Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy

Chapter 575

Parthenope ignored Yi-Han's excuse and rowed the boat.

She wanted to escape this terrible chorus as soon as possible.

***

'Huh?'

As he continued down the underground passage, Yi-Han felt the surrounding scenery becoming more and more familiar.

This place is...?

-Lord Gonadaltes?-

When the huge rock protruding over the underground lake spoke from afar, Yi-Han answered happily.

"Hello. Immortal eater."

-Oh. You're the one from last time...-

The monster that looked like a huge rock, the immortal eater, recognized Yi-Han and waved happily. The chunk of rock shook and flew over with a thud.

'Next time, I should tell him not to wave his arm.'

-What's the matter?-

"Actually, I was bringing something in from outside."

Yi-Han signaled the giants who hadn't turned the corner of the passage to not come yet.

The giants waited, puzzled.

-What are you trying to bring in from outside to such a dangerous place? Be careful.-

The immortal eater spoke in a slow but powerful voice, rumbling.

He respected the students' freedom, but it was always the mage's own magic that injured the mage.

They could get hurt trying to bring in something too dangerous.

"Um, can you keep it a secret from others what I'm bringing in?"

At Yi-Han's request, the immortal eater laughed, slowly vibrating his rock-like body.

-Of course. In the first place, I was able to grow here thanks to a student secretly bringing me in.-

The immortal eater moved the rocks as if to say just trust him.

The immortal eater was ready to respect whatever the student brought in.

"Thank you."

-...-

The Siren pulling Yi-Han's boat made a complicated expression.

No matter how she looked at it, it seemed like the immortal eater would be surprised.

-You're getting help from the Siren?-

"Yes."

-How? Sirens don't help other races.-

The immortal eater asked in a slow voice, curious.

"I have a friendship with them."

-Really?-

The Siren, Parthenope, showed a similar reaction to when she heard the giants' singing earlier.

She tightly closed her eyes and covered her ears.

'It doesn't seem like they're friends?'

The immortal eater thought so, but he had no intention of interfering with a miraculous friendship.

-That's amazing. Good luck. Take good care of them.-

'I'm not raising them though.'

Yi-Han realized that the immortal eater was misunderstanding.

Just like the student who secretly brought the immortal eater long ago, he thought Yi-Han was also bringing in a harmful creature now.

Yi-Han tried to explain but stopped.

'We should just move.'

Seeing the waiting giants fidgeting and twisting their bodies, he thought they should move quickly.

"Thank you. Everyone, let's depart again!"

-Ugh. We've been waiting.-

-It was hard. It was hard.-

The giants came out from behind the corner and walked, splashing.

Yi-Han and the giants found the path Ikurusha had told them about.

Among the many shortcuts of the Spider Web Lake, it was the path leading to the underground warehouse of the main building.

The immortal eater, who was blankly watching their backs, was so startled that it didn't fit his leisurely personality.

'Is he raising giants!?'

Einroguard students had secretly brought in all kinds of strange creatures, but this was truly the first time a student brought in giants to raise them.

What the...?!

***

"Thank you all for your hard work."

Yi-Han said sincerely to the giants who had arrived at the underground warehouse after escaping the passage.

The giants deserved this gratitude.

To think they walked such a long way just to help Yi-Han.

"I'm really grateful..."

-We should hang red. Red is warmer.-

-No! Yellow is better. Yellow is warmer.-

Of course, the giants were chatting among themselves about how to decorate the warehouse, regardless of whether Yi-Han was expressing gratitude or not.

The underground warehouse was spacious enough for the giants to have a giant wrestling match inside, so the giants were engrossed in how to decorate this vast space.

'Well, at least they won't be bored.'

From Yi-Han's perspective, it was better for the giants not to be bored.

The giants had to stay here for a week, and if they got bored and wandered outside and met Professor Bagrak, it would become dangerous.

'If even one gets caught, there's a high chance they'll reveal the location.'

Given the giants' personality, there was a very high possibility that they would talk if interrogated.

Yi-Han gave the giants one last request.

"You must not go outside recklessly. If you get caught, terrible things might happen to you."

-Working all day?-

"It could be more terrible than that."

-Working for two days?? Aah!-

"Yes. It could even be three days..."

At Yi-Han's warning, the giants were agitated.

Indeed, the mages of Einroguard were eccentric and fearsome beings.

"Then I'll be counting on you."

-Got it. Trust us!-

Yi-Han bid farewell to the giants and opened the door of the warehouse.

Whoosh!

"...??!"

Opening the door and coming out, Yi-Han was shocked to see the surroundings completely covered in green fog.

The complexly overlapping flow of mana felt from inside.

It wasn't a single poison, but a compound poison mixed with several. It was hard to even guess how many.

'What? What happened?'

At first, he thought some monster had appeared, but Yi-Han immediately recalled what Direth had told him.

-Of course, we'll try to persuade them with words first. But if persuasion doesn't work, we might use a little poison. We're not spraying poison to harm other people. If rumors spread that there's poison, it will stop other people from entering. Got it? We're absolutely not spraying poison to harm other people.-

'...No, isn't this a bit too much?'

It seemed like they had sprayed poison not only in front of the corridor but in the entire nearby area.

Yi-Han was slightly flustered.

Is there a reason to go this far?

'Hmm... Right. Senior Direth wouldn't do this on purpose without a reason. There must have been a reason. Like other people not listening...'

Clatter!

He noticed an undead camouflaged in the wall next to the corridor.

Seeing that it was connected to the magic circle in front, it seemed to be a structure where the undead would jump out the moment someone stepped on it.

Moreover, there were more curse-type magic circles in front of that…

"..."

No, is there really a reason to go this far?!?

Yi-Han used the principle of changing the nature of mana to stick to the wall. It was the Mysterious Technique of Absorption.

In that state, he managed to stick to the wall and escape the area without touching the floor, and he noticed red letters painted on the wall.

[Dark magic school die!!]

"..."

Yi-Han quietly erased the letters painted on the wall.

It was a bit difficult because it was written with magic, but by striking mana into it, he somehow erased it.

***

"As expected of the princess."

"That's right! Who else but the princess could teach classmates so well!"

"..."

Adenart looked at her followers with a feeling of being tired to death, but the followers didn't notice.

"Now! Next! Know that it's an honor! For the princess to teach you like this!"

"Hey... I'm a prince too..."

Gainando, holding a questionnaire, choked up and glared at the followers.

Sometimes, there was a suspicion that Adenart's followers genuinely forgot that Gainando was royalty.

"And teaching is the duty of smart people! Like how the haves should give! Do you think Yi-Han makes a fuss every time he teaches like this?"

"Th-that's..."

"Hmm."

The followers couldn't refute Gainando's sharp words, surprisingly.

Indeed, Wardanaz taught much more than this without making a fuss.

While the followers were indignant, Adenart gestured for Gainando to come closer.

"What? Why?"

"...Please tell them let's stop studying here for today."

"Really!?"

Gainando looked at Adenart with a delighted expression.

To think his half-sibling, whom he usually disliked, would say such a thing.

"...Wait. No."

The briefly excited Gainando immediately became gloomy.

Adenart was also startled.

She thought Gainando would surely agree and say let's stop studying.

"There's still studying left to do. If we don't finish it even after he's back, Yi-Han will really get angry."

"..."

Adenart looked at Gainando with a contemptuous gaze.

How little did he study normally for Wardanaz to be like that?

Anyway, he was of no help.

'It's hard.'

One thing Adenart realized was that answering other friends' questions was surprisingly hard.

Since each of them was studying different schools of magic and different parts, the content of the questions was also vastly different.

These questions couldn't be solved just by having a very good grade in the year.

-So why does the difference occur when using ox bones and chicken bones in magic...-

-Princess. I don't know what's wrong with making the Potion of Patience. In the first attempt, I put one spoonful of alchemy, two bags of Coldan, and a handful of incense, and I did the same in the second attempt, but I don't know why it doesn't work in the second attempt.-

-Can I use the following makeshift magic circles when making artifacts on the spot?-

-Additionally, I want to summon a spirit...-

Rather, it was more amazing that she could answer this much.

Luck also followed her to some extent.

If it was a field Adenart had no interest in at all, she wouldn't have been able to answer at all.

"Wait. Don't tell me you told me because you wanted to rest?"

Gainando looked at Adenart, thinking it couldn't be.

Adenart couldn't answer because of her pride.

"Hey. I think she wants to rest?"

"What are you saying? Such nonsense. If she wanted to rest, she would have told us."

"She could have told me too. Isn't it possible to want to rest after teaching that much?"

"The princess doesn't get tired at all from this."

"Right. Who do you think you know better than us?"

"...These guys, really!"

The choked up Gainando swung his staff. The followers also didn't back down and grabbed Gainando, rolling around.

The students studying next to them also thought it was a good opportunity and grabbed the collar of other tower students they had grudges against.

"You just took the breadfruit I had my eyes on last time!?"

"The one who sees it first is the owner!"

"This is revenge for the last assignment!"

"You made a mistake because you're stupid, and you're blaming who!"

Indeed, as expected of friends who gathered because they couldn't study, they were ready to abandon studying at any time if there was a reason not to study.

As they threw papers at each other and sprayed ink, Yi-Han returned.

Bang!

At the sound of the wall breaking, everyone stopped and turned their heads. Gainando, who was about to pour ink into the mouth of a White Tiger Tower friend, also turned his head.

Yi-Han, who had punched the wall, was looking at his friends with an expressionless face.

"What are you doing?"

"..."

"...Uh... that's..."

"You don't want to study?"

At Yi-Han's question, the friends looked at each other.

Of course they didn't want to study, but if they said yes here, they might die. Even Gainando noticed that.

"...That's not it..."

"That guy started it first..."

"No, he started it..."

"Everyone sit down."

At Yi-Han's words, the students quietly sat down.

"Gainando. How far did you go?"

"Al-almost done."

"Tell me the reason for the difference when using ox bones and chicken bones."

"Uh, so, that's."

Seeing that, the friends frantically flipped through the books, preparing for any questions that might come their way.

Yi-Han clicked his tongue and sat on a chair.

'These guys, I told them to study.'

Tak-

As everyone quieted down, Adenart whispered to Yi-Han in a small voice.

"...I'm really, thankful."

"???"

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