Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy
chapter-461

Although Einroguard was often described as hell, and the skull principal liked that description...

Even hell had rules.

The skull principal had never seen bastards who made their junior beg for the materials they needed.

Were they insane?

“This is perfect timing. Verduus had been whining, so I'll have to make some friends for him. Show them in!”

"They didn't make me do it."

“What did you say?”

"I volunteered."

“Ha! Of course. All Einroguard students 'volunteer' to live like that.”

"..."

Yi-Han looked at the skull principal with a dumbfounded gaze.

How can you say that!

...Come to think of it, there's something strange.

The skull principal noticed the oddity with his brilliant mind.

Come to think of it, even if they were seniors, it didn't seem like they could threaten this young kid.

“You're not the type to be threatened anywhere.”

"No... I can be threatened too..."

Yi-Han protested, but the skull principal ignored him.

“Then what is it? Don't tell me you came to help the seniors. What are you trying to summon? Are you trying to test the bone you took last time?”

"To help the seniors..."

“It's quite an ambitious idea, but it won't be easy. To draw out the power of that bone at your current level. But a challenge is always good... What? Who are you helping?”

"I'm asking for support to help the seniors."

“...”

The skull principal glared at Yi-Han with a gaze mixed with shock, horror, contempt, and disgust.

“Why the hell are you doing that?”

"Just give it to me."

Yi-Han, who had become annoyed, decided to go out boldly.

In the first place, Yi-Han didn't come to beg, but to receive it as a reward for his work, right?

The skull principal was silent for a while, and when he realized that he couldn't persuade Yi-Han, he clicked his tongue and said,

“...Follow me.”

"Thank you."

Death knights appeared on boats made of bones next to the corridor. It was to carry the luggage.

“Guide him to the eastern warehouse. The Sparrow Warehouse. You know?”

-Which Sparrow Warehouse are you referring to? The 4th floor Sparrow Warehouse? Or the 7th floor…-

Smack!

The skull principal hit the death knight's helmet, making a clear sound.

“Watch your mouth, you idiot! Making a slip of the tongue at that age!”

-Pardon...? Ah, no. How can we find the warehouse by listening to what you just said?-

“That guy is more than capable of that. I told you several times not to let your guard down!”

Yi-Han shook his head with an innocent face as if to say no.

Of course, inwardly, he was thinking,

'4th floor, 7th floor Sparrow Warehouse. Remember that.'

If he had a chance later, he was thinking of raiding the skull principal's secret warehouse.

“Go.”

"Yes. Thank you."

“You'll regret it.”

"Yes. Thank you."

“Do you think the seniors will remember that you helped them? They won't even be able to meet you in the first place.”

"Yes. Thank you."

“If you think you'll meet them next year, you're greatly mistaken. The seniors are all busy with their own research, so they don't even have time to meet…”

"Yes. Thank you."

-Master. The more you do this, the more pathetic you seem…-

The skull principal sent the death knight who spoke to another realm.

"Professor. Professor."

"Yeah. Come in."

Professor Uregor was drawing a map on the 1st floor of the Gaksu Pavilion when Yi-Han entered, and he gestured.

"What were you doing?"

"Ah. Because of the flood, the cabins were all swept away... I put up defensive magic, but I need to find them and retrieve them quickly. There are all kinds of monsters at Einroguard, so it's dangerous."

Professor Uregor was calculating the flow of the flood damage and how far the cabins might have been swept away.

Seeing that, Yi-Han paused.

"...Come to think of it, I think I saw sirens surrounding and attacking a cabin. I couldn't see clearly because of the heavy downpour."

Professor Uregor let out a sigh.

"Oh no...! That was worth so much...!!"

"I'm sorry. I wanted to stop them too, but as you know, sirens are..."

"It's fine. It's too much for 1st-year students to deal with sirens."

Professor Uregor, who was speaking, paused.

"But it seems like you could handle them..."

"Ah. Professor. I came because I have a favor to ask."

"Huh? Yeah. Tell me."

Professor Uregor pushed aside the map, picked up a teacup, and sipped.

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

"Cough cough!"

Professor Uregor spat out the tea onto the map and coughed.

After coughing for a while, the professor waved his staff to clean up the tea, calmed his throat, and shouted,

"Did the seniors make you do it?!!"

"No. I just felt sorry for them and wanted to help."

"Hmm. I understand your feelings, but... I don't think this is right."

Professor Uregor tried to persuade Yi-Han.

If the seniors lacked reagents, it was right for the seniors to gather them with their own abilities, not for the junior to go around and do it for them, no matter how outstanding the junior was.

Even if it was Wardanaz...

Hmm...

Hmm...

"Right. Even if it's you, Wardanaz, it's not right."

"Why did you hesitate just now?"

"You must be mistaken."

"Hmm. Professor. Actually, this is partly my fault too."

"Your fault?"

Professor Uregor snorted.

No matter how he thought about it, it didn't seem like the junior could be at fault.

Even if a 1st-year junior made a mistake, what kind of mistake could he have made?

Even if he did, it was natural for the senior to take responsibility.

"What, did you spill a reagent bowl while experimenting? That's a misconception. It's natural for the senior to take responsibility for such a small mistake."

"No. The seniors made an undead wave, but I misunderstood and annihilated it."

"..."

"..."

For a while, an awkward silence lingered.

Professor Uregor was lost in thought silently, then downed the teacup next to him in one shot and opened his mouth.

"What do you need?"

"Professor Willow?"

Yi-Han knocked on the door of the greenhouse where Professor Willow, who was in charge of botany, was staying.

Although it wasn't a lecture that 1st-year students took, Yi-Han was thinking of asking for a favor since he had gotten to know her by chance last time.

'Considering the personality of Einroguard's professors, she belongs to the upper ranks.'

"It's been a while. Isn't the troll kid who called me an oak tree last time here?"

"Gainando is not here. I apologize again."

"No. I was just joking because I was happy to see you after a long time."

Professor Willow put down the watering can and slowly walked over to Yi-Han.

"So, what brings you here? Do you need a plant?"

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

"!!!"

As Professor Willow was about to shout slowly, Yi-Han shouted urgently.

"I wasn't threatened, I genuinely wanted to help the seniors. And I annihilated the undead wave."

"!!!!!!"

The explanation was too hasty.

Professor Willow let out a scream that only those with tree blood could understand.

10 minutes later.

"...That's what happened."

"I see. I'm surprised. If that's the case, I'll give you as much as you need."

Professor Willow readily nodded and began putting the necessary reagents in a chest.

Yi-Han was moved by how readily she gave them.

'They say those who have more give more, Professor Willow is indeed different.'

There was a reason why Yi-Han went to the skull principal, Professor Uregor, and Professor Willow first.

The skull principal was notorious for having hundreds of hidden warehouses in the school, and Professor Uregor and Professor Willow had to have a large amount of reagents secured due to the nature of their lectures.

Professor Uregor could be excused since Yi-Han was doing chores for him, but Professor Willow...

"Thank you so much."

"It's nothing. I can do this much for a disciple who will learn from me starting next year."

"...?"

Huh?

Coholti gently brushed off the pile of dirt and lifted his head.

And he checked his surroundings.

"Ogoldos. You can come out."

"What is this because of you, senior?"

"You didn't stop me either, so you're an accomplice."

The two crawled out of the hole and dusted off the dirt. Coholti spat out the dirt that had gotten into his mouth.

"Do you think Direth's anger has subsided a bit?"

"No..."

"Hey. Why are you so negative?"

"Even the most positive person wouldn't say that Senior Direth's anger has subsided in this situation."

Ogoldos said, looking at Direth, who was walking around the plains and scraping together reagents in the distance.

Her wings were soaring upward, and her feathers were standing up stiffly. No matter how you looked at it, she was in a state of extreme anger.

"Then quickly pretend to scrape together reagents."

"I'll just scrape them for real. Not pretend."

"..."

Coholti briefly considered throwing him back into the hole.

But of all times, the controversial junior returned.

"I'm back."

"!"

When Yi-Han returned, Coholti hurriedly threw down the reagent bag and ran over.

"Wahhh! You must have had a hard time! I'm sorry! I'm a bad guy!"

"Pardon? Why are you suddenly doing this?"

Yi-Han was flustered.

Could it be that Senior Coholti was also hit by <Drunkard's Curse> in the meantime?

"I should have stopped you more! No, I did stop you, but I should have stopped you more strongly! You must have had a hard time! The guys from other schools are all bad! Yeah!"

Coholti glanced at Direth behind him and hugged Yi-Han tightly.

"Don't be too sad even if it didn't work out. The guys from other schools are all like that originally."

"No... senior."

"Huh?"

Yi-Han pushed Coholti away and said,

"I brought it."

"...Huh?"

Death knights that looked familiar from somewhere came in and put down chests with leisurely movements.

-Is this enough?-

"Thank you! Please convey my gratitude to the principal as well!"

-Uh... the master won't like it very much.-

"Then convey it even more."

The death knight smiled brightly and nodded.

Seeing that, Coholti was dumbfounded.

What the hell was happening now?

"...Th, this is what you brought?"

"Ah. There's more."

The death knights went outside and stacked the chests neatly.

Coholti thought that even if he brought it, it would be about one or two leather bags worth, but he just blinked his eyes at the amount stacked in chests.

This was enough to use abundantly for a year.

"That... uh... junior. Don't misunderstand what I'm saying... I'm not doubting you, but how did you get this?"

"First, I asked the principal and received some."

"Cough. Cough."

Coholti and Ogoldos coughed at the same time.

It was too unexpected from the start.

"Are you okay?"

"Ah, no. I think some dirt remained in my mouth because I went into the hole earlier."

"You went into the hole?! Why?!"

"Dire... No, we just like holes sometimes... We sometimes just go into holes."

Ogoldos glared at his senior with a contemptuous gaze.

If he was going to act weird, he should have done it alone. Why did he drag him along?

"In the hole? Is it one of the dark magic training methods?"

"Uh... well... you could say that. That's not important. You asked the principal?"

"Yes."

"And he agreed to it?"

"I persuaded him."

"..."

"..."

The two newly felt that Yi-Han was receiving the skull principal's favor.

What student would receive such love?

"Amazing. Really. What else?"

"I asked Professor Uregor for this."

"Wasn't that professor a bit... stingy?"

Professor Uregor was known among students as a miser.

He just gave it to you?

"I persuaded him."

"..."

"..."

The two began to feel dizzy, not knowing in what sense this junior was using the word 'persuade'.