Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1010

On the way out of the Magic Tower after their conversation (the Skull Headmaster had to set fire to the main gate to distract the wizards), the Skull Headmaster asked:

“What do you mean you took care of the Nago family’s potion?”

“I went out during Club Week and took on a request to earn some pocket money. That’s when it happened.”

“You seem like a diligent fellow. Sometimes I wonder if you’re really from the Blue Dragon Tower.”

To take on and complete a request in such a short period, and there was even a battle with the Evil God worshippers in between.

The Skull Headmaster was so impressed that he forgot to ask more about the Nago family.

With countless families in the Wizarding World, it wasn’t easy for the Skull Headmaster to pay attention to each one individually.

The knights listening were very nervous, even though they didn’t have bodies to sweat.

“Let’s depart,” the Skull Headmaster announced.

Lee Han hesitated. “Are you sure it’ll be alright, Headmaster? Even at the next Magic Tower… like what happened here?”

“You don’t need to worry about that, Disciple,” the Skull Headmaster said confidently.

“Of course,” he added, “I *slightly* underestimated how other wizards would react to your… achievements.”

Lee Han frowned. “Slightly?” he repeated, surprised. *Slightly* seemed like a very small word for the chaos they had just caused.

The Skull Headmaster pretended not to hear Lee Han’s question and continued, “But I understand it now! From now on, I will only tell them just enough information – just the right amount – to make sure they extend the debt. It will be perfect!”

What happened at the Daylily Magic Tower was also outside the Skull Headmaster’s plan.

The Skull Headmaster wanted to deceive the wizards appropriately, not drive them crazy.

Deeply reflecting, the Skull Headmaster planned to control the information appropriately from now on to create the intended effect.

“-But Master, with such a commotion here, wouldn’t the news have spread to other Magic Towers?”

“There’s no way,” the Skull Headmaster asserted.

“Wizards only care about themselves, so they would never spread rumors about such things.”

“-Indeed, Master! Wizards are very focused on their own work and secrets.”

Lee Han was dumbfounded but couldn’t deny it.

Frankly, even Lee Han thought the Daylily Magic Tower wizards would keep secrets, even if a knife was at their throat…

‘…Wait. But how did Lady Maykin know I mastered the Small World?’ Thinking about it, it was strange.

Even if the contract with the Spirit King was one thing, mastering the Small World was relatively recent.

‘Did Yoner write it in a letter? I don’t think there’s been a chance to smuggle a letter out recently.’

“-Which Magic Tower is next?”

“Green Feldspar Magic Tower.”

“-Ah, those friends who handle telekinesis.”

“Yes. The staff I commissioned from Professor Verdus last time has finally been completed.”

Occasionally, the commissions entrusted to Professor Verdus were successfully completed. This time, the lucky client was the wizards of the Green Feldspar Magic Tower.

“I might be able to persuade them without even taking out Wodanaz.”

“-That’s not true, Master!” The knights stated firmly.

Wizards weren’t so easily pleased that they would be overjoyed just because an artifact was completed much later than the promised date.

“To postpone paying the fee…”

“Do so.”

The knights were surprised when the Green Feldspar Magic Tower wizards readily agreed. Lee Han was also surprised.

‘No way. Even so, this easily?’

How much had Professor Verdus delayed the commission for them to show such favor just because it was completed?

Lee Han was almost feeling a sense of awe at the notoriety. He was a master of making people believe him.

“So, are we just going to move on like this?”

“-I think it’ll be alright, disciple,” the knights answered happily to Lee Han’s question.

The knights didn’t want the [Daylily Magic Tower Frenzy] incident to happen again.

While the group was whispering, one of the Green Feldspar Magic Tower wizards pointed at Lee Han and asked.

“Is this Professor Begreck’s disciple?”

Lee Han sensed that something was going wrong at the Skull Headmaster’s words.

“Headmaster?”

“I forgot that these guys are close to Professor Volardy.”

You should remember to forget important things!

Lee Han was dumbfounded, but it had already happened. He had no choice but to quickly assess the situation.

So now… He couldn’t guess exactly what Professor Begreck had said, from where to where.

He probably talked about the Water Prison Bullet, and he probably talked about Wodanaz’s telekinesis too…

“Our Green Feldspar Magic Tower wizards inevitably have a considerable number of combat wizards. If it’s a young and talented wizard like Lee Han of the Wodanaz family, we’re even more welcoming.”

“…How much have you heard, by any chance?”

“What are you talking about?” The Magic Tower wizard answered with a beaming smile. The smile was suspicious, as if wearing a mask.

The Skull Headmaster winked at the knight standing next to him. The knight cleared his throat and moved to the reception room door.

Click!

The Death Knight, who was trying to open the door and check outside, was overwhelmed by the sight.

The Magic Tower wizards had gathered in front of the reception room as quiet as mice.

“-I think we’re doomed.”

“Yes. I understand,” the Skull Headmaster answered briefly. The wizard, who had been smiling broadly, continued speaking.

“Since the door is open, the gifts we’ve prepared…”

“The gifts are fine! Just accept our hearts!”

“Your Excellency! Didn’t you usually ask for donations like that! Why are you refusing when we’ve prepared them!”

“Take a look at your eyes in the mirror before you say that! What if you’re more insane than when you kill magic criminals!”

Having achieved his purpose, the Skull Headmaster prepared to retreat once again.

This Magic Tower had many combat wizards, making the escape several times more troublesome.

“Your Excellency! Your Excellency!”

“Disciple. Didn’t Professor Begreck tell you about us?”

“Actually, I’m very close to Professor Begreck! I have something to tell you about the professor, so let’s just sit down and talk for a bit before you go!”

“Oh, really?”

“Would it really be true!”

The Skull Headmaster grabbed his disciple’s ear and opened the reception room window. The knight who had been contacted had already parked the carriage.

“Begreck. That unhelpful fellow!”

“-But the professor is originally close to the Green Feldspar Magic Tower…” The Death Knights tried to defend Professor Volardy.

The fact that Professor Volardy was close to the Green Feldspar Magic Tower was a well-known fact that even the knights knew. Since combat wizards were mobilized when the Wizarding World needed force, they couldn’t help but be close to each other.

The Skull Headmaster had certainly rejoiced and laughed heartily when he heard that Professor Volardy was sending letters to the Green Feldspar Magic Tower wizards to increase the intensity of his successor’s magic education, hadn’t he?

“Shut up.”

The master originally hated criticisms that were hard to refute even more. The knights quietly closed their mouths.

The Skull Headmaster sighed at the sight of the wizards who were not giving up even though the carriage was trying to escape through the air, creating telekinetic stairs of shimmering blue light in the air and running after them with surprising speed.

“You too, do… No. You stay still.”

It was very annoying to remove the various telekinetic forces that were interfering with the carriage and to safely subdue and send back the wizards who were chasing after them.

The Skull Headmaster naturally changed his mind about making his disciple do it. It seemed like the wizards of this Magic Tower would go crazy the more his disciple played an active role.

“So these guys also heard about the Small World…” The Skull Headmaster, who was muttering, paused.

Come to think of it, even if Professor Volardy asked about telekinetic magic in a letter since it was a lecture topic, he probably didn’t tell them about the Small World.

“You guys,” the Skull Headmaster called out.

“Yes!” The Magic Tower wizards, who were swimming in the air with telekinesis because the Skull Headmaster had pushed them away, answered.

“Do you perhaps know about the Small World?”

“Yes? The Small World? Of course, we know what it is, but why suddenly?”

“…It’s nothing! Depart!” The Skull Headmaster felt goosebumps for the first time in a while.

It was this much even though they didn’t know he had mastered the Small World…!

“-Master, how about stopping the Magic Tower tours?”

“-That’s right. Aside from the results, I’m a little worried about whether the disciple will be alright later…”

Lee Han had a very troubled expression at the knights’ words.

“…What specific dangers could there be?”

“-It would be best not to visit the Magic Towers we visited today if possible.”

“-Even if you do visit, never eat or drink any food or beverages they offer.”

Lee Han engraved the advice from the Death Knights deep in his heart. It didn’t seem very helpful, but still…

“No! The remaining Magic Towers will really be alright.”

Lee Han and the knights gave him distrustful looks. The Skull Headmaster patted them as if he understood.

“I understand your feelings! Of course, there were unusually many unexpected things.”

“Honestly, you should have expected the Green Feldspar Magic Tower…”

“How could I remember all of Professor Volardy’s friendships? The Green Feldspar Magic Tower incident is Professor Volardy’s fault for bragging about his disciple like a fool.”

‘Wow. His shamelessness is almost at Professor Verdus’s level.’

“I will perfectly control the information in the remaining Magic Towers to create the intended effect.”

“It seems like things strangely backfire whenever the Headmaster deals with wizards…”

‘Indeed, he’s sharp,’ the knights admired inwardly.

To already realize such a secret. He was indeed qualified as a successor.

“-Master, it’s a letter.”

The knight sitting in the coachman’s seat pointed to a paper bird flying from afar. The Skull Headmaster said sullenly.

“Did the Green Feldspar Magic Tower send it?”

“-No.”

“Daylily Magic Tower?”

“-No.”

“It’s not? Then don’t burn it and bring it here.” He was going to burn the letter immediately if it was sent from the Magic Tower, but it was a different story if it wasn’t.

The Skull Headmaster received the paper bird and checked the contents.

“Erendarbel sent it.”

The other party was a famous Archmage whose name even Lee Han had heard of.

“What did she send it for?”

“Well. The last time she sent it, it was an apology letter… Did Yukbertire cause another accident by any chance?”

“Yes? Why is Senior coming up…”

“What is it? Weren’t you two close? Erendarbel is Yukbertire’s mother.”

Lee Han was greatly surprised and even in the midst of being surprised, he accurately denied what needed to be denied.

“We’re not close.”

“…O-Okay. I understand.” If he remembered correctly, the contents of the last letter he sent were clearly an apology letter for the accident in which Yukbertire involved several wizards, including a friend from the Black Magic School, during the vacation.

At that time, the Skull Headmaster had generously replied, ‘As a wizard, you can distort space and overlap it while living, and that’s how you grow.’

Of course, the wizards who were involved had slightly different thoughts, but the Skull Headmaster didn’t care.

To the esteemed Headmaster Gonadaltes,

I am writing to inform you that Yukbertire has contacted me, stating that your disciple has mastered Small World magic during his second year.

If you would allow it, I would like to personally observe the capabilities of the future pillar of the Wizarding World during your upcoming Magic Tower visit.

Thank you.

P.S. – Yukbertire is planning to sue you in the Imperial Court for having her research pre-emption rights stolen. I await an explanation regarding this matter.

Erendarbel

The Skull Headmaster, who was thinking about the contents of the letter, paused.

If Yukbertire told Erendarbel, and Erendarbel also knew that his disciple had mastered the Small World…?!

“Turn the carriage around!”

“-Master. The wizards are already out in front to greet us…”