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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 795
🕑 Added 2024-08-29 06:17:56 +0000 UTCChapter 795
"So, Lady Eumidiphos's master..."
As Yi-Han, who had barely recovered from the shock, opened his mouth to ask again, the large old woman got angry.
"What's with the 'Lady'!"
"Pardon?"
"Look here, you greenhorn. Who has the highest status here?"
"..."
Yi-Han naturally wanted to say it was Professor Boladi, the Einroguard professor.
Wouldn't a professor beat a student, and a student beat a pirate?
In fact, there weren't many positions that a pirate could beat under imperial law.
But Yi-Han answered tactfully.
"Isn't it you, Pirate?"
"Kihihi, that's right! In front of me, such formalities should only be used for me. You understand?"
The pirate seemed to have no conscience.
Yi-Han read the atmosphere and whispered to the professor while the old woman was walking in.
"Professor. Has imperial law changed by any chance?"
If piracy had become one of the empire's legitimate occupations, he needed to know in advance.
That way, they could collect taxes from pirates later, couldn't they?
"No."
"Then how is this person, a pirate, at Einroguard?"
Yi-Han asked while worrying that Professor Boladi might answer like this:
-Doesn't Einroguard have everyone from magic criminals to Professor Verduus? What's the big deal about a pirate?-
"Lady Ragesa has permission."
"..."
For a moment, Yi-Han's world almost crumbled, but fortunately, the truth was a little different from what he thought.
The permission Pirate Ragesa had received was not permission for piracy, but permission for seizure against enemy countries, that is, a letter of marque (She is a privateer).
'Ah.'
Yi-Han felt slightly relieved after hearing the explanation. A privateer captain was within a comprehensible category.
It was a kind of civilian imperial navy that received permission from the empire and only seized from the empire's enemies.
"Wait, Professor. Is the empire at war now?"
"No."
"...Then who does she seize?"
Yi-Han had an obvious question.
The empire wasn't particularly at war now.
Then there were no enemy ships to seize, and privateers had nothing particular to do, right?
"That's precisely the problem. Hmm."
Ragesa, who had been listening from behind, interjected. The old pirate spoke regretfully while pouring and drinking strong liquor from a tin cup she had produced from somewhere.
"The old days were better. Back then, there were plenty of ships to seize when you went out to sea."
"Then now...?"
"Well, we can't starve to death, so we're seizing pirate ships."
"...Then aren't you just someone who subjugates pirates rather than a pirate?"
At Yi-Han's common-sense question, sparks flew from the old woman's eyes. Ragesa growled and shouted.
"How dare you? Are you accusing the daughter of Torgerard of abandoning her family business?!"
"Please forgive me. It seems I misunderstood."
"Hmph! You should be careful, even if you're Eumidiphos's disciple. No one can accuse the daughter of Torgerard of abandoning her family business!"
"..."
-Isn't she crazy??-
Yi-Han agreed with the baby basilisk's words.
But what could he do?
Powerful crazy people in the empire had the right to make their own rules. Just like the skull principal, if the other party wanted, he had to call her a pirate.
"I see. I apologize, Lady Ragesa. Lady Ragesa is undoubtedly a pirate to anyone who sees you. If you asked a hundred Einroguard students, all hundred would say you're a pirate."
The old woman seemed to have calmed down at Yi-Han's apology and giggled.
"Kihihi. Yes. Of course it should be that way."
"But what connection is there between the duel club and Lady Ragesa?"
"There isn't any! My goodness. It's outrageous. To call this old pirate to teach a lesson to youngsters playing around in a club..."
"..."
Only then did Yi-Han fully grasp the situation.
Professor Kirmin asked Professor Boladi to invite an outstanding duel mage -> Professor Boladi asked Ragesa, an outstanding duel mage -> A pirate at Einroguard...
'Is he really friends with Professor Bagrak? How could he ask Professor Bagrak?'
It was similar to asking Professor Boladi for help because they couldn't decide on a midterm exam topic.
He could understand the urgency, but seeing Professor Boladi appear dragging a dragon, one would realize 'You shouldn't ask just anyone when you're in a hurry'.
"I see. Still, the duel club members must be very happy."
The one fortunate thing was that it had nothing to do with Yi-Han.
The duel club members might have a hard time, but Yi-Han...
'Huhu. I didn't join.'
Splash!
Ragesa splashed the sloshing liquor from the bottle onto Yi-Han and then tried to trip him.
Yi-Han was startled and created a wall with telekinesis before distancing himself.
"Ee-ha!"
The old pirate didn't stop and chanted a strange spell. From the spell itself, it felt like a different system from imperial magic.
'Primitive magic?!'
Suddenly, the chair beside him transformed into a flock of fierce parrots and rushed to attack Yi-Han from all directions.
The baby basilisk burst out of the sleeve in anger and let out a cry. Yi-Han thought he should give it a snack later as he chanted a spell.
"Rise, those made of bone...!"
Skeleton warriors enhanced with dark element, and skeleton warriors enhanced with blood element instantly took form and blocked the front.
Seeing that, Ragesa asked in bewilderment.
"Aren't you Eumidiphos's disciple? Why are you using dark magic?"
"I'm taking various schools."
"What else are you taking?"
"All schools."
"Who's All?"
While Ragesa was asking useless questions, Yi-Han made the skeleton warriors charge and bolted for the back door of the lecture hall.
The lecture was over anyway, and it didn't seem like there was anything good in staying here.
"Ai-ya!"
However, the old pirate chanted a spell once again. Then the back door wriggled as if alive and turned into a wall.
Yi-Han responded simply.
Bang!
Along with Wardanaz's telekinesis, he immediately fired a water bullet, blasting a hole in the wall. Ragesa's mouth fell open.
"Th-that!"
"I'll see you next time, Professor. It was an honor to meet you today, Lady Ragesa!"
"Won't you stop!"
"Pardon? What did you say?"
Yi-Han pretended not to hear and ran out of the lecture hall.
"..."
-...-
In the corridor stood pirates with gloomy faces, wrapped in chains. They were obviously Ragesa's subordinates.
Yi-Han sighed.
Inside the lecture hall, Ragesa shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Bring that greenhorn here!"
-Let's go.-
"I'll go on my own feet."
Pushing away the pirates trying to grab him, Yi-Han went back through the hole.
Then he said.
"I just wanted to get some corridor air for a moment."
Ragesa burst into laughter, greatly satisfied with that shameless excuse.
"Better than Eumidiphos! That Eumidiphos was too rigid to understand a single joke. You seem to know a thing or two."
"I'm not good with jokes either."
"You're much more worth teaching than those duel club youngsters. Don't you agree?"
At the old pirate's question, Professor Boladi answered with dignity, faintly revealing pride.
"You flatter me."
"What flattery? First of all, joining a club to duel is wrong from the start. My goodness. Unless it's a thief club or pirate club."
Yi-Han resolved never to mention the clubs he belonged to.
This strange pirate might overestimate the Change Location club.
"I'm going to see the youngsters, you come along too."
"...Yes..."
"What about you, Bagrak?"
"I need to prepare for the lecture."
Professor Boladi intended to prepare what he had discussed with Yi-Han about the lecture earlier.
As his disciple had spoken so passionately, the professor also had to move without delay.
'Damn it.'
Yi-Han closed his eyes tightly.
To think what he had done would come back like this!
"Is that so? Then come find me if you get bored after finishing your work. Is Lord Gonadaltes at school?"
"He has business."
"Aing. I prepared a gift. Alright. Let's go, greenhorn! Do you have any questions about magic combat?"
*
While walking with Ragesa, who smelled of strong liquor, Yi-Han was able to gain some information.
That Ragesa's family had been pirating across the archipelago since before the empire.
That Eumidiphos had visited Ragesa's pirate ship in her youth and learned magic.
And how to discern the value of treasures loaded on other ships with just a gust of wind...
"No, is that possible?!"
"Kihihi. Yes! Surprising, isn't it? But it's possible! This illusion magic is the secret of my secrets. Imperial illusion mages would kneel and beg to be taught if they heard."
Ragesa knew not only the primitive magic she had shown earlier but also family-specific arcane magics passed down for a long time.
Among them, some water element-related magics were so valuable that Eumidiphos had come to learn them directly.
"No illusion mage could imitate this, right?"
"But there are many outstanding unnamed illusion mages in the empire. Just Lady Baldoorn alone..."
"I told you to drop the 'Lady'!"
"Yes. Just Baldoorn alone..."
"Who's that? A new mage? My goodness. Time flies so fast when you roam the seas."
Ragesa groaned, patting her waist. She looked so healthy that it didn't seem to have much effect.
"So what do you want to learn?"
"Pardon?"
"Don't play dumb. Which of my magics do you want to learn? That's always been the purpose of mages who came to this pirate."
Family arcane magic passed down from before the empire was very valuable to current imperial mages.
Even if the effects were inferior, it was tempting for research, and if the effects were powerful on top of that, even more so.
Ragesa guessed Professor Boladi's intention in introducing Yi-Han.
Probably a request to teach his disciple too if there was a chance to learn.
It was quite a cunning move, but Ragesa didn't dislike such moves. Especially if the learner was a clever and cunning one.
"...What's the easiest magic among those you can teach?"
"The easiest magic! You cunning fellow. You're full of tricks!"
"???"
Yi-Han couldn't understand what the other was thinking.
He had asked what the easiest magic was because it seemed pointless to refuse and everything looked difficult...
"Wait."
Ragesa suddenly stopped walking. Then she restrained Yi-Han and raised a finger to make a shushing sound.
"??"
There was nothing ahead in the corridor, so Yi-Han was perplexed by Ragesa's strange behavior.
'Is there an ethereal monster? But then I shouldn't feel nothing at all?'
"This smell... It's Beavle's smell."
"..."
Amazingly, Ragesa had smelled Professor Verduus coming from far away!
Yi-Han was impressed.
"That's amazing."
He thought this skill was needed by students, not pirates.
To notice someone coming from far away.
'Maybe I could ask to be taught this magic?'
"What's so amazing! The amazing part hasn't even started yet."
"??"
The old pirate waved her hands and then fumbled to take out artifacts.
She changed her belt, put on a thick iron mask, and held an additional short staff in her hand...
Then she looked Yi-Han up and down and threw him a necklace. A defensive power could be felt from the necklace.
"Wear that. It's going to be a bit intense."
"...?"
"Everyone prepare for battle! Let's go plunder that Beavle!"
'She was a righteous pirate!'
Yi-Han suddenly felt a surge of respect for this pirate mage.
