Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 799

Chapter 799

"What should we do?"

"What do you mean what should we do? You need to teach those remaining guys over there."

The old pirate pointed at the 2nd year friends while speaking.

The 2nd year friends looked at Yi-Han with eyes like squirrels who had their acorns stolen right in front of them. It was as if they were saying:

-Are you going to hit us?-

'These bastards. Did they learn telepathy magic with the Invisible Spear while I wasn't looking?'

Yi-Han couldn't attack his same-year friends due to his conscience.

"I can't do it."

"What?! Are you really a pirate?!"

"I'm not a pirate. And I was just disembarked from pirate magic earlier."

At Yi-Han's retort, Ragesa giggled.

"Is it because of the pirate magic? You're truly greedy for learning, as Bagrak said."

"No, it's because you made me unable to use what I just learned..."

"I understand. I understand. I'll concede this. I guess I'll just have to teach. Now, everyone come here! I'll teach you the pirate way of fighting!"

"If we learn it, can we land a hit on Wardanaz too?"

"Of course!"

"..."

Yi-Han glared at Raphael.

Had he ever seen such an ungrateful bastard!

"Raphael."

"Ah, no. I was just asking. It was academic curiosity."

"Seeing your reaction, it seems you still have some conscience left. And that's not what I meant. Why can't I see the 4th year seniors?"

Come to think of it, the 3rd year seniors had just fled, the 2nd year friends were still here, but the 4th years were nowhere to be seen.

Of course, he understood they were busy as they had to prepare for graduation, but not to see even one...

"The 4th year seniors said they had something to do today and didn't come?"

"...!"

Yi-Han realized and admired.

'The 4th years are different, as expected!'

This wasn't just the level of tapping a stone bridge before crossing.

They had quickly withdrawn just hearing that Professor Kirmin was busy and a guest was coming from outside.

To avoid any possible danger.

Anyway, if they let the juniors meet first, they could check later who had come...

'They're really ruthless.'

Is this what one had to do to be an Einroguard 4th year?

  *

Immortal:Hey! Everyone knows guests are coming next week, right? Are you preparing?

"!"

Yi-Han, who had come out after finishing the duel club business, was puzzled by the sight of <Whispers of Einroguard> writing out text.

'This is a senior I've never seen before?'

The senior using the nickname Immortal seemed very interested in other members, asking various questions.

Immortal:Eaktus. How about you?

Eaktus:I'm preparing well, of course.

Immortal:Baqwantallana, how about you? Wow. Aren't you totally excited?

"...?"

As he watched the conversation, Yi-Han felt a strange awkwardness.

A sense of discomfort as if the other was forcibly acting excited.

'I must be mistaken. There's no reason to pretend to be excited.'

Einroguard students were fundamentally gloomy beings. There was no need to pretend to be excited.

Baqwantallana:Does anyone know who destroyed the 6th floor corridor?

Eaktus:Right. Someone destroyed the 6th floor corridor. What kind of crazy bastard was it? More importantly, how did they destroy it?

'Huh. There really are a lot of crazy bastards.'

Yi-Han was surprised to see the text.

It seemed some crazy student had destroyed the 6th floor corridor.

Since Einroguard's main building was protected by powerful magic, it wouldn't be an ordinary feat to destroy it from the inside...

Gonadaltes:Is that true? There really are a lot of crazy bastards.

Eaktus:There were always a lot of crazy bastards, so I'm not that surprised. I'm more curious about how they destroyed it. If I knew that, I'd use it too.

Immortal:Eaktus. That's not a good thing to do.

Eaktus:Stop meddling in others' business.

Baqwantallana:Looking at the scene, it wasn't just ordinarily violent and rough. It's not a common magic. I think it might have been a hell's great demon or a high-ranking spirit going berserk.

Eaktus:Damn. Is it the 'monster in Einroguard' season again? Why is it like this these days? I heard some crazy bastard appeared in the outskirts of the territory too?

Gonadaltes:I agree. If a crazy monster roams inside the main building...

Yi-Han, who had been moving his quill pen, paused.

'Oh?'

Come to think of it, wasn't the duel club located on the 6th floor?

The place where he learned pirate magic from Ragesa seemed to be on the 6th floor too...

Eaktus:Should I request the Hunter Club to track the monster? Those bastards. They're too expensive.

Gonadaltes:Seems like a useless thing. Can't everyone protect themselves from a monster? It's just a waste to do unnecessary things.

Eaktus:Is that so?

Gonadaltes:Eaktus. Don't be fooled. While you sacrifice yourself for others, others will save their gold coins to use on themselves.

Eaktus:Hearing it that way, it does make me angry. Right. The one who's sorry should catch it.

Immortal:Let's not think so selfishly, both of you. If you step up even when it's not your business, someday other friends will step up when it's not their business too.

Eaktus:When? After I graduate?

'I should change the subject.'

Yi-Han felt that nothing good would come from talking at length about who destroyed the corridor and what kind of monster was summoned inside Einroguard's main building.

The more they talked, the more likely an innocent 2nd year student would become a suspect.

Eaktus:Does anyone have information about next week's guests?

Fortunately, Eaktus appropriately changed the subject. Yi-Han immediately agreed.

Gonadaltes:I know one.

Eaktus:Oh. Gonadaltes! My friend with the terrible nickname! Who is it?

Gonadaltes:Pirate Ragesa. In case you don't know who that is, let me explain...

Baqwantallana:You mean Ragesa, daughter of Torgerard?

Eaktus:The admiral of the southern privateer fleet!

Immortal:...Who on earth invited Ragesa?

'No. She's famous?'

Yi-Han was slightly flustered.

Of course, Ragesa was a somewhat well-known person in the empire, but he didn't know she was famous enough for all club members to immediately answer without exception.

Gonadaltes:I'm surprised everyone knows. To think not a single person didn't know.

Eaktus:Haha. I'm a cultured person so that's natural, but others probably know for a slightly different reason. It must be because of Ragesa's achievements?

Gonadaltes:What achievements?

Eaktus:Hey. Hey. Are you asking seriously? Of course I'm talking about investing twenty boxes of imperial gold coins in Professor Verduus!

Gonadaltes:Ah. That achievement...

"..."

Yi-Han stopped his quill pen and fell into deep skepticism. He felt a bit sorry for Ragesa.

She had just invested boxes of gold coins trusting Professor Verduus, but among Einroguard students, her image was already set as 'that sucker who trusted and invested in Professor Verduus'.

It was truly merciless.

Baqwantallana:I respect Ragesa.

Gonadaltes:Is that so?

Baqwantallana:Ragesa is a captain who owns enormous wealth, and also a generous investor who would invest in Professor Verduus. I really want to meet her.

Gonadaltes:...

Club week wasn't simply a period where outsiders interested in clubs came to enjoy and leave.

Of course, outsiders might come with that mindset, but at least for Einroguard students with purpose, it was different.

What was important to students was as follows:

-Which of the visiting guests this time will be a rich and generous sucker?-

If someone had a heavy purse of gold coins and the generosity to invest in any research?

They had to bring them in somehow and persuade them. Before other mages made that gold coin purse thin.

Einroguard students showed no mercy in this kind of good-natured competition. If someone tried to snatch a sucker first, they would pounce even if it meant all-out war.

'This is really a story I didn't want to know...'

Eaktus:Thank you, Gonadaltes. Thanks to you, I got very valuable information. I should prepare some rum.

Baqwantallana:Preparing achievements befitting a pirate wouldn't be bad either.

Eaktus:Oh dear. I should have done some pirating.

Immortal:Why don't you all think about sincerely persuading guests instead of thinking about deceiving them?

Surprisingly, all members currently present ignored Immortal's words as if they hadn't seen them.

Yi-Han thought inwardly.

'Immortal doesn't seem to have many friends here...'

Eaktus:Gonadaltes. I'll give you a piece of information too. I heard the kitchen club invited some big shots this time. They invited the capital's baking guild and butchers' guild, so why don't you sneak into the kitchen club and try to lure them saying you'll show them research?

Gonadaltes:Is that allowed?

Eaktus:Of course not! If you get caught by kitchen club members, you'll have to go into their cauldron, so do it secretly by all means. But it's worth it. I heard they have so much gold these days they don't know what to do with it.

Baqwantallana:Then I'll give some advice too, since I received valuable information. Desiee from the Lecovi family is coming to the stonemason club.

Eaktus:What?! That master from the architecture guild is coming?! How did they invite her?!

Baqwantallana:According to rumors, they showed her the <Echo Tower>. I'm not sure if it's true though.

Eaktus:If it's Desiee... She'll carry gold coins as heavy as her body weight. Damn it. If only we could extract her from the stonemason club!

'Wait. Can I approach them all?'

Yi-Han, who had been listening to the seniors' conversation, realized the advantage of joining multiple clubs for the first time.

As he had joined multiple clubs, he could easily approach visiting guests.

'If I could get money...'

Yi-Han fell into happy contemplation for the first time in a while.

If he met an investor with a heavy purse of gold coins and a kind heart?

'First I should get some investment for the dark magic school, and ask for investment in Senior Direth's research too. My research hasn't even started yet... Hmm. But I am writing the water bullet book, so should I ask for a little to complete this? That much should be okay. I could get more support for Basil and Niffirg's feed too. Come to think of it, I also need some potions to practice lightning element magic...'

Yi-Han, who had been letting his imagination run wild, barely came to his senses.

The magic of gold coins was amazing, making it hard to escape once you started imagining.

'Oh no. What am I doing. This is really dangerous.'

Baqwantallana:Gonadaltes. Which club invited Ragesa?

Gonadaltes:The duel club.

Immortal:Wow! You mean Professor Kirmin Ku invited Ragesa? I really can't believe it?

Gonadaltes:No. As far as I know, Professor Kirmin Ku was busy so he asked Professor Boladi Bagrak.

Immortal was silent for a moment.

Yi-Han tilted his head.

'Did something happen?'

Or maybe they were a senior who flinched just seeing Professor Boladi's name, like Yi-Han. If that was the case, it was perfectly understandable.

Immortal:I see. Thank you all. I have something to do, so I have to go now.

Eaktus:Immortal. You're the only one not sharing good information. Don't just like giving advice to others, share some information too.

Immortal:Ah. Sorry. I didn't think about it.

Eaktus:I'm sure you didn't. Immortal only likes preaching!

Yi-Han thought as he watched the conversation.

'Aren't you making too many enemies? What will you do if you actually meet?'

Eaktus seemed quite confident in his abilities, but you never know about things in this world.

There was nothing good about making enemies.

Immortal:...Duke Icaldoren will participate as a guest. Happy now?

Eaktus:What nonsense are you talking about, Immortal. Why would Duke Icaldoren participate?

Gonadaltes:No. Immortal's words have a point. Duke Icaldoren is currently confined in a corner of Einroguard.

Eaktus:...How do you know that?