Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 600

The Skull Headmaster didn’t try to be emotional like someone new to being a leader. He spoke in a calm, business-like way, as if he knew exactly what he was doing.

“Just give gold coins, right?”

“I will work hard.”

Lee Han also agreed immediately, like a professional.

“By the way, who are the people we need to meet in the capital?”

“The ones who give a lot of donations or grants.”

“Is there anything I need to do when I meet them?”

“You need to show off your brilliant rhetoric.”

“Excuse me? I don’t have that kind of ability.”

“……”

“……”

Lee Han was looked at with disbelief by the Skull Headmaster, his friends, and even the Death Knights.

The Skull Headmaster ignored it and continued speaking.

“We’ll borrow some of your magic to find the new first-year students.”

“Ah. Yes. That’s fine.”

‘My master seems to be out of his mind sometimes,’ the Death Knight thought, seeing the Skull Headmaster confidently saying he would borrow magic from a first-year student.

And the student who said it was okay was also a bit out of his mind…

“But how do we secure the difficult students?”

“We’ll have to visit them and use persuasion and violence.”

“Indeed.”

Lee Han pictured himself in grand houses and fancy meeting halls. He imagined giving out fancy invitations and having polite, elegant talks, just like the Headmaster seemed to expect.

Perhaps having a first-year student like Lee Han by his side would make the story a bit smoother.

-Here is a first-year student from the Wodanaz Islands until this year. Haha.

-Einroguard is the best magic school in the Empire. We are getting the best education. We are not hungry. We are happy.

-Look! How admirable is this?

‘How cunning, really,’ Lee Han thought, shuddering at the Skull Headmaster’s wicked intentions.

The new students wouldn’t even imagine it!

“Wait. Headmaster!” Guinan, who had returned, raised his hand and protested.

“Lee Han was supposed to come to my mansion during the vacation, you know?”

“I don’t remember that,” Lee Han subtly pointed out, correcting Guinan’s words, which were turning the suggestion into a fact.

“Haha. You rascal.”

The Skull Headmaster didn’t get angry at Guinan’s words; instead, he burst into a hearty laugh.

Then, he snatched the chocolate that Guinan was holding and ate it.

“?!”

“Where did your chocolate go?”

“The Headmaster ate it!”

“Right. You learned something. So, is it clear now why Wodanaz can’t go to your mansion?”

The Skull Headmaster, pleased with Guinan’s dumbfounded face, laughed cheerfully and stood up.

The other students quickly turned their gaze to their plates and focused on emptying their food.

“Lee Han, you have to write a letter. Or you can come visit.”

“Okay.”

“Lee Han, forget the letter and come visit. Oh, and don’t go to Yoner’s house. It’s not very fun there. My house is better.”

“……”

The students preparing to leave through the main gate after the semester were lively and sentimental.

Close friends made plans to meet each other during the vacation or prepared to send letters.

Yoner wore an expression of anguish, contemplating whether to endure this joyful day or simply smack Guinan on the back of the head to establish discipline during the vacation.

“Wodanaz. Write a letter.”

“Thanks. Asan. You go in safely too.”

Asan shook hands with Lee Han.

Asan was a rare friend. His older brother and sister admired Asan, and Lee Han understood why.

“Oh, right, Asan. Here’s a letter to Daihal; could you deliver it?” Lee Han handed Asan the letter he had quickly written after the final exam.

Asan’s brother, Daihal, was a promising figure in the Imperial bureaucracy, quickly rising as a special administrator in Granden City.

Having managed to become acquainted with such a person, he couldn’t just waste the winter vacation.

Even if they couldn’t meet, it was advantageous to send such a letter to make an impression and be remembered.

“And this is a small gift for Daihal. I heard he likes books, so I prepared one.”

“…Wodanaz, did you perhaps contact Daihal without me knowing?”

“I didn’t?”

“O-okay. Thanks… I’ll deliver it.”

Asan was surprised at Lee Han’s attentiveness to his family, even more so than himself.

“And this is a letter and gift for Haidan.”

Asan’s sister, who had gotten a job at the Bronze Dwarf Bank in the East, was amazing, even impressing the picky dwarves…

“…Wodanaz, you can be a bit scary sometimes.”

“?!!” Lee Han was taken aback by his friend’s harsh words.

Why?!

Even after finishing his request with Asan, friends continued to flock to Lee Han to talk.

Seeing them fighting over who would speak first, Asan frowned and said.

“You guys, the semester’s over, do you have to act this stupid? Really?”

“Dalcard, if you’re done talking, get lost!”

“So, what are you going to do about it!”

Asan calmly said, as if he had expected his friends’ reaction.

“We need to stand in line and draw numbers. That’ll be much faster.”

“……”

Lee Han, who was talking to Nilia next to him, stared at Asan with astonishment.

“Asan is a bit strange sometimes.”

“…Einroguard students each have their own strange quirks.”

“True. But not me.”

“……”

Nilia pursed her lips, remembering that her friend would be traveling with the Skull Headmaster during the winter vacation, and held back.

“By the way, Nilia. Yoner wants to invite you.”

“I have to go back to the mountains during the winter vacation.”

Nilia, with her ears drooping, looked like the saddest dark elf in the world.

“The Shadow Patrol people are waiting…”

“What if you just show your face and then go back to the Maykin family’s mansion?”

“Just going to play isn’t allowed… We each have assigned areas, so we have to fulfill our duties.”

“What if you say you have a winter vacation assignment?”

“…Uh, wouldn’t that be wrong?” Nilia said that, but she had a tempted expression.

“I’ll forge the Headmaster’s signature for you. I’ve forged an outing pass before, so I can do it,” Lee Han said confidently.

“Wodanaz…!” Nilia was deeply moved.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and her fingertips trembled.

“I’m so glad you’re my friend! Really!”

“Haha. It’s nothing.”

Lee Han quickly finished forging the signature of friendship and handed it to Nilia.

A fake assignment to cooperate with Yoner of the Maykin family to create ten boxes of Dobruk’s Euphoria Potion was completed in a flash.

“Be sure to write a letter. Be sure!”

“Yeah. Just in case, don’t include in the letter that you’re thankful I forged it for you.”

Lee Han nodded contentedly, watching the happy Nilia.

It was a wonderful thing that the magic he learned at Einroguard could make people happy.

“Wodanaz. Be sure to write a letter. Here’s my address.”

“Okay. I will.”

“Write a letter. Wodanaz. Don’t just not send it to me.”

“Why are you misunderstanding like that? Other people will get the wrong idea if they hear that.”

“Wodanaz. Letter…”

“Yeah, yeah. I got it.”

The more addresses he exchanged with his friends, the more Lee Han began to feel the pressure.

…Isn’t this too much??

‘No, this is going to be harder than writing an apology letter,’ Lee Han thought.

Last semester, the Skull Headmaster made him practice magic while writing apology letters, but thinking about the number of letters he had to send to his friends now, it far surpassed that.

‘No, I need to slowly cut back on the letters,’ Lee Han decided that from now on, instead of letters, he would just say, ‘Let’s meet up and grab a meal’ to the friends he was saying goodbye to.

“Wodanaz.”

“Ah. Your Highness. Actually, next time we meet…”

“You have worked hard this semester. Please write a letter. I will be waiting.”

‘Damn it,’ Lee Han cursed inwardly at Adenart, who only said what she wanted to say and turned away from the start of his resolution.

“Ah. Mr. Wodanaz. If you have too many places to write letters, I’m okay with…”

“No way? I have plenty of time?” Lee Han regretted answering reflexively to Ratford’s words.

‘Crap.’

The scene shifted as the Skull Headmaster, looking dumbfounded at the line stretched out in front of the main gate, asked, “What, did a minstrel come??”

The semester was over, so shouldn’t they be happily passing through the main gate and leaving in a carriage? What were they doing here?

“We’re going to write letters to Wodanaz during the vacation…”

“Stop talking about letters. Practice magic during that time. You got a 41 on this illusion magic lecture.”

“……”

The student from the Blue Dragon Tower, who had spoken up, immediately became dejected.

The Skull Headmaster, who had chased away all the students by calling out their final exam scores, looked at Lee Han and said.

“Are you done? Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Lee Han nodded and tried to walk towards the main gate.

Then, the Skull Headmaster grabbed Lee Han’s shoulder.

“Not that way.”

“?”

“There’s a place we need to stop by. Follow me.”

The Skull Headmaster moved towards the disciplinary room, not the main gate.

At that sight, Lee Han thought he was going to take out the intruder he had caught recently.

‘Looks like he’s going to deal with the intruder too.’

Whirr!

As the Skull Headmaster took a step, all the paths in the disciplinary room changed for the Headmaster’s sake.

Lee Han cast a look of admiration at the magic that instantly created the fastest path to the desired location.

“Truly amazing!”

“…Why are you so impressed with the magic that creates a shortcut to the prison, leaving aside all the other great magic?”

It seemed impossible to make him so angry even if he tried on purpose.

‘If it were ancient times, he would have made a name for himself in a different way!’ The Skull Headmaster clicked his tongue and walked forward.

Inside the bars was the intruder they had caught recently… or rather, a familiar penguin beastman magician.

“…????”

“Have you repented, Pengaerin?” the Skull Headmaster asked.

Alsicle of the Pengaerin family answered in a feeble voice.

“I, I have repented. Mr. Gonadaltez.”

“Have you also repented for what you said last time? If you have repented, then apologize properly.”

“I, I am not better at magic than Mr. Gonadaltez. It was my delusion that Mr. Gonadaltez was jealous of my magic and blocked my entry. I will never have such delusions again…”

“……”

Lee Han couldn’t bear to look, so he covered his face with both hands.

Only then did Alsicle seem to realize that Lee Han was next to the Skull Headmaster.

“No, that’s not it! That’s not it!”

“What do you mean it’s not it, you intruder,” the Skull Headmaster said in an indifferent voice.

He couldn’t understand why a guy who was caught trying to sneak into the magic school was so embarrassed.

Wasn’t it already embarrassing the moment he was caught?

“I was just trying to visit, but I didn’t get permission! Don’t misunderstand!” Alsicle desperately explained to Lee Han.

“Oh, I see. It seems there was a misunderstanding.”

“Stop talking about misunderstandings.”

The Skull Headmaster sneered and took Alsicle out of the disciplinary room.

“Pengaerin, I’ll keep quiet about the fact that you were caught trying to sneak into Einroguard, so help with work this winter.”

Alsicle, who was frustrated and lying down, nodded.

Lee Han asked, puzzled, “Were you also summoned by His Majesty, Mr. Pengaerin?”

“…What?! Wodanaz, you were summoned by His Majesty??!”

The Skull Headmaster sighed deeply and said.

“Why don’t you go outside and shout it out loud? That you’re meeting with His Majesty alone.”

“I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. Pengaerin was going to find out anyway. And Pengaerin is not being called because of His Imperial Majesty.”

“…?” When Lee Han was puzzled, the Skull Headmaster sent a telepathy spell to explain.

-That guy is popular among the Imperial nobles.

-Ah. Is it because of the splendor of his ice magic?

-No. Because of his appearance. He has a strong penguin blood.

“……”