Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 890

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Chapter 890

Finding himself suddenly in a situation where he might be framed as the culprit after showing off a bit, Sarataan’s voice became even more urgent.

-That’s not what I meant, Master Mage! Please believe me!

“Believe you.”

-Yes!

“You who tried to kill me and escape the moment we met.”

-…

Sarataan wanted to say ‘When strong beings meet in another dimension, they might have a good fight with each other, so why are you still being so petty about that?’

However, thanks to being attacked by the mage several times recently, Sarataan’s social skills had developed to a very advanced level for a great spirit.

-It’s a misunderstanding!!

“Wardanaz, it’s that spirit! We need to subjugate that spirit!”

“That arrogant and ungrateful bastard! It’s not for nothing that Wardanaz ruled with force! We worried about him and this is how he repays our kindness?!”

The friends from each tower angrily pointed at Lee Han’s staff and shouted.

If Lee Han weren’t there, they would have immediately snatched the staff away to burn it themselves.

“Everyone calm down first.”

“Wardanaz. You can’t trust that spirit! He’ll betray us again!”

“No. I told you to calm down because if we want to safely subjugate the spirit inside the staff, we need to go to a place with no people and cast shock-prevention magic.”

“…”

The students couldn’t help but admire Wardanaz, who had already finished planning how to subjugate it before they even tried to persuade him.

It was truly the brilliance befitting the top student of his year.

-No! You can’t, Master Mage! I’m in a sealed state, so if I’m destroyed, I’ll be gone forever…!

“That’s why you should have behaved well instead of stabbing me in the back.”

-I didn’t stab you in the back!!

Stop!!

“???”

When Jowrin screamed, all the students looked at her in surprise.

“Your Majesty. What’s wrong?”

“Ah. It must have been hard for you to watch the spirit being tormented. Don’t worry. Wardanaz will make it disappear properly where you can’t see.”

That’s not it… That’s not it… That was… That was what Jowrin did…!

“!!!”

Unable to bear the guilt any longer, Jowrin finally told the truth.

The students still didn’t understand and asked again.

“Your Majesty did it? You’re not saying that to protect the spirit, are you?”

“You’re so kind? Why is Gainando so different?”

-Hey, you mage bastards! I told you I didn’t do it!!

Sarataan screamed from inside the staff. Lee Han frowned as if it was noisy.

“Your Majesty. Please tell us what happened. And don’t worry. No matter what Your Majesty did, the students here won’t be angry.”

When tears welled up in Jowrin’s eyes, Lee Han comforted her. The students nodded in agreement.

“That’s right. Your Majesty. Originally, accidents like this are like daily occurrences at Einroguard.”

“Let’s just say that spirit did it? We’re fine with that.”

Everyone… Everyone is so grateful!

“Kek.”

Jowrin burst into tears and tried to hug the students. If Lee Han hadn’t laid down a telekinetic cushion in time, several students might have had their ribs broken.

Actually… this is what happened…

After crying for a while, Jowrin calmed down and explained the situation.

While doing so, she glanced around, worried that Lee Han might get angry.

“This is… Professor Bendozol’s fault.”

“Right. The spirit is also at fault.”

“In a way, it’s also the fault of the Principal who created such a magic school. Anyway, Your Majesty is not at fault at all.”

Lee Han and his friends quickly distributed the blame to comfort Jowrin.

Jowrin shook her head.

No, no. It’s not Professor Bendozol’s fault, not the spirit’s fault, not Gonadaltes’ fault… It was Jowrin…

-Master Mage. She says it’s not my fault! Can’t you hear??

When Sarataan protested, Lee Han quietly infused mana. Understanding the warning, Sarataan immediately shut his mouth.

“Honestly, Professor Bendozol is responsible. That’s what the position of professor is about, isn’t it? Isn’t that right, Professor?”

Lee Han called on Professor Boladi as if asking for help.

Professor Boladi readily answered.

“The position of professor is one that must take responsibility. It’s Professor Bendozol’s responsibility.”

“See!”

‘Is that so?’

Jowrin, who had been blaming herself, became slightly interested when even Professor Boladi said that.

Originally, when young, everyone tends to be interested when told it’s not their fault.

“…What is everyone doing here?”

Professor Willow Tree, who arrived late after hearing the Mandragon’s scream, was puzzled by the sight of students surrounding and comforting a large dragon.

* * *

“It’s Professor Bendozol’s fault.”

After hearing the explanation, Professor Willow Tree firmly reached a conclusion.

If the professor had gone along, he should have stopped it or at least cleaned up the mess. What kind of behavior is this?

“See. Your Majesty. Professor Willow Tree says so too.”

Maybe, maybe it really is so.

“I don’t dare to advise the Principal’s rules, but don’t you think someone like Professor Bendozol should stay in the punishment room longer… Whether it’s really good to make someone a professor just because they’re an excellent mage.”

Professor Willow Tree spoke in a wise voice filled with experience.

Lee Han became interested and asked.

“Why did Professor Bendozol go to the punishment room?”

“Previously, he set fire to the Principal’s pasture… Wait. First, I need to calm down the Mandragon.”

Lee Han felt disappointed inside, but Professor Willow Tree focused on the urgent matter first.

After breaking the seal and entering the greenhouse, putting the overgrown Mandragon to sleep, and checking the plants damaged by the crying…

It was an unbelievably fast pace for a professor who usually moved slowly.

Professor Willow Tree, who finished the work like a storm, came out with a sigh of relief.

“Fortunately, there’s no major problem. More importantly, Your Majesty. You managed to breathe your breath inside the greenhouse. Even though Professor Bendozol recommended it, it was dangerous.”

Huh?

Jowrin was confused.

It seemed the situation explanation had been slightly distorted after passing through several mouths.

Breathing the breath was Jowrin’s choice, so why did they think Professor Bendozol recommended it?

That was Jowrin’s…

“Indeed. Professor Bendozol is truly evil.”

?!

When Lee Han intervened and drove the nail in, Jowrin became even more confused.

When she looked at him in surprise, Lee Han nodded slightly.

‘Let’s just say Professor Bendozol did it.’

Jowrin was thrilled.

This is the survival technique of Einroguard’s mages?!

“I’ve put the Mandragon to sleep, so leave it as it is and harvest it when it settles down somewhat. That should be enough.”

“Won’t there be any problems?”

Since it was related to his grades, Lee Han tried to check the Mandragon’s condition.

Professor Willow Tree fell into thought for a moment. Lee Han also tensed up at that sight.

‘Is there a problem?’

“Too…”

Jowrin also seemed nervous as she made clicking sounds.

“…Something like it grew well?”

“Haha. Professor. You startled me!”

At his disciple’s outcry, Professor Willow Tree smiled kindly.

“If it grew well, what problem could there be.”

Lee Han’s mandragon had grown rapidly, but there were no problems with its composition.

It was thanks to raising it with nothing but the pure power of the sun, not with other elixirs or potions.

Hearing the praise, a smile formed on Lee Han’s lips. Jowrin’s wings also fluttered along.

Hehe.

“Hmm. Come to think of it, you won’t have anything to do until the final exam, young boy. It’s fully grown at this point.”

Since they checked the mandragon’s growth during midterms and harvested during finals, it was practically finished already.

Lee Han spoke with a pretentious attitude.

“I will tend to the greenhouse and help my friends.”

Acting arrogant here would only result in a higher difficulty final exam assignment.

Lee Han was always humble.

But there was one thing Lee Han was mistaken about.

Even without acting arrogant, higher difficulty assignments would come anyway!

“That would be fine too, but wouldn’t it be too boring? Hmm. This works out perfectly. Try submitting this to the 【Empire Gardener’s Club】.”

“…”

Lee Han’s expression hardened at the premonition that an unnecessary assignment would be added.

Noticing this, Jowrin’s wings also stopped fluttering.

“Is… submitting to that club very difficult?”

“Growing plants is difficult, but submitting isn’t that hard. I was planning to have students use the harvested mandragon directly anyway, or let them try selling the remaining amount themselves… doing it early wouldn’t be bad.”

As explained before, excellent mages needed to know how to excellently gather excellent materials.

And Professor Willow Tree was an especially outstanding expert when it came to plants. You could tell just from the fact that she was a registered member of the 【Empire Gardener’s Club】.

Though the club’s name was simple, it was something only the Empire’s authoritative botanists could join.

Normally, mandragon grown by students couldn’t even be submitted to the club’s auction house, but the mandragon Wardanaz had grown now was definitely special.

If it was a plant that had grown this much, the members would acknowledge the submission and compete to pay money for it.

“They pay money?”

“It’s an auction among members. It would be nice if other students’ mandragon could be submitted too, but that would probably be difficult.”

“They pay money!”

“…Young boy. Did you perhaps mishear the mandragon’s scream?”

“Ah. I’m sorry. I had something to think about for a moment. I didn’t know that submitting to the gardener’s club meant putting it up for auction.”

“Of course it will also be recorded in the club’s library. They keep very thorough records of plants. But at the same time, all the gardener’s club members are people who are very greedy for plants… Ah. If you want to try using it yourself, you can just submit the record without putting it up for auction.”

“No. Clubs have traditions and rules. It wouldn’t look good for an outsider to ignore those. Wouldn’t it also affect your reputation, Professor?”

“What admirable words you speak!”

Professor Willow Tree laughed heartily, pleased with her disciple who even considered her reputation.

When the professor turned around, Jowrin spoke restlessly.

L-Lee Han. Because of Jowrin, you have to do additional work when you’re already busy, right?

“Your Majesty.”

Lee Han spoke in a serious voice without a trace of laughter. An intense energy flashed in his eyes.

“I sincerely thank you. Thanks to you, I’ll be able to make a profit.”

Jowrin was about to say ‘You’re not lying to console me, are you?’ but was completely overwhelmed.

That absolutely could not be a lie.

I-I-I see. That’s good… Jowrin is also happy…

“Huhu.”

‘Why can’t Lee Han give up his greed for gold coins even when he’s so busy? He’ll keep living at Einroguard anyway, so there won’t be much occasion to spend them.’

Thinking the same question that friends from other towers had harbored until now, Jowrin crawled along following behind Lee Han.

“Ah. I almost forgot to mention.”

Professor Willow Tree, who had entered the greenhouse, poked her head out again.

“What is it, Professor?”

“You’ve become quite close with the spirit. Unlike before when your relationship was awkward. It’s really nice to see. I’ve thought this from before, but you definitely had the ability to become friends with spirits!”

“Haha. Thank you, Professor.”

-…

Sarataan was so dumbfounded that he was at a loss for words.

He couldn’t believe that he was in such an unreasonable hell.

‘Crazy bastard mages!’

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