Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 826

“Alright. Let’s go.”

“Are you really sure about this?”

Lee Han asked the question, then realised something later.

“Ah. You’re planning to go and attack, aren’t you?”

Thinking about it, that wasn’t a bad idea.

Lagesha could vent his anger, and Lee Han and his seniors could watch Professor Verdus get attacked.

It would be a happy time for everyone.

‘I don’t know why I was trying to stop this.’

The ‘Wand Materials and Magic Amplification’ lecture would be filled with laughter and applause, which rarely happened.

“What are you talking about? I’m not going to do that.”

But, Lagesha didn’t agree, which surprised Lee Han.

“Huh? You’re not going to attack?”

“Even though I really want to tie an anchor to Bibble’s ankle and throw him into the sea, I won’t disrupt the students’ lectures. It must be hard enough for them to be in Einroguard; it would be awful to have their lectures disturbed as well.”

Lee Han thought about the kind words from the pirate.

‘He’s being too kind without a reason.’

The students would actually want their lectures to be disrupted, especially the students of the Enchantment Magic School…

“You can attack, you know? The seniors would love it.”

“What nonsense are you saying? As much as I want to beat up Bibble!”

Lagesha knew Einroguard fairly well, but he never expected that Professor Verdus would pursue such extreme freedom in his lectures.

How could he have known that the lecture content would be about stealing the professor’s research?

“I’m serious… Then why are you going?”

“Do you only think about attacking, brat? I’m going to watch, to see how Bibble teaches. If he teaches well, I might feel a little better.”

Lagesha made a clicking sound with his tongue, looking unhappy.

Even now, just thinking about Professor Verdus made his stomach ache because of the gold coins he’d lost, but he thought it might be a little better if he saw him teaching his students.

At least he could think that his gold coins hadn’t been completely useless.

‘Hmm. He’s going to attack.’

Lee Han was certain that the moment Lagesha arrived at the lecture hall, he would attack!

“Lagesha, do you really think Professor Verdus will teach well?”

“I know what you’re thinking, brat. But I’m not expecting Bibble to teach like Garcia! That’s an absurd expectation. I just hope he’s improved since the last time I saw him.”

Lagesha’s standards for Professor Verdus were quite low.

Lee Han guessed that the reason was probably because he would only end up with a stiff neck if he tried to be too strict.

“What was he like the last time you saw him?”

“The last time I saw him, he sent his students to other schools because he didn’t want to teach his own lecture.”

However, surprisingly, Lee Han’s prediction was wrong.

Professor Verdus was not in the lecture hall.

“Where did Professor Verdus go?”

“I heard he’s not coming today because of assassination threats? Well, with so many outsiders here, there might be assassins. Senior Yukbeltire will be lecturing instead.”

A senior next to him kindly explained.

Lee Han was slightly impressed by the explanation.

‘So that’s how he’s survived this long!’

He felt like the question he’d always had, ‘How is Professor Verdus still alive with so many enemies?’ had been partially answered.

To think he would skip the lecture in preparation for Lagesha’s attack.

“That rat, really!”

Of course, from Lagesha’s perspective, it was an absurd situation.

He came to see how he lectured, but he skipped the lecture itself.

If he had this kind of creativity, he should use it for his research, but he was using it to skip lectures.

“It’s alright, Lagesha. The lecture will run smoothly even without the professor.”

It might even run better.

“Of course, it will run smoothly. Anyone standing here could teach better than Bibble!”

“Who is it that’s saying such nice things?”

One of the seniors asked Lee Han in a whisper.

At first, he wondered why a pirate had entered the lecture hall, but the nice things he was saying were pleasant to hear.

“The daughter of Torgerd, the admiral of the Southern Privateer Fleet, Lagesha.”

“Oh?! The one who invested in Professor Verdus?!”

“…There are many other good titles, but why do you remember me for that…”

Before he could finish speaking, the students in the lecture hall crowded around him.

“Hello, Lagesha. I am Barglios of the Elvally family…”

“I have some research that I’ve been working on…”

Seeing the intense greed in the students’ eyes, Lagesha growled and warned strongly.

“If there are any brats here who think they can take me lightly because I invested in Bibble, know that I’ll smash your heads with iron chains.”

The students all ran away quickly. Lagesha took a bit of tobacco to sniff and cursed.

“I never have a good time coming to Einroguard!”

“Then let’s start the lecture.”

Yukbeltire, who was checking the time, opened his mouth. The students in the lecture hall raised their hands diligently, different from when Professor Verdus was teaching.

“Senior, I have a question. I’m trying to put ruthenium alloy in my wand, but the magic keeps bouncing off when I cast a spell. Why is this happening…”

“When using metal in a wand, you must perfectly understand the characteristics of that metal. Metal is not compatible with some types of magic. The magic bouncing off the ruthenium alloy is probably wind element magic. Limit the magic or add metal to reduce its effect.”

“Senior, what’s wrong with my wand right now? I asked Professor Verdus several times and barely got an answer, but he just said it was bad.”

“The design. It gathers magic power at the bottom but dissipates it at the top. It’s not helpful.”

‘Really?’

Lee Han was surprised.

He thought Yukbeltire would teach like Verdus, but he was a much better professor than he thought.

Even when his friends said, ‘Senior Yukbeltire teaches well,’ he firmly believed that there must have been some misunderstanding…

‘Amazing. No, actually, Professor Verdus is just very strange.’

Perhaps because Professor Verdus was so insincere, Yukbeltire seemed even more impressive just by answering normally.

In fact, when you think about it calmly, it wasn’t like Yukbeltire was paying attention to each student and giving them warm glances like Professor Garcia.

But just answering the questions of his juniors was a great thing in the Einroguard Enchantment Magic School.

In fact, the other seniors were throwing questions at him as if they were going to learn properly today.

“Indeed…! I see. Senior, I made a prototype temporarily, would you like to evaluate it? What do you think?”

“Poorly made.”

The student’s face was filled with shock as his masterpiece, made with all his heart, was denied in two words.

Then the friends next to him, who knew Yukbeltire, whispered.

“Hey, you idiot. Only ask that senior the necessary questions. You’ll just get scolded.”

“Just because he answers questions well doesn’t mean he’s Professor Garcia. Think of him as Professor Verdus with added features.”

‘That’s a bit too much, isn’t it.’

Lee Han thought to himself.

Of course, Lee Han couldn’t deny that Senior Yukbeltire was like a smaller version of Verdus, but still, Professor Verdus with added features…

‘…It doesn’t seem completely wrong…’

“Ask your question.”

Yukbeltire stood in front of Lee Han and gestured for him to ask a question.

She was moving according to the lecture content she had prepared in advance. The next junior had to ask a question in order.

“Ah. Yes. Hello, Senior. I am currently preparing a wand that can unlock the seal of a high-level spirit and withstand even stronger output. I’m also considering metal materials, but up to this point…”

Lee Han took out a paper with the wand design drawn on it.

The blue ore of the Frost Giant King, the ore of teleportation, and the stone of echo were embedded one by one, and the authority of the tree spirit was also written everywhere.

Authority of Recovery (Magic Power Recovery) – If I put black jade in it so that I can consume more magic power?

Authority of Life (Plant Growth) – Need rare wood. Let’s check Professor Verdus’s warehouse.

Authority of Tenacity (Wand Durability) – Said to have to face stronger enemies. He’s crazy.

“Hey. I told you to only ask necessary questions.”

The senior next to him whispered worriedly.

With Yukbeltire’s personality, if you list what research you’re doing like that, you’ll immediately get insulting remarks back.

-I told you to ask a question, not to list your life story.

-Why are you saying something no one asked?

The moment you say unnecessary things, he starts to insult you.

“But I need advice…”

“Just ask us. If you don’t want your life denied.”

“So?”

The students next to Lee Han were surprised by Yukbeltire’s reaction.

They thought she would immediately talk about intelligence, but she asked back, ‘So?’

“I wanted to get advice on the overall design.”

“Putting in black jade is an interesting attempt. Originally, putting magic power absorption materials in a wand is close to forbidden, but there are exceptions. The Frost Giant King gave you this ore?”

“Yes.”

“How did you get it?”

“That would be a very long story.”

“…Then tell me later. Who made this stone of echo?”

“That’s…”

Unlike usual, Yukbeltire patiently listened to his junior’s story.

Of course, it was because the story was much more interesting than usual.

But she thought differently.

‘Diret. I am taking care of my juniors like this.’

She was being kind to her juniors as Diret had said. From Yukbeltire’s point of view, it was a really big kindness.

If Diret heard about it later, she would be moved to tears.

“Try making a prototype with this combination.”

Yukbeltire quickly scribbled with a quill, suggesting a method.

It was quite an unusual idea for a wand. It was a wand with a container that could withstand even if a powerful ancient spirit awakened, based on black jade, a mineral that absorbs magic power.

The problem was that it consumed a lot of magic power, but Yukbeltire wasn’t too worried about that part.

The junior will do well on his own!

“Thank you, Senior.”

“Yes. You should be grateful.”

While Lee Han was making a reluctant expression, Lagesha nodded from behind and got up from his seat.

“It seems I’ve misjudged someone. I had prejudices because I thought he was Bibble’s disciple. This is much better.”

“Hello, Lagesha. I am just glad that you have realized it now.”

Yukbeltire said calmly.

The other students in the lecture hall were impressed by the sight.

‘He’s really not an ordinary crazy person.’

‘He might have just been kind to us.’

It was clear that he just ended it with those words to the juniors because he wasn’t interested.

Seeing him speak like that in front of an outside investor, they could only admire him.

“…Yes. A teacher’s work is a teacher’s work, so it has nothing to do with the disciple!”

“That’s right. Then let me tell you again what I need…”

“Senior, Senior! Just tell me instead, please tell me!”

Lee Han, unable to watch any longer, finally stopped Yukbeltire and blocked him.