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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 759
🕑 Added 2024-08-17 03:05:13 +0000 UTCChapter 759
While clinging to the bronze golem senior who was trying to coldly refuse, Yi-Han poured out how difficult and painful his situation was.
But the bronze golem senior didn't waver, perhaps thanks to his cold metal heart.
Trying to interfere just because you've foreseen a little of the future could bring about even worse results.
"Junior. I understand you're having a hard time, but all Einroguard students have it tough."
After saying this much, the golem senior belatedly recalled that the junior before him was taking all schools.
Considering that, he thought some students might indeed have it tougher, but the senior didn't back down.
"That doesn't mean everyone tries to change the future. Trying to change it rashly is more dangerous."
"I'm saying I'm in concrete danger. You know what I went through this week, don't you?"
"I don't?"
"Pardon?"
"I don't really know. What did you do?"
The golem senior looked at Yi-Han as if he were a minstrel who had just gained popularity in the imperial capital.
Such minstrels tended to mistakenly think everyone in the empire would know them, but when they left the capital and arrived at an inn in the provinces, they would realize reality upon hearing jeers like 'What pig-squealing song are you singing?'
Yi-Han's face reddened slightly with embarrassment.
He had assumed everyone would know since seniors kept referring to him as 'that guy' or 'him', but thinking about it, that wasn't the case.
Why would they all be interested in every little thing when they were busy with their own affairs?
"I'm sorry."
"No need to apologize. I don't go out much in the first place."
"But don't you have to attend lectures?"
"I skip as many lectures as I can using divination magic."
"..."
Yi-Han was shocked.
Just how vast was the world of divination magic?
"So? What did you go through this week?"
The golem senior urged his junior with an indifferent attitude.
He thought the professors had probably just given out a tricky assignment during the lecture.
"I was kidnapped by the principal's mad doppelganger and barely escaped."
"..."
At the junior's answer, which was much more serious than he had expected, the golem senior's eyes widened in shock.
It was a terrifying story that made even his cold metal heart tremble.
"S-so..."
"Yes. That's why I missed the lecture."
"I was asking if that's why the prophecy said you'll face an ancient being and shouldn't wander outside day or night... I see."
"..."
"More importantly, you came to hear the missed lecture after going through something like that?"
"But won't it be harder next week if I don't listen?"
"Hmm... Right. I suppose so."
Yi-Han nodded, thinking the senior had understood.
Of course, the senior hadn't understood but just let it go. One shouldn't argue with crazy people in the first place.
'Well, he is taking all schools after all.'
"Senior. Please help me. I need to avoid the future that came out in the prophecy!"
"Ugh. Trying to change it rashly is really not good... Alright."
After deliberating, the golem senior finally gave in to Yi-Han's words.
Normally he would just tell him to endure it, but if it was the skull principal's mad doppelganger, it seemed like he should do something.
"As I said earlier, predicting the future is also an action that increases the possibility of that future. You might end up bringing a future you could have avoided closer. The same goes for luck and misfortune restrictions. If you overestimate and abuse them carelessly, even stronger misfortune might befall you. Understand?"
"I'll keep that in mind."
"Good. Then..."
The golem senior prepared divination magic with a metallic sound.
Except for a few reagents (mainly star-related reagents using meteorites), incantations, and the senior's arm flying off entirely (the senior said it was fine while reattaching the fallen arm with his other arm), it proceeded quite smoothly.
"...Tell me how to avoid misfortune!"
Starlight filled the senior's eyes, and a voice even lower and heavier than what they had heard until now flowed out.
-If you avoid physical contact with the imperial family, you will be able to suppress misfortune!-
When the prophecy ended, the senior's eyes returned to normal. Curious about what prophecy his junior had received, the senior asked with a voice tinged with interest.
"What did the prophecy tell you to avoid?"
"It said to avoid touching the imperial family."
"Not bad! Fortunately, it's an easy restriction."
Avoiding touching the imperial family was indeed one of the easier restrictions.
Especially here in closed-off Einroguard. There weren't many occasions to meet the imperial family.
"Hmm. But there are imperial family members among my friends in the same year."
"Oh dear."
At the junior's words, the golem senior made a suggestion.
"How about framing them and sending them to the punishment room?"
"...I'll just try to avoid them myself."
*
Fortunately, the <One Drop of Potion Instead of Complex Magic> lecture was a 2nd year lecture.
Yi-Han, who happened to find Yonaire and Siana working in Professor Uregor's Gaksu Pavilion, said in a moved voice.
"A 2nd year lecture. Aren't you all really happy?"
"..."
"..."
The two exchanged glances, not knowing how to answer.
-What should we say at a time like this?-
-Let's just pretend we didn't hear and stay quiet...-
"So Mr. Wardanaz. What brings you here? I thought you were resting?"
Priestess Siana, who was grinding insect molts into powder in a mortar, asked curiously. Yonaire answered that question instead.
"Didn't you come to study the missed lecture content?"
"Miss Maykin. Don't say such nonsense. How could he do that when it hasn't been long since he was kidnapped?"
"..."
Yi-Han hesitated, unable to open his mouth. Siana quickly changed her words.
"But to become a true mage, one shouldn't let go of studying even when kidnapped... I'm sorry."
"It's fine, Priestess Siana. You can speak comfortably."
"Then why don't you just go back and rest?"
Regretting that he should have told her to speak a little less comfortably, Yi-Han asked a question.
"I'll go back after just hearing the content. What did you do this week?"
"We studied reagents first before starting complex alchemy."
"I see..."
Yi-Han picked up his quill pen, focusing on the words of the two honor students.
The quality of reagents greatly affected the completion of alchemy, as much as the ability of the mage making it. It was natural to check various reagents and study them first.
'Fortunately, it's orthodox. This is how lectures should be.'
If someone asked Yi-Han to evaluate Einroguard lectures, he wanted to give Professor Uregor a high evaluation.
Lectures like stealing and checking the professor's work from a certain magic school were not good lectures.
"Would you like to see my notes?"
"Thank you, Priestess Siana."
<List of Reagents Needed for the Year and Collection Methods>
-Snow Pine Flower
-Sleeping Mugwort
-Einroguard's Lava
-Mountain Ring Mushroom, Mist Cloud Mushroom
-Dwarf Willow
-Mage's Tears (must have lived over 100 years)
...
...
The collection methods are as follows...
-Mountain Ring Mushroom and Mist Cloud Mushroom are in the 7th floor mushroom cultivation field. Seniors are occupying it, so steal secretly.
-Steal Einroguard's Lava from the Death Knights.
-Snow Pine Flower can be found in the glacier area of the territory or the Cold Ice Hell section between the 7th and 8th floors of the main building...
-If it seems difficult, steal from seniors.
"...Priestess Siana. Did you perhaps join the Change Location club?"
"What kind of club is that? A spatial movement magic club?"
Siana tilted her head at the strange-sounding club.
There really were peculiar clubs among all kinds of clubs.
"No. It's nothing. The collection methods here seem a bit... biased. Who recommended these methods?"
Yi-Han carefully asked, wondering if perhaps Ratford had recommended them.
"Yi-Han. The professor recommended them."
"Professor Uregor."
"..."
Yi-Han quietly canceled his inner high evaluation of Professor Uregor.
This professor teaching alchemy didn't deserve a high evaluation.
"Wasn't there any method other than stealing?"
"He did say to exchange if we could exchange, but since the prices are all hefty, he said it would be better to learn to steal."
"...I see."
Yi-Han wrote down the collection methods for now.
If it didn't work out, those methods might become the last resort.
Crash!
Yi-Han hesitated at the loud noise coming from the inner workshop.
He had been so tense lately due to all the attacks and battles that he couldn't relax.
-You ■■■ bastard!-
-Be cursed! You ■■■■!-
-You are ■■■■■...-
Although he couldn't hear exactly what was being said because it was so fast and fierce, it was clear someone was fighting.
Yi-Han asked, wondering who on earth would dare fight in Professor Uregor's workshop.
"Who's attacking the professor in the Gaksu Pavilion?"
"Huh?"
Yonaire looked at her friend in puzzlement.
She had thought Yi-Han would naturally know...
"It's Professor Bentozol, Yi-Han. He's helping with Professor Uregor's work instead of you. Didn't you know?"
"..."
Before he could answer, Professor Uregor burst out from inside with curses.
"Get lost!"
-You get lost!-
"I'm about to lose all my beard because of that crazy barbarian! You guys, if possible, leave your work and go back today! Even if I ruin my work today, I'm going to throw that beast into a cauldron!"
"If it's alright, I'd like to watch!"
While Siana answered, expecting to watch the professors' fight, Professor Uregor belatedly noticed Yi-Han.
Yi-Han, who had committed a sin, flinched.
'Oops. Should I have fled first?'
However, instead of attacking Yi-Han, Professor Uregor cried out with tears in his eyes.
"What on earth did I do wrong to you for you to send Professor Bentozol instead? Huh??"
He had been deeply hurt that the disciple he had somewhat trusted had sent Professor Bentozol.
Of course, taking care of the cabin was annoying chores, but wasn't it too cruel to send Professor Bentozol to do it instead?
"I didn't send him, Professor! How could I have the ability to control him?"
'It seems like he could control some professors though...'
Yonaire only thought inwardly.
"Professor Bentozol moved on his own. I really wanted to do the work."
"Really?! That crazy barbarian son of a...!"
Professor Uregor rushed back inside.
Yi-Han quietly exchanged glances with Yonaire and then snuck out of the Gaksu Pavilion.
"Priestess Siana. Come out quickly."
"Can't we watch a little longer?"
*
Despite Professor Uregor's teachings, Yi-Han didn't follow them right away.
Wasn't it too extreme to start stealing without even trying to negotiate?
'Is this the mushroom cultivation field?'
A field far to the south of the 7th floor students' town.
Seeing signs saying 'Mushrooms Growing' and 'Do Not Steal', it seemed to be the right place.
Mushrooms Growing
Do Not Steal
"..."
Pretending not to see the few erased letters, Yi-Han checked around to find the owner taking care of this field.
He saw a senior practicing magic on a nearby rock.
"Senior. Hello. Are you perhaps the owner of this field?"
"Hmm. Yes. What's the matter?"
The senior looked at Yi-Han with eyes full of wariness.
"I'd like to buy some mushrooms..."
"Really?!"
At the junior's words, the senior jumped up forgetting his dignity. That's how happy he was.
"You really came to buy?! Not to steal?!"
"...Yes. Um, are the mushrooms very expensive?"
"Not that expensive. One imperial gold coin for three baskets."
"!"
Yi-Han barely endured letting out a groan with the mental strength he had when he first learned 5th Circle magic.
'It's not expensive by Einroguard prices. It's not expensive by Einroguard prices. It's not expensive by Einroguard prices...'
Gritting his teeth, Yi-Han asked.
"That much... I think... I can... pay..."
"Wait. I'll pick the best ones for you."
"Senior. But who are those people?"
While they were talking, there were several seniors glaring at Yi-Han near the field.
The senior gestured as if to say not to mind them.
"Ah. Those guys? They're crazy guys who mistakenly think they're the field owners. Ignore them."
"...Then do I perhaps have to pay those people too?"
"No. No. You only need to pay me. If they tell you to pay, just ignore them."
"..."
"No! Don't go!!"
As Yi-Han slowly backed away, creating distance, the senior tried to call him back with a grief-stricken voice.
