Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 922

Chapter 922

'No way?!'

Bartreck was startled by the sight of his friend shooting up from the sleeping bag like lightning.

A movement like an arrow being fired without any preparatory motion.

It wasn't new for Wardanaz to physically subdue knight family friends despite being from a mage family, but this movement was on a different level.

A movement that even decent knights would find difficult to imitate, requiring the ability to handle mana throughout the body at the level of perfect freedom...

"Everyone get up!"

Yi-Han shouted towards his friends and seniors sprawled here and there.

Now was not the time to be lying around on blankets or sleeping bags because of fatigue.

But the healing magic school students were already lying down with the resolve not to get up no matter what.

They wouldn't get up even if Einroguard was destroyed until the set time!

Anglago, who hadn't reached that level yet, struggled to get up from the opposite side and asked.

"What is it! What's going on!"

"Can't you see the guest even now, Anglago!"

"?"

Anglago rubbed his eyes, fighting off sleepiness. Then he looked at the guest standing in front of Yi-Han.

"Who is it?"

"!"

Yi-Han then realized that his friends weren't familiar with the skull principal's human form.

Ordinary students didn't often meet the skull principal's human form.

At most once or twice, and the mad doppelganger's attire and atmosphere were different...

"This person is... um... Master. How should I introduce you?"

"Don't waste unnecessary effort on lowborns."

'What the hell is that!'

Anglago cursed inwardly.

The reason he didn't curse out loud was that he was too tired to do so now.

As he had been assigned to a different area from his friends (specifically Yi-Han), he hadn't received any help throughout the exam. He felt like he would collapse as soon as he closed his eyes.

'I'll... deal with it later...'

Thinking that, Anglago fell into a deep sleep. Yi-Han looked at him in disbelief.

'Why is that bastard falling asleep in the middle of talking?'

"Um. What brings you here?"

Yi-Han focused on more important matters than his collapsed friend.

It was very unusual for the mad doppelganger to visit in person. Especially since he had promised not to come, it was even more so.

'Surely he's not trying to break his promise just because he reversed once.'

It was the kind of sophistry Gainando would use, saying his past self and current self were different beings so he could break promises. Yi-Han trusted the mad doppelganger.

"I came to give teachings as a reward for your contributions."

"Like when you told me about the triple transformation magic earlier?"

The mad doppelganger let out a light sigh at his disciple bringing up such a trivial example.

"That was just a trick, not a teaching."

"It was quite a useful teaching though..."

"Silence."

Yi-Han closed his mouth.

Though the mad doppelganger had regained his senses, he wasn't sure how much he had recovered yet.

If provoked too much, he might attack his disciple.

"You've properly realized how to use Decline?"

"I'm not sure if it's proper, but to some extent..."

"Can you see?"

The mad doppelganger pointed at the ceiling with just his index finger extended.

Though ordinary mages wouldn't see anything without casting a separate spell, Yi-Han could see the soul condensed above.

"Yes."

"Move it."

'I want to rest.'

Yi-Han grumbled inwardly while concentrating.

Then the soul controlled by the mad doppelganger slowly moved. As he had already done it once before, it wasn't particularly difficult.

The mad doppelganger stared at his disciple without saying anything, then spoke.

"I didn't tell you not to use your staff."

"Ah. Should I move it with magic? With what magic..."

"Enough. Continue."

Moving it with willpower alone rather than casting a separate spell was a much higher realm.

The mad doppelganger was quite satisfied with the ability his disciple showed. It was a demonstration worthy of overlooking the rudeness of arbitrarily cutting off communication with his master.

"I'm done."

"Quite good. Now you have some qualification to learn arcane magic related to souls."

"Can't I learn after my qualifications become abundant?"

The mad doppelganger ignored his disciple's nonsense.

"Magic dealing with souls..."

"Rest over! Rest over! Rest over!"

Students all around sprang up like undead and ran up the stairs.

And it was the same for Yi-Han.

"I'm sorry, Master. I'll finish taking the exam and come back."

"..."

The mad doppelganger stood silently for a while, then moved his steps up the stairs.

How long had it been since they took a break? The upper floor was already bustling with patients with various symptoms.

-Bark! Bring the potion!-

-Y-yes!-

-No, these crazy bastards! We should lock up those who ride flying mounts without helmets in the punishment room!-

-Senior. We're out of ectoplasm bones! Can we use undead bones instead?-

The mad doppelganger lightly raised one hand.

It was an ordinary and slow motion with no extraordinariness to be found.

However, the moment that movement ended, all the diseases of the patients around gathered in one place.

Pop!

It happened so suddenly and quietly that the people present didn't realize what had happened for a moment.

"Wh-what is it, Mage?"

"My body suddenly feels better...?"

The quickest to react were, of course, the students in charge of healing.

They couldn't help but feel a sense of dissonance as the diseases they had been observing until just now disappeared in an instant.

"It's gone!"

"How on earth...?!"

"It's disappearing!"

"You just said that?"

"No! The junior, not the disease! You crazy bastard!"

At someone's shout, the students finally realized that Yi-Han was being dragged out.

"Wardanaz! What are you doing?!"

"Ack ack. It's a long story. It's the principal's doppelganger..."

Yi-Han desperately explained to clear up the misunderstanding and receive a proper exam evaluation.

While being dragged, of course.

After hearing the long and complicated explanation, the students interpreted it as they liked instead of being shocked.

"Junior! Can't you call him often?"

"He seems much better than the original principal!"

"..."

Yi-Han lamented as he watched the seniors react like this while their junior was being dragged away.

What was the point of teaching magic well at Einroguard?

When humanity was being destroyed!

'Einroguard's education needs to change.'

"Professor! Please don't misunderstand!"

"I'm not particularly misunderstanding."

Professor Alkasis spoke with her usual tired and exhausted face.

This dark elf professor was checking if there were any wrong people among the patients, regardless of whether her disciple was being dragged away or not.

"Oh."

"?"

"I'll give you full marks again if you bring the principal's doppelganger for the final exam too."

"..."

Yi-Han, dumbfounded and at a loss for words, disappeared down the stairs.

  *

"It was really a tough week."

Yi-Han, who had returned to the lounge, explained what had happened while putting the baby basilisk in his sleeve.

The baby basilisk, having returned to its original nest, clung tightly enough to cut off circulation, excited.

-That's right! It must have been really tough. Facing ancient evil demons!-

"That's not what I meant, I was talking about the teachings I received afterwards."

Honestly, being forcibly given a long lecture on what magic to learn next from the mad doppelganger after returning was more tiring than facing evil beings in ancient times.

-...-

The baby basilisk thought inwardly that its owner's senses were off, but didn't say anything.

It didn't want to be kicked out of the nest it had just returned to.

-Isn't Her Highness coming anymore?-

When the baby basilisk hissed with a voice tinged with disappointment, Yi-Han smiled.

Though they had bickered so much when she was here, it seemed lonely now that Jourin had left.

"I'll visit her later anyway, so don't be too lonely."

-No. Her Highness said she'd give me today's pie. I already gave her the previous pie in advance...-

"..."

Yi-Han pretended not to hear and ignored it.

'I should tell Eandurde too.'

Just then, as he went down to the lower lounge, he saw a junior looking around. Yi-Han called out to the junior cheerfully.

"Eandurde!"

"!!!"

The startled junior jumped high into the air. Then she looked at Yi-Han with a very flustered and guilty expression.

'What's this?'

Yi-Han was puzzled to see the same expression his Blue Dragon Tower friends made when caught sneaking snacks from the cupboard on his junior's face.

"Eandurde. Were you looking for snacks? I would have given you some if you asked."

"...It's not that!"

Eandurde jumped again.

Unlike the baby basilisk or Jourin, Eandurde didn't have much of an appetite.

"Then what is it? Ah. I get it."

"!!!!"

"It's the exam. You failed? I'll keep it secret from Yonaire..."

Eandurde shook her head vigorously again.

She wasn't an idiot, how could she fail?

"Her Highness...?"

"Ah. Jourin went back."

"?!!!!"

Yi-Han explained what had happened again.

Perhaps because Jourin had shown a strategy beyond heaven's heaven, Eandurde still looked confused.

"I understand. Who could have predicted it."

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

Eandurde wanted to ask 'Am I not a suspect in the dragon stone incident?', but hesitated because she felt awkward.

After Jourin and the baby basilisk were driven out, Eandurde had realized her deed was discovered and fled in a hurry.

But seeing her senior's reaction now, he didn't seem to particularly suspect Eandurde.

...Perhaps it wasn't discovered?

"Did Her Highness not say anything??"

"Huh? She left in a hurry."

"..."

Eandurde belatedly realized that Jourin had kept the secret for her sake.

To show such loyalty in cold Einroguard.

No, this wasn't loyalty.

It was friendship.

Grip-

Seeing Eandurde clench her fist tightly, Yi-Han nodded as if he understood.

"I know, Eandurde."

"That's..."

"You must have been tricked by Her Highness with food like the baby basilisk. I'll take better care of you, so don't be angry."

"...It's not that!"

Eandurde got angry at her senior for the first time, flaring up.

She was saying she thought of Jourin as a friend for the first time!

Hearing the explanation from his junior, Yi-Han became very embarrassed.

"It's because of you!"

Yi-Han whispered quietly so only the baby basilisk could hear. He had ruined his junior's touching moment by misunderstanding because of the baby basilisk.

-It's unfair...!-

The baby basilisk felt really wronged, having its pie taken away and now being scolded for something it didn't do.

To think it would experience this as soon as Jourin left.

"Anyway, that's good. You two becoming close. Having a friend is a good thing."

"Friend..."

"Yes. Friend."

"But I don't want to prepare Her Highness's meals every time."

"...Ah, no. There's no need for that. Who on earth said such a thing?"

Yi-Han was shocked to realize his junior was staring at him as he spoke.

Could it have been me?!

"I do it for money!"

"I heard it was a pittance..."

"What nonsense are you talking about. Absolutely not."

Yi-Han firmly explained as his junior seemed to have a strange misunderstanding.

Eandurde was prone to strange misunderstandings due to lack of experience.

"If someone talks nonsense, you have to strongly explain it's not true. Understand?"

"Yes..."

"Alright. Then take out your exam paper."

"...!"

Eandurde's face froze in shock at her senior's unexpected words.

He had said he would keep it secret from Yonaire if she failed, but he hadn't said he wouldn't check her grades!