Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1050

Professor Garcia was very worried and didn’t hear what was said.

“Lee Han! Lee Han!”

“‘He sounds more worried than me?'”

It was funny because this person always told Headmaster Skull, “Headmaster, you are too negative,” but now he was acting the same way.

Professor Garcia moved quickly, following the long chain. He used magic to speed up time, so he didn’t even notice the things around him.

Headmaster Skull, on the other hand, saw that this dungeon was strange.

“…This is a dragon’s dungeon!”

He understood this dungeon was special, not like others. Dragons used it like people use a vegetable garden.

There was only one reason for a dungeon like this to be in the mansion.

“‘She must have made this secretly.'”

Because Jo-Rin was also a dragon, she probably wanted to make a secret lair.

Headmaster Skull was not very surprised or angry about the dungeon itself.

He saw that other dragons helped, so he thought Jo-Rin was doing fine by herself.

“‘…Is this too much protection?'”

Jo-Rin might be a dragon who learns slowly, but he wondered if she needed this much protection.

But still, why was there a rest area and even a bathhouse in the dungeon?

Because usually, only servants would go into a dragon’s dungeon.

At the same time, Professor Garcia found Lee Han and his friends.

“Lee Han!!”

Gasp!

Jo-Rin was digging in the corner of the dungeon with her front paws. She was worried a monster might come. Then, she heard a familiar voice from behind and jumped in surprise.

“‘Whose voice is that?'”

“Stay away from him, you evil spirit!”

Jo-Rin was just surprised, but the water spirit next to Lee Han was very scared.

The power coming from Professor Garcia was strong. He was always the best wizard in Einroguard (even though it wasn’t official). This power was enough to scare even a strong water spirit.

Bluggle-

The water spirit was shaking with fear. Professor Garcia used magic.

The space between Lee Han and the spirit grew bigger. The spirit stopped moving. It lost control of time for a moment.

“Headmaster! Please stop that evil spirit!”

“…Calm down, Professor Garcia.”

Headmaster Skull arrived a little later. He calmed down his student, Professor Garcia, as if he was surprised by his reaction.

No matter how he looked at it, the water spirit didn’t seem to be doing anything wrong.

It seemed the dragons had told the spirit to look after the dungeon.

“‘Oh no, what should I do? What should I do?'”

Jo-Rin’s face went white when the professor and headmaster arrived.

Her big plan to keep Lee Han in the mansion for about 100 years was now known.

“Don’t worry, Your Highness.”

Jo-Rin’s face became happy again when she heard her contractor’s words.

‘Lee Han…!’

“I will be here when they tell you off.”

‘…Lee Han!’

Jo-Rin pouted because Lee Han said he would just watch her get told off instead of helping her.

“‘That’s not fair!'”

“You have been through a lot.”

“-Th-thank you, Lord Archmage.”

Headmaster Skull let the spirit go and calmed it down.

Then he looked at Lee Han.

“I warned you clearly, so why did you go into the mansion and get kidnapped?”

“……”

Lee Han thought for a moment if he was the spirit’s student, not Headmaster Skull’s student.

Headmaster Skull was kind to the spirit, but he was scolding Lee Han, the student who was kidnapped.

“If you want to warn someone, you should do it clearly! How could I understand what you meant?”

“Did you maybe boil and eat Beebelle when I wasn’t watching? How can you be so bold?”

Headmaster Skull usually knew when he was being unfair, but this time was different.

Clearly…

“-If you go to see her, she won’t let you leave until the vacation ends.”

“-Maybe she won’t let you leave even after the vacation is over.”

“-Haha. Someone who knows dragons well has appeared. Anyway, if you are going to meet her, do what you need to do and then meet her. I warned you clearly.”

‘…That’s what he said.’

This wasn’t really mean, it was clear advice not to go.

“How much clearer could I have been?”

“……”

Lee Han changed the topic.

“By the way, please unlock these handcuffs.”

“You mean this Dragon Casket? Wait a moment. It’s not easy to unlock, so it will take some time.”

“…!”

Lee Han was surprised.

At first, he thought Headmaster Skull was joking, but he realized Headmaster Skull was serious.

“No. Is there something that even the Headmaster can’t unlock easily?”

“Well, dragons made this to lock up criminals forever. How did you get it?”

“……”

-……

Everyone there, except Headmaster Skull, looked at Jo-Rin.

Jo-Rin lowered her head.

She planned to give it back later if Lee Han promised to stay at the mansion.

“I understand, Your Highness. I also promised the King I could retire when the Empire became stable. Isn’t that right?”

Headmaster Skull moved his fingers slightly and drew a magic circle on the handcuffs Lee Han was wearing.

These handcuffs were called Dragon Caskets. They were made of a special metal that changed depending on who was wearing them.

Dragons used their magic to give this metal a kind of limited life.

To stop these handcuffs from working and unlock them, Headmaster Skull had to use a lot of skill.

“Magic power spread out? Dragons wouldn’t have planned for this, would they? Who added this?”

It didn’t make sense to have magic power spread out like this unless they were locking up another dragon.

Would there even be a criminal to lock up who had almost unlimited magic power?

“That’s what I mean.”

Lee Han pretended he didn’t know and acted angry at Headmaster Skull.

‘Dragons are very careful, aren’t they?’

Headmaster Skull felt something was strange, but he ignored it and kept drawing the magic circle.

This magic circle was drawn with ink that Headmaster Skull had made special. Over time, it would move by itself and become a complete magic circle. This circle would stop the Dragon Casket from working.

“Okay. Then…”

Headmaster Skull turned to face Jo-Rin. Jo-Rin hiccuped.

“You are banned from going out for ten years, and only boring guests can visit…”

‘Ah, no!’

“Well, who told you to make trouble, Your Highness? I’m sorry, but I can’t do anything about it.”

The Archmage, who seemed to have no feelings, coldly gave her punishments.

For now, Jo-Rin’s mansion could not have fun and cute guests. Only boring and not interesting guests could visit.

“Do good things. Then I will make your punishment shorter.”

‘…Helping students at Einroguard is also a good thing…’

Jo-Rin said carefully.

Seeing this, Headmaster Skull realized again that Jo-Rin had grown up a lot.

‘To be doing such clever tricks?’

‘Well, I had a feeling because she tricked the King and me at the same time.’

“I will add two hours a day of listening to the royal family’s songs.”

!!!!

Jo-Rin flapped her wings and begged, but Headmaster Skull ignored her coldly.

“Aren’t you being too harsh?”

“Even if I forgive her later, I need to be strict now. Dragons need to learn to be disciplined.”

After answering Lee Han firmly, who was whispering, Headmaster Skull looked around.

“But isn’t Peng-Erin here too?”

“W-well, I don’t know?”

Lee Han looked away, just like his teacher.

“I can’t help it. Wodanaz, I found you because I need to talk about Professor Voladi.”

When he heard this, Lee Han smiled sadly.

Professor Garcia, who was still saying sorry to the spirit, saw Lee Han’s smile and asked, confused.

“What’s wrong, Lee Han? Do you know what this is about?”

“Hmph. Isn’t it obvious? It’s probably to tell on Professor Begreck if he tries to send a letter to the royal palace.”

Thwack!

Headmaster Skull hit his student with his staff (because he was being annoying).

“No.”

“…Oh, it isn’t?”

Lee Han felt embarrassed. Professor Garcia also felt embarrassed. To be honest, he thought Lee Han was right.

“Do you remember when we caught that bad guy from Xaxarigol last time?”

“Yes.”

The monster hunt outside our world that Alsicl and the explorers from the capital city went on.

Many kinds of criminals from the Empire showed up while we were hunting that monster.

Criminals who use magic, people who worship evil gods, people who want to break away from the Empire…

It was like a collection of all kinds of criminals.

And we caught the elf prophet from the Xaxarigol Order then.

That evil person who kept trying to say bad things about Lee Han, calling him a ‘monster that eats prophecies’!

“Huh? When did Lee Han get mixed up with the Xaxarigol Order?”

Professor Garcia tilted his head.

Lee Han had dealt with so many evil and strong people in the Empire that he almost forgot about it. But when he thought about it, something seemed strange.

‘People against magic, criminals who use magic, the King of Ghouls, the King of Frost Giants, the Prahgal Order… He has never been mixed up with the crazy people of Xaxarigol, has he?’

“……”

Headmaster Skull and Lee Han looked at each other in a way that was hard to understand.

The story of how he ended up helping to hunt the monster in the other world wouldn’t sound good to Professor Garcia.

They both nodded a little at the same time.

“It happened there last time. Yes, Professor. It was all about Xaxarigol then.”

“That’s right. That’s right.”

?????

Professor Garcia was confused and trying to remember if he had forgotten something. Headmaster Skull quickly changed the subject.

“Anyway, we questioned that person who called himself a prophet and got more information… and something about Professor Voladi came up.”

Headmaster Skull didn’t seem to want to say exactly what the problem was.

Lee Han understood this and said carefully.

“If it’s something I shouldn’t know, just tell me what I need to do.”

“But Headmaster, Lee Han is already doing dangerous things. So, hiding information won’t make him safer. Won’t it make things worse?”

“Well, that’s also true. It’s better to just tell him everything.”

Headmaster Skull agreed with Professor Garcia right away. Lee Han looked unhappy.

“……”

‘Of course, it’s better to know everything from the start than to be surprised later because information was hidden…’

‘…What is this unhappy and worried feeling?’

“There is a group that Professor Voladi really hates on this continent.”

” ?”

Lee Han was surprised by the sudden start.

‘A group Professor Voladi hates.’

‘…Aren’t there many?’

‘Criminals, beaver people, people against magic, Professor Verdus, criminals who use magic, the head of the magic school at Einroguard…’

As if he knew what Lee Han was thinking, Headmaster Skull said, sounding annoyed.

“Not just any group he dislikes, but a group he really hates. And just so you know, I’m not talking about Professor Beebelle.”

“!”

‘Not even Professor Verdus.’

‘He had no idea at all.’

Professor Garcia was also listening very carefully and looked serious.

“It’s a group that worshipped an evil god. They broke apart a long time ago, and their name is forgotten… That crazy person was saying they might be back.”

“I, I see…”

Lee Han sat up straight and nodded.

Now he could guess what Headmaster Skull meant.

“I understand. You want me to stop Professor Begreck if he secretly goes to fight them.”

Strong feelings like anger or obsession are very bad for a wizard.

Also, Professor Voladi likes to fight alone and doesn’t want help. This could make things even more dangerous for him.

“What are you going to stop? Don’t be too proud and get hurt. Just watch quietly. Professor Voladi would even hit his own student.”

“……”

Headmaster Skull was being realistic.

Because trying to stop Professor Voladi would only make things worse, it was better to secretly watch him from behind.

He could help his old student if he told someone right away if he felt something was wrong or strange.

“Still, I am a student who is almost as good as you in magic…”