Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 874

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Chapter 874

Gainando snatched the steak like a seasoned hunter and bit into it like a brave lion.

Lee Han asked in surprise.

“Isn’t it hot?”

“Ish noth hoth becaushe I numbed ith.”

“What?”

Gulp!

“I numbed it with dark magic!”

Gainando said with a proud smile.

By locally numbing the sensation in his mouth, he could eat hot food one step ahead of others.

At those words, Lee Han smacked Gainando on the back.

‘Why!?’

Gainando couldn’t understand why he got hit.

He had clearly practiced magic diligently and applied it just as Lee Han had told him!

Meanwhile, Jowrin took one bite each of cake, cookies, soufflé, and pudding before politely pushing her plate away.

Since dragons weren’t a race that necessarily needed to consume food anyway, this much was sufficient.

“Your Majesty. Please eat more.”

Mm. Jowrin has had enough.

When Lee Han brought over a plate of vegetables, Jowrin pretended not to see it and answered.

However, Jowrin’s opponent was a mage who had already subdued several picky eaters from the Imperial Family.

“That won’t do. You need to eat a balanced diet.”

“Should I eat it instead?”

“You stay away. Here, Your Majesty.”

But Jowrin is a dragon, so it doesn’t matter…

“You certainly have gotten quite thin. Good observation. That’s how you should attend to her!”

Professor Bendozol chimed in from the side.

Though his disciple was disagreeable, his handling of this matter was quite decent.

If she’s a dragon, shouldn’t she have a much more robust build?

At those words, Jowrin secretly glared at Professor Bendozol. Between tormenting Lee Han and this, he really was a bad mage.

Lee Han briefly left his seat to talk with other friends.

Jowrin glanced around furtively, then gulped down the salad with crunching sounds.

“???”

Eandurude, who was sitting nearby, stared intently at the plate. For all that crunching and gulping, only a tiny speck had disappeared.

…Th-this much has been eaten…

Eandurude looked at Jowrin with pity as she spoke pleadingly, then snatched the plate away and ate it herself. The carrots on the plate disappeared mercilessly.

Jowrin looked at Eandurude with sparkling eyes. Then she tried to embrace her.

“Grrrrrrowl!”

“What are you two doing? Oh. Your Majesty. You’ve finished everything.”

Th-that’s…

Jowrin, who was bad at lying, rolled her eyes around before spotting something outside the window and stretching out her front paw.

There’s a paper bird over there!

“How dare someone interrupt the Dragon’s meal!”

Professor Bendozol flew into a rage and shot down the paper bird.

Then he approached the window and shouted.

“You lazy demons. Can’t you do your job properly? If you interrupt the Dragon’s meal one more time, I’ll devour you all!!”

…

Jowrin’s face turned pale blue.

Even if she could somehow manage to eat vegetables, she didn’t want to eat demons.

“But who sent the paper bird?”

“Probably Professor Verdus.”

“How do you know Professor Verdus sent it?”

“Because one came earlier too.”

“???”

His friends looked at Lee Han in confusion. Then they belatedly realized.

‘Ah. Wardanaz shot it down!’

“We asked a tactless question. Let’s all shoot down paper birds when they come.”

“We’re protecting Wardanaz from Professor Verdus.”

“…I didn’t shoot it down. Your Majesty did.”

?!

Jowrin was startled.

When did Jowrin do that!

“You shot it down in your sleep talking earlier while napping.”

…That was the sleeping Jowrin, so it’s different from the awake Jowrin! You should forgive her!

Gainando was impressed by that logic. As expected of a senior, her reasoning was extraordinary.

“You may shoot down Professor Verdus’s paper birds as you please, Your Majesty.”

“That’s right! You actually did well!”

???

Jowrin tilted her head in confusion at the students’ encouragement.

What exactly is Professor Verdus…!?

Meanwhile, Lee Han approached the window and asked the demons.

“Could you please send just one paper bird? I think we should check the contents anyway.”

The demons, who had been overworked under the crazy professor, were moved to tears by the request.

-You who treat us with such mercy, which family’s mage are you? Tell us your family name. We wish to repay this kindness someday.

“…It’s not a good deed worthy of revealing my family name. Just give me a paper bird.”

Just then, another paper bird flew over. Lee Han could finally check the contents.

-Help me!

‘I figured as much.’

Lee Han wasn’t particularly surprised by Professor Verdus’s request for help.

Since Professor Paselette had put a bounty on him in her rage…

‘Now that I’ve confirmed it, I should return the artifact.’

Having learned from the Yachaowang, there was no reason to keep holding onto the Star Guide.

And no matter how annoying Professor Verdus was…

‘I could just leave him hanging upside down about to be burned at the stake. No, I can’t. Am I tired because of the Black Book?’

Lee Han took pride in being different from Professor Verdus. The saying “the student surpasses the master” didn’t exist for nothing.

-Enemies have entered the Sacred Workshop! You need to come quickly!

“??”

This was somewhat surprising.

Since the basement had been attacked by mysterious righteous mages, Professor Verdus would have naturally strengthened the Sacred Workshop’s security to the maximum.

Yet enemies had broken through that.

‘How? No. Could it be that Professor Bagrek stepped in again?’

If Professor Boladi had taken on another commission, Lee Han would have been impressed.

A battle mage should be this tenacious!

But the culprit wasn’t Professor Boladi.

-The Buyeo school students betrayed us! You can’t trust anyone!

“…”

Lee Han was left speechless at the mention of being betrayed by his own disciples.

‘Wait. Does that mean Senior Yukveltire also betrayed him?’

Since Yukveltire was Professor Verdus’s top student, maybe she at least maintained neutrality…

‘Hmm. That’s unlikely.’

Lee Han recalled Yukveltire’s recent behavior and shook his head.

She was probably leading the Divination School students from the very front right now.

Lee Han firmly resolved to be even more careful when dealing with Yukveltire in the future.

* * *

After finishing his meal, Lee Han set out with Jowrin.

Eandurude was dragged along because Jowrin clung to her and wouldn’t let go.

Professor Bendozol was dragged along because he clung to Lee Han’s ankles and wouldn’t let go.

The demons the professor brought naturally had no choice but to come along…

‘Hmm. There seem to be too many people who had no choice but to come along.’

Still, it couldn’t be helped.

Since he was going with Jowrin, it would be dangerous if there weren’t enough guards.

-Which family does that merciful mage belong to?

“That one? He’s from the Wardanaz Family.”

-…

Lee Han could hear an ominous conversation between the demons and Professor Bendozol behind him, but he was too busy with other thoughts to pay attention.

‘If the Divination School seniors betrayed him, how do I get in?’

Originally, he could have met Professor Verdus just by entering the Sacred Tower, but if the Divination School seniors had betrayed him, the situation was different.

Watchful eyes would be gleaming from outside the tower to inside. If he did anything suspicious, attacks would fly immediately, even if he was a junior.

“Halt!”

“I need to go in for a moment. I conducted magical research with Anfargon this time, and the results are inside…”

“No one can enter the Sacred Tower right now. Until we catch Professor Verdus, no variables are allowed – entry is forbidden.”

“I see. If that’s the reason, it can’t be helped. I hope you catch him.”

“Thanks for the support.”

“…”

Lee Han tried to focus on the conversation happening ahead.

Jowrin beside him watched with curiosity.

Even though important items were inside, he didn’t get angry once and just accepted it and left.

Einroguard students are truly rational!

“That’s not quite right…”

Excluding the students from other schools who understood just from hearing about catching Professor Verdus, Lee Han looked around.

The Divination School seniors were blocking access to the tower itself, preparing for any possible counterattack from Professor Verdus.

Right now they had trapped Professor Verdus inside with a surprise attack, but if they gave him even the slightest opening, Professor Verdus’s creations inside the tower could activate.

Then the tide of battle would reverse immediately. Professor Verdus’s disciples knew very well what would happen if they gave their powerful master a chance to cast magic.

‘This is hopeless. Breaking through with force is also…’

Professor Boladi wasn’t here, and with Jowrin and Eandurude beside him, he wanted to avoid breaking through with force.

If he were to break through with force, he’d have to send those two back and put Professor Bendozol in the front…

“Junior Wardanaz?”

Lee Han flinched at the call from Divination School students who recognized their junior.

“What brings you here?”

“Uh… well… I left something inside.”

“I see. Go in.”

“…???”

Lee Han was flustered by the seniors’ response.

This easily??

‘Is it because I’m part of the Divination School?’

While he was confused, Salko walked over from behind.

Surprised by the seniors blocking tower access, Salko carefully asked.

“Could I enter inside?”

“No. No one can enter the Sacred Tower right now.”

“Even if you’re seniors, acting so arbitrarily…!”

“Until we catch Professor Verdus, no variables are allowed – entry is forbidden.”

“Ah. I see. I’ll support you.”

Salko politely cheered on his senior and left.

However, seeing his friend from the same Divination School get rejected made Lee Han even more confused.

“Um, senior.”

“What are you doing not going in?”

“There’s something I don’t understand. Why am I allowed but Salko isn’t?”

“The junior from the Tutanta Family came late. He could have been bought off by the professor.”

“…I came late too though?”

At Lee Han’s question, the Divination School seniors burst into laughter simultaneously.

Then they said.

“You, the junior who hates Professor Verdus the most in Einroguard? You should say something that makes sense!”

“…”

The Divination School wasn’t a close-knit school where seniors and juniors helped each other, but it was a school that thoroughly shared information about the professor’s misdeeds.

After all, they needed to prepare for the professor’s future misdeeds.

The junior from the Wardanaz Family had been suffering Professor Verdus’s harassment since his first-year vacation.

The professor had even personally sought him out to give him work.

If Divination School students had suffered such treatment, they might have seriously considered reporting their master to external assassins.

“What are you doing? Not going in.”

“Ah… yes… thank you. Um, I do have companions behind me…”

“Are they forces you prepared to catch Professor Verdus?”

“No. His Majesty just followed along.”

“Hmm. Try persuading them well to catch Professor Verdus. Dragons are a very powerful race.”

Leave it to me! If she meets Professor Verdus, Jowrin will catch him!

Jowrin thumped her chest as if to say leave it to her. Lee Han whispered to Jowrin.

“Your Majesty. We’re not going to catch Professor Verdus. You know that, right?”

I know. But Lee Han, I don’t understand why you want to help Professor Verdus.

“…Your Majesty. The place where you borrowed those items last time was Professor Verdus’s underground workshop.”

But as far as Jowrin knew, Professor Verdus had tormented Lee Han to an extent that would be hard to repay with just that. Wouldn’t it be fine to rob him even more?

Huh?

Is that so?

Lee Han was momentarily swayed by Jowrin’s words.

Then a demon following behind carefully offered advice.

-Um, War… mage of the family. If I may humbly suggest, wouldn’t it be better to show mercy generously as you originally decided?

The demons were quite worried that this rare merciful mage (who was surprisingly from the Wardanaz Family) might be corrupted by the evil dragon.

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