Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 591

‘What a ridiculous school.’

Lee Han grumbled as he crafted a ward.

After all, the professors wouldn’t listen even if he complained.

“Divide and settle.”

With the incantation, magic settled into the purple bone. He said the words, ‘Divide and settle,’ a spell to put magic into the bone.

It was called a divination magic lecture, but when you actually looked at the time spent, they learned more magic other than divination.

One of those was the Low-Grade Substitute Distribution he was casting now. This spell, called ‘Low-Grade Substitute Distribution,’ was used to protect the person casting magic by moving any danger to another object.

Of course, powerful divination magic couldn’t be handled with this kind of spell, but for the level of fortune-telling that first-year students did, this was enough.

The Tizling priest next to him skillfully created a ward by overlapping triangles.

Priests of the Freisinga Order, who specialized in handling cursed artifacts, were skilled at enduring and defending against such curses.

Using numerology with shapes or numbers to strengthen the structure of the ward was also one of the Order’s wisdoms.

Tizling, having completed the first stage, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief and turned his gaze to the side.

Surprisingly, the boy from the Wodanaz family was still wrestling with the bone.

“…?!!”

“Ugh. This is disgustingly hard.”

Lee Han gritted his teeth and tapped the bone.

Generally, the materials used for artifacts had the characteristic of high magic conductivity.

In short, it had to be a material that magic flowed through well and stayed in for a long time to be good for use as an artifact.

But the purple bone that Professor Facellette had (forcibly) handed him kept repelling magic, no matter what material it was.

The ward artifact had to be sturdy, but no matter how sturdy it was, it was useless if magic couldn’t be applied to it.

Lee Han closed his eyes and sighed deeply.

‘I have no choice but to do it little by little.’

If magic wasn’t not working, but constantly being repelled, there was a way.

Lee Han grabbed the bone and poured in magic like crazy. Originally, it should have exploded immediately, but the bone endured somehow, only vibrating, because of its sturdy material.

‘Tame it!’

It wasn’t elegant, but it was a way to do it.

If it was an object imbued with Lee Han’s magic, there was a high possibility that it wouldn’t repel Lee Han’s magic either.

Once.

Twice.

Three times…

While other friends were changing the structure of the ward with beads made of various metals and semi-precious stones and testing it with simple divination, Lee Han carved and carved the bone again.

Tizling leaned closer. “Lee Han, are you alright? We don’t have much time left…”

Lee Han didn’t look up from the bone. “Patience, Tizling, patience! Good things take time, like cooking rice. Would you eat rice that wasn’t cooked properly?”

Tizling blinked. “Well, no, but… I just meant, are you sure you’ll finish?”

“If you rush it, it becomes rougher and slower. An artifact has to be made properly. What if I drop it while carving?”

‘Oh, an artifact artisan!?’

The friend who spoke to him felt the illusion of an artisan who had been making artifacts for decades from Lee Han’s appearance.

Lee Han grumbled and checked the bone once more.

“It feels like it will work at this point… is it still not enough?”

“Wodanaz, really, time is…”

Clang!

Lee Han, having finished the bone groundwork, went into the next task like lightning.

In an instant, he waved his wand to split the bone and change its shape, and then began to cast magic on it.

“Divide and settle. Divide and settle. Divide and…”

Magic was cast in succession at a speed that was different from other students.

The sight of him chanting spells quickly made them worry about magic depletion, exhaustion, or magical backlash, but Lee Han didn’t even blink an eye and did the work.

Even after that, Lee Han’s hands didn’t stop. The split and reshaped bones moved to the correct positions.

“M-My goodness…!”

“He’s as skilled as the legendary Avalkan!”

Lee Han’s working speed was so amazing that even the name of an artifact artisan from hundreds of years ago came out.

The students could only blink and watch the work.

Tap tap tap tap!

Lee Han, having finished assembling and completing the finishing touches, placed the ward on the table.

Then applause erupted from all directions.

“Wodanaz! Wodanaz!”

“Someone who works incredibly hard!”

“Isn’t that an insult?”

Professor Facellette, who was sitting in front of the lecture room, said indifferently.

“It’s a test.”

“Ah. I’m sorry. Professor.”

After the test, Facellette, who checked the ward submitted by Lee Han, was impressed.

It was on a different level from the other students.

‘Amazing.’

-Amazing!

In fact, the material had a big impact on the artifact.

The bone that Headmaster Skull had given him was the bone of a Hellblood Wyvern, so it was not surprising that the performance of the artifact completed with it was better than others.

What was really amazing was that he somehow tamed this bone and completed it as a ward artifact within the limited time.

In fact, Professor Facellette was also wondering, ‘Can he complete it in the remaining time?’ until the middle of the test.

The strong power to suppress the material was also a power, but the neat working speed that followed also played a big part.

“Did you learn it from Professor Verdus?”

“…Grrr.”

Lee Han made a groaning sound like a wizard hit by a tongue curse. Professor Facellette was momentarily embarrassed, thinking that Lee Han was cursed.

“Are you really okay?”

“…I’m okay. I learned it from Professor Verdus.”

‘What was that just now?’

The professor was puzzled, but Lee Han’s expression was serious, so he didn’t ask any further.

“You made a good ward. It’s not an easy material, but you managed to tame it and make it. At this level, it will be able to withstand a few easy divinations.”

“Thank you.”

Lee Han hid his hatred, anger, resentment, and sadness and managed his expression, until the professor’s next words came out.

“Actually, when I heard that you volunteered for this, I wondered if you would be okay, but as expected, you never know about the future.”

“That’s… huh? Volunteered?”

“I heard you volunteered to use this?”

Lee Han was silent for a moment.

And then he asked.

“The headmaster said that, right?”

“Yeah.”

“But… Professor, did you ever think… maybe the headmaster wasn’t telling the whole truth?”

Lee Han couldn’t understand this part, no matter what.

Why couldn’t Professor Facellette, a master of divination magic, see such an obvious fact?

When Headmaster Skull giggled and gave him something, it was obvious that there was something suspicious.

‘Isn’t he an accomplice pretending not to know?’

Lee Han cast a suspicious gaze.

“Well, you started the test without saying anything, so I thought you must have volunteered.”

“……”

Tizling thought that Lee Han’s eyes looked slightly red as he walked out of the lecture room.

‘I must be mistaken?’

There was no way a boy like an ice sculpture would shed tears.

“Are you okay?”

“Priest Tizling. I want to defeat the Lich someday.”

“…Yes?”

“It’s nothing. Did you do well on the test?”

“I got 95 points.”

Lee Han said with a very serious face, “Oh, only 95? That’s… well, you tried your best.”

“……”

Tizling was speechless for a moment.

“I, I think I did well on this too…”

“Yes. That kind of positive attitude is important. Excellent.”

“……”

Tizling was able to calmly deal with scammers who came to the temple to sell cursed artifacts at high prices without getting angry, but this boy from the Wodanaz family had an excellent talent for manipulating other people’s emotions.

‘Oh!’

Tizling was surprised to realize that he was holding his wand tightly and released his strength.

What on earth?

‘I have to change the subject!’

“What tests do you have left now?”

“Dancing, illusion magic, and healing magic.”

“I’m done with all the tests with this one.”

Tizling was surprised after answering.

His voice contained a boastful tone.

“…Uh, did I just brag that I finished the test earlier than you?”

“Ah, no?? No! Absolutely not!”

Tizling hurriedly denied.

He couldn’t believe he would do such a thing!

“You can brag… it’s okay to brag. It’s my fault for listening so much, not your fault.”

“It was really a mistake.”

“It could be. Everyone is happy when the test is over.”

The exact reason wasn’t because the test was over, but Tizling decided to remain silent as a sign of reflection instead of explaining in detail.

“?

The priest, who was about to remain silent, realized something was wrong.

“But…”

“Is there anything you want to ask?”

“Haven’t you taken the Repetitive Learning of Basic Magic Combat test yet?”

“…Oh, right? Haha. Look at my mind. I forgot about this.”

Lee Han laughed heartily.

Tizling thought that there was something hidden in that appearance.

What could it be?

“There’s no way you could forget that…”

“Oh, Priest Tizling! Look out the window! The kids engraved Einrogaard’s slogan on the flag! It’s pretty good?”

Students taking the Basic Imperial Literature class engraved slogans suitable for Einrogaard on flags and hung them up as if to show off.

-The pursuit of freedom through unfreedom!

-The one who gets caught is the bad guy!

-More secretly than starlight, more coldly than moonlight!

“…That?”

“I-Isn’t it pretty good in its own way?”

“Uh…”

The next day, they went to Professor Kirmin’s tower for the illusion magic test.

“Illusion magic test, right?”

The students who arrived before Lee Han were embarrassed to see the vicinity of Professor Kirmin’s magic tower.

As expected of a master of illusion magic, the area around the workshop was ever-changing, but today was even more unusual.

Instead of the tall magic tower, there was a field filled with dozens of old, weathered barns. The wood looked grey and worn.

“Everyone’s here! I’ve been waiting.”

Professor Kirmin welcomed the students in a voice that sounded like plucking strings as usual. “Hello. Professor Ku.”

“Uh, wasn’t the final exam fighting with illusion magic?”

Some of the students expected that the illusion magic battle would be the final exam.

As it was covered so heavily, they thought it would be covered in the final exam as well.

However, Professor Kirmin cheerfully shook his head and said.

“Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. There’s no rule that just because we covered a lot in class, it has to be on the final exam.”

‘Too bad.’

Lee Han was slightly disappointed that the illusion magic battle was not the final exam.

If that was the test, he could have easily gotten a perfect score.

“You’re relieved, Wodanaz. Well, it was a bit much to fight a professor like me last time, right? I’m glad you don’t have to do that during the test.”

“Yes? Aren’t we fighting with other friends during the test?”

Professor Kirmin laughed very happily at Lee Han’s question.

And then he paused.

“Ah. You asked sincerely.”

“…Yes.”

“I can’t do that. There’s no point.”

“Sometimes meaningless things are also meant to be confirmed…”

“What are you talking about? Voladido would be disappointed if you said you passed the test in such a trivial way.”

‘Wouldn’t it be okay to disappoint him a little?’

People don’t die from being disappointed, but they can die from fighting a professor.

“Okay. Today’s final exam is to create a simple maze. As you will feel when you go around Einrogaard in the future, the way to protect your place is more important than you think.”

As you can see in the fairy tales of the Empire, wizards always liked to build their own towers and use them as workshops.

Of course, such places couldn’t be built just by building them. A strong defense system that could protect the wizard’s treasure was also essential to be called a workshop.

Excellent illusion wizards can prevent their traces from being discovered even if thousands of troops come.

“You will each create a simple maze for two days, and then you will enter other students’ simple mazes. We will evaluate how well the maze prevents intruders. Anyone have any questions?”

Several students raised their hands.

“Yes. What are you curious about?”

“Wodanaz… Oh, how do you decide who enters another student’s maze?”