Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 904

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Chapter 904

Whoosh!

A different heat than before burst forth.

Flames with condensed destructive power, qualitatively different from ordinary fire.

If the combustion process of ordinary flames involves matter combining with air to emit heat, then blue flames were magical flames where the concept and information of literally ‘burning’ were concentrated.

Flames that could burn even fireproof equipment and materials that shouldn’t be combustible.

After passing through the second and third gates, Professor Jorzic’s ecstasy reached its peak.

Already in his head, he could hear the voices of meeting participants shouting that they should support Jorzic, who had raised such a disciple, as Einroguard’s principal.

“Excellent!”

“Are there no points you’d like to critique?”

Lee Han asked while maintaining his concentration.

If there were any areas for improvement, he needed to fix them immediately.

“If there had been any, I would have said so right away. It’s a perfect score, Student Wardanaz!”

Pop!

Releasing the blue flames he had been maintaining, Lee Han let out a sigh of relief.

The practice had been worth it. Thanks to that, he had passed the exam as expected.

“Then I’ll be going now, Professor.”

“Oh, oh? Yes, do that.”

“I’ll see you next time!”

After quickly greeting him, Lee Han rushed out of the lecture hall.

He had finished so quickly that the other upperclassmen hadn’t even arrived yet.

Watching his retreating figure, Professor Jorzic muttered.

“I was going to ask why he finished the final exams so quickly, but there’s no need for that now.”

Come to think of it, asking a student like Wardanaz for reasons might be ridiculous in itself.

No fool would ask a bird why it flaps its wings.

Just as mages naturally pursue knowledge, that boy too must be advancing at full speed toward knowledge.

Professor Jorzic looked at his disciple’s retreating figure with eyes full of anticipation.

He was already excited to see how much achievement this disciple would show Professor Jorzic this year.

* * *

Lee Han, who was focused only on finishing the exam quickly, didn’t notice the sense of unease that leaked from Professor Jorzic’s reaction.

Instead, he immediately gave his all for the next exam.

“Professor. Here is the dimensional map.”

“Excellent. However…”

Professor Milay adjusted her monocle and frowned slightly.

This exam for 【Ancient Artifacts and the Tragic History of Summoning Magic】 required students to visit another dimension directly and complete a map.

With Arsil’s help, Lee Han naturally completed the map faster and more accurately than any grade level.

But…

Frost Giant’s Artifact (check this)

Frost Giant’s Artifact (don’t skip, must check)

Frost Giant’s Artifact (really don’t skip, absolutely must check)

There were strange notes on the map.

Notes that read ‘Frost Giant’s Artifact’.

And not just once, but repeated several times!

The handwriting looked like someone who didn’t want to go but was forcing themselves to, pressing down hard as they wrote.

The old professor, recalling how students had been chattering about ‘finding artifacts guarded by frost giants’ and ‘how to steal them’ before, asked suspiciously.

“What’s this? The artifact the students were talking about before, by any chance…?”

“That’s right.”

“I don’t think I ever told you to find artifacts, just to complete the map.”

Professor Milay spoke in her usual stiff tone.

She wondered if the Wardanaz family boy had perhaps misunderstood the exam.

“Yes. This is just something I noted personally. I need to check it someday.”

“You noted the location of the frost giant’s artifact to check it yourself?”

“Yes.”

“…”

Professor Milay raised her eyebrows. Then she began moving her quill rapidly.

“Is there a problem with the map?”

“The map is a perfect score.”

While taking notes, Professor Milay thought of Professor Lightningstep.

He had said that Wardanaz seemed a bit crazy lately, and she had wondered what he meant, but seeing this, she understood.

To be so determined to take artifacts guarded by such a powerful race as frost giants?

When a student was too smart, it became worrying in a different sense.

Professor Milay was reminded of the concerns she had when teaching Professor Garcia in the past, and briefly removed her monocle to massage the bridge of her nose.

‘No. This seems worse than Garcia.’

“Professor. Then I’ll be going now.”

“Do you have any remaining exams today?”

It was already evening with the sun setting, so she thought there wouldn’t be any lectures with exams scheduled after this…

Professor Milay was puzzled by her disciple’s words.

“Senior Jarun from the Ironboot family said I could submit early if I was confident.”

“…?”

Professor Milay understood half a beat late.

Jarun from the Ironboot family was a fourth-year student learning under Professor Yonramo.

So what Lee Han was talking about now was definitely the transformation magic exam.

As for saying ‘you can submit early if you’re confident’…

‘He probably didn’t really mean to submit it early, right?’

Professor Milay was about to point this out, but her disciple had already finished greeting her and was leaving the lecture hall.

The professor shook her head slightly and sighed.

* * *

Although he was breaking through exams at a speed that would go down in Einroguard history, surprisingly few people were paying attention to Lee Han’s actions.

In fact, it would be difficult to know unless you were a professor.

From the upperclassmen’s perspective, reactions like ‘Wardanaz is moving around busily?’ and ‘Well, he takes all the schools of magic, so that makes sense’ were inevitable.

A few upperclassmen like Diret, who helped professors and took great interest in juniors, felt something was off, but Lee Han was moving too quickly to ask about it.

“Yukveltire. Doesn’t something seem strange?”

“Mm.”

“It’s exam period, but is there a reason to move around so busily? Am I wrong about the schedule? There’s no reason to go that way, right?”

“Mm.”

“You are listening to me right now, right?”

“Mm.”

“Can I hit you once?”

“Mm.”

Smack!

“?!”

Behind Yukveltire, who was bewildered after being hit on the back, Lee Han ran toward his next exam.

The professors were thinking ‘Is Wardanaz finally trying to test his real abilities to the limit?’, but surprisingly, Lee Han had his own struggles.

There are tests that can be finished first or completed quickly, but there are also tests that cannot.

Surprisingly, there were difficult tests even for Lee Han.

In this midterm exam, Professor Rozine’s 【Languages of the Empire That Become Blood and Flesh】 test was exactly that.

‘What the hell kind of script is this?’

“Alright! Your test is to decipher this within this week!”

“That’s too much, Professor!”

“■ ■■■■■?”

“Pardon?”

“I said I can’t hear you. Now! I’ll cheer you all on!”

A test requiring the decoding of a document written in lengthy script from some minor kingdom that probably wouldn’t even be mentioned in history books was a problem that even Lee Han, the insanely driven top student of his year, couldn’t solve immediately.

A test that could only be solved by grinding through time and effort, guessing one character at a time.

“Wardanaz. Let’s go to the library together… Wait, where did Wardanaz go?”

“W-who knows?”

The friends looking for Lee Han were flustered by the sudden disappearance of their year’s top student.

They naturally assumed he would be sitting in the library with them.

But there was a reason Lee Han had left his seat.

‘I’ve got it.’

A method to break through this time-consuming test in one go had occurred to him.

That was to ask someone who would likely know about this script well.

-Wardanaz!

The giant who had been crouching and guarding the mountain pass spotted Lee Han and jumped up.

“Good day to you.”

-What brings you here? To see the sheep?

“No. I came to ask about something test-related.”

Come to think of it, asking ancient people about ancient scripts would be the most accurate approach.

As soon as this occurred to him, Lee Han immediately contacted the insane doppelganger.

-Master. I have something to ask.

-What magic is it?

-Can you read this document?

-…I can read it, but the content is strange. It’s like sample text that would only appear on young students’ tests…

-That’s right. It’s my test. But it seems difficult, so I wanted to ask… Master? Master?

The insane doppelganger beyond the 【Echo Stone】 ruthlessly cut off contact.

But Lee Han didn’t give up. After all, doesn’t sincerity melt even frozen hearts?

The giant was also impressed by Lee Han’s idea.

-Wardanaz smart! Person who asks those who don’t know, wise!

“Haha. Thank you.”

-Go in!

As the giant stepped aside, Lee Han headed toward the workshop again.

The next to greet Lee Han was the head attendant Intarendals.

“Lee Han of Wardanaz Family. Welcome. What brings you here?”

“I came to ask Master about something.”

“!”

Intarendals’ face brightened.

This disciple from the Wardanaz Family had excellent talent but was somewhat lacking in passion.

So Intarendals’ master had been concerned about this, but to think he would come visit directly like this.

Surely his master’s character and wisdom had influenced the disciple. Don’t great masters create great disciples?

“Please come in! What are you curious about?”

“Ancient script appeared on a test and I don’t know it well, so I came to ask. I asked through the Echo Stone but he wouldn’t answer.”

“…”

Intarendals made a displeased expression at such a trivial question that only a lowly scribe might ask.

It was good that he came to ask passionately, but the level of the question…?

“…You could probably do this by yourself. Lee Han of Wardanaz Family should be able to handle this, shouldn’t you? The sentences look easy too.”

“How can you say such a thing? Questions have no levels or importance. If you block easy questions, wouldn’t it become difficult to ask hard questions later?”

“Even considering that, this seems too easy?”

Even Intarendals, who would usually let things slide, remained unmoved because this question was too easy.

The document’s content also contributed to this perception.

Once upon a time, there was a good student at a magic school. The good student cried because his wand was taken away. Then a good professor came out and said…

“And Master Gonadaltes has stepped out briefly.”

“He didn’t leave because he didn’t want to answer, did he?”

“How could that be?”

Even to this utterly irreverent question, Intarendals answered without getting angry. He was truly a considerate head attendant.

“Master Gonadaltes periodically checks and inspects the magic around this area. Since the magic is…”

-That damn brat has come.

A voice that sounded like what a hamster might produce if it were forced to imitate human speech was heard.

When Lee Han turned his gaze, a hamster trapped in a cage was glaring this way with murderous eyes.

“No way. Did you learn to speak human language in the meantime?!”

-If only I could use magic, I would have definitely turned you into a hamster.

“Wait. I’m not at fault. It wasn’t something I did.”

Lee Han protested, but the former mage criminal and current hamster didn’t seem inclined to listen.

Originally, a master’s sins pass to the disciple too.

“I’ll give you some grapes, so please calm down.”

-What brings you here this time?

“I came to ask about something.”

-Is it magic? If it’s magic, I can teach you.

The hamster spoke in a sinister voice.

Of course, he had absolutely no intention of teaching proper magic. He planned to impart knowledge that would lead a mage to ruin.

“Oh. Really?”

-…?!

However, Lee Han’s reaction exceeded the hamster’s expectations.

“Then please interpret this for me.”

-…Once upon a time at a magic school… What kind of bullshit are you pulling now, you damn brat!

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