Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 179

Plink!

Another quill snapped. Lee Han looked up, pausing.

‘There certainly are a lot of subjects to study.’

Lee Han was not sad or angry like his friends thought. He did not think, ‘How did I get into this mess?’

Lee Han’s spirit was too strong to be shaken by such things.

He was the type to read and prepare even one more letter rather than regretting.

…but even considering that, there was a lot.

Do I need help…

” ?”

Lee Han looked up.

All his friends were too busy studying in the lounge to notice anything. Gainando was eating a sweet, golden pastry while reading a book.

Who spoke to me?

“It is I. Young man…”

Surprisingly, it was the helmet that spoke.

The helmet he’d picked up in the underground dungeon!

‘Was it an Ego Artifact?’

Items created by outstanding wizards sometimes possessed their own consciousness and intelligence.

If the wizard’s skill was truly exceptional, an artifact wiser than a person was also possible.

“I didn’t know it was an Ego Artifact.”

Lee Han put down his quill.

Originally, he was planning to examine it carefully after the exam, but since it spoke to him like that, he couldn’t ignore it.

“What’s your name?”

“I am the Helmet of Wisdom.”

“I see. The Helmet of Wisdom…”

Lee Han gripped his wand under the table. His heart beat faster. A talking helmet? He didn’t trust it. His fingers tightened around his wand hidden under the desk. *Be careful*, he thought.

It was from the underground dungeon, wasn’t it.

Moreover, Professor Voladi was managing that dungeon, and Headmaster Skull was managing the magic school where the dungeon was located, so…

He had to be suspicious no matter what.

“Wait… are you anything to do with Headmaster Skull or Professor Voladi?”

“No. I am not a helmet made by the Headmaster. I am a helmet made from the outside. Decades ago, a student secretly brought me in to prepare for an exam.”

“I see. Of course, that doesn’t mean I completely believe you.”

……

The Helmet of Wisdom was dumbfounded.

The helmet had not been tricked before. Why was this young person so suspicious?

“So, what are your abilities?”

“As you can guess from the name, I am the Helmet of Wisdom. Within me lies the knowledge left by my previous owners.”

“!”

Lee Han’s eyes widened.

Knowledge left by previous owners remained.

As a student of the magic school, that was information of tremendous value.

How much had he struggled to find information such as how to get out or hidden spaces within the school?

Even if he could get just a few of those…

“Alright. I’m ready. Tell me everything!”

Lee Han quickly took out a new piece of paper and shouted. He was planning to write down everything he could get his hands on.

“Calm down. Young man… I am not a helmet that works in that way.”

“Then?”

“I can answer a question once a month. Using the knowledge accumulated within me, I can answer anything.”

“Is it possible to predict the midterm exam questions?”

“That is impossible.”

“Then isn’t that not everything?”

…Of all the people who have owned me, you are the pickiest! I am not a helmet that can do everything.

The helmet answered, flustered.

“I see…”

Lee Han roughly understood what kind of helmet this Helmet of Wisdom was.

This was an artifact somewhat like the spirit Pergunta.

A being that could disappoint if you expected too much.

‘I need to choose my questions carefully.’

If he asked the wrong question, he could waste the once-a-month question in vain.

“Is there a way to threaten Osu Gonadaltes?”

“I’ll just try predicting the midterm exam questions. Though I might be quite wrong…”

“No. I was just asking.”

Lee Han wiped the helmet well with a cloth and then moved it aside.

It wasn’t useless, but it was a rather awkward item.

‘If it’s an Ego Artifact, it should fetch a good way to earn money. Should I take it outside and sell it off?’

“Wait, is this the end? Why aren’t you asking a question…”

“I’ll ask when I think of something later.”

The Helmet of Wisdom was bewildered.

Among the students of the magic school who had held the helmet until now, there had never been a student like this.

The wizard who created the Helmet of Wisdom had placed two spells on the helmet.

One was to periodically answer the owner’s questions.

The other was to continuously strive to become wiser.

If knowledge accumulated as it continued to wander the world and change owners, wouldn’t it be possible to create a helmet smarter than the wizard himself?

The wizard made it for this exact reason.

That nameless wizard had died of old age long ago, but the Helmet of Wisdom was still wandering around and functioning.

‘This isn’t good.’

The Helmet of Wisdom became anxious.

There was a phenomenon that even the creating wizard hadn’t anticipated: the Helmet of Wisdom was trying to manipulate its owner.

What did the helmet need to do to keep becoming wiser?

It had to keep finding new things that it didn’t know.

To do that, the more the owner relied on the helmet, the better. The owner would move and go to experience and find new things as the helmet told them to.

And until now, all the owners had relied on the helmet.

The students had admired and worshipped the helmet every time it answered a question.

-Indeed… the things I wanted were written in this >Introduction to Wide-Area Fire Magic