Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 431

Professor Garcia tried to help Professor Verdus. He felt a little bad. But Headmaster Skull did not listen.

“If it wasn’t him, who else could it be? Did students break in and take it? The troublemaker is clearly Bibble. I swear! I will throw that troublemaker into the punishment chamber!”

“……”

“Okay, I’m leaving! You take care, Professor Garcia! And remember to look after yourself, unlike when you were a student!”

Headmaster Skull rushed out quickly. Professor Garcia sighed deeply.

Even though it was only a few minutes, he felt very stressed. His back was wet with sweat.

“Come out quickly, all of you. Why are you all in the professors’ lounge!”

Professor Garcia dragged the students hiding in the closet out one by one.

Priest Tiziling asked worriedly.

“If Professor Verdus gets into trouble because of us…”

Lee Han answered instead.

“Don’t worry,” Lee Han said. “Professor Verdus will understand. I know he will.”

Priest Tiziling was surprised. Lee Han answered for Professor Verdus. But Priest Tiziling had asked Professor Garcia!

“How do you know?” he asked, confused.

“Well, Priest Tiziling,” Lee Han said, “it’s a bit much to say myself, but I’m like Professor Verdus’s best student. I know what he thinks. He will understand.”

“…I… is that so…?”

Priest Tiziling hesitated, not quite understanding, and Professor Garcia quickly agreed.

“Lee Han is right. Professor Verdus will understand.”

But really, Professor Garcia had no idea if Professor Verdus would understand or not! He just wanted to get the students out of the lounge quickly.

“Quickly, everyone, go downstairs. And don’t ever come to the professors’ lounge again!”

“Even if we don’t get caught?”

“Lee Han, I’ll talk to you later!” Professor Garcia remembered something.

“Oh, yes! Take those things you found. You went to all the effort to collect them.”

From the waterproof-enchanted cloth to the sea stone and scrolls, he piled them up and handed them over, leaving Lee Han bewildered.

“But Professor, from what I heard earlier, these aren’t things I can use…”

“Learn to use them. Did you know everything from the start?”

“Professor, are you perhaps angry that I came into the lounge?”

The students just got back to their tower. They were safe now and sighed in relief. Priest Nigisor and Priestess Siana were still excited. They whispered quickly, “That was amazing!” “Can we go again tomorrow?”

“Ah, no. I have to study tomorrow.”

“Then the day after tomorrow??”

“I have work to do the day after tomorrow.”

Priestess Siana looked disappointed.

Lee Han felt unnecessarily sorry and said.

“If you want to go for a walk at night, you can go with other friends too. I can introduce you,” Lee Han said.

“Really?” Priestess Siana looked surprised. “I didn’t even think of that!”

Certainly, there was no rule that they had to go out with only Lee Han.

“I should recommend it to the other priests in the tower.”

“It wouldn’t be bad to go together.”

Since the Death Knights were treating them kindly, there was no harm in going out in groups.

Priest Tiziling, who had been listening to the conversation, carefully tugged at Lee Han’s sleeve.

“What’s wrong? Ah.”

Lee Han looked at Priest Tiziling as if he understood.

“You want to go together but you’re shy.”

“…No.”

Priest Tiziling almost got flustered. That was rare for him.

“Not that, the box I mean…”

“Ah. That.”

Lee Han took out a small bronze box from the bag of things.

It was the reagent box with a small cauldron engraved on it, the one Headmaster Skull was looking for.

“I’ve been worried about this box,” Priest Tiziling sighed softly and said.

Lee Han looked at Priest Tiziling again as if he understood.

“Because I was also thinking about how we can use this box to help us when the flood comes.”

“…Not that, but returning it to the headmaster…”

“The problem is how to use this.”

Lee Han started thinking hard.

Listening to Headmaster Skull, this reagent box was definitely something that could make life hard for the students during the flood.

Increasing the amount of the flood or change where it goes…

“Or maybe even poison the water?” Lee Han wondered.

Priest Tiziling said without thinking. “No, I don’t think so.”

Even Priest Tiziling thought poison was too much. He thought Headmaster Skull would look like a crazy wizard if he did that, not just a mean headmaster.

“Is that so? I thought it was quite possible.”

Lee Han looked a bit disappointed. He grabbed the lid of the bronze box. He had looked at it carefully already. Now he wanted to open it and see inside.

Click!

Luckily, the curse Headmaster Skull put on it didn’t hurt Lee Han when he opened it.

What was inside the box were normal ingredients.

“Ingredients…” Lee Han said.

“It’s a box for holding ingredients.”

“But I don’t know this stuff,” Lee Han said. “Priestess Siana, do you know?”

Priestess Siana, who was planning a night stroll with the other priests, turned her head at the call.

“What is it? I’m planning right now, so if you could ask me a little later…”

“I was wondering if you might know what this material is. I thought Priestess Siana, who is good at alchemy, might know. If you’re busy, never mind…”

Priestess Siana threw down her pen and paper and rushed over.

Then she looked inside the reagent box and was amazed.

“This is a Tanjue horn!”

“!” Lee Han and Priest Tiziling were surprised.

Tanjue. The name means ‘swallows ships.’ It was a huge sea monster, like a giant whale.

Of course, it was more than just big. It could control storms at sea. It could travel through waves and clouds. It was a very powerful monster, almost like a demon or spirit.

And the Tanjue’s horn is…

“I’ve only seen it in books, but this is my first time seeing it in person. It’s really valuable…”

“What? How expensive is it?”

Priestess Siana didn’t answer his question about the price. She thought he was joking. She went on, ‘All the Tanjue’s power is in this horn. You can even use it to call the Tanjue itself! But it will be just a spirit, not a real body.’

Even if it’s not a real body, like when it was alive, a monster like the Tanjue is still very strong.

Lee Han thought he knew what Headmaster Skull was thinking.

“The other things in the box are for helping to call the Tanjue. Summoning the Tanjue and…”

Priestess Siana and Priest Tiziling nodded at the same time.

Knowing Headmaster Skull, he would make life hard for the students by controlling the wind and rain.

“He was going to attack the tower where the students are.”

“???”

“…Huh? To that extent?”

“Isn’t it possible?”

Lee Han closed the box. The priests were too nice. They didn’t think Headmaster Skull could be that mean. But Lee Han knew better.

Maybe Headmaster Skull will send Death Knights riding the Tanjue to attack our tower when it rains hard.

“Anyway, that’s not what’s important.”

“That’s right. What’s important is that the box is in our hands.”

“Ah. That’s also important… What I was going to say was that after contacting the other towers to prepare for the flood, we should prepare to sell this.”

“……”

“……”

“We can do it together, right? Oh, right. Priestess Siana. Can I ask you a little more about summoning the Tanjue?”

“Calling it isn’t hard. All the materials are gathered here, and you just need to do it right.”

“No, I was going to ask how expensive it is… Thank you.”

Come to think of it, selling it seemed quite difficult. Even if they took it outside and sold it, would they really keep the secret in front of Headmaster Skull?

“Ah. Wodanaz. There’s one more problem.”

“What is it?”

“It will take lots of magic power, is that alright?”

“……”

Lee Han felt a little sad that his friends thought of him as a walking magic battery so naturally.

Headmaster Skull, who entered to give the lecture about being a good magic student, frowned at the students’ murmuring.

-So, a flood is really coming.

-In this weather? It’s not flood weather.

-But Wodanaz doesn’t lie about things like this.

-Then what do we do?

-Let’s make a raft first. Can we get more wood?

-The Black Turtle Tower guys keep asking for high prices. We might have to give up some of the stored meat.

-Despicable guys! Trying to profit from a friend’s misfortune!

Being swayed by a fake story that a flood is coming. Are you even Einrogard students?

“!”

“!!!”

The first-year students widened their eyes at Headmaster Skull’s scolding.

And whispered again.

“A real flood is coming!”

“I’m going crazy…! I honestly didn’t think it would come!”

……

Headmaster Skull realized his mistake and clicked his tongue inwardly.

Unlike other grades, the boy from the Wodanaz family had a strong influence over all four towers.

Whether they liked it or not, there weren’t many people who would ignore the boy’s words after all.

Especially in a situation where he was in conflict with Headmaster Skull like this!

‘As expected of Verdus’s disciple, he’s very annoying.’

Headmaster Skull flew away, thinking very mean and rude things.

Do what you want. You’ll only hurt yourselves.

“Hey. It’s a real flood.”

“I can bet my family on this.”

Shut up.

He used a spell to make the students quiet. They didn’t understand what was happening.

Headmaster Skull looked around at the students and asked.

Where did we get to last time? Did we all do ‘I will not attack guests from outside and rob their pockets’?

“Yes! Headmaster!”

Did we also do ‘If you have to attack a guest and rob their pockets, I will disguise myself well so as not to get caught’?

“Yes! Headmaster!”

Did we? We done well. Then today, I should get the lesson things.

With a snap, the sound of Death Knights rushing down the hall could be heard.

The students became very nervous at the sound.

Some students hid under the long table, and some moved closer to Lee Han.

“Wo, Wodanaz. What kind of monster is coming? What kind of monster is coming?”

“Be quiet. You’re being distracting.”

The door opened and the Death Knights entered.

However, the monster attack that the students feared did not happen.

What was between the Death Knights was a normal wizard.

“???”

“What…”

Start.

The wizard cleared his throat and opened his mouth.

“My dear students. You all probably think this way now.”

“!!”

Lee Han was shocked by the title.

Surprisingly, the opponent was an Einrogard graduate!

‘What the…!?’

The students, seeing someone who was senior to them for almost the first time, looked at the wizard with great interest.

“I am learning at Einrogard, the best magic school in the Empire. So I am the best in the Empire. I can do anything. I can steal the village’s livestock and use them for transformation magic experiments, and I can borrow the city guild’s property and use it for alchemy.”

“……”

The first-year students all became serious.

No one had thought that way.

“That kind of thinking is a very big mistake. Students. If you make that mistake, you will unknowingly fall into the swamp of evil crime and the police will be looking for you.”

Then why did you take other people’s property and use it for experiments?

“Headmaster, please… in front of the students…”

What face does a caught guy have? Alright. I won’t say anymore.

Headmaster Skull grumbled but didn’t open his mouth any further.

While the senior wizard in front of him was talking about ‘Why did I forget the amazing chance to study at Einrogard and fall into crime,’ Lee Han wondered.

‘If it’s that senior, maybe they left something at school when they finished studying?’