Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 969

The Yacha King didn’t react to Lee Han’s words.

Because they were obvious.

“It’s not hard, Student of Oh-soo. If the world has called you, it is to be expected,” the Yacha King said.

“What…?” Lee Han asked.

“Like I said, it is to be expected. Judging by your level, you should start learning about a minor world. Considering who you are… Oh-soo’s minor world would be good for you.”

“That seems like too much. Wouldn’t something easier be better?” Lee Han asked.

Lee Han felt like he had heard this before.

Why did he feel like they’d already had this conversation?

“Student of Oh-soo, I have lived for so long that I can’t even remember it. I have met many wizards and heard their magic secrets. You are very bold to question my wisdom. Being rude is normal, but you need to control it.”

“…I remember now,” Lee Han said.

“What do you remember?” the Yacha King asked.

“Didn’t you say this during the Star Contract?!” Lee Han asked.

Lee Han gritted his teeth, trying to control his anger.

No wonder it felt familiar; he’d been tricked before.

He’d been tricked into thinking he would get help with the exam, but instead, he was told to sign a contract with a star that had nothing to do with it.

The more he thought about it, the more he thought that all the problems he’d had since then were because of the Star Contract.

That stupid guest star!

But the Yacha King, being a king, was very shameless. Without changing his face, he blinked his golden eyes and said, “Student of Oh-soo, it’s foolish to judge things like that. Imagine you’re looking down from high above. My finger, pointing at you, would look tiny, just a dot. So…”

‘He really is disgustingly shameless,’ Lee Han thought.

The Yacha King said that you can’t understand big things if you only look at small things.

“For example, imagine a boy trying to cross a river to visit the next village. The river is flooded, and the bridge is about to break. The boy could be swept away. The Yacha King knows what will happen, so he turns into a rat and steals the boy’s things to save him. Of course, the boy is angry that his things were stolen, but later, he sees the bridge washed away and realizes he was lucky.”

“……”

Lee Han didn’t believe him.

The strong Yacha King from their first meeting was gone. This Yacha King was like Professor Verdus.

“So, are you saying that my contract with the star might have been preparing me for a future test?” Lee Han asked.

“Finally, you’re being a bit clever,” the Yacha King said.

‘If I attack, will I lose?’ Lee Han wondered.

Lee Han looked around. Attacking someone in their own palace seemed impossible.

“And, Student of Oh-soo, think carefully. Even if the king is wrong once, does that mean he will always be wrong?”

“…That’s not what I mean,” Lee Han said.

“Do you have any other ideas about the magic you need to learn now?” the Yacha King asked.

“No,” Lee Han replied.

“Then you shouldn’t criticize the king’s ideas, right?”

Lee Han was silent.

If there was anything more annoying than Professor Verdus, it was Professor Verdus being right.

The Yacha King was similar.

A minor world was a completely different level of magic than what Lee Han had learned.

Having someone like the Yacha King, who knew so much, was very important.

He shouldn’t be rude and refuse the help he could get.

“…I want to learn from you,” Lee Han said.

Hoping he would wake up from this dream, Lee Han asked for help.

* * *

For most wizards, learning one minor world is the end.

The Yacha King sat Lee Han down and started teaching him magic. “Unlike unique worlds, minor worlds can be passed down, but they usually aren’t. Why do you think that is, Student of Oh-soo?”

“Maybe because they are hard to fully understand,” Lee Han said.

“Even though they are smaller and easier to get into than unique worlds, minor worlds still change the rules of the world.”

“They are different from magic that uses the rules of the world.”

Lee Han hadn’t understood this before, but now he did.

Some magic can’t be used just by memorizing it. Minor worlds are like that too.

A single world.

You can only use it if you fully understand what the wizard who made it wanted.

You can’t force yourself to use a minor world that doesn’t fit you. If there was a minor world like , Lee Han would probably never be able to learn it.

“That’s right. Minor worlds passed down from master to student are easier to learn.”

“Since masters and students think alike, it’s more likely to work.”

“Unfortunately, I don’t think like my master, so it might be hard,” Lee Han said.

The Yacha King ignored Lee Han, like he was a barking dog.

The king thought that Oh-soo was like a god. That’s why he could learn and create so many minor worlds. “Student of Oh-soo, tell me about the minor worlds you have seen.”

“Um.”

Lee Han thought for a moment.

First, there was the minor world Dendrobium and the minor world Basilios.

The Black Book had used these powerful minor worlds to show him things.

These two magics, shown as a giant tree and a simple crown, were magics that he didn’t fully understand.

The rules of Dendrobium seemed to change based on the color of the flowers on the branches, and Basilios seemed to need a few more things to work…

“And the minor world Hwidor. I saw it before. It swept away demons with a single drop of water.”

“Hwidor is hard for you to learn now, Student of Oh-soo,” the Yacha King said.

“…No. I didn’t say I wanted to learn it now…” Lee Han replied.

“It’s not impossible. You created the Thunder Spear of Demon Subjugation and destroyed the blasphemer, right? Hwidor is also a minor world made with a similar idea. But it has a much more advanced concept inside it.”

“…How do you know that?!” Lee Han asked, surprised.

The fact that the minor world Hwidor was based on the same idea as the Thunder Spear of Demon Subjugation wasn’t that surprising.

To destroy all enemies with a single drop of water, it would have to be the best elemental magic, so it would end up being similar.

But it was surprising that the Yacha King knew about the fight in Granden City.

‘Could Alsecle be a spy??’ Lee Han wondered.

“Student of Oh-soo, don’t forget that news travels fast through dimensions. The Undead Realm is in chaos because of what happened to the blasphemer,” the Yacha King said.

“……”

Just like the wizards of the Empire know about the powerful beings in other dimensions, the beings in other dimensions also pay attention to the special wizards on the continent.

Because of the recent fight, the beings in the Undead dimension were very interested in the wizard Lee Han.

‘I should pretend I didn’t hear that,’ Lee Han thought.

Lee Han ignored reality. He had too many other things to worry about.

“And Dynamis… What is Dynamis? I mentioned it last time because you told me to, Yacha King,” Lee Han said.

Last time, when the doppelganger was crazy, the Yacha King had told Lee Han to copy him exactly, saying, ‘I have seen new things in the secrets of Dynamis, so I will use Despotis,’ to surprise the doppelganger.

Lee Han wasn’t sure, but it worked. The doppelganger had rushed out and been caught.

“Dynamis is dangerous for you to learn now, Student of Oh-soo,” the Yacha King said.

“……”

Lee Han looked annoyed.

Unlike the Yacha King, Lee Han had already told the doppelganger about Dynamis.

He might get away with it since it was an emergency, but if he asked later, ‘How is Dynamis coming along?’…

“So, that leaves Dendrobium and Basilios?” Lee Han asked.

“Basilios it is. Dendrobium needs a sapling from a royal family, so you can’t learn it yet, Student of Oh-soo,” the Yacha King said.

Lee Han nodded.

It wasn’t surprising that you needed special things to learn magic.

“What do I need to do to enter Basilios?” Lee Han asked.

“Think about it. Basilios is a crown. To wear a crown, you need to be worthy,” the Yacha King said.

“Are you talking about being from an old kingdom?” Lee Han asked.

The Yacha King looked at the wizard with pity.

“If it was a kingdom on the ground, maybe. But, Student of Oh-soo, would a wizard’s crown care about that? The kingdom of the sky can’t be ruled by blood. Think carefully.”

“?”

Lee Han tilted his head, thinking.

“Are you not going to tell me more?” Lee Han asked.

“Student of Oh-soo, if the king tells you, it will hurt you…”

‘Seriously, what’s with this guy?’ Lee Han thought.

Lee Han was confused.

He had been listening patiently because the Yacha King was special.

He thought he would explain which minor world to enter and how, but now he was being told to think for himself.

“If I could have done that, I would have already done it,” Lee Han said.

“That’s right. Now do you understand why the world called you? It called you because you can do it yourself,” the Yacha King said.

“……”

He never thought he would miss the people at the Buyeo Magic School.

Lee Han shivered and stood up. He needed to clear his head.

He looked far away at the dimension of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas, which was much bigger than the continent.

The land was changing as the fog and ice disappeared.

In the valley below the palace was a forest. The trees and grass were all blades and steel, and the leaves were stained with blood.

Lee Han could only describe it with one word: Dosangeomrim (刀山劍林).

“What is that place?” Lee Han asked.

“Hmm. It’s a forest where prisoners are kept,” the Yacha King said.

“Do you have something like that here too?” Lee Han asked.

“Not usually. We don’t usually keep prisoners. But these ones are special,” the Yacha King said.

The Yacha King laughed and explained.

Long ago, when Oh-soo came to this dimension, the Yacha King had watched him.

The people in the forest were the followers who had gathered then.

The people who had followed him, hoping he would become a new leader.

“…No, are you keeping them there because they followed my master?!” Lee Han asked.

“Student of Oh-soo, you have a good imagination. I kept them there because they betrayed Oh-soo,” the Yacha King said.

“Ah.”

When he was young, the Skull Headmaster had traveled around this dimension looking for secrets.

It wouldn’t have been easy, and he would have been attacked and tricked.

Some of the followers would have left and betrayed him.

“Indeed,” Lee Han said.

Lee Han lost interest and thought again.

What could he do to enter Basilios…

…Student of Oh-soo, don’t you hate those who betrayed your master?

“Huh? Why are you asking that?” Lee Han asked, confused.

If the betrayal was full of anger, the Skull Headmaster would have taken them to Einrograde himself.

There was no reason for Lee Han to hate people who were already suffering.

“Good. That’s how you should think,” the Yacha King said.

“……”

Lee Han was even more confused.

‘Good,’ he says.

Does he mean I should avoid anything related to the Skull Headmaster?

‘Isn’t it too late for that?’