Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 979
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Chapter 979
The Insane Doppelganger had always maintained an unchanging expression no matter what happened, but it seemed he hadn’t anticipated the students’ current reaction.
The students in the lecture hall, who had started with applause and cheers, grew increasingly heated with excitement.
“Let’s erect a statue of the Principal’s Doppelganger!”
“Remember this day! Today is when Saint Gonadaltes vanquished the evil Verdus…”
Thud!
“Quiet.”
“Ah. Yes.”
The students immediately came to their senses as if cold water had been poured on them.
Even if their hearts burned hot from seeing Professor Verdus hung upside down, their heads could cool down instantly.
That was exactly what Einroguard students were like.
“Let me go! Gonadaltes!”
“Who gave you permission to address royalty in such a manner.”
“What? No… you originally gave me permission!”
The Insane Doppelganger didn’t torture Professor Verdus.
There had been mages like this even in ancient times. And even then, torture had been of little use.
For such mages, there were other methods of teaching.
Crack!
The Insane Doppelganger destroyed the artifact Professor Verdus had been working on.
Professor Verdus’s eyes shook mercilessly at the shocking sight.
He looked like a beaver whose half-built wooden dam had collapsed.
“Wh… wh… what are you doing!!!”
“You still haven’t learned proper etiquette.”
The Insane Doppelganger took out Professor Verdus’s next artifact with an indifferent attitude.
Snap!
As the staff split in half, Professor Verdus let out a shrill scream.
That staff had required the cooperation of 23 mages and 6 years to complete!
The sight of the wailing beaver beastman softened even the hearts of the most hate-filled students. However, the Insane Doppelganger didn’t stop.
Lee Han once again felt that his opponent was an ancient Archmage.
No matter how much of a mad professor of Einroguard Verdus was, he couldn’t surpass an ancient Archmage who had survived through brutal times.
“I, I was wrong! I was wrong!”
After two more artifacts were smashed to pieces, Professor Verdus finally learned proper etiquette.
Seeing this, the Insane Doppelganger slowly nodded his head.
“Do not dare forget your manners. One who teaches disciples must also pay attention to their own dignity.”
Professor Verdus only wailed instead of answering. Then the Insane Doppelganger immediately took out the next artifact.
“I won’t forget! I won’t forget!”
“There are no second chances. Mage. Remember that. And… what was the teaching just now?”
“Di, didn’t they teach like this in ancient times?”
Professor Verdus blinked and watched the Insane Doppelganger’s expression.
Lee Han, listening from behind, also thought to himself.
‘That’s right?’
Come to think of it, he seemed to have heard that they taught this way in ancient times.
Not the master spoon-feeding the disciple, but the disciple directly observing and stealing the master’s secrets.
Sometimes they even killed each other…
Crack!
“Noooooooo!”
The Insane Doppelganger immediately destroyed the next artifact. Professor Verdus wailed in grief.
“How dare you mock royalty? Which ancient mage taught in such a manner?”
“Wasn’t that how it was?”
When Lee Han spoke without thinking, the Insane Doppelganger whipped his head around.
His eyes showed disbelief that his own disciple had spouted such nonsense.
“Even if one learns by stealing without relying on the master’s teachings, there are limits. How could that selfish behavior of only caring about one’s own work be something a master should display?”
‘…That’s true!’
The students found themselves agreeing without realizing it.
Come to think of it, since they didn’t know much about ancient times, they had too easily accepted the saying ‘this is how they learned in ancient times.’
Ancient times were also when people lived, so they wouldn’t have taught in such strange ways.
No matter how harsh and severe the teaching was, even in ancient times they didn’t call it teaching when a master abandoned their disciple to only do their own work.
“That’s not a disciple but a servant or slave. Mage, are you saying you treated this royal disciple like a servant?”
“I, I didn’t treat him like a servant… I treated him very well…!”
Professor Verdus shook his head vigorously as he answered.
Of course, the Insane Doppelganger didn’t believe him. He looked at the other students and asked.
“How did this mage treat the royal disciple?”
“He worked him the hardest among all the students here.”
Sigunteng answered immediately.
Even if it was his own school’s professor, Divination Magic School students always spoke the truth.
Crack!
“When did I ever!!”
As another artifact was smashed, Professor Verdus cried out tearfully.
However, Sigunteng didn’t even blink.
Unlike students from other schools, Divination Magic School students were prepared to remain calm whether Professor Verdus cried or not.
“Swear an oath here. Mage.”
“Wh, what should I swear?”
The Insane Doppelganger didn’t bother explaining. He took out the next artifact again.
As another one broke, Professor Verdus began shouting whatever came to mind.
“I, I won’t run away after receiving gold coin investments! Is that not it? I won’t ignore clients’ contacts and make things as I please! Th, this isn’t it either? I… I won’t ignore students’ works?”
Crack, crack, crack!
“Professor. Cheer up! You’re doing well!”
“I don’t know! Help me!”
Professor Verdus desperately called to his most kind and trustworthy disciple.
However, Lee Han couldn’t help either. How could he give hints when the Insane Doppelganger was watching this way with cold eyes?
“Just a little more in that direction!”
“Even… even if students are idiots and fools, I won’t say it out loud?”
“No. That should be said. Mage.”
The Insane Doppelganger pointed out.
If they were idiots and fools, that should be told to them. Professor Verdus fell into confusion.
This wasn’t it either?
“Think of something you don’t usually do, Professor!”
“Uh, um… rest? Reply to letters? Make exams?”
Crack!
“…”
“I’ll care for students like I care for my works! Is this wrong too?!”
Only then did the artifact destruction stop. Professor Verdus wailed.
To think his works were destroyed because of such idiots!
“Stop crying and prepare to teach again. I won’t forgive you if you do it like before.”
“Bu, but Gonadaltes… sir.”
Verdus was about to address him as usual but came to his senses and added ‘sir.’
“What is it?”
“How should I… teach?”
“…”
When the Insane Doppelganger looked at him with eyes full of contempt, Professor Verdus wept profusely, begging him not to destroy the remaining artifacts.
* * *
Fortunately, the Insane Doppelganger didn’t destroy the remaining artifacts.
Instead, he left Professor Verdus hanging and personally took over the lecture himself.
Lee Han was impressed.
‘Amazing.’
The Insane Doppelganger didn’t particularly like teaching people he hadn’t acknowledged as disciples.
Even Lee Han had to endure such harsh… no, rigorous tests before being acknowledged as a disciple.
Yet now the Insane Doppelganger was temporarily teaching students who had nothing to do with him.
He must have decided it was better to step in himself rather than whip Professor Verdus into becoming a good teacher.
To think he could make even the Insane Doppelganger give up.
‘Professor. You may have lost, but you’ve actually won.’
Lee Han paid his respects inwardly.
Of course, it wasn’t pleasant at all for Professor Verdus hanging upside down.
“Leave my artifacts alone! Leave them alone!”
When students swarmed over to divide up the broken artifact fragments, Professor Verdus cried out in anguish.
How many death threats from sponsors and investors had he endured to gather the materials for those artifacts?
“Shut up. Before I break more of them.”
“…”
Professor Verdus closed his mouth with a gloomy expression.
The students cheerfully collected the fragments regardless. They would be invaluable help for completing their wands.
“Senior. Why do you keep looking at Professor Verdus?”
Lee Han was puzzled when Senior Baruglioz beside him kept glancing at the hanging professor.
Was there perhaps some problem with the seal holding the professor?
“Ah. Sorry. It just makes me feel good no matter how many times I look.”
“…I, I see.”
* * *
“I figured it out.”
“…What?”
Diret, who had been holding a rice ball in one hand and a quill pen in the other while leaning his face almost onto the desk, looked up at his friend’s voice.
It was annoying to see her follow him to the workshop to ponder ‘why does the junior listen to you but not me?’, but she was still a friend.
“Diret, you have dark-colored hair. The Wardanaz Family Junior also has dark-colored hair.”
“…Are you saying ‘dark-colored’ because you can’t remember it’s black?”
“But my hair is silver. The difference might be why he doesn’t listen to me.”
“Indeed. What an amazing discovery. You should definitely present it to the Imperial Academy.”
Diret replied dryly.
He really wanted to share this ‘hair color compatibility’ theory with the Divination Magic Academy.
They’d be jumping for joy.
“…Are you being sarcastic?”
“Of course I’m being sarcastic!”
Diret exclaimed as if incredulous. Yukveltire’s eyes widened in shock.
“Why? You’re not some insignificant mage, Diret. Why would you?”
“…Ugh. Fine. I’ll tell you what to do.”
When his friend looked at him with innocent eyes, Diret’s heart softened.
Yukveltire nodded lightly as if she would forgive him then.
“Diret. You may be rude sometimes and waste a lot of time, but you do have the solid virtue of knowing how to reflect.”
“…”
Diret threw away the quill pen he had just broken and took out a new one.
Then he said.
“There’s a 【Wand Materials and Magic Amplification】 lecture today, right? Go help the professor and teach the underclassmen.”
“Why?”
“…Can’t you just do what I ask for once?”
“I’ve always listened to your requests, Diret.”
Diret had to take out another new quill pen.
Maintaining his expression with patience no other mage could show, the top student of Einroguard’s Black Magic Academy opened his mouth.
“Listen carefully, Yukveltire. Underclassmen develop respect for seniors who teach them magic.”
“I’ve already taught them before.”
“…Reluctantly filling in when the professor was absent doesn’t count. And you need to help much more often than you think.”
“Did you do that too, Diret?”
“Yes!”
“Why did you do such a thing? Everyone would have been more comfortable if you hadn’t.”
Yukveltire criticized her friend’s actions.
Because Diret alone had shown such kindness, other seniors had to give more teaching than average to win the underclassmen’s favor.
“…If you’re upset, then you do it too. Go win their favor.”
“Hmm.”
Yukveltire pondered for a moment.
Then she shook her head.
“No. I won’t do it.”
Crack!
Diret threw his quill pen far away. He couldn’t break any more.
“Why?”
“Professor Verdus is in charge of today’s lecture. Considering that I usually take over lectures when he’s absent, I can’t waste such a precious opportunity so carelessly.”
When Professor Verdus left the lecture hall, it was Yukveltire who had to go in and teach instead.
She didn’t want to waste the precious time when Professor Verdus was actually in the lecture hall.
Of course, to Diret, this was nonsense.
‘You’re here talking nonsense to me right now…’
“You learn a lot while teaching underclassmen too.”
“No. I thought about it, and there’s nothing new to learn from helping with the 【Wand Materials and Magic Amplification】 lecture.”
“Hey. Get out.”
Diret was about to issue an eviction order to avoid hitting his friend.
Just then, one of the underclassmen entered the workshop.
“Senior!!! Do you know what happened today!? You’ll be shocked when you hear!”
“Ogoldos. Sorry, but collected bones disappearing happens more often than you think…”
“The Principal’s projection beat up Professor Verdus and taught the lecture instead!”
“!?!”
Diret was truly shocked.
But no matter how shocked he was, he couldn’t compare to Yukveltire. Yukveltire said with an expression full of shock.
“Why didn’t they call me?”
“…”
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