Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 19

‘I’ve underestimated them too much.’

Of course, it was true that the students of the Blue Dragon Tower liked Lee Han and felt indebted to him.

But that alone wouldn’t make them so fiercely agitated.

Basically, the students of the Blue Dragon Tower did not like the students of the White Tiger Tower.

The White Tiger Tower students were loud and rough. They came from knightly families and acted like it.

The Blue Dragon Tower students, who valued manners and calm, already disliked them. Then, someone from the White Tiger Tower shouted insults across the hall about how ‘stuck-up’ the Blue Dragons were. That was it. The Blue Dragon students exploded in anger.

Even students from other groups who rarely spoke with Lee Han were deeply angered and shouted.

“Everyone, grab something you can use as a weapon and follow me! Let’s go to the White Tiger Tower!”

“Wait!”

Asan of the Dalcard family stood in front of the excited students.

Asan climbed onto the lounge table and tried to calm his classmates.

“Everyone, calm down!”

‘Oh. There’s someone sane.’

Lee Han was slightly pleased by Asan’s words.

So, not everyone was failing to grasp the situation.

“What is it, Dalcard? What’s wrong, scared now?”

“Our honor has been insulted!”

Of course, the students were even angrier at Asan for trying to stop them.

Asan calmly said.

“Wait, hold on! They’re tough guys, from knight families. We’ll probably just get beat up if we rush in.”

“So, you’re saying we should just back down?!”

“No. We divide our forces into teams, systematically ambush them, and then attack the White Tiger Tower students when we find them!”

“Ooh…!”

Lee Han sighed.

I was a fool to expect anything!

“Wait, wait!”

Lee Han shouted loudly, taking Asan’s place.

As the person directly involved in this matter, Lee Han’s voice was bound to be louder than Asan’s. The students involuntarily turned their attention to Lee Han.

“First, let’s make this clear. I have no intention of asking you to avenge me! This is a matter concerning my honor. I’m not so weak that I need to ask someone else to avenge me!”

The students murmured at Lee Han’s words.

None of the students present didn’t care about honor.

They were carrying the name and honor of their respective families.

As such, when Lee Han stepped forward for the sake of his own honor, no one could easily argue against him.

“But Wodanaz, those White Tiger guys are sneaky, mean, and dirty fighters. Even if you try to fight fair, they won’t.”

Lee Han was slightly taken aback by the student’s barrage of insults, but he still answered skillfully.

“Even so, for those of us from honorable families to act the same way as them is like jumping into a mud pit and rolling around together. Let’s not do that!”

Lee Han’s voice was convincing.

The atmosphere coming from his confident appearance and attitude, as well as his usual behavior, was persuasive.

The students, who had been angry and stood up, eventually nodded and sat back down.

“If Wodanaz says so…”

“Those vile fellows. They don’t even know what honor is.”

Once his friends had calmed down, Lee Han spoke again.

He had brought up the topic to say this in the first place.

“Instead, let’s cooperate and respond if they pick a fight. The White Tiger Tower guys are likely to gang up on us cowardly.”

“Indeed!”

“Yes! We should at least do that much!”

The students, finally satisfied with Lee Han’s words, stomped their feet, clapped, and cheered.

‘Good.’

Lee Han could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Now, if the White Tiger Tower students picked a fight while passing by in school, he could call his comrades and fight back.

This much is enough…

“Come to think of it, we’re taking the next >Understanding Basic Magic< class with those White Tiger Tower guys, right?" "Good. We can show those ignorant and vulgar guys what’s what." "Why would those who roll around in the dirt and swing pieces of metal even try to learn magic…" "I’ve mastered the >Light Creation< spell." "You too? Me too. Let’s show them our magic. I wonder what their faces will look like? None of them will have mastered the spell, right?" "This is the noble and dignified way!" ‘…Wait.’ Lee Han suddenly felt his heart sink at the conversation of the students who had sat back down and were chattering. …Could it be that I’m the only one who hasn’t mastered the Light Creation spell? The next day, Yoner, stretching as he came out to the lounge, was startled. Dark shadows were under Lee Han’s eyes. "What’s wrong!?" Yoner initially thought it was because of the meals. The meals that came out every time in the dormitory made the students, who were always hungry, starve. The day after first entering the dormitory, the students’ faces were actually gaunt and haggard. But when he thought about it, Lee Han was a unique person who had adapted perfectly from the first day. Besides, when the Blue Dragon Tower students were starving, wasn’t he the kind of person who would go to the Thunderhoof’s cabin alone and bring back smoked chunks of meat and freshly picked vegetables to share with his friends (though he did take some money)? There was no reason for such a person to be like that because of the meals now. Maybe Gainando… "Practicing magic." "Magic? You shouldn’t practice separately… Ah. You said you got permission from Professor Kim last time, right?" "Yeah. Everyone else said they succeeded in >Light Creation<, so I practiced all night." " ? " Yoner tilted his head. It was the first time he had heard of it. "What is…?" "Ughaaaam." Gainando walked into the lounge, yawning widely. Then, he took out a sausage from the pocket attached to his shabby clothes (it was a sausage he had bought from Lee Han yesterday). Gainando treated the sausage as preciously as if it were a treasure. He looked around to make sure no one would steal it, then stuck it on the end of a skewer and put it into the crackling flames inside the fireplace. The sausage began to cook with a sizzling sound. Made from high-quality pork, the smell of the sausage stimulated his hungry intestines. "Hee hee hee…" Without noticing that Lee Han and Yoner were looking at him pitifully, Gainando took out a potato from another pocket (this was also something he had bought). Then, he carefully put it under the bonfire in the fireplace. "Hee hee hee…" "...Gainando. We’re not going to steal it, so just eat it normally." "?!?" Gainando jumped in surprise. He didn’t know Lee Han and Yoner were behind him. "Wh, when were you here?!" "Since you were preciously sticking the sausage in." "I, I wasn’t!" "The sausage is burning. Take it out." "Gasp!" Hearing those words, Gainando hurriedly took out the skewer. Then, he gave them a wary look. "...Gainando. Do you really think Yoner and I are going to steal your sausage and potato?" "O, of course not." He said that, but Gainando still had a wary expression. Instead of saying anything, Lee Han looked at Yoner and said. "The situation is serious." "Everyone is hungry." Rather than Gainando being particularly crazy, everyone was just hungry right now. It was fortunate that Lee Han was bringing food from Thunderhoof’s cabin and sharing it; otherwise, the students’ condition would have been even worse. "The meat will probably be all gone by this weekend… I’ll have to go hunting again this weekend." "Will it be okay?" "I’ll have to ask Nilia to come with me." Yoner nodded at Lee Han’s words. Certainly, it would be reassuring if the capable dark elf hunter Nilia came along. Of course, Nilia wasn’t here and would have been bewildered if she had heard, saying, ‘Why me all of a sudden!?’… "Professor Thunderhoof is a bit cheap, you know." Lee Han grumbled. Professor Thunderhoof was a subtly petty dwarf. He allowed them to use the cabin as much as they wanted, but he was very strict about Lee Han taking anything inside. It was okay to pick and eat or cook and eat on the spot, but if he tried to take it, he would start nagging. -Wait, that bread is the one I baked to eat for dinner! No! When did you put the jam in your pocket again! Why are you trying to take that? -No. I cultivated the garden as the professor told me to, so can’t I even take this? -You just ate your fill! Why are you taking more!? If you keep taking everything like that every time you come, the cabin will be ruined! "There doesn’t seem to be a gap to divert anything." "Isn’t there any way to create a gap…" Having said that, Yoner realized what he had said and was surprised, saying ‘Gasp.’ He was already being influenced by this school. Troll Professor, Garcia Kim, smiled as she watched the students coming in. She cared about the students and quickly noticed subtle changes. First, as the first week of entering the magic school was ending, the students were very hungry and starving. Garcia didn’t completely agree with the headmaster’s theory, but there was nothing as effective as starving them to make the students move. The starving students were doing their best to overcome the situation. ‘Everyone, hang in there.’ Second, tension had already begun to be seen between the towers. As much as they were gathered from different backgrounds, it was natural for the students to compete and compete with each other. In particular, the >Arrogant Blue Dragon Tower< and the >Lightning-Biting White Tiger Tower< were never on good terms. Noble children born and raised in traditional great families vs. knight children born and raised in the rough and desolate outskirts of the empire. There was no way they could be on good terms. But according to the headmaster’s theory, this was also one of the things that made the students quick-witted. The more they compete, the stronger they become! "Okay. Everyone, sit down." Although it wasn’t as shocking as when they first met, Professor Garcia was still overwhelming. It was natural, as she had troll blood mixed in. The Blue Dragon Tower students and the White Tiger Tower students sat quietly. "You learned the >Light Creation< spell last time. Everyone didn’t succeed, but that doesn’t mean you should be disappointed. The path of magic isn’t something that can be rushed. You’ll wander at first, but the moment you learn the trick and get a feel for it, your skills will start to increase rapidly. Okay. Still, is there anyone who has succeeded in the >Light Creation< spell in the meantime?" Lee Han suppressed a yawn and raised his hand. ‘He practiced all night.’ When all the other Blue Dragon Tower students said they had succeeded in the >Light Creation< spell, Lee Han became rapidly anxious. Lee Han was competitive and hated being left behind. In the end, Lee Han practiced the >Light Creation< spell instead of sleeping all night. If it weren’t for his enormous amount of magical power, he would have collapsed long ago, but Lee Han was fine no matter how much he used it. He was just a little sleepy. "...?" Lee Han felt something was strange. None of the students around him had raised their hands. ‘What?!’ "Ooh…" "As expected of Wodanaz." "Amazing." The Blue Dragon Tower students clapped softly with expressions of envy and pride. Look at this, White Tiger Tower guys! This is Wodanaz! …He could feel such emotions. "Hey." Lee Han couldn’t understand no matter how much he thought about it, so he asked the student next to him. He was definitely the one who said he had mastered the Light Creation spell. "You said you mastered the Light Creation spell?" "Ah. Did you hear? That’s… I almost succeeded, but it wasn’t a complete success. But that’s practically right before success, so I said I mastered it." Lee Han had been tricked! ‘These boastful aristocratic bastards…!’