Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 851

Chapter 851

Originally, Sebius was strict with his juniors.

But he couldn't be heartless even in a situation like this.

"...Let's take a break for now. If you keep looking for such easy paths, you won't develop the skills you lack. Later, when you're doing difficult research, you'll get stuck, and it'll be harder then."

"With that level of wealth, he could probably hire a mage with the ability to solve the stuck parts."

"Shut up."

Sebius, at a loss for words, finally wielded his senior authority to make him close his mouth.

Seeing his depressed junior, Sebius tried to change the subject, perhaps feeling a bit sorry.

"More importantly, that mage Garal thought you were a 6th year. You're doing well. The more you hide your identity, the more confused they are, the better."

It was unfortunate that his Wardanaz family identity was known, but it was good that he had lied about his year.

Thanks to that, even Sebius would be considered an identity forgery.

"But Senior, I told him I was a 2nd year."

"What?"

"Actually, I talked with him before."

Yi-Han briefly explained about his chance visit when the Baldurguard students had just arrived with Garal, and even about accidentally summoning Black Coffin.

'If I mention it casually like this, it won't seem strange, right?'

Of course, it didn't have much effect. Sebius looked at his junior who said he accidentally summoned Black Coffin as if he were crazy.

He had clearly said before that he 'showed some magic', but that 'some' wasn't the 'some' he had thought.

'If he makes two mistakes, he'll destroy Einroguard.'

"Anyway, at that time, when he grabbed someone and questioned them, I clearly told him I was a 2nd year. But I don't understand why he keeps saying I'm a 6th year. Ah. Is he perhaps helping me?"

Yi-Han made a slightly touched expression at the kindness shown by the mage from the Snowflake Magic Tower.

Was he perhaps calling Yi-Han a 6th year to prevent the Baldurguard students from taking ugly revenge?

"Did you get hit in the head with an arrow? If it were you, would you lie to help someone who grabbed you and robbed you?"

"...Einroguard students are a bit pitiful, so couldn't he..."

"No."

"Then what is it?"

As his senior kept finding fault, Yi-Han's voice also became curt.

Sebius explained simply.

"He probably thought you were a crazy 6th year who goes around claiming to be a 2nd year. There are many crazy people among Einroguard's upper years."

"..."

Yi-Han was shocked at such an absurd hypothesis.

"What... How can he see people like that?!"

"If he thinks you're a 6th year even though you said you're a 2nd year, what else could it be? Accept it. At that level, you're nicely crazy."

"What do you mean accept it!"

He didn't like being mistaken for a 6th year in the first place, but being a crazy 6th year who claimed to be a 2nd year was even more insulting.

"As I said, there's nothing bad about it. It's good to be mistaken for someone else. Look at me. I'm deliberately acting rude."

"I'd rather say I'm Gainando."

"No. Using the name of someone around you as an alias can be traced."

As the two were talking seriously on the side, Zandanni curiously asked Garal.

"What are those two talking about?"

"They're probably discussing whether to use these gems or not."

"Isn't there no reason not to use them?"

"Well. It's true that it costs too much. Einroguard mages hate inefficiency."

Garal was about to say extravagance or waste but held back for Zandanni's sake.

Zandanni asked as if he didn't understand.

"Isn't this efficient? It's not like they don't have money."

"...Please just keep your mouth shut. For a bit."

"!?"

It wasn't a good choice to provoke the already sufficiently unfortunate Einroguard students, especially a slightly crazy 6th year student.

  *

The two who finished their meeting (more precisely, Yi-Han gave up) returned.

Garal carefully asked.

"How did it go? Are you going to use them?"

"Use what?"

"These gems..."

"Ah."

"??"

Garal was flustered at Yi-Han's appearance, nodding as if he had just remembered.

Hadn't they been discussing this?

"We'll use them. Please help us, Mr. Zandanni."

"You can call me Zandanni, Wardanaz. All my close friends call me Zandanni."

"Yes. Mr. Zandanni."

Garal shook his head inwardly.

Zandanni seemed to want to become close with the Wardanaz family 6th year student, but it didn't seem like a good idea.

First of all, the other party didn't seem to want that...

"Shall we start?"

"Alright. Here we go!"

Zandanni took out a gem scarab. Then he threw it into the bag with a spell.

Woong-

Along with a faint mana wave, part of the space maze was erased. Yi-Han's heart ached at the inefficiency, even though it wasn't his gem.

"It's going well!"

"...Yes. Let's go to the next one."

Zandanni took out the next gem and threw it.

Throwing, and throwing again...

Yi-Han, unable to watch anymore, advised.

"Wouldn't it be better to control it somewhat rather than just throwing it?"

"Control?"

"Like this."

Yi-Han cast telekinesis magic without chanting and made the brooch made of gems move like a butterfly.

Garal and Sebius, who were watching from the side, admired the delicate movement simultaneously.

Telekinesis-type magic that moved small objects was easy enough for even a half-baked mage who hadn't learned proper magic to use, but when the weight increased and the movement needed to be controlled delicately, it was a different story.

To move like that, the Circle would have to be at least...

"Ah. I can't use that telekinesis magic."

"...Haha. I didn't mean to use it without chanting, just general telekinesis-type magic. Even 1st Circle is enough."

"I haven't learned that either."

"...Why not?"

Yi-Han couldn't help but ask.

Zandanni rather asked back, puzzled.

"Because there's no need to use it?"

"..."

"..."

Garal deeply considered whether he should jump in between the two and stop them.

However, Yi-Han exercised patience.

'Let's think of the other party as Gainando's sibling. The other party is Gainando's sibling.'

"Then let's learn it now."

"Now? But Wardanaz, I'm an alchemist, do I really need this kind of magic?"

"Haha. Of course. You bastard."

"What?"

"Ah. I'm sorry, Mr. Zandanni. Anyway, even for the alchemy school, it wouldn't hurt to learn it. Trust me. Haha."

Garal became more frightened as Yi-Han laughed with every word he spoke.

A crazy mage laughing wasn't a very good sign.

However, surprisingly, instead of exploding, Yi-Han patiently taught Zandanni telekinesis magic.

"Now. You lift it like this."

"This... is fun! I've never done anything like this at Baldurguard."

"Didn't they teach you in lectures?"

"I only took alchemy lectures."

"...Haha. Now. Let's practice by rotating this mana stone bead. Now. Now. Now!"

"Ow! Ow! It hurts!"

"Oh dear. I'm sorry. At Einroguard, the beads sometimes attack too."

"?"

Sebius tilted his head.

Professor Garcia wouldn't teach like that, would she?

Garal, also surprised, whispered.

"Does Professor Garcia teach like that these days?"

"Hmm. The professor is human too, so maybe she gets angry sometimes..."

Although he got hit by the mana stone bead a few times, Zandanni was immersed in telekinesis magic.

Baldurguard's education was originally full of dignity and freedom.

So Zandanni had learned various magical studies like travel, literature, art, drinking, music, theater, philosophy, debate, dance, horseback riding, etc. in his 1st and 2nd years, and studied gem alchemy in his 3rd year.

But now, hearing from the Wardanaz family mage, telekinesis magic was more fun than he thought. Although he got hit a few times, even this experience was fresh.

"It's fun! It's so fun!"

"Haha."

Yi-Han laughed artificially. In his mind, he was imagining Professor Boladi being invited to and appointed at Baldurguard.

"I think I can lift this much."

"Then now try to sense the inner space and move it."

"I don't think I can do that much."

"...Then I'll give directions, so you move it."

"I think I can do that much."

Zandanni, who had just learned telekinesis magic, carefully moved the gem he had lifted.

While doing so, he suddenly thought of something and asked.

"Wardanaz. Don't you think we match really well? Like the two people who made this bag."

"...Haha. Hahaha. Hahahaha."

"Ow! It hurts!"

Yi-Han unconsciously gripped Zandanni's shoulder tightly.

Sebius intervened and said.

"Wait. I just saw something in the maze."

"Could we have reached the exit?!"

"Wait..."

Yi-Han tried to stop the excited Zandanni and expand his senses.

Considering the width of the maze when first measured, it wasn't time for the exit to appear yet.

"I'll try!"

When Zandanni controlled and sent flying a cufflink, a curse hidden in the space maze bared its teeth.

It was a trap to attack back in case there was an intruder trying to destroy the maze.

Puhwak!

As the curse poured out of the bag like a backflow, Yi-Han grabbed the back of Zandanni's neck, threw him aside, and blocked it with his own body.

The curse that flowed out vigorously couldn't penetrate Yi-Han's body and bounced off.

"..."

Yi-Han looked at Zandanni, grinding his teeth. Zandanni spoke, cowed.

"I-I'm sorry... Thank you for saving me."

"It's fine. The curse is gone, so let's continue."

Zandanni put in gems while watching Yi-Han's expression.

After that, there were no other traps. When they had used all the available gems, the exit revealed itself.

Click!

"It, it opened!"

At Zandanni's shout, all the mages present threw tense gazes.

What on earth was in the 6th room?

[Congratulations. If you're hearing this, it means you've unlocked it, right? I still vividly remember how weak you were with space mazes. I don't understand why Baldurguard doesn't forcibly teach students.]

Yi-Han was startled by the voice flowing from inside and looked at Sebius. Sebius had a similarly surprised expression.

[I know well that you didn't send the letter intentionally. Of course, my friends didn't believe it... How would an outsider know that the principal sometimes kidnaps paper birds? I should have warned you.]

"..."

"..."

[I learned so much from you while making this together. Forgive me for looking down on you at first because you were a Baldurguard student. And for not telling my Einroguard friends about our friendship. Instead, I'm leaving this secret message in this backpack as a token of our friendship. If you hear this, stop blaming yourself and come meet your friend.]

'This is unbelievable.'

Yi-Han couldn't believe it even as he listened.

To think they were really friends.

[Oh, and never go to petition the skull principal. You might get dragged to the punishment room for no reason. And the backpack might be confiscated too. I stole a few things needed for the backpack from the skull principal. I'm sorry for lying when you asked where I got them. Come to think of it, I stole from Professor Verduus too. Don't show it to Professor Verduus either.]

Zandanni spoke with a face numb with emotion.

"It's like a miracle! To think there really was friendship!"

"...That's right."

"In a way, it might be fate that we opened this..."

"No, it's not."

Yi-Han spoke seriously to the other party who was trying to pull a fast one.