Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 878

Chapter 878

"Hmm."

As his friend ran away, Yi-Han wondered if he had spoken too maliciously.

If it weren't for aiming for the next Einroguard principal position, he was a perfectly fine person...

'No. That one flaw is too strong.'

Thinking about it again, he understood why his friend was scared.

Meanwhile, Professor Jorzik, who had proven he wouldn't kidnap Yi-Han or take him away to use as a worker like Professor Verduus, entered the lounge.

Then he brightened his eyes looking at Jourin.

"Oh! Great Princess Jourin! Your golden radiance is like the sun itself!"

-Eek.-

Jourin, like a true dragon, instinctively sensed a strange person. After releasing the baby basilisk, she quickly hid behind Yi-Han and Eandurde.

Eandurde looked at Jourin as if she were pathetic. How could she hide behind someone with that size?

"Your Highness! Has this Jorzik of the Benmalpa family done something wrong?"

-Th-that's not it. It's just that Jourin has a very shy personality.-

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"??"

Yi-Han and Eandurde looked at her as if to say 'What are you talking about?', but Jourin just shook her head pleadingly.

In the end, Yi-Han stepped in to mediate.

"Professor. What brings you here?"

"A good question, student Wardanaz of the Wardanaz family, heir to all schools, and top disciple of the principal!"

'Did he really have to add that last part?'

Yi-Han felt slightly displeased.

"Of course, I've come to escort Her Highness. Although all Einroguard students are precious gems with outstanding character..."

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"??"

"There might be a student who accidentally harms Her Highness!"

"If the seniors are such precious gems, can't you just trust them?"

Gainando, who was picking up his mage cards, asked curiously. Professor Jorzik ignored him, pretending not to hear.

'He's really amazing. To go this far to become the principal.'

Yi-Han inwardly admired him.

Having received the skull principal's permission of 'Do it if you can', Professor Jorzik wanted to stage a righteous coup by gaining the support of students, professors, and the emperor.

To that end, he was even packaging the beast-like Einroguard students as having outstanding character. It was something Yi-Han could never do.

"So you came for escort duty?"

"That's right!"

"Well, thank you for now. She'll be in your care."

The reason Professor Jorzik came like this was obvious. Wasn't it to gain the emperor's support by making a good impression on Jourin?

Still, it was much better than people who came to steal Jourin's scales or claws.

"Oh. Student Wardanaz. I heard you've been visiting professors to pass exams early, this Jorzik is always prepared."

"...That's a misunderstanding."

  *

Basically, the professors who helped Yi-Han protect Jourin from the evil Einroguard students had several characteristics.

First, they had to be professors of lectures Yi-Han was taking, but this was actually the same as just being an Einroguard professor, so it didn't mean much.

Secondly, they needed to have some free time. They couldn't stand guard while giving lectures, could they?

Of course, there were people like a certain Professor B-zol who threw away their own lectures prepared to face the punishment room, but that was just a special exception.

Considering these characteristics, it wasn't so strange that Professor Boladi appeared frequently.

"Hmm."

When the newly arrived Professor Boladi looked at Professor Jorzik with a slightly furrowed brow, Yi-Han asked curiously.

"Did something happen between you and Professor Benmalpa?"

"No."

"Then why?"

"I remember Professor Jorzik's teaching method was quite extreme."

"??"

Wondering if he had confused 'Jorzik' and 'Boladi', Yi-Han looked again, but Professor Boladi was serious.

'Ah. Professor Benmalpa did set things on fire...'

Professor Jorzik, who was in charge of the <Elemental Magic and Its Applications> lecture, finally took drastic measures when Yi-Han couldn't properly control the fire element.

He cast <Bagni's Flame Bull> on Yi-Han.

While Bagni's Flame Bull sounded elegant, it was actually close to just setting him on fire and telling Yi-Han to endure it on his own.

'...It is extreme, but when Professor Bagrak says it, it's really not convincing at all!'

Usually, even the same words sound a bit different depending on who says them.

Professor Boladi had often criticized other extreme educators, including the mad doppelganger, and every time he did, Yi-Han felt slightly dazed.

"Casting <Bagni's Flame Bull> on me was a bit extreme, but thanks to that, I somehow learned to control the fire element..."

"Professor Jorzik declared he would make you master blue flame within this semester, but this is too..."

"Pardon?"

Yi-Han paused.

Huh?

"Wasn't it about <Bagni's Flame Bull>?"

"It was about blue flame. Professor Jorzik set it as a semester goal."

Once one learned to control and handle the fire element to some extent, they then moved on to changing the properties of the fire element as an advanced attribute.

The advanced attribute method of strengthening or changing the burning and incinerating properties of the fire element itself matched well with the fire element.

-Even if it's student Wardanaz, changing and bestowing completely different properties from the start might be difficult...-

-You're wrong, Professor. Wardanaz already knows how to summon white flame with holy magic.-

Yi-Han remembered how Professor Jorzik had been excited thanks to Adenart's heated defense during the last lecture.

Yi-Han thought to himself.

'Should I have put a rock in her sandwich?'

Apart from Adenart's slip of the tongue, Professor Jorzik was really too much.

To try to make Yi-Han handle even the advanced attribute change of the fire element within this semester.

"He’s really going too far!"

"I agree."

Professor Boladi nodded slightly.

Usually, one should feel happy when a professor agrees with their words, but Yi-Han somehow felt a bit wronged.

'Why do I feel wronged even though he's agreeing?'

"You're learning too many magics currently."

"Professor, please give him a stern talking to!"

"Hmm."

Professor Boladi pondered for a moment and then expressed agreement.

Usually, professors respected each other's teaching methods, but Professor Boladi was the type to say what he wanted if he had something to say.

"Professor Jorzik."

"Ah. Professor Bagrak! Welcome!"

Professor Jorzik welcomed Professor Boladi with open arms when he saw him.

To run Einroguard after succeeding the skull principal later, he needed outstanding combat mage professors too.

While Professor Kirmin Ku and Professor Garcia Kim were excellent combat mages, wasn't the most reliable one this vampire professor in front of him?

"I was truly sorry you didn't come to the gathering last time."

"Gathering? What gathering was there?"

Yi-Han, who was listening from the side, asked curiously.

A gathering of Einroguard professors.

What kind of gathering could it be?

'I hope it's a <Let's Report the Skull Principal! Petition Gathering>.'

"The <Jorzik of the Benmalpa Family for Einroguard Principal> gathering."

"...Ah, no. Was that an actual gathering?"

"What do you mean was it real? What are you saying?"

"It's nothing."

Yi-Han quickly changed the subject.

To think the gathering he had imagined in his head actually existed!

Moreover, Professor Jorzik himself was running it. It was unbelievable.

"Which professors participated?"

"Haha. No professors participated. They all seem to be busy."

"..."

"Instead, students participated."

"!"

Yi-Han was surprised.

Of course, at first, Yi-Han had also imagined a <Jorzik of the Benmalpa Family for Einroguard Principal> gathering in his head, thinking it would be good if Professor Jorzik sat in the seat instead of the skull principal.

But that imaginary gathering had already completely withdrawn when Professor Jorzik tried to force Yi-Han to learn even blue flame.

He had realized that all Einroguard professors were similar.

But to think students participated.

"And giants too."

"What??"

"Aren't they wonderful friends?"

"...Professor. Was there plenty of food at the gathering?"

Yi-Han cautiously asked as a possibility suddenly occurred to him.

"Oh. Have you heard about it too, student Wardanaz? We specially invited a chef from outside. We can't be negligent in hospitality for such a gathering!"

'They were just there for the food...'

Yi-Han admired the seniors.

To attend such a gathering just to have one good meal. They weren't seniors for nothing.

"I had a reason for not attending."

"It's fine, it's fine. All Einroguard professors are busy."

Yi-Han, who had been listening to their conversation, asked Professor Boladi in a small voice.

"Professor. What was the reason you couldn't attend? Was it because of Princess Jourin?"

"No. Because I didn't want to attend."

"...Ah."

It was just the simple reason of 'I don't want to go'. Yi-Han had to accept it.

If you don't want to go, there's nothing you can do...!

"Professor Jorzik. I have something to say."

"Anything! I'll listen attentively."

Professor Jorzik stroked his mustache and stared at the combat mage in front of him.

If he demanded the position of right-hand man when he later ascended to the Einroguard principal position, he was thinking of considering it.

"It seems you're teaching Wardanaz something excessively difficult."

"Huh?"

At these unexpected words, Professor Jorzik let out a stupid sound that didn't match the traditional gentleman's image he usually showed at all.

That's how surprised he was.

Yi-Han smoothly interjected.

"Haha. Professor. It seems Professor Bagrak is worried about me. He's such a caring person who always worries about students."

Professor Jorzik didn't point out the strange thing Yi-Han had just said. He had something more important to pay attention to.

"No... What...?"

"You know. Blue flame. The advanced attribute of the fire element."

Yi-Han threw in words from the side like a sly person. At those words, Professor Jorzik nodded.

"I know, student Wardanaz. You're talking about blue flame."

"Yes. But why?"

"No... Professor Bagrak... Wasn't it you who recommended it? That's what I thought..."

"???"

Yi-Han looked at Professor Boladi with a thunderstruck expression. Jourin, Eandurde, and the baby basilisk, who had been listening quietly from the side, also looked at Professor Boladi in shock.

Who would have thought there was such an unbelievable twist to this incident?

Professor Boladi slowly shook his head with his usual expressionless face.

"I never did that."

"Huh? Think carefully. We had a conversation in the professors' lounge."

Professor Jorzik reminded him of what had happened, as Professor Boladi seemed to have forgotten.

The first anecdote.

-He had completed the Instantaneous Telekinesis.-

-...Pardon? What did you say he completed?-

-Next is...-

-What do you mean next, Professor!-

The second anecdote.

-He had learned 5th Circle magic.-

-Professor...!-

-The ancient doppelganger's teachings are dangerous and harsh... There's a need to be cautious.-

-...It's fortunate you weren't the one teaching, but do you really not feel anything saying that?-

-?-

The third anecdote.

-Hmm. Professor Bagrak. You've often spoken about student Wardanaz's talent before, is he really that outstanding?-

-He is.-

-Hmm! This Jorzik has been thinking while teaching this semester. Perhaps this disciple might further brighten Jorzik's honor...-

-That's an accurate judgment.-

-Indeed! Professor Bagrak. I'd like to ask a few more things. Do you think advanced elemental attributes would be too difficult for student Wardanaz?-

-They would not.-

-Is that so? Well. He can handle lightning, cold, and dark elements too. By the way, what level is he at with those?-

-That's...-

"You had a conversation like this?"

Now even Yi-Han looked at Professor Boladi with eyes full of betrayal.

Yet without wavering in the slightest, Professor Boladi calmly answered.

"I didn't recommend teaching the advanced attribute of the fire element."

"Was that so? Anyway, if he can handle the advanced attributes of water and telekinesis, and handle tricky elements like lightning, cold, and darkness so well, wouldn't the advanced attribute of the fire element be enough?"

"..."

As Professor Boladi rarely hesitated, at a loss for words, Yi-Han inwardly lamented.

'You reap what you sow!'

If there was one unfair point, it was why Yi-Han had to suffer the pain when it was Professor Boladi who had been chattering in the professors' lounge.