Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy

-The punishment room. How did you understand what I said? I’m praising you.-

“Hmm. Yes. Thank you.”

“When can we go to the punishment room…?”

When the two students kept talking no matter what, the skull principal growled, suppressing his anger.

-I said I won’t send you. I won’t send you! Of course, you set a new record for freshman escape that will go down in history, but I said I won’t send you, didn’t I?!-

-The master is sincere.-

A Death Knight interjected from the side, unable to watch any longer.

-Of course, the two students made the master foam at the mouth by setting a new record for freshman escape that will go down in history…-

The skull principal waved his hand in annoyance.

Then the Death Knight who was explaining was immediately reverse-summoned to another realm.

Another Death Knight standing next to him continued the explanation without being surprised.

-It seems the inspector from the empire happened to witness that scene.-

“The scene of us escaping and wandering around?”

-No. The scene of you helping the imperial citizens.-

“Ah.”

Only then did the two understand why the skull principal was acting like that.

But there were still parts that didn’t make sense.

“Does it make sense not to go to the punishment room just because we did some good deeds?”

“Wardanaz is right. It doesn’t make sense to me. If that’s the case, why do the seniors go to the punishment room?”

-Do you want to go to the punishment room that badly?-

The Death Knight was dumbfounded by their reaction.

If they were lucky enough not to go to the punishment room, they should say ‘Wow! I’m so excited!’ not ‘Does that make sense? Are you deceiving us?’

-First of all, the good deeds that impressed the inspector from the empire are not ordinary good deeds…-

Jijel unconsciously nodded her head.

Certainly, thinking about it again, they were not ordinary good deeds.

-…Your seniors haven’t really done any good deeds, have they?-

“There’s no way there aren’t any, right?”

-There aren’t… any, are there? I don’t think there are any. Are there any?-

The Death Knight pondered as if he really didn’t know and asked the skull principal as well.

The skull principal also shrugged his shoulders as if he didn’t know.

-I don’t remember. They cause a lot of accidents though.-

‘Hmm. If I ask more, I might face retaliation.’

Yi-Han quickly grasped the atmosphere and changed his attitude.

“I sincerely thank you for your generous treatment. Principal. To be so lenient on a deviation that should have been punished…”

-Cut it short. Before you get hit.-

“…Thank you.”

-Good.-

‘He doesn’t like flowery language.’

The skull principal grumbled as if he was still in a bad mood.

“When is he coming?”

-He said he just arrived. He’ll be up soon.-

“Who is coming?”

The do…

-The inspector.-

Right. The inspector.

‘Aha.’

Yi-Han understood a bit more.

If the inspector had said he wanted to meet the good students who had done good deeds, it made sense that the skull principal wouldn’t send them to the punishment room.

“Huh? Principal.”

-What? Why? What? Why?-

Although he was afraid, Yi-Han asked what he wanted to ask.

“If the inspector from the empire highly evaluates Einroguard because of us, the support funds will increase too, so isn’t it our achievement?”

“…Hey…”

You crazy bastard…!

It seemed less scary to face a three-headed tiger in the midst of the pure white snowstorm of the north that covered his vision than it was now.

Jijel wanted to sew the mouth of the Blue Dragon Tower’s archenemy next to her with a needle.

The Death Knight must have thought the same, as he was staring at Yi-Han with a shocked look in his eyes.

‘You were born without fear in your mother’s womb!’

The skull principal glared at Yi-Han for a moment and then spoke in a thin voice.

-…So I asked if there’s anything you want to eat. Right?-

“Since we secured a lot of food during the outing, some reagents needed for the exam…”

-Master. The inspector will be up soon.-

-I know.-

-Yes. Just in case you explode…-

The skull principal reverse-summoned one more Death Knight and then walked to the door.

And he earnestly instructed the two.

-Alright. I understand, so speak properly in front of the inspector! Got it?-

“Yes. I will definitely bring honor to the academy!”

Yi-Han nodded his head with determination.

When Jijel next to him kept staring at him silently, Yi-Han asked in puzzlement.

“Why are you doing that?”

“I think you really are the successor.”

“How dare you?!”

The skull principal’s successor glared at Jijel in outrage.

***

Hodlong praised the two students, Yi-Han and Jijel, until his mouth was dry.

Einroguard students always go out and cause accidents and harass good imperial citizens, but seeing 1st-year students dedicate themselves like this, it’s truly…

“I think it’s thanks to Einroguard’s excellent educational policy and our principal who is dedicated to us.”

“Hmm. Hmm. Perhaps I had a bit of a misunderstanding. Because of prejudice…”

Eunrad Lee, who was next to him, was about to say ‘It’s not a misunderstanding’ but pinched his own thigh hard and endured it.

“Make sure to convey what I saw when you return. If the number of students like this increases in the future, other bureaucrats will change their minds too.”

“Ugh.”

“?”

When Eunrad Lee pinched his other thigh and made a sound, Hodlong looked at his subordinate as if it was strange.

“Then, Lord Gonadaltes. I’ll write you a letter when I return. Thank you for your hard work throughout the year.”

-My. Do you not need to see the other students?-

“Wouldn’t it be awkward for both of us if we see them? I’ll just consider it as having seen them this year.”

The skull principal smiled for the first time today.

The sincerity of this inspector had melted the frozen heart of the grand mage.

It was rare for anything to be as terrible as an inspector from the empire coming into the academy and inspecting the magic research status of the senior students.

When receiving support funds from the empire, the students chatter as if they can figure out all the truths and principles of the world, but by the time they are inspected, they whine and make excuses like clueless freshmen.

-Have a safe return! Inspector Hodlong. Come visit again next time!-

“That won’t happen. It changes every year.”

Hodlong politely said goodbye and walked out with Eunrad Lee.

The subordinate sighed in relief and spoke to his superior.

“Still, I’m glad it ended well.”

“Yeah. I’m a bit uneasy about not directly seeing the senior students, but even if I saw them, there wouldn’t be anything good.”

If they talked about moving good deeds and requested support, but also included the research status of the senior students, even the bureaucrats who were about to be moved could become angry again.

For the sake of Einroguard’s young talents, Hodlong was going to make a concession this year.

“By the way, Lord Hodlong. I have something I want to ask, but why didn’t you ask about what happened during the vacation?”

Eunrad Lee asked, slightly curious.

Hodlong had directly confirmed the good deeds done this time with the students’ own mouths, but he hadn’t asked at all about the things that happened during the summer vacation or before that.

He had gone through the trouble of asking the city people to confirm it, but he just let it go.

It was unlike the meticulous Hodlong.

“It’s just a rumor, isn’t it?”

“Pardon?”

“It was clearly just a rumor at a glance.”

“…Uh, about that.”

Eunrad Lee pondered how to explain it from where.

How should he start the story to make it sound plausible to his superior?

***

A strange tension lingered in the academy with a week left until the final exams.

Especially when the morning lecture was , the tension was even more palpable.

Because it was the lecture of that skull principal!

“Hey. How’s my outfit?”

“Hmm… I think it would be better to put away the scarf and hat you bought outside.”

“Hey. Everyone breathe through your nose. Don’t breathe through your mouth.”

“Put away all the magazines, toys, and snacks. Get rid of everything bought from outside!”

The students who had many things to feel guilty about were being as careful as possible even before the skull principal entered.

The fear was even greater since they had raided and scraped up items during the great escape last weekend.

Although Yi-Han and Jijel had returned safely, the principal’s personality was capricious, so the spark might ignite after some time had passed.

Even that Gainando was pretending to read a book and study.

-Hello, everyone.-

“Good morning, principal!”

“Good morning, principal!”

-Yes. Good morning.-

The skull principal looked around at the students once. The students froze and couldn’t even breathe, only rolling their eyes.

-Do you know the name of this lecture?-

“Uh…”

-‘Uh’ is not the name of the lecture.-

“It’s .”

-Yes. Character education. But what’s the point of learning it for a year? You all break the rules hand in hand?-

“…”

“…”

The students avoided eye contact at the lingering resentment.

-What wrongs could you have? It’s the fault of your seniors. How can you follow the example when your seniors don’t set an example?-

Yi-Han nodded his head as if agreeing.

-Wardanaz, don’t nod your head.-

“No…”

‘But in the first place, we can’t even meet the seniors, can we?’

Yonaire didn’t quite understand.

The things the 1st-year students had done seemed to have little to do with the seniors.

-So, I have a few announcements. There will be no final exam for this time. Since the textbooks flew away.-

“…”

“…Hooray!!! Hooray!!!!!!!”

When one student kicked his chair and climbed onto the desk, other students followed and climbed onto their desks as well.-

Some students waved their staffs and shot out flames, and Gainando even tore up his notebook and threw it into the air.

The skull principal blinked once. Then the students who had just gotten up and caused a commotion were all hanging upside down from the ceiling.

The surroundings became quiet in an instant.

-The final exam will be replaced with an assignment to write ‘I will not escape from school with my friends’ 100 times.-

That was almost like getting it for free. The students nodded their heads happily.

However, Yi-Han looked at the principal with a suspicious gaze.

“Aren’t you setting a trap to let our guard down?”

“Gasp. Is that so?”

Gainando, who was hanging upside down next to him, was intrigued by the plausible words.

-And Wardanaz. Dargard. You two follow me.-

“Is it really a trap??”

“No. He called Asan too. If he wanted to set a trap, he would have only called Yi-Han.”

“Shut up. Gainando.”

***

Surprisingly, the skull principal did not take the two to Einroguard’s hell trap.

The place the skull principal took the two was an ordinary warehouse.

Character Education Lecture Warehouse

-No Entry for Outsiders-

When the skull principal muttered a low-voiced spell, the wall opened and the statue was removed, revealing the door of the warehouse.

-Since there’s no final exam, there are some things you need to do instead.-

“Do the two of us have to clean up the entire warehouse?”

-No. I have to make the other guys do it too. Are they resting?-

“Ah. I thought the two of us had to do it.”

Yi-Han became slightly embarrassed.

He thought it was the skull principal’s mean punishment.

Come to think of it, the skull principal was not a narrow-minded person who only hated one student.

The skull principal was someone who would hate everyone equally since they all escaped together.

-You two oversee and direct the other guys to neatly organize it by next week. Throw away the broken things, get rid of the expired things… For the sake of next year’s freshmen.-

“…”

For a moment, Asan thought to himself, ‘We’re struggling to survive, do we have to think about the freshmen?’

-Your seniors thought the same as you, Dargard.-

“Gasp… How…!”

-I don’t mean to do it perfectly with a sincere heart. Just roughly, enough to take out when preparing for lectures.-

The skull principal said as he looked around the dusty warehouse.

Bang!

The shelf stacked next to him collapsed, and a guillotine inside rolled out.

The skull principal clicked his tongue and said as he looked at it.

-It’s broken. We’ll have to throw that away.-

“…”

“…”

They were curious why that was there, but the two decided not to ask.

Read up to chapter 702 for just 5$ or up to chapter 979 for just 10$ on /al_squad 

[Select the $10/month plan or the Foundation Establishment tier to access the chapters]

Hi, if you like the story, please rate and review this novel on novelupdates. Thanks!