Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 599

Headmaster Skull walked away from a student who was trying not to laugh and went to Professor Voladi.

Unlike Verdu, Professor Voladi worked hard in his own way, so Headmaster Skull couldn’t just ignore him.

“Don’t be too sad, Professor Voladi,”

Professor Voladi was more upset than Headmaster Skull expected, and he didn’t say anything.

Headmaster Skull didn’t know what to do.

He wasn’t used to comforting people, so he couldn’t think of what to say.

If it were another professor, they would have cheered up if the school’s support money was increased. But Professor Voladi had almost no students – only one – so the support money didn’t matter much.

“Look, it might be different from what you planned, but it must have been a good test,” Headmaster Skull said, looking at the Death Knights for help.

The Death Knights clapped and said,

“-Professor Voladi, cheer up! This wasn’t just a test, it was an *adventure*! Much more exciting than sitting at a desk, eh?”

“-Where else can you find a more real test than in a real fight? Think of this as the final exam!”

The giant, who was pulling out a tree stump to stop his nosebleed, agreed.

“-That’s right. This is a good test.”

Lee Han, who was watching, also spoke up.

“I learned a lot.”

Everyone tried to comfort him, and finally, Professor Voladi gave in.

“I guess I’ll have to show what I prepared next year.”

“That’s the spirit, Professor Voladi! Haha,”

Lee Han looked at Headmaster Skull with a serious face.

“Wait, what’s that supposed to mean?”

“Each year has its own exam, so why would you move this year’s exam to next year?”

“-Wizard. Wizard. The nosebleed won’t stop.”

“Just a moment. I’ll heal you,”

Professor Voladi’s exam was canceled, so Lee Han gratefully checked the giant’s wound.

Professor Alcacis walked by in the background and saw what happened. He nodded and quickly wrote ‘Full Marks’ on a piece of paper.

Guinando gasped and sat bolt upright. Darkness pressed in around him. He blinked, trying to see. A warm orange glow flickered nearby. It was a big bonfire, crackling and spitting sparks into the night air. He could smell woodsmoke and something else… something delicious.

Students from all the towers were gathered around the fire, chatting and laughing under a large, striped tent nearby. Guinando’s stomach rumbled.

Then he saw him. Angaro, from the Alpha family, was carefully slicing a thick, chocolate eclair. Even in the dim firelight, Guinando knew that shape. His mouth watered. It was a Maykin Family eclair – the best in the city!

“Eating… eating that *alone*?!” Guinando burst out, louder than he meant to.

“Aargh!” Angaro jumped, dropping his eclair. He spun around, eyes wide. “Blimey! You scared me half to death!”

He thought a ghost had appeared.

“If you’re awake, you should speak quietly. Why are you screaming like that? Do you know how hard we worked to save you?”

“Save me? …Ah!”

Guinando then remembered that he had been kidnapped by a vampire monster.

The White Tiger Tower students got excited and shouted.

“-That’s right. We gave up the dance and fought so hard to save you.”

“…That doesn’t make sense? You guys tried to save me? Not Lee Han?”

Guinando asked sharply, even though he was confused and hungry.

The White Tiger Tower students were surprised by his words.

How did this guy know?

“I guessed right? Huh?”

“…Anyway, we fought together too, you royal brat.”

“-That’s right. You should be grateful… Hey! Why are you eating that!”

The White Tiger Tower students were horrified when Guinando, who had moved closer, grabbed all the food on the table.

“Munch. Let’s eat together. Munch munch.”

“Go back to your tower and eat!”

“What’s going on?”

Lee Han, who was grilling cheese with oil on a pan and putting it on a plate, looked at Guinando and his White Tiger Tower friends, confused.

“Wordanaz! The royal brat is crazy! He’s eating our food!”

“Just eat together. The final exam is over anyway.”

“How can you say that…”

The White Tiger Tower students, who were about to complain, looked at where Lee Han had been standing.

Wordanaz was frantically preparing, stir-frying, and cutting ingredients in front of the fireplace with the Phoenix Tower priests.

They felt that if they argued more, they might get hit or kicked out. They also felt guilty.

“…Okay… I understand…”

‘No way. Have these guys come to their senses?’

Lee Han was a little surprised by how the White Tiger Tower students acted.

Instead of complaining about the taste, they were acting like this?

Now that the semester was over, he was cooking a lot to use up some of the older ingredients.

He was grilling cheese as fries, grilling old bread and ham with butter, and making canapés with cheese and eggs on top.

Or making risotto with old rice, fish from the stream, and lots of spices.

He thought some people would complain because old ingredients might taste worse even if they didn’t spoil, but no one complained and everyone was eating happily.

‘Their taste must have changed while staying in Einroguard for almost a year.’

Lee Han felt sorry for the White Tiger Tower friends.

The White Tiger Tower friends didn’t know the truth and were gobbling it up, saying it was so delicious.

“Lee Han. Lee Han,”

Guinando, who had finished a bowl of fish soup, two plates of pork cutlets, five skewers of grilled chicken and sparrow, and three sausages, called Lee Han, breathing heavily.

Now he was thinking clearly enough to ask.

“What happened?”

“What happened? Ah. Are you talking about Professor Voladi just skipping the final exam?”

Lee Han started with the most interesting thing that had happened that day.

Of course, Guinando wasn’t interested in that.

“That’s just normal!”

“No. This is amazing…”

“That monster. The monster!”

“Ah. Right. That also happened.”

Guinando was speechless, but Guinando’s friend explained without changing his expression.

The vampire monster took Guinando and tried to disappear, but the brave giants and Death Knights came and fought together…

“…Huh!? My coat, where’s my coat!?”

“I’m sorry. The vampire monster destroyed it.”

The giants actually destroyed it, but Lee Han blamed it on the defeated vampire monster.

Since he was a bad guy, it didn’t matter if he took the blame.

“No… No way! You cursed monster!! How?! How could you destroy my coat! It was a real masterpiece!”

“Hey. It wasn’t that great,”

“Just okay?”

“Even if you gave it the best score, it was just average.”

The other friends replied shamelessly, forgetting how they had been charmed by it.

This included the Black Tortoise Tower and White Tiger Tower students, and also Blue Dragon Tower students like Asan.

“I don’t know why we were so jealous.”

“-That’s right, that’s right.”

“You… You guys… You were so jealous, but now that it’s gone, you’re being so cold…!”

Guinando trembled, feeling wronged.

They couldn’t look away when the coat was there, but now that it was gone, they were acting so coldly.

“You… You answer me! You were also very interested in the coat!”

Guinando called Adenarte. Adenarte, who was eating with his followers, raised his eyebrows slightly when Guinando called.

“I don’t really understand what you mean.”

“…Hey! Aoh! You definitely wanted it!?”

“Yes, that coat was interesting.”

“Right? Right?!”

Guinando turned around excitedly when someone agreed with him.

A handsome man he had never seen before was sitting in a chair.

He was a beautiful man who looked like he had come from an old book or a statue from an ancient kingdom.

“Oh. Is there such a handsome person in the White Tiger Tower?”

“…What do you mean, you royal brat?”

The White Tiger Tower students got angry.

They didn’t have the proud way Blue Dragon Tower students act, but the White Tiger Tower students didn’t think that was a bad thing.

They thought it was because they had chosen the knightly spirit and the generous spirit.

“It’s not your fault. It’s hard for young people these days to understand the beauty of my time,”

The handsome man took a piece of food from Guinando’s plate and ate it. Guinando was so shocked that he couldn’t react.

“Hey, what are you doing…!!”

“Headmaster, what are you doing?”

“…Would you like more?”

Guinando froze and held out the plate.

Headmaster Skull, who had become a human, took the plate and emptied the food on it.

“I wanted to see that coat, but it’s a shame. The materials and the magic on it must have been good.”

“Can magic be made by mixing things so randomly?”

“Very rarely. Magic can happen by chance.”

While Headmaster Skull and Lee Han were talking, the White Tiger Tower students got up and ran to other tower tables.

The other tower students, who would have cursed and kicked them out normally, let them sit down, looking terrified.

“He, Headmaster. Are you here to take away the person who failed?”

Guinando asked, hiding behind Lee Han.

Every semester, after the exam, Headmaster Skull enjoyed locking up the person who failed in the punishment room.

“No. No one failed this time. Also, why are you saying strange things about monsters?”

“I… I thought they might be found someday…”

Headmaster Skull looked disgusted and began to explain how to think about things.

Guinando cursed himself for answering honestly.

After making Guinando collapse with just a conversation, Headmaster Skull looked at Lee Han and asked.

“What are your plans for this winter vacation?”

“I’m going to try to collect a hundred gold coins.”

“…Not that kind of plan…”

Headmaster Skull sighed.

“I mean moving. You don’t usually stay in Granden City during winter vacation.”

“Ah. Yes. First, I’m going back to the Wordanaz family to see the head of the family. I don’t know if I’ll be able to see him, but anyway…”

“Actually, you need to do something before that.”

Headmaster Skull said seriously.

Guinando, who was next to him, was surprised by those words.

How could the headmaster know what Guinando was thinking?

“You mean inviting Lee Han to our family’s mansion, right?”

Headmaster Skull waved his hand, and Guinando was teleported to the opposite table.

“His Majesty the Emperor wants to see you in person.”

Lee Han was very shocked by those words.

So shocked that he couldn’t think of any other questions.

“Wait. Is there a reason why Guinando shouldn’t know that I’m meeting the Emperor?”

“He can know. I just moved him because he was being noisy.”

“…Ah, yes.”

“I’ve already sent a message to the head of the family.”

“Did you get a reply?”

“No.”

“I thought so. He’s so busy…”

“I guess so. Anyway, I’m sorry, but your winter vacation plans have changed a bit.”

Headmaster Skull began to draw a simple schedule on the tablecloth.

First, meet the Emperor, then meet the people you need to meet in the capital, then find the new students who have trouble getting in, and finally drop Lee Han off at the Wordanaz family’s mansion.

Then Lee Han could have a happy winter vacation.

Or do winter vacation work…

“Um. Headmaster. Meeting the Emperor is one thing, but there are a lot of strange things after that.”

‘He’s smart.’