Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy
chapter-469

"Wa, Wardanaz?"

"Yeah. Have you been well?"

Yi-Han scanned the room.

From the looks of it, it was far from a punishment room.

'Well, Professor Krair isn't the skull principal, so she wouldn't have tormented a student recruited for the exam.'

"Uh... that... well..."

Richmond's eyes darted around in confusion.

If he returned to his Black Tortoise Tower friends like this, it seemed like he would be scolded.

-You bastard, have no loyalty? Trying to survive alone!-

-Do you know how worried we were because of you! You should have left at least one clue!-

"Don't worry. I'll tell the other friends that you had a hard time."

Yi-Han read Richmond's inner thoughts and spoke.

Richmond sobbed with emotion.

"Wardanaz...!"

"If I need to borrow a carriage from the Richmond family later during the break, give me a discount."

"What a joke. I can even lend it to you for free."

"I'm not joking though?"

"...Is, is this also a joke?"

Niffirg growled, making a fierce sound.

It was a question asking if it should drop this clueless boy.

Richmond, being a horse mixed-blood himself and having cared for many mounts due to his transportation guild family's characteristics, felt an ominous feeling and trembled.

"Why, why is it doing this?"

"It seems to like you."

"That... that doesn't seem to be the case."

Richmond knew well what kind of monster a griffin was.

Even compared to the commonly mentioned hippogriffs or pegasi, griffins had a very high difficulty to tame due to their fierce temperament and cunning intelligence.

With the griffin acting like that, from Richmond's perspective, he wasn't sure if Wardanaz had really tamed the griffin or if the griffin was deceiving Wardanaz.

"Wardanaz... that... you know. It's not that I absolutely ignored you... Griffins are originally fierce and good at deception, you know?"

Niffirg let out a low growl.

It was very irksome that the master it had finally pledged loyalty to was belatedly trusting it, but some boy was instigating.

"Hmm."

At Richmond's words, Yi-Han looked down at Niffirg.

Since it was urgent, he had used a curse-lifting potion to temporarily lift the curse and bring it, but hearing Richmond's words again, Niffirg suddenly looked particularly fierce.

It might be because he usually saw its horse form.

Niffirg clicked its beak loudly with eyes full of injustice.

Although it had been a bit prickly at first, it had always been loyal since then, but to doubt it because of some young bastard's words!

"No. Niffirg is kind. ...Probably."

Niffirg nodded its head pleasantly, then paused. Something felt suspicious.

"Anyway, get on quickly. I need to prepare for the next exam."

Richmond glanced at Niffirg and hurriedly got on.

The griffin was scary, but in fact, Wardanaz was also a frighteningly scary person. If he kept talking back after coming to rescue him, Wardanaz could become scarier than the griffin.

"By the way, Wardanaz, how did you find out where I was?"

"With divination magic."

"...Huh? Is that possible?"

Richmond tilted his head.

Divination was basically difficult to the point that the difficulty increased exponentially if there was little information or clues and the target was protected by magic.

Richmond naturally thought that Wardanaz had found this area with a few clues and then used divination magic to find out which floor of the tower he was trapped in.

"I didn't have time because of other exams, so I just repeated it infinitely until it worked. Then it showed here."

"..."

Richmond made a horrified expression behind Yi-Han's back.

It was an unexpectedly crude method.

There were side effects and reactions every time divination magic was used, but he had just repeatedly slammed it until it worked.

"Is... is that okay??"

"I don't have time because I have to take other exams too. I have no choice. Let's go quickly."

"No, doing this because you don't have time..."

Studying for exams was one thing, but acting so aggressively because there was no time was another.

If he had been a little more lacking, it was frightening to imagine what he would have done.

"Wait. Then where did the griffin come from?"

"I temporarily transformed a horse the professor lent me."

"...Jo, joking? This too?"

Click-

The door to the room where Richmond had been trapped opened, and Professor Parsellet entered.

The professor, who had opened the door to give a snack, was dumbfounded by the half-shattered window and asked,

"...Why, why did you break it?"

"..."

Yi-Han was slightly flustered by that question.

Huh?

'Wasn't breaking and rescuing part of the exam?'

Come to think of it, the professor had told them to locate and submit, not to rescue.

He had just habitually broken the window and entered.

'Hmm. If I say it like this, I'll sound too crazy.'

Yi-Han thought about a good excuse and made eye contact with Niffirg.

"Perhaps..."

Niffirg cried as if pleading for him not to use it as an excuse.

"Anyway, you did well... you did well."

Embarrassed by breaking the exam site when he was supposed to solve the exam questions, Yi-Han bowed his head.

However, Professor Parsellet didn't seem to mind much.

'Fortunately. She's a kind professor.'

"Then I'll get going..."

"That's why I said I have to teach differently!!!"

"!?"

"!"

Yi-Han and Richmond were startled by the professor suddenly shouting in a different voice.

Niffirg growled lowly with eyes full of wariness.

"Professor?"

"Ah. Don't mind it. Don't mind..."

"How can you not mind it!!!"

"..."

'I want to go home.'

Richmond thought to himself.

Being caught between two professors (actually one) arguing was an unexpectedly uncomfortable situation.

"Just leave him alone since he's still a 1st-year student..."

"A genius should be taught differently! That's why he's protesting like that because you teach him like that now!"

"That, that... divination magic is dangerous, so..."

Even the timid personality joined the argument.

Yi-Han paused at the sight of the professor's three personalities arguing with each other.

'Wait. This is dangerous.'

It wasn't dangerous that the professor had a split personality and was fighting. In fact, this much wasn't even considered dangerous in Einroguard.

What was dangerous was the content of the conversation.

The professor's aggressive personality was advocating for stronger teaching than now.

"Look! How bored must he have been to protest like this?!"

"...No. It's my fault for breaking it. I misunderstood the question..."

"Don't worry too much. It's not because you broke it. It's an ongoing argument since last time."

Professor Parsellet's words weren't very comforting.

The professor's personalities had discussed how to teach in Yi-Han's absence.

From experience, it was right for the student to participate in the student's educational process.

No, why were they discussing and deciding among themselves without the person involved?

"Then... a compromise..."

'What kind of compromise are you talking about?'

Yi-Han cheered for Professor Parsellet's normal personality.

Since the aggressive personality and the timid personality were saying 'Let's teach a bit more strongly,' the only one he could trust was the normal personality.

"If we forcefully teach, it might have the opposite effect."

Yi-Han nodded.

"That's for ordinary people! Do you think he's ordinary?"

Yi-Han shook his head.

"Certainly, a bit..."

'That personality is not a timid personality, but just a weak personality.'

Yi-Han secretly resented the professor's timid personality for being gradually swept away by the aggressive personality.

If you're a personality, you should clearly push forward your own opinion. What if you lose to another personality?

Fortunately, the professor's normal personality was holding out...

"Think about it. While other classes are advancing quickly, learning advanced and in-depth topics, would anyone find it fun if we were just throwing stones with divination magic? Or will they quit? No matter how much you don't want to lose a disciple, there are exceptions! Even a stubborn old man like Professor Knighton is changing after seeing other professors!"

"??????"

Yi-Han couldn't believe his ears.

What did she just say?

"I understand. I understand."

"I'll acknowledge it..."

"..."

Yi-Han looked at the professor with a bitter gaze.

In the end, it ended like this.

Even now, the difficulty of divination magic wasn't low, but thinking about how it would increase after the midterm exam made his heart feel chilly.

'Is it my fault? Is breaking the tower's window such a big mistake?'

"Wardanaz."

Richmond, who was next to him, spoke.

"That... cheer up."

"...Let's just go."

The way back with Richmond was dark and gloomy like Yi-Han's heart.

The two put Niffirg on a raft (Niffirg had returned as the transformation was undone) and slowly glided over the water.

Richmond suddenly remembered and asked,

"Wardanaz, don't you have to take the illusion magic exam too?"

Come to think of it, wasn't the place where Richmond was trapped Professor Kirmin Ku's tower?

Richmond didn't take illusion magic, but Wardanaz was different.

"I took the exam and came to rescue you."

"Huh?"

Richmond was puzzled.

"Isn't the exam in progress now?"

While Richmond was trapped, 1st-year students were challenging the illusion magic exam at the bottom of the tower.

Professor Kirmin had placed the nightmares received from the tapir throughout the tower and pushed the students to overcome them.

What was important for an illusion mage was not only the ability to cast illusion magic but also the mental strength to not be consumed by illusions.

Since how they overcame those nightmares was important, the students were still enduring while screaming, but...

Wardanaz said he took the exam and came to rescue him??

"I had expected it to end quickly. Fortunately, it ended quickly. Then go in, Richmond. I have to go take the remaining magic exams."

"Wardanaz. I don't want to interfere, but I think you should reduce the number of lectures you're taking..."

"It's over! Hooray!!"

"It's finally over!"

"Hey. Wardanaz is watching. Quickly pick up the book, you bastard."

When they returned to the library, the students who had finished all the midterm exams this week were throwing books and cheering.

Yi-Han threw the White Tiger Tower student who had thrown a book to the side and clicked his tongue.

'After all, the ones who didn't study are worse.'

Looking now, the Blue Dragon Tower and Immortal Phoenix Tower students were sulking and regretting how they could have done better, while the White Tiger Tower students were just excited that it was over.

"Wardanaz... co, could there be any exams left on the weekend?"

"There aren't."

"Yay!!!! It's over!!!! Hooray!!!!"

Yi-Han's friends, who confirmed that the exams were over, threw books without worries.

Some friends played joyful music by beating crude drums.

'...Won't the tapir get angry?'

Yi-Han suddenly felt sorry for the tapir as he watched his friends go wild.

If they caused such a commotion, the tapir might get angry and rush over...

"Wait... I think there's one exam left."

At Yi-Han's words, his friends, who were about to unpack the stored food and open the lid of the liquor barrel, paused.

Huh?

"Wha, what's left?"

"Dark magic?"

"I know dark magic ended last time?"

"Then enchantment magic?"

"Enchantment magic must have ended last time too."

"What about summoning magic?"

"Summoning magic too..."

The friends who tried to guess gave up and looked at Yi-Han.

It meant for him to just tell them.

"Isn't the <Basic Dance and Socializing in Depth> lecture exam still left?"

At Yi-Han's question, his friends were still for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"There's no exam for that!"

"Right. You just have to go tomorrow, dance happily, and come back, and it's over."

"..."

Yi-Han frowned and looked at his excited friends.

"Why are you like that? Yi-Han?"

"Shouldn't the difficulty of the dance and socializing lecture exam be raised a bit too..."

"..."

Yonaire, who had brought lemonade in a cup, looked at Yi-Han with disgust.

What nonsense was he saying about one of the few relaxing lectures!