Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 946

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Chapter 946

Not noticing that Rowena was looking at him like he was some kind of weirdo, Lee Han called out to Nilia.

“Nilia. Could you ask the spirits if they’re lacking fire energy?”

“Got it.”

Nilia nodded and politely asked the spirits. It was a request to check the fire essence inside the cauldron.

The spirits that received the request trudged over and checked the heat inside the cauldron. Then they fled in terror.

“…They didn’t run away because of me, right? It was because of the cauldron’s energy, right?”

“That doesn’t seem like the important thing right now…!”

Rowena was flustered by Lee Han’s obsession with completely irrelevant details.

“They say it wasn’t because of you. …That’s right, isn’t it? Really? You’re not just saying no because you’re scared, right? Yeah. They retreated because the fire energy was stronger than expected.”

“I see.”

If it was weak that would be one thing, but strong energy couldn’t be bad. Still, just in case, Lee Han called Adenart.

“Imperial Princess. Could you ask a spirit one more time?”

Adenart nodded quietly as if she understood.

Then after briefly communing with a spirit, she spoke.

“…I’m sorry. Wardanaz. The spirit is afraid to approach.”

“…”

Lee Han realized that summoned spirits being too friendly with each other wasn’t good either.

To share information so quickly in that brief moment.

“Ah. Then I should summon my Flame Sparrow Spirit.”

“No. I’ll try to coax it well.”

Nilia coaxed the spirit Adenart had summoned well, then made her request.

The hesitating spirit eventually scurried to the front of the cauldron and checked its heat.

“Other than the fire energy being very strong, there’s nothing wrong?”

“I see…”

Lee Han’s voice was slightly dejected. Rowena wondered to herself.

It was resolved well, so why?

* * *

Arien, who had been checking the quality of newly imported tea leaves and examining silk embroidery with the staff members, widened her eyes when the students came out.

“What happened to all of you?”

“Arien. We’ve regenerated the discarded flame root. Please accept it here.”

“What? That can be regenerated?”

Arien was even more surprised to hear they had regenerated reagents that were discarded due to transportation mistakes.

She had traveled to various places for trading company business, but had never heard of regenerating discarded reagents like that.

‘Is it a secret technique passed down only from Einroguard?’

Though surprised, Arien could understand for now.

This was Einroguard, after all. It wouldn’t be strange if there were special magics passed down only from within.

“I can’t take this back. Above all, didn’t I give it to you because it was discarded reagent? You can do whatever you want with it… Ah!”

Arien was startled when she opened the lid of the wooden box containing the roots.

The appearance of the flame root was completely different from what she had expected.

The color had become several times more intensely red, and the fire energy was so fierce that sparks were flying nearby.

‘…Did they grow this on lava while receiving a Red Dragon’s breath???’

Flustered by the reagent’s energy that was several times more powerful than what she knew, Arien asked.

“Is this really flame root?”

“What? Of course it is. Look, the shape, color, energy, properties. They all match.”

‘The color and energy seem different though…’

Arien had a staff member bring a small magnifying artifact and carefully examined it.

Surprisingly, it was indeed flame root.

It was just that its energy was much more powerful.

“Young Master of Wardanaz Family. I knew your magic was excellent, but I didn’t know it was to this extent. To enhance discarded reagents like this… I can’t even guess what kind of secret technique this is.”

“It’s not that difficult. I condensed flames until the alchemical equipment could withstand it, then steeped the flame root.”

At Lee Han’s words, Arien smiled broadly.

Unlike other members of the Wardanaz Family, this boy seemed to really enjoy pleasant jokes.

To so elegantly deflect the answer that he couldn’t leak Einroguard’s secrets.

“Of course. Anyway, I can’t accept this. How about you students try selling it directly?”

“What?”

At the unexpected suggestion, Lee Han and his friends murmured. Arien pointed to the tea leaves and silk behind her.

“These were also sold by Einroguard students.”

The embroidered pictures and patterns made with gold and silver thread on jet-black silk were the highest quality fabric called Azirmo in the Empire.

Lee Han was surprised to hear that upperclassmen had made that.

“You’re saying upperclassmen made that highest quality silk?”

“It’s not highest quality silk though.”

“!”

At those words, Lee Han belatedly noticed something was off.

“That’s right…! I don’t feel that distinctive energy that expensive luxury goods have!”

“…Th-there’s such an energy?”

Nilia asked her friends in confusion. The friends shook their heads.

Even Adenart, who had encountered the most expensive luxury goods, had never felt such an energy.

“Then what is this?”

“It’s cheap silk that’s been dyed, with fake gold and silver substituted for the thread. You could call it an imitation, but it fetches quite a price.”

Einroguard students didn’t have the luxury of selling expensive materials at high prices.

Einroguard students were the ones who sold cheap materials at high prices using magic.

“Don’t tell me those tea leaves too…?”

“Those are real tea leaves. Though I heard students cultivated them quickly in greenhouses.”

The 2nd year students were also starting to feel it, but by 3rd year, the amount of reagents and items needed increased exponentially.

Taking requests by squeezing out busy time wasn’t done for no reason. Einroguard upperclassmen were always pressed for time and gold coins.

Contracting with outside merchants like this to supply goods and receive payment was relatively easy, so quite many students did it.

But right now Lee Han and his friends were outside and had fairly wide connections.

Since there were no restrictions, selling directly would be most profitable.

“I see. Thank you for the advice.”

Lee Han nodded at the reasonable words.

Certainly, if they could get maximum profit, there was no reason to refuse.

“Wait a moment!”

“?”

Arien called back Lee Han’s group as they were turning around.

Arien spoke with an embarrassed expression.

“Could I buy just one box of flame root now? There’s not much stock in the city…”

Come to think of it, she needed one box of flame root for the upcoming city alchemist gathering.

Having elegantly considered the other party, she wanted to end the conversation gracefully, but Arien was a merchant.

If there was a chance to obtain good goods, she would never miss it!

* * *

“This should be enough, right?”

The students finished repackaging in boxes. During this, Salko offered an opinion.

“Wait. There’s a need to be careful. If we say Einroguard students are selling at this point, we might get tracked.”

“That’s certainly true. Hmm. We’ll need to use aliases.”

Apart from the disguise, he also needed to use a different name.

After thinking briefly, Lee Han wrote 【Nago Family】 on the box.

“What’s the Nago Family?”

“A fictional family I created. The identity I used when rescuing you guys last time was from that family. Oh right. You guys need to memorize this too.”

“?”

Angrago blinked, wondering what he needed to memorize.

“Now. Stedal of the Nago Family is a noble who was captured by pirates in the southern part of the Empire and then rescued by Ragesa, Torgerd’s daughter who leads a privateer fleet…”

“…”

30 minutes later.

Angrago nodded with unfocused and dazed eyes.

“I, I think I’ve memorized it now.”

“Good. Well done. Preparation must be thorough.”

‘But why did I have to remember the part about accumulating wealth during the fighting tournament?’

Angrago was curious about that, but he held back since asking here would likely result in another hour-long additional identity lecture.

“Ah. Right. There was something I left out from the treasure map wealth story.”

‘No!’

“Wait a minute. Lee Han.”

Angrago, who had been screaming internally, let out a sigh of relief when Yoner interrupted.

‘Thank you. Meikin!’

“The family name is good, but you need a coat of arms too. Just writing the name without a coat of arms might look awkward.”

“Oh… you’re right.”

Lee Han thought for about 10 seconds after hearing the point.

To consider what emblem would suit the family.

There was no need to think longer than that. It was just for an alias anyway.

Scratch scratch scratch-

“How about this?”

“…Is that an upside-down hanging skeleton?”

“That’s right.”

“It seems a bit provocative… No, never mind. If we get caught, we’ll end up in the punishment room either way. So we’ll go with this?”

Yoner wondered if there was really a need to provoke the Skeleton Principal, but figured his friend would handle things well enough.

Perhaps it was even an expression of respect as a disciple.

“Family name done, emblem done… We can say it came from the Nago Family and then deliver it. Ah. Yoner. How about Master Yoanen’s workshop?”

Lee Han brought up the name of the first alchemy workshop that came to mind.

Joanen, being an outstanding alchemist, would surely recognize the value of this flame root.

“That won’t work.”

“Why not?”

Lee Han was a bit surprised by the unexpected answer.

He hadn’t expected Yoner to say it wouldn’t work.

Could there have been some problem with Master Yoanen?

“Sister Yoanen is really sharp about pointing out flaws and being frugal when buying reagents. If you want to sell it for a high price, somewhere else would be better.”

“I see…!”

Lee Han looked with respect at the thoroughness that showed no favoritism even to blood relatives.

Having such a wise friend made him confident they could make a big profit.

“Guys. We can do this. We’re going to become the greatest merchants in Granden City!”

“That… that much?”

* * *

“If Master Meikin comes, tell him I’m not here!”

An alchemist rushed into the workshop shouting.

However, surprisingly, there was already no one in the workshop. The alchemist panicked and stepped backward, bumping into something.

Thud-

“Wh, what? Who is it? Who drank an invisibility potion?”

“Shh. Be quiet.”

“Pahusuk?! Why are you doing that?”

“To tell Master Meikin I’m not here when he comes.”

“…”

The alchemists who arrived late finally realized that their colleagues had all drunk invisibility potions and were hiding throughout the workshop.

Their colleagues had been one step ahead.

“Did everyone fail to get saltwood root? No way, it’s not even that rare of a reagent!”

“The Richmond Family’s transport ship happened to sink… We’ll have to wait at least another month for the next shipment to arrive.”

“A month? In a month, Master Meikin could dry us all to death and still have 29 days left over!”

The reason the alchemists were doing this was simple.

They couldn’t obtain the reagents needed for workshop work.

And all of them at that!

Yoanen of the Meikin Family wasn’t a violent person, but she was a mage overflowing with madness. If the necessary reagents continued to be unavailable, the workshop’s alchemists might have to work 25 hours a day.

Click-

At the sound of the door opening, the alchemist panicked and threw an invisibility potion at himself.

The workshop’s owner wearing amethyst glasses, Yoanen Meikin, entered.

Thud!

When Yoanen took out a small stone fragment from her pocket and threw it, all the invisibility effects in the workshop were absorbed.

The alchemists who had been hiding in the ceiling, wardrobes, and inside cauldrons silently walked out without a word.

“Master Meikin. If you give us just a little more time, we will definitely obtain the reagents. Please calm down.”

“Ah. The situation has changed a bit.”

Yoanen took out a small reagent pouch with a very interested expression.

Then she skillfully untied the string with her gloved fingers and took out the reagent inside.

‘Yeommokgeun? No. The energy is too strong. Is it a special reagent made from yeommokgeun?’

“I got this salt tree root from an alchemist I know.”

“This is saltwood root?!”

“That’s right. Interesting, isn’t it? And what’s even more interesting is that the alchemist also received it as a gift from a merchant, who said that this salt root would soon be released in the city.”

“…”

“…”

“If we can’t find and purchase this, we’re willing to work 26 hours a day!”

The alchemists spoke with eyes that blazed hotter than the heat emanating from the salt tree roots.

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