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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 933
🕑 Added 2024-10-14 10:59:16 +0000 UTCChapter 933
'Is it okay for an Einroguard mage to do this?'
Arien pondered.
At least his identity wasn't revealed.
With invisibility magic and disguise magic cast, it would be impossible to guess who he was.
...But he acted too aggressively!
He had often heard stories of Einroguard mages retrieving items without anyone knowing, and those affected fuming with anger, but this was the first time he had seen someone beat them up and take it.
"I suppose Young Master Wardanaz must have thought this through, probably?"
In the end, Arien could only say that.
No matter how experienced a merchant Arien was, he was still an outsider when it came to Einroguard matters.
Seeing a student act like that, he could only think that it must be okay.
'Is it really alright?'
Amur was intrigued.
Though Amur also came from a wild land where rough rules prevailed, wasn't the city a bit different culturally?
The Wardanaz family boy's actions were satisfying.
So satisfying that it was problematic...
"It will be fine. And you won't do it again from now on, right?"
"Of course. Please trust me."
Yi-Han firmly promised the two who had come to help him.
Originally, Yi-Han didn't particularly like violent methods.
It's better to take things out quietly, why attack the other party?
*
-Master. It's sealed with ancient characters here, can you perhaps help?-
-...I'll help just this once. Recite it like this. αρχαίος...-
-Who's there! Show yourself! How dare you... Ugh!-
-Damn it!-
An abandoned underground prison near the city.
It was a magic warehouse that cost a fortune to make, accessible only through ancient character interpretation, but unfortunately for the owner, the intruder had an ancient being by his side.
And even more unfortunate was that the owner who had come out to check just once happened to meet the intruder.
-Phew. This time, let's really resolve it quietly without any fight. ...Basilisk? Basil. Are you there?-
-Yes!-
-Then I'll ask you to...-
-Ba... Basilisk is inside! There's a basilisk inside!-
-...Damn it!!-
A secret alchemy workshop located under a fabric shop.
The reagent vault accessible only by basilisk whispers was easily opened by an intruder carrying a baby basilisk.
And the owner of that reagent vault shouted in surprise upon hearing the basilisk's hissing sound and was subdued by the intruder.
-...This was just bad luck. It will be different next time. Understand?-
-Can't we just overpower them with force and rob them?-
-No! That's dishonorable behavior for a thief, no, a location changer.-
The baby basilisk thought inwardly.
People do such incomprehensible things.
After that, Yi-Han continued to move to retrieve the remaining items from the requests, and succeeded again.
Considering only the time taken, it was an amazingly fast speed. If other club seniors had seen, they would have applauded.
...The problem was that he had knocked out all the related owners and came out.
"..."
"..."
"..."
The three silently looked down at the floor.
Finally unable to bear it, Arien cleared his throat and spoke.
"What can we do now that it's come to this. Still, it's amazing that you gathered everything so quickly!"
"...I think I didn't have the ability to take on the request."
"No. What are you saying? This is more than enough."
"I should have handled it quietly..."
"Haha. No. What's so wrong with beating up guys who needed a good hit to come to their senses?"
By this point, Amur seemed slightly excited.
When they first talked about it, the world of mages seemed incomprehensible and abstruse, but watching it, it seemed quite simple.
Isn't it just finding bad guys, punching them in the face, and retrieving evil items!
Seen this way, even Einroguard mages felt a bit closer.
"And don't worry. The ones who got hit won't be able to say anything out of shame."
-Did you hear? Some mages are going around Granden City? They're attacking those with evil artifacts and hanging them upside down. That Uap bastard got it really bad, they say.-
-Ah. I heard that too. He got what he deserved after tormenting people like that. From what I heard, they dunked him upside down in the canal?-
-I heard they branded him with the mark of evil on his face...-
"..."
"..."
"..."
Yi-Han hung his head even lower.
*
"That son of a bitch!"
Sebius, the hamster mixed-blood, let out an angry shout.
The guinea pig mixed-blood beside him, Sebius's outside associate and member of the thieves' guild, asked curiously.
"What's wrong?"
"Verduus, that bastard! He gave sloppy information again because he was lazy!"
While preparing to solve the request, Sebius had obtained shocking information.
Uap, who had stolen <Asen's Polarizing Lens> bought by Professor Verduus, had additionally purchased <Asen's Soul Scream> to protect the artifact.
If such an evil defensive magic was prepared in the workshop, it was a different story.
'I gave it to the junior thinking it was relatively easy!'
"Who's Verduus?"
"A professor!"
"...Isn't he crazy? Can a professor give information like that to students?"
The guinea pig mixed-blood was flustered.
Aren't professors supposed to teach and support Einroguard students?
But to give sloppy information because he's lazy.
It was so different from the teachers the guinea pig mixed-blood knew.
"That's why he's a bastard. I need to find my junior. Follow me."
"Our progress will only slow down because of some crazy bastard. Give him this poison later. One dose of this and he'll be bedridden for a week."
"..."
Sebius pondered inwardly for a moment, then shook his head.
"That mage's wariness is stronger than expected, so poison won't work."
"Good grief. These mages. Einroguard is the empire's top magic school, so why do they keep such a crazy bastard as a professor?"
Sebius didn't explain Einroguard's detailed situation.
He wouldn't be able to say most of it due to the prohibition anyway.
-Someone hung Uap upside down!-
-What?! Is it true?-
"...Wait."
Sebius, who had been running, stopped at the sound of passing people.
"Didn't they just say Uap?"
"I didn't hear. What did they say?"
"That someone hung Uap upside down..."
"What nonsense. Didn't he buy additional defensive magic? Who would hang up such a guy?"
"That's... true. It's not like it's the principal..."
"Why is the principal coming up?"
"...It's nothing."
Sebius shook his head.
He must have heard things wrong due to his anxious and urgent state of mind.
"Let's go aga..."
-Hey! They say someone dunked Uap in the canal?!-
-Why are you saying that now!? Let's go see quickly!-
"!!!"
This wasn't mishearing.
Sebius followed the people in shock. People were already gathered in front of the canal.
"There's Uap!"
"That crazy dwarf bastard, he tormented his workers so much, now he's receiving divine punishment!"
-Get lost!-
"Uap, you bastard! If you keep acting like that, divine punishment will come again!"
-...Eek!-
He had heard the other was a greedy and evil dwarf, but seeing his current state, he couldn't imagine it at all.
The way he cowered in fear whenever someone spoke showed he had been properly shocked.
"Sebius. Could this be your junior's doing?"
The guinea pig mixed-blood made a logical deduction.
Einroguard mages are strong.
Uap messed with an Einroguard mage's item.
And Uap is very frightened.
"...No. My junior has a cautious and careful personality. Showing off and scaring people like this is something only the principal would do."
"True. You said he bought additional magic too. Could that Professor Verduus have come out to help his disciple?"
"Absolutely not."
"...I-I see."
"Let's move. We need to check Uap's workshop first and then find my junior."
-Everyone! Everyone! The Bardan mansion has been robbed!-
-What?! The Bardan mansion?!-
-What on earth is happening today?-
The news that the Bardan mansion, a branch noble family connected to the Greenbel family, had been robbed shocked the people of Granden City gathered in front of the canal.
No matter how much Bardan had greedily exploited and threatened people to extort treasures, to think he would be attacked?
-A rampaging spirit is destroying the mansion over there!-
-...Everyone, now's our chance! Let's take revenge for what Bardan stole from us!-
"..."
Sebius, who had followed to the mansion before even checking the workshop, gaped at the sight of the half-destroyed mansion.
A rampaging water spirit summoned by someone was smashing the mansion, and angry people were taking advantage of the chaos to grab treasures from inside.
"This isn't your junior's doing either, right?"
The guinea pig mixed-blood asked, watching carefully.
"I-it can't be. Probably... No matter how angry my junior was, he wouldn't summon a spirit and make it rampage..."
'He didn't say "probably" earlier, did he?'
The guinea pig mixed-blood thought inwardly.
After that, rumors quickly spread that evil-doers all over Granden City had been attacked.
Sebius finally gathered the club members.
"Is anyone among you participating in what's happening now?"
"Huh, wasn't the junior doing it? I was admiring it."
"I thought you ordered it, Sebius."
"What nonsense!"
Sebius flared up in anger.
Who would recommend such a dangerous method to a mere second-year student?
The reason location changing had to be done quietly and secretly was because that was the safest. If you could just beat up the other party and take it, there would be no need to steal in the first place.
"I thought he was scaring them so they couldn't steal easily in the future..."
"I thought so too. I thought we were using a capable junior who just joined."
"...No!"
Professor Garcia, who had been reading <Monthly Magic Education> upstairs in the inn and came down, quietly sighed.
'This is the principal's fault.'
She didn't know about the rest, but dunking someone in the canal and destroying a mansion was clearly learned from the skull principal.
Where else would such a kind student like Yi-Han have learned that?
*
"...It's already in the past."
"You thought well!"
When Yi-Han gave up and resigned himself, the two wicked outsiders applauded, saying he thought well.
What could be done now that it had come to this?
"Young Master. Thinking positively, you finished the work quickly. It's a great achievement."
"There are rumors going around that an innocent citizen was dunked in the canal, though..."
"He's not innocent. Now, more importantly, you want to participate in watching a play?"
"Yes."
"The one Einroguard students are watching?"
"That's right."
Yi-Han, half resigned, decided to be satisfied that his name and identity hadn't been revealed.
If so, it was time to consider the next task of the theater club's escape.
Since he had finished all the other robbery-theft-location changing requests...
"It's not difficult. You can go with some people I'm acquainted with. Ah. There's one problem... No. Thinking about it, this should be fine too."
"What is it?"
"It's really nothing. Since such play-watching is also a social gathering, there's bound to be a lot of conversation, and it might seem strange if you don't know much about imperial plays. But Young Master, since you're from the Wardanaz family, it should be fine..."
"..."
Yi-Han's face turned pale as knowledge he had firmly believed would never be useful in his life caught up to him.
