Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 905

Chapter 905

The hamster was enraged when he was mocked after trying to corrupt the other.

Originally, when he was a magic criminal, he had a broader mind, but when a person becomes a hamster, their heart naturally narrows too.

Even Antagondals was no exception to this.

"I came to ask about this."

-Speak sense. You came to ask that tyrant about translation?-

"Yes."

-...-

Realizing Yi-Han was serious, the hamster fell silent, then put a grape in his mouth and chewed.

The grape was quite tasty.

"You ate the grape, so please translate it for me."

-Ask the tyrant. Even if I teach you, he'll just get angry. Even if I do teach you, would you even believe it?-

"It's fine because I'll cross-check."

The hamster made a squeaking sound mixed with irritation and anger. He was very annoyed by the young mage who wouldn't give an inch.

But there was only one thing the hamster could do now.

"...No. You can't do this after eating the grape!"

Yi-Han got angry when the hamster went deep into the cage.

Of course, he could ask the mad doppelganger as the hamster said, but Yi-Han always prepared for contingencies.

And thinking coolly, there was a possibility the mad doppelganger wouldn't teach him the translation.

'Seeing how he cut off contact, it's quite possible.'

If so, it was even more right to hear from this hamster.

Yi-Han took out grapes and threw them at the hamster in the cage. An angry squeaking sound burst forth.

-I'll kill you!-

"You made that threat last time too. You ate the grape, so please translate it for me. I'm busy."

-How on earth did the Wardanaz family make their child to be like this? Did they melt the soul of a Demon King and put it in?-

The hamster lamented.

He had made many mistakes in his life, but the one he regretted most recently was entering Einroguard to obtain the mysteries of magic, and the next most regretted mistake was underestimating this brat.

If he hadn't underestimated the brat when he was caught, he wouldn't have ended up like this.

Though he could accept the magical talent as genius, what kind of courage...?

-Fine. I'll translate it. But you brat make a promise too.-

"Huh? You ate the grape, didn't you?"

-...-

The hamster closed his eyes tightly at the Wardanaz family bastard's fuss over giving one grape.

"First translate it. I'll listen to your request later."

-...Fine. Alright.-

The hamster gave up surprisingly easily.

Not only was he in a disadvantageous position, but translating a fairy tale level of "Once upon a time, there was a good student at a magic school" wasn't really that difficult.

The guy in front of him could probably translate it on his own even if the hamster refused.

In that case, it was better to show goodwill and erase the debt of heart.

-Once upon a time, there was a good student at a magic school... Damn it.-

"Is 'damn it' included too?"

-Would it be?-

"Please do it properly."

-...The good student had his staff taken away...-

As it was a fairy tale, the content wasn't very long or difficult. Yi-Han quickly moved his quill to write it down.

"Thank you. Then..."

When Yi-Han tried to ‘dine and dash,’ a hateful squeaking sound burst forth. Yi-Han, who had tried to slip by, sat down again regretfully.

"I just sat down again."

-My request is simple. Help me escape.-

"What crazy nonsense are you spouting???"

-...-

Yi-Han abandoned his polite attitude and immediately became serious.

It was hard to imagine he was the mage who had been acting politely even to the hamster until just now.

-Listen to me first.-

"No. I don't want to. I respect you, Mage, but this isn't right."

Yi-Han surprisingly respected Antagondals.

Not because Antagondals was a great mage, but because he might come to attack Yi-Han someday.

His master had already accumulated enmity, so there was no need to accumulate more, right?

But that didn't mean Yi-Han had any intention of risking his life to free him.

The mad doppelganger was a hundred times scarier than Antagondals.

"Are you saying let's die together now? You want to make a fellow hamster?"

-You won't become a hamster.-

Unlike Antagondals, who was treated worse than a slave by the mad doppelganger, Yi-Han was treated as a formal disciple.

Even if he burned down the workshop and went down to the town to kill a few people, he probably wouldn't be turned into a hamster.

-And it's not a difficult thing. You don't need to do anything. Just open the door while that tyrant is briefly annihilated.-

"???"

Not while he was away, but while he was annihilated?

Yi-Han paused at the word choice that felt dissonant.

"What do you mean by annihilation?"

-Exactly what it sounds like. Did you think I'd stay trapped here forever?-

The hamster spoke, revealing the demeanor of a great mage.

He looked like an outstanding chess player with a hidden move.

Yi-Han tensed at that confidence.

Could this hamster, no, magic criminal have plotted something without Yi-Han knowing?

"Tell me."

-I have subordinates outside. If something happens and my contact is cut off, they're set to come in.-

"..."

Yi-Han, recalling the intruders who had already been almost completely annihilated, was about to tell him that fact but waited for now.

He wanted to hear more about what the hamster was trying to say.

"Even if those subordinates' skills are outstanding, they can't beat Master, right?"

-That's right.-

The hamster surprisingly admitted it readily.

In the first place, that tyrant was a being on a different level even among great mages. It was rare even among great mages to have grasped so many forgotten ancient mysteries like that.

No matter how experienced the adventurers were, they would be annihilated the moment their eyes met.

-But even the tyrant has weaknesses.-

The hamster explained calmly.

The tyrant was arrogant because he had no match, but there was no being without weaknesses in the world.

This tyrant's biggest weakness was that he was a mana thought entity rejected by the world, not a being belonging to the world.

The world, commonly expressed as realms, embraced beings inside itself and rejected beings outside itself.

This was why demons from other realms had to borrow the power of all sorts of complex contracts to come to the continent.

The doppelgangers of the skull principal, not his main body, were also mana thought entities that should originally be pushed out of the world.

However, due to the powerful strength each possessed, they could periodically descend to the continent, breaking through the world's rejection.

"Isn't it just like a natural disaster? I heard about it before."

Yi-Han wasn't very surprised as he already knew.

Just as severe toxic substances don't easily disappear and remain to continuously affect the environment, a great mage's great enlightenment also continuously affected the world.

The appearance of the skull principal's doppelgangers was probably a similar phenomenon.

-...-

The hamster was momentarily at a loss for words at the sight of comparing a mage's supreme state to some toxic substance, but he quickly regained his composure and continued speaking.

-I hid magic in the souls of my subordinates. When their physical bodies are destroyed, magic flows out from their souls.-

"What kind of magic...?"

-Magic that expels thought entities!-

It amplifies the connection with the world to expel mana thought entities, which are no different from foreign objects, for a certain period.

The principle was simple, but its implementation was a high-level great magic that was absolutely not easy. Yi-Han shuddered as he intuitively grasped the principle and difficulty.

To think he had hidden such magic in his subordinates' souls just in case.

From the way he spoke, it seemed even the subordinates themselves didn't know. It was chilling to hear the thorough magic criminal's plan.

If the mad doppelganger thoughtlessly turned the intruders into hamsters, wouldn't it be like hidden poisoned daggers springing out to stab his carelessness?

'I should contact him right away.'

Yi-Han betrayed his promise with Antagondals in one second and prepared to contact the mad doppelganger.

The magic criminal might feel disappointed, but originally Einroguard's school spirit was free in areas like breaking oaths or lying.

Though most of the intruders had been caught, he should tell him to leave the remaining ones to the giant or other mages as they might be a bit dangerous...

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: I caught him! I caught him! I tell you I caught the last one!

Klzenberg: Congratulations!

Eaktus: Ugh! I'm jealous. Congratulations. Did you find the principal's treasure?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: What? They say there's none? They didn't steal such a thing.

Eaktus: What? Don't you know how to interrogate?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Who do you think is a freshman? Of course I know how to interrogate. But they say they never stole it.

Eaktus: Aha.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Why? Do you have any guesses?

Eaktus: You're trying to hide that you got the treasure now, right?

Baqwantallana: Indeed.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: You're saying 'indeed'. I was stupid to give news to such rotten wood bastards. Just die all of you.

'Oops.'

Yi-Han was flustered when the <Sentinels of Einroguard> club members delivered the news before he could contact them.

What happens if all the intruders are caught before meeting the mad doppelganger?

"Uh, I have something to ask."

-Wise. I knew you'd realize.-

The hamster spoke with a relaxed attitude.

The reason he told this fact despite Yi-Han being able to betray him immediately was simple.

If Yi-Han told the tyrant, the tyrant would move to catch the intruders himself, if only because of his pride!

Though current imperial mages were proud and had strong self-esteem, the mages of the old ancient kingdom were on a completely different level.

If he became a teacher and received worry from his disciple, it would feel like humiliation.

-When the tyrant is expelled, this magic trapping me will soon be undone. There's more than enough time to escape before he returns. But I don't want to return in this narrow cage, so just open the door. You don't want to clean up the burst flesh and blood clots either, right? Then I swear I'll cleanly forget the grudge between us.-

The hamster showed rare generosity.

Originally it was a grudge he could never forget, but considering the Wardanaz family background and friendship with Einroguard's lord, it wouldn't be good for the hamster to be antagonistic either.

If he escaped from here, they could just never meet again and go their separate ways.

"That's not what I was going to ask."

Yi-Han became slightly embarrassed.

Come to think of it, this hamster was right. Considering the mad doppelganger's pride, hastily contacting him could be more dangerous.

'I should have said it differently. That was dangerous.'

-Sob sob. Master. One of the Einroguard students insulted me, saying 'Your master doesn't even have minions so he has to catch intruders himself?'-

-How dare they?! From now on, you do all the chores.-

This kind of approach seemed better.

'No. It's not that good.'

Come to think of it, it was a contact with only losses for Yi-Han.

-What? Then what were you going to ask?-

"Uh, what happens if all the intruders are caught by other people? For example, students or knights, or giants."

-...That possibility is slim. At least one will be caught by the tyrant. And why are giants included there?-

"..."

Yi-Han hesitated without speaking. The hamster sensed an ominous sign from that appearance.

Even if his body had become a hamster, the sense of divination magic he had trained didn't easily disappear.

-Don't tell me?-

"Well... Um... They say they've all been caught."

-Don't talk nonsense, you brat! That's impossible! Did all the Einroguard mages come out to chase them?-

"That's what I'm saying. I don't understand it either."