Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 1027

Chapter 1027

Yi-Han spoke with a deep sense of responsibility.

Though not particularly intended, he had amplified the Petroguard mages' resentment.

Given how things turned out, he had to do something when he went to Petroguard.

'First thing when I get there, I should start by loudly badmouthing Professor Verduus.'

While making plans, Yi-Han suddenly realized something strange.

"Huh? Where's Sir Alcicle?"

Among the murmuring friends, one mage in particular was nowhere to be seen.

"Who knows?"

Siana shrugged.

Since the villa building was so large, it wasn't strange for one or two mages to be out of sight.

"Could he be swimming in the bath?"

"That's not it. Earlier some contaminated slimes were pouring out of the water supply facility, so we were purifying it."

Ratford waved his arms as he passed by. The water supply facility connected to the mansion had lots of magic waste dumped by mages, so cleaning took time.

"Then maybe he's in the library reading with sardines as a snack."

"Why specifically sardines...? No. That doesn't seem right either. Did anything strange happen?"

Siana answered 'Because that's cuter' then fell into thought.

"Ah. It's nothing much, but Professor Bagrak visited earlier."

"...Sir Alcicle!! Sir Alcicle!!!!"

Yi-Han burst into the mansion with his fastest movement shown today.

Raphael shuddered at that sight.

'That bastard, his movement has grown even further!'

He was already unbelievably good at close combat for someone from a mage family, but after going through various incidents recently, he had become indistinguishable from a knight.

'This is bad!'

After quickly checking the mansion's first floor, Yi-Han regretted while running to the stairs.

He had been too careless.

When Alcicle whined about being scared, he should have listened more seriously...!

"Sir Alcicle!"

"I'm here, Wardanaz!"

At Alcicle's voice coming from a corner room, Yi-Han burst through the door.

In what was originally used as a library stood Professor Boladi and Alcicle. Yi-Han looked Alcicle up and down.

'He doesn't seem injured. No. Professor Bagrak is someone who can beat people up without leaving injuries.'

"Why did you call so urgently?"

"What do you mean why? Sir Alcicle said if he met the professor his life would end that day..."

"H-hey! Hey! What are you saying! When did I! I'm fine! Right? Boladi Bagrak?"

Alcicle flapped his wings frantically trying to stop Yi-Han's words.

What was this fellow trying to say within Professor Boladi's attack range?

Yi-Han paused, not understanding what the penguin mixed-blood mage meant by flapping his wings.

'What is this? Is he saying he's fine because he's really fine, or is he saying he's fine because he's being threatened?'

Like a proper Einroguard student, Yi-Han broadly and shallowly radiated mana then cast soul perception magic.

It was to check if Professor Boladi was perhaps pointing some magical weapon at the soft penguin fur on Alcicle's back.

"What are you doing?"

"Hey... Wardanaz, you..."

And naturally, he was caught.

Neither of them was stupid enough not to know those magics.

Professor Boladi was puzzled while Alcicle was terrified having realized the intention.

"I'm really fine! Really fine. Forget what I said last time!"

Surprisingly, Alcicle really was fine.

Professor Boladi who visited the mansion hadn't done any ambush, attack, or torture.

-Aaaahh! Boladi Bagrak! Sorry! Sorry! Just calm down first!-

-?-

-...Oh, you didn't come to beat me?-

-Why did you think that?-

-...Right! The world is so dangerous these days. Hahaha.-

Professor Boladi's purpose for visiting was to share information about the monster that came from the void beyond realms.

Though his disciple firmly denied participating, Professor Boladi wasn't foolish enough to be deceived naturally.

-You... didn't believe me?-

-Should I have?-

-Ah... no. Oh my. Boladi Bagrak, you've been smart since the old days. That's why you became an Einroguard professor too.-

-Let's return to the void spider story.-

-Shall we?-

Alcicle gave up on ill-fitting flattery and immediately returned to information sharing.

-Looking at the monster's characteristics, there's suspicion it might have escaped back outside the realm.-

-That's possible. Since its regeneration and reproduction abilities were extraordinary, it might have escaped before the eroded realm burned.-

-There's also possibility it might target Wardanaz again.-

-Oh, come to think of it, that's true. It did seem fixated, perhaps because of his mana.-

-But don't you feel a sense of crisis?-

At Professor Boladi's question, Alcicle was terrified.

He momentarily expected words like 'And you call yourself a senior mage? Die!' to follow.

-Save me!!!-

-?-

-Ah, no. Well... That's right. I should have felt a sense of crisis... Maybe my brain's gotten worse lately.-

-Seems so.-

-...-

...Anyway, there was no ambush, attack, or torture.

Though it was mentally a bit painful...

"Is that so. That's a relief. By the way, you didn't get caught, right?"

"..."

Looking at Wardanaz innocently asking if his participation in the realm erosion subjugation hadn't been discovered, Alcicle struggled to manage his expression.

"Maybe...?"

"Huhu. Thank you."

"More importantly, did you solve the basement problem?"

"Ah. I'm planning to leave that alone for a while. It doesn't seem like it can be solved easily."

Yi-Han relayed what he had heard from Professor Garcia.

"The Petroguard mages are trying now but I think it will be difficult."

"Petroguard? Why those eccentrics?"

"This is also a long story..."

"Then summarize it briefly."

"Yes. Apparently one of the principal's former disciples appeared at Petroguard Magic School and is causing trouble. I'm going with Professor Garcia to try persuading them."

"..."

"..."

The two mages fell silent.

Alcicle, barely recovering from shock, opened his mouth.

"J-just a bit longer..."

"Pardon? Wasn't that enough explanation?"

'How was that an explanation?'

Alcicle grumbled inwardly but endured.

When a mage's fearsome master was beside them (especially within attack range), one shouldn't carelessly torment them.

"Right. Have a good trip."

"I'll accompany you."

"!"

At Professor Boladi's words, Alcicle was startled.

Why would the mage who seemed least connected to Petroguard suddenly...?

'Ah. I see.'

Come to think of it, Boladi Bagrak had studied under the skull principal, and moreover was Wardanaz's current master.

Then it made sense that he would want to accompany Wardanaz going to persuade the skull principal's former disciple.

'How pitiful. Having to go through such trouble because of his masters.'

Alcicle looked at Wardanaz sympathetically.

To have to go through additional trouble because of choosing the wrong masters.

If Alcicle had to meet the skull principal's former disciple, he would seriously consider desertion.

As Yi-Han walked out of the room first, Professor Boladi spoke.

"Let's go."

"?"

Alcicle looked around the room.

He thought there might be someone else, but there was no one.

"...!!!"

Me?!

  *

The Petroguard mages who failed to solve the basement problem and were chased out by the ghost were in a very gloomy state.

Professor Garcia tried to comfort them.

"W-well, no one has been able to solve the Noenchenpf problem until now!"

"That's true but... it's still humiliating."

No matter how positively they tried to think, the humiliation of being beaten by Einroguard students wouldn't disappear.

"By the way, could other students come along too?"

"Pardon? Um... yes. Let's do that."

Dalser hesitated but finally accepted.

They couldn't block visits just because they were humiliated in front of Einroguard students.

That would be even more shameful.

"Could professors or other mages come too?"

"Yes. Do that."

After answering, Dalser wondered.

'But besides Professor Kim, are there professors who want to visit Petroguard?'

5 minutes later.

Upon discovering Professor Boladi, Dalser and Benjamin's expressions became serious and they began whispering among themselves.

Seeing this, the students asked with worried faces.

"Professor. Are they like that because we're coming along?"

When they heard about Petroguard, the students at the villa showed more interest than expected.

Though there were minority opinions like 'I won't go because I'll probably get too angry about entering Einroguard after visiting', most students wanted to visit and see for themselves.

Professor Garcia shook her head.

"No. Don't worry about that."

"Professor Kim."

After finishing talking with his fellow mage, Dalser asked in a worried voice.

"Is Professor Bagrak coming along for combat purposes..."

"No! Persuasion! He's coming along to persuade!"

Professor Garcia shouted desperately.

But the mages' suspicion didn't easily disappear.

...Was this really not a composition assembled for subjugation?

Yi-Han also chimed in to help Professor Garcia.

"Please believe us. Professor Bagrak is coming along to persuade."

"Not to persuade with force?"

"The professor isn't someone who would act so arbitrarily. ...Probably... right?"

At Yi-Han's question, Professor Boladi silently nodded.

The Petroguard mages finally had to accept with faces mixing worry, distrust, concern, and resignation.

"Understood. Then shall we depart?"

"How long does it take to Petroguard?"

"We're not very far from the capital now. Even going slowly, we should arrive within an hour."

Dalser tried to introduce Petroguard to the Einroguard mages, forgetting what had happened until now.

Though his wounded pride hurt and Professor Boladi worried him, neglecting outside guests would be dishonorable in its own way.

Salko raised his hand and asked.

"I heard Petroguard teaches differently from Einroguard."

"That's right. Petroguard is very free. Our mages come when they want, learn from each other, and leave when they want. We don't even have professor positions."

"What?!"

The Einroguard students were startled. Professor Garcia added explanation beside them.

"There are mages who serve as professors, but they just aren't called professors."

"Then what do you call them?"

"We just call them by name comfortably. You all should call me that too."

"..."

The Einroguard students all lost words at the shocking cultural difference.

Someone muttered as if imagining.

"At Petroguard, can you say 'Hey, Gonadaltes!'?"

"Shh. Be quiet."

Yi-Han, listening beside them, suddenly became puzzled and asked.

"Then do you not evaluate students?"

"That's not the case. We still need standards and evaluation after all."

'That's a relief.'

Not just Yi-Han but other students too sighed in relief.

If there was another magic school that gave easy exams like Baldurguard, they absolutely couldn't have suppressed their anger.

"So we have students evaluate themselves. Everyone gets perfect scores."

"..."

"...Can I maybe go back to the villa?"

"Endure it. We've come too far."

Yi-Han became slightly worried at his friends' intense reactions.

They hadn't even met the principal's former disciple yet, but they were already like this...

'They won't cause trouble when we get there, right? Come on. My friends aren't new students, they won't get angry over something like this.'

"I'm curious about something. Are Petroguard students free to go out on holidays?"

"Since freedom is our motto in the first place, naturally not just holidays but weekdays too..."

"Wow! Look at that wyvern-shaped cloud!"

Yi-Han changed his mind and quickly cut off the conversation.