Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 977

At first, Lee Han thought Senior Golem was joking.

But when he looked at Junior Golem’s face, his eyes were very serious. Feeling the weight of that serious look, Senior Golem did his best to answer the impossible question.

“Hmm,” Senior Golem said, scratching his head. “Not easy, that’s for sure. Trying to guess what a better future-seer will do? Almost impossible.”

Basically, seeing the future with magic is about looking at what might happen, so it is not always certain or strong.

Even predicting a future that is mostly calm needs careful planning. So, what happens when the future has many future-seeing wizards who are hard to predict?

From that point on, the wizard’s job gets much harder.

Predicting what a future-seeing wizard who is better than you will do is, of course, impossible.

‘Kuh.’

Lee Han clenched his fist, a wave of frustration washing over him. ‘The more I learn magic,’ he thought, ‘the more I realize how much is still unknown.’

“Good words.”

His master, the mad doppelganger, walked by and praised him, sounding pleased.

He was happy that his student was focusing on magic and not doing silly things.

Maybe he had started to think clearly.

‘I want to hit him.’

While Lee Han stared at his master, the brass golem quickly called his student.

“Junior, come here. I’ll teach you with great energy, like a bright, new star.”

“…You don’t need to take those words seriously. Just forget about them.”

But Senior Golem had already decided.

From Senior Golem’s view, there was not much difference between the Skull Headmaster and his mad doppelganger.

Both were archmages, strange, and would likely cause trouble if you didn’t listen.

Since he was told to teach well, he had to teach well.

“Rogue stars are harder to see than normal stars.”

“I thought so.”

Lee Han answered, sounding like he had given up.

If they were easier to see than normal stars, why would the mad doppelganger have ordered it?

“But that also means you can see more destructive and strange futures. Many of the future-seeing wizards who made history were good at using rogue stars. They sometimes see futures that other wizards cannot.”

Lee Han wanted to ask how many of them had a contract with Guest Star Arna, but he stopped himself.

Hearing the answer would only make Lee Han sadder.

“If you learn to read the signs of the future from the movements of rogue stars, you’ll be able to avoid many problems in the future.”

“Like your master’s advances?”

“As I said, it’s hard to predict a future-seeing wizard who is better than you.”

The senior was as cold as a golem. He would not agree to something that was not true.

“Now, quickly grab the thing for watching stars and find any sign of a rogue star. Otherwise, who knows what the Headmaster will do.”

A great future-seeing wizard does not depend on magic.

Brass Golem Senior predicted the future without using future-seeing magic.

Of course, it was not very helpful to Lee Han.

‘I miss Dirett Senior…’

Dirett Senior was different; he wouldn’t betray his student just because someone powerful told him to.

How could a student at Einroguard not listen to the Skull Headmaster’s (doppelganger) orders? Lee Han was doing what he was told, after all.

Lee Han stopped complaining and grabbed the long, telescope-shaped thing, [Star Guide].

He knew how to use it because of the Yaksha King.

The thought that the Yaksha bastard might take credit for it later made him feel bad.

‘Is this it?’

While using the thing, Lee Han found a star moving with a long tail.

Its movement and look made it different from other stars nearby.

But, even finding a star did not show the future right away. Lee Han did not hurry and watched slowly.

‘Uh… I think I see something.’

The comet’s movement twisted as if making an illusion. Lee Han blinked and saw that the comet’s movement had not changed.

Only his sight had changed.

He had found a piece of the future just now.

‘…So this is it? It’s not as hard as I thought.’

Making a contract with a star was much harder than this.

He had to look through many stars to find one that would make a contract with him.

Lee Han had found Guest Star Arna after much trouble, but that was not the end.

He had to accept its burning power until the contract with Arna was complete.

It was lucky that his magic power lasted, or else Lee Han might have burned with it.

Seeing the future by watching the movement of stars was much easier.

All he had to do was find a star, watch its movement, and wait until the illusion of seeing the future appeared.

‘I should look again.’

-& *@*$^(!*!&! -$@%%$&#!

‘?’

Noise came from the lecture room in the distance.

Since such noise could not come from the quiet sea filled only with stars and darkness, it must have been noise from the lecture room.

Lee Han stopped focusing and turned off the thing. Then, he turned around.

“What’s going on?”

Whoosh!

“Aargh! It’s bouncing back! Bouncing back!”

“I told you not to stare at hot stars too much!”

“……”

One of the seniors was burning brightly because of the star’s curse.

Seeing the future was a magic with strong reactions, and even if you used the power of a star, it would not completely go away.

If you were too careless, you could suffer such a bad fate.

Brass Golem Senior put out the junior’s fire and said.

“I told you to change into a Flame Maw this month.”

“Y-you’re too ugly like that…”

“Oh. Junior. Was it noisy?”

Golem Senior saw Lee Han’s look and asked. Lee Han shook his head.

“I was wondering what was going on.”

“Did you miss the sign because of this?”

“No, I didn’t.”

‘He hasn’t found it yet.’

Brass Golem thought that the junior had not found the sign yet from his answer.

It was not strange.

Rogue stars were hard to find even among stars, and finding one that matched your spirit was even harder.

Golem Senior could not imagine that his junior had already made a contract with the most powerful rogue star.

He had run away from the workshop when the junior came with the professors to report it last time.

At that time, Professor Pasellette was very angry because of Professor Verdus, so Golem Senior could not help it.

But, the junior had already passed the stage of chasing signs and was seeing illusions in the movement of the stars.

As the mad doppelganger said, it was possible because the rogue stars loved him.

“Ah, Senior. What happens if you find a star and see the future, but it stops in the middle?”

Golem Senior was surprised by the junior’s question.

Seeing the future from the movement of stars was a type of seeing the future, so what would happen if it stopped in the middle?

If you were lucky, it would end without seeing the result, and if you were unlucky, the effect would go back to the person who cast the spell.

“To ask that as a question. You’re a 3rd year… no, you’re not a 3rd year. Sorry.”

“Enough talking.”

“I’m sorry. Everyone back to your positions!”

Golem Senior, who was about to explain, quickly sent his students back to their positions at the mad doppelganger’s words.

Lee Han tilted his head.

‘It’s nothing much, I guess.’

There was no problem when he stopped it just now. Lee Han grabbed the thing again and looked for the comet he had seen earlier.

As he focused, a familiar illusion slowly appeared.

-&$$$*^! -$&#$@%%!

‘Ah. What is it this time?’

Lee Han stopped focusing again because of the noise from the lecture room.

More than just being curious, he became curious about what kind of effects a wizard could suffer from watching stars.

He needed to know in advance so he could prepare.

As Lee Han turned off the thing and stood up, the comet in the distance flickered faintly.

It was probably a coincidence, but he felt a strange unhappiness in that flicker.

“…Did you find a sign?”

As the lecture was about to end, Brass Golem picked up the student who had fallen (he had seen a future where he could not graduate) and went to Lee Han.

“Yes.”

“Good! …Wait. What’s wrong? What happened?”

Golem Senior saw that his student looked very serious.

He was staring at a doodle drawn on a piece of paper.

“What is this doodle? It’s not like you drew a sign of a star…”

“I just drew the future I saw.”

“……”

Lee Han made an excuse as the senior stared at the doodle to understand what it was.

“It’s just a simple drawing. If you give me time, it will come out much better.”

“Let’s just do it with magic… Draw the picture I want!”

After putting black powder and saying a spell, the powders spread on the white paper, making a picture.

The picture was very shocking.

In the picture, the human-shaped Skull Headmaster and the junior were facing each other.

“…….”

Brass Golem Senior was so shocked that he did not notice that his student had not only found the sign of a rogue star but had also seen the future.

He should have been very surprised by this, but the picture was much more shocking.

What was this?

“I-is that the real Headmaster or a doppelganger?”

“Does it matter?”

“Of course it matters… um. Maybe it doesn’t matter.”

Golem Senior understood what the junior meant.

If you saw a future where you died, it did not matter why you died, or how you died.

“I tried to look at the stars again to see the future, but it didn’t show me anything else.”

“Star seeing only shows you the future when the star wants to, not when the wizard wants to. It’s a magic that waits for things to happen… Wait, so you found a star and even saw the future?!”

“Senior. Is that important right now?”

“W-well, it is true.”

Golem Senior was wronged, but he could not argue.

What could be important in front of that shocking picture? He would ignore it even if there was an earthquake in the workshop.

“Senior. Please help me.”

“H-how can I…? I’ll turn into a brass piece with one finger if I fight the Headmaster.”

“…I’m not asking you to fight for me, but to give me advice on how to change the future like last time.”

Lee Han was serious.

Lee Han was not as shocked as Golem Senior.

There were many possibilities in that picture.

For example, the mad doppelganger, who exploded because Lee Han kept focusing on pointless Einroguard exams, would attack until he learned magic…

Since it had happened many times, they were not as shocked. Of course, this was also shocking from Golem Senior’s view.

‘To not go crazy after seeing such a future. Is this genius?’

To stay calm after seeing a future that would have made him run out screaming, ‘The end is coming!’

Maybe it was because he was already crazy from taking all the departments. Golem Senior nodded with a strong decision.

“Yes, you’re right! Being scared won’t help.”

“I will protect it this time. Even if I have to avoid the royals…”

Lee Han was ready to swing his staff every time the royals came near.

“No. It’s impossible like last time.”

“Yes? Why is that?”

“This is a much clearer and stronger future than last time. It’s not easy to change something like this with a few rules.”

Seeing the junior’s sad face, Golem Senior spoke again.

“But it’s not impossible. A true future-seeing wizard does not depend on magic but on wisdom. There’s an answer in the future you saw. Junior.”

“!”

“Now. Look here.”

Golem Senior pointed to the upper right corner of the picture.

A strange starlight was shining down on Lee Han’s head.

“This symbol can mean two things. Either you made a contract with a star and are facing the Headmaster, or you fell into the star’s trap. It can’t be the first, so it must be the second. So be careful about falling into the star’s trap in the future…”

“…That’s the star I made a contract with.”