Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 980

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Chapter 980

Yukveltire, who had missed the opportunity to learn secrets from the Insane Doppelganger, was very confused.

Diret spoke carefully.

“The Buyeo magic school underclassmen are all… a bit individualistic.”

‘And you’re the leader of that.’

He swallowed the rest due to friendship.

Honestly, Diret suspected that Yukveltire’s influence had somewhat contributed to Einroguard’s Buyeo magic school’s academic culture.

“I was talking about the Wardanaz Family Junior.”

“Ah.”

Diret was momentarily at a loss for words.

Come to think of it, in that junior’s case, the excuse of individualism didn’t work at all.

“He probably didn’t have the presence of mind to call you with the Principal’s Doppelganger right next to him.”

“Indeed. Still immature.”

Diret’s junior, Ogoldos, put his finger to his temple behind Yukveltire’s line of sight and spun it around.

Whether inside or outside Einroguard, that gesture meant only one thing.

-Is that senior crazy?

“…”

Diret shook his head.

Yukveltire wasn’t crazy. Just a bit eccentric.

…Probably!

“Anyway, Yukveltire. You must have realized that what I said wasn’t wrong, right? If you had listened to me, you would have learned five more dimensional secrets by now.”

“That’s not logical…”

“No. It’s very logical.”

Diret, who was trying to shut up his friend and chase him away, belatedly felt something strange.

“Wait. The Principal’s Doppelganger also entered Professor Verdus’s lecture hall?”

“Senior… shouldn’t you have been surprised about that first?”

“No. He came to my lecture hall too.”

“?!!”

Ogoldos was shocked.

Who would have thought the Principal’s Doppelganger had also come to Diret’s lecture hall.

“Were you alright!?”

“Huh? Yeah…”

“…As expected of you, Senior!”

Ogoldos sent him a look full of respect.

Truly befitting a mage supporting Einroguard’s black magic school. His skill was incomparable to a certain professor.

“He’s not planning to enter every lecture that junior attends, is he.”

“It seems like he is.”

The air suddenly became heavy and murky.

Not because it was the black magic school’s workshop, but because they sensed the junior’s unfortunate fate.

“Then can I learn secrets by following the lectures the Wardanaz Family Junior takes?”

“Probably. But you’re a 5th year, so no. He only enters when you’re teaching.”

“Auditing lectures is free at Einroguard…”

“Auditing lectures you’ve already taken is forbidden.”

Diret legislated Diret’s Law on the spot.

Yukveltire protested, but his cowardly and illogical friend wouldn’t withdraw his stubbornness.

* * *

“I was surprised. Master.”

“That mage is certainly surprising. Even in the old days, such people weren’t common.”

The Insane Doppelganger nodded as if understanding his disciple’s words.

The mage called Verdus certainly had extraordinary aspects.

Even in ancient times, such single-minded people were rare to see.

To stubbornly try to carry out his desires even after having his artifacts destroyed like that.

If it had been the old days, he might have become a fearsome enemy.

“Huh? Oh, the professor? I wasn’t really surprised by the professor. He’s always been like that. But I didn’t know you would look after other people’s magic too, Master.”

The Insane Doppelganger, who had subdued Professor Verdus, conducted the lecture instead.

The students weren’t particularly surprised, but Lee Han’s situation was different.

Who would have thought the Insane Doppelganger would conduct the lecture directly!

Honestly, Lee Han had been nervous that the Insane Doppelganger might say ‘You teach, disciple.’

Forced magic training would be better – how could he teach the upperclassmen?

“Indeed. So there was such a method.”

“…”

Lee Han reflected deeply.

‘A mage who cannot control his mouth can never achieve greatness…!’

“The reason I held a sermon today is because Royalty has great plans.”

“?”

Lee Han was puzzled by the Insane Doppelganger’s words.

He has plans.

What kind?

‘Gasp. Could it be?’

Only one thing came to mind. Lee Han asked with a shocked face.

“Are you perhaps aiming for the position of Einroguard’s principal?”

“…”

The Insane Doppelganger looked at Lee Han with cold eyes as if looking at filth rather than his disciple.

“Ah, no. That’s the only thing that comes to mind.”

“Why would Royalty want the position of lord of such a flea pit?”

Though he had suddenly become a flea, Lee Han wasn’t shaken.

“It’s a pretty decent position. Recognized by the Empire, and as a lord it’s also an imperial grand noble title…”

“You do a lot of that.”

“Isn’t that going too far!”

Lee Han rarely got angry.

When his usually always polite disciple suddenly flared up, the Insane Doppelganger was bewildered.

“I’m sorry. Your disciple got excited.”

“You’re not suffering from madness, are you. You mustn’t go crazy yet.”

“You don’t need to worry. So what are you planning?”

The Insane Doppelganger didn’t answer Lee Han’s question.

Rather, he showed signs of contemplation.

‘????’

When the other person fell silent, Lee Han was even more bewildered.

It was very rare for the Insane Doppelganger, who always answered like a kind crystal ball of prophecy, to not give answers like this.

“I can’t tell you that. This plan is something you, disciple, must not know.”

“…”

Lee Han was shocked.

‘Is he really aiming for the principal’s position?’

Nothing else really came to mind.

If he was teaching students who weren’t even disciples and hiding those words from Lee Han…

“Where are we moving to next?”

“Uh… It’s the 【One Drop of Potion Instead of Complex Magic】 lecture.”

“Alchemy, is it? Is this mage perhaps the same type as that mage from earlier?”

“Absolutely not. There couldn’t be more such people at Einroguard… well, there are, but this person isn’t one of them.”

As he spoke, Lee Han felt slightly sorry for Professor Thunderstep.

‘Still, he wouldn’t be that surprised, would he?’

* * *

“From now on, please, if you have complaints, let’s resolve them with words!”

Seeing the Principal’s projection sitting there blankly, the Dwarf Professor hurriedly dragged Lee Han to a corner.

Today Professor Garcia had said in the common room ‘It would be good to be careful,’ and he had wondered what she meant, but this was what she had meant.

He knew this disciple was a capable schemer skilled in various methods, but he never imagined he would drag the Principal’s Insane Doppelganger to the lecture hall to vent his complaints about a professor.

“You misunderstand. I didn’t bring him here on purpose either.”

“I heard you also went to Professor Verdus’s lecture hall! How is that not on purpose!”

“…I did enjoy that a little, but anyway, that’s also a lecture I’m taking.”

Lee Han explained with sincerity.

Of course, Lee Han had enjoyed the Professor Verdus subjugation a little, but in principle, it had happened because it was a lecture Lee Han had to attend.

When the Insane Doppelganger was chasing after him, how could Lee Han stop him?

At his disciple’s explanation, Professor Thunderstep’s momentum softened a little.

The professor also knew Lee Han’s pitiful circumstances. There weren’t many mages who could stop the Principal’s projection when it was following closely behind.

“If that’s the case, it couldn’t be helped. You’ve really had a hard time too… Wait. Didn’t you complete your staff? Then why were you at Professor Verdus’s lecture hall…”

‘Oops.’

It was the Insane Doppelganger who had helped Lee Han. The Insane Doppelganger quietly called Professor Thunderstep.

“Wh… What is it?”

“Excellent. You are a mage who knows proper etiquette.”

“?”

Professor Thunderstep was puzzled by the other’s words.

The professor himself was average at maintaining formality and etiquette, not particularly outstanding at it.

“I was thinking that another mage like that one from earlier might appear… but it seems that’s not the case.”

‘Ah.’

Everything was always relative.

Any professor who came after Professor Verdus would look like an excellent professor just by breathing normally.

‘Thank you, Professor Verdus. I won’t repay you later though!’

Expressing gratitude to Professor Verdus in his heart, Professor Thunderstep bowed his head.

“It’s just the etiquette that any Einroguard professor possesses.”

“It didn’t particularly seem that way… Anyway, I have a task to entrust to you.”

“?”

Professor Thunderstep hesitated.

Is this okay?

‘Won’t there be chaos when the Principal returns?’

Wardanaz was a student, and since he was a disciple the Skeleton Principal particularly cherished, traveling with the enemy could be given special consideration.

But if an Einroguard professor accepted a request from the enemy?

It was questionable whether that would receive special consideration.

“What kind… of task is it?”

“Let’s make an oath first. Secrecy is important for this matter.”

“That’s a good idea. Secrecy is indeed important.”

Professor Thunderstep immediately nodded.

If possible, he wanted to keep the secret even when the Skeleton Principal returned.

* * *

After finishing their conversation, Professor Thunderstep began the lecture as usual.

To be precise, it was a little different from usual.

Today’s Professor Thunderstep was a kind and gentle Professor Thunderstep.

“Professor. The reagent is contaminated.”

“Then go out and get…! Ahem. Ahem ahem. No. That can happen. You blockhead. Right?”

“We’re not 1st year students anymore though…”

“Shut u… Ahem ahem. Right. I forgot!”

Seeing Professor Thunderstep, who usually got angry like fire when mistakes were made, now gently comforting them, Lee Han’s friends immediately grasped the situation.

“Professor. I’d like to use additional reagents!”

“Professor! I want to mix the solution in the cauldron, would you guide my movements?”

“Professor! Actually, I was the one who melted the pot bottom last week!”

“…”

Professor Thunderstep was appalled by his 2nd year disciples’ behavior.

Such Einroguard-like bastards to the bone!

“Professor.”

“Why are you calling me too!”

When Lee Han called him, Professor Thunderstep got angry first.

Why was this guy, who had nothing to ask about anyway, calling him?

“I also have a question.”

“Ah. Is that so.”

Professor Thunderstep felt slightly embarrassed.

Though he often forgot, thinking about it, this disciple before him was still a 2nd year student too.

There was no law saying he had to succeed at every potion in one try.

Professor Thunderstep approached Lee Han and checked inside the cauldron. From the shimmering silver liquid, he could feel the aura of completely dissolved silver ore.

“…This is perfect though?”

“It’s not about the potion… Did you perhaps have some conversation with Master earlier?”

Lee Han asked in a low voice.

No matter how he thought about it, the plan the Insane Doppelganger was thinking of felt unsettling.

Might Professor Thunderstep have some clue?

At his disciple’s question, the professor nodded.

“So that’s what you were curious about. I understand.”

Professor Thunderstep took out a quill pen and began secretly writing something on paper.

At that sight, Lee Han sent him an expectation-filled gaze.

“Here. Here it is.”

“Thank y… 【Thunderstep’s Immersion Incense】? This is what Master wanted?”

【Thunderstep’s Immersion Incense】 was Professor Thunderstep’s unique incense that he had seen during last exam preparation.

Just looking at the recipe, he could feel that the difficulty was high enough to make his eyes spin.

“No. Since you seem to have spare time and are idle, I’m telling you to practice making that.”

After finishing his words, Thunderstep turned around sharply and left.

Lee Han glared at his retreating figure.

What a petty professor!

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