Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy

Leaving the disciple who was holding back laughter, the skull principal approached Professor Bagrak.

He couldn’t just leave him alone since he was a professor who worked hard in his own way, unlike Verduus.

-Don’t be too disheartened. Professor Bagrak.-

“…”

However, Professor Bagrak seemed to be more shocked than expected and remained silent without answering.

The skull principal was at a loss.

In the first place, he wasn’t used to this kind of consolation, so he couldn’t think of what to say.

If it were another professor, he could say he would increase the school’s support funds and they would immediately cheer up, but Professor Bagrak had only 0… no, 1 disciple in the first place, so support funds were meaningless…

-Look. Although it was different from what you prepared, it must have been a quite rewarding exam.-

The skull principal sent a gaze to the death knights along with his consolation.

The death knights clapped and said.

-That’s right. Professor Bagrak! This is the real exam!-

-Where else can you find a true exam like real combat? You can think of this as the final exam!-

The giant, who was pulling out a nose plug to stop his nosebleed, also agreed.

-That’s right. This is a good exam.-

Yi-Han, who was gauging the reaction, also chimed in slyly.

“I really learned a lot.”

When everyone present joined forces to appease him, Professor Bagrak had no choice but to give up his stubbornness.

“I’ll have to see what I prepared this time next year.”

-That’s the way to go. Professor Bagrak. Haha.-

“What’s the way to go?”

Yi-Han looked at the skull principal with a serious expression.

Each year has its own exam, so why deliberately push this year’s exam to next year?

-Mage. Mage. My nose won’t stop bleeding.-

“Just a moment. I’ll heal you.”

Since Professor Bagrak’s exam was ruined anyway, Yi-Han checked the giant’s wound with a grateful heart.

Professor Alkasis, who saw that while passing by behind, nodded her head and roughly scribbled ‘perfect score’ on a piece of paper.

***

“Gasp!”

Gainando, who woke up, was surprised to find that his surroundings were dim.

Looking around, there was a large bonfire spewing sparks in front, and under the tents set up nearby, students from each tower were gathered and chatting. Ṙ𝘼𐌽ɵΒËＳ

Among them, Anglago from the Alpha family was in the middle of cutting a sticky chocolate eclair and putting it in his mouth. Gainando immediately recognized which product it was just by looking at the shape of the eclair’s end.

It was one of Gainando’s favorite cake products, .

“Ea-eating alone!”

“Ack!”

Anglago was startled by the sight of Gainando suddenly shouting from the sleeping bag behind him.

He thought a ghost had appeared.

“If you’re awake, you should speak quietly, why are you shouting like that? Do you know how much we suffered to save you?”

“Save? …Ah!”

Only then did Gainando recall that he had been kidnapped by the blood-sucking monster.

The White Tiger Tower students became spirited and shouted.

“Yeah. We fought so hard to save you, even giving up dancing.”

“…That doesn’t make sense? You guys tried to save me? Not Yi-Han?”

Even in the midst of being confused and hungry, Gainando made a sharp point.

At those words, the White Tiger Tower students were startled.

How did this guy know?

“I guessed right? Huh?”

“…Anyway, we fought together too. You prince bastard.”

“That’s right. You should be grateful… Hey! Why are you eating that!”

The White Tiger Tower students were shocked when Gainando, who had sneakily approached, swept the food on the table into his mouth.

“Munch. Let’s eat together. Munch munch.”

“Go to your own tower and eat!”

“What are you doing?”

Yi-Han, who was bringing out a plate of various cheeses fried in a pan with oil, looked puzzled at Gainando and the White Tiger Tower friends.

“Wardanaz! The prince bastard has gone crazy! He’s eating our food!”

“Just eat together. The final exams are over anyway.”

“How can you say that…”

The White Tiger Tower students who were about to protest looked at the place where Yi-Han had been standing until just now.

Wardanaz was in front of the oven with the Immortal Phoenix Tower priests, busily preparing ingredients, stir-frying, and trimming.

They felt a sense of crisis that if they argued more here, they might get hit or kicked out.

“…Well… okay…”

‘No. Have these guys matured?’

Yi-Han was slightly surprised by the reaction of the White Tiger Tower students.

Far from complaining about the taste, they showed such a reaction?

In fact, since the semester was over, he was cooking on a large scale to finish all the old ingredients first.

Various cheeses were fried, old bread and ham were toasted with butter and served as canapés topped with a mixture of cheese and eggs…

Old rice was made into risotto with fish brought from the stream and plenty of spices, and so on.

In fact, even if old ingredients didn’t spoil, their taste was bound to deteriorate, so he thought there would be some complaints, but everyone was eating deliciously without complaining.

‘It must be that their tongues have been optimized after staying in Einroguard for nearly a year.’

Yi-Han looked at his White Tiger Tower friends with pity.

The White Tiger Tower friends, who didn’t know the truth, were gobbling it up, saying it was so delicious.

“Yi-Han. Yi-Han.”

“?”

Gainando, who had finished a bowl of fish soup, two plates of pork cutlet in the style of the central empire, five skewers of chicken and sparrow, and three of Professor Uregor’s special cottage sausages, called out to Yi-Han while catching his breath.

Only now did he have the mind to ask.

“What happened?”

“What happened? Ah. Are you talking about the incident where Professor Bagrak just passed the final exam?”

Yi-Han started with the most impressive thing that happened today.

Of course, Gainando wasn’t very interested in such things.

“That’s just a common occurrence!”

“No. How great is this…”

“You know that monster. The monster!”

“Ah. Right. That happened too.”

“…”

Gainando was dumbfounded, but his friend explained without changing his expression.

So, the blood-sucking monster tried to take Gainando and disappear, but thanks to the brave giants and death knights fighting together…

“…Uh!? My coat, my coat is!?”

“I’m sorry. The blood-sucking monster destroyed it.”

In fact, the giants destroyed it, but Yi-Han shifted the blame to the exterminated blood-sucking monster.

Since it was a bad guy, it wouldn’t make a difference if it took a few more sins.

“No… no way! That cursed monster!! How?! How could it destroy my coat! It was a true masterpiece!”

“Nah. It wasn’t that great.”

“Just moderately well-made?”

“Even if I’m generous, it was mediocre at best.”

The other friends answered shamelessly, forgetting the memories of being enchanted.

Not only the Black Tortoise Tower and White Tiger Tower students but also Blue Dragon Tower students like Asan did the same.

“I don’t know why we were so envious.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“You… you guys… Being so envious and then when it’s gone…!”

Gainando trembled with a sense of injustice.

The guys who couldn’t take their eyes off the coat when it was there were acting so coldly now that the coat was gone.

“You… you answer! You were also very interested in the coat!”

Gainando called out to Adenart, who was eating with her followers. Adenart slightly raised her eyebrows at Gainando’s call.

“I don’t quite understand what you mean.”

“…Hey! Argh! You definitely wanted it!?”

“Certainly, that coat was intriguing.”

“Right? Right?!”

When someone took his side from behind, Gainando turned around in excitement.

A handsome man he had never seen before was sitting in a chair.

He was a handsome man who looked like he had stepped out of an ancient book or an old kingdom’s statue.

“Oh. There’s such a handsome person in the White Tiger Tower?”

“…What do you mean by that, prince bastard?”

The White Tiger Tower students flared up.

Of course, compared to the Blue Dragon Tower, they lacked noble dignity, but the White Tiger Tower students didn’t think it was a weakness.

They thought it was a difference that emerged because they chose a knightly martial spirit and a bold temperament.

“It’s not your fault. It wouldn’t be easy for young people these days to follow the beauty of my era.”

With those words, the handsome man naturally snatched a piece of food from Gainando’s plate. Gainando was greatly shocked that he couldn’t react.

“Hey, what are you doing now…!!”

“Principal, what are you doing?”

“…Would you like more?”

Gainando froze and held out the plate.

The skull principal in human form snatched the plate and emptied the food on it.

“I wanted to see that coat once, but it’s a pity. The materials and the curse must have been quite good.”

“How can magic be completed by mixing things so recklessly?”

“Very rarely. There are times when magic is born from coincidence.”

While the skull principal and Yi-Han were conversing, the White Tiger Tower students got up in a group and took refuge at another tower’s table.

Even the students from other towers, who would usually curse and chase them away, allowed them to sit with a frightened expression.

“Pr-principal. Di-did you come to take away the person who failed?”

Gainando asked, hiding behind Yi-Han.

Every semester, when the exams were over, the skull principal took pleasure in locking up the person who failed in the punishment room.

“No. There’s no one who failed this time. More importantly, why are you talking nonsense about sand octopuses living in the undead realm?”

“I… I thought it might be discovered someday…”

The skull principal began to explain ‘What is inductive reasoning?’ with a contemptuous gaze.

Gainando cursed himself for answering honestly for no reason.

After making Gainando collapse just by talking, the skull principal asked Yi-Han.

“What are your plans for this winter break?”

“I’m trying to save up a hundred gold coins.”

“…Not that kind of plan…”

The skull principal had to hold back a sigh.

“I mean travel. Travel. You wouldn’t usually stay in Granden City during winter break.”

“Ah. Yes. First, I’m going to return to the Wardanaz family and meet the head of the family. I don’t know if I’ll be able to meet him, but anyway…”

“Actually, there’s something you have to do before that.”

The skull principal spoke seriously.

At those words, Gainando, who was next to him, was startled.

How did the principal read Gainando’s inner thoughts?

“You’re talking about inviting Yi-Han to our family’s mansion now, right?”

“…”

When the skull principal waved his hand, Gainando was teleported to the opposite table.

“His Majesty the Emperor wants to see you in person.”

“…!”

Yi-Han was greatly shocked by those words.

It was so shocking that no other questions came to mind.

“Wait. Is there a reason why Gainando shouldn’t know that I’m having a private audience with His Majesty the Emperor?”

“He can know. I just sent him away because he was being noisy next to me.”

“…Ah, yes.”

“I’ve already sent a message to the head of your family.”

“Has a reply come?”

“No.”

“I thought so. He’s so busy…”

“I guess. Anyway, I’m sorry, but your winter break plans have changed a bit.”

The skull principal began to draw a simple schedule on the tablecloth.

First, meet His Majesty the Emperor, then meet the people he needed to meet in the capital, then secure the 1st-year students who had complicated admission procedures among the new students, and finally drop Yi-Han off at the Wardanaz family’s mansion.

After that, Yi-Han could enjoy a happy winter break rest.

Or do winter break labor…

“Uh. Principal. I understand meeting His Majesty the Emperor, but there seem to be quite a few strange things after that.”

‘Sharp kid.’

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