Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 944

Dust and broken stone filled the air. Seviուս stared at the ruined palace, his heart sinking. “Perhaps this is my fault,” he muttered, kicking at a loose piece of rubble.

*Sending a junior who could destroy a palace by himself was a terrible mistake!* he thought, his regret growing with every crack in the once-grand walls. *I should have sent seniors with him, disguised as servants. They could have stopped this before it happened!*

“Seviուս! Get a grip!”

“I’m listening.”

“There’s only one thing we need to do now!”

“Right. Find our junior quickly and…”

“Erase any evidence that we were involved, then run away!”

“……”

Even in this disaster, the students from the Location Transfer Club showed their typical school spirit: trying to avoid trouble.

If they just erased the evidence, wouldn’t they be innocent?

If they erased the evidence linking them to the Theatre Club and ran away…!

Seviուս sighed deeply and said.

“That won’t work. Think about it. How many Einroguard students do you think are out in Granden City right now?”

“W-we could say the Theatre Club did it.”

“The Theatre Club wouldn’t keep a secret. It’s too late now. Let’s just find our junior.”

“Keeuk…! I can’t go to detention this month! I need to graduate!”

Seviուս’s friends whined and followed behind.

Unlike his friends, Seviուս, who always prepared for graduation in advance, calmly surveyed the surroundings.

‘What is it? Are those wizards from somewhere else?’

Upon closer inspection, he saw a group of wizards near the bridge. Judging by the artifacts and wands they were holding, they seemed to be from the Illusion Magic School.

‘Then they might be wizards who participated in this play.’

Thinking it was a good opportunity, Seviուս cautiously approached.

The destruction of the palace was clearly a shock to the wizards as well, as they were muttering with serious expressions.

-So, the illusion was prepared by Stedal of the Nago family and Alsicle of the Pengaerin family?

-That seems to be the case.

-Hmph. Both of them have disappeared… The socialites and critics who watched the play were eager to meet the wizards who prepared this illusion magic…

“Excuse me, may I ask a question?”

Seviուս politely addressed a wizard who had pulled his robe low over his face.

“Y-yes?”

Startled by the unexpected question, Baldororn looked up in surprise.

He could still feel his fingertips trembling from the battle of the Transcenders.

“What exactly happened here?”

“H-haven’t you heard? Evil worshippers summoned a monster here.”

“!?”

The students were shocked.

One of them muttered quietly.

“S-surely, even if it’s our junior, they wouldn’t do something like that…”

Seviուս calmly asked.

“Has the identity of those evil worshippers been confirmed?”

“Ah. Yes. I heard they’re all dead.”

A sigh of relief escaped from behind.

So it really wasn’t their junior who did it!!

Baldororn misunderstood the meaning of the sigh and nodded.

“I also think it’s fortunate that the wicked ones couldn’t escape.”

“It’s not fortunate because of that… Never mind. Then the Death Knights dealt with the monster?”

“The Death Knights, Alsicle of the Pengaerin family, and Stedal of the Nago family took care of it.”

“…S-Stedal of the Nago family?”

The students paused, and Baldororn nodded, explaining kindly, “He’s a very powerful battle wizard, and I think he came to the palace with Alsicle in preparation for something like this.”

He defeated the summoned Blasphemer along with a powerful spirit king; it was truly a mythical sight…

“Wow. There was such a wizard?”

“There are many eccentric people in the Empire.”

The students were intrigued by Baldororn’s explanation.

The Empire was vast, and it wasn’t uncommon for wizards who had trained for hundreds of years in unknown, unnamed lands to suddenly appear.

“Right? Oh, and I heard that he was also the recent phantom thief in Granden City.”

“……”

“……”

The students’ faces turned pale simultaneously.

“Keeuk! Why do I have to run away after doing something heroic!”

“Do you even need to ask?”

Lee Han looked at Alsicle as if he couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

Alsicle, who had been running after casting intense magic, was covered in sweat and breathing heavily.

“Wait a minute. Let’s rest for a minute!”

Alsicle thrashed around like a floundering penguin, expressing his determination not to move. In the end, Lee Han had no choice but to give in.

“Hah, hah… I think it would have been okay to stay a little longer.”

“Are you going to take responsibility if the knights change their minds and arrest me?”

“…That’s true…”

The reason Lee Han hurried out of the palace was simple.

The Death Knights might change their minds and send Lee Han to detention.

The knights pretended not to know at the scene, but there was no way they wouldn’t have recognized him after Perkuntras was summoned.

“…But they let you go, didn’t they? I’ve been saying this since last time, but the Death Knights subtly respect you.”

“Ha. Alsicle, that’s a trap.”

Lee Han looked at Alsicle with eyes that said, ‘This is why you’re not from Einroguard.’ Alsicle felt a slight surge of anger.

‘Wait a minute. Come to think of it, I could have just stayed still?’

Even if the Death Knights changed their minds and took Lee Han to detention, it wouldn’t have mattered to Alsicle.

“No matter how kindly the headmaster’s henchmen treat you, you must never trust them. The very moment you completely let your guard down, that’s the moment the enemy is aiming for.”

“That makes… sense.”

Alsicle, knowing the headmaster’s nature, couldn’t completely deny it.

In Alsicle’s view, the Death Knights seemed to already see Lee Han as their successor and respect him, but that could also be a trap.

“Young Master! This way!”

Beyond the open carriage door, Arion and Amur waved their arms.

They had agreed to help him escape secretly after defeating the enemy. The two quickly ran inside.

“What on earth did you do?! The rumors are spreading from the eastern gate to the western canal!”

Arion shouted with a bewildered voice. Lee Han looked at Alsicle. Alsicle looked at Lee Han.

“…Ah. You’re talking to me.”

‘Then who else would I be talking to?’

Alsicle was dumbfounded. Lee Han explained awkwardly.

“Unexpected things happened, so I couldn’t help it.”

“Of course, it was unexpected…”

If Arion had expected and caused what happened yesterday, Arion would have really collapsed.

Amur, who was listening from the side, opened his mouth.

“Still, it’s a good thing the students got out safely.”

“That’s… that’s true, but…”

Arion wondered if it was okay to conclude this by saying, ‘Still, the students got out safely, haha,’ after risking their lives fighting the evil worshippers.

“If it was such a dangerous thing, I would never have taken you there! If something had happened, what would the Wodanaz family have thought of me?”

“I think they would think you were a kind person who granted my request…”

“Don’t joke around!”

‘I’m not joking.’

Lee Han had to listen to Arion’s lecture for about 30 minutes after that.

Students should retreat if something dangerous happens, and they should call other wizards…

While listening to the lecture, Lee Han thought to himself.

‘Hmm. If Arion is like this, I should avoid Professor Garcia for a while.’

If Arion reacted this way, Professor Garcia’s reaction could be several times more ferocious.

Lee Han resolved to avoid >The Inn of a Myriad Schemes> for a while. Fortunately, the Location Transfer Club’s request was practically finished.

“Hoo. I shouldn’t give a long sermon to those who have gone through such fierce battles. I’m sorry. So, what are you two planning to do now?”

“I was thinking of finding my scattered friends first, then looking for Alsicle’s sponsors.”

“You…!”

Alsicle was moved.

Even after all that chaos, he hadn’t forgotten what he had promised.

“…No, Alsicle. You’re not crying, are you?”

“Penguin demi-humans’ eyes are originally sparkling and shiny!”

Alsicle flared up. Lee Han decided to drop it for now, sensing that he would be pecked with a beak if he asked any more questions.

“Do you have time to spare?”

“Ah. Yes. I’ve joined so many clubs that I have plenty of leave time.”

His friends would have to return to their respective places, but Lee Han still had plenty of time left.

He could help his friends who had escaped to various parts of the city first, and then take care of Alsicle’s business with time to spare.

“We need to find a place to stay first.”

“Then I’ll find a place to stay.”

“Ah, no. That’s a bit…”

Lee Han was reluctant to accept Arion’s offer.

He was already grateful for the help he had received so far, but to provide a place for Lee Han and his friends to stay as well? That was too brazen.

“No. I think it’s better to accept it.”

However, Alsicle seriously advised.

“Why is that?”

“The Death Knights might be checking the city’s inns.”

“…!”

Come to think of it, there might be trackers to find the Theatre Club students who had escaped from a fixed location.

After hesitating, Lee Han made a counter-proposal.

“Do you perhaps have any spare warehouses in your trading company?”

“There are many warehouses, but do you really need to stay in such a place…?”

“No. And considering the trackers, a warehouse might be better.”

Arion thought to himself.

Einroguard students are truly eccentric!

“I understand. Then let’s do that.”

Lee Han took out >Einroguard’s Whisper> and prepared to contact his friends in the same year.

There was a communication network for friends belonging to clubs other than >Einroguard’s Watchmen> (the school’s security club), such as Adenart or Angaro.

-Hey guys. Gather at the Kaaco Trading Company warehouse next to the Dwarf Bridge on the north gate side. I got permission to use it.

-What are you talking about all of a sudden?

Jizel, who received the message on the paper bundle, didn’t understand and asked back.

She wasn’t in the Theatre Club, so she wasn’t fully aware of the situation.

Angaro quickly replied.

-Okay! I’ll go there!

-What are you talking about?

-So, that’s… Wait. What if you report us?

-…Alpha, are you out of your mind?

-I, I’m not Alpha??

‘The handwriting is the same…’

Lee Han, dumbfounded by Angaro’s denial of himself, explained instead.

-The Theatre Club has escaped, taking advantage of the chaos. We’re going to wander around until the time limit and then return.

-What? I should have joined the Theatre Club. How did you escape from that encirclement? Did you set something on fire?

-Uh…

-Um…

-That’s…

-…What is it?

-It’s a bit of a long story, so later.

-You’re not saying that because you don’t want to talk about it now, are you.

-No. It’s really long.

-Ha!

Jizel smiled coldly.

If it wasn’t a long story, she would severely retaliate against these liars.

-Wodanaz. There are several warehouses on the Dwarf Bridge on the north gate side. I don’t know which one to go to. Is there any way to find out??

-…I’ll go pick you up. Please wait a moment.

Lee Han wrote that and then asked Arion for a favor. He had to take the friends who didn’t have paper bundles separately.

“Can we stop by a few places before arriving at the warehouse?”

“Of course. Where are you thinking of stopping by?”

“First, let’s stop by the alchemy workshop run by Yoanen of the Maykin family, and then go to the administrative residence where Daihal of the Dalcard family is. My friends will be waiting there.”

Alsicle, who was listening from the side, was impressed by his meticulousness.

“Wow. You even decided on the locations in the midst of that chaos?”

“Huh? No.”

“Then?”

“I just predicted it.”

Soon, as the carriage stopped at its destination, the hidden friends popped out one by one, exactly as expected. Lee Han opened the door as if it were nothing and welcomed them.

Alsicle shuddered at the sight.

‘I… If this guy becomes a professor, the students won’t be able to escape…!’