Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 440

Lee Han tried hard not to look disappointed.

“Thank you…”

“When a hard day is done, and you sit on the wooden chair in your quarters, take this bottle and quietly face it, tilting your glass. Then, you will think of us.”

The knights spoke in gentle voices.

The White Tiger Tower students, listening from behind, already seemed excited by those words.

This was the romantic idea of knights, what knights were known for.

They believed in being strong warriors who also enjoyed life’s pleasures.

The bottle felt heavy in his hands. Could I sell this?

Of course, it didn’t really affect Lee Han, the mage.

Hmm. From here, we have to go by boat.

“……”

“……”

-……

Lee Han and the White Tiger Tower students, and even Ponryg, stared at the Skeleton Headmaster, shocked.

They hadn’t even reached the walls of Einroguard when they saw it – water everywhere. A cold flood had already risen to their waists.

I have prepared a bone raft for you.

“Thank you.”

Yes. You should be grateful.

“This is too much! Mmph, mmph!”

“Shhh. Be quiet, Anglago.”

Stopping Anglago, who was about to explode with frustration, Lee Han got on the boat.

There was no point in reacting to the Skeleton Headmaster’s teasing.

Splash!

“Row! Anglago! You’re the helmsman! Open the way to the gates!”

Anglago, who had the most sailing experience because he was from the coast, became the helmsman.

Anglago trembled at the sudden heavy responsibility.

Whoosh!

‘What kind of storm is this on land!?’

How the spirits had changed their minds, the water rising on the land surged fiercely.

The raft shook like a leaf in the wind and felt very unsafe.

“W-Wodanaz… I, I’ve never sailed in this kind of weather…!”

“Anglago. Don’t be weak. You have to do it!”

I’m going now.

The Skeleton Headmaster smirked and dashed across the water with the Death Knights, passing through the school gates.

Lee Han ignored him and cheered on Anglago.

“Anglago. Believe in yourself!”

“But if the waves are this strong…”

Slap!

“Believe, you brat. Will you believe or not?”

“I, I’ll believe!”

“……”

Bartrec, rowing beside him, almost felt touched by Lee Han’s sudden encouragement of Anglago. But he quickly shook his head, feeling it was silly to get emotional now, and rowed harder.

“The fog is blocking our view…!”

“I’ll cast a light, so focus!”

“Waves! Waves are coming! The water is…”

“I’ll scoop out the water, so focus!”

“No! Even rain…”

“I’ll put up an ice shield! Keep going forward!”

“There’s a hole in the boat!”

“I blocked it! Keep going!”

“……”

Giselle and Bartrec quietly shut their mouths and rowed.

Every time a conversation was exchanged, they somehow rowed even harder.

“Aren’t you guys rowing too much without rest? Shouldn’t you take turns?”

“Ah, no. Wodanaz. We can row more!”

Lee Han, who had barely caught his breath, was puzzled by the sight of his friends rowing so hard next to him.

It’s good that they’re rowing hard, but are they okay?

“The gates!”

-Why are the freshmen wandering around in this weather??

The Death Knight guarding the gate was surprised and let Lee Han’s group through.

Lee Han couldn’t see the forest, garden, and paths that had originally shown him the way, so he headed towards the main building.

“To the left! Anglago! Turn to the left!”

The raft moved forward through the strong water.

In the distance, a tower stood tall even in the water. It was a building protected by magic, so it remained unshaken and elevated even in the flood.

As the entrance came into view, hope returned to the faces of the exhausted White Tiger Tower students.

“Faster! Faster!”

“Is this really the time to sing that sea shanty? Seriously??!”

“M-My bad.”

Anglago, who was about to sing a song that sailors used to sing when rowing in his hometown, stopped, embarrassed by his friends’ remarks.

“Open the door!!”

Lee Han shouted loudly. Then, his friends hurriedly opened the door from inside the tower.

“Get in! Quickly! The boat won’t last long!”

The boat that the Skeleton Headmaster had made was creaking from earlier. If Lee Han hadn’t reinforced it, it would have collapsed soon.

The White Tiger Tower friends followed Lee Han and hurriedly ran into the entrance of the tower.

“We’re alive…!”

When they felt solid ground under their feet, the White Tiger Tower students felt very relieved, like sailors reaching land after a long trip.

That is, until they noticed the Blue Dragon Tower students staring at them.

“……”

“……”

“Wo, Wodanaz… A-Are you abandoning us after we risked our lives together…?”

“…What nonsense are you talking about? We just came to the nearest tower.”

Lee Han glared at his White Tiger Tower friends, annoyed.

These brats, I saved them and they’re talking nonsense…

While the White Tiger Tower students rested awkwardly in front of the fireplace, Lee Han began to assess the situation.

“I prepared quite a bit, but it was all meaningless…”

“Nature is great…!”

“All the luggage I left outside flew away…”

“Even the tower lounge is flooded, and we barely managed to drain it…”

“Can you please speak one at a time?”

Lee Han was surprised as his friends complained as if saying, ‘Einroguard, I wish you would fix this.’

Lee Han was not the headmaster.

“The lounge is flooded too? This place is supposed to be protected by magic, isn’t it?”

“Water comes in a bit when the wind and rain hit hard.”

“……”

Lee Han somehow felt the Skeleton Headmaster’s meanness.

Of course, it could be that the magic protection got weaker over time.

‘Surely he’s not doing this on purpose to make us a little uncomfortable, but not in real danger.’

“We’ve been dividing into groups to bail out the water that’s flooded the tower.”

“You’ve suffered much.”

Just then, the Blue Dragon Tower students, having finished their work on the opposite side, appeared.

Gainan was at the front. He was soaking wet, like he had fallen in water.

“This is a cursed school.”

“You just tripped and fell…”

“I’m telling you, this is a cursed school.”

“Honestly, the Princess did all the work…”

Even as they said this, his friends quickly dried Gainan with towels, like he was a small, helpless animal.

Gainan made a loud, high-pitched noise, like a squeezed mouse. He saw Leehahn and shouted,

“Leehahn!!”

“Yeah, you’ve suffered.”

“It’s a completely cursed school! I…”

Pushing away the towel, Gainan began to talk passionately about how much he had suffered, why he hadn’t given up, and why he deserved a snack.

He was talking about snacks with more passion than if he were talking about becoming the next Emperor.

“Y-yeah, you’ve suffered.”

“???”

Adenart arrived, having just squeezed the water from her staff. She looked at Gainan, confused.

He spent the whole time falling and rolling around, dog-paddling?

“I also worke…”

“Let’s get the luggage sorted first. Who has the ledger for the lost supplies?”

“I have it.”

“Thanks, Yoner.”

“……”

As the topic quickly changed, the Princess glared at Gainan with resentment.

Realizing this, Gainan asked his friends, flustered,

“Why is Adenart glaring at me?”

“You must have worked very poorly for the kind Princess to look at you like that. *Tsk, tsk*.”

His friends scolded Gainan, who felt very wronged.

“N-no, I did my best… And isn’t glaring like that at someone who isn’t good at their job inappropriate for the next ruler of the Empire? There will be citizens who are not good at their jobs, you know?”

‘You’re royalty too, you idiot…’

The Blue Dragon Tower students were shocked that Gainan so easily gave up on becoming king.

“It’s okay, Gainan. The Princess is kind, so she’ll forgive you if you do well next time.”

“What if I mess up again next time?”

“It’s okay. If you mess up again next time, we’ll throw you out the window.”

“…I-I just won’t do it, then. I won’t.”

Gainan decided to work hard in front of Adenart next time.

Adenart was easy to trick, so she would definitely forgive him!

“Food’s this way. Drinks are over there. Fabrics in the back. Don’t put the chemicals on the floor. It will cause problems if they get wet. Oh, and…”

Leehahn moved towards the inner part of the lounge. And he took out a package that had been stored in the highest cupboard.

Gainan’s eyes lit up when he saw the package wrapped in waterproof cloth and leather.

Is it food?

“Thank goodness. The books are intact.”

“……”

Gainan’s face turned as gloomy as the rainy season.

“It was books…?”

“Yeah.”

“No… did you… really have to… store books like that…?”

Gainan felt tired thinking about how hard he had tried to protect that package.

He had even woken up in the middle of the night to check on it, just in case…

“Books are obviously the first things to get ruined when the rainy season comes. Do you want to have to rewrite them if you lose them?”

“That’s…”

“No, but…”

The Blue Dragon Tower students didn’t usually agree with Gainan, but they somewhat agreed this time.

Would it be so bad to lose one or two textbooks?

If you lose it, you can just not study…

Splash!

“Water’s coming in from below again!!”

“!!!”

The students’ faces changed.

They had just finished removing the water, and now this?

As the Princess tried to stand up, Gainan blocked her path and shouted,

“I’ll go alone this time!”

“……”

The Princess was so surprised she couldn’t speak. Gainan winked.

She didn’t want to argue about small things or play power games. But if he was trying to make her angry, that was different.

“This is happening too often. This is serious.”

“Is it too much even for your abilities, Wodanaz?”

Angaro asked, looking disgusted.

Leehahn had removed as much water as there was in the ocean from the ship earlier.

If sailors had seen him, they would have cried with happiness and tried to hire him.

If even Leehahn couldn’t handle it…

“No. I can solve it, but it’s pointless if this keeps happening in the other towers too. I can’t block it all.”

‘…Is he crazy…?’

Angaro thought to himself at Leehahn’s assumption that he would naturally take care of all four towers.

But he couldn’t say it out loud.

If Angaro said that, his friends would be angry and might even try to hurt him if their tower was left out because of his words.

“Are the private rooms still okay?”

“Huh? Yeah.”

“Everyone, leave your important belongings in your private rooms and come out. Let’s evacuate with only the necessary luggage.”

“…Where to??”

The Skeleton Headmaster laughed loudly as a magical doorway opened above the stairs on the third floor of the main building.

Sure enough, a waterfall poured out, sending an unlucky third-year student sliding down like on a water slide.

-Damn! This is cursed…!

He seemed to be shouting something, but the Skeleton Headmaster ignored it and nodded happily.

To think they can’t even stop that much water. They still have a long way to go! Haha!

-Master?

What is it?

-Your disciple is moving with the first-year students.

…Huh?

The Skeleton Headmaster was surprised by the report.

Moving with the students in this weather.

He thought they would be working hard to remove water and stop the problems inside the tower…

The inside of the tower would be the best place to be, wouldn’t it?

Right now, the only places that were safe from the great flood were the school buildings, which were protected by magic.

But the protection only extended to the buildings, not the students. You could tell from the way the third-year student had just flown away.

At least the tower was the students’ dormitory, so the private rooms were somewhat protected…

The Death Knight noticed the Skeleton Headmaster’s feelings and carefully said,

-They… seem to be going to the library with the other tower students. It seems they will be staying in the library for a while…

……

The Skeleton Headmaster was honestly beyond anger and into admiration.