Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy

Chapter 600

The skull principal didn't appeal to emotion like an amateur. He spoke like a pro.

"I'll give you gold coins, won't I?"

"I'll work hard."

Yi-Han also accepted immediately like a pro.

"But who are the people I need to meet in the capital?"

"The ones who give a lot of donations or support funds."

"Is there something I have to do by meeting those people?"

"You have to show them your splendid eloquence."

"Huh? I don't have that kind of ability though."

"..."

"..."

-...-

The skull principal, the surrounding friends, and even the death knights looked at Yi-Han as if dumbfounded.

The skull principal ignored it and continued.

"For finding the new 1st-year students, I'm going to borrow some of your mana."

"Ah. Yes. That's fine."

'It seems like Master is sometimes out of his mind.'

The death knight thought to himself, seeing the skull principal confidently saying he would borrow mana from a 1st-year disciple.

And the disciple who said it was fine was also a bit out of his mind…

"But how do we secure the difficult students?"

"We'll have to go find them and use persuasion and violence."

"Indeed."

At the skull principal's words, Yi-Han imagined visiting various mansions and guilds, presenting invitations, and having elegant conversations.

Perhaps having a 1st-year student like Yi-Han by his side would make the conversation a bit smoother.

-Wardanaz here was also a 1st-year student until this year. Haha.-

-Einroguard is the best magic school in the empire. We are receiving the best education. We are not hungry. We are happy.-

-Look! How remarkable is he?-

'He's really cunning.'

Yi-Han shuddered at the skull principal's evil scheme.

The new students wouldn't even imagine!

"Wait. Principal!"

Gainando, who had returned at some point, raised his hand and protested.

"Yi-Han was supposed to come to my mansion during the break?"

"That never happened."

Yi-Han pointed out Gainando's words that slyly turned a suggestion into a fact.

"Haha. Kid."

Instead of getting angry at Gainando's words, the skull principal burst into laughter.

And then he snatched the chocolate Gainando was holding and ate it.

"?!!!"

"Where did your chocolate go?"

"The principal ate it!"

"Yeah. You learned something. Then you should understand now why Wardanaz can't go to your mansion?"

The skull principal's mood seemed to improve at Gainando's dumbfounded face, and he got up laughing cheerfully.

The other students quickly turned their gazes to their plates and focused on emptying their food.

***

"Yi-Han. You have to write. Or you can come visit."

"Okay."

"Yi-Han. Forget the letter, just come visit. Oh. Don't visit Yonaire's house. It's not very fun there. Our house is better."

"..."

The students preparing to leave through the main gate at the end of the semester were lively and affectionate.

Close friends made plans to meet each other during the break or prepared to send letters.

Yonaire had a contemplative expression, wondering whether to endure it because it was a happy day or just hit Gainando on the back of the head and discipline him during the break. 𝘙𝓪Νо𝔟Еs

"Wardanaz. Write to me."

"Thanks. Asan. You be careful on your way back too."

Asan shook hands with Yi-Han.

He was always an admirable friend no matter when you looked at him.

He was a rare friend who was convincing even when his older brother and sister in the family urged him to emulate…

"Oh. Asan. This is a letter to send to Mr. Daihal, could you pass it on?"

Yi-Han handed Asan the letter he had quickly written after the final exam.

Asan's brother, Daihal, was a rising star in the imperial bureaucracy, rapidly advancing as a special administrator in Granden City.

Now that he had finally made an acquaintance with such a person, he couldn't just waste the winter break.

Even if they couldn't meet, it was advantageous to send a letter like this to make an impression and be remembered.

"And this is a humble gift to send to Mr. Daihal. I heard he likes books, so I prepared one."

"...Wardanaz, did you by any chance contact my brother Daihal without me knowing?"

"I didn't?"

"O-okay. Thanks... I'll pass it on."

Asan was surprised to see Yi-Han taking care of his family better than himself.

"And this is a letter and gift to send to Ms. Haidan."

Asan's sister, who got a job at the Bronze Dwarf Bank in the East, was amazing enough to impress even the picky dwarves…

"...Wardanaz, you can be a bit scary at times."

"?!"

Yi-Han was startled by his friend's harsh words.

Why?!

Even after finishing his requests to Asan, friends who wanted to talk to Yi-Han kept coming.

Seeing them fighting over who would talk first, Asan frowned and said.

"You guys, do you have to act so stupidly at the end of the semester? Really?"

"Dargard, if you're done talking, get lost!"

"So what are you going to do about it!"

At his friends' reactions, Asan spoke calmly as if he had expected it.

"We need to line up and take number tickets. Then it will end much faster."

"..."

Yi-Han, who was talking to Nillia next to him, looked at Asan with a shocked gaze.

"Asan can be a bit strange at times."

"...Each Einroguard student has their own strange side."

"That's right. Not me though."

"..."

Nillia mumbled her lips and then remembered that her friend would be traveling with the skull principal during the winter break, so she held back.

"By the way, Nillia. Yonaire said she wants to invite you."

"I have to return to the mountains during winter break."

Nillia, with her ears drooping, looked like the saddest dark elf in the world.

"The people from the Shadow Patrol are waiting for me..."

"What if you just show your face and then go back to the Maykin family's mansion?"

"I can't just go to play... Each of us has an assigned area and we have to fulfill our duties."

"What if you say you have a winter break assignment?"

"...Uh, th-that wouldn't be okay, would it?"

Nillia said that, but she looked intrigued.

Yi-Han spoke confidently.

"I'll forge the principal's signature for you. I tried forging a leave pass last time, so I can do it."

"Wardanaz...!"

Nillia was intensely moved.

To the point where tears welled up in her eyes and her fingertips trembled.

"I'm so glad you're my friend! Really!"

"Haha. It's nothing."

Yi-Han quickly finished the friendship signature forgery and handed it to Nillia.

A fake assignment was swiftly completed, telling her to make ten boxes of Dobruk's Sulfur Mercury Potion in cooperation with Yonaire Maykin.

"Make sure to write. For sure!"

"Okay. Just in case, don't include in the letter that I forged it for you and you're grateful."

Yi-Han nodded his head in satisfaction, looking at the happy Nillia.

It was a wonderful thing to be able to make people happy with the magic learned at Einroguard.

"Wardanaz. Make sure to write to me. Here's my address."

"Oh. Okay."

"Write to me. Wardanaz. Don't just send it to me."

"Why are you misunderstanding like that? If someone else hears, they'll get the wrong idea."

"Wardanaz. Letter..."

"Okay, okay. I got it."

The more Yi-Han exchanged addresses with his friends, the more pressure he began to feel.

...Isn't this too much??

'No, it would be harder than writing a reflection.'

Last semester, the skull principal had made him write reflections while practicing magic, but considering the amount of letters he had to send to his friends now, it easily surpassed that.

'This won't do. I'll have to start cutting out the letters.'

Yi-Han decided to just say "Let's meet and have a meal sometime" to the friends he was saying goodbye to from now on, instead of letters.

"Wardanaz."

"Ah. Princess. Actually, when we meet next time..."

"You worked hard this semester. Write to me. I'll be waiting."

'Damn it.'

Yi-Han cursed inwardly at the sight of Adenart saying what she had to say and leaving, right from the start of his resolution.

"Ah. Mr. Wardanaz. If you have too many places to write letters to, I'm fi..."

"No? I have plenty of time?"

Yi-Han answered Ratford's words reflexively and then regretted it.

'Ugh.'

"A minstrel came??"

The skull principal asked, dumbfounded, looking at the line stretched out in front of the main gate.

If the semester was over, they should happily pass through the main gate and get on a carriage to leave, what were they doing here?

"To write letters with Wardanaz during the break..."

"Stop talking nonsense about letters. Practice magic in that time. You 41-point illusion magic lecture student."

"..."

The Blue Dragon Tower student who had spoken immediately became gloomy.

The skull principal, who had chased away all the students by calling out their final exam scores, said to Yi-Han.

"All done, right? Let's go."

"Yes."

Yi-Han nodded and tried to walk towards the main gate.

Then the skull principal grabbed Yi-Han's shoulder.

"Not that way."

"??"

"There's a place we need to stop by. Follow me."

The skull principal moved towards the punishment room, not the main gate.

At that sight, Yi-Han thought he was going to take out the intruder he had caught not long ago.

'It seems like he's going to deal with the intruder together.'

Swish!

As the skull principal took a step, all the paths in the punishment room changed for the principal.

In an instant, it created the fastest path to the desired location, and Yi-Han threw an admiring gaze at that magic.

"It's truly amazing!"

"...Why the hell are you admiring this shortcut-making magic while ignoring other amazing magic?"

It seemed like he couldn't make him that angry even if he tried.

'In ancient times, he would have made a name for himself in a really different way!'

The skull principal clicked his tongue and walked forward.

Inside the cell was not the intruder caught recently…

...but a familiar penguin mixed-blood mage.

"...?????"

"Have you reflected, Pengerin?"

At the skull principal's question, Alcicle Pengerin answered in a feeble voice.

"I, I have reflected. Mr. Gonadaltes."

"Have you also reflected on what you said last time? If you have, apologize properly."

"I, I am not more skilled in magic than Mr. Gonadaltes. It was my misconception that Mr. Gonadaltes was jealous of my magic and blocked my entry. I will never have such a misconception again..."

"..."

Yi-Han couldn't bear to look, so he covered his face with both hands.

Only then did Alcicle seem to realize that Yi-Han was next to the skull principal.

"Ah, no! It's not like that!"

"What's not like what, you intruder bastard."

The skull principal spoke in a nonchalant voice.

He couldn't understand what the guy who was caught trying to sneak into the magic school was embarrassed about.

Wasn't it already embarrassing the moment he was caught?

"I was just trying to visit, but I didn't get permission! Don't misunderstand!"

Alcicle desperately explained to Yi-Han.

"I, I see. It seems there was a misunderstanding."

"Stop talking nonsense."

The skull principal smirked and took Alcicle out of the punishment room.

"Pengerin. I'll keep it a secret that you were caught trying to sneak into Einroguard, so help out with work this winter."

Alcicle, who was lying down in despair, nodded his head.

Yi-Han asked, puzzled.

"Was Mr. Pengerin also summoned by His Majesty?"

"...What?! Wardanaz, you were summoned by His Majesty??!"

The skull principal sighed deeply and said.

"Why, are you going to go out and shout about it? That you're having a private audience with His Majesty."

"I'm sorry."

"It's fine. Pengerin was going to find out anyway. And Pengerin isn't being called because of His Majesty the Emperor."

"...?"

When Yi-Han looked puzzled, the skull principal sent a telepathic message to explain.

-That guy is popular among the imperial nobles.-

-Ah. Because of the splendor of his cold magic?-

-No. Because of his appearance. He has a strong penguin bloodline.-

"..."

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