Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 97
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097
Anger
Anger
14 times 19 equals 266, not 417. Not a single digit was correct.
Ihan asked in a suspicious voice.
“Gainando. How do you make a low-grade mana recovery potion?”
The question that other friends asked earlier.
If it really was a potion of wisdom, I should have been able to answer properly like before.
“Cut off the base of the garamaldu, and cut the remaining part to the same size as your pinky finger. At the same time, you need to tear the seolhyangcho into thin strips by hand…”
He was answering with the same calm and composed expression as before, but Ihan wasn’t fooled.
Isn’t his pinky finger being cut off along with the base of the gallamaldu on the cutting board right now!
“It wasn’t a potion of wisdom, but a potion of confidence.”
The friends at the Blue Dragon Tower were genuinely disappointed.
I could have easily passed all the assignments and exams!
“But couldn’t we trick them with a wisdom potion and sell it to the White Tiger Tower kids?”
“Ooh…”
“What do you mean ‘ooh’? No way.”
Ihan stopped the students.
The princess was about to stand up with the potion in hand, but upon hearing Ihan’s words, she glanced around nervously and quietly sat back down.
“Why?! Wardanaz. You know how rude and arrogant those bastards are!”
“I cursed at you last time too!”
“I know that too. But… wait. What did you just say?”
Ihan was about to let it go but couldn’t hold back and asked.
“They say you’re much better at dark magic than the upperclassmen.”
‘That’s not really a curse word, is it?’
Lee Han thought to himself.
Of course I understand what you meant by it, but it was a bit too weak for an insult.
The White Tiger Tower students probably said what they thought was insulting in their own way, but to Ihan it wasn’t really…
It would have been much more insulting to say something like “Wodanaz will starve to death after graduation” or “Wodanaz won’t be able to graduate and will get dragged away by the professors.”
“That much is fine. I’ll handle my own affairs, so don’t get unnecessarily angry because of me. Right now, the most important thing is the lake.”
At those words, the students of the Blue Dragon Tower remembered the assignment they had forgotten—or rather, had tried to forget.
It was an assignment given by the skeleton principal.
“Do we really have to go all the way to the lake?”
“Maybe it’s okay to just give up on one assignment? Having to cooperate with guys like that. What matters is honor, not grades.”
At those words, Ihan, Yoner, the princess, and Asan all stared at the student with startled eyes, as if wondering what kind of nonsense he was spouting.
How can you say that grades don’t matter??
“Grades are honor. What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”
“That’s right. Grades are everything… I mean, honor.”
Ihan hesitated and stopped himself just as he was about to say, “If you want to succeed in life, you need to get good grades.”
The guys here generally had the attitude of “So what if my grades are bad? With my family background, am I going to starve to death?” so it wasn’t very effective.
And…
‘If you say things like that, it might be dangerous later.’
From what I saw when Professor Voladi and Professor Kirmin were talking the other time, it somehow felt dangerous to say ‘My goal is to become a bureaucrat and climb the ranks’ within the magic school.
It might have been right to keep it hidden until I could establish myself properly and leave later.
“S… Sorry. I was being short-sighted.”
The friend who had spoken without much thought couldn’t withstand the stares from Ihan and the others, and apologized.
I see!
So grades were that important after all…!
‘I was hoping to get something useful from the potion box.’
Ihan looked at the lake with regret.
Specifically, I wanted things like potions of sleepwalking or potions of underwater breathing to appear.
No matter how much I thought about it, this assignment from the principal seemed like it would involve some water-related bullshit.
Falling into water or swallowing water…
However, the only confirmed potions from the stolen potion box were Western Empire Wine (delicious), Cantus Potion (grants musical talent), and Confidence Potion.
Ihan seriously considered secretly giving the remaining potions to the White Tiger Tower students, little by little.
It would be faster if I fed them directly…
‘It would be a bit troublesome if they had strength enhancement potions or giant transformation potions. They’ll come to kill me first.’
Ihan thought about the danger and decided to stop.
It was indeed ethically wrong to test an unverified potion on a person.
Shield, unfold!
…Or so he had heard, but Lee Han couldn’t feel the difference.
Shield, unfold!
Ihan shouted an incantation toward the lake.
Mages who use water elemental magic become much more comfortable and powerful when water is nearby.
The mana and mental energy required to summon water are drastically reduced.
…he had heard, but Ihan couldn’t feel any difference.
‘Is it because I’m inexperienced?’
Whether using water from the lake or just summoning water, it felt similar in terms of sensation.
Maybe it was because he used low-circle magic.
You might not notice much difference in lower circles, but as you climb to higher circles, the differences might become more apparent…
Ihan experimented with various attempts, shifting and changing the water mass he had summoned in the form of a shield.
There was only one reason why Lee Han was alone at the lake doing this on a Sunday morning when everyone else was happy.
He was looking for a way to cross the lake.
‘It’s nothing new, but damn, it’s huge.’
It was understandable that some students from inland areas mistakenly thought, “Wow, there must be an ocean inside this school.”
Since you couldn’t see the end of the lake from where Ihan was.
I had to find a way to get across by next week. The skeleton principal wasn’t the type to show mercy just because there was no way to do it.
Ferry, appear!
Naturally, the required mana was tremendously different too.
Ferry, appear!
Ihan tried to change the shape of the boat into that of a ferry by modifying the incantations in his own way.
He tried to summon a ferry made of water.
Professor Garcia would have been horrified by this absurd attempt from his student.
-No matter how confident you are, can’t you imagine how difficult it is to maintain the shape of a ferry boat?
Maintaining a water shield and summoning a water ferry to cross a lake were completely different matters.
First of all, the shield and the ferry differed in size and density.
Naturally, the required magical power was also vastly different.
Moreover, no matter how simply you design the structure of a ferry, it’s a completely different level of complexity compared to a shield.
Unlike shields that could simply be suspended in the air, this had to be continuously maintained in its form on the water’s surface…
Lee Han soon realized this fact as well.
Indeed, summoning a boat made of water was not efficient.
‘It’s definitely ambiguous. When I float this on the lake, will I be able to maintain it continuously?’
There was also the possibility that monsters or the Skeleton Principal might jump out of the lake and attack.
Considering such cases, a water boat was too risky.
‘It’s a shame to give up after succeeding in summoning, but I have to abandon it.’
Lee Han gave up cleanly. And he released the successfully summoned water boat onto the lake.
Once again, it would have been a sight that would have shocked Professor Garcia if she had been there.
-You can’t just release it after succeeding like that!
‘Is enchantment magic the answer after all?’
If neither potions nor water boats worked, then enchantment magic was next.
A type of magic that directly inscribes effects on items, substances, or living beings to maintain their effects.
Water walking magic and underwater breathing magic also fell under enchantment magic.
The problem was that Lee Han had only learned enchantment magic indirectly so far.
He had learned application methods in lectures like 【Basic Imperial Geometry and Arithmetic】, but he hadn’t received proper instruction yet.
And even if he received proper instruction, it didn’t seem like he’d be able to learn water walking magic or underwater breathing magic right away in his first year…
‘Dark magic is useless even at times like this. Alchemy and enchantment magic are closely helpful in daily life.’
Lee Han thought of Professor Mortum shedding tears.
‘The lightning spirit is equally useless. The ice spirit that Professor Thunderstep commands usually helps preserve ingredients and reagents… At times like this, it could have frozen water to create a path.’
Lee Han then thought of Perkuntra getting upset.
‘Magic is quite weak when you think about it…’
“Be careful!”
“Nothing to worry about. Here. Let’s push it slowly.”
“?”
At the voices coming from beyond the thicket, Lee Han lowered his posture and approached.
Surprisingly, the White Tiger Tower friends were making something like a boat. Even Lee Han, who didn’t know much about it, could tell it was roughly completed.
“!”
“Is it okay to float it like this?”
“Of course. I’ve done it many times.”
The goat beastkin, Angrago, answered confidently.
When the knights were occasionally given long breaks, Angrago would follow his parents to his mother’s hometown and ride boats around the sea.
Not only did he have plenty of experience handling small boats, but he was also confident he could make one himself.
“Once we float it and confirm it works, let’s go back and tell everyone!”
“Yeah! Everyone must be waiting. Wait… what if we just find the path all the way to the island?”
“That’s a really good idea. Moradi would love it too.”
Angrago nodded his head.
It would be nice to have Moradi and other students admire him, but more than anything…
Just thinking about that Wardanaz guy looking at him with eyes mixed with respect and frustration was already thrilling.
-Kuk. Angrago Alpha. I acknowledge you. To find a path I haven’t found yet. You’re much more amazing than I thought. I was stupid to underestimate you…
Even Wardanaz, who had mastered all evil magic, wouldn’t know such nautical wisdom.
Rustle-
With the sound of something moving in the thicket, Lee Han appeared holding his staff.
“Hey.”
When Lee Han called out, Angrago and his friend instinctively raised both arms. The staff pointed at them felt like a sword tip.
“This… this bastard…!”
“So cowardly…!”
Angrago was so frustrated his horns trembled.
It was a boat he had made while sacrificing sleep for several days.
He had even given it the name ‘Baphomet’ and worked hard on it, only to have it stolen by an armed robber with a staff.
He wanted to charge at him, but thinking of the magic Lee Han had shown before, he couldn’t move easily.
Wouldn’t Lee Han’s staff swing first before he could draw his sword and charge?
“My boat! My boat like this…!”
“Don’t move.”
After giving the warning, Lee Han suddenly thought ‘Oh no.’
‘Why am I threatening them?’
He had originally come out in front of the White Tiger Tower students to ask how they planned to sail and how they would find their way.
But when the White Tiger Tower students suddenly raised both arms as if they had met robbers, Lee Han also unknowingly said “Don’t move.”
Habits are truly frightening!
“No, that’s not it.”
Lee Han lowered his staff.
“There seems to be some misunderstanding, but I didn’t come out to steal your boat. I came to ask how things were going.”
“Really??”
“But you pointed your staff and threatened to curse us if we didn’t hand over the boat…”
Angrago, who was speaking, remembered that no such thing had happened. He had been too flustered and mistaken.
“There was a misunderstanding.”
The two White Tiger Tower students quietly lowered their arms. Lee Han also nodded, pretending not to notice.
“There was a misunderstanding.”
“You came out because you were interested in the boat I made?”
“Right. But…”
Lee Han paused mid-sentence and looked at Angrago with fresh eyes.
This guy made the boat?
‘It might be even more dangerous than a boat made by Gainando…’
“Why?”
Angrago didn’t notice Lee Han’s rude inner thoughts and looked puzzled.
How to Survive as a Mage in a Magic School
How to Survive as a Mage in a Magic School
How to Survive as a Mage in a Magic School
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
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