Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 88
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“Why are you telling us this now!”
When Lee Han, who had been polite despite all the spirit’s quarreling and violence, finally got angry, Perkuntra was startled.
Ah… no. You didn’t ask…
Ah… no. You didn’t ask…
Ah… no. You didn’t ask…
“You’re dealing with students attending school and you don’t know what’s most important to students!”
One class isn’t really that big of a problem…
One class isn’t really that big of a problem…
One class isn’t really that big of a problem…
Perkuntra made excuses as if feeling wronged.
Having stayed here for so long, Perkuntra roughly knew how mages received their education.
They gathered together in lecture halls and listened to various stories from professors.
Missing such talks once or twice didn’t make much difference. Magic was about steady effort and brilliant talent, not whether you attended class once or twice…
“I have to submit an assignment. Not submitting is absolutely not allowed.”
At Lee Han’s words, Yoner nodded with eyes burning with determination. His red hair swayed back and forth.
Most lectures at the magic school were unconscionable, but among them, the 【Basic Imperial Geometry and Arithmetic】 lecture was particularly unconscionable.
-This is a magic circle creation design document I submitted to the Empire in my youth. Look at this design document and calculate how much the total cost would have been.
A crazy professor who gave the insane assignment of looking at a thick magic circle creation design document and calculating how much money went into it by next week.
Lee Han and Yoner gritted their teeth, cursed the professor, and pulled all-nighters.
Having finished the assignment like that, they absolutely could not fail to submit it.
If they did, they’d be so frustrated they wouldn’t be able to sleep for weeks!
…Are you doing this over one assignment right now??
…Are you doing this over one assignment right now??
…Are you doing this over one assignment right now??
When Perkuntra asked as if feeling wronged, Lee Han and Yoner whipped their heads around.
They say normally kind people are scary when angry, and when the usually obedient young mages glared at him, Perkuntra flinched.
R-right. Assignments can be important. I’m sorry.
R-right. Assignments can be important. I’m sorry.
R-right. Assignments can be important. I’m sorry.
“Just tell us the time.”
After hearing the time from Perkuntra, Lee Han looked up at the ceiling anxiously.
Only about an hour and a half remained until the 【Basic Imperial Geometry and Arithmetic】 lecture that started in the morning.
“Let’s hurry. Perkuntra. Please guide us to the way out.”
N-no… I can’t.
N-no… I can’t.
N-no… I can’t.
The two young mages truly glared with murderous intent.
Perkuntra hastily made excuses.
I made a promise!
I made a promise!
I made a promise!
“What promise?”
With the mage who summoned me to stop students escaping from this punishment room! I cannot teach you the way out. I was originally planning to have you temporarily seal me here when you left.
With the mage who summoned me to stop students escaping from this punishment room! I cannot teach you the way out. I was originally planning to have you temporarily seal me here when you left.
With the mage who summoned me to stop students escaping from this punishment room! I cannot teach you the way out. I was originally planning to have you temporarily seal me here when you left.
Lee Han felt deflated.
Even Lee Han didn’t know how complex and bizarre the structure of this school’s underground punishment room was.
Without Perkuntra’s help, there was no guarantee they could escape in time.
Due to his anxiety, Lee Han failed to control his emotions.
“Ah, why are you so unhelpful! Then why did you make a contract!”
…
Perkuntra’s pride was slightly hurt.
Neither battles with dragons or demons, nor bloody fights with the Lich Principal had managed to wound Perkuntra’s pride.
But the young contractor’s words wounded Perkuntra’s pride.
Perkuntra unconsciously rambled excuses.
It’s because this is the special situation of being in a punishment room, but later when you go outside and summon me, my abilities…
It’s because this is the special situation of being in a punishment room, but later when you go outside and summon me, my abilities…
It’s because this is the special situation of being in a punishment room, but later when you go outside and summon me, my abilities…
“I understand. So how do we do the sealing?”
…Just command me to stay trapped here temporarily.
…Just command me to stay trapped here temporarily.
…Just command me to stay trapped here temporarily.
Lee Han did as Perkuntra instructed.
With that command, Perkuntra would be unable to leave this forgotten punishment room for a while.
“Let’s go, Yoner.”
When you get outside, don’t forget to summon me! My abilities aren’t just this much!
When you get outside, don’t forget to summon me! My abilities aren’t just this much!
When you get outside, don’t forget to summon me! My abilities aren’t just this much!
“Yes. Yes. I understand!”
Don’t forget! Don’t forget, I say! Are you listening? Don’t forget…
Don’t forget! Don’t forget, I say! Are you listening? Don’t forget…
Don’t forget! Don’t forget, I say! Are you listening? Don’t forget…
* * *
Swish swish swish-
Though it was an urgent situation, Lee Han and Yoner tried their best to stay calm.
Going between stairs and stairs, corridors and corridors, they drew a map.
“It’s blocked.”
“Let’s go back. This whole corridor is completely blocked.”
“I think we need to go down two floors and try again.”
Clatter!
Clatter!
Clatter!
The bone summon came running from afar. Lee Han asked.
“Was there a path?”
Clatter clatter!
Clatter clatter!
Clatter clatter!
The bone summon actively expressed its opinion. It meant there was no path. Lee Han clicked his tongue.
Lee Han and Yoner, and even the bone summon were mobilized to find a path, but progress was still slow.
This punishment room was like an ant nest.
Among the stairs in the corridor, it was impossible to know which stairs connected upward. Some stairs connected to dead-end sealed detention rooms, some stairs connected to paths that curved downward, and some stairs made you spin around in circles.
For some reason, Lee Han thought of the Skeleton Principal’s face as he walked.
It might have been his imagination, but he somehow suspected the Skeleton Principal had made this himself.
“Back to that corridor again… No. Wait. What did you bring?”
Lee Han was flustered.
He hadn’t noticed in his haste, but the bone summon that had only front paws had suddenly grown much larger.
What did it carry back…?!
Clatter!
Clatter!
Clatter!
The bone summon bumped into itself and rolled around, then finally assembled correctly.
Wide ribs, a long tailbone. And even the bones of the hind legs.
Though the skull and one paw were missing, Lee Han could picture the familiar shape.
It was a leopard.
‘Were they leopard bones??’
Until now, he had naturally assumed they were human…
Come to think of it, no matter how unpopular the dark magic professor was, he probably wouldn’t give human hand bones to a new student.
‘I’m ashamed of myself for thinking they were human hand bones.’
The bone summon, no, the leopard bone summon confidently tapped its feet.
It seemed to have gained confidence as its size increased.
But such confidence looked rather bizarre when it was missing a skull and one leg.
“Did Professor Mortum hide the bones in a corner of the punishment room?”
“Yeah.”
Lee Han nodded while feeling self-loathing.
Yoner was looking at Lee Han with worried eyes.
The meaning of that gaze was simple.
-Are you really okay having to keep learning dark magic under that professor?
“…It’ll be fine. Probably.”
Lee Han turned his gaze to the leopard bone summon.
Anyway, since it had grown larger, its speed should have increased too.
“Go that way and check all the paths. Got it?”
“That way is a waste of effort.”
“!!”
Lee Han and Yoner were startled and looked around. Then the voice came again.
“This way. Over here.”
A banging sound came from inside the door.
Surprisingly, there was a student inside the solitary cell next to the corridor.
“You’ve been noisily going back and forth, but why did you come into the punishment room without even knowing the way?”
“There’s a long story. Why are you in the punishment room?”
“This side has a long story too. What year are you?”
“We just entered this time.”
“…”
Suddenly silence fell from inside the room. Lee Han was puzzled.
What?
“Are you by any chance the new student who was dragged to the punishment room before? The one who escaped through the underground passage and got caught?”
“Then are you perhaps the one who got caught robbing the Principal’s secret warehouse…? What did you do this time?”
Lee Han was amazed.
To think that punishment room companion from back then was here.
“Can’t you lower your voice? What’s there to be proud of?”
“What’s there to be ashamed of? I also came here after robbing a professor’s storage.”
“…”
The student in the solitary cell was at a loss for words.
He couldn’t know exactly what had happened for them to end up here after robbing a professor’s storage, but it truly exceeded imagination.
A mere new student had escaped through underground passages before, and this time robbed a professor’s storage and ended up in the punishment room…
Next time, they might escape the school by flying.
Yoner whispered to Lee Han.
“Who is that?”
“A senior who was in the adjacent room last time, someone who likes being treated casually.”
“It’s not that I like being treated casually… Never mind. What would be the point of saying anything. Anyway, what are you doing in the corridor?”
“We were looking for a way to escape.”
“…I’m not even surprised anymore. Right. Did you find a way?”
Lee Han couldn’t answer. The student in the solitary cell smiled knowingly.
“It won’t be easy. The way up from here isn’t ordinarily complicated.”
“Senior. How about we let you out and escape together?”
At Lee Han’s suggestion, the student in the solitary cell burst into laughter.
“Don’t be stupid! You’re saying that because you’ve never escaped from inside. Do you even know what comes out when this door opens?”
“Lightning Spirit?”
“…What are you. How did you know??”
The student in the solitary cell stammered in confusion.
“We met it while coming up from below.”
“…”
The student in the solitary cell staggered, feeling dizzy. He couldn’t even imagine how they had gotten past it.
“You… how exactly… No. Never mind. Anyway, sorry, but I have no intention of escaping.”
“Why not?”
“Because I’ll be released in six hours.”
“…”
It was a reason Lee Han had to accept.
“Then could you at least give us some advice about the way out?”
To Lee Han’s question, a similar answer to before returned.
The student in the solitary cell spoke with a mocking voice.
“Why should I teach you that?”
“…We’re screwed.”
“??”
“Last time I tempted him with food, but this time I don’t have any food.”
Lee Han looked at Yoner with a defeated expression.
“Tempted! What do you take me for!”
The student in the solitary cell got angry after hearing the conversation.
It had been a senior’s teaching for his junior, but saying it like that made it seem like he had just given in because he was hungry.
Clatter clatter!
Clatter clatter!
Clatter clatter!
While they were talking, the leopard bone summon poked Lee Han. It meant to quickly give the next command.
“Wai…”
“Wait.”
The student in the solitary cell spoke up.
“Is that by any chance a Bone Summon?”
“That’s right.”
“…Do you happen to be learning Dark Magic under Professor Mortum?”
“That’s right…?”
“…”
An awkward and heavy silence fell.
After a moment, a piece of paper slid out from under the door.
It was a simple map drawn on the spot, showing how to get from here to the exit.
“…Take it. Stay strong.”
“…”
Though he had obtained the map, Lee Han wasn’t happy at all. Somehow, an ominous future seemed to flicker before his eyes.
* * *
‘I’m late!’
Lee Han gritted his teeth.
In the distance down the corridor, a professor was coming out of the lecture hall.
To be late even after running that hard.
Though the professor didn’t check attendance, considering their strict personality, if he went and said ‘I’m late, Professor, but I did bring my assignment,’ there was a high chance they’d respond with something like ‘How can a student who can’t even keep track of time properly submit an assignment?’
Yoner exhaled heavily with a despairing expression. He was out of breath from running all the way here.
“Lee Han… No. No. No.”
Yoner, who had been about to call Lee Han, urgently grabbed Lee Han’s arm.
Lee Han had taken out his staff and was aiming at the professor’s back.
“You can’t do that!”
“What?”
“Attacking the professor is dangerous!”
“I’m not trying to attack them. I’m aiming for that.”
Lee Han pointed with his finger at the pile of assignments floating beside the professor.
It was the pile of assignments collected from students during this lecture period.
“I’m going to slip it in there.”
“…Is, is that possible?”
“Yes.”
Lee Han spoke firmly and raised his staff.
All the countless hardships he had endured under Professor Boladi might have been for this very moment.
Hardship makes a mage grow.
At this moment, Lee Han had completely absorbed the teachings of the magic school with his body.
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
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