Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1124

Lee Han felt a pang of regret after the professor’s scolding.

Professor Kirmin was kind, but Lee Han knew he wouldn’t like daydreaming in class. It was impolite.

Feeling sorry, Lee Han looked back at the lecture.

Aldete of the Marcan family, a third-year student from the Blue Dragon Tower, known for its students skilled in elemental magic, glanced at Lee Han with concern.

The junior, after being spoken to by Professor Kirmin, was writing quickly with his quill, his head bowed.

“He doesn’t need to be so worried,” Aldete thought.

Unlike professors from other schools, Professor Kirmin was a good mentor who didn’t hold grudges.

As a student of the Illusion Magic School, Aldete knew this well.

“I should comfort him,” Aldete decided.

He felt he knew Wodanaz quite well.

He had been caught smuggling at the start of last semester and had even received food in the detention room.

It was more of an embarrassing connection than a good one, but Aldete still felt responsible as a senior.

They were in the same tower, the same club, and the same school.

He hadn’t had many chances to talk to him because he was busy, but that was even more reason to give him advice. The more talented a student, the more sensitive they were to such shocks.

“Wodanaz, don’t sweat it. Professor Kirmin is pretty chill. He won’t hold it against you. I once stole an artifact that the professor cherished and…”

“Pardon?” Lee Han asked, puzzled, looking up from his writing.

Aldete paused at that reaction and looked at his junior’s notes.

How to cast a Soul Doppelganger?

1. Soul Recognition

2. Soul Interference (current stage)

3. Soul Separation/Extraction

What is the closest magic in the current system?

…Using Gonadaltes’ Fall to apply it to the Frost Doppelganger…

A letter to Peng Erin? Can’t I reinforce the doppelganger with Professor Verdus’s Composite Enchantment Magic? What about the Royal Gold Magic?

Aldete looked away, half-dazed, and checked his own notes.

☆The Strongest Illusionary Plant I’ve Ever Thought Of☆

-Grows in cold regions, is incredibly large, and freely manipulates frost elements.

-Will be modified from Illusionary Corruptors to have strong hallucinogenic properties.

-Hybridized with hell plants…

“What’s wrong, Senior?”

Thump!

Aldete quickly covered his notebook. He couldn’t ruin the reputation of a third-year student from the Blue Dragon Tower of Einrogaard.

“Is this guy preparing for graduation already?” he wondered.

He had only glanced at it, but he could tell how advanced this junior’s concerns were. He seemed to have already mastered Soul Recognition and Soul Interference. That alone was frightening, but he could already use Frost Doppelgangers skillfully.

That meant that his control and shape-shifting of the frost element was already top-notch, to already be able to create a doppelganger with the frost element, which was considered one of the trickier elements.

On top of that, there was Professor Verdus’s Composite Enchantment Magic, and he had no idea what magic was.

Honestly, it’s scary!

Aldete understood why his classmates and seniors who were friendly with Wodanaz were sometimes reserved.

-Wodanaz? Hmm… He’s a nice and smart guy. What’s his magical ability like? Why do you keep asking! Ask him yourself!

-Wodanaz? Heh. He’s a good guy. He tried to smuggle and got caught? …I’m telling you this for your own good, but never take revenge. I’m serious.

“Ah, no. I just didn’t want you to be discouraged because you got a word from the professor…”

“Senior!” Lee Han’s eyes sparkled at the unexpected warm comfort.

He never expected Aldete to say such a thing.

It was worth taking food to him in the detention room.

“Thank you. It’s my fault,” Lee Han said.

“Haha. Okay. As long as you’re okay…”

“Actually, can I ask you something about Soul Doppelgangers?”

“…Wodanaz. No matter how lenient Professor Ku is, you can’t keep talking like that!”

Aldete scolded his junior and quickly walked away. Lee Han was speechless, dumbfounded.

“What’s with him…?”

Professor Kirmin watched their conversation from afar, shaking his head slightly. *Marcan really needs to give that boy some guidance on being a senior,* he thought with a quiet sigh. *Honestly, a disgrace.*

When the lecture ended, the classroom buzzed with the quiet scratching of quills and the soft hum of illusion magic. Students in the Illusion Magic School stayed at their desks, focused on their own projects.

Professor Kirmin adjusted his cufflink, a small crystal that caught the light and scattered tiny rainbows across his sleeve. It was a habit he had when he was about to explain something important.

“They’re minor requests. They’re not very interesting or big, but they’re not bad,” he explained.

Despite Professor Volmoth’s insults, the Illusion Magic School was always one of the most successful schools in the Empire.

The demand was diverse: installing illusion labyrinths for the safety of guilds and mansions, developing magic needed for plays and events, and working with other schools.

“Requests from other schools?” someone asked.

“Ah. They come most often from schools like the Enchantment Magic School or the Divination Magic School.”

The Enchantment Magic School, which had many artifact artisans, often worked with other magic schools.

No matter how skilled a magic artisan was, it was hard to be good at all the magic from different schools.

Professor Verdus could do everything on his own without needing any help, but ordinary wizards would just contact them and ask, ‘Could you make this magic for me?’

“More importantly, Wodanaz, you’re not interested in those kinds of requests, are you?”

Professor Kirmin knew how busy Lee Han was.

The Einrogaard professors were divided into two groups when it came to Wodanaz.

One was ‘He’s talented, so we should give him more work from the school,’ and the other was ‘He’s talented, so we should give him less work from the school.’

The second group was made up of professors who still had a human heart, and the first was Professor Verdus.

Professor Kirmin was kind and didn’t want to give Wodanaz more work. Wodanaz was already very busy.

“I am interested,” Lee Han thought.

“Yes. I was wondering if there was a way to find out what Professor Begreck is thinking,” Lee Han said.

“I knew this day would come,” Professor Kirmin said, bracing himself.

He knew this day would come.

No matter how good a student was, it was impossible not to feel angry when taught by someone like Professor Volardy.

Perhaps even more so because they were good students. If they were ordinary, they would have left the school, but because they were good, they stayed and learned, building up anger.

“It won’t be easy to ambush Professor Begreck, Wodanaz. But it’s not impossible.”

“…No. It’s not an ambush,” Lee Han said.

Lee Han brought the conversation back to the main point.

“It wasn’t an ambush?”

“Yes.”

“It wasn’t an ambush… I thought you were definitely going to ambush him…” Professor Kirmin muttered in disbelief.

“Is this person really his friend?” he wondered.

“Then why are you trying to find out what he’s thinking?”

“You probably know too, Professor, it’s because of the Sanguis Order.”

“…I don’t?!” Professor Kirmin was genuinely surprised.

Why was the name of the long-destroyed evil god worshippers coming up here?!

The names of the evil god worshippers who had been destroyed in the past were suddenly appearing.

“Yes? You don’t know?” This time it was Lee Han’s turn to be surprised.

Professor Garcia knew, and so did Professor Volardy?

Even Lee Han knew.

“Did Professor Ku also have a bad relationship with the Sanguis Order?”

“…Damn it. I understand the Headmaster’s thoughts,” Professor Kirmin said, frowning in anger.

“He hid the information because he thought I would side with Professor Begreck.”

Even though the Skull Headmaster seemed careless, he was more careful than he seemed when it came to handling these matters.

He didn’t want to tell Professor Volardy either, so there was no need to mention Professor Kirmin, who was close to Professor Volardy.

If Professor Volardy was going to cause an accident, would this person help him or try to stop him?

The Skull Headmaster thought Professor Kirmin would help him.

“Were you going to help him?”

“I don’t know. But seeing the Headmaster doing this makes me want to help him? …I’m kidding. I have to stop him,” Professor Kirmin said.

Professor Kirmin couldn’t show any more anger in front of the students, so he turned his expression back to normal.

The thought of the Skull Headmaster’s bones made him want to strangle him, but some things were just not right.

It wasn’t that Professor Kirmin was so old-fashioned that he insisted on banning revenge altogether.

But even if you were going to take revenge, you could do it coldly and carefully. There was no need to risk your life and gamble dangerously.

Unfortunately, Professor Kirmin’s friend preferred the latter.

“Ah. So that’s why you were trying to find out what he was thinking? You were curious how Professor Begreck would react if he knew?”

“No. He already knows.”

Professor Kirmin almost dropped his teacup. He barely managed to keep it from falling and returned it to its original place, then asked in a trembling voice, “W-what happened?”

“Yes? He promised not to act rashly.”

“And in reality?”

“He hasn’t done anything yet.”

Professor Kirmin carefully placed the teacup on the table. He felt like he would definitely drop it if he kept holding it.

“People really do change when they have a disciple…!”

He thought that he should have given the students money to become Volardy’s disciples if he had known this would happen.

“Rather than that, I’m on the list…”

“On the list?!”

Bzzzt!

The students who were crafting and containing illusion magic around them widened their eyes.

The control of the illusion magic they were creating was completely released and focused on Professor Kirmin.

“Professor…!”

“…Everyone, I’m really sorry. I’m really sorry,” Professor Kirmin said, regretting not holding the teacup and restoring the students’ magic.

And then he came back and sat down.

“You’re on the list. Why? Because you’ve been interfering too much?”

“I’m not sure…”

“Ah. Is it because of the Ghoul King? Or the Frost Giant King? Anti-magicists? Magic criminals? Because you made a contract with His Highness Jaurin?”

Lee Han became slightly gloomy.

He heard that his name was on the list of evil god worshipping orders, but instead of ‘That can’t be!’ the reaction was ‘What’s the reason?’

Professor Verdus was one thing, but even Professor Kirmin was reacting like this, so he was worried that other people would be the same.

“Anyway, I think I know what you’re worried about. Even if you don’t take revenge anymore, it’s a little different if your disciple is on the list.”

“Right?”

Professor Kirmin thought for a moment and clapped his hands. He had a good idea.

“Let’s put the list aside for a moment. Wodanaz, I’ll go with you to see Professor Begreck. To see if it’s okay to talk about it, and if he’s really okay.”

“…?” Lee Han tilted his head, not understanding.

“You mean you’re going to come with me when I go out to ask for something…?”

“That’s right.”

“…Uh, is that okay?”

Let’s just say that having one more professor when there are already two is fine (although it really wasn’t).

Aside from that, what about the Illusion Magic School’s work?

Professor Kirmin nodded as if it didn’t matter and took out a paper bird. There was a weapon that only professors who worked hard could use.

“Go.”

As the paper bird flew away, Lee Han carefully asked, “What kind of letter did you write?”

“I asked the Headmaster to take over some of the Illusion Magic School’s work. He’s been free lately anyway.”

Lee Han once again felt that the kind people in Einrogaard possessed an even more dangerous venom.