Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1191

Professor Zorgic was surprised by the other person’s rudeness.

As an Imperial gentleman, Professor Zorgic never tolerated rudeness. However, someone pounding the ground with their fists and sobbing was a slightly different matter.

After all, even an Imperial gentleman didn’t want to deal with a madman.

Professor Thunderfoot leaned closer, his eyebrows raised in curiosity. “Professor Vendozol,” he asked, a hint of amusement in his voice, “are those tears because the dragon is so magnificent? Or are you jealous it’s Wodanaz and not you?”

Professor Vendozol just sobbed louder, shaking his head. “I… I don’t know!” he choked out between cries.

Professor Thunderfoot watched him, a small smile playing on his lips. *Probably both,* he thought. *Humans are strange creatures.* He figured Professor Vendozol was moved by the sight of the dragon, but also green with envy. Yes, in Professor Thunderfoot’s eyes, Vendozol was a mix of both emotions: touched by the magic, and eaten up by jealousy.

Lee Han, transformed into a dragon, asked with a weary voice, “Who summoned this professor?” He had been relieved that Professor Verdus hadn’t come, but an even noisier professor had arrived without so much as a word.

“Ohoong, euheuheuk, keuheuk, wuu wuu!”

“…Has he lost control of himself?”

Professor Vendozol, instead of answering the question, only cried louder.

He cried so sorrowfully that a puddle of tears formed beneath him. Professor Thunderfoot wrinkled his nose in disgust. *This is too much,* he thought, carefully stepping back to avoid the spreading puddle of tears.

“Come on, Professor Vendozol, calm down,” Professor Thunderfoot said. “I know you wanted to be a dragon too, but magic doesn’t always work out…”

“Keuheukheukwhyheukheuknotohoong!”

“Why… not… me? Aha.”

Professor Thunderfoot, barely understanding the answer mixed in with the sobs, nodded.

“Dragons are just that kind of species. Please, stop crying.”

Lee Han thought, *That’s right, Professor. If you’re going to cry, please go outside.*

“…Wodanaz is worried about you too,” Professor Thunderfoot added.

Professor Thunderfoot changed what his student said slightly.

“Now, if you stop crying, I’ll give you one of my student’s scales.”

Lee Han thought, *But doesn’t that disappear when the transformation ends?*

“Shhh. Shut up. Just a bit,” Professor Thunderfoot said.

The professor glared at his student. *This little…*

Still, Professor Vendozol, having seemingly emptied all the moisture from his body, hiccuped and rose from his spot.

The professors flocked around, comforting Professor Vendozol.

“Perhaps someday you’ll receive permission from the dragons, Professor.”

“That’s right. Professor Vendozol has done many things for the dragons. Of course, it’s highly likely the dragons don’t know…”

“I also think you’re the next wizard who will receive permission from the dragons.”

The professors comforting Professor Vendozol gestured to Lee Han, meaning, say something, anything.

Lee Han thought, *Uh…*

“Quickly! Say something!”

“D- transforming into a dragon isn’t always a good thing?”

“…You just stay quiet,” Professor Thunderfoot said. “Professor Vendozol, disregard what you just heard.”

Although there were exceptions like Professor Vendozol, successfully transforming into a dragon was beneficial in many ways.

Especially the fact that the remaining professors were readily trying to send Lee Han away.

“-Aha. Professor Begreck disappeared, so you went crazy with the test… Couldn’t you have just asked for understanding in advance? If you had just said something, I would have let you replace the final exam with it.”

“-Ah. I didn’t think you would allow it.”

“-So you transformed into a dragon?”

“-Transforming into a dragon was just because other transformations weren’t working well, so I transformed into that first.”

“-…Alright! Go out quickly!”

The professors were much kinder and more considerate than Lee Han had thought.

Upon hearing the student’s concern for his teacher, they tried to provide convenience despite the school’s strict rules.

“So, that’s how I was able to get out like this,” Lee Han explained.

“…I, I see,” Professor Kirmin replied.

It was dawn.

Professor Kirmin, who secretly met with his student in front of the shrubbery near Einroguard’s main gate, wore a bewildered expression.

He had expected Wodanaz to pass all the tests and come out, but the professors’ kindness was unexpected.

Of course, Wodanaz’s magical skills had been thoroughly verified without needing to confirm them through tests…

*Is this okay?*

*No. Let’s just think about Voladi for now,* Professor Kirmin thought.

Professor Kirmin pushed away his worries.

Before this outing, Wodanaz had asked Professor Kirmin to accompany him.

Considering Professor Voladi’s skills, if his student approached alone, he might get beaten up and chased away, let alone captured.

“Where is Kim?” Lee Han asked.

“I didn’t call him,” Professor Kirmin replied.

“What do you mean…? Didn’t you say you would call him?”

“It was a lie. I thought you would worry too much, Professor.”

Professor Kirmin was shocked.

*Just like me,* he thought, *Wodanaz is already learning to lie!*

To lie to Professor Garcia, of all people!

Regardless of whether the professor in front of him was shocked or not, Lee Han took out the request form he had prepared.

“This outing is moving independently of a request, so in principle, I can’t go out. So, I prepared a fake request form.”

He went out so often because of requests that there were jokes among the students like, ‘Is Wodanaz already a professor?’ but Lee Han was still a student.

He couldn’t go out without a valid request.

He could have gone out under the guise of another request, but Lee Han didn’t want to waste even that time. He was planning to find the professor with all his might from the start and return.

“Let’s take a look?” Lee Han said.

In the name of the Kraha family, to the wizard of the Wodanaz family, entrusting the following request: Organize and analyze the relevant magic…

Professor Kirmin’s eyes widened in surprise.

Masters of illusion magic were very skilled at such forgeries and fakes. Of course, so was Professor Kirmin.

But Professor Kirmin couldn’t see any flaws in this fake request form.

The Kraha family’s seal was accurate, the stationery was the unique Zafiji used by the Kraha family, and the handwriting and signature…?

“How did you make this?” Professor Kirmin asked. “The Kraha family isn’t an easy family to forge their items at will.”

“It’s not a forgery, it’s real,” Lee Han replied.

” ? ”

“I asked for it in advance. A blank request form with the seal ring stamped on it.”

It was only natural that Professor Kirmin didn’t notice the flaws in this fake request form.

It was called fake, but the other elements were all real.

Guinan’s mother had directly stamped the seal on the family’s stationery and written the necessary letters.

“!!!!”

Professor Kirmin was truly surprised.

Such a fake request form couldn’t be given to just anyone. Moreover, the family’s seal and format were all complete.

If one had an evil mind, they could freely insert whatever they wanted into the blank spaces inside.

Even if one added that a mountain of gold coins was promised as compensation, the Kraha family would have a hard time refuting it according to the contents of this request form. All elements, including the seal, were real items used by the family.

But for a boy from another family to have such a fake request form was unbelievable.

“Ah. Perhaps it was an item the prince had? In case of an outing…” Professor Kirmin wondered.

“No. Guinan didn’t receive it. She only gave it to me? I received it directly.”

Lee Han’s answer sent shivers down Professor Kirmin’s spine.

He knew the reputation of Mrs. Kraha, who led one of the wealthiest families in the Empire, but such boldness!

…And the thoroughness of not giving this to Guinan!

*There’s a reason why the Kraha family is wealthy,* Professor Kirmin thought.

Professor Kirmin felt a sense of respect for Mrs. Kraha, who wasn’t even present.

It was easy to say, but who wouldn’t give such an item to their own child and instead give it to their child’s friend?

It was impossible without a firm belief that Wodanaz would step in if something truly necessary happened to Guinan.

“I thought there wouldn’t be a need to use it because there were so many requests, but it’s being used like this. Let’s go. We have to persuade the knights,” Lee Han said.

“A, alright,” Professor Kirmin replied.

This semester, Lee Han had been receiving the escort of knights whenever he went out.

In other words, to go out with a fake request, he had to deceive even these knights and take them with him.

Even if a considerable number of the Death Knights were fond of Lee Han, if the fake request was discovered…

“-An urgent request? Let’s go,” one of the knights said.

“-I’ll call the guys who are resting. Hey, call Potbelly too.”

The resting Death Knights got up from their seats without even looking at the request form.

Lee Han and Professor Kirmin, slightly flustered, asked back.

“You’re not checking the request form… ?”

“-There must be dozens of requests this semester, when would we check them all? Just tell us the location you’re going to.”

“…Yes…”

Hiding his awkwardness, Lee Han nodded.

It was definitely a good thing, but he felt somehow wronged.

He even used the Kraha family’s stationery…

Amrek Bark, Bartrec Bark’s brother and a dwarf belonging to the Crescent Moon Knights, looked down at the street below the three-story inn with cautious eyes.

Currently, the knights under his command were tracking a professor from Einroguard.

The power of the wizards from Einroguard always made the knights of the Empire tremble with fear.

Especially if it was a professor…

*But we can’t just avoid it because we’re afraid,* Amrek thought.

Amrek waited for his subordinates’ report with eyes full of conviction.

No matter how excellent a wizard was, they couldn’t continue to deceive the eyes of the Crescent Moon Knights.

The dense network of contacts built up over dozens, hundreds of years couldn’t be easily shaken off.

“We found him!”

One of the subordinate knights ran in with an excited face. Amrek praised him lightly and asked.

“Where are they staying?”

“The Crooked Moon Inn. It seems they’re mingling with wandering mercenaries from outside.”

“Their disguise is impressive. That’s why combat wizards are tricky,” Amrek said.

Combat wizards were different from wizards who only worked at desks. Combat wizards had seen real battles. They were often very clever because of their experiences.

Despite thoroughly casting transformation magic, they stayed with mercenaries in poor facilities just in case.

They weren’t doing it for the first time.

“But, Sir Bark. Why are we chasing this wizard?” one of the knights asked.

“Hmm?”

Amrek paused.

In fact, he had nothing to say if asked the reason.

How could he say that he had a friend who really took good care of his stupid younger brother, and as a brother, he couldn’t help but help?

Especially in front of his subordinate knights, it was even harder to say.

“That’s…”

“You idiot!” another knight scolded his colleague. “If he could have said that, he would have told us already. Don’t you know how important it is even after hearing the title of professor from Einroguard!”

This act of secretly chasing a professor from Einroguard was definitely not an ordinary matter.

Amrek must have had a tremendous amount of information in his hands.

He was not revealing the information even to protect his subordinates.

“T, that’s right… I’m sorry!”

“Ah, no. That’s exactly it. I can’t tell you guys, but it’s a very important matter,” Amrek said.

Amrek breathed a sigh of relief inwardly and looked down at the street again.