Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 127

A voice called from the other side of the door. “Why… won’t you open the door? Why?” The voice got louder when no one answered.

The students inside the Blue Dragon Tower felt annoyed and angry.

“Stop it!” one student shouted.

“What’s wrong with you?!” another yelled.

‘Clever kids,’ the Skull Headmaster thought, sounding a little sad. The students guarding the door were very angry.

They thought, ‘This is too much!’

They were scared to open the door just because the Skull Headmaster told them to.

“If you want to give us a surprise test, just do it!” one student yelled.

“Why are you bothering us like this?”

But the Skull Headmaster’s answer was not what they expected.

‘Huh?’ they thought.

‘Wasn’t he trying to stop us from studying? Is *this* the test?’

“Yes,” the Skull Headmaster said. “Tests are not just about solving problems in class.”

Leehan nodded, like he understood.

He had been confused why the Headmaster was making it so hard for them to study.

But if *this* was the test, it made sense.

‘It’s still strange for a class about Magical Personality,’ he thought.

‘But this class sent us to a dangerous island, so maybe nothing is normal.’

Suddenly, another student shouted, “Wodanaz! Don’t agree to this!”

“Don’t believe his tricky words!” yelled another.

“I’m not agreeing!” Leehan called out to the Skull Headmaster.

‘That annoying voice must be Wodanaz. Why is he calling me?’ the Skull Headmaster thought.

“We have another pop quiz tomorrow. Is this really okay?” Leehan asked.

“Of course!” the Skull Headmaster said loudly. “My class is more important than any other teacher’s!”

‘Oh no,’ Leehan thought. ‘He’s even more crazy than I thought.’

Talking about other teachers was a bad idea. The Skull Headmaster was completely mad.

“But don’t worry too much!” the Headmaster continued.

“Because all the other dorms are having the same problem!”

“Oh!” some students said.

“What ‘oh’!” another student said angrily. “Is this a time to be happy?”

But even as he spoke, some Blue Dragon Tower students smiled.

‘Great! We all can’t study!’ they thought.

“I guess you have other classes,” the Skull Headmaster said, sounding like he was doing them a favor. “I’ll stop this in the morning. *If* you are still here in the morning!”

Yoner got very angry and raised his fist to make a rude gesture at him. But Leehan shook his head and stopped him.

‘He might be watching us,’ Leehan thought.

‘Oh, right!’ Yoner thought, quickly putting his hand down.

Leehan looked around the lounge again.

The barricade was still strong, because they had added more to it.

‘It will hold for another hour or two,’ he thought.

Even though it was safe now, Leehan was still careful.

He knew the Skull Headmaster was twisted, so he wouldn’t just attack from the front.

“Sharkhan!” Leehan said. “Check other places besides the main door.”

The dark blue panther growled and went to check.

Right away, Sharkhan started tapping on the wall. That meant undead were coming.

“Stair windows!” someone shouted. “Undead are climbing up the stair windows!”

“Are you serious?!” another student yelled.

The students started to run to the windows, but Leehan stopped them.

“Don’t panic!” Leehan said. “It’s not that bad yet. I’ll give the orders!”

Usually, in a scary situation like this, people would argue about what to do.

But that didn’t happen in the Blue Dragon Tower.

When Leehan gave orders, everyone listened and did what he said right away.

“Yoner, you and two others, go to the windows!” Leehan commanded.

“Sharkhan, you checked the windows, now find other ways they could get in! Gainan, you too! Don’t worry about the food now, help at the barricade!”

‘I should stop that kid next time,’ the Skull Headmaster thought in his workshop, watching the Blue Dragon Tower. He was annoyed.

“That Wodanaz boy is too good,” he thought.

‘Usually, if you have a strong leader, even weak people can win. But this is too much! He’s like… he’s taking all the chances for the other students to become stronger!’

‘Let’s see what’s happening in the other towers,’ the Skull Headmaster thought.

He changed the view of his magic to make himself feel better.

Just like he thought, the other towers were in complete mess because of the attack.

Skeleton warriors broke down doors and pulled students out.

The Skull Headmaster smiled, happy with the chaos. Then, he sent a message to the Black Tortoise Tower students, who were still keeping their door closed.

“Open the door, you stubborn people! I’m here to help!”

Leehan now saw that there were many holes and openings in the tower he was in.

Students screamed when they saw skeletons climbing in through strange places, like stair windows and the fireplace chimney.

‘This is definitely a real-life lesson,’ Leehan thought.

Normally, the tower’s magic should stop these monsters.

But it was clear the Skull Headmaster had let them in.

‘Is that even allowed? Is he cheating?’

But the Blue Dragon Tower students were doing much better than the others.

Unlike the other towers, they fought back right away and then closed the door when the attack started.

Because the main door was blocked, they could handle the few skeletons that got in from other places.

And Sharkhan was amazing! He was like many people in one.

He would get low to the ground, bark loudly, and run, and then skeletons would appear exactly where he ran.

When Leehan shot lightning that hit the skeletons climbing the window perfectly, the Blue Dragon Tower students cheered loudly.

They had all started learning magic, but Leehan’s magic was much stronger.

He had been using magic for a long time already, and he wasn’t even tired.

He even had a magical animal helping him!

Neblen from the Kirak family said in amazement, without even thinking about it.

Neblen liked the Princess very much and thought she was the best student.

But he was still very impressed every time he saw what Wodanaz could do.

‘The son of the famous Wodanaz family is really amazing,’ Neblen thought.

“That’s really amazing…” Neblen said.

“Oh! Sorry, Princess!”

” ?” The Princess looked at him, confused.

“Well… Wodanaz is amazing, but I still think you are better, Princess! Magic power isn’t everything! Wodanaz is maybe a little better at cooking and… and being liked by people, but…”

The Princess nodded when he mentioned cooking.

Neblen got nervous and spoke quickly.

“I, I think if you cooked, Princess, you would be even better…”

The Princess shook her head.

“No, no. He’s really good at cooking…”

“What are you two doing?!” Gainan yelled, carrying chairs and breathing heavily. He sounded like he was about to cry.

“Why are you just standing around?!”

“You’re resting to get your magic back because you used it!” Neblen said.

“Rest while working! You only used magic, you still have energy left!”

“Gainan, look out!” Leehan shouted. “Be careful in front!”

” ?” Gainan, still carrying a chair, heard the main door getting louder and louder. He could even hear it cracking.

*BANG!* Like drops of water slowly breaking a stone, the skeletons kept hitting the door until it broke open and the barricade split apart.

Skeletons jumped out from the broken door and grabbed Gainan!

“Aaargh!” Gainan screamed.

“Gainan!!!” students yelled.

“Let him go! He’s lost!” But Leehan pulled out his sword, Dawn Star, and ran forward.

He quickly cut down three skeletons, and they fell to pieces. Leehan grabbed Gainan’s leg as he was being pulled away and pulled him back hard.

Some of Gainan’s hair came out, but he was safe.

The prince looked shocked and pale.

“Th-those crazy skeletons!” he stammered. “Isn’t the Headmaster being too cruel?!”

“Why are you so surprised now?” Leehan asked.

“Gainan, fall back, everyone be careful of the entrance! Don’t approach!” Leehan commanded.

The skeletons trying to get in through the broken door felt the magic from Dawn Star, the sword that takes magic away. They stopped and didn’t come closer.

*Clatter clatter clatter!* The skeletons made a lot of noise outside the barricade.

Asan asked, sounding worried, “Why are they doing that now?”

“Maybe,” Yoner said, thinking quickly, “it’s because he’s using a sword that takes magic, and they are angry?”

“!” Everyone was surprised. Yoner’s idea sounded like it could be true.

The skeleton warriors widened the gap in the barricade and began to smash it again in order to rush in at once.

But this time, Leehan didn’t let that happen.

“Space, be recognized!”

Leehan used his magic again to see the space around him. Then he started shooting balls of water at the skeletons outside.

The water balls flew fast, broke through the broken door, and smashed the skeletons’ old bones as they tried to jump in.

‘I stopped them!’ Leehan thought, feeling relieved.

But then, he saw something new in the distance, coming out of the dark night.

“C-can it be?” someone whispered.

“No! It’s not skeletons! It’s…”

“Help us!” voices cried. It was students from the Phoenix Tower!

Behind them, they could see many skeletons chasing them. They knew right away what had happened.

‘Their lounge must have been broken into, and they ran away!’ Leehan thought.

“Wh-what should we do?” someone asked.

“Wodanaz. It might be dangerous to accept them. Considering the undead following behind them, there’s a 90% chance that…”

“Let’s accept them.”

“!”

“!!!”

Leehan’s friends had been saying not to let the Phoenix Tower students in. But when Leehan quickly said “Let’s accept them,” without even pausing, they suddenly felt ashamed.

They thought, ‘Even if we are scared of the skeletons, we shouldn’t have been so selfish.’

“Wodanaz…” one student said sadly. “I was wrong. I have made my family name look bad and lost my honor. I’m sorry!”

“I’ll go help bring them in!” another student said. “Wodanaz, let’s go together!”

” ???” Leehan was confused. ‘What are they talking about?’ he thought.

Leehan had only one reason to say yes.

Who else would send these students here?

It had to be the Skull Headmaster.

And Leehan knew the Headmaster. If they didn’t help, the Headmaster would probably say they failed the class because they didn’t understand “Magical Personality Education.”

They had to be careful about everything, even small things!

“Y-yes, that’s right,” Leehan said. “I’m glad you all agree.”

He was happy they changed their minds so quickly, without him having to argue. Leehan nodded.

“The Phoenix Tower stubborn students are running away?” The Skull Headmaster, who was relaxing, opened his eyes when his magical creature told him the news.

The Phoenix Tower students were really running fast through the dark night.

Usually, this would make him laugh. But… ‘They are running to the Blue Dragon Tower?’ he thought, annoyed.

‘Why did they have to go to the one place that’s doing well? Bad luck!’

The Skull Headmaster complained and wished hard. ‘Don’t let them in, don’t let them in, don’t let them in…’

But Leehan did the opposite of what the Skull Headmaster wanted. He ran out from behind the barricade with his friends to help the Phoenix Tower students.

The Skull Headmaster yelled angrily. “That selfish kid! That selfish kid!” The other magical creatures in the workshop looked down, afraid of the Skull Headmaster’s bad mood.