Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 913

Lee Han left to submit his work.

It was too important to ignore. He had worked hard to get it, even with the help of a magical criminal.

Of course, the magical criminal hamster beside him thought this was completely crazy.

“…You’re thinking of submitting this while that tyrant is locked in the workshop??”

“Submitting this won’t make Master come back to his senses.”

The hamster in the cage knew there was no point in arguing.

‘From now on, if any new magical criminal brags about their madness, I’ll bury them upside down…’

New magical criminals often bragged about their madness to impress the older criminals.

But the hamster thought it was just sad acting.

Real madness was quiet and hidden, like this!

It was enough to make the hamster’s fur stand on end!

“You okay?”

“…Nothing.”

“Anyway, the Yacha King suggested we use >Gonadalte’s Decline>. What do you think?”

“-What do I think?” The hamster squeaked, confused.

Even a magical criminal like the hamster agreed that the Yacha King was powerful.

If >Gonadalte’s Decline> was the best way to fix things, then the Yacha King was probably right.

“Don’t you have any more advice? What should I be careful of, what should I focus on…?”

“-Hmm.”

The hamster twirled his whiskers and suddenly realized something was strange.

Why was he being asked this?

“-Why are you asking me that? Do you think I’m your master or something?”

He thought it was ridiculous.

If Lee Han was going to ask anyone, he should ask the mad doppelganger, not him.

He hadn’t helped at all when he was trapped in the cage as a hamster, had he?

‘Though he did give me grapes.’

“Ah, come on. We need to work together to fix this quickly. To escape, Master needs to be in his right mind, but he can’t even undo the magic in his crazy state.”

Lee Han, acting like his master’s student, saw the hamster was annoyed and teased him.

The hamster’s plan was to banish the mad doppelganger and escape when the magic binding him disappeared.

But instead of being banished, the mad doppelganger was even more out of control, so the binding magic wouldn’t be undone.

Even worse, if they did nothing, the Yacha King would be pushed back and reverse-summoned, and the mad doppelganger would take over.

If the mad doppelganger took over, Lee Han would be a commander, but the hamster, trapped as a slave, might be sacrificed.

‘From now on, if any new magical criminal brags about their wickedness, I’ll switch their arms and legs around…’

To Lee Han, who had unknowingly raised the bar for magical criminals, the hamster asked:

“-You know that, but you’re wasting time like this? You’re not planning to face the tyrant after taking all the exams, are you?”

“I’ve mostly finished the exams after submitting this. I took them early.”

‘-From now on, if any new magical criminal brags about their planning skills, I’ll sew their mouths shut.’

While Lee Han was submitting his assignment, Professors Garcia and Voladi were having a serious magical discussion.

“>Gonadalte’s Decline> is a very special spell. I found that it was used to attack in ancient times.”

“Yes, it’s unfortunate.”

“Are you not interested in this spell, Professor?”

Professor Voladi slowly shook his head.

As a professor with a lot of experience as a battle mage, he was very careful when choosing new spells.

“It’s not good for fighting.”

Black mages of the Three Kingdoms era had changed this spell to use it for attack, but Professor Voladi thought it was not effective.

This spell was made to weaken yourself, not to attack others. So, it’s not very useful in a fight.

“That’s true. Also, the requirements are so difficult… What do you think about what that person said?”

The ‘that person’ was the Yacha King.

Lee Han would probably call him ‘that jerk,’ but Professor Garcia respected the Yacha King as a being from another dimension.

It was rare to find someone who would do so much for something that didn’t involve them, just because of a connection.

“He’s probably right.”

“Hmm, I see.”

Professor Garcia sighed softly.

The reason they were worried was simple.

The Yacha King had strongly recommended Lee Han as the solution while suggesting the Decline. It wasn’t just a casual suggestion.

“-Hmm. I think Osu’s student should cast it.”

“-Professor Beggerek and I can learn this spell well enough, can’t we?”

“-If it’s just learning the spell, that’s enough. But the most important part of this spell is not just learning and casting it.”

The Yacha King explained the spell as much as he knew.

Simple pain, injuries, or curses could be moved by just learning and casting the spell.

Even ordinary wizards knew that.

But things changed when they had to move the long-held ambition of a great archmage.

If the wizard trying to move it didn’t understand it, or only knew it a little…

“-Osu won’t give in easily.”

The two professors understood what the Yacha King meant and shuddered.

Hearing this, it was much harder than they thought.

If Einroguard students heard this, they would be angry and say, ‘That’s nonsense!’, but magic was easiest when it was just theory, numbers, and diagrams.

When you add feelings, spirit, and belief to magic, it becomes very difficult. Even the best wizards need luck to succeed.

To deeply understand Headmaster Skeleton’s beliefs from his youth and then cast it…

…Was that even possible?

“-Can’t we just kill him?”

“-Hmm. It seems you are very destructive and like to fight, and you are in charge of security here. But no.”

Professor Garcia, embarrassed, closed his mouth.

Professor Voladi listened silently and then said:

“-I will try to understand the Headmaster. Wake him up.”

“-Hmm. Are you close to Osu?”

“-Uh… um… well… we are close…”

Professor Garcia hesitated.

Professor Voladi was close to Headmaster Skeleton, but only compared to other professors.

Could that be considered close?

“-I understand. I will wake him up for a moment. Everyone be careful.”

The Yacha King woke up the mad doppelganger, who had been captured and had his eyes closed.

The mad doppelganger, awakened, asked quietly:

“-Have you come to give up, King of Yacha?”

“-No. A wizard here says he will try to understand you.”

“-Get lost.”

With those words, the mad doppelganger paused his mind again to save energy until the Yacha King’s power was gone.

“-He failed.”

Professor Voladi said without changing his expression. Professor Garcia was embarrassed and quickly comforted him.

“-Th, the Headmaster is in his youth. He would have listened if it were recent!”

“-That’s true. Osu cares a lot about honor right now. He won’t listen to outsiders. Wouldn’t it be better to let Osu’s student do it?”

“-Um. I think the Yacha King doesn’t know, but Lee Han is still new to magic.”

“-Hmm. That wizard showed he could make a contract with a guest star last time… Are you saying this because you’re protecting your student by thinking about yourself?”

“-N, no! What!”

“-Hmm. Seeing you get angry makes me think I’m right. Anyway, I recommend again that you let Osu’s student do it. Don’t mention what we just talked about and guide him naturally. He might feel stressed if he finds out.”

“Still, maybe I can understand it somehow?”

Professor Voladi shook his head again.

Professor Garcia wanted to cast the Decline himself after getting the information from Lee Han, but the bond between master and student was hard for others to copy.

Why couldn’t most Einroguard students accept Professor Voladi’s teachings, but Lee Han could?

It was because he trusted his master.

The same was true for the mad doppelganger.

“Kkeueueung…”

Professor Beggerek kept saying no, so Professor Garcia made a sad sound.

After thinking for a long time, Professor Garcia finally asked in a sad voice:

“Okay. If Lee Han has to solve it, how should he understand it? It’s not easy to understand the Headmaster’s doppelganger.”

It was not easy to understand the mind that wanted to rule the world because he didn’t like the pain of the world.

If Lee Han understood it right away, Professor Garcia would look at Lee Han differently from then on.

“I’ve been thinking about it. The best way is time magic.”

“Time magic… Ah!”

Professor Garcia was confused by Professor Beggerek’s words, but then he realized.

Time magic wasn’t just about changing the current time. Looking into the past was also time magic.

Experience was the best way to understand something.

Also, Professor Garcia had something that would work for this.

“If we use >The Scepter of Kairos>, we can see and feel the past. The Professor and I can go with Lee Han to help him.”

“…Professor Garcia too?”

Professor Voladi looked worried. Professor Garcia wished he had practiced fighting more and shouted:

“If I prepare a lot, it’ll be okay! If I prepare, I can block it even if a fight starts.”

Professor Voladi still hesitated.

Professor Garcia was kind and couldn’t even kill a bug because he wasn’t mean enough.

Looking into the real past was like visiting another world, so you had to be brave when you had to fight…

After thinking for a long time, Professor Voladi finally nodded.

He could trust his student to protect Professor Garcia.

“Thank you, Professor!”

“I should be the one thanking you.”

“-Perfect score, perfect score, Lee Han! You’re really amazing! But I have one question…”

“-Gasp. Is something wrong?”

“-Ah. No, Lee Han! I’m just curious why you wrote in such an old-fashioned way. It’s like an old man’s writing. It’s a simple example. Did you use an old dictionary instead of a new one?”

Lee Han, who got a perfect score and returned to the two professors, complained.

“How can you say that?”

The hamster, annoyed, went into the cage and buried himself in the sawdust.