Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1059

Lee Han was slightly surprised by the other man’s reaction.

“How does he know my family? Could it be…”, he wondered.

…Could he possibly suspect me?

Perkuntra was shocked by the contractor’s look. *Is he going to get rid of me already?* he thought.

“Was that perhaps something you said without thinking?” Perkuntra asked.

The Lightning Demon King was proud of his own patience. To not explode with anger even after hearing such nonsense!

It was something impossible with ordinary self-control. After making a contract with this contractor, Perkuntra was also growing mentally.

Rumble!

“Hmm. It seems not,” Lee Han said.

“Not that it’s my place to say, but is it alright to suspect a high-ranking spirit like that?” Giselle asked.

“I wasn’t suspecting, just confirming. Or was there a flaw in our disguise?” Lee Han replied.

Lee Han checked his and his friend’s clothes.

They wore plain coats, not their usual Einroguard school uniforms. It seemed difficult to tell who they were dressed like this.

“Even if they knew we were from Einroguard, they couldn’t possibly guess the family,” Lee Han said.

“That’s true,” Giselle agreed.

“Didn’t they just hear about your recent bad reputation and make a guess?” Giselle asked.

Lee Han shivered at his friend’s scary idea.

“No way. How could a guy who’s been hiding underground know me just from rumors?” Lee Han asked.

‘It seems possible though,’ Giselle thought.

Giselle honestly thought there was a good chance of that. The recent rumors her friend had built up were quite something.

“It’s absolutely impossible. Moradi, got it? Don’t bring up such ridiculous ideas,” Lee Han said.

“Alright, calm down. It certainly seemed like he recognized you. Let’s ask him when he wakes up,” Giselle said, while calming her friend, who rarely spoke so much, Giselle tightly tied up their opponent.

‘Certainly a unique cloak,’ she thought.

She could understand why Wodanaz was interested. Lee Han whispered from the side as if he knew everything.

“You’re calculating how much it would be worth in gold coins, aren’t you? Actually, I…”

“…No. I wasn’t at all,” Giselle replied.

Lee Han was confused.

If that wasn’t it, what was the first thing that came to mind when looking at that cloak?!

A short while later, Lee Han and Giselle quickly stripped Ibinta of everything. His fine cloak lay discarded on the dusty ground, and his magical items were piled up beside them. Ibinta shivered, not just from the cold air, but from fear. Lee Han cast exploration magic even on the soles of the opponent’s boots.

“Nothing. Disappointing,” Lee Han said.

Lee Han was even more disappointed because Einroguard was often a place where supplies were found.

“Since he commanded this many subordinates, he probably wouldn’t hide things in such a petty way,” Giselle said.

“So extravagant for a bandit!” Lee Han exclaimed.

While Lee Han was getting angry at the strange part, Ibinta regained consciousness.

Ibinta felt hopeless as he realized that all of his equipment and magical items had disappeared.

“This cursed fate! I tried so hard not to get involved with wizards, and yet this is what happens?” Ibinta lamented.

“Awake? How did you know I was from the Wodanaz family?” Lee Han asked.

“I saw a wizard from your family before,” Ibinta answered readily.

Another bandit would have resisted out of pride and humiliation, but Ibinta was not that kind of bandit.

And frankly, he couldn’t act presumptuously in front of the Wodanaz family’s bloodline.

He was pretending to be calm on the outside, but inside he was trembling, not knowing what kind of treatment he would face.

“You saw a wizard from our family? When?” Lee Han asked.

“During the Southern Branch Turmoil,” Ibinta replied.

“The Southern Branch Turmoil…” Lee Han paused as he checked the years by folding his fingers. Giselle, who was listening from the side, also remembered and asked.

“Wasn’t that ten years ago?”

“It was a little longer than that. Then it must have been something Hieerden handled,” Lee Han said.

Giselle showed a rare interest when Lee Han mentioned other members of the Wodanaz family.

In fact, among the great noble families of the Empire, the Wodanaz family was an unusually mysterious one.

The Wodanaz family was not the only family that secluded themselves in the Empire, but it was rare for a family with the Wodanaz family’s reputation to seclude themselves like that.

Wodanaz clearly had two older brothers, and one of them was the master of the spirit I saw last time, so…

‘The eldest. The first son,’ she thought.

“Even thinking about it now gives me chills. The sight of a single archmage resolving all that chaos,” Ibinta blurted out without being asked. There was still vivid fear in his voice.

“I suppose,” Giselle said, not particularly surprised.

Laymen couldn’t help but be shocked when they saw an archmage’s magic.

The moment they saw something like a unique world unfold, they would feel as if the laws they had known until now were collapsing far below.

“Hieerden is a bit much, though,” Lee Han said.

Giselle tilted her head slightly at that sight.

Huh?

‘Something’s different… it feels different?’ she thought.

The fact that Ibinta said ‘scary’ and Wodanaz said ‘uncomfortable’ felt like different meanings.

The former was overwhelmed by the transcendent realm of magic, while the latter was…

‘In the first place, there’s no way Wodanaz would be uncomfortable because of magic, would he?’

It didn’t make sense that a guy who would show interest in overwhelming magic more than anyone else would be uncomfortable with his family because of it.

Giselle asked cautiously.

“Why uncomfortable?”

“Hmm? Well, Hieerden is a bit… he pursues efficiency,” Lee Han said.

“But you’re also very efficient, aren’t you?” Giselle asked.

“He has perfectionist tendencies,” Lee Han continued.

“That sounds like something *you* would do!” Giselle teased.

“You could say he manipulates people a little…” Lee Han added.

“So, you *don’t* care about efficiency?” Giselle asked with a surprised tone.

“Moradi. Why did you ask if you’re going to be so rude after asking?” Lee Han asked.

“Ah, no…! It’s nothing. I misspoke. I apologize,” Giselle said, closing her mouth, about to retort.

It was a statement that could be heard as rude enough, and more than anything, she was too curious about Wodanaz’s backstory.

“It’s on a different level from me. I’ll give you an example,” Lee Han said.

-Young master… here are… the newly brought in books…

-Thank you. Demon servant with eighty-eight eyes.

“Wait a minute,” Giselle interrupted.

“…?”

“…Never mind. Continue,” Giselle said.

Giselle had to bite her lip to avoid asking about the servant just now.

The Moradi family was also located in a fairly barren area in the North, so they often saw surprised reactions from visiting guests, but it was nothing compared to the Wodanaz family.

-[High-Potential Imperial Profitable Businesses That Even an Idiot Can Do]? No, who brought in such a wonderful book? It’s the first time I’ve heard of it!

-Hehe… Thank you for the compliment…

-I especially like the business that can be done with red pine flowers that are written here. If you secure unique and diverse flower bulbs, you can later sell them to imperial horticulturalists for a lot of money. Moreover, red pine flowers are plants that don’t die even if you dry the bulbs and store them!

-That’s… exactly right… Actually, there are… some planted in the mansion’s garden…

-Could, could I dig some up?

-Of course… Young master… If it was helpful, please say even a little praise about me to the head of the family later…

“Wait. Wait a minute,” Giselle finally interrupted, unable to listen anymore.

It was funny that Wodanaz was doing that alone in the mansion, but it was too far from the current topic.

“What does this have to do with anything?” Giselle asked.

“Listen to the end, Moradi. It’s all related,” Lee Han said.

“…Alright,” Giselle replied.

Lee Han returned to the original story.

Lee Han, who had obtained information and permission, began to wander around the large garden, looking for red pine flowers and digging up their bulbs.

And while he was diligently collecting and gathering, Lee Han suddenly had a question.

-…But is this really going to make money?

Thinking coldly, it didn’t seem like people would pour out that much gold just because the petals were a bit unique and pretty.

Lee Han, who had come to his senses, checked the [High-Potential Imperial Profitable Businesses That Even an Idiot Can Do] book.

He had read it without checking because of the overly tempting title, but the author was also important in the first place.

[How to Survive in Einroguard] written by Gainando and [How to Survive in Einroguard] written by Professor Garcia felt different in weight even though the titles were the same.

But surprisingly, there was no author.

-Who wrote this?

-Young master… the wisdom of the book is important… it doesn’t matter who wrote it…

-…I’ll frame you for dirtying the garden if you don’t tell me!

-P, please…! Anything but that…!

When Lee Han questioned him, the demon servant finally told the truth.

The author of the book was someone he really couldn’t have imagined.

“The skeletal headmaster?” Giselle asked.

“What? What skeletal headmaster are you talking about?” Lee Han asked.

“Ah, no… I just couldn’t think of anything when you said someone I couldn’t have imagined,” Giselle replied.

“Moradi. There’s only one person who could come out here. It’s obviously Hieerden,” Lee Han said.

” ? ”

Giselle didn’t understand, but Lee Han had already started the story again.

-Brother. There’s something I’d like to ask you…

-Is that Lee Han? I’ll give you 2 minutes and 24 seconds. Finish your business within that time.

-Ah. Yes. I’ll finish it within 30 seconds. Did you perhaps write [High-Potential Imperial Profitable Businesses That Even an Idiot Can Do] yourself and put it in my study?

-Yes. That’s right.

-…Why???”

-I heard that you’ve been reading too many books lately instead of wandering around with Alarlong. It’s only natural to maintain a balanced body before entering magic.

-Uh… you could have just… told me to walk…

-You would have resisted if I had. There was also the possibility that efficiency would have decreased if I had forced you. But you made your body healthy with a joyful and happy heart. Why aren’t you satisfied?

-…No, how can I be satisfied when the book is fake!?”

-Then you shouldn’t have dug up the truth. If you’ve learned a lesson, don’t do that again in the future.

-……

It was fortunate that the other person was an archmage and in another dimension, otherwise…

“No. Even if it wasn’t, I wouldn’t have been able to do anything,” Lee Han said.

Giselle, who had returned to reality, was overwhelmed by Lee Han’s story.

Giselle also thought that her older sister, Zicklin, was quite unique, but when compared to Wodanaz, her sister felt quite normal and sane.

Just a little better at swordsmanship and a little stronger in competitiveness!

“Anyway, do you understand why I feel uncomfortable?” Lee Han asked.

Lee Han often used the accusation ‘Wodanaz, you bastard! You’re manipulating people!’ to his bad friends in other towers, but when compared to his first brother, this wasn’t even manipulation.

He was really lucky to have noticed that [High-Potential Imperial Profitable Businesses That Even an Idiot Can Do] book, but how many things were there that he didn’t notice?

“The fact that I keep running into strong beings from other dimensions might also be because of my brother’s scheme,” Lee Han said.

“I don’t think that’s the case at all,” Giselle answered firmly, but Lee Han ignored her as if he hadn’t heard.

He wanted to blame someone for his misfortune.

“Anyway, Ibinta. I’m a wizard with a heart, completely different from my brother, so you can rest assured,” Lee Han said.

Ibinta unknowingly scanned the top and bottom of the passage. The scars left by the lightning were vividly clear.

‘This bastard, he might be even crazier…’ he thought.