Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 876

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Chapter 876

After brushing off the soot from his collar, Lee Han began checking again.

No matter how he thought about it, there must have been additional provocation.

“Professor. Do you see this staff? Actually, this staff is…”

Lee Han summarized and explained the story related to this staff, namely that Yukveltire had proposed it first and wanted to make it.

After hearing all of that, Professor Verdus pondered and tilted his head.

“That’s strange?”

“What is?”

“Garcia forced me to make the staff. I even said Yukveltire wanted to do it, but Garcia wouldn’t listen.”

“…”

-It seems like Yukveltire wanted to do this.

-I told you not to mess around, didn’t I?

-Ack! Aack! I’m, I’m not messing around!

-What do you mean student Yukveltire wants to do it. You don’t even know what your disciple wants to do, Professor.

-That’s true, but this time Yukveltire really wanted to… Ack! Aack!

Since Lee Han had been there too, he could recall the memory. Lee Han’s face hardened stiffly.

Professor Verdus, unaware of his disciple’s inner thoughts, continued speaking.

“Then it’s Garcia’s fault? I should tell Yukveltire!”

“What are you talking about? I don’t remember anything like that.”

“Huh?”

“I don’t remember anything like that. Did Professor Garcia say such things?”

“Huh huh huh?”

Professor Verdus was flustered.

“She did! Here! She did it while breaking my collarbone here!”

“Professor Garcia is someone who couldn’t kill even a bug. There’s no way she would make such threats. Since she’s such a large-framed person, you must have added body language on your own when listening, Professor.”

Professor Bendozol, who was listening from the side, also backed up Lee Han.

“I don’t know about other things, but Professor Kim isn’t someone who would make such threats. If she were that type of person, why would she do your errands in the first place? She would have just smashed your head right away.”

“I really, really did it…! I really did, I tell you?!”

“Professor. That’s not what’s important right now. What’s important is that Senior Yukveltire is angry.”

Lee Han quickly changed the subject. Professor Verdus obediently nodded.

“Right. That’s true.”

“We need to resolve that.”

“Should I go lecture her once more not to act irrationally?”

“…Please absolutely don’t do that. Just apologize.”

“Would something so worthless resolve it? I don’t think so.”

-Wouldn’t it be better to just offer it to her?

The demons, unable to watch any longer, cautiously advised.

* * *

“Sen…”

Bang!

“…ior…”

Bang!

“…!”

Bang!

Lee Han called out to Yukveltire while defending and dodging with each syllable he uttered.

Yukveltire, who belatedly saw Lee Han’s face, cast a suspicious glance. Other upperclassmen also whispered.

-Isn’t that Professor Verdus transformed?

-No. The Professor doesn’t have enough observational skills to transform into a student.

After confirming it was really a junior, Yukveltire asked with a stern attitude.

“What’s the matter? Why are you there?”

“There seems to be a misunderstanding, so I came here.”

Lee Han hurriedly explained before the attacks resumed.

Professor Verdus had recovered the artifact again, and would soon go meet Professor Paselette to apologize…

“And he wants to apologize to you upperclassmen too!”

“It’s a scheme.”

“It’s a trick.”

“Hasn’t Wardanaz been deceived?”

The upperclassmen of the school were cold.

Professor Verdus was someone who could cast thousands of spells but absolutely never knew how to apologize.

Hurry!

Jowrin struck Professor Verdus’s back with her front paw. She was afraid the angry students might attack Lee Han.

“I’ll apologize!”

“!”

When Professor Verdus, who had been knocked away, dangled his head from the attic entrance and shouted, the students were startled.

“As a professor, I failed to properly help you all!”

“Has he gone mad??”

Despite the students’ shock, Professor Verdus began earnestly apologizing as he had just memorized.

At first, the students listened with crossed arms, thinking ‘let’s see what he has to say,’ but as Professor Verdus’s apologies continued, they showed slightly wavering expressions.

Originally, apologies are most effective when done by someone who never apologizes in their lifetime.

Professor Verdus’s apology was so effective that it could melt even the hearts of the cold Divination Magic Guild students.

“Hmm…”

“Hmm…”

When the stern expressions of the cross-armed upperclassmen seemed to soften slightly, Lee Han quickly urged.

“Hurry and apologize to Senior Yukveltire too.”

“Got it! What did you tell me to apologize for again?”

“…The staff.”

Seeing someone who remembered every single nail on his airship forget an apology that wasn’t even a full page made him want to hit him.

“Yukveltire, I’m sorry! I’ll apologize! I arbitrarily made the staff you were supposed to make.”

“!”

When an apology she hadn’t expected at all reached her ears, Yukveltire’s eyes widened slightly.

Other students behind her whispered at those words.

-He would never help when we asked for help, but he made what Senior Yukveltire was making instead?

-It’s obvious. He must have made it instead because it looked interesting.

-Wouldn’t it be better to just subdue him now and hand him over to Professor Kraer?

Realizing the atmosphere was turning ominous, Lee Han quickly poked Professor Verdus’s back once more.

Like a golem receiving orders, Professor Verdus faithfully added more apologies.

“I’m really sorry!”

“…I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t care about it at all.”

At that response, Professor Verdus looked at Lee Han angrily.

“See! She says she doesn’t care!”

“Shut up and just keep apologizing.”

“…I’m sorry! That… I couldn’t help it because I’m more skilled than you!”

“???”

Lee Han was shocked.

Because he kept urging, Professor Verdus had malfunctioned and started spouting strange things.

Since he had no experience apologizing normally, it was perhaps natural when forced to do so.

Having exhausted the memorized words, Professor Verdus had no choice but to come up with apology content on his own.

“Professor!”

He tried to stop him urgently, but Professor Verdus seemed to misunderstand and continued apologizing.

“You can just entrust it to me next time! Uh… practice magic hard until then!”

“…”

Yukveltire’s gaze, which had already been cold normally, now became almost as frigid as the dimension of frost giants.

Behind them, Jowrin and Eandurude whispered.

It seems we should push him down below even now…

“I think so too.”

* * *

Surprisingly, Yukveltire accepted the apology.

She herself didn’t want to act too emotionally because of the staff theft incident.

“I don’t behave like that. You understand, right?”

“…Yes…”

Lee Han nodded while looking at the upperclassmen and siege weapons that had gathered behind them.

It already seemed excessive enough, but he was afraid that if he pointed that out, those siege weapons might be aimed at him.

“Still, thank you for accepting it.”

“You’re a Wardanaz family junior and also Diret’s close junior, and you agreed to help with research during vacation.”

Professor Verdus, who was listening from the side, spoke as if puzzled.

“Huh? If that’s the case, then my research would be more…”

“Shut up. Please.”

Professor Bendozol dragged Professor Verdus away and threw him behind them. It seemed he couldn’t let his guard down until the item was returned to Professor Paselette.

‘Amazing. With both of them together, Professor Bendozol feels relatively normal.’

Lee Han named this the 【Professor Madness Conservation Hypothesis】.

Following the 【Beastman Personality-Cuteness Inverse Proportion Hypothesis】, it seemed he had discovered a new hypothesis.

Resolving to definitely send a paper to Einroguard graduates later, Lee Han quickly moved with the group.

Jowrin asked a question as if she didn’t understand.

Lee Han. Jowrin has something curious.

“Please speak, Your Majesty.”

If we need to return the artifact to Professor Kraer, couldn’t Professor Verdus just go and return it…?

She couldn’t understand why the entire group had to follow along when Professor Verdus went to return the artifact and apologize.

“There are several reasons for that.”

Ah! I understand! Because there might be students who don’t know that the bounty on Professor Verdus has been lifted!

Jowrin exclaimed with the joy of feeling like she had become detective Toberiz.

‘To be precise, it hasn’t been lifted yet.’

“That’s right, Your Majesty. And aside from that, there are other reasons too.”

What’s that?

“Professor Verdus might not return it and disappear along the way again.”

Jowrin laughed cheerfully at the amusing joke.

However, the rest of the group was all serious. Even the demons were serious.

…It’s not a joke?

“Yes.”

…

Jowrin looked at Professor Verdus with disgust.

* * *

Professor Paselette of the Kraer family was a banshee half-blood and had multiple personalities.

The current personality was the most ill-tempered among them.

It was natural since a certain professor had made excuses like ‘Someone stole it!’ instead of bringing the promised artifact – excuses that even Einroguard students wouldn’t make.

“Verdus! With the Principal not here now! Don’t think there’s anyone to protect your life!”

“…Professor Kraer is really angry.”

“No wonder today’s divination felt ominous!”

The divination magic school students quickly averted their gazes and fled outside the workshop.

Professor Paselette was usually a kind person despite having somewhat eccentric aspects, but when an angry personality like this emerged, one had to avoid her first.

“Uh… Professor…”

“Who!”

Professor Paselette, who was about to get angry asking who it was, hesitated.

The group that had come was completely unexpected.

Not only Professor Verdus but also Professor Bendozol, demon slaves, and even a dragon and students…?!

Professor Paselette stopped her anger and asked.

“What is this about?”

“Professor. Professor Verdus found the artifact he lost.”

“…It was really lost?”

Professor Paselette asked with suspicious eyes. Jowrin wagged her tail and said.

It’s true! Jowrin can guarantee it!

“Your Majesty. I trust Your Majesty’s testimony, but you shouldn’t trust Professor Verdus. Do you know what he babbled last year instead of bringing the promised counting sticks for divination? He said why are you angry when I’m making better ones.”

B-but that’s a little different…

“The year before that, when I told him to make and bring a turtle shell properly, he said he used it himself so it’s gone. Even the Principal had to cover for him saying he lost it. And before that…”

Completely refuted, Jowrin lowered her tail and hid behind Lee Han. It wasn’t very effective due to the size difference.

“…Still, Professor. This time he really came like this.”

“Hmph.”

Professor Paselette was angry but softened a bit when the student offered it.

Professor Verdus was at fault, but what fault could his disciple have?

Moreover, that disciple was the most pitiful student in Einroguard.

“Fine. I’ll lift the bounty. Still, it’s well made…”

“If you gave me a little more time, I could add user protection too.”

“Then why didn’t you do it earlier!”

Professor Paselette’s sharp rebuke struck Professor Verdus’s eardrums. Professor Verdus lost his balance and staggered.

Lee Han thought to himself.

‘So I went through all that trouble because he didn’t add user protection magic…’

Come to think of it, if Professor Verdus had thoroughly implemented safety magic first before obsessing over other useless functions, it would have been fine.

Thinking that way, anger suddenly welled up.

Professor Paselette, who had been checking the 【Star Guide】 this way and that, suddenly remembered and looked at Lee Han to ask.

“You didn’t use it carelessly, did you?”

“Uh…”

“Well, even you, Wardanaz, would have found this difficult to use. I’ll teach you how to use it during midterms, so don’t be impatient. You can look forward to it! Finding stars is enjoyable.”

“About the contract too. I’m looking forward to it.”

“I’m not making a contract though? What are you talking about?”

“…”

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