Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 864

‘What did I do wrong to my junior?’

Dirette paused, thinking.

Of course, last week, because of a small problem, Lee Han had to learn the >Skeleton Golem Summon> spell very quickly.

But that was all done with good intentions, wasn’t it? His junior was kind, so maybe he was being too strict.

…Or not?

“I’m sorry, Senior,” Lee Han said quietly, coming closer.

Lee Han could guess how shocked Dirette must be right now.

Bringing two professors into the lecture hall…

“You must be surprised that professors came into the lecture hall.”

“Yeah. I was more surprised that a dragon came.”

Dirette’s eyes widened. His junior was talking about a dragon like it was just a normal Tuesday! Lee Han, embarrassed, explained.

“I’m sorry. I thought the professors would be more shocking.”

“Is that Her Highness?”

“Yes.”

Lee Han, watching his senior’s expression, explained why Jo-Wooriin had come and why the professors were with her.

Dirette accepted this quickly, which was surprising.

It wasn’t easy for a dragon to roam around Einrogaard.

“I guess it might be better for the professors to be with her.”

“I thought I was overreacting a bit.”

“Huh? Absolutely not. There are a lot of crazy people, so it’s right to be together.”

“……”

Lee Han was momentarily speechless at Dirette’s absolute distrust of his juniors.

Meanwhile, a conversation was taking place behind them.

Jo-Wooriin was so excited! “A black magic lecture!”

Professor Garcia said, “That’s right, Your Highness. Many people are wrong about black magic. It’s actually very old, maybe even the oldest kind of magic! Also, Dirette is one of the best students in Einrogaard.” Professor Garcia raised expectations even higher. Jo-Wooriin’s large eyes shone like starlight.

“Wow! Like Gonadaltes?”

“That’s right.”

“……”

Dirette felt sweat on his forehead as he listened to the conversation behind him.

‘I can understand Professor Garcia, but why is Professor Volardi acting like that? What do you mean, like the headmaster…’

“Senior. Cheer up. I will help you.”

“Yeah. Thanks. But Junior,”

“Yes?”

“Go sit over there.” Dirette blinked at Lee Han, who was standing eagerly by the podium.

Dirette said slowly, “Junior, what are you… doing?”

His junior was supposed to be listening to the lecture, not giving it.

Why was he trying to help from the side?

‘Oops.’

Lee Han realized his mistake and returned to his seat. Jo-Wooriin hugged Lee Han like a doll with her front paws.

Dirette apologized inwardly as he watched his junior struggling and suffering.

‘I’m sorry, Junior. I’m just a student.’

Dirette was too nervous to tell the professors and the princess to stop bothering his junior.

“First of all, the >Poison, Bone, Blood> lecture… is about some elements that are frequently used in black magic but are easy to forget.”

“Dirette, please go on without worrying about us,” Professor Garcia said.

Professor Volardi added, “Think of us as not being here.”

“……”

Dirette was choked up.

If they really didn’t want to bother him, the three of them should have waited outside!

“…Last week, we learned Skeleton Golem Summon, didn’t we, Junior?”

“Skeleton Golem Summon?” Professor Volardi asked, looking at Lee Han. Lee Han, who was trapped between Jo-Wooriin’s front paws and restricted in movement, nodded his head with difficulty.

“Yes.”

“I see.”

‘What do you see?’

Lee Han flinched at the sound of Professor Volardi scribbling with his quill.

If he hadn’t been trapped between Jo-Wooriin’s front paws, he would have checked what he had written.

“You taught Skeleton Golem Summon even though it’s only the first semester? Dirette, you’re being too hard on your junior, even if it’s Lee Han.”

“No, that’s…” Dirette felt wronged.

He didn’t teach it, he just mentioned it for his junior to take a break and change his mood, but somehow his junior managed to complete it during the lecture time…!

“…I guess so… I think I was a bit harsh on my junior…”

Jo-Wooriin tilted her head, confused. “‘Even if it’s Lee Han’? What does that mean? Is Lee Han special?”

Professor Volardi kindly answered. “An outstanding student needs to be taught accordingly.”

“Aha! Like Professor Begreck always beat Lee Han?”

“That never happened.”

“……”

Professor Garcia looked at Professor Volardi as if he was dumbfounded.

More than that, he couldn’t believe that Her Highness Jo-Wooriin knew about that. There were already a lot of false rumors about Einrogaard, and he was suddenly worried that they might spread even more.

“Ahem. So, Dirette. The midterm exam is next week… how is the >Poison, Bone, Blood> lecture going?”

“Ah. That is.” Dirette hesitated.

In fact, for the >Poison, Bone, Blood> midterm exam, he was thinking of having the students choose one topic they wanted and then learn a moderately difficult magic.

The problem was that >Skeleton Golem Summon> was more than enough for a midterm exam topic.

He was thinking of having his junior summon it again and then passing the exam with that, since his junior was taking so many lectures anyway…

…But with two professors and a dragon in front of him, he felt unnecessarily self-conscious.

‘But Professor Garcia will understand, right?’

He believed that Professor Garcia would definitely take his side, even if the other two didn’t. Wasn’t he also a student of all the schools?

“Actually, I was going to do this.”

Professor Garcia listened carefully to Dirette’s explanation with a serious expression.

Unexpectedly, Professor Garcia did not accept it easily. Of course, he knew that Lee Han was having a hard time, but apart from that, Dirette could be held responsible later.

The skeletal headmaster might find fault and send him to the disciplinary chamber, so he had to judge carefully.

Dirette entering the room next to Professor Verdus.

Just thinking about it was absurd.

“Sounds good.”

“……”

Professor Garcia looked at Professor Volardi again as if he was dumbfounded.

‘This professor, really!’

“Professor!”

“?”

“What are you going to do if the headmaster finds fault later?”

“I don’t think that will happen.”

“…Of course, I don’t think that will happen either… Dirette. But I think it’ll be okay.”

Professor Garcia suspected inwardly.

Was Dirette not worried that he wasn’t Professor Volardi’s disciple?

‘He was scary enough when he didn’t have a disciple, but now that he has one, he’s even scarier…’

“Then everything is decided? Lee Han, Lee Han! Show me the Skeleton Golem!” Jo-Wooriin urged, crushing the telekinetic defense field that Lee Han was wearing with her strength.

Seeing that, Lee Han thought again that he was lucky to have learned telekinesis magic.

‘That crazy doppelganger was helpful after all. …Wait. Isn’t this Stockholm syndrome?’

“Please wait. I will summon it.”

It was very welcome news for Lee Han if he could reduce the midterm exam lectures in advance.

At first, he was worried about how he would endure all these lectures, but if he could reduce them like this, things might become a lot easier.

‘If >Advanced Illusion Magic and Ethereal Theory>, >Wand Materials and Magic Amplification>, >Terribly Beautiful Creatures> lectures are removed from the exam, and >Poison, Bone, Blood> lecture is additionally removed… Professor Garcia’s lectures, >Understanding Intermediate Combat Magic>, >Elemental Magic and Its Application>, >Good Examples of Going Crazy with Prophecy Magic>, >Instead of Complex Magic, a Drop of Potion>, >Sword and Life>, >Imperial Languages That Become Blood and Flesh>, >The Tragic History of Ancient Artifacts and Summoning Magic>, >From Caterpillars to Dragons>, >The Magician’s Life with Plants>, >Practical Healing Magic>, >Essence, Qi, Spirit>… Hmm. I should stop thinking.’

Lee Han quickly stopped as he was counting the remaining lectures.

He felt like if he thought about it too much, he would get a headache, or even worse!

“…Move!”

Lee Han, who had taken out the bones of a large monster with added dark element and blood element, gave the order after chanting the spell along with the process.

Then the appearance of the bones changed and took its place as a large summon. It was a medium-sized Skeleton Golem reinforced with dark element and blood element.

Jo-Wooriin clapped and praised. “Amazing!”

“Well made,” Professor Garcia said.

“Not bad,” Professor Volardi added.

Lee Han, as well as Dirette, secretly breathed a sigh of relief at the praise from the dragon and the two professors.

Since there was only one student, the evaluation of the lecture was directly linked to the evaluation of that one student.

“Lee Han! Lee Han! Make it move forward!”

“Yes. Yes.”

This old type of black magic was good because Lee Han could control the golem directly. He didn’t need to make deals or ask it nicely. It just did what he said.

Jo-Wooriin was overjoyed to see the Skeleton Golem emitting a dark red aura.

She had only seen races much smaller than herself, and now she finally had an opponent with a size she could play with.

“Lee Han! Jo-Wooriin will knock down that bad guy!”

“Oh my. I only trust Your Highness.”

Along with flattery, Lee Han delicately controlled the Skeleton Golem.

Since he couldn’t give Jo-Wooriin any damage, the Skeleton Golem had to pretend to attack while delicately being defeated.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

As the Skeleton Golem swung its fist in the air, Jo-Wooriin quickly spread her wings and dodged.

Lee Han didn’t know because he was concentrating, but Professor Volardi made additional notes.

Reaction speed – Top tier.

Dragons were an extremely rare race in the empire, and there were also large differences between individuals. Since they could grow and change greatly in a single day, he had to carefully assess their condition.

That way, there would be no accidents when his disciple fought with the dragon.

“Jo-Wooriin’s strike!” Jo-Wooriin shouted a cool technique and swung her front paw.

Lee Han, thinking it was about time, gave up the golem’s chest instead of defending or evading.

It was reinforced with dark element and blood element based on the bones of a large monster, but it couldn’t block the dragon’s claws, which contained mysterious and powerful magic.

Crack!

With a loud noise, the Skeleton Golem fell. Jo-Wooriin flapped her wings and shouted.

“Lee Han! Jo-Wooriin defeated the bad guy!”

“Your Highness is the future of the empire!”

‘My junior is too good at flattery,’ Dirette thought inwardly.

He could even win the favor of the high-ranking royalty, let alone the professors.

He had no idea what he was going to do later.

Was he going to become the headmaster of Einrogaard?

Jo-Wooriin carefully brought up the topic, watching Lee Han’s expression, as if she had enjoyed wrestling with the Skeleton Golem just now.

“Jo-Wooriin wants to play again!”

“Shall I summon it? It’s not that difficult.”

“Really?!”

As long as he had magic power, he could summon it continuously, so it wasn’t that difficult. As Lee Han nodded, Jo-Wooriin tried to hug him with a scream of joy.

‘Ugh. I need to make my telekinesis stronger in the future.’

Lee Han’s barrier screamed at the dragon’s strength, which grew stronger as she became happier.

“Oh! Can’t you make this bad guy stronger?”

“Um. I don’t think it’s possible with my current level.”

The bones of the large monster that Dirette had given him were almost reinforced to the limit thanks to Lee Han’s direct addition of dark element and blood element.

This reinforcement was not possible indefinitely. Of course, it was only possible within the limits of the material.

He had to find a better reagent than the bones of the large monster, or Lee Han had to learn how to increase efficiency magically.

Jo-Wooriin, who had heard the explanation, sparkled her eyes again and said.

“Jo-Wooriin has a good way!”

“What is it?”

“Here!” Jo-Wooriin stretched out her front paw. There was a material there that he had never seen before.

“What is this?”

“Jo-Wooriin’s tooth!”

“……”

Lee Han’s face turned pale.