Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 978

The Golem senior sighed heavily. Thinking about the problem made his head hurt right away.

He couldn’t believe this was happening just when he was told to use wisdom, not magic!

He really wanted to use magic to solve it.

‘No, I can’t. Magic won’t work this time.’

If it was just a small bad feeling like before, he could maybe change things with a few magical rules. But this was too big.

To change this with magic, the junior would have to do something incredibly difficult and strange, like turning water into fire, or making a cat bark like a dog. It was impossible!

“…Wait. You made a contract with a star?”

The Golem senior, who had been deep in thought, suddenly looked surprised.

He hadn’t noticed it at first because his mind was confused, but this was important and couldn’t be ignored.

The junior sighed deeply, just like before, and said,

“Senior. Is that really important right now…?”

“It is important, this is!”

This time, the Golem senior didn’t let it pass.

No matter how threatening the future he saw, there were things that needed to be addressed.

A mere second-year student making a contract with a star!

“Which star did you make a contract with?”

“The transient star, Arnar.”

“Indeed!”

The Golem senior nodded calmly. Lee Han was slightly impressed by the sight.

‘As expected of a fourth-year. He’s not surprised by something like this.’

Lee Han had been so frustrated when he found out what this star was that he had rolled around in despair, but as expected, the senior was different.

“Indeed.”

” ?”

Lee Han felt uneasy as the senior repeated himself, like a stuck record.

Casting his gaze downward, he noticed that the distance between him and the senior had widened. It was a surprisingly stealthy retreat.

“Indeed…”

“Senior. You’re not running away, are you?”

“Ah, no.”

However, the Golem senior’s eyes were searching for Professor Facellette in the distance.

Professors like Facellette were supposed to handle dangerous predictions like this!

‘I’m not there yet. I should have run away when the professor felt the danger and collapsed.’

The Golem senior finally realized the wisdom.

He realized the real wisdom was to pretend to be crazy and faint.

Of course, Lee Han didn’t let the senior run away. He rushed over and clung to him.

“Senior. The danger regarding the transient star Arnar is actually quite exaggerated. The records are old, many have been lost, and many are exaggerated.”

“If that’s what’s left after being lost, it doesn’t seem exaggerated at all…”

“If you don’t help me, I’ll come find you every day.”

“Junior. I will squeeze out my wisdom to the best of my ability. Please, trust me!”

The Golem senior was terrified and looked at the painting again.

What was more dangerous than interpreting the prophecy of a junior who had contracted with Arnar was having that junior visit him every day.

“Alright. Let’s see… You’re wearing a crown. Crowns usually symbolize victory and glory, power and authority, and immortality. I think you might win a confrontation and seize power. The headmaster’s power, that is, the headmaster of this territory…”

“…This is actually a Small World magic.”

Lee Han explained in a sorry voice.

It was obvious to anyone that the simple crown was just the Small World magic called Basileios.

“……”

The Golem senior looked at Lee Han with eyes that seemed to say, ‘Why are you doing this to me?’

“Intriguing.”

“!”

Lee Han jumped at the voice coming from behind. As expected of a junior trained as a swordsman, the height of his jump was extraordinary. The Golem senior was amazed to see Lee Han jump almost to the ceiling.

‘Did he cast an enhancement spell?’

“Master, you’ve arrived!”

“Your voice is loud. Mind your manners.”

“Master, you’ve arrived.”

“……”

The Mad Doppelganger narrowed his eyes.

It was as if he was judging whether his disciple was rebelling or not.

Fortunately, the Mad Doppelganger seemed to have concluded that Lee Han was merely flustered and not acting impudently.

“Is that your disciple’s prophecy?”

“Yes…”

“Hmm.”

The Mad Doppelganger carefully looked down at the painting drawn with black powder.

The two students exchanged glances without even breathing.

‘Senior. If you have a secret magic, you need to use it now.’

‘If I had something like that, I would be a professor…!’

“I have seen the painting well. We must be cautious.”

“Yes?”

Lee Han felt the simultaneous urge to ask what he should be cautious about and the urge not to ask.

Did they have a custom in the old kingdom? Maybe they punished students who tried to trick their teachers by drowning them?

“Time is up. Aren’t you moving to the next lecture?”

The Mad Doppelganger asked, checking the time. Lee Han nodded with a dazed expression.

“There is a next lecture, but…”

“Then move.”

The scariest time was when a madman acted normal.

Lee Han felt a deep fear as he walked down the hallway with the Mad Doppelganger.

The other party hadn’t said a word.

The Mad Doppelganger was strangely quiet. He didn’t even give his usual crazy lectures. Usually, he would yell things like, ‘Student! Why are you only using comet readings for predictions? The royal family told you to do more than that! You should have finished your Small World magic too!’ Or he’d get angry and shout, ‘How dare you challenge the royal family?’

He was just quietly lost in thought as he walked.

The sight was so unfamiliar that Lee Han almost forgot that he was going to Professor Verdus’s lecture hall.

Originally, he should have been excited and thrilled to be going to see Professor Verdus with the Mad Doppelganger…

“Master?”

“For what reason do you call the royal family?”

“I thought you were lost in thought.”

“…Do you perhaps know that as a disciple, you should disturb your master when he is meditating?”

The Mad Doppelganger looked at his disciple with a mixture of bewilderment and contempt.

Lee Han breathed a sigh of relief when the look he often showed returned.

“That’s a relief. I was worried.”

“…Have you lost your mind? What nonsense… ?”

The Mad Doppelganger expressed bewilderment at his disciple’s continuous blathering.

“Oh, right. The lecture we’re going to now will satisfy you, Master.”

“……”

Even though the Mad Doppelganger looked at him like he was crazy, Lee Han felt relieved and started talking about the lecture.

Originally, Lee Han didn’t have to bother going to the [Wand Materials and Magic Amplification] lecture.

He had already completed his wand, effectively finishing the final exam, and Professor Verdus didn’t care whether Lee Han came or not. He might not even care if he himself showed up for the lecture.

But Lee Han was moving towards the lecture hall with a pounding heart. It was the first time he had felt so happy.

‘To think I’d be so happy to see Professor Verdus.’

“…The royal family will be satisfied, you say. Does that mean it’s a high-level lecture?”

“Yes! If that’s not the case, you can punish the professor.”

“Ha. Disciple, you must learn humility from the beginning. Overconfidence is a bad habit. Since you’ve said that, there will be no mercy in the royal family’s judgment!”

The Mad Doppelganger rebuked his disciple’s presumptuous boast.

Since he had said that, not a single point of mercy would be included in the evaluation.

If the standards were not met, that professor would also be punished.

“Alright! Professor! I’m here!”

Bang!

Lee Han burst into the lecture hall.

The seniors were bewildered by the excitement in his voice.

Did they hear wrong?

“Wodanaz, are you sure you didn’t misunderstand the lecture?”

“Why… does he seem so excited?”

“I’ve always been excited every time I enter the lecture hall.”

‘He’s finally gone mad!’

The seniors were horrified.

Students from other schools judged that the Enchantment Magic School had finally driven Wodanaz mad.

‘Well, it’s not strange.’

“Master. Please come in.”

” ?”

The students looked at the person entering from behind.

Professor Verdus was busy looking at his magical object. He didn’t seem to notice the students or Lee Han arriving. But then, something like an animal instinct made him look up.

And then screamed.

“Kyak!”

“?!!”

The students were startled when Professor Verdus, who wouldn’t notice even if the lecture hall collapsed when he was focused on his work, suddenly screamed.

“What’s wrong?”

“G, Gonadaltes…!”

“It’s not the headmaster, it’s his doppelganger.”

“Ah!”

Professor Verdus breathed a sigh of relief with his cute beaver-like face.

“I thought you came because I was doing a bad job with the lecture!”

‘He knows.’

Lee Han and the students glared at Professor Verdus.

It wasn’t just the students who were excited that the Skull Headmaster wasn’t in Einrogaard. People like Professor Verdus were also very happy.

Normally, he would have been worried about the punishment room and would have been phoning in the lecture, but now he could confidently phone it in.

“Wait. If it’s a doppelganger, why is he here?”

Professor Verdus belatedly realized something was wrong.

If it was the Mad Doppelganger, shouldn’t he be kidnapping Wodanaz instead of wandering around the Einrogaard lecture hall?

“He says he wants to watch the lecture.”

“Why?”

Professor Verdus asked Lee Han.

Lee Han looked at his master.

Then the Mad Doppelganger cast an icy gaze at the professor.

“Does the royal family need your permission?”

“Ah, no… come… come in. Come in as much as you like.”

The Mad Doppelganger was the same as Gonadaltes, but strictly speaking, there was a difference.

The Headmaster would just punish Professor Verdus, but the Doppelganger… he might do anything.

“Then… I’ll start the lecture…”

Professor Verdus glanced at him and started touching his artifact again.

The students also resumed their wand construction without saying a word.

“…?”

The Mad Doppelganger’s eyes widened at the novel lecture he had never seen even in the ancient kingdom.

What on earth was this?

“Didn’t you say it was a lecture?”

“Yes.”

“Where is the teaching here?”

“You can watch the professor’s work and steal it.”

“……”

The Mad Doppelganger was silent for a moment.

And then he immediately waved his hand.

“Kyak!”

Professor Verdus threw himself as if he had been preparing from the moment he saw the doppelganger.

If you were an Einrogaard professor, you had to prepare for battle the moment you saw Gonadaltes’s face.

Click!

The Small World, Magnum Opus, inside the glass cube necklace was about to activate.

However, the Mad Doppelganger had anticipated the opponent’s reaction. If he thought that he could easily defeat a wizard like Verdus, he wouldn’t be qualified as a survivor from ancient times.

“Masterpiece into lead.”

With the incantation, Professor Verdus’s Small World was canceled as it was.

The beaver-like’s large, cute eyes shook with shock. He hadn’t been able to prepare his unique world, but to have his Small World canceled in one blow like this.

He understood how the Small World magic was made, even though he’d never really seen it before, and used a spell to stop it.

And with an incantation!

“L, Liberum Veto!”

Click!

Professor Verdus squeaked and tried to activate the second Small World magic in his boot heel.

It was the second Small World he had prepared against strong enemies like Lagesa, and his last lifeline.

“The cause and effect shall be reversed.”

“!”

Professor Verdus was horrified to see the artifact with the second Small World magic recorded on it being activated in the opponent’s hand instead of his own.

It moved into his hand as easily as if it had always belonged to him.

“The sinner shall be imprisoned!”

And Professor Verdus was completely disarmed and hung upside down.

All the artifacts and magic were simultaneously neutralized and lost their power.

“You worm.”

The Mad Doppelganger looked at Professor Verdus as if he were looking at a hamster.

Professor Verdus had already been disrespectful about his student escaping and other things. But to be so bold!

“…Waaaaaah!”

“Hooray for the Headmaster’s Doppelganger!!!”

The students knocked over their desks and chairs, stood up, and applauded. Even the students from the Enchantment Magic School were slowly clapping.

“…?!”