Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 1104

Chapter 1104

Jourin: What kind of nonsense joke is that? Such jokes should be banned by imperial law!

'I found it a bit funny though.'

Yi-Han was glad Jourin wasn't present.

She had become strangely perceptive lately, and he might have been caught if not careful.

Gonadaltes: More importantly Your Highness. I'm curious about something... If there's a way, couldn't the Principal just cast it on me? Why do I need to learn it?

Jourin: Huh?

Jourin paused at her contractor's point.

Oh?

Indeed?

Jourin: ...Th-there must be some reason! Probably...!

Gonadaltes: ......

Yi-Han wore an indifferent expression.

Honestly, there probably wasn't much reason.

If there was a reason, it would be wanting to torment his disciple or wanting to teach additional magic!

'It won't make much difference anyway.'

Given the skull principal's personality, he wouldn't agree even if asked to cast the magic now. In the end, Yi-Han learning it was decided.

'...Could His Highness Uman's presence actually be advantageous to me??'

Though he hadn't thought this way until now, he suddenly found himself seriously considering it.

If he was the only Einroguard student benefiting from Uman's arrival...

When her contractor fell silent, Jourin seemed to grow anxious and called out in agitated handwriting.

Jourin: Yi-Han?

Gonadaltes: Ah. Sorry, Your Highness. I was thinking about what kind of magic it might be.

Jourin: Indeed! Jourin believed in you!

Jourin brightened at her always reliable contractor's answer.

Jourin: Actually Jourin had a thought too.

Gonadaltes: Oh. What is it, Your Highness?

Jourin: While going to learn divination magic, learn all this semester's magic at once!

Gonadaltes: ...And then?

Jourin: Then similarly learn all this semester's transformation magic at once... If we finish everything that way, Uman will surely allow it since there'll be time left...

Yi-Han quietly closed his book.

'Hmm... I should seriously consider ways His Highness Uman might stay until next semester too.'

  *

Walking to the Void Constellation Hall to meet Professor Parsellet, Yi-Han spotted familiar seniors and greeted them cheerfully.

"Hello, Senior Falcrius."

"Wahaha. Wardanaz! It's been a while! Did you have a good break? Though you couldn't have!"

"?"

Yi-Han was slightly taken aback by the novel greeting.

Was this a Flameng Order greeting?

"Why do you think I couldn't have?"

"Pfft. I heard you were with professors the whole time?"

"No...!"

Yi-Han was dumbfounded.

How had such rumors spread even there?

"Where did you hear that... And just because I spent time with professors doesn't mean it had to be an unhappy break."

"Of course it was an unhappy break. What nonsense is this kid talking about."

The club seniors looked at Yi-Han as if bewildered.

Just as mud thrown in water makes muddy water, throwing professors into a break makes an unhappy break.

This wasn't a topic for debate. It was simply absolute truth.

"...So where are you all going? Everyone's been complaining about the inspector lately, but is the kitchen club alright?"

The inspector's storm was sweeping across all of Einroguard, and the kitchen club was no exception.

Especially with Uman's personality, he didn't seem likely to overlook students arbitrarily making and selling food without permission.

"Ah! We're actually better off."

"What??"

"His Highness hired us. His Highness's trash..."

"Hey. Health food. Health food."

"Sorry. Right, who else would make the health food?"

"......"

Yi-Han realized the truth and admired them.

Indeed the seniors were not to be underestimated.

Like reeds surviving while oak trees break in storms, they were flexibly adapting to this situation.

When faced with closure, they immediately switched sides and got hired!

"Pfft. Actually just looking at the work, it's more comfortable than before. His Highness provides everything from ingredients on."

"But the meals must be quite torturous."

Falcrius waved his hand as if dismissing the notion.

"Pfuhuh. I experienced the Great Spirit Famine directly, Wardanaz. I'm grateful for anything to eat."

"Actually only Senior Falcrius is like that, we find it tasteless. So we eat while cooking."

"!"

Yi-Han's eyes widened at the senior speaking secretly while looking around.

Such a secret method?

"But with dragon magic, won't violations be discovered later?"

"Huhu. Actually it's all permitted activity. We convinced him that tasting ingredients is essential for proper cooking. You should secretly come visit and eat too when you have time, Wardanaz."

Mages were always skilled at deceiving the scales' readings.

The kitchen club seniors were cleverly using the rules to fill their stomachs somehow during the cooking process.

Grand dishes were impossible but it was far better than healthy meals.

"...Huh? Wait. You started work but why didn't you call me?"

Yi-Han wondered.

Come to think of it, he was also a kitchen club member, and prided himself as a fairly skilled cook, so why had no one called him?

At that question, the seniors looked at Yi-Han as if finding it strange.

"The inspector said not to call you? Didn't you know?"

"What?"

"Specifically, he said to restrict and not to call students who joined more than a certain number of clubs."

"...I-I see. Thank you for telling me."

To think such consideration was prepared even for clubs...!

  *

Arriving at the Void Constellation Hall, Yi-Han was greatly surprised when he tried to greet the golem senior loitering in front.

"Senior! Why have you become a rock golem!?"

For the senior who had been a bronze golem until last semester (occasionally changing to brass) to change to a rock golem.

Other school mages might say 'Why make such fuss over something trivial,' but Yi-Han was a student who had learned at the divination magic school.

Divination mages were those who read the future even from the tiniest differences.

The senior who had transformed into a golem to avoid misfortune in the first place was changing materials again.

Something must be happening.

"The inspector said bronze was dangerous so change to rock."

"......"

The golem senior's voice was full of weariness.

Though it didn't show in his expression being a golem, he was clearly tired because of the inspector. Yi-Han quickly changed the subject.

"I came to see the professor. Is she in?"

"Ah. You came to learn magic? Come in. I'll teach you instead."

"?"

Yi-Han felt something off about the golem senior's answer.

Huh?

'Wasn't it definitely assigned to Professor Krair?'

The skull principal would have surely assigned it to Professor Parsellet, so why was the senior saying he would teach?

"Did something happen to the professor?"

"Problem? Well... If I had to say, it is a problem. Well. You'll find out soon anyway. You know the professor has multiple personalities?"

"Yes."

"When news of the inspector came, the professor brought out a personality she doesn't usually use."

Professor Parsellet, a banshee mixed-blood and outstanding divination mage, dispersed the dangers of divination through split personalities.

But there were drawbacks too, one of which was that dealing with students became very troublesome.

Sometimes normal, sometimes extremely timid, sometimes nasty tempered...

"Were there more personalities?"

"Of course. The personality that came out this time is the greatest mage personality."

"!"

Yi-Han was surprised.

The greatest mage personality. Just hearing the name sounded grand.

"With such a name it must be no ordinary level..."

"Right. In this state, the professor displays divination on a different dimension."

"But what does that have to do with her not being here now?"

He thought higher level would mean better teaching.

Perhaps she went to get something else needed for magic?

"Hmm. You still don't understand... Junior. Outstanding divination is often hard to understand from the outside. You know this, right?"

"What? Yes."

Yi-Han nodded for now.

Indeed once divination magic passed a certain level it became hard to understand from the outside.

How could one understand the meaning of prophecies like 'If you want to prevent approaching misfortune, you must avoid all imperial members'?

But what did that have to do with the current situation?

"The professor felt meeting you would bring misfortune so she left it to me and ran away."

"......"

Yi-Han immediately turned serious.

What on earth did that mean?

"No what...! That's disrespectful!"

"Why are you getting mad at me? The professor's the one who ran away."

The golem senior shook off rock dust as if feeling wronged.

The genius-state professor was already giving annoying orders (like having dense ivy wrapped around the Void Constellation Hall or filling in the Uncertainty Lake prepared for lectures)!

"S-sorry. The slander was so absurd I got angry for a moment."

'It doesn't seem completely wrong though.'

The golem senior thought inwardly.

This junior certainly had a talent for attracting dangerous figures.

Just last semester he had gone around with not only the principal's crazy doppelganger but even a dragon.

It was understandable that Professor Parsellet with her very sensitive senses would sense danger and evacuate.

"Where is the professor? Since it's the Principal's order, I'll tell her to come back quickly. I'll prove it's a wrong prophecy."

Overwhelmed by the junior's burning enthusiasm, the golem senior answered slowly.

"Give up. Once an outstanding divination mage decides to run away, finding them is almost impossible. And I can teach instead of..."

"Isn't that a waste of your time, Senior!? We must find the professor!"

Yi-Han jumped up and down. The golem senior was slightly moved at that sight.

Though there were many scary rumors, he was definitely not a bad fellow.

"Never mind. Give up. Now, shall we see what the professor left?"

The golem senior unrolled the scroll Professor Parsellet had left.

What magic could she have left?

'Maybe star series? No. She wouldn't recommend stars in this season. Lake divination? Or maybe a more active magic. Ancestor's Voice... but that's 5th Circle magic so too difficult for a second year to learn. No. He doesn't care about such things.'

Pop!

[Please teach student Yi-Han of the Wardanaz family <Escape to Shadow Fortress>.

P.S.

Absolutely do not call me, search for my location, or report to the inspector.

Parsellet Krair]

"...No! Are you crazy?!"

The golem senior shouted in shock.

A much more difficult magic than expected had popped out.

Teaching this to a second year??

"Why teach this? It's not like you need to escape from some evil dragon's surveillance!"

"!"

Yi-Han paused.

The senior was much sharper than expected.

"Senior. Actually, though not a common method, I have been practicing <Escape to Shadow Fortress>."

This was a piece he had picked when receiving music magic scores before.

Unlike other music magic, though he hadn't mastered it yet, he had been practicing steadily.

"Ah. Really?"

"Yes. So if you could teach me..."

"Alright alright. Just a moment."

The golem senior told Yi-Han to wait a moment then tried to slip out of the room.

At that moment Yi-Han immediately grabbed the rock serving as the senior's hand.

"...Senior. You weren't planning to dump this on another senior and run away, were you?"

"You...! What divination magic did you use to foresee that!"