it?

Klzenbereg: I don’t know that much either. And that wouldn’t even be grand magic, would it?

Iaktus: True, that’s right. He could easily do that much.

‘Grand magic?’

Mages basically cast magic using only the reagents and mental power they possessed, but not all magic could be performed that way.

Some magic was so massive in scale and difficulty that it required hundreds of mages to prepare for decades.

And such magic was usually called grand magic.

Magic so difficult that individual mages couldn’t even dream of performing it.

The problem was that the Skeleton Principal wasn’t an ordinary mage.

‘Grand magic that even the Skeleton Principal needs to go to the capital to prepare for. What could it be?’

Someone who could handle most grand magic at his own level needed to make special preparations.

And it wasn’t ordinary preparation either. It was preparation that required going to the capital and convincing everyone from the Emperor to the bureaucrats.

At this point, Lee Han began to feel genuinely scared.

So much so that the Baldrogard merger seemed preferable.

The members seemed to feel similarly, as they murmured and chattered.

Iaktus: What could it be? What is he trying to do?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Maybe he’s trying to enroll the imperial family member who visited recently?

Iaktus: Is that grand magic? Stop talking nonsense.

Gonadaltes: I agree with Iaktus. Stop spouting such horrible things.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Can’t even make a joke?

Lee Han, who had been pondering, suddenly became curious and asked.

Gonadaltes: But Klzenbereg. How do you know this?

Unbreakable One: Right. How do you know this? It’s suspicious.

No matter how he thought about it, Klzenbereg knew too much detail.

‘Could there be another disciple besides me?’

There might be a hidden disciple in 5th or 6th year, or even higher.

Someone who still hadn’t graduated and was trapped in the darkest, deepest part of the school…

Iaktus: He could know. Why are you interrogating him?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: You’re talking suspiciously. You’re the suspicious one!

A fierce attack flew toward the two lowest-ranked members in the unofficial popularity poll of 【Watchmen of Einroguard】.

Lee Han had no choice but to take another step back.

‘Tsk. This guy. He’s too popular.’

Klzenbereg: Everyone calm down. I was simply in a position to obtain information.

Bakwantalana: I’ve been thinking for a while, but is Klzenbereg perhaps the Principal’s disciple?

Klzenbereg: Hehe. I’ll leave that to your imagination.

“…”

Suspicious!

Lee Han felt overwhelmingly suspicious.

Of course, there could be senior disciples in the darkest and deepest parts of Einroguard that Lee Han didn’t know about, but no matter how he thought about it, Klzenbereg didn’t seem like such a disciple.

If he were the Skeleton Principal’s disciple, he should show the hatred that was naturally expected.

As a true disciple of the Skeleton Principal, Lee Han resolved to definitely expose the identity of that imposter.

‘Oh right. I almost forgot to ask about how to use the 【Star Guide】.’

Lee Han had intended to ask about Professor Paselette’s midterm exam artifact.

There might be someone among the upperclassmen who knew how to use this.

Unbreakable One: Do you think Professor Kraer is still angry? Could there have been a misunderstanding?

Iaktus: Oh. No. The Professor just doubled the bounty on Professor Verdus’s head. He also put a bounty on the stolen artifact.

‘Hmm. This isn’t a good time to ask.’

Lee Han quietly closed his book.

If he asked about artifact usage now, several anonymous informants might emerge.

-Are you done?

The Baby Basilisk peeked its head out from his sleeve. Lee Han nodded and answered.

“Yeah. But why have you been sleeping so much lately?”

-I was pretending to sleep!

“Why?”

-There’s a dragon here.

Unlike its usual appearance of moving with eyes full of curiosity, the Baby Basilisk checked its surroundings with a wary attitude.

It seemed to be checking whether Jowrin was there or not.

“She’s sleeping over there.”

-!

When Lee Han pointed to Jowrin dozing by the fireplace in the common room, the Baby Basilisk shot into his sleeve like an arrow.

-Waaah… You tricked me…

“…No, no. I didn’t trick you.”

-You tricked me…

“I’m sorry.”

Lee Han put snacks into his sleeve to comfort the Baby Basilisk.

Even while crying, the Baby Basilisk gobbled up the snacks.

“Besides, Prince Jowurin isn’t that scary a person.”

-Dragons are scary.

“Of course, you might feel threatened by her species, but you saw it too.”

-Saw what?

“…Many actions that made her feel less threatening?”

-?

The Baby Basilisk tilted its head.

No matter how much it thought about it, she hadn’t really done any actions that made her feel less threatening.

She grabbed Lee Han with her front paws, tried to kidnap him to her nest, tried to wrap him with her tail…

-She seems dangerous?

“No. By that logic, you’re dangerous too.”

-What?!

When Lee Han pointed this out, the Baby Basilisk started crying again.

But from Lee Han’s perspective, what both of them did was generally similar. It was just that Jowrin was much stronger and her magical power was more fierce.

“…You understand, right?”

-Hmph.

Despite Lee Han’s long persuasion, the Baby Basilisk finally nodded while grumbling.

That dragon called Prince Jowurin might be a relatively less dangerous dragon…

Mmm.

Jowrin, who had been sleeping soundly thanks to playing happily all day, heard Lee Han’s voice in her sleep and immediately stretched out her front paw.

“Gah.”

Jowrin grabbed Lee Han tightly so he couldn’t escape, then pulled him into her embrace and curled up. She was like a child sleeping while preciously holding a doll.

Of course, from Lee Han’s perspective, he had been kidnapped to a dragon’s nest without warning. The Baby Basilisk whispered in shock.

-Sh, she really is scary!

“…This is just playing.”

-Master just went ‘Gah’!

“You must have heard wrong. I was originally planning to sleep here today anyway.”

Lee Han stubbornly insisted while protecting his body firmly with telekinesis.

The Baby Basilisk sent him a suspicious look.

That sounds like a lie…

* * *

“…Gasp!”

A wasteland where both sky and horizon were completely empty.

Realizing this was an illusion from the Black Book, Lee Han let out a sigh of relief.

He had thought he was having a nightmare from being kidnapped to a dragon’s nest.

“What is it this time? Is it perhaps magic to secretly escape without waking Prince Jowurin?”

If it was something like that, it would definitely be useful.

If it was magic that could secretly undo a dragon’s restraints…

However, instead of teaching magic as usual, the Black Book moved slowly in the air, killing time.

Lee Han asked in puzzlement.

“What are you doing? If you’re not going to teach magic, let me out.”

If it thought Lee Han would beg desperately to learn magic, it was mistaken.

He was already learning too many magics anyway. The midterm period was even approaching soon.

If it wouldn’t teach him, that was fine.

But the Black Book again avoided answering and just moved slowly in the air.

‘What’s with this guy?’

Lee Han felt annoyed by the Black Book’s unusual attitude.

Normally it would forcibly stuff magic into him as if every second was precious, so why was it acting so leisurely?

‘What the…’

While pondering, Lee Han casually turned around.

Then the dimensional gate with the golden wheel pattern that had appeared before, which the Skeleton Principal had visited in his youth, revealed itself.

It was the dimensional gate that the Black Book had recommended, saying ‘The Principal also went in to learn magic in his youth, so you should go learn too.’

…Right in front of Lee Han’s nose!

Lee Han, who had been thinking that the dimensional gate couldn’t do anything if he refused to go and held out, couldn’t help but be shocked.

‘The dimensional gate… is sneaking up on me?!’

As always, the Skeleton Principal’s minions had a talent for screwing over Lee Han creatively.

Vowing to definitely physically retaliate against the Black Book when he escaped from the dream, Lee Han was forcibly sucked into the dimensional gate with the golden wheel pattern.

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