Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1106

“Wait, but this *is* the magic!” Lee Han exclaimed, surprised by his senior’s words.

Why was Senior shaking his head? Lee Han could feel the shadows wrapping around him, hiding him from anyone trying to see his future. It felt right.

“Well, yes, it’s… *a* magic,” Golem Senior began, hesitating slightly. “But mine is usually… quieter. More like a gentle shield, not… this.”

Originally, the spell was meant to be a calmer, more subtle magic.

To put it simply, it was like a lake. You throw yourself into the lake to avoid the enemy’s sight.

But the magic Lee Han was casting felt fierce and powerful.

Like a storm, it felt like it was sweeping up all the enemy’s attempts to see the future and blowing them away with overwhelming force.

The result was the same – avoiding detection by overpowering the enemy’s foresight, but could these two really be called the same magic?

“But the idea is the same, right?” Lee Han asked.

“That’s true, but strictly speaking…” Senior replied.

“If it works, I’ll keep going. Senior, it’s already asking a lot for me to learn such a difficult magic. I’d be happy just to cast a slightly different version,” Lee Han said.

“It’s not different! Hey!” Golem Senior tried to correct him, but Lee Han was already focusing on his playing.

He couldn’t stop for long, since the magic was still unfolding.

Rumble!

If another wizard had been there, they would have heard the magic swirling and thundering, just like Golem Senior.

A storm violently attacking the Shadow Fortress that concealed the caster’s fate.

And the noise that storm created!

The magic was completed, condensing magical power like a cliff carved by a wild storm. Lee Han took a deep breath and put down his instrument.

“How is it?” Lee Han asked.

“How is what? I already told you,” Golem Senior replied gruffly.

“Come on. I told you, even a slightly different version…” Lee Han repeated.

“I said it’s not different!” Senior insisted.

“Is that so? Then the magic is fine now, right?”

“Well, yes, but aren’t you curious?”

It was natural for a wizard to be interested in such a phenomenon, especially one as talented as Lee Han, who had achieved so much in only his second year.

Why was there such a big difference between the music magic and the original spell? Could it be that the music magic was the original, and the current was a simpler, improved version?

“I’m not curious,” Lee Han said.

“…Don’t lie.”

“I’m serious. If the magic is okay, I have things to do, so I’ll be going.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to meet Her Highness, Jo-Woori, by sneaking past the Inspector’s guards.”

“Ah! Okay. Have a good trip!”

Golem Senior changed his mind and decided to investigate the magic on his own.

He pushed Lee Han out, as if shooing him away, and frantically sprinkled salt, holy water, and other protective potions around the doorway.

He prayed to fate, ‘Please, let that junior go bother the professors from now on.’

Move before the magic wears off.

Lee Han moved quickly.

Normally, he would have taken his time to investigate, repeating the magic, recording its range and duration, and checking variables.

But there was no time for that now. It would be a disaster if the magic failed when he tried it again.

Jo-Woori’s patience wouldn’t last that long!

To be honest, Jo-Woori’s patience was even lower than Gainan’s, who was trained in Einrogard.

Pop-

As he ran, Lee Han cast an invisibility spell, disappearing completely.

After preparing two essential spells with compression magic, Lee Han took a deep breath.

The Einrogard main building looked the same, but the atmosphere was uneasy.

Normally, the accumulated magic would make people dizzy, but now…

Magic I’ve never seen before is flowing through the air.

This must be the Dragon Magic cast by Wooman, foresight magic to catch students wandering around at night!

-Oh, come on. Tripling the patrols.

Lee Han ducked down at the familiar voices of the knights approaching.

He had used both invisibility and Shadow Fortress magic, but he knew being too confident would lead to trouble.

-You were the one who said we should increase patrols, weren’t you? You kept complaining that students were raiding the warehouse.

-I did. But that was a fair fight between me and the students. My skills as a knight against the wizards’ clever ideas. It was a battle to see who was better. But now, they’ve put up a magic barrier, so there’s none of that…

What crazy things are they saying so seriously?

Lee Han almost jumped out and argued. If it was a scheme, it was a clever one.

What fair fight were they talking about?

The students were risking their lives to sneak around at night because they were hungry!

But despite his anger, he got useful information from the knights’ conversation.

It seems Her Highness has added new magic.

While the knights used to patrol fairly, or just wander around, Wooman was now spreading magic around the main building and watching everything.

It was much stricter than before, when there was still some room to breathe.

I don’t know how well the fortress magic is working. Should I just go into the main building now?

Lee Han took out a book to talk to Jo-Woori.

He had heard the location last time, but he wanted to check again just in case.

Whoosh!

Lee Han was startled by flames suddenly rising from the distant mountain ridge.

What is it?

The flames weren’t just in one place. They soared from the forest near the lake, from the south field of the main building, and even near the main gate.

At first, Lee Han thought that evil god worshippers, anti-magic activists, or magical criminals had attacked Einrogard.

He had suffered a lot until now, so it wouldn’t be strange if they came for revenge.

However, the real reason was completely different.

“Inspector, you son of a b*tch!! Inspect this, too!!”

“Inspectors, get out of the capital!! Einrogard belongs to the students!!”

The students’ declarations, amplified by magic, echoed everywhere.

The students in the tower rushed to the lounge windows and cheered.

“The spirit of Einrogard lives on!”

“Good job! Burn it all down!”

Lee Han was speechless at the extreme reaction.

That’s why Headmaster Skull lets them vent sometimes!

The students of Einrogard couldn’t be controlled by force. It would only make them angry and cause a riot.

Actually, it was Headmaster Skull’s strictness that made them this way, but that wasn’t important now.

-I knew it would be like this!

-That’s why the inspectors are useless! They don’t know anything about education and just tell us what to do!

-Everyone to your positions! Stop any more damage!

The knights moved without much surprise.

Looking at the new inspector’s awful meals, they thought, ‘The students will rebel soon.’

Students can’t revolt if they’re hungry, but if they’re forced to eat bad food, they will revolt.

Thanks to that, things worked out well. The guards in the main building will be reduced.

Lee Han opened the book. The Watchman Club was also noisy because of the fires.

Iactus: Haha!! How does it feel!!!

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Did you do it? It’s hard to say this, but I respect you.

Iactus: Hmph. The rebels will only get stronger. Try to stop the sabotage.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: But what about the search later?

Iactus: There’s a way. Just remember ‘Potion of Memory Confusion’.

No?!

Lee Han was shocked. He knew Iactus was radical, but he didn’t know he was behind this!

He’s much crazier than I thought. I shouldn’t get involved.

Of course, that was a strange thought for someone sneaking into the main building alone.

However, Lee Han thought, ‘Compared to that senior, I’m following the rules pretty well. This is just a harmless prank, right?’

Jo-Woori: Lee Han!!!

Gonadaltes: Yes, Your Highness. Are you still on the 5th floor?

Jo-Woori: Did Lee Han set the fire because of Jo-Woori?!?!?!

Currently, only Jo-Woori and Wooman were staying in the 5th-floor guest area.

Wooman was always wandering around Einrogard, complaining about everything (which led to 17 holes and 53 cracks in the walls being fixed), so Jo-Woori was practically alone.

And the only person who would play with the princess was an unfortunate archmage.

“Yes! Jo-Woori has won!!”

“Your Highness, the queen can’t teleport. It moves diagonally forward, backward, left, and right,” Headmaster Skull said.

“Oh, really?”

Jo-Woori grumbled and put the piece back.

Unlike dragon chess, where a Gold Dragon can move in any direction and use its breath, regular chess was difficult.

“But why do you suddenly want to play regular chess?” Headmaster Skull asked.

“Well… um…”

Jo-Woori hesitated and said, “Ean… a student said that playing chess with special pieces is childish. Jo-Woori doesn’t think so, but…”

Jo-Woori glanced at Headmaster Skull, hoping he would agree.

“Actually, it’s true that you’re immature. I’m glad you’re growing up,” Headmaster Skull said.

“…Was that it?!?!?!?”

Jo-Woori was shocked.

Then why didn’t anyone tell her?!

“Jo-Woori thought it showed Jo-Woori’s majesty and virtue… wait, did Gonadaltes tell Jo-Woori that?”

Jo-Woori’s eyes narrowed. Was Gonadaltes tricking her?

“Your Highness! Look over there! A forest fire!”

“If Gonadaltes is tricking Jo-Woori, I will never forgive him… a real forest fire!”

“Your Highness, why would I lie to you? I’m just a sad wizard,” Lee Han said.

“I’m sorry. Jo-Woori doubted Gonadaltes…”

Jo-Woori felt ashamed for doubting the innocent Gonadaltes. It was wrong for a dragon to do that.

The knight standing guard thought, ‘Is this why she becomes twisted later?’

The dragons who follow their masters when they’re young sharpen their teeth when they mature, and the master might be partly to blame.

“B-but is it okay to just stand here when there’s a fire?” Jo-Woori asked.

“Wooman will take care of it. And don’t worry. It’s probably just a fire set by the students,” Headmaster Skull said.

“Lee Han?!”

The knight thought, ‘Why does she always think it’s the successor?’

There were many students who would set fires. It was unfair to accuse Lee Han.

Headmaster Skull nodded at the accusation against his disciple.

“Probably.”

The knight made a sound without meaning to.