Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 975

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Chapter 975

In fact, this semester Diret had been particularly unlucky with his lectures.

Just recently, hadn’t the other professors come to sit in on his lecture because of Jowrin running away?

Even then, Diret had thought ‘there couldn’t be a more difficult lecture than this.’

But today, Diret truly felt why a mage shouldn’t make hasty conclusions.

There could indeed be lectures even more difficult than that one!

“I’m truly sorry, Senior.”

Lee Han apologized with an expression full of guilt.

In truth, Lee Han hadn’t brought the Insane Doppelganger because he wanted to either. Who would want to bring such a person to a lecture hall?

But the Insane Doppelganger had stubbornly insisted.

His claim was that he would directly guide and supervise from the side for the achievement of small world magic.

‘Could this be a new form of pressure?’

Lee Han couldn’t help but suspect that the Insane Doppelganger had changed his methods.

Since the methods he’d used until now weren’t working well anymore, perhaps he was changing direction to this kind of psychological pressure…

Thinking about it that way was terrifying.

He would follow to Professor Garcia’s lectures, follow to Professor Verdus’s lectures, and follow to Professor Bendozol’s lectures too.

‘Wait. That actually seems pretty okay.’

Come to think of it, those were professors it wouldn’t be too terrible if he followed to their lectures. Lee Han realized he had chosen poor examples.

“No… it’s fine. You probably didn’t come here because you wanted to either, junior.”

Diret, having regained his composure, took the hands that Lee Han and Yukveltire offered and stood up.

Yukveltire’s gaze as she looked at her rising friend was much more generous than before.

“You should have told me beforehand if it was something like this.”

“What?”

“So all of this was work to lure in the Archmage.”

If all these seemingly pointless preparations were actually to draw in the Archmage’s projection, it made sense.

It wasn’t for some trivial lecture, but to extract the secrets of magic.

Yukveltire sincerely apologized for misunderstanding her friend’s true intentions.

“That’s not it though?”

“…?”

“I said no. I just prepared this to congratulate my junior.”

“…”

Yukveltire coldly let go of his hand. Lee Han glared at the back of this wicked senior’s head.

“Should I chase that person away?”

“Never mind. She’ll leave on her own anyway.”

As Diret said, Yukveltire began gathering her bag.

She had painted all the darkness on the walls as payment for her debt, so now she was thinking of leaving.

If it were a matter of extracting magic from the Archmage’s projection that would be one thing, but she had no intention of watching Diret teach black magic to his junior…

“Indeed.”

“!”

While the three were talking, the Insane Doppelganger had already gotten up and reached the front of the lecture hall.

Having seen the 【Crow’s Evil Eye】 magic written on the blackboard, the Insane Doppelganger looked at Diret.

“Mage. Did you create this spell?”

“…Oh, ah, yes.”

Diret found his tongue twisting without realizing it.

Of course, the person in front of him was the outrageous mage who had kidnapped his junior, but strictly speaking, he was also the founder of Einroguard’s Black Magic Academy.

When such a person asked ‘did you write this black magic,’ even Diret couldn’t help but instinctively tense up.

Getting nervous in front of a professor was the sad fate of disciples.

“Clever but the finish is clumsy. There’s no need to keep the enemy fixed in your sight. Expand your sixth sense based on your five senses. Don’t forget that for a mage, mana is another sensory organ.”

The 【Crow’s Evil Eye】 that Diret had brought for his junior was magic created to overcome the limitations of the existing Black Magic Academy’s poison-type spells.

Magic that converted the material poison into the form of an immaterial curse, then used the mage’s vision as a medium to hit the enemy.

If one mastered this, there would be no need to struggle to hit Yukvelt-, no, other enemies with poison.

But the Insane Doppelganger noticed the parts of this magic that were still unrefined.

There was no need to confirm the enemy’s position through sight when checking their location.

Just as fierce beasts use their whiskers as sensory organs, mages could use the world’s mana as their sensory organs.

There was only one reason they didn’t do this.

The fear possessed by the mage himself.

“If you degrade magic out of fear of poisoning others, that’s abandoning your duty as a mage.”

“…I’ll keep that in mind…”

Diret, having been struck in a painful spot, could only nod without being able to argue back.

It was such a sharp criticism that he wasn’t even angry. It was definitely correct.

If you’re going to create magic, you should create it with the resolve to handle it yourself, not diminish its level by worrying about danger in advance – that wasn’t good for anyone.

“But Senior, if we change it the way you just said, won’t the difficulty increase?”

“I suppose it would.”

There was quite a difference in difficulty between casting a curse by sight and casting a curse by mobilizing all other senses.

“This is magic I need to learn, right?”

“Yes.”

“I think I prefer the existing magic…”

Lee Han tried speaking slyly to the Insane Doppelganger, but his master coldly ignored him.

Even trying to persuade him with arguments like needing stepping stones or promising to master it later didn’t work at all.

“Diret certainly has weak aspects. Without those, he could become an even greater mage.”

“…Aren’t you leaving, Senior?”

Lee Han was bewildered to see Yukveltire, who he thought had left after packing her bag earlier, now seated and listening to the lecture.

What’s with this person, really?

* * *

The Insane Doppelganger had originally intended to quietly guide his disciple’s small world from the side, but Einroguard’s passionate students wouldn’t leave an excellent master alone.

More precisely, Yukveltire wouldn’t leave him alone. Diret and Lee Han glared at the silver-haired mage as if they wanted to kill her.

“Indeed. So you’re saying for this part, it would be good to use human shinbones and collarbones as reagents.”

“That’s right. But in that case, there’s another problem.”

Lee Han, listening from the side, muttered.

“You’d get arrested under Imperial law.”

Yukveltire and the Insane Doppelganger ignored him. Only Diret scribbled with his quill.

I thought that joke was funny.

‘Senior!’

Lee Han looked at him with emotion.

Indeed, being the Empire’s greatest senior wasn’t something just anyone could do.

“May I ask one more thing?”

“No.”

“!”

At the Insane Doppelganger’s unexpected refusal, shock spread across Yukveltire’s face like ripples.

“Why not?”

“Mage. Be careful of overstepping your bounds. I answered your question because you’re my disciple’s companion, but royalty is not your master.”

The Insane Doppelganger drew a line.

The question about Ahrak’s red poison just now was already written on the blackboard, and since she was also his disciple’s colleague, he had mercifully answered.

But strictly speaking, such questions were originally rude behavior.

Shouldn’t a mage ask their own master?

The Insane Doppelganger looked at Lee Han and asked.

“I wonder what kind of fellow that mage’s master is, that his disciple asks questions elsewhere.”

“Should I call him?”

Lee Han felt excited for the first time in today’s lecture. Diret must have felt the same way, as her wings rose slightly.

Honestly, I want to see this!

“Never mind. Whoever it is, he’s probably some worthless fellow.”

‘What a shame!’

While he was feeling disappointed, Yukveltire, who had returned to her seat, whispered behind Lee Han.

“Wardanaz Family Junior.”

“?”

“Ask about methods to withstand the powerful external pressure generated in distorted dimensions.”

“…You did just speak in Imperial, right?”

Lee Han was confused, wondering if Yukveltire had spoken in ancient Giant or Verdus language.

“What are you talking about?”

“It’s a joke… No, never mind. So what did you say?”

Lee Han, who was about to explain the joke, gave up.

How could he explain a joke to a small golem without a heart (he thought she had one, but it turned out she probably didn’t)?

“One of the risk factors when casting dimension-related magic is distorted dimensions.”

The concept of multiple dimensions was something any high-level mage would encounter, but it was also a concept that became increasingly troublesome and headache-inducing the deeper one delved.

The scope of dimensions was simply too vast to begin with.

The Spirit Realm and Undead Realm, which even ordinary people could know about, were other dimensions, but practically unobservable parallel worlds also fell under the concept of dimensions.

Even without going that far, there were many strange and twisted places among dimensions.

Some had no souls whatsoever, others had no volume at all, and some contained only pure force…

Among these dimensions, malignant dimensions that didn’t actually function as worlds but only influenced other dimensions were called distorted dimensions.

They were like reefs to be avoided by mages who traveled or explored dimensions.

When these encountered mages trying to visit other dimensions, they would compress or distort them soul and all.

‘Wait. Why am I learning this?’

Lee Han, who had been taking notes quickly, became confused.

Why was he learning this?

Lee Han wasn’t even majoring in dimensions!

“If you understand, hurry up and ask the question.”

“Understood.”

Lee Han nodded.

Then he spoke to the Insane Doppelganger.

“Master. Then may I practice the 【Raven’s Eye】 magic now?”

“!?!”

Yukveltire’s eyes trembled with a sense of betrayal. Seeing this, Diret thought to herself.

‘Why is she feeling betrayed…’

It’s not a situation to feel that way at all…!

* * *

Although the difficulty had increased thanks to a certain Archmage, 【Raven’s Eye】 was good magic.

Above all, the fact that it stopped at 4th Circle despite the interference of that madman proved this magic’s excellence.

Even with a sudden increase in difficulty, it could somehow be resolved within the 4th Circle.

‘This is exactly what excellent magic is like.’

Lee Han, who was happy feeling like he had gained an advantage, realized something strange.

…Come to think of it, isn’t there no reason to be happy about 4th Circle magic?

‘Could I have been hit by mental magic?!’

No matter how he thought about it, that was the only way it made sense. Lee Han circulated his mana and checked his condition.

“What’s wrong, Junior?”

“I’m suspicious that I might have been affected by mental interference magic.”

“What?! Why?!”

Diret was startled.

When her junior brought up such a topic, it wasn’t something to just brush off.

What kind of signs could there have been?

“I just practiced 【Raven’s Eye】 without any complaints.”

“…You were always like that.”

“?!!?!”

This time Lee Han was shocked, but Diret calmly turned her head away.

This was something she couldn’t deny.

Looking to the side, she could see that pathetic friend still sitting there even though lecture time had ended.

“Yukveltire. Let’s go.”

“I still have questions left.”

“…”

Diret let out a deep sigh.

Then, with an expression that showed she really didn’t want to do this and felt sorry, she spoke to Lee Han.

“Junior. Could you possibly do me just one favor?”

“It’s fine.”

Lee Han readily agreed and immediately called the Insane Doppelganger.

“Master. What methods are there to withstand the powerful external pressure generated in distorted dimensions?”

“It’s been quite a while since you asked a decent question. Using the infinite power of outer dimensions is a desire any mage would have. However, that power is…”

As the Insane Doppelganger immediately began explaining, Yukveltire blinked.

When her friend’s reaction was different from expected, Diret asked in confusion.

“What’s wrong? Wasn’t that the question you wanted?”

“…Why doesn’t the Wardanaz Family Junior listen to me but only listens to you?”

“…”

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