Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 902

Chapter 902

The exam he was taking this time was to check the achievement of the magic <Lesser Internal Time Extension>, <Lesser Time Deceleration>, and <Lesser Time Acceleration> they had learned before.

<Lesser Internal Time Extension> was a 2nd Circle magic that had the effect of extending the length of time an individual perceived.

Though not flashy, it was an essential basic magic in time magic, which had high difficulty and required a lot of calculations.

<Lesser Time Deceleration> and <Lesser Time Acceleration> were 3rd Circle magics cast directly on objects.

As magic cast on living beings was much more difficult than already challenging magic, it was essential to practice casting on inanimate objects first.

"Please check, Professor."

"..."

And Yi-Han cleanly succeeded in all three.

It was a stable casting completely different from the unstable appearance he had shown before.

Professor Garcia asked, hiding her disgruntlement.

"Didn't you say it was difficult before, Yi-Han?"

"So I practiced."

"I see..."

Professor Garcia suddenly recalled her school days.

She had thought her friends who were jealous of her magic skills were pathetic, but looking back now, she felt she might have been a little responsible too.

'Did I look like this too?'

"Professor?"

"Ah. It's nothing. Yi-Han. Perfect. I don't know why you grumbled about it being so difficult last time when you can do this well..."

"I really thought it was difficult last time."

"But it went well when you practiced, right?"

"Yes."

"Did you realize anything from the conversation we just had?"

"That the world of magic is vast and extensive, so one should never act arrogantly?"

"...Not that... Never mind."

Professor Garcia was about to tell her disciple to have some confidence but gave up.

Such things were personality traits, so they were hard to change quickly. Professor Garcia suddenly imagined her disciple complaining 'new magic is difficult' even after becoming a professor later.

"Anyway, it's a perfect score. Good job."

"Thank you, Professor."

"Wait. Then Professor Bungaegor must still be busy, right?"

Professor Garcia realized her mistake as she checked the time.

Come to think of it, this was the time when Professor Bungaegor would be teaching students.

"Then I'll wait for a while. Oh. Do you have any advice to give, Professor? You seem to have a lot of experience in these matters."

Professor Garcia stopped abruptly with her back turned at her disciple's question.

"What do you mean, Yi-Han? A lot of experience? Are you claiming that I illegally brought a large rare creature to Einroguard and raised it???"

"Huh? No... Have you done that?"

Yi-Han was slightly flustered.

He didn't understand why Professor Garcia was suddenly so serious.

"Of course not! Ha, haha. It was a joke, Yi-Han. A joke!"

"Ah. I see. It must have been a difficult joke that I couldn't understand. The experience I mentioned was about your experience counseling students."

"Ah... That experience?"

Professor Garcia's voice rose and her stiff expression relaxed. The troll mixed-blood professor cleared her throat and spoke humbly.

"Other professors would have much more of that than me."

"Who?"

"...Yi-Han. It's impolite to ask about such things one by one."

As she couldn't think of any other professors herself, Professor Garcia pressured with authority.

Yi-Han thought inwardly.

Who on earth is such a professor? Is it someone who retired?

"Still... I'm glad you're relying on me. Though I'm lacking, let me try to squeeze out some wisdom."

Professor Garcia rummaged through her bookshelf and took out a red book.

"Oops."

The professor muttered to herself 'I forgot to erase the cover' and waved her staff. Then the words <Immortal Eater Rearing Diary> faintly disappeared.

"Let's see. When being stubborn, when being stubborn..."

"What kind of book is it?"

"It's a record book written by a mage while raising a large rare creature, which I obtained before."

"Is there such a book? Can I borrow it too?"

"It's still too difficult for Yi-Han! I'll interpret only the necessary parts for you."

'Is it a book about ancient evil creatures?'

Professor Garcia flipped through the book and let out a small exclamation of "Ah".

"Potion to make them obedient. They tried this too."

"Is there a potion to make them obedient?"

Yi-Han was intrigued.

I wonder if that would work on Gainando too?

"It wasn't very effective. Potions of this type are basically meaningless for creatures with strong resistance."

"I see."

"Punishment using electric shocks..."

"That seems too cruel."

Yi-Han expressed his disapproval.

The disciplinary methods were too cruel, perhaps because it was a book about ancient evil creatures.

How could they shock Jourin with lightning?

And considering her resistance, it probably wouldn't work well anyway.

At her disciple's words, Professor Garcia suddenly started coughing.

"Cough, cough! I'm not saying to do this, Yi-Han. It's just written in the record. The mage who wrote this book also wrote that they greatly regretted it. They were furious because the large rare creature ate their research."

"Oh my. But Princess Jourin doesn't do such things."

"..."

Professor Garcia felt slightly upset at the subtly boastful tone.

So does that mean Princess Jourin has a good personality and the Immortal eater has a bad personality?

'Hmph. It's just a difference in species. The Immortal eater would have been much more docile if it were a dragon too.'

"Let's move on. Caning..."

"It doesn't seem like it would have much impact hitting over scales."

"They used a special cane that could inflict physical pain on large creatures. Of course, this wasn't very effective either."

Professor Garcia talked about several more methods after that.

Electric shocks, caning, meal restrictions, kneeling and standing, copying ancient books for character cultivation, and so on.

"How about it?"

"They all seem pretty bad."

Yi-Han spoke honestly.

There didn't seem to be many methods among these that would work on Jourin.

However, Professor Garcia nodded as if she thought so too.

"That's right, Yi-Han. What I thought while reading the methods here is that each of these methods was ineffective. But this large rare creature eventually came to understand the mage's intentions. I think the reason for that was trust."

Professor Garcia, recalling past memories, now realized something she had missed before.

At the time, she had been so busy and struggling that she only resented the other party, but eventually the Immortal eater matured and came to understand Professor Garcia's intentions.

Despite the fact that the Immortal eater itself could have escaped to anywhere else.

The Immortal eater must have felt the trust Professor Garcia was sending to it, and it also sent trust back to Professor Garcia.

Causing trouble and problems for each other were ultimately trivial matters in hindsight. With trust, such things were bound to be corrected.

"..."

"Are you dissatisfied because it's not a magical solution, Yi-Han?"

Professor Garcia asked cautiously when Yi-Han fell silent. However, the magic-obsessed disciple slowly shook his head.

"No. I think you're right, Professor. It seems I didn't trust Her Highness enough."

"It's not just Yi-Han's fault. Who would have known she would take out a dragon stone like that?"

"That's what I mean! I told her not to do that..."

"Still, Yi-Han is lucky. Princess Jourin didn't eat all your research and smash your private room."

"Why would Princess Jourin do such a thing? She's not a slime. How smart do you think Princess Jourin is?"

"..."

Professor Garcia's fist clenched for a moment and then relaxed.

"When I go back, I should apologize to Her Highness for getting angry. I should believe her when she says she won't do it again."

"Are you going to take the exam together now?"

"No? Grounding is grounding. I'll keep her grounded for this week."

Professor Garcia honestly admired the straightforward answer.

Who else could be so consistent in front of a dragon?

  *

"Thank you, Professor!"

"You all worked hard too. Don't rest, go study for the next exam."

The 1st year students inwardly cursed at Professor Bungaegor's words of encouragement.

"Maybe that original professor would have been better. Who was it? Ben... Bentozol? Professor Bentozol, right?"

"I used to respect her because she often appeared in imperial newspapers as an adventurer, but this is completely fraud!"

Alhidle of the Pengerin family quietly spoke to his friends' curses.

"We don't even know who Professor Bentozol is. Professor Bungaegor's teachings may be harsh, but it might be unavoidable to keep up with Einroguard's standards. It's fine to complain, but let's all strive together afterward."

The students felt ashamed at the words of their friend who never let go of his books despite being the top of the tower.

If it had been someone who usually acted arrogantly, they would have immediately swung their staffs, but Alhidle had never done that.

He was truly an admirable friend.

"Pengerin. Sometimes I think you should be in Immortal Phoenix Tower."

"I heard rumors before that Pengerin was arrogant, but I don't know which bastard spread such false rumors. Look at him."

Despite his friends' praise, Alhidle shook his head.

"No. The rumors are true. I was an arrogant and haughty mage."

"This guy..! How can you be so honorable?"

"Blue worms. Move aside."

The Blue Dragon Tower students' faces hardened at the words of the White Tiger Tower students behind them.

"How dare you?"

"What do you mean 'how dare you'? Move aside."

"Fine. We'll move aside. Instead, try to endure this laughing curse mag..."

"Hey! Ulgan! Ulgan is coming!!"

When one of the group whispered, the White Tiger Tower students' faces turned pale.

Despite being friends from the same tower, they clearly showed signs of fear.

"You guys! Surely you're not fighting?!"

When a large friend who had run from afar shouted thunderously, the White Tiger Tower students denied it in panic.

"W-what are you talking about, Ulgan? Us, fighting? We didn't fight. Right?"

"Of... of course. We didn't fight."

Surprisingly, the Blue Dragon Tower students agreed too. It was because they knew well the danger of Ulgan in front of them.

-Stop! Stop fighting!-

-Get lost, Ulgan! Either fight with your tower guys or get lost!!-

-Ulgan! Are you going to stand still after hearing such words! Help us!-

-I said stop fighting! Please stop! ...I told you to stop!!!-

-Ugh! Ack!-

-Argh! Gah!-

The students who were severely beaten for causing a fight in front of Ulgan, who hated fighting, learned a painful lesson.

Ah, we shouldn't provoke someone who hates fighting!

"That's a relief. I thought you were fighting."

"Ha, haha."

"Hahaha."

After an awkward laugh went around, Ulgan spoke as if he had just remembered.

"Oh right. Eandurde was distributing food over there, go quickly and get some."

"What? Again?! Where on earth is the food coming from? Does Black Tortoise Tower have a warehouse only they discovered?"

"I heard a Blue Dragon Tower senior gave it."

"No. What crazy senior gives food to juniors not even from their own tower?"

Though puzzled, the students ran to line up anyway.

1st years were always hungry, and with such distributions, there would be nothing left if you lined up at the back.

"Hello, everyone."

"...Priest Carre. Don't come close."

"W-why are you like this?"

"You'll steal if you come close!"

"Such rude words...! What wrong have I done..."

Like beaver or penguin mixed-bloods, squirrel mixed-bloods could manipulate people's guilt with just their expressions.

The White Tiger Tower students felt guilty as if they had done something wrong, even though they had been robbed several times.

"I got this basket for you too. Here."

"Th-thank you..."

"It's nothing. It's just the natural joy of being a priest."

A magic beetle made of paper quietly flapped its wings inside the food basket.

Carre smiled at that sight.

He could finally open the lock on the White Tiger Tower students' warehouse.