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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 740
🕑 Added 2024-08-11 06:10:36 +0000 UTCChapter 740
"He seems like a crazy person, so let's be careful."
"Is that so?"
Adenart was puzzled at Yi-Han's whisper.
When looking at Einroguard's professors, Professor Jorzik didn't seem particularly crazy.
Moreover, Adenart, being of royal blood, had grown up seeing numerous followers since childhood.
As followers of royalty usually had the (unreasonable) expectation that the royal they served would someday succeed to the emperor's throne, there were many ambitious people.
"He doesn't seem that strange to me. Even among those who support me, there are people like that..."
"Aha."
Yi-Han nodded after hearing Adenart's explanation.
It seemed there were quite a few people like Professor Jorzik among the princess's supporters.
And Yi-Han subtly took a step away so Adenart wouldn't notice.
"Professor Benmalpa. Why on earth do you want to become Einroguard's principal?"
"Professor. Even so, can you become principal without the principal's approval?"
While the two were chattering, curious seniors threw questions at Professor Jorzik.
It was killing two birds with one stone as they could satisfy their curiosity and delay the lecture.
Even at his disciples' questions that might sound rude at first glance, Professor Jorzik stroked his mustache and was pleased.
"First, good question. Why do I want to become Einroguard's principal? Then let me ask in reverse! Why don't you want to become Einroguard's principal?"
"W-well, I..."
The senior was about to answer 'Because I'm sane?' but perhaps thinking that was too harsh, he said roundaboutly.
"I'm not interested in the principal position because I'm a mage, Professor."
"That thought is wrong! I dare say this. Gentlemen. As mages, you should naturally dream of Einroguard's principal position!"
The classroom became quiet as a mouse.
Regardless, the professor continued speaking in an intoxicated voice.
"The headquarters of millennial magic and the lord of the incense land. You. Aren't you excited about what magic you could do if you obtained this power?"
"Well, the magic I'm researching is sufficiently possible without Einroguard's power."
Not many people would create new land to make a wheat field if they wanted to eat bread, they would just go out and buy bread.
"Moreover, Einroguard's principal position doesn't end just with magical aspects! The honor of becoming the spiritual leader while raising the empire's best mages. Aren't you excited yet?"
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'Is that so?'
Not only the seniors but also Yi-Han and Adenart tilted their heads and fell into thought.
Certainly, hearing it like that, it did sound somewhat good.
Einroguard was the empire's top magical institution, and the mages who came out of there were very outstanding talents, so a teacher respected by all these talents could be said to have truly great influence.
But no matter how much they thought so in their heads, their hearts couldn't accept it.
In the students' minds, the image of the principal was too strongly that of the skull principal.
"The principal said he would make disciples into enemies though."
"I'm different! I'll raise disciples with affection and interest. Disciples will respect me and support me!"
The students murmured.
Although it was difficult to be certain if Professor Jorzik could become principal in their lifetime, it was certainly an enticing story.
"I'll support you in my heart, Professor!"
"We can't do anything actively, but we'll cheer for you!"
"Thank you, thank you! Gentlemen! And the second question. Can one become principal without the principal's approval? This is actually simple too! The answer is 'You can'!"
"How?"
"Because I asked the principal."
"..."
"..."
The students' faces darkened.
Their expectations for Professor Jorzik had greatly decreased with that answer just now.
Where in the world was there an idiot who asked the target of a coup if it was okay while planning the coup?
'Wait. Isn't this possible?'
However, unlike the other seniors, Yi-Han felt enticed by the answer just now.
The skull principal Yi-Han knew wasn't particularly attached to Einroguard's principal position.
His relationship with the emperor wasn't formed with healthy responsibility as the seniors thought, but was closer to a relationship where they floundered, grabbing each other's ankles telling each other not to escape first from the swamp called the empire.
In this situation, if he had answered 'Do it if you can' to Professor Jorzik's question?
It might really be possible if Professor Jorzik just received the emperor's approval!
"This... It seems possible if the professor just receives His Majesty the Emperor's approval."
"...Isn't that the hardest part?"
Adenart looked at Yi-Han with eyes of disbelief as if looking at Gainando.
'Well, that's true.'
Passing the dragon's standard might be harder than directly defeating the skull principal in some ways.
As if already familiar with the students' reactions, Professor Jorzik grinned.
"Gentlemen. It doesn't matter if you think my plan is absurd. That's your freedom. But don't give up on your dreams as absurd too. It's always been people who were ridiculed as dreamers who changed the empire!"
Yi-Han was slightly moved.
It was a better saying than he expected.
However, the expressions of the seniors steeped in Einroguard didn't change much.
"Dreamers usually don't graduate from Einroguard though."
"When I submitted a research plan, the principal threw it at my face saying it was absurd nonsense..."
"Well then, shall we start the lecture!"
Like the ambitious person he was, Professor Jorzik smoothly changed the subject as it flowed to a disadvantageous topic for him.
"Everyone to your desired areas!"
The <Elemental Magic and Its Applications> lecture was similar to Professor Verduus's lecture in that students practiced autonomously.
However, the situation was worlds apart.
"Professor. I'm trying to maintain at least four swords by transforming fire elements. The shape maintenance is harder than I thought."
"Your problem now is mainly two things, shape transformation and multi-control. Because you're trying to do these two things simultaneously, a backfire phenomenon is occurring midway. Personally, I recommend practicing shape transformation first for fire elements. Have you learned Bagni's Five Forms?"
"Not yet..."
"I understand. Although Bagni was an outstanding fire element mage, he was from hundreds of years ago, and there's not much use in mastering all five forms. In fact, not many mages have mastered them. But! For mages stuck on fire element shape transformation, there's no practice more helpful than these five forms. So try practicing these five forms first."
"Professor. I need dark elements for this research, but even the basic resonance is too tricky. I asked Professor Mortum, and he said you get the hang of it after going missing a few times in dark underground caves in the mountains or undead realms. Is there really no other way?"
"That's a good method. But! That's a method suitable for geniuses like Professor Mortum now. If it were me, I'd recommend safer methods. Here, do you see these summoned dark elements? Try making your senses keener by placing them on your hand one by one. Slowly! And don't worry at all if you can't feel the dark elements. It's something you can solve by asking other mages."
"...!"
Yi-Han and Adenart, who had been watching this, were greatly shocked.
Adenart spoke in a trembling voice.
"D-did you see that? I can't believe how he can handle elements so diversely and smoothly."
At the same time, Yi-Han spoke in a trembling voice.
"How can he be so kind when it's the same style of lecture as Professor Verduus?"
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They looked at each other as if puzzled.
"...Isn't the elemental magic more amazing?"
"The principal does that much too, doesn't he? Being so kind is more amazing."
Yi-Han seemed to understand why some seniors had left the evaluation 'But he's better than other people' for Professor Jorzik.
'Isn't this too much of an underestimation!'
While Adenart was looking at Yi-Han with a slightly colder gaze than before, Professor Jorzik approached the two.
The professor's eyes were blazing with interest and ambition.
"The unique students listening to my humble lecture!"
"...Nice to meet you, Professor?"
"Answer if what I know about you two is correct. Student Adenart. The empire's 43rd royal, supported by the Palm Tree Knight Order, the Accumulated Rain Mage Tower, the Western Imperial Union Merchant Association, the Cross Brothers Swordsman Guild, and the Ollodo Party!"
Adenart nodded her head like a rabbit in surprise.
It was rare for an Einroguard professor to be this interested in a student, unless it was outside.
At that acknowledgment, Professor Jorzik's eyes blazed even more with ambition.
Yi-Han could hear the voice 'Become my disciple and support me!' even though the other party hadn't used telepathy magic.
"If I have only one hobby in Einroguard, it's receiving the respect of talented disciples like you."
Overwhelmed by the professor's blazing momentum, the princess quickly took refuge behind Yi-Han.
Regardless, Professor Jorzik spoke strongly.
"Whenever you need help or teachings, come find Jorzik of the Benmalpa family!"
"She says she understands."
"Good! And you are..."
'No. Even me?'
Yi-Han had actually been slightly off guard.
As the other party was showing so much interest in Adenart, he thought he could pass relatively easily.
However, Professor Jorzik's eyes were blazing even more intensely than before.
If Adenart was at the level of lightly throwing bait, for Yi-Han, it was like jumping in with nets and harpoons with the determination to catch him no matter what.
'Did he perhaps use some fire magic on his eyes?'
Yi-Han couldn't believe how he could make his pupils blaze so vigorously with just ambition without magic.
"You're 'that' student!"
"...Have seniors or professors perhaps forgotten my name?"
He was slightly bothered by being called by terms like 'that guy' or 'him' or 'that' lately.
It didn't seem like a good sign.
Professor Jorzik smiled so widely his mouth almost reached his ears.
"How could that be? Student Wardanaz. From the Wardanaz family, taking all school lectures."
"Yes..."
"Also the principal's disciple."
"Pardon?"
Yi-Han tried to deny it, but Professor Jorzik only said what he wanted to say.
"As you're receiving the affection of all Einroguard professors, how could Jorzik of the Benmalpa family not participate in that?"
"I'm fine..."
"What magic are you troubled with? I may not be as specialized as Lady Eumidiphos, but I can handle any elemental magic to some extent!"
Professor Jorzik spoke humbly, but Yi-Han, who had seen the professor's skills earlier, knew well how amazing that was.
It was unusual cases like Eumidiphos who researched just one water element to the extreme, and just being able to handle various elements was enough to call Professor Jorzik an expert in this field.
'Right. I came to attend the lecture, so let's focus on magic.'
Although the other party was showing burdensome interest, at times like this, he had to focus the topic on magic.
Moreover, unlike a certain professor, wasn't the professor before his eyes kind and enthusiastic about teaching?
"I'm aiming for overall skill improvement."
"Right. You're a 2nd year after all. Then how about this? List the elements you're not confident in, and the ones you are confident in."
"First, I'm not confident in fire elements..."
"Hmm."
"I'm relatively confident in lightning, cold, darkness..."
"..."
