Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 997

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Chapter 997

As the mage who had summoned the world behind the mountain range disappeared, the world scattered like dawn driving away the darkness of night.

The starlight that had helped the mage’s disciple also fulfilled its role and returned to the heavens.

As the mighty powers disappeared one after another, the surroundings became quiet. The first to recover from the shock was the Skeleton Principal.

…Well… it’s resolved, at least.

The Skeleton Principal’s voice contained undisguisable bitterness.

Ascending like that was certainly a much better ending than having the projection reverse-summoned or eternally imprisoned.

The Skeleton Principal felt this way even more so because he harbored some sympathetic feelings toward the projections.

But there was no helping the bitter taste left by someone who had caused all sorts of chaos – kidnapping disciples from others’ territories, threatening to destroy the school – only to arbitrarily find satisfaction and ascend.

And above all, if this was someone who could be persuaded to ascend…

…couldn’t he have ascended before the Skeleton Principal spent astronomical amounts of gold preparing the great magic?

‘It can’t be helped.’

The Skeleton Principal decided not to think about it for now. What good would thinking about it do?

Parkjuenaz, you’ve worked hard too. For someone who was so stubborn, you were still lucky. Don’t do this again in the future.

“…”

Parkjuenaz?

Lee Han did not respond.

Belatedly realizing that his disciple was protesting with silence, the Skeleton Principal spoke as if incredulous.

Are you really angry right now, Parkjuenaz? If anyone should be angry, it should be me! And that was practically immortal ascension. What’s wrong with you?

If he had sealed him eternally, such a reaction would have been understandable.

In that case, the Skeleton Principal would have said ‘throw your tantrum as you please, I’ll go my own way.’

He was already accustomed to his inadequate disciples’ petty complaints.

However, Lee Han’s reason was somewhat different from what the Skeleton Principal expected.

“If only you hadn’t interfered, Principal, he would have ascended in a much more stable situation at the very least. He could have left longer last words too. He could have said a word to each of the other friends…”

…Is ascension some kind of joke!?

The Skeleton Principal was even more bewildered by this emotional reason, so different from the reasons his disciples had shown for their complaints until now.

Other disciples had crawled up to him for reasons like not teaching magic, not assigning missions, underestimating them as mages, but this one was acting like this just because he didn’t give time to leave last words?

It was divine fortune combining heavenly timing, earthly timing, and human timing. I should be receiving gratitude instead! If I hadn’t pressed him, you wouldn’t have been able to draw out Arna’s power, and then he would have been imprisoned without even ascending!

Regardless, Lee Han protested with silence.

The Skeleton Principal seriously considered hitting him once before giving up.

His disciple’s condition wasn’t good already from overexertion, and drawing upon Arna’s power on top of that had left him completely worn out.

“What happened here?”

Oh, you’re here. Bat Professor.

When Professor Boladi, who had just been momentarily banished to another dimension, returned, the Skeleton Principal spoke sarcastically.

Of course, Professor Boladi wasn’t shaken by such words. Only a Baldrogard student would be shaken by such remarks.

The Skeleton Principal gave up on sarcasm and explained the situation. At least Professor Boladi’s face showing surprise spreading like wildfire was some small comfort.

“Then there was no reason to come on so strongly, was there?”

…Shut up.

* * *

The most unfortunate Skeleton Principal in the Empire had no leisure to deal with the most petty disciple in Einroguard.

He immediately removed the dream barrier and recalled the mages who had been waiting below. Even now, gold equivalent to the weight of giants was being consumed every second.

-Things worked out well, so you may return.

-Pardon? But Lord Gonadaltes, you invested so much gold for this magic.

-…I said things worked out well. Everyone return.

-But… when we told you that this magic was astronomically expensive and the preparation process was generally impossible, you said there was no other way. But now it worked out well without using this? Aren’t you disappointed?

-…Get-out-!

-Aaaah!

The mages summoned from across the Empire at enormous fees were terrified by the hot Einroguard-style farewell and returned.

Pushing away the flickering vision of the amount of gold invested in this magic, the Skeleton Principal focused on reality again.

You knights. You knights who revere loyalty and honor and offered your swords to your master. It seems you’ve omitted many reports to me.

-…

-…

The Death Knights, who had appropriately omitted Lee Han-related incidents while the Skeleton Principal was away, nodded their heads.

Then they turned around sharply.

Where are you going?

-To the punishment chamber.

…

The Skeleton Principal was grateful for the absence of flesh.

If he had a body, he would surely be feeling a piercing headache right now.

Originally, the Death Knights wouldn’t give in so easily, even to a disciple.

But that Parkjuenaz fellow seemed to have a strange talent for winning people over, and before anyone knew it, he was using those knights like his own subordinates.

Report what you omitted before you go.

-…Can’t we just stay in the punishment chamber longer?

…

At those words, the Skeleton Principal shuddered.

…Could there be more that I haven’t grasped?

…Report properly before I demote you all to skeletons.

The Death Knights, who had charged with swords drawn even before evil dragons, hesitantly avoided eye contact and opened their mouths.

-Prince Jowurin… well…

Fortunately, I know about that. His Majesty knows about it too. It’s not your fault.

The Skeleton Principal let out a light sigh.

Jowrin’s genius strategy had shocked both the Skeleton Principal and the Emperor, who had been contemplating methods to eternally imprison the insane projection.

It was a scheme chilling enough to freeze non-existent liver and gall.

-That’s a relief! Then you must also know about Prince Jowurin giving the dragon stone to the disciple, being put under house arrest, secretly escaping to carry the disciple on his back and subjugate the projection together?

…What?

The Skeleton Principal, who had been about to write to the Emperor saying ‘It was resolved better than expected and one problem of the continent has disappeared, so please extend the repayment period,’ paused.

What did you just say?

What stone and what subjugation? Carried on his back? Are you saying he was chosen?

-…

-…Actually, Professor Bagrek and Professor Kim were also there.

The Death Knights desperately tried to share responsibility, feeling like a second death was approaching.

The Skeleton Principal closed his eyes, recalling the utterly shameless face of the vampire professor.

‘…I should have kicked him out when he said he wanted power…’

He used to not be so despicable in the old days, but he had no idea how he had become such a despicable mage.

The Skeleton Principal recovered from the shock. As a transcendent mage, his recovery was also quick.

Fine. I understand. Actually, if he rode on a dragon’s back, that’s Parkjuenaz’s loss. Not my concern.

Contractors chosen by dragons needed a corresponding sense of responsibility in exchange for borrowing the power of that support.

It was an unreasonable contract from ancient times where if a dragon caused trouble, its contractor would also be punished together by other dragon clans.

Being the party involved more than anyone, the Skeleton Principal knew well how troublesome that contract was. It was a fitting punishment for his wicked disciple.

-Th-that’s a relief!

The Death Knights’ voices brightened a little.

-Then giving him the dragon stone and subjugating the projection are okay too?

Would they be okay?

The Skeleton Principal became serious.

The Emperor wouldn’t care, but if the Imperial officials found out, they would definitely foam at the mouth and have fits.

They had already earned hatred from several people because of the preparation for imprisoning this projection…

-Wouldn’t persuasion have been better after all?

-Shh, you also agreed back then that threats would be faster, so why are you saying this now.

-But now that I think about it, hanging the treasurer upside down was a bit…

-We apologized. If we apologized, that’s enough. The other party accepted the apology too.

Everyone shut up. Yes. For now… for now let’s move past this. His Majesty isn’t the type to go around blabbing about it.

Jowrin wasn’t a socialite. Even if they were Imperial Officials, there was a high possibility they would find it hard to know about this matter.

The Skeleton Principal decided to think that way and moved on to the next topic.

But what did that Projection bastard do to warrant subjugation? Did he kidnap someone again in the meantime?

-His condition seems to have reversed and he declared he would subjugate the continent. The disciple summoned the Yachaowang of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas to resolve…

Garcia!!! Boladi!!!

The Skeleton Principal finally exploded.

No matter how those professors are, how could they cover all this up??

Even if there were no immediate problems with the disciple, there was a limit to such short-sightedness.

Sometimes when a disciple seems to be falling into a pit of evil, shouldn’t one scold them harshly?

If they had done that, there wouldn’t be this whining over one Projection.

Even Professor Garcia is like this, does there really not exist a single trustworthy mage?

-Um… Master.

What?

-You told us not to make unnecessary reports while you were preparing magic with His Majesty…

The Death Knight who showed reckless courage was immediately moved to the deep Punishment Room.

Can’t you distinguish what unnecessary reports are? That yacha bastard is definitely suspicious. He might have shamelessly pulled some tricks.

The Skeleton Principal suspected that the Yachaowang’s schemes were behind the professors’ omission of reports.

This yacha, who was exceptionally skilled at reading heavenly signs and the future, had been cunningly putting people in difficult situations since long ago.

It wouldn’t be strange at all if the two professors were persuaded by the Yachaowang to delay their reports.

He probably whispered insidiously, ‘The Projection’s condition is very good right now, he’s teaching the disciple well too, rather than reporting to the Skeleton Principal and creating conflict, how about watching over him for the disciple’s sake?’

No wonder they were getting along so well. Those professors couldn’t even stop him… Next!

-The, the clash with the evil deity worshipper in Grandden City…

I heard about that.

-Then you also know about contracting with the main body of that Creature of Death and Darkness that Professor Mortum brought?

…I didn’t know about that, but I suppose it’s possible.

The Skeleton Principal spoke with a detached attitude.

Seeing as he visited the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas and even fraternized with the Yachaowang, something like that wasn’t very surprising anymore.

He had already become friends with Perkuntra in the first place…

It’s a renewed thought, but Parkjuenaz was truly skilled at enticing powerful transcendent beings. Probably because of that despicable cunning.

If he met the main body of that creature Mortum brought, his wounds must have healed.

-Yes. It seems so.

The Death Knights inwardly breathed sighs of relief.

From what he was saying, it seemed he hadn’t heard rumors yet about the accidents that rookie mage Stedal Nagora had caused.

The Skeleton Principal felt puzzled.

This was sufficiently surprising news too, but he had already been surprised about it in the capital.

But why did they bring up the Grandden City story? Is there some story there that I don’t know about?

-No. Just to confirm… Oh right. Do you know that Professor Bagrek used a relic?

I know. You must be talking about Saint Iacutus’s stone.

The Skeleton Principal answered with an indifferent attitude.

At the beginning of the semester, Professor Boladi had borrowed a relic to rescue the disciple who was kidnapped by the Insane Doppelganger.

Naturally, the Skeleton Principal wouldn’t have stored such relics carelessly. He had intentionally calculated and placed it there.

-Thank goodness! Still, we were surprised. Saint Iacutus’s stone was one thing, but we didn’t expect you to lend out Anabadalda’s droplet too…

…He took and used Anabadalda’s droplet too?

-…

-…

The Death Knights realized their mistake.

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