Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 203

People might think putting magic into a weapon is something only amazing swordsmen can do. But actually, it’s not that hard.

Lee Han, Deorgyu, and Giselle could all fill their weapons with some magic right away.

Maybe even two or three students from the White Tiger Tower, known for their fighting skills, could do it too.

They had trained with swords for over ten years in knight families. They were talented enough to get into Einroguard. So, in some ways, it was natural for them to do this.

Keeping magic in a weapon for a long time was hard and important. Putting magic in for a short time was easy.

But throwing weapons were different.

A sword lets you keep magic flowing. You can keep the magic steady, like it’s part of your body.

But when you throw a weapon, it leaves your hand. It’s much harder to keep the magic steady then.

Because throwing weapons leave your hand, you can’t get magic back easily. This means you use more magic, and it’s much harder to control.

In other words…

“You used magic, didn’t you!?”

“Misunderstanding.”

The White Tiger Tower students puffed like angry bulls, their breath clouding in the freezing air.

This was too much! They could maybe believe he put *some* magic in a snowball to throw it harder.

But ice magic? That was cheating!

They didn’t know how he could throw so many snowballs without getting tired!

Wodanaz wasn’t from a knight family that specialized in throwing weapons. There was no way he’d know such a secret art.

Putting magic in a throwing weapon was hard enough. Adding an element like ice on top of that was something no one would believe.

“You used magic! The snowballs are freezing as they come!”

“I just filled them with magic when I threw them, and they froze on their own.”

“How can that be!?”

The White Tiger Tower students were shocked.

It would have been better if he’d said, ‘Actually, the Wodanaz family has a secret art of throwing weapons.’

Magic was imbued with ice without him doing anything? Was that like casting Magic Missile by waving your hand without a wand?

“Friends! Listen to me! Lee Han’s telling the truth! He didn’t use any magic!”

“Deorgyu, that fool, is being fooled again!”

“Deorgyu, don’t be so gullible!”

Deorgyu looked sad and sat back down. Giselle clicked her tongue and said,

“He didn’t use magic! I saw it.”

“Moradi!?”

“Don’t be fooled. Moradi’s just taking his side because they’re on the same team now.”

Giselle bit back a curse. Lee Han said, as if feeling sorry for them,

“Looks like your friends don’t believe you very much, huh?”

Deorgyu and Giselle agreed for the first time.

If only he couldn’t talk!

“What’s going on, everyone?”

Professor Ingardel came up, looking puzzled.

The students weren’t throwing snowballs, but were instead arguing with bloody noses.

“Professor! Wodanaz…”

A White Tiger Tower student, tearful with a nosebleed, explained what had happened.

Giselle covered her face with her hand at the pathetic sight.

She thought she couldn’t humiliate the White Tiger Tower students any further than she had earlier, but surprisingly, she could.

“Indeed.”

Professor Ingardel was astonished.

The White Tiger Tower students’ story was astonishing, and the current situation was astonishing as well.

‘There’s no way a student like Wodanaz would do such a thing?’

It didn’t seem likely that a student as outstanding as Lee Han would use such an obvious trick.

Professor Ingardel also had some faith in his student.

Lee Han said confidently,

“Professor, you’ll know if you check.”

A short while later.

After finishing the check, Professor Ingardel said to the students,

“It’s not magic.”

“!?”

“N-no. Professor! The snowballs really froze! They’re like stones!”

“Hmm… well, I’m not a magic expert, but maybe the cold air here changed Wodanaz’s magic a little bit without him meaning to.”

The students nodded in agreement at Professor Ingardel’s explanation.

The surrounding environment certainly did affect magicians.

It was possible that the frigid environment had temporarily influenced Wodanaz’s magic.

“Then how do we remove the ice attribute?”

“Do we light something on fire?”

“What are you talking about?”

Professor Ingardel looked at the White Tiger Tower students with a puzzled expression.

“Huh? Uh… shouldn’t we remove the ice attribute?”

“There’s such a thing as the purity of a snowball fight, so shouldn’t we remove it…”

The White Tiger Tower students stammered under Professor Ingardel’s gaze.

They felt a strange sense of unease.

Could it be?

“Putting magic into weapons is a knight’s technique; there’s no reason to remove it. Everyone, continue.”

The White Tiger Tower students’ mouths dropped open.

It was easy to forget because Professor Ingardel forbade magic, but Professor Ingardel wasn’t someone who pursued warm and friendly lectures.

He was someone who pursued lectures close to actual combat!

Lee Han, Deorgyu, and Giselle peeked out from behind the rock.

The three of them held frozen snowballs in their hands.

“Wait a sec…!”

“Lee Han, how should we divide the pig?”

“Hmm… instead of dividing it up and taking it, I think it would be better to treat the friends who attended the lecture here.”

Deorgyu was surprised at Lee Han’s words.

“Is that really okay?”

“Yeah.”

“Lee Han, your honor will impress the other friends too.”

‘I don’t think so.’

‘I don’t think that’s going to happen.’

Lee Han and Giselle thought.

Just giving them a few pieces of meat wouldn’t ease their minds…

The White Tiger Tower students had been beaten up too much.

“You didn’t put enough ointment on your eye.”

“Your nose is bleeding again.”

The White Tiger Tower students who came down from the mountain were a mess. It was as if they had been beaten up by someone.

Bloody noses, bruises, and tattered clothes…

The sight of them gathering in groups of three or five in the corner, applying the ointment given by Professor Ingardel, was quite pathetic.

It was so bad that even Lee Han gave up on taking the meat and decided to treat them.

Deorgyu and Giselle drew their daggers and precisely cut off the meat.

Those from knightly families generally had a lot of hunting experience, and even if they didn’t, they would gain a lot of hunting experience after spending about a month in Einroguard.

The two of them carefully collected even the small pieces of meat, excluding the large parts like sirloin and tenderloin. These were good for making sausages later.

Deorgyu, who was cutting the meat, was surprised to see Lee Han taking out a spice container from his pocket.

…Why is he carrying that around?

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah, nothing.”

Lee Han put up the pot and started a fire. Thanks to the frigid cold, fire magic was easy.

Then, he cut the fat and put it in the pot to melt it and make lard.

Even though the pot was on the fire, Lee Han didn’t rest. He mixed the remaining pieces of meat with spices and immediately made sausages.

Giselle, who usually tried not to acknowledge Lee Han’s abilities, had no choice but to acknowledge the movements he was showing now.

Lee Han was as good at chores as the knight with the most camping experience in the family.

…Why is a boy from a noble family, not even a knightly family, so good at this!

“Come and eat.”

“Huh?? Really??”

‘They’ve been staring intently until just now, those bastards.’

The White Tiger Tower students, who had been sitting with gloomy expressions at first, gradually cast glances as the work progressed.

The meaning of those glances was only one thing.

-Maybe… will they give us some too?

Giselle sighed softly and shook her head.

Such obvious behavior.

The White Tiger Tower students were showing all sorts of shameful behavior today.

Showing the bottom of the bottom of the barrel…

“Well… then, shall we try a little?”

“It’s not knightly to ignore sincerity, is it?”

Lee Han didn’t say anything, unlike usual. It was because he had thrown too many snowballs earlier.

Let’s be lenient today!

Lee Han put the crispy grains that came out after squeezing the oil onto the hard, stale black bread.

Since there were quite a few students, it wouldn’t be good to fill them up with just meat.

Bread served as a meal was good in times like these.

Few of the students ate the distributed bread as it was. They tried to change the taste somehow or used it as currency.

Naturally, Lee Han, who was active in barter, had a considerable amount of this bread.

‘Slyly insert it to make them full.’

Unaware of such sinister intentions, the White Tiger Tower students rejoiced at the bread and meat.

“Wodanaz, you’ve done a really good thing.”

Professor Ingardel said with a proud expression.

He gave it as a gift to the winning student, but he’s sharing it with other friends like this.

Lee Han hid his sinister thoughts and nodded.

“It’s nothing. Professor. They’re all friends.”

Giselle was inwardly horrified.

To be able to say such cheesy things without batting an eye.

Even if guys like Deorgyu were fooled, Giselle wasn’t. Wodanaz was the same type as Giselle.

There’s no way he’d say such things sincerely…

“Wodanaz…!”

“Hmph, I’m tearing up from the smoke. I’m definitely not moved by your words.”

‘…These stupid bastards, really.’

Giselle felt like the meat she was chewing was stuck in her throat.

They had been beaten up so much, but their faces were already brightening up after eating some meat.

They were friends from the same tower, but at times like this, she really wanted to hit them.

“This is what I’m treating you to.”

Professor Ingardel brought a jar of fresh milk.

Lee Han thought the jar looked very similar to the jar he had seen at Professor Uregeol’s cabin.

‘…Surely not.’

Everyone warmed themselves by the fire as they ate and drank.

Even Lee Han, when he had relaxed a little, Professor Voladi appeared behind him like a ghost.

“Is the lecture over?”

“Yes, it’s over, Professor Begreck.”

“Can I take him?”

“You may.”

Lee Han momentarily gave Professor Ingardel a betrayed look.

Professor Ingardel was slightly taken aback by the look.

Did I do something wrong?

“Uh… Professor Begreck, where is Lee Han going?”

“The upper levels of the main building.”

“Why?”

“To solve the cold.”

The White Tiger Tower students stirred at those words.

They had heard rumors that Wodanaz was going to directly solve this frigid cold, but they didn’t expect it to be true.

If he was going with a professor, it seemed like he wasn’t just casually resolved.

“Wodanaz…!”

“You’re really…”

‘I should have thrown the snowballs a little harder earlier.’

The White Tiger Tower students were giving him looks of awe, which couldn’t be more annoying.

“Good! Wodanaz, we’ll go with you too!”

Anglaga shouted with a determined expression.

Lee Han, Giselle, and Professor Voladi gave him looks of incomprehension.

‘Are they crazy?’

‘Have they lost their minds?’

‘?’

However, the White Tiger Tower students, having eaten their fill and digesting, didn’t have enough blood going to their heads, so they all agreed.

“Good! Us too!”

“We’ll join you, Professor Begreck!”

“Please lead us!”

Professor Voladi earnestly responded to the White Tiger Tower students’ fervent cries.

“The stragglers…”

“Professor, you must be cold from coming such a long way; have a cup of warm coffee!”

Lee Han quickly grabbed Professor Voladi’s arm and took him to the bonfire.