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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 1055
🕑 Added 2024-11-24 10:38:33 +0000 UTCChapter 1055
"Pl-please. Evil god worshippers, I tell you! Really! Much worse than someone like me..."
"You be quiet."
Jijel drew Ice Light from its sheath and aimed at his neck. When the cold frost touched his body, Toman closed his mouth.
"Hey. Isn't Wardanaz acting a bit strange?"
When the elf friend whispered this question, Gainando tilted his head.
"How?"
"...He wouldn't normally act like this."
Generally, Wardanaz was always calm.
Whether facing dukes or monsters from other realms...
Of course his naturally composed features helped, but that alone wouldn't be possible.
But Wardanaz's current behavior was somehow strange.
'He seems oddly excited. Come to think of it, he also seems to be monitoring Professor Bagrak.'
At first she thought Wardanaz had followed Professor Bagrak like this because he was very interested in bounty hunting, but now she doubted that.
"Hasn't Yi-Han always been like this?"
"..."
Contempt briefly flashed in Jijel's eyes then disappeared.
'What a useless fool like Alpha.'
She suddenly felt grateful toward her tower friends.
However, instead of revealing her inner thoughts, Jijel pretended to admire.
"Indeed. Hearing you say it, it does seem that way. Befitting the prince's closest friend."
"Moradi, I've always thought you were the most intelligent and discerning person of integrity in White Tiger Tower."
Gainando's face brightened and he immediately fell for it. He was so easy that Jijel was rather shocked.
'This guy, could he be acting?'
While Jijel was grilling Gainando beside them, Yi-Han was rapidly turning his thoughts.
'Damn. Why are these evil god worshipper bastards so diligent? Why here of all places...'
The reason Yi-Han cut off and silenced the dwarf mage was simple.
1. Listen to the mage's words to the end.
2. Jijel and Gainando who went down report "Professor, they say there's an evil god called the Fair Regent."
3. Professor Boladi's eyes flip and he beats up Yi-Han then goes to catch evil god worshippers.
4. The skull principal comes and sneers.
...It was likely to flow like this.
'Must block information about evil gods. Must make him shut up no matter what.'
"Toman."
"?"
The dwarf mage gripped by fear turned his head at the call.
The Einroguard mage with statue-like features was secretly speaking to him.
"You fool. I almost lost my achievement because of you. You should have secretly told only me."
"...!"
Toman's eyes grew round.
So now...?
"If you want to make a deal, never tell the others. Understand?"
"I-I understand. I understand...! But aren't you Einroguard mages? Why secretly when you're from the same place...?"
Of course Toman had heard of Einroguard's name.
Wasn't it one of the two magic schools leading the empire's chariot?
"What did you say, bastard?"
"Uh, uh? Am I wrong?"
"...That's not what's important. Never mind."
Yi-Han was about to ask something else but stopped.
Not only was it unimportant, but hearing it would probably just make him angry.
"I-I thought they were fellow magic school colleagues..."
Though he clearly thought they were close colleagues, they were checking each other like this. Toman couldn't understand.
Yi-Han spoke coldly.
"Hmph. They're just competitors to step on and climb over someday."
'Scary!'
Toman got goosebumps at those words.
To think these seemingly friendly mages were actually hiding knives behind their backs and competing.
Even in a magic school, all sorts of dark schemes and plots were rampant.
'Indeed, all magic schools must be like this.'
"Kukku. I'm from a great noble family. If you break your promise, I'll destroy you."
"Ah... I understand. I understand!"
Toman immediately submitted to the evil great noble's threat. Yi-Han felt deep fatigue.
'Damn these evil god worshipper bastards. I'll never forgive them.'
Yi-Han first sent a paper bird to Professor Garcia. It contained news that evil god worshippers had been discovered.
Unless the other was a fool, they would have fled right after seeing the commotion in Toman's room, but he had to report.
Then he called Professor Boladi waiting below.
"Professor! We caught him!"
"Sh-should I not tell the one below either?"
"I told you no. You bastard. Want to taste the terrible revenge of a great noble family? Hm?"
"I-I understand! I said I understand!"
Toman trembled.
To think they secretly checked even the master teaching them.
Einroguard was truly a frightening place.
*
Professor Boladi was waiting on the street below the inn window.
Rough mercenaries passing by discovered the mage whose attire clearly stood out and tried to pick a fight, but quickly lowered their heads upon meeting his eyes.
'Strange.'
The original plan was as follows:
1. Yi-Han's group knocks on the door.
2. Toman finds it suspicious and escapes through the window.
3. Professor Boladi catches him.
Of course if things went wrong, fighting could break out in the inn corridor. The wanderers staying in such places especially didn't like people asking questions.
But Professor Boladi wasn't very worried.
With his disciple's ability, he could subdue those staying here with one hand and still have a hand free to request support.
However, the situation flowed toward the most unexpected possibility.
Entranced by something, Toman willingly opened the door and was subdued without a fight.
Though the height and distance were quite different, Professor Boladi was checking the situation inside the room with echo positioning magic.
'Why isn't he reporting?'
Professor Boladi wondered if something had gone wrong inside.
If someone was hurt...
'Must be the prince.'
Yi-Han and Jijel weren't students who would get hurt and only Gainando was left. He wondered if there had been a mistake during subduing and he was injured.
-Professor! We caught him!-
Pop!
Professor Boladi flew through the air and entered through the window. Toman lay sprawled between the students with a gag.
"Toman. I arrest you for the crimes of stealing corpses from western tombs and stealing fourteen horses from ranches. The imperial court will judge you."
"Mmph mmph."
"?"
Professor Boladi felt doubt again.
The captured Toman's reaction was discordant.
He should normally show emotions of regret or fear, but he kept glancing at Wardanaz as if checking something.
'A deal?'
It wasn't easy to deceive a battle mage who had been through thick and thin. Professor Boladi suspected Yi-Han and this dwarf mage had made some deal in that short time.
It wasn't particularly surprising. This fearless disciple always wanted trials and hardships of higher difficulty than given.
Just look at how he secretly participated in the expedition chasing monsters from the void beyond realms before. This couldn't be stopped even if trying to stop it.
If he had secretly heard information about dangerous criminals to catch them himself...
Professor Boladi glanced at Yi-Han. It seemed he would need to monitor him for a while.
'Surely he hasn't noticed.'
Yi-Han felt uneasy inwardly.
The way Professor Boladi looked at him felt subtly different than usual.
"Take him down."
"Yes. Understood."
The professor sent Yi-Han down first then threw a question at the weakest link, that is, Gainando.
"What happened?"
Gainando explained exactly what happened.
The door opened and Yi-Han and Jijel beat up the poor dwarf mage...
"He kept talking so Yi-Han got angry and told him to shut up."
"Indeed."
Professor Boladi felt his hypothesis gaining strength.
If it was an attitude of monopolizing information, that reaction made sense too.
"Didn't you think it was strange?"
"It was a bit strange."
"It wasn't strange though? Yi-Han's always been like this."
Jijel and Gainando's reactions diverged.
At those reactions, Professor Boladi paused. After all, Gainando was closer friends with his disciple.
"Was he?"
"...Professor. Surely you're not listening to the prince? Wardanaz was strange. It's obvious."
"Moradi. What did you whisper?"
"I said your words were convincing."
"Thanks!"
Gainando grinned broadly.
Friends had said many things about the northern elf friend leading White Tiger Tower, but there must have been misunderstandings.
Meanwhile Yi-Han returned. Professor Boladi stared at his disciple then spoke.
"Wardanaz."
"Yes?"
"Don't do dangerous things."
"...???!"
Yi-Han was very perplexed.
What did this mean?
*
-Not good news.-
The skull principal who checked the dwarf mage and nearby inn servants brought by Professor Garcia (actually closer to them trembling and accepting when just asked rather than being brought) sighed.
Even accounting for coincidence, it was clear Sengiros worshippers were rapidly increasing.
"Sa-save me. Just spare my life! Please!"
-Seems you're seeing a floating skeleton for the first time. It's not necessarily an omen of death. Sometimes it's a symbol of luck too.-
The skull principal soothed the young servant.
For someone still lacking experience with undead monsters, it wasn't strange to be scared seeing the skull principal's smooth skull.
"N-no. Your Excellency Magic Administrator! I saw Your Excellency entering the capital two years ago! Please don't feed me to that troll monster!"
"..."
Professor Garcia felt wronged.
She had clearly asked kindly!
-Hey.-
'Oops.'
When the skull principal's voice turned chilly, Professor Garcia felt a chill she hadn't felt in a long time.
That was a real sign of danger.
-Watch your tongue if you want to survive in this mansion. If you babble like that one more time, I'll tear your soul to shreds and feed it to hell's wild dogs.-
"H-hey. Why are you like this, Principal."
-Carve letters on that bastard's forehead and tongue. So the capital people can see. Should have hung that count longer last time. These fools have already forgotten and act like this.-
"Really don't do that. He's still young."
The servant looked at Professor Garcia with moved eyes.
At first he thought she was a scary monster, but it turned out she was the kindest person in this gloomy mage mansion.
-What young. Old enough to kill people. Then old enough to die too.-
"So. So. You're saying that old stableman disappeared?"
"Y-yes!"
"If he appears again, don't hesitate to call us. He's a very dangerous and suspicious criminal. Qualitatively different from the mercenaries staying at the inn."
"Y-yes!"
The skull principal, still not rid of his irritation, swept over everyone from the innkeeper to servants with blue eye-light then declared.
-Call the guards. Throw them all in.-
"Oh, please! From now on we'll only accept those with verified identities!"
"Principal. This isn't our mansion so don't go too far... Strange rumors will spread in the capital."
Professor Garcia spoke thinking of her disciple's reputation.
Her disciple already attracted dangerous and suspicious rumors, so nothing good would come from doing such things in his villa.
Maybe frightening mansion rumors were already spreading...
-It's Wardanaz's mansion anyway so what. What's Wardanaz doing?-
"He's accompanying Professor Bagrak's remaining hunts."
-Good grief. How much does he like bounty hunting.-
"...You told him to follow, Principal...!"
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Snow
Aww, the principal became furious on Prof Garcia’s behalf 🥲
