Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1135

A knight sighed, stopping in his tracks. “Oh dear.”

The knights, who had been quietly following Lee Han, came back.

“???” The count and merchants looked completely confused. They stared as the knights, looking a little embarrassed, spoke.

“Wait a minute,” said a knight. “We remember now, you are thieves who stole money. We can’t just let you go.”

The knights thought the young master was very clever. They had followed him without even thinking about it. But then they remembered the count and merchants. They couldn’t just forget about them.

Making a mistake is one thing, but a crime is still a crime.

“……”

“……”

The count and merchants couldn’t speak. Their mouths hung open. They really had nothing to say.

They just felt it was unfair.

If they were caught because there were no supplies for the people, they wouldn’t be so upset.

Being caught like this, for no clear reason, felt like being hit by lightning out of nowhere.

“This is really… this is just not right!” the count finally managed to say, his voice shaking.

“Hmph,” one knight said. “Justice may seem slow, but it always catches bad people in the end.”

Usually, the count and merchants would have laughed at the knights or argued with them. But they were so shocked, they just nodded without thinking.

“Indeed… maybe that’s true,” mumbled one of the merchants, still stunned.

“Eh, do you really think so?” asked the knight, surprised.

He didn’t expect such big-time swindlers to agree with him. It didn’t make sense.

The knight himself hadn’t thought they would listen so easily…

But the count and merchants nodded again, still in shock.

This strange situation was enough to surprise even them.

‘Wow, I can’t believe it. This way actually worked,’ thought the knight, slightly impressed.

He had expected them to shout and say they were innocent. But seeing this, the young master’s strong methods had their own good points.

‘I thought the young master was going too far… but because it worked out well, I guess it’s okay,’ he thought.

Usually, Headmaster Skull didn’t want the Death Knights making problems in town.

If the knights decided to be heroes and then beat up a noble person, Headmaster Skull would be called to see the Emperor and get in trouble.

But seeing these results now, he didn’t have to worry as much.

…And to be honest, Headmaster Skull had started it by making the young master angry!

Lee Han and his party set off again. The road ahead was dusty and dry, the sun beating down on them as they travelled west.

The only difference was that the number of carriages following them had increased to a dozen.

They took all the supplies they could carry right away. The rest, which they couldn’t take from the count’s house easily, they took and put away somewhere safe.

“Don’t be too sad, young master,” said a knight. “Even though we didn’t find the evil worshipper, we got these supplies.”

“That is correct. In some ways, it turned out for the better.”

The knights’ words were sincere.

The western region was suffering from disaster, and such a large amount of supplies had been (forcibly) donated, so it was definitely fortunate.

“Professor, help us,” the Death Knights whispered, winking at Professor Garcia. “Give us support.”

Professor Garcia, who had been wondering if it was alright for his student to be doing this, was taken aback by the sudden wink.

‘Help with what?’

“…Is now really the time for support…?”

If he supported them attacking and ruining the count’s house, he couldn’t guess what they would do next.

Still, as a student, Professor Garcia cleared his throat and spoke.

“Lee Han, don’t be too… disappointed.”

“I thought there would be an evil worshipper.”

“-……”

-……

Professor Garcia and the knights exchanged glances again.

‘Did you perhaps think you would find some among us?’

‘Do we look like berserkers to you?’

Of course, they were a little suspicious, but there were many suspicious people in the Empire.

Not all those suspicious people were evil worshippers.

“W-well, maybe it’s possible. Maybe you will find one next time.”

“!”

The Death Knights were horrified as Lee Han seemed intrigued.

‘What are you saying!’

‘Oh dear. I made a mistake.’

‘You had to make a mistake now…!'”

“So, I can definitely find one next time?”

“N-no. Maybe you won’t find one. Evil worshippers are very hidden.”

The student lowered his head again.

While Professor Garcia and the Death Knights were quietly arguing in the back, Professor Kirmin spoke softly.

“Wodanaz, don’t be too disappointed even if there are no evil worshippers.”

“Yes?”

Lee Han tilted his head, puzzled, and Professor Kirmin understood he was wrong.

The student wasn’t sad. He was just thinking hard.

“…Wait. He wasn’t sad?”

“I was thinking about how to find the evil worshipper.”

“Indeed. I’m glad you haven’t lost your spirit!”

Professor Garcia, who had finished quietly arguing with the knights in the back, asked curiously.

“What were you talking about just now?”

“We weren’t talking about anything. You don’t have to worry. Professor Kim.”

‘Something’s strange…?’

The air in the lava fortress was hot and smelled of sulfur. The sounds of bubbling lava and the demons’ roars filled the space.

Fire Heaven General Zvargnir was in a plain, hidden underground fort made of lava. He was like a giant flame, flickering and growing in the lava fortress. His voice echoed like rumbling rocks. He was moving slowly, getting his strength back.

Even a strong, wandering spirit who travels all the time needs a place to hide.

If not, there was no good way for him to get better when he was badly hurt. Fire Heaven General was a violent spirit, not a stupid one.

“-I’ll kill you!! You spirit monster!!!”

I hope you get your strength back in the land of demons and come back.

The demons trapped in the prison of ash from volcanoes shouted angrily.

A long time ago, Fire Heaven General had caught and put in prison demons who had attacked the Spirit Realm.

There was a simple reason why he took the trouble to put the demons in prison, instead of just burning them to ash like he could have.

To use them as fuel for his recovery.

Fire Heaven General wasn’t a wise wizard from the human world, so he didn’t want to teach the demons anything or make them better.

Of course, the demons felt very ashamed and insulted.

For a spirit to burn them for the sole purpose of getting strength back.

If they had lost in a fair fight, it wouldn’t have been so shameful.

“-I’ve remembered your name and smell. You can never escape… Kraaah!”

“Be quiet. It’s hard to take you in.”

Fire Heaven General swallowed the demon and complained.

This was one reason why the demons fought back so much.

If this spirit didn’t kill them completely, it would take them much longer to get better even when they went back to the land of demons.

Burning them alive without leaving a trace…

I need to do other things after I take you in quickly, so everyone be quiet.

“-Kill… Kraaah!”

Fire Heaven General finished eating and cleaned up nicely. Luckily, he could get his power back easily because he still had this fort.

This spirit had so many enemies that he had to be especially careful now. He didn’t usually run away from fights he might lose, but Fire Heaven General had important things to do now.

Fire Heaven General quickly used the power he got back and started trying to talk to people on the continent again.

He looked for signs of the person he had been trying to make a deal with for a long time. He twisted space and went through…

There you are!

The spirit found his target.

Surprisingly, it was not Lee Han, but the priest, Nigisor.

“Heh heh,” the spirit thought. “Because he seems to have some spirit blood in him, he must have felt my power even stronger.”

Lately, Lee Han hadn’t listened to any nice words (actually, he didn’t seem to listen at all). So Fire Heaven General changed his plan.

He would try to tempt the mages around Lee Han.

The biggest weakness of humans is wanting things. Even if they said no to power, they could easily change their minds.

Mage, mage… you must have felt my power when we fought…

Fire Heaven General told Nigisor what he wanted, using his power.

When the spirit’s thoughts reached him, Nigisor said firmly.

“I have no intention of making a deal. Go away.”

Fire Heaven General was momentarily flustered and speechless.

It wasn’t easy to fluster this seasoned and fierce spirit, but Nigisor had done it.

Fire Heaven General thought this was normal.

…He didn’t want to make a deal at all!

What… did you think someone as weak as you could make a deal with Fire Heaven General?! I didn’t want to do that! How too proud you are!

“Good for you. Go away.”

Nigisor pretended to cover his ears and said.

Einrogaard’s friends in the same year treated him as the most dangerous priest in the Phoenix Tower, but Nigisor wasn’t foolish enough to ignore Lee Han’s warnings.

Even though Wodanaz was sometimes filled with madness, he was never a friend who spoke nonsense.

Listen carefully. I have no intention of making a deal with a mortal like you. Why would I do such a thing? I’m just going to give you a small piece of my power as a gift. Try using it once.

Making a deal with a spirit meant the spirit had a big responsibility and duty.

This kind of deal was very serious for a spirit, and Fire Heaven General was no different.

Even knowing this, the reason he was trying to make a deal with Lee Han was because he just felt that Lee Han was special and would have a future full of fighting. Fire Heaven General didn’t make deals with just anyone.

Trying to tempt Nigisor was just about giving him a few small pieces of power and telling him to try them out.

Lee Han wouldn’t be able to stay calm if he saw him using the spirit’s power.

But how silly would it be for a young kid to say, ‘I won’t make a deal with you’?

“I said I’m not going to make a deal! Go away!”

Only then did Fire Heaven General understand something was strange.

Could it be that these mages are all in on it…?!

Near Vepaim City, everything was broken and grey. Houses were collapsed, fields were ruined, and the air was thick with dust and the smell of smoke.

Zandanni from the Alzadk family, a fourth-year student at Valdrogard, hit his chest hard when he saw how destroyed Vepaim City was.

Valdrogard was a magic school in the west of the Empire. So, they couldn’t just do nothing when the west was hit by a disaster.

“That these jewels can’t do anything…!”

Zandanni looked sadly at the jewels in his pocket.

He was going to sell them to buy food nearby, but now he couldn’t even find food itself.

Jewels, which you could always use like money, were now useless. He had never even considered such a situation.

“Senior, let’s go repair the well.”

“Alright… here. Take this.”

Zandanni gave a nicely cut, beautiful blue jewel to the younger student with him.

“If you throw this in, it will clean the water and fix the well.”

“‘Isn’t that a bit too much?'”

The Valdrogard mage who was with him thought so, but it was impolite to criticize someone else’s magic right away.

Since it was Zandanni’s jewel anyway, the mage accepted it without saying anything more.

“Supplies have arrived below the hill! Everyone, come and help move them!!”

“What? How?! Where did they come from?!”

Not only the Valdrogard mages but also the priests who were doing relief work were all surprised.

“The Einrogaard students brought them.”

“W-we haven’t even gotten supplies yet, how…”

“Well, actually.”

The herald who brought the news looked around and lowered his voice.

“There’s a rumor that they attacked Count Bouillon’s house, took all his money and things, and got the supplies.”

“…!!!”

“Such a brave way to do it?!”