Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 777

Hmm. This might be good to present.

After finishing his notes, Professor Jorzik thought to himself.

A case this rare was worth presenting to the mages of the Empire.

What mage in the Empire had ever observed such a rare case?

“Then, Student Wardanaz! Since you have overcome the problem, practice the remaining fire-element spells.”

“Yes, Professor.”

At the instruction to practice in order the low-circle fire spells he had learned but had not used much because they had been dangerous, Lee Han nodded.

Just because he had finally grasped the feel for the fire element did not mean he could stop practicing right away. The sense he had gained could regress.

It was better to practice the various spells he had learned one by one and firmly nail it down.

Starting from third-circle spells like <Low-Grade Flame Barrier> and <Low-Grade Fire Arrow>, then down to second-circle spells like <Low-Grade Fire Shield> and <Low-Grade Hand of Flame>.

Watching Lee Han cast spells continuously, Professor Jorzik looked very satisfied.

“Hmm, hmm!”

Stroking his mustache, Professor Jorzik cast a sly look.

Seeing this outstanding student suddenly filled him with fresh ambition.

A master’s evaluation was naturally raised by outstanding disciples.

In terms of genius alone, the boy from House Wardanaz before his eyes was among the finest jewels of Einroguard.

But even that jewel had a flaw.

He had too many masters.

If a disciple had too many masters, even if the disciple’s fame rose, there was a high chance that the benefits would not reach Professor Jorzik.

However, watching the boy practice now gave him an ingenious idea.

The fire element was already a ridiculous desperate measure, but he somehow pulled it off. There’s a high chance he can handle it even if I push him toward more difficult magic.

Professor Jorzik thought the exact same thoughts several Einroguard professors had thought before.

Besides, he succeeded while receiving my teaching, so he must respect and trust me.

This was a thought even several Einroguard professors had not had.

What if I keep pushing him to do more difficult magic?

This, again, was indeed a thought several Einroguard professors had had before.

A rosy illusion rapidly unfolded inside Professor Jorzik’s ambitious mind.

-I was able to become an archmage at this age because Professor Jorzik of House Benmalpa believed in my ability and guided me. If he had made me practice circle magic suited to my year like an ordinary mage, I would never have advanced.

-Everyone, I did nothing. I merely recognized this boy’s talent and believed in it firmly!

-Benmalpa! Benmalpa! Benmalpa!

-Make Jorzik of House Benmalpa the principal of Einroguard! He is the mage most suited to be principal of Einroguard!

The boy from House Wardanaz would be glad to learn stronger magic, and Professor Jorzik himself would gain respect and fame from his disciple. An ideal future.

Convinced of that future, Professor Jorzik nodded.

“Student Wardanaz!”

“Yes?”

“Now practice the advanced properties of the fire element!”

“…Pardon?”

Lee Han was slightly flustered.

He had barely become able to control the fire element, and now he was supposed to move straight to advanced properties?

“Isn’t that dangerous?”

“Do not worry! You can do it!”

Has Professor Bagreg possessed him or something??

Lee Han was even more bewildered.

Originally, Professor Jorzik’s <Elemental Magic and Its Linkages> was a peaceful lecture with a high degree of student autonomy.

Professor Jorzik himself preferred a mild teaching method where, rather than directly taking the lead in teaching students, he helped when students got stuck while researching elemental magic.

But such a person had suddenly approached Lee Han and started pushing him to try the next advanced property quickly, so of course Lee Han was flustered.

“Professor. I may be mistaken, but wasn’t this originally a lecture where I ask questions and you answer them?”

“Student Wardanaz. Teaching has no fixed form. It is like that flowing water.”

Professor Jorzik, as the only principal-aspirant in Einroguard, where only people with ruined personalities gathered, boasted a certain eloquence of his own.

When the professor borrowed a professor’s authority to declare, “This is what teaching is,” it became difficult for Lee Han to refute.

“But I would like to spend time practicing basic fire-element spells…”

“No. No! You are mistaken. You clearly want to practice more difficult advanced properties. You simply do not know it yet!”

When Professor Jorzik winked one eye as he spoke, Lee Han was dumbfounded.

He truly could not even guess why this was happening.

“In the distant future, you will thank this Jorzik of House Benmalpa! Do not forget your words of gratitude then. Haha.”

“……”

Lee Han added Professor Jorzik to the <List of Professors to Visit After Graduation> in his mind.

*****

In the end, for the remaining time, Lee Han had to practice the advanced properties of the fire element.

Even the seemingly ordinary water element could boast intense destructive power if rotation was linked to it. Since the fire element already possessed high power to begin with, depending on what advanced property one pursued, quite a wide variety of applications became possible.

“I’m sorry, Wardanaz…”

“It’s all right now.”

Adenart apologized in a rare dispirited manner.

It was because of a slip of the tongue she had made during the lecture earlier.

-Student Wardanaz. Among the advanced properties of the fire element, the most representative methods are things like blue flame and violet flame.

Advanced properties that reinforced or altered the nature of the fire element itself—burning and incinerating—were used as representative examples because they suited the fire element well.

When people commonly said a mage specialized in the fire element, it was easy to misunderstand that such a mage could do nothing but destroy, though in truth it was not much of a misunderstanding. But by mastering advanced properties like these, one could perform various feats beyond the limits of ordinary flame.

Of course, that made it a difficult and tricky path.

Just as it was difficult to deliberately make the water element rotate and produce force, deliberately changing the nature of the fire element was by no means easy.

-Student Wardanaz, which advanced property are you interested in?

-I’m not sure, Professor. I still want to practice the basics.

-Haha! Enough jokes. Student Wardanaz. Of course these advanced properties may look difficult. But I guarantee that you can do it, Student Wardanaz! And you must do it!

-Did you perhaps meet Professor Bagreg over the holiday…?

-Hm?

-Nothing.

-I think it might be good to try blue flame once. Even for you, Student Wardanaz, it may be difficult to alter and imbue a separate nature from the start…

-That’s wrong, Professor. Wardanaz already knows how to call forth white flame through divine magic.

Adenart, listening from the side, had bristled at the words that seemed to disregard the friend’s ability and had stepped in without realizing it.

Of course, the reaction was not good.

-……

-……

To be precise, only from Lee Han.

When Lee Han looked at her with eyes that seemed to ask, “Why would you do that to me?” Adenart belatedly realized she had made a mistake.

-Ah, actually, I was mistaken…

-He already knows how to call forth white flame! As expected!

-It’s divine magic, Professor.

-There is not much difference, Student Wardanaz! Did I not tell you? You want to practice a more difficult advanced property. Look. This is the proof!

-Yes…

Excited, Professor Jorzik pushed Lee Han forward with the resolve that he would no longer be shaken.

Lee Han could not even guess how many additional elements he would have to study this semester.

His eyes were the eyes of a madman.

“Still, I’m sorry…”

“I said it’s fine. Here. Have a sandwich.”

When Lee Han took a sandwich from his backpack and held it out, Adenart’s face brightened slightly.

Judging by the fact that he was giving her food like this, he really did not seem angry.

As expected of someone from an honorable great noble family, he was generous…

“???”

Adenart opened the two pieces of bread covering the sandwich and checked inside.

There was nothing between them.

“……”

Adenart glanced at Lee Han, then quietly bit into the Einroguard-style sandwich. Her face was full of remorse.

So when you drag a friend into suffering, you end up eating a sandwich without any filling!

“Gainando makes mistakes, and Princess Yukbeltire makes mistakes too, so there’s no need to worry too much.”

“Mmpph?”

Adenart lifted her head in protest.

She could accept Princess Yukbeltire, but to be compared with Gainando?

No matter what, this was too much…

…Let’s reflect…

Adenart lowered her head again in remorse.

Wardanaz must have brought out the empty sandwich and the Gainando comparison to rebuke her indirectly.

After suffering those two in a row, she felt to the bone how terrible a mistake she had made. It was only right to be ashamed of herself.

“Wardanaz!”

“Hm?”

Salco rushed out of the <The Tragic History of Ancient Relics and Summoning Magic> classroom.

Salco shouted in a serious voice.

“I recommend running away from today’s lecture.”

“…???”

After saying that, Salco hurriedly ran off. For a moment, Lee Han thought a White Tiger Tower student had disguised as Salco.

“Salco… isn’t the type to do that because of not wanting to attend a lecture, though??”

On top of that, Professor Milei’s <The Tragic History of Ancient Relics and Summoning Magic> was a comparatively safe lecture.

For one thing, it was a second-year lecture, and even more so because Professor Milei taught it.

When Lee Han had attended it in the first week, he felt like he had only learned a simple historical overview and a few famous relics…

What is it? Should I run?

Lee Han wondered whether to accept Salco’s warning.

But that hesitation ended immediately. # Nоvеlight # Professor Milei appeared beside him.

“Everyone, enter the classroom.”

At the sight of the elderly professor wearing a monocle, the students inside and outside the classroom started and moved.

Lee Han regretted it inwardly.

I should have reacted immediately. I was careless.

The moment Salco ran, Lee Han himself should have run too, but while he hesitated, the professor had arrived.

It was a mistake that was hard to forgive in Einroguard.

WHOOOOOSH—

Inside the classroom, mana was swirling violently and irregularly due to the dimensional magic circles installed there.

They were surely magic circles installed for the purpose of exploring another dimension.

But Salco isn’t the type to run away because of something like that, is he?

Lee Han raised his head and looked at the blackboard. There was writing on it.

Visiting the Most Evil and Dangerous Dimension (Extra Lives Required)

“……”

“……”

Lee Han and his friends looked outside the classroom without realizing it. Professor Milei said calmly,

“The students who had the previous lecture did not erase it. Everyone, be careful not to learn from that sort of behavior.”

With those words, the writing on the blackboard was erased. Only then did the students let out sighs of relief.

“Whew! I thought…”

“That bastard Tutanta is too hasty. That scared me.”

Along with the conversation, new letters appeared on the blackboard.

Visiting an Indeterminate Dimension and Surviving

“…Uh, Professor. It doesn’t seem to have been erased yet.”

“It has been recorded properly. That is the topic of today’s lecture.”

Professor Milei spoke in a strict voice.

The students shut their eyes tight and muttered.

“Tutanta, you quick-footed bastard.”

“Sorry we didn’t believe you!”

As the students’ morale rapidly fell, Professor Milei began explaining in a calm voice.

“It will not be what all of you are worrying about, so stop worrying uselessly.”

“Ah. Are we perhaps not visiting in person?”

At those words, the students perked up.

If it was a theory lecture held in the classroom, there was no need to worry much.

Do not do dangerous things. Run if you see a devil.

What was so difficult about learning things like that?

“No. We will visit as well.”

“……”

Then what part of this is different from what we’re worried about?