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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 814
🕑 Added 2024-09-04 11:12:39 +0000 UTCChapter 814
While the two were whispering, Yukbeltire moved to take out an item, satisfied with herself.
As she pulled open the mouth of a medium-sized blue silk pouch with a dragon drawn on it, an object much larger than the pouch popped out.
'It's space expansion magic.'
Yi-Han looked at his senior from the same tower with envy.
The space expansion magic itself was difficult, but imbuing it semi-permanently into an item was even more challenging.
If it were a Baldurguard student, they could just buy one at an auction with their allowance, but Einroguard students couldn't do that. If they wanted one, they had to make it themselves.
...Or steal it.
'I need to get my hands on that someday.'
As someone who had to move around a lot, Yi-Han felt the need for a backpack with space expansion magic more than anyone.
Always carrying a heavy backpack in preparation for any situation, if Yi-Han hadn't been doing physical training and body strengthening using mana, he would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago.
Thud!
While Yi-Han was lost in thought, the item Yukbeltire took out revealed itself.
It was a human-sized bronze golem.
"??"
Yi-Han was puzzled at the appearance of an item different from what he had expected.
"Um, Senior. Weren't you researching artificial realm artifacts?"
Hearing her junior's question, Yukbeltire stared at him with her blue eyes.
No matter how interested he was in artificial realm artifacts, to ask so impatiently like that...
But Yukbeltire decided to be generous and understand. He was quite a capable junior after all.
"You're impatient. Were you that eager to see an artificial realm artifact?"
"This is maddening..."
As Direth muttered beside him, Yi-Han fell into thought.
Originally, Yi-Han was skilled at enduring nonsense from superiors.
Hadn't he silently endured the nonsense from not only the mad doppelganger but also the skull principal and Professor Boladi?
That applied to Einroguard seniors too.
As they were seniors like the sky above, he had endured quite a bit even when he wanted to hit them or felt upset.
But seeing the evil senior from Blue Dragon Tower, he had a slightly different thought.
'...Do I really need to endure this person?'
While he endured the nonsense from the mad doppelganger or Professor Boladi out of fear, that wasn't the case with Yukbeltire.
Moreover, since she wasn't close with other seniors, even if Yi-Han didn't watch his manners, rumors like 'Wardanaz has been so rude to seniors lately, hmph' wouldn't spread.
He had been mindful since starting 2nd year, but after being harassed by crazy mages lately, Yi-Han's thoughts changed a bit.
Shouldn't he draw the line with people who needed lines drawn?
Coincidentally, the other party was also Professor Verduus's disciple.
Then maybe it was right to treat her like Professor Verduus.
"Senior."
Yi-Han raised his hand and opened his mouth with a resolute face. Yukbeltire tilted her face slightly to the side.
Why was he acting like that?
"I'll tell you honestly. I'm not interested at all in the artificial realm artifacts you're working on. Please don't misunderstand."
"..."
Yukbeltire paused just like that. Her face was usually cold without emotional changes, but stopping like that made her look like a statue carved from ice.
After a moment, Yukbeltire started moving again and asked.
"But you clearly said you'd help."
"You're a senior from the same tower, and since Senior Direth said she'd help, I'm helping too. I'm really not interested."
"Irony or rhetorical metaphor..."
"I just really don't. Senior. I'm as uninterested as Professor Verduus is in students."
"..."
After being silent, Yukbeltire finally opened her mouth.
"Well. If you don't understand the value of that magic, it's your loss."
Then she turned around abruptly and fiddled with the item she had taken out.
Seeing her friend's shoulders slightly drooping for some reason, Direth made a complex expression.
Yi-Han whispered cautiously.
"Did I speak too harshly?"
"No. There needs to be someone who speaks firmly too. If you just listen out of pity, you'll end up like me..."
Direth suddenly felt self-loathing and stopped speaking.
"...Anyway, you're not at fault at all, junior. The bad one is her, who doesn't listen to people from the start and thinks on her own. Don't feel pity. Think of her as Professor Verduus."
"Yes. I didn't feel any pity anyway. I'll treat her like Professor Verduus from now on."
"..."
Direth thought she understood a little why the mad doppelganger had chosen this Wardanaz family boy as his disciple.
Then she was startled and shuddered.
'What nonsensical thought did I just have!'
"Yukbeltire. So what's that bronze golem for?"
Direth called her friend in a voice about half an octave higher than usual.
"It's magic to persuade Ragesa."
Yukbeltire explained about the bronze golem.
There were various ways to activate golems, but befitting an outstanding enchantment mage, Yukbeltire approached it with enchantment magic.
"Mobility-series magic on the arms and legs. Bending and flexibility-series magic on the joints. Sound absorption magic on the head..."
"!"
Usually, unless a mage controlled it directly, golems were left with just one simple command.
The more autonomously movable actions were added, the more drastically the difficulty increased.
But Yukbeltire had given the golem over dozens of commands to complete a high-performance bronze golem.
It was truly an acrobatic feat of amazing completion.
Direth asked in a surprised voice.
"Is there a reason to make it to this extent?"
"Because I made it for servant purposes."
A bronze golem made not for gatekeeping or enemy repulsion, but as a servant that could follow various instructions.
That was the magic Yukbeltire had completed.
Yi-Han asked curiously.
"Can I try giving it orders?"
"Do as you please."
Yi-Han, who had become curious, started giving various commands to the bronze golem.
-Come here.
-Bring the <Imperial Lich> magazine from the bookshelf.
-Try brewing tea.
-Can you clean here too?
-Is transcription possible too?
And surprisingly, the bronze golem passed all the tests.
'Amazing!'
"Why did you choose this instead of an artificial realm artifact?"
"It's advantageous to show something simple and intuitive to outsiders..."
"But if you're going to make it do such complex and varied tasks, wouldn't it be better to summon and contract a being from another realm? Like a demon."
"..."
Yi-Han, who had been admiring the bronze golem, paused when he heard his senior's words.
The idea of summoning a demon to do chores was too natural.
"Beings from other dimensions can be neutralized or unsummoned in certain situations. Compared to that, a bronze golem maintained only by internal magic is much more stable."
"I see... It would take a lot of work, but it would be useful. How long did it take?"
"A day."
"It took a bit longer than I thought."
"Strange rumors were going around in the middle."
Yi-Han, who had been listening from the side, clapped his hands in admiration, also to change the subject.
"That's amazing. It's incredible that it follows such varied commands, and you made this in just a day."
"Are you saying that while having absolutely no interest in this too?"
'She's really pathetically petty, even though she's my friend...'
Direth closed her eyes tightly, looking at her friend who would be embarrassing anywhere.
After getting slapped and chased away for forcing magic on a junior, she should feel ashamed and reflect, not sulk and have such an attitude.
But Direth was still underestimating her junior.
Yi-Han, who had smoothly escaped even from the mad doppelganger's lair, didn't even blink at such trivial grumbling.
"I'm interested in this. You made it well, didn't you?"
"Artificial realm artifacts are better ma..."
"No. I'm not interested in that."
"Artificial realm artifacts are more excell..."
"I understand that, but I'm just not interested."
"...Just infuse the mana."
"Yes."
As Yukbeltire turned around again,
Direth felt ambivalent emotions.
The kind thought that she should separate the two...
And the evil thought that if she kept her junior attached, this evil friend might gradually learn some lessons!
*
Yi-Han diligently took notes on the magic inscribed on the bronze golem.
Direth, who was helping with optimization and stabilization beside him, tilted her head.
"What are you doing?"
"Ah. I'm going to try making one myself when I return to the dormitory. I think it would be good to put in the year's lounge."
"You have that kind of thought after seeing this?"
"Uh, don't you?"
The Wardanaz family junior asked, slightly flustered.
It seemed like anyone would want such a high-performance golem servant.
Especially in Yi-Han's case, since he had overflowing mana, if he made one well, he could use it usefully in the future.
"No. Nothing."
Direth changed the subject with a bland smile.
Usually, a 2nd year student would think 'That's amazing' when seeing such a bronze golem, but not 'I should try making one myself'.
It seemed like that would be the case even for a 3rd year, let alone a 2nd year...
Direth shook her head. It felt like her junior's magic skills had risen to an amazingly high level without her knowing.
"Yukbeltire. It's done."
"Fine."
Yukbeltire looked over the bronze golem and checked.
One of them had said nonsense without even knowing how great artificial realm artifacts were, but their skills were worthy of recognition.
"The junior did this part."
"..."
Yukbeltire's eyelashes trembled slightly. She was surprised once again to hear that Yi-Han had done the optimization work she had thought Direth would have done.
"He did well, right? How is it?"
"It's not ba..."
"Say he did well."
"But it's still lacking compared to m..."
"Say he did well."
"He did well."
Only after being poked in the side three times by Direth did Yukbeltire praise her junior.
Yi-Han was puzzled at the sight of her clutching her side as if in pain.
"Are you not feeling well?"
"...A rude mage attacked. Next is Duke Icaldoren. I hear Duke Icaldoren was caught trying to steal Einroguard's treasures."
"I see. So."
Direth finally realized why the duke had come.
It was too reckless an act, no matter how much he trusted his title.
"I don't know why people like that appear periodically. There was one when we were 1st years too."
"I really can't believe it. What an amazing thing!"
Yi-Han feigned surprise.
Yukbeltire nodded silently and then brought up her next words.
"We don't need to persuade Duke Icaldoren. We'll kidnap him."
"Well, that should be fine."
"..."
Yi-Han was flustered.
Of course, it wasn't very surprising that Yukbeltire suggested kidnapping.
She was Professor Verduus's disciple after all.
But it was a bit surprising that Direth immediately agreed.
"Uh, is that okay?"
"He's an outside criminal, junior? The principal probably let him in for us to do that."
"Yes..."
Not noticing her junior's gaze becoming slightly subtle, Direth made kidnapping plans with her friend.
"Other students are probably targeting him too, right?"
"Probably..."
"We should be prepared for some fighting too. Do you have anything useful?"
"I can mobilize three combat golems. Eight artifacts."
"That should be enough. Do you have energy-series magic? It seems like we need to prepare for that, since there's a lot of defense magic in that series at Einroguard lately."
Yi-Han listened attentively, admiring the wise conversation between the seniors.
"This should be enough. Let's go."
As the conversation roughly ended, Yukbeltire called Yi-Han.
Yi-Han didn't understand immediately and asked back.
"Where?"
"To kidnap the duke. Perhaps you have a curse on your hearing..."
"That's not it. More importantly, can I go too?"
Yi-Han had thought they would leave him behind, since it was naturally just the two 5th years talking.
"We need a combat mage like you as fighting power."
Direth nodded unconsciously at her friend's words, then met Yi-Han's staring gaze.
"...Do, do you want to wait here?"
