Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1189

Professor Thunderstride didn’t get angry at Lee Han’s strange comment. He acted like a grown-up instead.

He softened his gaze and smiled, trying to look as friendly as possible. But this just made Lee Han more suspicious. Professor Thunderstride’s smile seemed too sweet, too forced.

“I… I think I feel an evil aura,” Lee Han mumbled, feeling a shiver run down his spine. It felt cold and heavy, like a dark cloud pressing down on him.

“I think so too,” Professor Thunderstride said calmly.

Lee Han nodded, agreeing with the baby basilisk in his pocket. It was a creature known for sensing poison, so it could feel evil magic easily.

Professor Thunderstride then looked down at the blueprint again, ignoring Lee Han’s words.

*’This… this will really confuse Professor Verdus!’* he thought, his eyes widening slightly.

Compared to Lee Han’s sensible and useful blueprint, this one was a wild show of powerful dark magic.

, , , and other high-level dark magic spells that even Professor Thunderstride had never heard of! A total collection!

He couldn’t even guess which dark wizards had participated.

‘Descendants of Ahrak? But those eccentric fellows wouldn’t be helping with student requests. The Oondorgu Legion? Those lunatics are the same. But isn’t that magic from the Obsidian Magic Tower? Those stubborn fellows wouldn’t do something like that without a price…’

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t think of any dark wizards. Professor Thunderstride finally gave up.

It seemed there were wizards he didn’t know in the dark magic school.

“But how can this confuse Professor Verdus?” Lee Han asked, slightly curious.

It wasn’t that Lee Han wanted to defeat Professor Verdus, he was just curious as a wizard.

“How can this confuse Professor Verdus?”

“It’s simple. These high-level dark magic spells must be secret magic that hasn’t been made public, right?”

“Probably.”

The dark wizards seemed to have been chattering on, but he only vaguely remembered hearing it.

It was probably right, so Lee Han nodded.

“You must have heard a separate explanation about these spells.”

“Yes. But I haven’t fully understood it yet. The magic is so difficult…”

Of course, the blueprint didn’t include detailed explanations of such high-difficulty dark magic, from understanding to casting methods.

If it did, the blueprint book would not be enough even if it were several volumes long.

The blueprint usually simplified things to some extent and only included the necessary information, with the rest left to the wizard.

That’s why the dark wizards gathered in the north were making such a fuss trying to teach Lee Han even one more dark magic spell.

“That’s not important!”

“I think it is important…”

“What’s important is that Professor Verdus doesn’t know much about these spells.”

Professor Verdus was a genius, but even he couldn’t easily understand magic he didn’t know. These dark magic spells were not his specialty, and the explanations were very basic.

“What if we submit this together? Huh? What if we attach it as an appendix to one of the proposed plans? Would Professor Verdus be able to just ignore it after seeing it?”

……

Lee Han began to waver slightly.

Lee Han felt uneasy. He knew Professor Thunderstride was trying to trick him, but the idea of seeing Professor Verdus’s reaction was very tempting.

“I’ll think about it. It’s not something I created with my own abilities, so I’m a little worried.”

“Haha. Okay. Think about it carefully. Of course, it’s a bit unfair that you suddenly act like this now, after always seeking advice from the young headmaster. Haha.”

“…I’ll try to submit it together if possible.”

Lee Han thought that he should hide the fact that he was getting help from the young prince in the future.

Looking at Professor Thunderstride’s current appearance, it seemed like he was more than a little upset.

‘It would have been better to just say I got advice from a being from another dimension.’

“By the way, is the exam for Professor Lezhie ready?”

“Yes? Uh…”

Professor Thunderstride, who didn’t notice Lee Han hesitating, smirked and turned around.

“You’re not going to turn into a dragon again, are you? Please don’t.”

……

” ?”

Professor Thunderstride stopped smiling. His eyes narrowed slightly, and his voice became colder.

For some reason, he felt a chilling ominousness from behind where his student was.

That ominousness took the form of language and flew sharply.

“…Uh, is it not okay to transform into a dragon?”

Professor Thunderstride almost screamed.

* * *

“You’re going to see the professor?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

Anpagon, a senior from the Buyeo Magic School, looked at Lee Han as if he didn’t understand.

Meeting during lecture time already felt like a waste, so why would he try to meet when it wasn’t lecture time?

“I have something to submit in advance regarding the exam.”

Come to think of it, Professor Verdus’s midterm exam was a type of assignment that could just be submitted and left.

There was no need to wait until lecture time to show the magic and leave.

While the two were talking, Sigunting, a senior one year below, approached.

“Oh. What brings you here?”

“I came to see Professor Verdus.”

“Why on earth?”

……

Lee Han was slightly touched by the warm atmosphere of the Buyeo Magic School.

To think they would care about their juniors like this.

‘I must become a senior like this too.’

“I have something to submit in advance regarding the exam.”

“Hmm. It’s going to be a bit difficult right now.”

” ?”

“Come over here and take a look.”

The seniors pointed to the entrance of Professor Verdus’s workshop.

There was a sign hanging in front of it.

Concentrating to make up for insufficient work time

Do not disturb!

“He originally didn’t like being disturbed, but he didn’t block off the space. But these days, Professor Verdus has just been having a really hard time lately, so he’s easily annoyed.”

“Divine punishments?”

Anpagon looked like he made a mistake. “Ah, sorry, I didn’t mean ‘divine punishments’. Professor Verdus has just been having a really hard time lately, so he’s easily annoyed.”

Lee Han focused his senses and checked the area around the entrance to the professor’s workshop.

He definitely felt a considerable sense of unease, unlike usual.

It wasn’t just that the door was made stronger or the gaps were sealed. It felt like the space itself was twisted and rippled, like looking through heat waves. The space around the door felt wrong, distorted, as if it was pushing back against anyone who tried to enter.

‘I have no idea how to solve this.’

Lee Han usually grasped the structure of most magic spells with just his senses, but this obstacle was so difficult that he couldn’t even get a sense of it.

‘If I try to break it with force…’

Thud!

A strong magical power surged like a wave, but the twisted and warped space flexibly dispersed the magical power in all directions.

And Professor Verdus’s pre-recorded voice echoed.

“-Don’t break it with force, Wodanaz! I’ll make you rebuild it!”

……

“…I didn’t know he would put in such a function.”

The seniors admired Professor Verdus even while disliking him.

That magic was magic, but it was truly amazing that he had predicted that Lee Han would try to break it with force.

If he had used just a little bit of that ability for good…

“Seniors. Please help me.”

“Sorry, but it’s hard for me to break through that either. It would be better to wait until the next lecture starts. He’ll come out then.”

It wasn’t impossible to decipher that sealed space, but it would require a considerable amount of time.

It would be faster for Professor Verdus to crawl out when the lecture started than to try to decipher it.

“Wait, he will come out, right?”

“Surely… he wouldn’t endure it again after suffering such a harsh fate.”

Nevertheless, the fear of Professor Verdus was something that couldn’t be completely denied.

While the seniors were whispering, Lee Han was lost in thought.

‘Hmm. I just need to poke the assignment in.’

In fact, Lee Han didn’t want to meet Professor Verdus directly and have a deep conversation either.

There was a very high possibility that he would turn his stomach inside out with words like, ‘Why go out?’ even if they had a conversation.

Everything he needed to say was written in this thick document, so if he could somehow just send it inside…

“Isn’t there any way to put just this inside?”

“Hmm. It’s going to be difficult. As you know, the space is sealed…”

“No. It might be possible if it’s such a small object.”

“!”

The two juniors were surprised by Anpagon’s words and turned their gaze.

“Is that really true?”

“Yes. Of course, it’s not easy. There are a few more conditions needed. We need someone who has mastered space-based magic. At least intermediate space movement, even if it’s not penetration-type…”

Since it was a matter of breaking through space-based magic and inserting it, a space wizard with a certain level of skill was naturally needed.

Anpagon frowned to recall if there was anyone in his grade who was training in space magic.

“I can use it.”

……

“…I knew it.”

‘I don’t think you did?’

Sigunting looked at Anpagon with slightly suspicious eyes.

“Then next is equipment that can weaken Professor Verdus’s space magic.”

“Is there such equipment?”

“There’s an artifact made by Senior Yukbeltire. It’s called , and it temporarily releases space distortion. It won’t release all of it, but it should be enough to weaken it.”

Anpagon’s plan was simple.

Weaken Professor Verdus’s magic and then use space-based magic to somehow throw the object inside through the gap.

It was a small object, and Wodanaz was not inferior in strength when it came to magic, so it was definitely possible.

“Just in case, that’s not something that will attack Professor Verdus, is it?”

“I told you, it’s submitting the assignment in advance.”

“I know. I heard you. But if it was an assignment with a function to attack Professor Verdus, I think I’d be a little more motivated.”

“…Where is the artifact?”

Lee Han changed the subject. The two seniors shrugged their shoulders.

“Of course, Senior Yukbeltire has it. You have to go and get permission.”

“That might be the biggest obstacle in the plan.”

……

That was definitely true.

Yukbeltire was definitely not someone who would lend the artifact kindly.

Lee Han thought about it again and got up from his seat.

“Please wait a moment.”

“???”

The two were embarrassed when their junior left after saying those words.

Wait a moment?

“Could he be going to borrow it?”

“There’s no way he’d be thinking so stupidly, he’s not a freshman. He must be going to exchange it.”

The two made very displeased expressions when they said exchange.

The memory of being scammed by Yukbeltire a few times came to mind.

The Buyeo Magic School was known for being tricked by Senior Yukbeltire in deals.

How much time had passed?

Lee Han came back panting heavily.

“I brought it!”

“…Did you agree to help Senior Yukbeltire with something? The loss seems too severe.”

“Ah. No. I stole it and brought it.”

“?!?”

The two were shocked.

How?!

“How did you bring it?! Senior Yukbeltire is definitely not an easy person to deal with?!”

“I can’t tell you the details, but I got help from someone close to the senior.”

“Senior Dirette?”

“No. It’s someone else.”

“Isn’t Senior Dirette the only one?”

“I said it’s someone else.”

Lee Han was unusually annoyed.

Why couldn’t these seniors believe what he was saying!

“O-okay. I understand. It’s okay since you brought it. I’ll prepare the operation, so Wodanaz, you get ready to put it inside right away.”

“Yes. I understand.”

Magic was complicated to prepare. After all the preparations were done, it often flowed quickly and simply.

Lee Han returned, panting, holding a long, thin spear. It looked old and worn, made of dark metal, and seemed to hum faintly with magic.

In fact, when Anpagon activated the spear and weakened the twisted space, the assignment was teleported inside in an instant.

“Thank you!”

“What, you brought the spear. You used the magic too. Put it back without getting caught.”

“Yes!”

Lee Han nodded and ran out with the spear.

The two seniors from the Buyeo Magic School unknowingly smiled warmly at his departing figure.

Perhaps that kind of junior came in as a reward for enduring the evil senior…

-Aargh!

“???”

“Was that Professor Verdus’s scream just now?”

“I-it was an assignment with a function to attack the professor after all!”

“What on earth is that…”