Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 198

How much time had passed?

The Spire Keeper woke up. His head hurt where he had fallen. He quickly stood up.

‘Oh no!’ he thought. ‘The artifact! It woke up! And I fell down! A first-year student was alone!’ This was terrible. He made a big mistake. No excuse would be good enough.

He grabbed his staff tightly. ‘Please, let it not be too late,’ he prayed in his mind. He stood up fully and looked around.

“…Huh?”

What he saw was not what he expected at all.

First of all, the storage room was half-destroyed.

The junk was crushed and scattered wildly across the floor. It showed how strong the fight was.

The Spire Keeper looked at the broken things. He did not panic.

These were the Headmaster’s things. The Headmaster liked them a lot. But the Spire Keeper did not care much. They were not his.

Instead, the Spire Keeper was surprised that the first-year student had fought so well against the artifact.

The artifact attacked very strongly. It was too dangerous for a young student to fight.

“Ugh.”

Lee Han groaned and sat up.

Around him were artifacts that were burned and frozen.

He had managed to trap them by shooting cold air, but his body hurt all over.

‘Volardi’s teachings were right, after all.’

Lee Han did not want to admit that Professor Volardi was right, even more than he hated the pain in his body.

A wizard must never let their guard down, not even for a moment!

If he had been a little slower, the artifact would have stabbed him.

“Good job, Sharkan.”

Sharkan purred, happy.

Without this strong undead summon, he could not have stopped the artifact.

While Lee Han attacked the artifact with spells, Sharkan held it back.

If not for Sharkan, he would have been stabbed many times.

‘But still… are all artifacts this strong?’

He did not think an object could be so dangerous.

It ignored lightning, fire, explosions, and curses.

The artifact only attacked vital spots. It was like a nightmare come to life.

He barely managed to freeze its feet by shooting cold air.

‘If I see another artifact, I’m running away!’

The Spire Keeper came to Lee Han. Lee Han then saw the destroyed room.

“…This could not be helped.”

Seeing the destroyed storage room, a different kind of fear washed over him.

What would the Skeleton Headmaster say?

‘I hope he doesn’t blame me.’

Lee Han hoped the Spire Keeper would help him.

If he was a good person, he would take some blame since it was his fault for falling…

But this school was known for people not being good.

Ssk-

But the Spire Keeper did something Lee Han did not expect.

He bowed and thanked him.

“…!”

‘Why isn’t he coming?’

The Skeleton Headmaster was waiting for the ‘Globe of the Cold Winter’ but felt something was wrong.

Did he notice something?

‘No. That’s impossible. No one could know the magic inside.’

The Skeleton Headmaster calmed down.

The Globe of the Cold Winter was a surprise for the students.

When Lee Han brought it in, the cold weather inside would fill the room, and the students would be happy about the blizzard…

Then why wasn’t he coming?

Whoosh!

An undead bird flew in. It had a letter from the Spire Keeper.

The Skeleton Headmaster felt worried.

I think you need to come right away.

‘What on earth?’

The Skeleton Headmaster did not understand.

Did Wodanaz notice something and run away?

Or did he beat the Spire Keeper and try to steal from the storage room?

He thought of possible reasons, but he did not know the answer.

Tsk. I’ll be back soon. Study on your own.

“!”

The students were happy.

While I’m gone, write ‘I will not use dangerous magic’ ten thousand times.

The students were sad.

The Skeleton Headmaster made a scary sound and went to the Spire.

What on earth is going on?

The Skeleton Headmaster seemed to cry.

But skeletons don’t have tears!

It was like he *felt* tears, even though there were none.

This… this is too much.

The Skeleton Headmaster’s voice shook with sadness. Lee Han was even more scared.

He would rather the Headmaster be angry than sad.

Tap tap-

The Spire Keeper touched the Skeleton Headmaster and gave him a piece of paper.

I think you should reward this first-year student for stopping the artifact.

The Skeleton Headmaster was angry at himself for having such a clueless helper.

How could he be less aware than the first-year student!

Is this the time for that? Huh?

But really…

Forget rules, my heart is breaking! Wait. Which artifact did this?

The Skeleton Headmaster then realized something was wrong.

One of the artifacts had woken up and caused this mess.

But the Skeleton Headmaster had never put anything like that in this room.

If he had, he would not have sent a first-year student or let the Spire Keeper in.

What is it?

The >Sword of Vengeance> and the >Chains of Giant Binding> are done. I left them in the storage.

-Biblye Verdus

The Skeleton Headmaster was shocked to find the note.

He had paid a lot of money to Professor Verdus for these artifacts.

The professor had left them in the storage room.

As a surprise gift!

‘…No. That’s not it.’

Professor Verdus was not the type to give gifts.

He must have been lazy and left them in the closest room.

I’m going to kill you! Biblye!

The Skeleton Headmaster yelled in anger.

The Spire Keeper shook from the power of the magic.

“Headmaster. I think the Spire Keeper is having a hard time…”

Lee Han was scared, but he spoke up for the Spire Keeper.

The Skeleton Headmaster seemed to realize and stopped using magic.

…Was he being worried about by a first-year student?!

The Spire Keeper looked down.

The Skeleton Headmaster understood the situation. He clicked his tongue and looked at the ceiling.

It was an accident, not really anyone’s fault.

‘No. It’s Biblye’s fault.’

The Skeleton Headmaster calmed down.

He almost forgot because he was so upset.

‘I’m going to kill…’

Tap tap-

? The Skeleton Headmaster turned as the Spire Keeper spoke to him again.

I think you should reward this first-year student for stopping the artifact.

…Later. We’ll do it later.

The Skeleton Headmaster said weakly.

The Spire Keeper was right.

The sword and chains were not normal items.

The fact that a first-year student had stopped them was amazing, even to the Skeleton Headmaster.

…If it were any other time!

Right now, the Skeleton Headmaster was too sad to be surprised or praise anyone.

I’ll do it later. Understand?

“Yeah, whatever.”

Lee Han did not care.

He just wanted to leave.

Poof!

The Skeleton Headmaster disappeared.

Lee Han felt sorry for Professor Biblye.

He did not know what was happening, but he knew the Headmaster was not going to be happy.

Tap tap-

“?”

The Spire Keeper gave Lee Han a package. Then, he thanked him again.

I will talk to Gonadaltez about the reward again.

Lee Han was touched.

‘He’s such a good person!’

How did he work for the Skeleton Headmaster…

Afternoon.

Lee Han went to Professor Biblye Verdus’s workshop, the Hall of Sacred Engravings, for the Additional Enchantment Magic lecture.

‘Impressive.’

Many students were in front of the tower.

Professor Verdus was the worst teacher, so this showed how popular Enchantment Magic was.

‘Professor Mortum is sad for no reason.’

Feeling sorry for a professor was bad, but he could not help it.

“…Wait. Why is everyone outside?”

“They won’t open the door?”

Lee Han went to the door and knocked.

Knock knock knock-

“Professor? Are you there?”

There was a crash inside, then whispers.

-What should we do? Can we do this? Will we be punished?

-We have permission to teach instead of the professor.

-Still… can we believe that?

The door opened after a while.

“!”

“!!!!”

The first-year students were surprised.

It was not Professor Verdus, but older students they had never seen.

And the older students were also surprised.

One of the older students was very surprised.

‘It’s that first-year student!?’

Kumandas, a fourth-year student and friend of Cohalti, knew Lee Han and was shocked.

He did not think he would see him here!

‘Huh? Wait. Doesn’t he study Black Magic?’

Kumandas was confused.

Some students had two or three majors, but it was rare.

If they did, they chose related fields, like Kumandas.

Otherwise, it would be too hard.

Kumandas had first studied Enchantment Magic, and then Ancient Magic.

It was like a double major linked to Enchantment Magic.

But this student was studying Black Magic + Enchantment Magic from the first year…?

‘It must be hard to learn both from the first year.’

Kumandas thought it might be possible.

Dirett was surprised by his talent.

His friends said, ‘The Wodanaz family must have used a great spell!’…

Having such big goals was normal for him.

‘I wonder what a genius like that thinks about.’

Kumandas was curious.

Kumandas was also a genius, but this school had the best geniuses of the Empire.

A true genius was different.

Just like the boy from the Wodanaz family!

‘Compared to him, I’m normal…’

Lee Han’s face was like a statue. He seemed like a wizard who was always thinking about magic.

“Senior.”

“What is it?”

The genius spoke.

“Can I eat the snacks on the table?”

“…Uh? Uh, yeah. You can eat them…”

“You can.”

“Wodanaz, thank you!”

The other first-year students thanked Lee Han.

Kumandas was confused as he watched the students go inside.

Huh?

Huh…?

‘Something… something is different from what I expected…?’