Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 944

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Chapter 944

‘Maybe this is my fault.’

Sevius deeply reflected on the devastating state of the palace.

To think he had sent only a junior with the ability to half-destroy a palace to infiltrate first.

He should have at least sent one or two other seniors disguised as servants along with him.

Then they could have prevented the accident before it happened…!

“Sevius! Get a grip!”

“I’m listening.”

“There’s only one thing we need to do right now!”

“Right. Quickly find our junior and…”

“Let’s eliminate any evidence that we were involved and then run away!”

“…”

The Teleportation Club students hadn’t lost their Einroguard spirit even in this situation.

If there was no evidence, they’d be innocent, wouldn’t they?

If they just eliminated any evidence linking them to the theater club and ran away…!

Sevius let out a deep sigh and said.

“That’s useless. Think about it. How many Einroguard students are out in Granden City right now?”

“We, we could just say the theater club guys did it.”

“The theater club guys won’t keep the secret. It’s too late now. Let’s just find our junior.”

“Ugh…! I can’t go to the punishment room this month! I have to graduate!”

Sevius’s friends whined as they followed behind.

Unlike his friends, Sevius, who always prepared for graduation in advance, calmly checked the surroundings.

‘What’s this? Are they mages from somewhere else?’

Upon checking, he saw a group of mages near the bridge. Judging by the artifacts and staffs they were carrying, they seemed to be from the illusion magic school.

‘Then they might be mages who participated in this play.’

Thinking this was fortunate, Sevius carefully approached.

The palace being half-destroyed was apparently shocking to the mages as well, as they too were muttering with serious expressions.

-So you’re saying that illusion was also prepared by Stedal of the Nago family and Alsicle of the Penguerin family?

-It seems so.

-Hmm. To think they both disappeared… The nobles and critics who watched the play really wanted to meet the mages who prepared this illusion magic…

“Excuse me, may I ask you a question?”

Sevius politely addressed a mage who had pulled his robe down low.

“Y-yes?”

Baldoron was startled and looked up at the unexpected sudden question.

His fingertips still felt like they were trembling from the battle of transcendents.

“What on earth happened here?”

“Didn’t… didn’t you hear? Demon worshippers summoned monsters here.”

“!?!”

The students were shocked.

One of them muttered quietly.

“Sur, surely no matter what, our junior wouldn’t do such a thing… wouldn’t…”

Sevius asked calmly.

“Have the identities of those demon worshippers been confirmed?”

“Ah. Yes. I heard they all died.”

A sigh of relief burst out from behind.

So it really wasn’t what their junior did!!

Baldoron misunderstood the meaning of that sigh and nodded.

“I also think it’s fortunate that the evil ones couldn’t escape.”

“That’s not why it’s fortunate… it’s nothing. So the Death Knights dealt with the monsters?”

“The Death Knights, Lord Alsicle of the Penguerin family, and Lord Stedal of the Nago family dealt with them.”

“…Uh, Stedal of the Nago family?”

When the students hesitated, Baldoron kindly explained.

He was a very powerful combat mage, and his visit to the palace was probably to prepare for such incidents together with Alsicle.

He defeated the summoned Blasphemer together with a powerful Spirit King, and it was truly a mythical sight…

“Wow. There was such a mage?”

“The Empire really has many eccentric figures.”

The students were intrigued by Baldoron’s explanation.

The Empire was vast, and it wasn’t that rare for mages who had trained for hundreds of years in unknown lands to suddenly appear.

“Right? Oh. I heard this person was also the recent vigilante of Granden City.”

“…”

“…”

The students’ faces turned pale simultaneously.

* * *

“Ugh! I did something heroic, so why do I have to run away!”

“Do you call that a question?”

Lee Han looked at Alsicle as if he found it absurd.

After intense spellcasting followed by running, Alsicle was drenched in sweat and breathing heavily.

“Wait. Let me rest for a moment!”

Alsicle flailed like a struggling penguin, showing his determination not to move. Eventually, Lee Han had no choice but to compromise.

“Huff, huff… I think it would have been fine to stay a bit longer.”

“Will you take responsibility if the knights change their minds and arrest me?”

“…That’s true, but…”

The reason Lee Han hurriedly left the palace was simple.

The Death Knights might change their minds and send Lee Han to the punishment room.

The knights had pretended not to know on the spot, but with even Perkuntra being summoned, there was no way they hadn’t recognized him.

“…But they let it slide, right? I’ve been saying this since before, the Death Knights secretly respect you.”

“Ha. Lord Alsicle. That’s exactly the trap.”

Lee Han looked at Alsicle with eyes that said ‘this is why non-Einroguard graduates are like this.’ Alsicle felt slightly indignant.

‘Wait. Hold on. Come to think of it, I could have just stayed put, couldn’t I?’

Even if the Death Knights changed their minds and captured Lee Han to take him to the punishment room, it wouldn’t matter much to Alsicle.

“No matter how kindly the Principal’s henchmen treat you, you must never trust them. The moment you completely let your guard down. That moment is exactly what the enemy is waiting for.”

“That does… make sense.”

Knowing the Skeleton Principal’s nature, Alsicle couldn’t completely deny it.

In Alsicle’s view, the Death Knights seemed to already respect Lee Han almost as a successor, but even that could be a trap.

“Young master. Over here!”

Through the open carriage door, Arien and Amur waved their arms.

They had agreed to help with a secret escape after defeating the enemy. The two quickly rushed inside.

“What on earth did you do?! The rumors are spreading from the eastern gate to the western canal!”

Arien shouted with a voice full of bewilderment. Lee Han looked at Alsicle. Alsicle looked at Lee Han.

“…Ah. You were talking to me.”

‘Well, who else would it be but you?’

Alsicle was dumbfounded. Lee Han explained sheepishly.

“Something unexpected happened, so I had no choice.”

“Of course it was unexpected…”

If yesterday’s events had been planned and executed, Arien really would have collapsed.

Amur, who had been listening from the side, spoke up.

“Still, it’s good that the students got out safely.”

“That’s… that’s true, but…”

Arien wondered if it was really okay to wrap up this matter with ‘Well, at least the students got away, haha’ after risking their lives fighting demon worshippers.

“If I had known it would be this dangerous, I would never have brought you! If something had gone wrong, what would the Wardanaz Family have thought of me?”

“I think they would have thought of you as a kind person who granted my request…”

“Don’t joke around!”

‘I’m not joking though.’

Lee Han had to endure about 30 minutes of lecturing from Arien after that.

Students should retreat when dangerous situations arise, they should call other mages…

While listening to the lecture, Lee Han thought to himself.

‘Hmm. If Arien is reacting like this, I should avoid Professor Garcia for a while.’

If Arien was reacting this strongly, Professor Garcia’s reaction could be several times more fierce.

Lee Han resolved to avoid the 【Inn of All Sorts of Schemes】 for a while. Fortunately, the Location Movement Club requests were practically all finished anyway.

“Phew. I shouldn’t lecture people who’ve been through such fierce battles for so long. I apologize. So what are you two planning to do now?”

“First, I was thinking of finding our scattered friends, then looking for Alsicle’s sponsors.”

“You…!”

Alsicle was moved.

Even after all that chaos, he hadn’t forgotten his promise.

“…Wait, Alsicle. You’re not crying, are you?”

“Penguin beastmen’s eyes naturally sparkle brightly!”

Alsicle got angry. With the momentum suggesting he might peck with his beak if asked further, Lee Han decided to let it slide.

“Are you okay with time?”

“Ah. Yes. Since I joined so many clubs, I have plenty of time for outings.”

While his friends would each have to return, Lee Han still had plenty of time remaining.

He would have time to spare even after helping friends who had fled throughout the city and then handling Alsicle’s matter.

“We need to find a place to stay first.”

“Then I’ll find you accommodations.”

“Ah, no. That’s a bit…”

Lee Han showed reluctance at Arien’s suggestion.

He was already grateful for all the help so far, but providing lodging for Lee Han and his friends too? That would be too shameless.

“No. I think you should accept it.”

However, Alsicle seriously recommended it.

“Why is that?”

“The Death Knights might go around checking the city’s inns.”

“…!”

Come to think of it, there might be tracking to find the drama club students who had fled from their designated positions.

After pondering, Lee Han made a counter-proposal.

“Do you happen to have any spare warehouses in your trading company?”

“We have plenty of warehouses, but there’s no need to stay in such a place…?”

“No. And considering tracking, a warehouse might actually be better.”

Arien thought to himself.

Einroguard students really were eccentric!

“Understood. Then let’s do that.”

Lee Han took out 【Einroguard’s Whisper】 and prepared to contact his same-year friends.

There was a communication network that included friends like Adenart and Angrago, not the 【Watchmen of Einroguard】 club.

-Guys. Gather at the Kaako Trading Company warehouse next to the dwarf bridge near the north gate. I got permission to use it.

-What are you suddenly talking about?

When contact suddenly came through the paper bundle, Giselle didn’t understand and asked back.

She wasn’t in the drama club, so she hadn’t grasped the situation fully.

Angrago hurriedly replied.

-Got it! I’ll head there!

-What do you mean what are you talking about.

-Well, that’s… Wait. What if you report us?

-…Alpha, have you lost your mind?

-I, I’m not Alpha??

‘The handwriting is identical though…’

Exasperated by Angrago denying himself, Lee Han explained instead.

-The drama club took advantage of the chaos to escape. Planning to wander around until the time limit then return.

-What? Should have joined the drama club. How did you escape from that encirclement? Did you set a fire or something?

-Uh…

-Hmm…

-Well…

-…What is it?

-It’s a bit long to explain, so later.

-You’re not doing this because you don’t want to talk about it now, right.

-No. It’s really long.

-Ha!

Giselle smiled coldly.

If it turned out to be a short story, she would severely retaliate against these liars.

-Wardanaz.Therearemanwarehousesnearthenorhgatedwarfbridgebutidontknowwhichonetogocouldyoutellmehowtofigureitout??

-…I’ll come out to meet you. Please wait a moment.

After writing that, Lee Han asked Arien. He had to separately pick up friends who didn’t have paper bundles.

“Would it be alright to stop by a few places before arriving at the warehouse?”

“Of course. Where are you thinking of stopping?”

“First let’s stop by the alchemy workshop run by Yoanen of the Meikin Family, then go to the administrative office where Daihal of the Dalcard Family is staying. My friends should be waiting there.”

Alsicle, who was listening nearby, was amazed by that thoroughness.

“Wow. You arranged locations even in that chaos?”

“Huh? No, I didn’t.”

“Then?”

“I just predicted it.”

When the carriage finally stopped at the destination, the hiding friends emerged one by one exactly as expected. Lee Han opened the door as if it was nothing and welcomed them.

Seeing this, Alsicle shuddered.

‘If… if this guy becomes a professor, students won’t even be able to run away…!’

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