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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 1072
🕑 Added 2024-11-29 12:32:23 +0000 UTCChapter 1072
Puyo poured praise on the magic completed by the two Einroguard students.
"To think mages still in student status could complete such a thing! Professor Verduus is truly a fortunate person!"
"??"
Professor Verduus tilted his head under the table.
He was crawling on four legs because of disciples who used vile tricks, so why call him fortunate?
"That's... no. This is ancient magic I've never seen before? Where did you get this?"
Avalcan who had been staring intently at the magic engraved on the plate shouted in surprise.
Not only was fusing realm rod and refraction and engraving them on one plate amazing, but looking carefully inside, he saw several ancient magics no longer found today assisting the magic circle's operation and form.
For even Avalcan, quite an expert on ancient relics, to see ancient magic for the first time.
"Did you perhaps seek Lord Gonadaltes's teachings?"
"Nah. He's petty so he doesn't teach easily."
At the answer coming from below, Avalcan looked down as if finding it ridiculous.
Though there was some talk in the empire about Lord Gonadaltes's dogmatic behavior, he was still the guardian of the imperial magic barrier and the emperor's magic administrator.
Moreover, since this beaver mixed-blood was an Einroguard professor, wasn't he his superior too?
Yet such a rude attitude.
'How pitiful is Einroguard's enchantment magic school! No matter how outstanding their ability, to have such a crazy fellow as master.'
Avalcan looked at Yi-Han and Yukbeltire with pitying eyes.
Misunderstanding those eyes, Yukbeltire whispered to her junior.
"Be careful."
"Of what?"
"Those eyes, he's clearly coveting the magic we completed."
"...Those are eyes looking at us with pity, Senior."
"Why?"
"Because we're Professor Verduus's disciples."
"..."
Though normally Yukbeltire would never accept others' pity, this time she was at a loss for words.
After hesitating, Yukbeltire spoke belatedly.
"But there must be at least some tiny advantages? Junior, you refute for me."
"I refuse."
Though Yi-Han was confident in his speech, he disliked stepping up on such a topic.
No matter how he looked at it, there seemed no chance of winning.
"May I ask where you found this?"
"Uh... we discovered it by chance inside Einroguard."
Though he worried his answer was too casual, Avalcan surprisingly accepted it.
Even before the imperial magic school was established, Einroguard was a place where all kinds of magic built its academic tradition. It wasn't strange at all to discover magic hard to find now.
After examining the magic several times, Avalcan sighed. Though he wanted to find fault, it was magic design close to perfection. It was as if an ancient great mage had drawn it directly.
"I lost. I lost. Professor Verduus. I'll acknowledge it. That you're a level above as a master too."
"No, Master!"
His disciple Avalcarn unconsciously shouted from guilt.
Even if he was lacking, how could his master be lacking?
"That's right! Absolutely not!"
-Don't say such things!-
"???"
The orc mage turned in bewilderment as fierce shouts burst out from beside him too.
Yi-Han and the Einroguard group were shouting in angry voices.
-It's absolutely not that Sir Avalcan is lacking. Don't have strange thoughts!-
"Senior Yukbeltire and I worked hard to make this, so how is it thanks to Professor Verduus! Don't speak carelessly!"
Though the death knights were one thing, Yi-Han was close to a green youth by Avalcan's standards.
Nevertheless, Avalcan was overwhelmed by the Wardanaz family boy.
Such fierce pressure as if facing a mortal enemy!
"I-I seem to have misspoken. I apologize."
"...No. I'm sorry for getting too excited too. And since I belong to all schools at Einroguard, I have several masters. It's absolutely not thanks to Professor Verduus."
"..."
Avalcan felt he understood one thing for certain.
Einroguard enchantment magic school students, whether senior or junior years, all really hated Professor Verduus.
*
"Now!"
When the boring disciple introductions ended, Professor Verduus immediately brought out the most interesting topic in the empire, that is, his magic research.
When a palm-sized sailing ship went up on the table, the mages let out exclamations.
Even Yi-Han was inwardly surprised.
"This... could it be an actual ship shrunk by magic?"
"Good eye. Ah. Perhaps you heard in advance being close to Professor Verduus... no. I apologize."
"N-no."
The air between Avalcan and Yi-Han became slightly awkward. Yi-Han deeply reflected.
'Such rudeness to someone I'm meeting for the first time.'
Originally Yi-Han wasn't such a rude person.
But when the other brought up being close with Professor Verduus, killing intent unconsciously rose from his whole body...
"Anyway this is amazing. I didn't know shrinking magic could be done to this extent."
"We have to acknowledge Professor Verduus's ability."
Transformation magic wasn't omnipotent.
Especially magic shrinking actual objects like this had difficulty increasing exponentially proportional to size and duration.
The mages present could grasp how precisely and powerfully the shrinking magic composing the sailing ship was operating.
At this level, the original size must have been enough to fill this room easily.
"Wait. The appearance seems a bit different from the original sailing ship?"
Puyo noticed the dissonance with his excellent eye for appraisal.
The appearance was different from the sailing ship Professor Verduus had drawn and shown several times in letters.
"That's right. What is it? Why did it change? Did you make a new one?"
"Ragesa stole that one."
Professor Verduus grumbled as if still infuriated thinking about it.
"Ragesa? By Ragesa you mean... the admiral of the southern privateer fleet?"
"Probably right. Since she's one of Professor Verduus's sponsors."
"No, then it's not stealing is it?"
Avalcan asked as if not understanding.
How was it theft when a sponsor took something they invested in?
"It is theft! She took it without permission!"
Professor Verduus flared up and argued.
Because the small sailing ship made before disappeared, how much time and cost went into making a new one from scratch.
Though Ragesa sent more gold coins afterward, it wasn't nearly enough.
"Perhaps she took something other than what she invested in?"
"No? She took what she invested in?"
"..."
-......-
While those present inwardly suppressed their anger, Professor Verduus grumbled again.
"Wardanaz was bribed and gave it to her."
"Please don't misunderstand everyone. I wasn't bribed, but Lady Ragesa seemed like she would really be angry if she couldn't take the completed ship this time too..."
"No one here will misunderstand so don't worry."
At Puyo's words, the knights unconsciously nodded.
None of those present had any thought of misunderstanding Professor Verduus's words.
Even if Professor Verduus said 'My disciple Wardanaz set fire to my workshop, stabbed me then plundered all my valuable treasures!', those present would take Yi-Han's side.
"Wait. The hull's shape is different?"
"Indeed. The front mast changed too..."
The two mages who received Professor Verduus's invitation were bewildered that the newly made sailing ship was quite different from the original.
This was a more important problem than expected.
From the start, everything they had prepared after receiving the invitation was magic matched to the previous sailing ship.
From ancient relics that adjusted aerial climate by combining with the hull, to magic modifying the mast like a magic staff so the ship itself could use magic.
Both were delicate magics that needed readjustment if the sailing ship's form changed.
"While making it new I changed designs I didn't like too."
"...Then you should have told us!"
Avalcan shouted with a growl.
What was this crazy beaver mage doing!
"You can fix it here right?"
"How much time do you want us to waste? After coming all this way on invitation!"
Feeling unpleasant at unnecessary time waste, Avalcan jumped up and kicked open the door going out.
Having come on invitation because they needed each other's cooperation, he already regretted it.
"Sigh..."
As he let out a troubled sigh in front of the door, the knights followed out from inside. Avalcan apologized.
"I'm sorry. To show such a sight when you came as guards."
-No. That doesn't matter. More importantly Mage, you said you prepared magic matched to the original sailing ship?-
"That's... right...?"
Avalcan wondered puzzled, not understanding why these death knights asked such a question.
-If that original sailing ship existed, could you work on that?-
"Didn't Lady Ragesa take it?"
-After that Lady Ragesa gave it as a gift to someone else. It's a long story. Anyway we'll take that as possible.-
"???"
The knights tried to go back inside without even hearing the answer. This time it was to bring out Puyo.
However, Puyo walked out first. Avalcan bowed his head apologizing.
"I'm sorry, Master. Because of me..."
"Ah, no. Professor Verduus kept asking to cut off some of my body so I came out because it was annoying."
Professor Verduus had long been interested in Puyo's body as a tree spirit mixed-blood and outstanding mage.
Being excellent material, he pestered asking to cut off some body parts every time they met.
"But why are the knights gathered here?"
The knights asked the same question they had asked Avalcan earlier. Puyo reacted the same way.
"Didn't Lady Ragesa take it??"
-It's a long story. Anyway we understand!-
The knights went back in and this time finally brought out the skull principal's top disciple.
Yi-Han was puzzled not grasping the situation.
"Are you perhaps trying to attack Professor Verduus?"
-No.-
Though tempted, the death knights denied it. But they thought they should remember and seriously try it later.
-Successor.-
"Shh. Many people listening."
'Successor?'
The two mages wondered inwardly but didn't join the conversation.
-Understood. Sir Wardanaz. You know that sailing ship you received before.-
"Yes."
-How about entrusting it to those people?-
"???"
The two mages couldn't hold back from joining the conversation.
"No. Didn't Lady Ragesa take it?"
"Lady Ragesa gave it to me again."
"Why?"
Avalcan was bewildered.
That small sailing ship that sailed through the air wasn't worth just a penny or two. Ragesa must have invested enormously in Professor Verduus for it too.
Yet to give it again to the disciple of a mage she must hate to death.
"I don't know the exact reason either, but if I had to guess..."
The two mages leaned in to listen.
What possibility had Ragesa discovered in this genius?
"She must have given it to me out of pity for learning under Professor Verduus?"
"..."
Almost persuaded for a moment, Avalcan quickly came to his senses.
Comments
Christie Schauer
Yi-Han hasn't set fire to Prof Verduus's workshop, stabbed him, or plundered ALL of his valuable treasures. But give him time, he's just on his second year.
