Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 917

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Chapter 917

“…Isn’t Your Highness being too humble for royalty?”

Lee Han, who had regained his composure with Professor Garcia’s help, decided to ask the questions he was curious about one by one.

“You know that I’m of royal birth? I’ve been hiding it out of embarrassment…”

“…”

That’s not true though?

Lee Han was about to retort ‘You yourself bragged about being royalty and your projection tormented me about being royalty’ but held back.

What would the past Skeleton Principal know?

The young Skeleton Principal spoke with a benevolent attitude.

“It’s true that I was a prince. It’s also true that I lived in a beautiful palace of the kingdom, receiving hospitality and ordering people around. But that’s all in the past. I made a greater vow to myself than inheriting the crown as a prince.”

“What kind of…?”

“I will eliminate suffering from the continent.”

“…”

“…”

Lee Han’s group, who roughly knew the outcome, fell silent.

The young Skeleton Principal smiled as if to comfort the group instead.

“Don’t worry. Of course, the me from where you came might not have achieved this wish. But that doesn’t mean I can’t achieve it, does it?”

“That’s… well… isn’t it too difficult magically? The possibility…”

At Lee Han’s question, the young Skeleton Principal spoke gently with eyes that showed wisdom.

“That might be so. But it doesn’t matter. I’m going to try anyway.”

“…”

Lee Han stepped back and whispered to the professors.

“I think I can’t have a conversation because he’s too unfamiliar to me. Could you please do it instead?”

“No way. Student Lee Han! It’s because you’re Lee Han that you can converse as well as I can. I’m honestly really suffering right now too!”

Professor Garcia found it equally unfamiliar and painful.

Dealing with the young, kind, and gentle Skeleton Principal was truly more terrible than expected.

It was to the point where she felt it was better when he was an arrogant tyrant head without a shred of flesh!

When the two were suffering excessively, Professor Boladi quietly spoke up.

“Then I’ll…”

“No. I’ll do it.”

Lee Han quickly stopped him.

No matter how he thought about it, it was better for him to continue the conversation rather than Professor Boladi.

“Um. Lord Gonadaltes. May I ask a few questions?”

“Of course.”

“Have you ever learned magic from dragons?”

“No. I never have. Did the future me learn magic from dragons?”

“Ah. Well…”

When Lee Han was slightly flustered about whether he should tell him this, the young Skeleton Principal smiled.

“There are divination mages who hate hearing about the future, but I don’t really mind. If I fail because I’m bound and constrained by hearing about the future, then that’s as far as I go, isn’t it?”

“…Lord Gonadaltes. Please come to Einroguard!”

“Student Lee Han. Don’t say such nonsense…”

Even though he knew it was impossible, such words burst out of Lee Han’s mouth without him realizing it.

It was impossible to bring a being from a dimension that was like an echo of the past, not even another dimension. That would be like taking out and bringing a shadow.

‘Wait. If he didn’t learn magic from dragons…’

Lee Han briefly organized the timeline.

The Skeleton Principal’s history was so long that it was worthy of making a chronological table, but among it were several monumental events that even Lee Han knew about.

Royalty -> learned magic from dragons -> arrived at Nine Mountains Eight Seas dimension -> deceived by demons -> somehow achieved enlightenment -> a very long time passed -> scammed a poor dragon -> Einroguard Principal.

‘Then does this mean it’s still the early stages?’

A young Skeleton Principal who hadn’t learned magic from dragons.

Lee Han was curious about what the young Skeleton Principal of this time was doing.

Of course, he said with his own mouth that he was killing evil mages, but more specifically…

“It’s not difficult. Let me explain. I left the kingdom and formed a secret society with mages who share my ideals. We gather when our intentions and timing align to bring down the wicked and help the unfortunate.”

The young Skeleton Principal already had skills worthy of being called an archmage even when he hadn’t learned magic from dragons.

He regarded himself as insignificant because he felt he hadn’t achieved anything yet, but to seek out and kill powerful magical nobles of kingdoms and escape, he couldn’t possibly be weak.

Lee Han, who was listening while taking notes, suddenly remembered and asked.

“Do you happen to know about a magic called 【Gonadaltes’ Downfall】?”

“Ah. You know that magic too? It still needs a lot of research though…”

The young Skeleton Principal looked embarrassed when the guests mentioned the magic.

As Lee Han had heard from the insane projection, 【Gonadaltes’ Downfall】 was merely a byproduct that came out during research, never the final goal of the research.

Originally, he should have captured and confined all the downfall in the world.

“If you wish, I’ll show it to you.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Since you’ve come from another dimension, you probably can’t stay long, so right away… Ah.”

The young Skeleton Principal who was about to speak hesitated with a very apologetic expression.

“Actually, I have something I need to do now. Could you wait just one day?”

“That much is naturally… But what are you planning to do?”

“This city has long suffered from tyranny and invasion. Because of that, they’re having trouble obtaining clean water. I’m thinking of providing a permanent method to block external contamination and obtain clean water.”

“Ah. Do you have some connection to this city?”

“Not particularly.”

Behind the young Skeleton Principal, who was preparing great magic for city people who had nothing to do with him, it seemed like a halo was emanating.

Even Lee Han found himself missing the original fleshless Skeleton Principal.

‘Ugh. Too dazzling.’

* * *

“First, I’m thinking of mixing mermaid tears and sapphire to create gates. Gates made this way will purify and block external contamination.”

The young Skeleton Principal spoke as he walked toward the harbor.

During the Three Kingdoms era, all sorts of terrible magical plagues were abundant.

It was natural since demons were summoned whenever they were bored, and each kingdom didn’t mind scattering plagues with magic.

The nobles didn’t care since they were located in safe places and protected by magic, but ordinary people would die if they were just a little unlucky.

The young Skeleton Principal planned to engrave massive purification magic on the gates to prevent this.

“Aren’t mermaid tears hard to obtain?”

Lee Han asked with puzzlement.

Mermaid tears were certainly a material that was hard to obtain in the current Empire.

Perhaps they were much easier to obtain during the Three Kingdoms period?

“They are hard to obtain. But I still have to get them. Here.”

The young Skeleton Principal borrowed a small ferry and personally took hold of the oars.

Lee Han asked in confusion.

“I’ll row.”

“No. How could I make guests from outside, especially those who call themselves my disciples, do such work?”

The young Skeleton Principal looked at Lee Han’s group with affectionate eyes.

His intention not to let even a drop of water touch his disciples was palpable.

Lee Han could see Professor Garcia biting her lips tightly behind him. It was that surreal.

Swoosh!

Of course, the young Skeleton Principal wasn’t rowing purely with physical strength. When magic was cast, not only did the oars move by themselves, but the wind began to help the ferry.

The boat gained speed in an instant and rose onto the distant sea.

“Oh right. I’ll cast protective magic on you. Sirens appear around here.”

“Ah. I’m fine. I’m actually friends with sirens.”

“?”

At Lee Han’s words, Professor Garcia tilted her head.

‘Huh…?’

According to the complaints from the sirens in the Einroguard estate, the two were definitely not on friendly terms.

Especially Parthenope the siren had been so indignant, constantly protesting ‘How can such an unreasonable human exist?’

Could there be other sirens?

“Indeed… to think someone like you is my disciple, it’s such an honor.”

“Please don’t say such things.”

Lee Han seriously considered whether he should ask the other person to ‘please treat me poorly.’

That’s how unadapted and tormented he felt.

He could listen to a siren’s song for a year and be fine, but the kind Skeleton Principal…

-♪♩♩♩♪…

“!”

At the siren’s song that began, Lee Han’s group tensed up slightly.

They were prepared, but when dealing with races like sirens, letting one’s guard down was forbidden.

-!

However, the sirens’ song stopped immediately.

The sirens who recognized the Young Skeleton Principal’s face closed their mouths and quietly bowed their heads.

“Thank you all for your consideration.”

The Young Skeleton Principal politely greeted the sirens. The sirens guarded the surroundings and helped until the boat passed through their waters.

“…Uh, what kind of magic is that??”

Lee Han, who hadn’t fully grasped the situation, asked in confusion.

Had the Young Skeleton Principal just subdued the sirens with magic?

“Magic?”

“The sirens… stopped… singing… and… you know!”

“Ah. You mean that. The sirens here sometimes show me kindness.”

“Ah. Have you perhaps saved the sirens here before?”

“No. I’ve never done such a thing.”

“…”

Lee Han needed a moment to recover from the shock.

So right now…?

‘The sirens showed goodwill purely based on his aura alone?’

It was utterly unbelievable.

The sirens at Einroguard had never done such a thing.

It seemed they had barely become somewhat friendly only through long and complex negotiations…

‘Could it be that the Einroguard sirens became evil because too much time had passed?’

As soon as he had that thought, a huge sailing ship sank in the distance. The sirens, whose territory had been invaded, were fiercely attacking the ship.

“…Professor Garcia. I can’t believe sirens help in this way.”

“I’m quite amazed too. Lee Han. It’s not easy to accept, but… it’s probably like your brother Arsil.”

“At least my brother was only popular with spirits.”

After that, the Young Skeleton Principal continued moving while receiving goodwill from various sea creatures.

Seeing not only sirens but also large fish and whales come out to greet the Young Skeleton Principal, Lee Han began to doubt whether he had come to the wrong past.

It was far too surreal!

“There, there’s a mermaid!”

Lee Han urgently shouted upon spotting a mermaid’s tail fin. The Young Skeleton Principal praised Lee Han greatly.

“Excellent! To think you’d be the first to find a mermaid.”

“…How will you obtain the tears?”

Ignoring the embarrassing praise by pretending not to hear it, Lee Han asked again.

Mermaid tears were precious materials.

Even if they tried to obtain them from the mermaid through negotiation, the mermaid would likely not give them up easily. Even treasures that seemed enormous by human standards wouldn’t feel particularly valuable to a mermaid.

But capturing or threatening was difficult given the mermaid’s considerable power.

A mermaid roaming the seas boasted mobility comparable to a unicorn. If even the slightest suspicious intent was detected, it would instantly twist space and disappear into the deep sea.

“I should ask first.”

“…Is, is that all?”

“Asking is more important than you’d think.”

The Young Skeleton Principal spoke to the mermaid with a humble attitude.

The mermaid, who had been listening politely and respectfully, briefly disappeared into the sea, then soon returned with a sparkling jewel and presented it to the Young Skeleton Principal.

It was a mermaid’s tear.

“I’m grateful for your grace. I will never use this for personal gain.”

Having received the Young Skeleton Principal’s greeting, the mermaid gracefully disappeared.

And Lee Han felt like nothing would surprise him anymore.

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