Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 560

Angalo was annoyed by his friends’ insults.

“That goat looked so sad! Hanging upside down and everything!”

“So you got caught instead?”

“You really can’t trust animals in Einrogard.”

The students gossiped and decided it was probably just a silly story. Wodanaaz and Moradi wouldn’t have time for such things.

Lee Han and Giselle stared at the villa from the road, shocked.

Evening had arrived. The magic lamps shone brightly, and fewer people were out.

And with the evening came the Death Knights, standing before the villa’s gate.

‘Too late…!’

Lee Han looked at Giselle. She nodded, already accepting what was going to happen.

“Wodanaaz, can I ask a favor?”

“What is it?”

“Since you know the Headmaster, ask him to give me a separate punishment room. Being locked up staring at your face would just make me angrier.”

“I don’t know him that well, okay?”

The Death Knights wore bright cloaks to look like citizens, but it didn’t work well. They gave off dark energy with every breath, so everyone noticed them.

-How did this happen…?

-The prisoners escaped!!

-What is the Master doing? He told us to trust his magic! We should have been guarding them!

-Just deal with it. The Master likes things to look a certain way.

-What does that mean?

-Prisoners shouldn’t be bored. They should try to escape. If they don’t try, it’s no fun for the Master. You have to give them a little hope so they will try.

-Huh… I think I get it. That makes me feel better. The Master is very wise.

‘What now?’

‘Feel better? Seriously!’

Lee Han and Giselle, hiding with an invisibility spell, cursed as they listened. The conversation was insane!

The Skull Headmaster hadn’t put the Death Knights there to guard, but to mess with the prisoners.

But this strange hobby was lucky for Lee Han and Giselle. If the Death Knights had been guarding, escape would have been much harder. They might have been caught in the villa.

“Moradi, it’s not over yet.”

Lee Han’s eyes flashed with determination, like fire. The Death Knights at the gate didn’t seem to know what was happening. They probably thought the prisoners escaped on their own and would try to find them.

That meant Lee Han and Giselle could get through the gate to the upper levels of the villa and go back to school.

-How did the prisoners escape? Their magic items couldn’t open the gate. Was someone with magic helping them?

-Even with magic, they couldn’t open the gate…

-Could it be Wodanaaz? Is he the Headmaster’s favorite student?

“Headmaster’s successor? Who’s that?”

Giselle asked, confused.

Lee Han had a bad feeling.

-Wodanaaz wouldn’t do something so violent. Why would such a kind boy free the prisoners?

-That’s true.

Giselle glared at Lee Han, her expression hard to read.

Lee Han didn’t know what to say.

“That Death Knight is just weird…”

“Get lost, successor.”

-Search.

A Death Knight clenched his fist, which was covered in armour, and a blue light spread around him. Footprints and magic near the gate appeared.

-What…?

-Were the guards attacked?

-Were there wizards among them?

-Maybe they had a strange magic book? Maybe they used a demon…

-If that happened, the city would have told us. Contact the city guard. We need to report the prisoners escaped.

-Yes.

-Some escaped outside the gate, so chase them. The footprints are there.

‘Saved!’

Lee Han watched as most of the Death Knights left the villa. The traces of the guards had tricked them.

‘But I’m not happy about it!’

Lee Han and Giselle ran to the gate, ready to break through at any cost.

“Wodanaaz!!”

“Moradi!!”

The students cheered. Lee Han and Giselle were through the gate!

Lee Han turned off the artifact. It made a strange noise because it was too hot.

“Hah… hah…”

“Haa… haa…”

They collapsed on the warehouse floor, unable to speak.

“What’s wrong? Oh, the luggage?”

They gestured, unable to answer.

Angalo came closer.

“Moradi, I don’t understand.”

“■…”

“What?”

Angalo moved closer.

Giselle whispered in a rough voice, “Water… bring water…”

“Get me a glass too…”

Angalo slowly got up. His friends looked at him, curious.

“What did they say?”

“Are they cursed? Why are they late? What about the luggage?”

“…They said to bring water.”

Later, Lee Han and Giselle felt better after drinking cold water.

“What happened?”

They explained how they used paper birds to distract people, made noise with bone hands, summoned Sharkan to break branches, used Gonadalte’s magic to move a closet, and sent clones to trick the Death Knights.

They cut the door, jumped from the terrace with Wodanaaz, hung from the ceiling to avoid attention, and cursed Wodanaaz for misunderstanding the floor.

“…Seriously, what happened?!”

The friends didn’t understand. What happened in the villa to make them go through such an adventure?!

“It’s a long story. Let’s go back to our dorms. We have to avoid getting caught. Oh, guys.”

Lee Han’s friends looked at him.

“If I go to the punishment room, can you bring me food?”

What really happened?!

“So you got caught trying to catch the guards.”

“Yeah.”

“It can’t be helped. You were unlucky. Besides, it’s not Wodanaaz’s fault he’s famous.”

The priests listened to Lee Han and tried to comfort him in the Phoenix Tower lounge. The other students were bringing items, but Lee Han, who had worked the hardest, might get caught.

Siana Priest sniffled, feeling sad.

“Still, if that’s all, the story might not be right, so it might be okay. You didn’t get caught doing anything else, did you?”

“…I caught a robber.”

The White Tiger Tower students looked at each other. If it had been Angalo, they would have asked what he was doing, but it was Giselle.

If they asked, she might show them with a sword.

The bravest student, Deurkyu, spoke, “I respect you, Moradi. Not everyone can do that. True honor is stepping up to do what’s right, even if it hurts you.”

“Y-yeah, Moradi. I think so too.”

“Yeah! That’s true honor!”

When Deurkyu spoke, the others agreed, thinking it was good to say.

Giselle was happy with her friends’ support.

“Everyone shut up.”

‘I told you to stay still…’

An awkward silence followed.

Deurkyu cleared his throat and said, “Still, if it weren’t for you, things would have been worse.”

“When I looked into it, that wand shop had good defenses. I wonder if that would have happened anyway.”

“…W-well, not as many people would have seen him as a guard. There’s still hope!”

“That’s right! If the story is small and not right, the Headmaster won’t put you in the punishment room. Let’s find problems with the rules!”

“Is there anything else?”

“Why would you ask that? There’s no way, right?”

“…I saved someone who was hurt in an accident.”

“Siana Priest? Why aren’t you looking at me?”

“W-well, that’s…”

Siana Priest couldn’t look at Lee Han. It seemed like he was going to the punishment room. If they gathered witnesses, there would be about a hundred…

“I’ll visit you every day when you go to the punishment room.”

“Thank you… but the path to the punishment room is hard to find and changes every day, right?”

“…I-I’ll go once every three days.”

The priests were sad that Lee Han was going to the punishment room.

“I’ll argue with the Headmaster. How can you go to the punishment room for saving someone else!”

“That’s right! This is strange!”

Lee Han shook his head. It wouldn’t work.

-Are you there?

When the Death Knight knocked, the priests stood up, thinking the time had come.

“He’s not here!”

-Wodanaaz, the Master is looking for you.

“I said he’s not here!”

“Just try coming in! I’ll set Aphah’s fire to your face!”

The Death Knight was surprised. The Phoenix Tower always had kind priests, but these priests were too harsh.

“Okay. Thank you, everyone. I’ll be back.”

Lee Han stopped his friends and got up. He was ready for this.

“I’m so proud of you two!”

When the Skull Headmaster shouted in a bright voice, they cowered, looking worried. The Skull Headmaster who praised was scarier than the one who cursed.

Why?

“The tower’s honor is raised by the tower’s best students! Do you want something to eat?”

“Are you going to put it in as food for the punishment room?”

The Skull Headmaster laughed at Lee Han’s question. He turned into a human (Giselle almost screamed) and patted them hard on the shoulders.

“Hahaha! How could I? You’re joking. People will misunderstand!”

Lee Han and Giselle cowered even more.

What was happening?

“Of course, you ruined the textbooks, destroyed my villa, went out without permission, and sent the other guys out to wander around. The Death Knights chased you to find out how you took the magic coordinates, but I wouldn’t put you in the punishment room, right? Don’t worry!”

“…Should we just go to the punishment room and come out?”

Lee Han raised his hand, feeling the anger in the Skull Headmaster’s voice. It seemed better to just go in and come out.