Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 905

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Chapter 905

After trying to corrupt his opponent only to be mocked instead, the hamster flew into a rage.

Originally, when he was a mage criminal, he had possessed a somewhat broader mind, but when a person becomes a hamster, their heart tends to narrow along with it.

Even Antagondals was no exception to this rule.

“I came to ask about this.”

-Speak something that makes sense. You came to ask that tyrant about spelling?

“Yes.”

-…

Realizing that Lee Han was serious, the hamster fell silent, then put a grape that was nearby into his mouth and chewed it.

The grape was quite delicious.

“Since you ate the grape, please do some interpretation.”

-Ask the tyrant. Even if I teach you, he’ll just get angry. And even if he does teach you, would you be able to trust it?

“It’s fine since I’ll cross-verify.”

The hamster made squeaking sounds mixed with irritation and anger. This young upstart mage who wouldn’t give up on a single word was very annoying.

But there was only one thing the hamster could do right now.

“…No. You can’t do this after eating the grape!”

When the hamster retreated deep into the cage, Lee Han got angry.

Of course, he could ask the insane projection as the hamster suggested, but Lee Han always preferred to prepare for contingencies.

And thinking coldly about it, there was a possibility that the insane projection might not tell him the spelling.

‘Considering he cut off contact, it’s quite possible.’

In that case, it was even more right to hear it from this hamster before leaving.

Lee Han took out a grape and threw it at the hamster inside the cage. Angry squeaking sounds burst out.

-I’ll kill you!

“You made that threat last time too. Since you ate the grape, please do some interpretation. I’m busy.”

-Just how did the Wardanaz family make their children to act like this? Did they melt down the soul of a demon lord and put it in?

The hamster lamented.

He had made many mistakes in his life, but the most recent mistake he regretted was entering Einroguard to obtain magical secrets, and the next mistake he regretted was underestimating this young upstart.

If only he hadn’t underestimated the young upstart when he was captured, he wouldn’t have ended up in this state.

He could accept the magical skills since he thought of him as a genius, but what kind of courage was that…?

-Fine. I’ll interpret it. But you also promise me one thing, young boy.

“What? You ate the grape.”

-…

At the damn showing off from this Wardanaz family bastard over giving one grape, the hamster squeezed his eyes shut.

“First, please do the interpretation. I’ll listen to the request later.”

-…Fine. I understand.

The hamster gave up surprisingly readily.

Not only was he in a disadvantageous position, but interpreting a fairy tale level text like ‘Once upon a time, there was a good student at a magic school’ wasn’t actually that difficult.

The guy in front of him would probably be able to interpret it himself even if the hamster refused.

In that case, it was better to show mercy and clear the debt of gratitude.

-Once upon a time, there was a good student at a magic school… damn it.

“Does ‘damn it’ go in there too?”

-Would it?

“Please do it properly.”

-…The good student had his staff stolen…

Since it was a fairy tale, the content wasn’t very long or difficult. Lee Han quickly moved his quill pen to write it down.

“Thank you. Then…”

When Lee Han tried to eat and run, hateful squeaking sounds burst out. Lee Han, who had tried to slip away, sat back down with regret.

“I just sat back down properly.”

-My request is simple. Help me escape.

“What crazy bullshit are you spouting???”

-…

Lee Han abandoned his polite attitude and immediately became serious.

It was hard to imagine this was the same mage who had been courteously treating the hamster just moments before.

-Just listen to what I have to say.

“No. I don’t want to. I respect you as a mage, but this isn’t right.”

Lee Han actually tended to respect Antagondals.

Not because Antagondals was a great mage, but because he might come to attack Lee Han someday in the future.

His master had already accumulated resentment, so there was no need to accumulate additional resentment, right?

But that didn’t mean Lee Han had any intention of risking his life to free him.

The insane projection was a hundred times more frightening than Antagondals.

“Are you saying let’s die together now? Are you going to make a hamster accomplice?”

-You won’t become a hamster.

Unlike Antagondals, who was being treated as less than a slave by the insane projection, Lee Han was being treated as a proper disciple.

Even if he burned down the workshop and went down to the village to kill a few people, he probably wouldn’t be turned into a hamster.

-And it’s not even a difficult task. You don’t need to do anything. Just open the door of the cage while that tyrant is temporarily extinguished.

“???”

Not while he was away, but while he was extinguished.

Lee Han paused at the unsettling word choice.

“Extinguished, what do you mean by that?”

-Exactly what I said. Don’t tell me you thought I’d be trapped here forever?

The hamster spoke with the bearing of an archmage.

He looked like an excellent chess master who had a hidden move.

Lee Han also became tense at that confidence.

Could it be that while Lee Han was unaware, this hamster, no, this mage criminal had plotted something?

“Tell me.”

-I have subordinates outside. If something happens and my contact is cut off, they’re set to come in.

“…”

Lee Han, who recalled the intruders who had already been almost completely annihilated, was about to mention that fact but waited for now.

He wanted to hear more about what the hamster was trying to say.

“Even if those subordinates are skilled, they couldn’t beat Master, could they?”

-That’s right.

The hamster surprisingly readily admitted it.

That tyrant was a being of a different class even among archmages. There weren’t many among archmages who grasped so many countless forgotten ancient secrets.

No matter how experienced the adventurers were, they would be annihilated the moment their eyes met.

-But even tyrants have weaknesses.

The hamster explained calmly.

The tyrant was arrogant due to having no rivals, but there was no such thing as a being without weaknesses in this world.

This tyrant’s greatest weakness was precisely that he was not a being belonging to the world, but a mana thought-form rejected by the world.

The world, commonly expressed as dimensions, embraced beings within itself and rejected beings outside itself.

Demons from other dimensions had to borrow the power of all sorts of complex contracts to come to the continent for this very reason.

The projections of the Skeleton Principal, not his main body, were also mana thought-forms that should originally be pushed out by the world.

However, due to the powerful force each possessed, they could break through the world’s rejection and periodically descend to the continent.

“Isn’t it roughly like a natural disaster? I heard about it before.”

Since he already knew, Lee Han wasn’t particularly surprised.

Just as toxic substances don’t easily disappear and continue to affect the environment, an archmage’s great enlightenment also continuously influenced the world.

The appearance of the Skeleton Principal’s projection would be a similar phenomenon.

-…

The hamster momentarily lost words at the sight of comparing a mage’s supreme realm to some toxic substance, but quickly regained his composure and continued speaking.

-I’ve hidden magic within the souls of my subordinates. When their bodies are destroyed, the magic will flow out from within their souls.

“What kind of magic…?”

-Magic that banishes thought entities!

By amplifying the connection to the world, it banishes mana thought entities that are nothing but foreign substances for a certain period.

The principle was simple, but its implementation was an advanced grand magic that was absolutely not easy. Lee Han shuddered as he intuitively grasped the principle and difficulty.

To think he had hidden such magic in his subordinates’ souls as a precaution.

From what he was saying, it seemed the subordinates themselves didn’t know about it. Hearing the meticulous plan of the mage criminal gave him chills.

If the insane doppelganger thoughtlessly turned the intruders into hamsters, wouldn’t the hidden poisoned dagger spring out and stab his carelessness?

‘I need to contact him right away.’

Lee Han betrayed his promise to Antagondals in one second and prepared to contact the insane doppelganger.

From the mage criminal’s perspective, it might be disappointing, but originally Einroguard’s academic culture was quite free when it came to oath-breaking and lies.

Even though most of the intruders had been caught, the remaining ones could be somewhat dangerous, so he needed to tell them to leave it to the giants or other mages…

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Caught him! I caught him! I caught the last one!

Klzenbereg: Congratulations!

Iaktus: Grrk! I’m jealous. Congratulations. Did you find the principal’s treasure?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: What? He says there isn’t any? Says he didn’t steal anything like that.

Iaktus: What? Don’t you know how to interrogate?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Who do you think you’re treating like a new student? Of course I know how to interrogate. But he says he never stole anything.

Iaktus: Aha.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Why? Do you have some idea?

Iaktus: You’re trying to hide that you got the treasure now, aren’t you?

Bakwantalana: Indeed.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: You’re making the same ‘indeed’ sounds. I was stupid to share news with rotten wood like you guys. Just go die.

‘Oh.’

Before he could even relay the message, the 【Einroguard’s Watchmen】 club members delivered the news, and Lee Han was flustered.

What would happen if all the intruders were caught before he even met the insane doppelganger?

“Uh, I have something to ask.”

-Wise. I knew you would realize.

The hamster spoke with a relaxed attitude.

The reason he told Lee Han this fact despite knowing Lee Han could betray him immediately was simple.

If Lee Han told the tyrant, the tyrant would move to catch the intruders himself, if only for his pride!

While the current imperial mages were also proud and strong-willed, the mages of the ancient kingdoms were truly on a different level.

If he became a master and received worry from his disciple, it would feel like humiliation.

-When the tyrant is banished, the magic that confines me will soon be released too. There’ll be more than enough time to escape before he returns. However, I don’t want to return inside this narrow cage, so just open the door. You wouldn’t want to clean up the flesh fragments and blood clots that burst out either, would you? Then I swear to cleanly forget the grudge between us.

The hamster showed rare magnanimity.

Originally it would be an unforgettable grudge, but considering he was from the Wardanaz family and had connections with the lord of Einroguard, there was nothing good for the hamster in being confrontational.

Once he escaped from here, they could go their separate ways and never face each other again.

“That wasn’t what I was going to ask about.”

Lee Han felt slightly awkward.

Come to think of it, this hamster was right. Considering the insane doppelganger’s pride, hastily contacting him might be more dangerous.

‘I should have said it differently. That was close.’

-Sob sob. Master. One of the Einroguard students insulted me saying ‘Your master doesn’t even have subordinates so he personally goes around catching intruders?’

-How dare they?! From now on, you shall handle all the menial tasks.

That kind of approach would be better.

‘No. That’s not really good either.’

Come to think of it, that contact would only bring losses for Lee Han.

-What is it then? What were you going to ask?

“Well, what happens if all the intruders are caught by other people? For example, students, knights, or giants.”

-…That possibility is slim. At least one will be caught by the tyrant. And why are giants included in there?

“…”

Lee Han couldn’t speak and hesitated. From that appearance, the hamster felt an ominous sign.

Even though his body had become a hamster, the trained sense of divination magic didn’t easily disappear.

-Don’t tell me?

“Well… um… they say they’ve all been caught.”

-Don’t talk nonsense, you little brat! That can’t be! Did all the Einroguard mages come out and chase them around?

“That’s what I’m saying. I don’t understand it either.”

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