Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 878

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Chapter 878

“Hmm.”

After his friend ran away, Lee Han wondered if he had spoken too maliciously.

If only he wasn’t aiming for the next Einrogard Principal position, he’d be a perfectly decent person…

‘No. That one flaw is just too strong.’

Thinking about it again, he could understand why his friend got scared.

Meanwhile, Professor Jorzic, who had proven he wouldn’t kidnap Lee Han or drag him away to work him like a laborer as Professor Verdus would, entered the lounge.

Then he saw Jowurin and his eyes lit up.

“Oh! Great Prince Jowurin! That golden radiant figure of yours is like the sun itself!”

Hiiik.

Jowurin, being a dragon, instinctively recognized the strange person. After releasing the baby basilisk, she quickly hid behind Lee Han and Eandurude.

Eandurude looked at Jowurin with disdain. Where could someone of that size hide?

“Your Majesty! What wrong has this Jorzic of the Benmalppa family done?”

It, it’s not like that. It’s just that Jowurin is very shy by nature.

“?”

“??”

Lee Han and Eandurude looked at her as if asking what she was talking about, but Jowurin just shook her head pleadingly.

Eventually, Lee Han stepped in to mediate.

“Professor. What brings you here?”

“Good question, Student Wardanaz of the Wardanaz family, heir to all schools of magic, and the Principal’s top student!”

‘Do you really have to include that last part?’

Lee Han was slightly annoyed.

“Naturally, I came to guard His Majesty. Of course, all Einrogard students are gem-like beings with excellent character, but…”

“?”

“??”

“Among them, there might be students who accidentally harm His Majesty!”

“If the upperclassmen are such gem-like beings, couldn’t we just trust them?”

Gainando, who was picking up mage cards, asked in confusion. Professor Jorzic pretended not to hear and ignored him.

‘He’s truly amazing. To go to such lengths to become Principal.’

Lee Han was inwardly impressed.

Having received the Skeleton Principal’s permission to “do it if you can,” Professor Jorzic wanted to stage a fair and square coup by gaining support from students, professors, and the Emperor.

That’s why he was packaging even the beast-like Einrogard students as having excellent character. It was something Lee Han could never do.

“Anyway, you came because of guard duty?”

“That’s right!”

“Thank you for now. We’ll be counting on you.”

The reason Professor Jorzic came looking was obvious. He wanted to make a good impression on Jowurin to gain the Emperor’s support.

Still, he was much better than people who came to steal Jowurin’s scales or claws.

“By the way, Student Wardanaz. I heard you’ve been visiting professors to pass exams early, and this Jorzic is always ready.”

“…That’s a misunderstanding.”

* * *

Basically, the professors who helped Lee Han protect Jowurin from the evil Einrogard students had several characteristics.

First, they had to be professors of lectures Lee Han attended, but this was essentially the same as just being an Einrogard professor, so it didn’t mean much.

Second, they needed to have some free time. They couldn’t stand guard while having to teach lectures.

Of course, there were people like a certain Professor Ben who threw away their own lectures, prepared for detention, but that was just a special exception.

Considering these characteristics, it wasn’t strange that Professor Boladi appeared frequently.

“Hmm.”

When the newly arrived Professor Boladi looked at Professor Jorzic with a slightly furrowed brow, Lee Han asked in confusion.

“Did you have some issue with Professor Benmalppa?”

“No.”

“Then why?”

“I remember Professor Jorzic’s teaching methods being extreme.”

“??”

Wondering if he had confused ‘Jorzic’ with ‘Boladi,’ he looked again, but Professor Boladi was serious.

‘Ah. Professor Benmalppa did set me on fire…’

Professor Jorzic, who taught 【Elemental Magic and Its Applications】, eventually took drastic measures when Lee Han couldn’t properly control fire elements.

He cast 【Bagni’s Flame Bull】 on Lee Han.

Bagni’s Flame Bull sounded dignified, but it was basically just setting him on fire and telling Lee Han to endure it himself.

‘…It is extreme, but when Professor Bagrek says it, it has absolutely no persuasive power!’

The same words sounded different depending on who said them.

Professor Boladi had often criticized other extreme educators, including the insane projection, and each time Lee Han felt slightly confused.

“Casting 【Bagni’s Flame Bull】 on me was a bit extreme, but thanks to it, I somehow learned to control fire elements…”

“Professor Jorzic declared he would make you master blue flames within this semester, which is too…”

“Pardon?”

Lee Han paused.

Huh?

“Wasn’t this about 【Bagni’s Flame Bull】?”

“It was about blue flames. Professor Jorzic set it as a semester goal.”

Once you learned to control and handle fire elements to some degree, you would then learn to change the properties of fire elements as advanced attributes.

Advanced attributes that strengthened or changed the very nature of fire elements that burn and incinerate matched well with fire elements.

-Even if it’s Student Wardanaz, changing and granting completely different properties from the start might be difficult…

-You’re wrong, Professor. Wardanaz already knows how to summon white flames with divine magic.

He remembered how Professor Jorzic got excited when Adenart defended him indignantly during the last lecture.

Lee Han thought to himself.

‘I should have put a rock in that sandwich.’

Regardless of Adenart’s slip of tongue, Professor Jorzic was really something else.

To try to make Lee Han handle advanced attribute changes of fire elements within this semester.

“That’s really too much!”

“I agree.”

Professor Boladi nodded slightly.

Usually when a professor agreed with his words, he should feel happy, but Lee Han somehow felt a bit wronged.

‘Why do I feel wronged even when he agrees with me?’

“You’re currently learning too many spells.”

“Professor, please give him a stern talking-to!”

“Hmm.”

Professor Boladi thought for a moment before expressing agreement.

Usually professors respected each other’s educational policies, but Professor Boladi was the type to speak his mind when he had something to say.

“Professor Jorzic.”

“Ah. Professor Bagrek! Welcome!”

Upon spotting Professor Boladi, Professor Jorzic welcomed him with open arms.

To later succeed the Skeleton Principal and run Einrogard, he would need excellent combat mage professors too.

Professor Kirmin Ku and Professor Garcia Kim were also excellent combat mages, but surely the most reliable was this vampire professor before him.

“I was truly disappointed that you didn’t come to the gathering last time.”

“A gathering? What gathering was there?”

Lee Han, who was listening nearby, asked curiously.

A gathering among Einrogard professors.

What kind of gathering could it be?

‘I hope it’s a 【Report the Skeleton Principal! Petition Signing Gathering】.’

“The 【Jorzic of the Benmalpah Family as Principal of Einroguard】 gathering.”

“…Oh, no. That was an actual gathering?”

“What do you mean, actual? What are you talking about?”

“It’s nothing.”

Lee Han quickly changed the subject.

Who would have thought that the gathering he had imagined in his head actually existed!

And Professor Jorzic himself was running it. It was unbelievable.

“Which professors participated?”

“Haha. The professors didn’t participate. They all seemed busy.”

“…”

“Instead, students participated.”

“!”

Lee Han was surprised.

Of course, Lee Han had initially imagined the 【Jorzic of the Benmalpah Family as Principal of Einroguard】 gathering in his head, thinking it would be nice if Professor Jorzic sat in place of the Skeleton Principal.

But that mental gathering had already completely disbanded when Professor Jorzic tried to force Lee Han to learn blue flames.

He had realized that all Einroguard professors were similar.

But students had participated.

“And giants too.”

“What!??”

“Aren’t they wonderful friends?”

“…Professor, by any chance, was there plenty of food at the gathering?”

At the sudden possibility that occurred to him, Lee Han asked cautiously.

“Oh. Did you hear about it too, Student Wardanaz? We specially invited chefs from outside. We couldn’t be neglectful in hospitality for such a gathering!”

‘They came for the food…’

Lee Han was impressed by his upperclassmen.

To attend such a gathering just to get a hearty meal. They weren’t upperclassmen for nothing.

“I had reasons for not being able to attend.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. Einroguard professors are all bound to be busy.”

Lee Han, who had been listening to their conversation, asked Professor Boladi in a small voice.

“Professor. What reason prevented you from attending? Was it because of Prince Jowurin?”

“No. Because I didn’t want to attend.”

“…Ah.”

It was just the simple reason of ‘not wanting to go.’ Lee Han had no choice but to understand.

If you don’t want to go, there’s nothing you can do…!

“Professor Jorzic. I have something to say.”

“Anything! I’ll listen attentively.”

Professor Jorzic stroked his mustache while gazing at the battle mage before him.

If he later demanded the position of right-hand man when he ascended to the Einroguard principal’s seat, he was thinking of considering it.

“You seem to be teaching Wardanaz something excessively difficult.”

“Huh?”

At the unexpected words, Professor Jorzic let out a stupid sound that didn’t match his usual traditional gentleman appearance at all.

That’s how surprised he was.

Lee Han brazenly interjected.

“Haha. Professor. Professor Bagrek seems to be worried about me. He’s such a caring person who worries about his students.”

Professor Jorzic didn’t point out the strange thing Lee Han had just said. There was something more important to worry about.

“No… what…?”

“You know. Blue flames. The advanced attribute of fire elements.”

Like a sycophant, Lee Han subtly threw in words from the side. Professor Jorzic nodded at those words.

“I know. Student Wardanaz. You’re talking about blue flames.”

“Yes. But why?”

“No… Professor Bagrek… wasn’t that your recommendation? I thought it was?”

“???”

Lee Han looked at Professor Boladi with a thunderstruck expression. Jowrin, Eandurude, and the baby basilisk, who had been listening quietly from the side, also looked at Professor Boladi in surprise.

Who would have thought there would be such an absurd twist to this incident?

Professor Boladi slowly shook his head with his usual expressionless face.

“I never did such a thing.”

“Huh? Think carefully. We had a conversation in the faculty lounge.”

Professor Jorzic reminded him of what had happened, thinking Professor Boladi had forgotten.

First anecdote.

-The crystal orb is complete.

-…What? What did you complete?

-Next is…

-What next, Professor!

Second anecdote.

-He learned 5th circle magic.

-Professor…!

-The ancient projection’s teachings are dangerous and harsh… there’s a need to be cautious.

-…I’m glad it wasn’t you who taught him, but don’t you really feel anything saying that?

-?

Third anecdote.

-Hmm. Professor Bagrek. You’ve often spoken about Student Wardanaz’s talent before, is he really that outstanding?

-That’s right.

-Hmm! Teaching this semester, I, Jorzic, have been thinking. Perhaps this disciple might bring even more honor to Jorzic’s name…

-That’s an accurate judgment.

-Indeed! Professor Bagrek. I’d like to ask a few more things. Would advanced elemental attributes be too difficult for Student Wardanaz?

-That’s not the case.

-You’re saying it’s not? Well, he can handle lightning, cold, and dark elements too. By the way, what level is that at?

-That’s…

“We had this conversation, didn’t we?”

Now even Lee Han was looking at Professor Boladi with eyes full of betrayal.

Even so, without a hint of wavering, Professor Boladi calmly answered.

“I didn’t recommend teaching advanced attributes of fire elements.”

“Was that so? Anyway, if he can handle advanced attributes of water or telekinesis, and handle tricky elements like lightning, cold, and darkness so well, advanced attributes of fire elements should be sufficient, right?”

“…”

Rarely, Professor Boladi was at a loss for words and hesitated, so Lee Han lamented inwardly.

‘It’s his own doing!’

If there was one unfair point, it was that Professor Boladi was the one who had been chattering in the faculty lounge, so why did Lee Han have to suffer the pain?

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