Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 711

Chapter 711

Yi-Han felt wronged by the more intense reaction than he had expected.

The seniors had urged him to decide quickly, but this was the response he got.

He also wondered why the alias Gonadaltes was a problem.

Everyone was using ancient figures like Baqwantallana and Eaktus as aliases, so why couldn't Yi-Han?

Gonadaltes: Is there a problem?

Eaktus: Everything is a problem. This Gonadal... Wow. I can't even write it. It's seriously creepy.

Eaktus tried to point out the problems with Yi-Han's alias but shuddered.

It was such an ominous name that it was difficult to write.

Magic was a theoretical and logical discipline, but at the same time, it was a skill greatly influenced by the emotional realm of the mage.

Even if it was just an alias, to use the most ominous name in the empire.

Baqwantallana: The alias... is one's freedom. We can't say anything about it.

Eaktus: Seriously? Even if it's freedom, there's a limit. Do you want us to feel like we're talking to the skull principal every time?

Baqwantallana: We should have enough intelligence to distinguish between an alias and reality.

Eaktus: Be honest, Baqwantallana. You don't want to talk to Gonadaltes either, do you? I can talk to Baqwantallana. Why? Because Baqwantallana won't break down my dormitory door and drag me to the punishment room. But Gonadaltes is different!

Gonadaltes: Then should I change it to Verduus?

Eaktus: ...

Eaktus realized that the new member who had just joined was no ordinary madman.

'This bastard, what the hell is he really?'

Even though Einroguard was vast, to think there was such a madman.

'Could it be a 5th or 6th year senior?'

To use the skull principal's name as an alias like that would be impossible with ordinary madness.

He thought it might only be possible for a 5th year, no, a 6th year student.

Honestly, Eaktus thought he wouldn't dare use the name Gonadaltes even if he became a 6th year, but...

'That's something I can't know.'

From Eaktus's perspective, who would never advance to 5th year, it was something he couldn't judge hastily.

Eaktus cautiously probed the new member.

Eaktus: Are you perhaps from the enchantment magic school?

Gonadaltes: That's right. How did you know?

'I guess not.'

Eaktus clicked his tongue.

Professor Verduus's notoriety wasn't limited to the enchantment magic school. Students from other schools knew Professor Verduus's infamy just as well.

This crazy senior probably brought up Professor Verduus's name because he wasn't from the enchantment magic school.

If he had been from the enchantment magic school, he would have deliberately avoided it.

Eaktus was certain, as he himself had deliberately chosen an unrelated alias.

Baqwantallana: We gathered to stand against a tyrant's oppression anyway, didn't we? We can't keep trembling over one alias. Rather, it seems like a good opportunity. Use this chance to overcome your fears.

Eaktus: That's true in theory. Why don't you sleep with a skull hanging from the ceiling while you're at it?

Although he grumbled, Eaktus half gave up on changing the new member's alias.

A senior with such a personality wouldn't bend their stubbornness at a few words from Eaktus.

Moreover, by the club's rules, it was one's freedom to choose what alias to use, so there was nothing more to say.

Eaktus: Do as you please, as you please. I'm worried we might all have heart attacks later.

Baqwantallana: If you're a member here, you should be able to endure that much.

Gonadaltes: That's right, that's right.

Eaktus: ...

He felt a headache coming on because of the crazy new senior. Eaktus quickly decided.

'I need to change the subject quickly.'

Eaktus: So, do you have any news to share to commemorate your new entry?

Gonadaltes: What kind of thing do you mean?

Eaktus: Anything is fine. Like a missing professor returning, or a forgotten lecture starting again, or where the skull principal's treasure is... I'll pay you well, so tell me anything.

Gonadaltes: Professor Bentozol has returned. The time magic lecture has started again.

"!!!!"

Eaktus was surprised by the information that exceeded his expectations.

Professor Bentozol returned and the time magic lecture started again?!

The latter didn't matter much to him, but the former did.

How on earth did Gonadaltes know such facts?

'It's almost certain he's a 6th year.'

Eaktus: Is that really true!

Gonadaltes: I wouldn't lie about facts that can be easily verified with a little checking.

Having written this far, Yi-Han subtly devised a strategy.

Now that he had somewhat grasped what kind of place the Sentinel club was, he decided to try and dig out information about the other members in return.

Gonadaltes: I heard there are quite a few students taking the time magic lecture, why don't you guys try it too?

There were two reasons why Yi-Han wrote such words just now.

The first was to avoid suspicion as Yi-Han was taking time magic.

If he got the number of students taking the lecture wrong, they would think he had obtained the information indirectly.

Then naturally, Yi-Han would be removed from the list of suspects.

The second was to put new students entering the time magic lecture on the list of suspects.

If someone new came to take the lecture, there was a high possibility they were an existing member of the Sentinel club.

Eaktus: I'll pass. I don't even have enough time for the magic I'm learning now.

Baqwantallana: Time magic is excellent magic, but even learning it simply requires too much time and effort. It's inefficient.

Eaktus: That's right. Time magic is a waste of time.

Eaktus: Friends, that was a joke just now. Could you laugh?

Gonadaltes: (Roaring laughter)

Eaktus: Thank you. Go-co-go-go-Gonadaltes.

Baqwantallana: Did you spill ink?

Eaktus: No. My hand trembled while writing the skull principal's name, so I wrote it again. It's really hard to write.

'It failed.'

Yi-Han felt bitter. It seemed there weren't many people interested in time magic after all.

He hadn't found out much except that Eaktus had little talent for jokes.

'Baqwantallana seems like a senior from the enchantment magic school... I should ask Professor Verduus when I meet him later.'

Of course, they could have deliberately chosen an alias unrelated to themselves, but the artifact reverse control Baqwantallana had shown was an ability that couldn't be demonstrated without deeply majoring in the enchantment magic school.

With this level of ability, Professor Verduus must surely know this student.

Eaktus: By the way, to think Professor Bentozol has returned. That person's lectures are too harsh.

Baqwantallana: He's someone who cares more for animals than students.

Eaktus: Damn it, I think I'll probably meet him this semester... Oh right. I promised to give a reward. Both of you listen well. This is really valuable information.

Baqwantallana: I'm listening.

Gonadaltes: Me too.

Eaktus: Alde of the Marcan family, Blue Dragon Tower, 3rd year.

Baqwantallana: What about him?

Eaktus: You should listen to the end. It seems this guy was the only one who succeeded in smuggling this year. He seems to have piled up mountains of supplies somewhere.

Baqwantallana: I see. Thank you. It was truly valuable information.

"..."

Yi-Han looked at the Sentinel club with skeptical eyes.

'Isn't there too much false information here?'

Senior Alde was still in the punishment room and hadn't even received his share of the supplies yet...

  *

Although he couldn't know exactly how the conflict between official clubs was progressing, Yi-Han realized that the clubs had changed their strategy.

Seniors from each club started coming to recommend that he take a tour.

Of course, Yi-Han avoided it as much as possible.

They said tour, but who knew what might happen if he went.

However, there was a limit to avoidance.

As Yi-Han was coming out after listening to the <Tragic History of Ancient Artifacts and Summoning Magic> lecture, a senior he had seen before on the 7th floor was waiting with folded arms.

"Wardanaz?"

"Ah, Senior! I didn't notice you at all. What's the matter?"

Inwardly, Yi-Han lamented, 'I need to react faster in the future.'

But he couldn't show such inner thoughts in front of a senior.

As politely and respectfully as possible, Yi-Han looked at the senior.

The other person was a 4th year from Black Tortoise Tower.

As a hamster mixed-blood, he was much shorter than Yi-Han, and being skinny on top of that, he gave off a somewhat sharp and irritable atmosphere.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Sebius."

"I'm Yi-Han."

"I know. You probably don't know me. I'm a member of the library club. Do you know what kind of club the library club is?"

"I don't really know..."

"Follow me."

Yi-Han unknowingly checked for an escape route and pondered ways to escape.

Sebius, not noticing his junior's inner thoughts, opened his mouth.

"I don't intend to force you to join like other clubs, so don't worry."

"Yes."

Of course, Yi-Han didn't believe the senior.

A senior harder to believe than one trying to force club membership was a senior who said 'I won't force you to join the club'.

'If it seems bad, I'll attack.'

"Our library club is a club that retrieves, stores, and disseminates books. You've been to the Einroguard library, right? You must have defeated the rock drake."

"I was lucky."

"It's not something a 1st year can defeat with luck. The library is a labyrinth. The most complex and abstruse labyrinth even in Einroguard."

Yi-Han nodded at the hamster mixed-blood senior's words.

Although Yi-Han still knew less about Einroguard than what he didn't know, he keenly felt that the library was no ordinary place.

A place where the terrain changed every time you entered, monsters sometimes appeared, and if you got lost you might never come out, was no ordinary library.

"From 2nd year on, the books you need gradually increase. And most of these books are in the library. We make maps of the library and go in to retrieve magic books."

"!"

Yi-Han was surprised at Sebius's words.

To consistently enter that labyrinth to make maps and retrieve books.

It was a rough and harsh club to the extent that the name library club didn't suit it.

"Just for other students?"

"That's right. Though we do get paid."

"..."

Yi-Han understood immediately.

The library club's source of income was the wallets of students who requested them to find books.

Sometimes, outsiders who came to find books from the Einroguard library with the skull principal's permission were also customers.

"Is it okay to give books to outsiders?"

"Once a book enters the Einroguard library, it never disappears anyway. Even if it burns or is taken out, it's recreated after some time passes."

"That's not what I meant, if you give dangerous magic books to outsiders and problems arise..."

"Then it's the principal's fault for allowing it. Not ours."

'Well, that's true.'

Yi-Han found himself agreeing without realizing it.

Sebius spoke as he walked forward.

"You know the clubs are fighting now, right?"

"...Yes."

"They'll probably end up compromising. By having you join all clubs. It's in the rules, so even if everyone's dissatisfied, there's nothing they can do."

"Couldn't they fight more?"

Yi-Han cautiously offered a hopeful observation, but Sebius ignored it.

"That's why I said I don't intend to force you to join. If you join all clubs, the time you can spend on each club will drastically decrease, so there's no point in forcing you to join."

"!"

Yi-Han was surprised to hear Sebius's words.

He hadn't expected to receive such consideration.

"Then has the library club decided not to have me join at all?"

"That's not it. If we did that, the other club guys would be happy. We'll just have you join nominally."

"..."

Yi-Han glared at the senior's fluffy back of the head with a sour expression.