Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 95
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095
“I really have no intention of going out at all. But if that’s what you need to feel at ease, I’ll gladly listen to that information.”
Lee Han spoke with a serious expression.
When he said this with his sculpted face, without a hint of jest, Salko found himself confused despite himself.
‘Has he really never gone out at night?’
Salko turned his gaze to another Black Turtle Tower friend beside him. The friend shook his head.
It meant not to be fooled.
“…”
Salko’s expression turned slightly menacing. As expected, those flashy nobles were dangerous to trust.
“…Follow me. I’ll explain.”
Then Salko whispered something to his Black Turtle Tower friends.
Lee Han became curious and casually asked the friend he had shared vegetable stew with before.
“What did Tutanta say?”
The other person answered with an apologetic expression.
“…He told them not to talk with you alone when he’s not around…”
“…”
* * *
In fact, Lee Han wasn’t the only one wandering around outside at night. Most students were now starting to venture outside their towers.
They had realized that just lying still and sleeping at night wouldn’t be enough to survive in this school.
Whether for food, for assignments, or for escape, they had to wander around the school and search for anything.
Naturally, Salko was doing the same.
“You’re criticizing me while secretly wandering around the school at night?”
“…I never criticized you.”
Salko said as if it was absurd.
Thinking about it, he really hadn’t.
“I see. Continue.”
“…”
Salko continued his story.
The place Salko and his friends had been continuously challenging lately was the third floor of the main building.
The main building was the largest among the magic school buildings and contained the most mysteries.
According to rumors, even the principal didn’t know everything that was in this main building.
As if proving that rumor, the third floor of the main building kept changing every time they visited.
Sometimes there would be five corridors, sometimes the stairs leading there would disappear entirely, sometimes they’d be blocked by walls after just a few steps…
But Salko, with the persistence befitting someone from the stonemason guild, had clung to it and found a way to enter to some extent.
“How do you get in?”
“When the hour and minutes are odd numbers, and when the moon isn’t covered by clouds, and when holding the staff in your left hand. You have to follow these conditions for the third floor corridor to open properly.”
“…”
For a moment, Lee Han wondered if Salko was mocking him. But Salko was very serious.
“I… I see.”
Well, it was possible in a magic school.
Lee Han was grateful enough that the conditions for the third floor corridor to open properly at night weren’t riding a unicycle while roasting peanuts with lightning while spinning and jumping over a ring of fire.
“Thank you. That’s useful information.”
Lee Han needed to find the stables located in the upper floors of the main building anyway. The third floor information was quite helpful.
“The information isn’t over yet. There’s a being on that third floor that might be helpful to you.”
“It’s not the lightning spirit, is it?”
“?”
“No. Just joking. What kind of being is it?”
Lee Han became curious.
Lee Han became curious.
Lee Han became curious.
Lee Han became curious.
Even though they were magical beings, the magic school was already full of all sorts of strange creatures.
Liches, troll hybrids, vampires, lightning elementals, and so on…
And most of them probably wouldn’t be pleasant conversation partners to meet in person. Ihan could have bet gold coins on it.
“I can’t tell you that.”
“Because I swore not to reveal the true identity of that being.”
“I see. Are you telling me to go and check it out myself?”
“No. Finding that being is more complex and difficult than entering the third-floor corridor. I need to go with you. Whatever you decide, I’ll go to the third-floor corridor and guide you to that being.”
Salko said this with an attitude as firm as solid rock. But Ihan was filled with doubt from the start.
‘Is this bastard setting a trap?’
After being subjected to so many unfair attacks from other students, suspicion was the first thing that came to mind.
Besides, doesn’t the opponent dislike nobles and knights anyway?
When I went to the third floor hallway, there might have been Black Turtle Tower students waiting there wearing masks.
Or maybe the entity in the third-floor hallway wants to sacrifice a student, and it chose Lee Han…
“What’s wrong?”
Salko had no idea that Ihan was harboring such an incredibly rude suspicion and asked back.
“I made a vow to that being, so wouldn’t it dislike me if I guided you?”
“No. I said it would be fine to bring new students as long as we don’t reveal our identities. Just to be sure, I double-checked during the 【Basic Imperial Language and Logic】 lecture.”
‘Tsk.’
His opponent was a student as diligent as Lee Han. He couldn’t be easily toyed with like Gainando.
“Do you really think it helps?”
“I stake my family’s honor on it—that’s what I believe. Of course, my judgment isn’t always right.”
Salko stroked his beard like a dwarf and spoke seriously.
‘I do need any information I can get right now.’
After pondering, Lee Han nodded his head.
To find the way to the stables located on the upper floor of the main building, this was no time to be picky about whether the water was cold or hot.
“Good. When are you thinking of going?”
“Tonight.”
Saturday evening.
It was the time when other students would be wrapped in blankets in the lounge, warming themselves by a cozy campfire.
Time to hold a cup of steaming tea or coffee in one hand, and a quill pen, chess piece, or cards in the other.
At that time, Ihan was walking up the dark staircase of the main building with Salko.
‘Looks like there are no other guys around.’
Ihan checked his surroundings, wary of any potential ambush. The Black Turtle Tower students didn’t seem to be following him.
Salko had a cane in one hand and a hammer hanging at his waist.
Honestly, that hammer felt more threatening than the wooden swords the White Tiger Tower students were carrying.
“I asked the other students. What do you know.”
Salko spoke in a low voice that brought granite to mind.
“What did you ask?”
“What kind of person you are.”
“…”
Lee Han checked his surroundings once more.
He was worried that Salko might shout ‘Die, Wardanaz. Your evil deeds end here!’ and students lying in ambush would come rushing out.
Fortunately, that didn’t happen.
“I heard you provide food for other students. Not only all the Blue Dragon Tower students but students from other towers as well.”
“That’s right.”
“Good deeds deserve respect, but I want to discourage that. People who haven’t worked to earn their own food and clothing won’t understand its value no matter who provides for them.”
Lee Han found himself nodding without realizing it.
It was too accurate a statement.
“…?”
Salko was flustered when Lee Han nodded.
He hadn’t expected Lee Han, being from the Wardanaz Family, to acknowledge it so readily without any objection.
“Do you… understand?”
“There’s nothing wrong with what you said. Originally, those who don’t work directly for themselves don’t know its value.”
“Exactly. How could those noble bastards know how sacred labor is? Or those knight bastards? All they know how to do is swagger around arrogantly with their swords?”
“I think basically those noble bastards and knight bastards should be sent to farms to plow fields. They learn swordsmanship as a liberal art, so there’s no reason they can’t learn farming too.”
The two young workers passionately agreed with each other.
When the conversation ended, Lee Han and Salko looked at each other as if acknowledging each other’s worth. Salko’s rock-like face softened slightly.
“It seems I misjudged you. I apologize, Wardanaz. Some White Tiger Tower students said you were a ruthless and evil archmage…”
“…”
“…That must have been false rumors from those arrogant knight bastards.”
“That’s right. Such false rumors always cloud our vision, so we must always be careful. As mages.”
“You’re absolutely right.”
Salko nodded repeatedly with a repentant expression.
Lee Han thought to himself.
‘From now on, no matter what rumors spread, I can insist they’re false rumors.’
Salko looked at Lee Han’s hands. They were hands hardened from tending the vegetable garden and various tasks. Nobles couldn’t have such hands.
People with the same hands recognize each other. With that, Salko completely acknowledged Lee Han.
Then Salko became curious instead.
Why would a student like Lee Han take care of other lazy trash?
“Wardanaz. I want to ask you one thing.”
“What is it?”
“Why do you take care of students from the same tower?”
“…”
Lee Han was flustered.
Well…
‘It’s because of money…’
He did it because he got paid. Would he prepare breakfast and go feed them meals for free without getting paid?
Of course it was because of money.
But Lee Han thought it wouldn’t be good to say it was because of money when Salko was currently evaluating him quite highly.
Lee Han decided to answer ambiguously.
“Because they’re friends.”
“…”
That answer made a strong impression on Salko.
He had thought students followed Wardanaz because of Wardanaz’s magical skills, but seeing this, it seemed that wasn’t the only reason.
“I could never do that myself… but that’s why I think I understand a little what honor means that you nobles speak of. It wasn’t completely nonexistent.”
“…”
Lee Han pushed the ledger in his pocket deeper inside.
If he got caught, Salko would never trust nobles for the rest of his life.
Salko, who had been walking ahead down the third floor main building corridor, suddenly stopped. Then he pointed to a statue located in the corridor. It was a statue of an unknown mage.
Though it was old, faded, and broken in places, it still had breathtakingly beautiful features.
So handsome that it felt like it wasn’t human appearance.
‘Strange. Why does it feel familiar?’
“Can you see this statue is broken, Wardanaz?”
Salko took out his hammer. Lee Han stepped back and brought his hand to his waist, then nodded.
“I repaired this statue before. I couldn’t just stand by and watch such a damaged statue.”
‘A workaholic.’
But Lee Han understood.
Just like Yoner wanted to water plants when he saw them, Nilia wanted to hunt when she saw prey, and Lee Han wanted to bow when he saw professors…
Salko had that kind of occupational disease too.
“But it broke again like this?”
“Yes. This statue keeps breaking even after being repaired. And that’s the secret to opening this hidden door.”
Salko carefully repaired the damaged statue.
Then, with the sound of stone rolling in the darkness, the statue rotated once. At the same time, a hidden passage opened.
“Go inside, Wardanaz. From here, you have to go alone.”
“Tutanta. …I trust you.”
“I know. That’s why you came this far.”
“I really trust you.”
“Why are you repeating that?”
Without realizing that Lee Han was reading his reaction, Salko tilted his head in confusion.
* * *
Has a new student come?
Has a new student come?
Has a new student come?
“!”
Inside the passage was a statue. It was a statue that looked like a mixture of various beasts.
Welcome. I am the Forgotten Beast Statue. I’ve been at this school for quite a long time. Student who repaired the statue and entered, would you first swear not to tell others about my identity?
Welcome. I am the Forgotten Beast Statue. I’ve been at this school for quite a long time. Student who repaired the statue and entered, would you first swear not to tell others about my identity?
Welcome. I am the Forgotten Beast Statue. I’ve been at this school for quite a long time. Student who repaired the statue and entered, would you first swear not to tell others about my identity?
“…I swear.”
When Lee Han answered, the dog tail part of the statue wagged happily.
“Excuse me, but what are you doing here?”
I’m just killing time. The room I was guarding was closed 187 years ago. Since then, I’ve been wandering around the cool places of this school.
I’m just killing time. The room I was guarding was closed 187 years ago. Since then, I’ve been wandering around the cool places of this school.
I’m just killing time. The room I was guarding was closed 187 years ago. Since then, I’ve been wandering around the cool places of this school.
“I’m curious why I shouldn’t tell others about this…”
Well, because the professors might give me work to do again.
Well, because the professors might give me work to do again.
Well, because the professors might give me work to do again.
“How truly wise…!”
Thank you for understanding.
Thank you for understanding.
Thank you for understanding.
Lee Han was certain that this statue was truly wise.
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
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