Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1169

Gisele asked Zicklin to think about the students’ age. Maybe she was persuasive, or maybe Zicklin just liked his younger sister. Zicklin finally nodded.

“Too bad. I thought Wodanaz would want to come.”

“……”

Huh?

‘Did he want to go?’

Gisele couldn’t answer right away and felt confused.

Gisele thought again. Maybe stopping him from going was a mistake…

“Isn’t it interesting that dark magic came from the Baquantalana ruins?”

“Yes, it really is, Professor Kim.”

The two Einroguard professors walked slowly, talking about what happened at the ruins.

Finding undiscovered magic at Baquantalana was cool, but it wasn’t enough to amaze the two professors.

But the fact that it was dark magic definitely surprised them.

“I recently read some papers from the Transformation Magic group that said Baquantalana was a transformation mage, so I didn’t expect dark magic to suddenly show up like this.”

“Speaking of which, Professor Kim, which group do you think Baquantalana belonged to?”

Professor Kirmin asked, curious.

What did this younger professor think about the argument between the Transformation and Enchantment Magic groups?

“Huh? Oh, well, isn’t it not that important? They could have been good at all the groups… Why does it matter?”

“……”

Like always, this genius who was good at all the groups was different.

It was surprising that he could easily say ‘Why not do both?’ when the two groups of mages were arguing about which magic was better…

‘I’m glad he’s a professor at Einroguard…’

If he had been working in the Imperial magic world outside, Professor Garcia might have made some enemies.

Geniuses sometimes make people dislike them, even when they don’t do anything.

“I should ask what kind of magic it is after Ihan looks at it. I’m curious too.”

Professor Kirmin smiled and nodded at Professor Garcia’s words.

He thought about joking about letting a second-year student analyze Baquantalana’s magic, but Professor Kirmin stopped himself because Professor Garcia was very excited.

“But, Professor.”

“?

Professor Kirmin was a little scared, wondering if Professor Garcia knew what he was thinking.

But Professor Garcia was worried about something else.

“I’m a bit worried about the situation in the North. Is it okay for Einroguard not to help?”

Professor Garcia, who was a great mage, knew about the problem in the North.

Even though it didn’t cause as much damage as the drought and heatwave in the West, it felt like something bad was going to happen, which made him uneasy.

“I understand how you feel, but Einroguard can’t help with everything. It’s important for each region to take care of itself, right?”

Einroguard couldn’t help with everything in the Empire, and the people of the Empire didn’t want them to.

If a magic school from outside the region stepped in, it would show that the region’s noble families, knights, and officials weren’t good enough.

“Lord Zidruf is smart, so he will handle it well.”

Just then, some mages were walking toward them in the hallway. Professor Kirmin said happily.

“Professor Garcia, look! The mages are here. The head of the family invited them to solve the problem.”

“Gasp?”

The dark mages from the Oondorugu Legion stopped when they saw the two professors.

They quickly turned around to leave. The two professors knew something was wrong because they were acting so suspicious.

“Wait. Are you from the Oondorugu Legion?”

“Grrr… We are just normal… undead people…”

Because the entire Oondorugu Legion was undead, they couldn’t hide who they were.

The two professors caught them before they could leave.

“You are from the Oondorugu Legion, aren’t you?”

“That’s right. Have we met before? I’m Professor Garcia Kim.”

The undead were sad. They had been caught by the Einroguard professors, who were not easy to deal with.

“Grrr… Nice to meet you…”

“…Is something wrong? You don’t look well.”

“Tell me if anyone is bothering you. We’re fellow mages!”

Professor Garcia made a fist and said, which scared the undead of the Oondorugu Legion and made them roll their eyes.

Older dark mages usually don’t care about younger ones. But this was different because this young professor was very powerful.

“Grrr… Nothing’s wrong.”

“What are you doing here? Is it because of the situation in the North?”

“……”

The undead kept rolling their eyes before suddenly shouting.

“Grrr… The Ahrak family didn’t invite us!”

?!!

The two professors were even more confused by the sudden accusation.

What was going on?

“Who didn’t invite whom?”

“Were the Ahrak family here too?”

Once they started talking, it was easy to get them to say everything. The undead told them everything that had happened.

The dark mages gathered because they thought the Hag might be causing the problems in the North. But the mean Ahrak family didn’t invite Einroguard…

“How dare they!”

Sparks flew from Professor Garcia’s eyes.

He didn’t care if Professor Mortum lost anything, but he cared about the kind Diret student.

“Why would they do that?!”

“Grrr… Because you keep bragging about your student, it’s annoying…”

“……”

“……”

Professor Garcia and Professor Kirmin couldn’t say anything.

That was really…

An argument that was hard to argue against.

“Wodanaz. I need to tell you something, and you can’t say anything after you hear it.”

“Hmm. If we were at Einroguard, I would say no to such a strange request… But since this is your family’s land, I have to agree.”

“……”

Gisele was annoyed but didn’t punch her friend. She told him about her talk with her sister.

“They wanted you to go to the dark mages meeting, but I stopped them. I was wondering if you wanted to go…”

“Are you crazy?!”

“…I guess you don’t want to go.”

Ihan was relieved at Gisele’s answer.

He was shocked that she even thought he might want to go.

“Why would I want to go to such a meeting?”

“Alpha.”

Gisele ignored him and called for Anglachel.

Anglachel was checking his horns to look good at the meeting with the head of the family. He turned his head.

“Huh? What is it?”

“There’s a dark mages meeting in the area. Do you think Wodanaz would want to go, or not?”

“I think he would want to go.”

“……”

“…Was I wrong?”

Anglachel was surprised by Ihan’s face.

It was a trick question!

“Never mind…”

“Does ‘never mind’ really mean never mind? Or does it mean I’ll bother you later?”

“Shut up and show me your horns. What magic do you want?”

Anglachel smiled when he heard Ihan’s words.

If Wodanaz used magic, he could choose from more options.

“Make them gold!”

“……”

“……”

Ihan stared at Gisele, shocked by his friend’s strange taste. Gisele looked back with a very unhappy face.

‘What do you want me to do? Is it my fault he likes that?’

‘Well, she has a point.’

“…I’ll just make them smooth and shiny.”

“Why!? Golden…”

“Quiet.”

Thanks to Ihan’s help, Anglachel didn’t end up with a look he would regret for the next ten years.

The students gathered in the large, empty room at the top of the castle. A thin, tired-looking elf came out.

It was Zidruf Moradi, the leader of the Northern Knights and the head of the family.

“I’m very happy that so many great mages from Einroguard have come. I’m sorry I can’t give you a big welcome because of the situation in the North.”

“Not at all! Lord Head of the Family! No one here is so bad that they would expect a knight to do that!”

Anglachel shouted loudly. The other friends agreed.

The head of the family smiled at the young students he had seen a few times at the knight family meetings.

Ihan thought to himself.

‘How can those guys who always ask for good food be so bold when they go somewhere…’

Anyone would think they had ordered the food ahead of time.

Those same guys acted as if they would be fine eating uncooked wheat and sleeping outside in front of a respected knight.

“P-please accept this.”

The students gave the gifts they had brought.

When it was Gisele’s turn, Zidruf asked quietly.

“Gisele.”

“Yes?”

“Why did so many other students come?”

“…I think it’s because they’re friends with Wodanaz.”

Gisele changed the subject because she didn’t want to say that they had practically thrown themselves on the floor and begged to come.

After the gifts were given, Zidruf thanked them and got to the point.

“Wodanaz. I was going to have you check the buildings where the knights are staying and ask for the magic they need.”

Zicklin had said that the head of the family had called Ihan to find out ‘how to train the knights more brutally,’ but even the head of the family wouldn’t say that.

The real reason was to check the area where the knights stayed in the family’s castle and magically change the facilities.

…To make it more like Einroguard.

‘They can be trained more brutally…’

Gisele thought.

If the knights knew, some of them might start to hate magic.

“But I’m sorry to say… the situation in the North is not good right now. We have to cut costs, and some things might have to wait.”

“Anyone who complains about that is not a true mage.”

Ihan answered right away.

Only a crazy person or Professor Verdus would insist on using other people’s money for their magic, even if the employer was having problems.

“Before coming, I asked the Stonemason Guild and the school club in the capital to bring some plans for magical buildings. I will start right away when you tell me to.”

“Oh…!”

The White Tiger Tower friends were impressed by how prepared Wodanaz was.

He was using his experience from the Stonemason Guild in the capital.

Zidruf was confused and asked.

“Why are you all surprised?”

Why were they acting like they were hearing it for the first time when they came together?

“…Wodanaz is always surprising. Haha.”

“We knew it too! Really!”

“……”

Zidruf was still smiling, but Gisele could tell what her father was thinking.

Gisele felt like she could hear her father thinking the students were not as good as he thought.

Ihan knew this too and quickly tried to fix the situation.

“My friends helped with other things. And Lord Head of the Family, don’t worry too much about the situation in the North. I heard that the cause of the problem has disappeared, so it will be over soon.”

“Thank you, Wodanaz. …Who did you hear that from?”

Zidruf stopped.

The dark mages were also trying to find the cause of the problem, but the cause has disappeared?