Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy
chapter-460

Yi-Han was dumbfounded by the absurd misunderstanding.

Turning Professor Verduus into an undead.

Wasn't it worse than the nonsense spouted by those White Tiger Tower guys?

"Huh? It wasn't?"

Yi-Han smacked the back of Gainando's head again and said.

"It's just a person with the same name."

"That's too pitiful! Of all people, to have the same name as Professor Verduus!"

When Gainando sympathized with a sincere voice, Yi-Han was slightly flustered.

"It's... not that bad, is it?"

"No, it's too pitiful."

In the distance, two familiar seniors were seen running over in a hurry.

Yi-Han greeted them cheerfully.

"Hello."

"Huff. Huff... Wh, what were you doing?"

"We were feeling sorry for the undead mage Yi-Han summoned because he was Verduus."

At Gainando's answer, Coholti was shocked.

"You, did you turn Professor Verduus into an undead?!"

"..."

After figuring out the truth, Coholti wanted to crawl into a mouse hole.

Ogoldos whispered next to him.

"Senior. There are many holes here where the undead went in. I think you can go in there."

"Shut up..."

To make such a ridiculous mistake not as a 1st-year but as a 4th-year.

But Coholti also had an excuse.

"I heard that Professor Verduus suddenly disappeared. Because of that..."

'Even if the professor disappeared, isn't it quite strange to associate it with me?'

Although he had that thought, Yi-Han didn't say anything out of consideration for his senior.

However, Yi-Han didn't know.

To Coholti and a few others, Yi-Han was already treated as the direct crazy... no, the direct disciple who would inherit the skull principal's legacy!

"The professor went to the punishment room."

At Yi-Han's explanation, Coholti understood with a face that said 'Of course.'

"Right. I was wondering where he went."

"Couldn't you have asked the other seniors?"

At Gainando's question, Coholti answered in an embarrassed voice.

"The guys learning enchantment magic all said they didn't know and weren't interested."

"..."

"..."

Silence lingered.

Yi-Han opened his mouth to change the subject.

"By the way, senior. Since we blocked the undead, is the exam over?"

"Huh? No. The exam is something else. <Drunkard's Curse> is the exam."

A curse-type magic that induces intense drunkenness in the target.

Although it was a 2nd circle magic, it had a relatively low difficulty level and could be cast even if not mastered, so it was often used as the next textbook for novice dark mages who had learned a few curse spells.

"...Uh, then the undead attack had absolutely nothing to do with the exam?"

Yi-Han was slightly flustered.

Of course, he had heard that it was a demonstration before the midterm exam, but he still thought it would have a little to do with the exam.

If it had nothing to do with it, then why?

"..."

"..."

Coholti and Ogoldos looked at each other.

Ogoldos lowered his head, pretending not to see.

Wasn't the person in charge of such things usually the senior?

"...Wa, Wardanaz, should I take responsibility and give you full marks?"

"No..."

Yi-Han was flustered by the senior's sudden strange words.

After the exam was over (Gainando and Raphael were drunk and dazed because they accidentally cursed each other), Yi-Han was about to leave but paused.

Coholti was sighing while looking around the plains where the undead were shattered.

"What's the matter, senior?"

"Huh? Ah, it's nothing. Go back quickly. If you stay too long, the principal will find fault."

'No matter how I look at it, it seems like something happened.'

Coholti had a face like a senior who had caused an accident behind the professor's back.

Yi-Han asked again just in case.

"Senior. I'm also a student taking dark magic. If something happens, I'd like you to tell me."

"Ah, no. This isn't something a junior should worry about."

Ogoldos, who was next to them, muttered while scraping together dirt.

"I know who dealt with the King of Frost Giants."

"..."

Coholti kicked Ogoldos and pushed him into the hole.

"Senior?"

"Ah, no. My foot slipped. I'm not usually like this. Don't misunderstand. You won't misunderstand, right? Our school isn't usually like this!"

Coholti was very worried that Yi-Han would see this and misunderstand, 'Do the seniors in the dark magic school beat their juniors?'

If he had such a misunderstanding, the professors and classmates of the dark magic school would beat up Coholti!

"I think if you tell me honestly, there won't be any misunderstandings."

"That's... well... sigh."

Coholti honestly confessed, fearing that this junior would run away if he hid it any longer.

But while speaking, he couldn't help but have this thought.

'Isn't this too miserable? Is it okay to be like this?'

How pathetic would it look if the school's reagent stockpile was shaken just by showing an undead wave once?

However, Yi-Han sympathized deeply with Coholti's pain more than expected.

"Oh no...!"

Yi-Han's heart ached.

The lack of reagents was due to Professor Mortum's lack of ability, not the seniors' fault.

He should have brought in support funds through skillful politics or even stolen them, but he made the students suffer by not doing that.

"The professor is really too much!"

"Ah... no. It's not that bad? Honestly, our professor is better than someone like Professor Verduus..."

Yi-Han felt even more sorry.

The seniors must have had a certain part of their brain that controls comparison degenerated from being at Einroguard for too long.

"No. I'm sorry. I didn't know the seniors' situation and shattered all the undead."

"That was unavoidable... no... that's... Wardanaz, I'm grateful that you're taking my side, but..."

Coholti was even more flustered.

The emotion this 1st-year student was showing was too sincere and heartfelt.

As if he had studied in the dark magic school for several years...

He was grateful, but it was also true that he was flustered.

And honestly, if a 1st-year countered an undead wave, it should be something to be praised for, not apologized for wasting reagents.

If Coholti had achieved such a feat in his 1st year, he would have bragged to his friends once a week until graduation.

"I'll try to get reagents."

"Huh? No. No. You can't steal this."

Coholti stopped Yi-Han.

Although it was easy to think that Einroguard students had no laws or rules, surprisingly, Einroguard also had implicit laws and rules.

One of them was prohibiting plunder and theft among students.

The principal's property was considered a kind of student common property, so it was fine, but if students started robbing each other, it would be difficult to handle the aftermath.

It's okay if you don't get caught, but originally, there are no secrets in the world.

"Especially the reagents used in dark magic are noticeable."

"I didn't mean stealing, but asking and bringing them."

"..."

"..."

Ogoldos, who crawled out of the hole, looked at Coholti pathetically.

Coholti kicked Ogoldos again and pushed him in, saying,

"Asking would be even more difficult, right? If you were me, would you just give away the school's hard-earned property?"

"Since I have nothing to lose, I'll try asking."

Originally, many professors had their sense of money numbed because they didn't directly earn gold coins and received ample support funds for research.

As such, if someone with a close relationship asked, there was a good chance they would readily give it.

Moreover, in Yi-Han's case, he knew many professors, so if he went around begging, he could gather a considerable amount.

Yi-Han was confident.

"No... um... I'm grateful, but... don't overdo it. Even if the professor treats you coldly, don't feel too resentful. If you feel like you can't do it halfway, just give up, okay?"

"Yes. Thank you for your concern. Then let's go."

Yi-Han said to his friends.

Ymirg grabbed the collars of the collapsed Gainando and Raphael and lifted them up.

"...Sorry."

"Ah, no. I'm happy to help."

"Should I just throw those guys in the water and go?"

"Ah, no! It's not heavy! I can carry them!"

Ymirg shouted hurriedly, fearing that Yi-Han would really throw the two into the water and leave.

Coholti looked at the backs of the 1st-year juniors with a satisfied face.

The curse magic (the two collapsed from casting it at each other) and their strong friendship.

The 1st-year juniors were all reliable.

Especially in the case of Wardanaz, he was even more so.

To worry about his senior like it was his own business even though it wasn't.

He didn't have high expectations for the result, but just the fact that his heart was warmed was enough.

'There is such emotion even in the heartless Einroguard.'

While Coholti was taking out a handkerchief to hide his reddened eyes, Direth appeared from behind with her subordinates.

She had finished preparing the subordinates customized for reagent recovery and came to find them.

"Is the exam already over?"

"Huh? Yeah."

"It ended faster than expected?"

"Uh..."

"...But why are all the undead in this state?"

Direth asked expressionlessly.

That expressionlessness was even more frightening to Coholti.

"That's... well..."

Coholti explained the situation as quickly as possible.

But he couldn't help but have his eyes drawn to the subordinates Direth had summoned.

If those subordinates attacked, Coholti was not properly prepared to defend himself now.

"...Hah."

After hearing the full explanation, Direth let out a deep sigh that seemed to sink into the ground.

"How can things get so tangled even when they get tangled?"

"R, right?"

Coholti nervously looked at Direth's staff.

Fortunately, Direth showed no signs of attacking.

"It can't be helped... Let's at least gather what we have."

"...I, is it okay?"

"It's not okay, but what can we do? No one expected a 1st-year junior to shatter everything like this."

"Right?!"

Coholti's face brightened as he became certain that Direth wouldn't attack.

"That's what I'm saying. It was an unpredictable, truly unfortunate disaster. In a way, should I say it's amazing?"

"...You're not excited now, are you?"

As Direth's voice turned chilly, Coholti quickly made a sad face.

"Ah, no. Just... just saying. Of course I'm sad too. Moreover, a junior went to visit other schools to get reagents. It's admirable, but how sad it is again."

"...A junior went to visit other schools to get reagents?"

"Yeah."

"And you didn't stop him and told him to come back?"

"...Uh... that's..."

Coholti tried to make an excuse, saying, 'I did try to stop him in my own way,' but sensing that it would only provoke Direth's temper, he looked around.

Thud!

Ogoldos welcomed Coholti, who fell on top of the hole he was in.

"Welcome."

"Shut up..."

Feeling the pile of dirt flying over the hole, Coholti prepared a breathing magic.

"Principal!"

???

The skull principal was startled when Yi-Han called him too enthusiastically.

Yi-Han was not originally a student who approached him so familiarly.

When he saw the skull principal, he would be disgusted, and the skull principal also liked that reaction...

“Wh... what is it?”

"Last time, I worked hard on the school's maintenance work, didn't I?"

“You did...?”

"I also discovered and protected the secret passage that the academy's visitors had missed. The donation was a bonus."

“...”

"And during the festival, the mages too..."

“Just tell me what you want.”

The skull principal was dumbfounded but intended to respect Yi-Han's request.

Just considering what he had mentioned, he had indeed accomplished a lot.

Although he was annoying, the skull principal didn't deny that much.

“Are you asking for leave passes? How many have you checked if you have left?”

"I still have some left."

“Your friends need to use them too.”

"They'll come out on their own."

'This guy.'

The skull principal missed the old Yi-Han who cherished his friends.

"The dark magic school within the academy lacks reagents to use, so could you possibly provide some support?"

“...”

The skull principal was so surprised that he couldn't even close his jaw.

"Principal?"

“...Don't tell me those crazy guys made you beg?!?!?”