Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 924
‘Could it be that the <Teleportation> Club isn’t actually a secret society like I thought?’
Among the unofficial clubs, some even concealed their own existence.
Clubs like the 【Professor Assassination Club】 (Lee Han had never heard of it before, but he was convinced it existed somewhere) or the 【Einroguard Truth Exposure Club】 obviously couldn’t operate openly.
Naturally, Lee Han had assumed the <Teleportation> Club belonged to the same category.
They deliberately used a different name, and outsiders weren’t even told where the clubroom was located…
“Is it really okay for the professors to know the <Teleportation> Club exists?”
“Well, they probably already suspect it anyway.”
Sebius didn’t seem particularly worried. That only made Lee Han more confused.
“Is that actually fine?”
“As long as they don’t find our base, there’s surprisingly little they can do. If they don’t catch us in the middle of something, there’s no evidence. According to school rules, you don’t get thrown into detention just for creating a <Teleportation> Club.”
‘Sometimes I think the seniors here have genuinely lost their minds.’
Lee Han thought to himself.
Of course, everyone at Einroguard developed some level of madness eventually, but the upperclassmen were clearly worse.
“Could I come along too, by any chance?”
“Hmm.”
At the question from his junior, Sebius frowned.
“Ah. If it’s against club rules…”
“No. Actually, everyone else said they wanted to ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) bring you.”
“…”
Apparently, Lee Han was more popular among the <Teleportation> Club seniors than he had realized.
Which made sense.
To skilled thieves—no, skilled teleportation specialists—what mattered was competence.
It didn’t matter whether someone was a second-year or belonged to the Blue Dragon Tower. What mattered was where that person had successfully infiltrated before.
“But these jobs are more dangerous than you think.”
“I’m prepared for that.”
Lee Han answered confidently.
In the past, he would have asked, How dangerous, exactly?
But after spending time at Einroguard, Lee Han had changed.
Now his first thought was always, No matter how dangerous it sounds, it probably won’t be THAT dangerous.
‘This is a legitimate chance to leave the school. I can’t pass it up.’
“I acknowledge your skills, but think carefully. If you get caught outside…”
“Do I end up in an external prison?”
“No. The Skull Principal personally comes to drag you back. Then you get thrown into detention for the crime of getting caught outside.”
“…”
That was somehow stranger than prison.
Lee Han shook his head.
“I still want to go.”
“Alright. Then I’ll put your name down too.”
As Sebius dipped his quill into the ink bottle and wrote down his junior’s name, a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
‘Wait. This guy already joined an absurd number of clubs, didn’t he? Can he actually handle all of them?’
***
“Junior. If another club interferes and you can’t participate in the Jousting match, I’ll assassinate every member of that club.”
“…”
“It’s a joke, obviously.”
‘That absolutely does not sound like a joke.’
The dark elf senior’s eyes gleamed with unwavering conviction.
It was the gaze of someone fully capable of burning Einroguard to the ground over a Jousting match.
“Um. Senior Hormasi.”
“Yeah, junior.”
“You know Prince Jowurin went back to the capital, right?”
“I heard.”
Karnella let out a deep sigh. Regret, lingering attachment, bitterness, grief, sorrow—her face openly displayed all of it.
Then she said:
“Obviously, the part about riding Prince Jowurin into the match was a joke.”
“…”
At the very least, Lee Han decided he should never trust jokes told by this White Tiger Tower third-year.
“But you still have the griffin, the unicorn, the basilisk, the giant, and the mountain-range-destroying sheep, don’t you?”
“That list included quite a few disturbing things.”
-That’s way too much for me!
The baby basilisk cried out in terror.
It still lacked the confidence to carry Lee Han into battle against giant monsters.
“Disturbing? Well, perhaps the unicorn still hasn’t fully recovered…”
“…I’ll ride the griffin.”
“Aren’t you deciding too quickly? A true Jousting player should be able to adapt after seeing what the opponent brings out.”
“I’ll ride the griffin.”
At her junior’s firm answer, Karnella looked disappointed.
He had all the qualities of an excellent Jousting player, so why was he being so inflexible?
“Well, I understand. This Hormasi usually rides our puppy too.”
-That person rides a puppy??
“No. The puppy she means is Cerberus.”
-…
While comforting the deeply shocked baby basilisk, Lee Han asked:
“But senior, who are we fighting, and where’s the match being held?”
“The location is Granden City.”
It was the large city closest to Einroguard, and Lee Han was already familiar with it.
“The opponent is the Valdrogard Jousting team.”
“…Wait! Is that really okay?!”
Lee Han was startled.
Karnella blinked, unable to understand the question.
“What do you mean?”
“Whenever Einroguard students see Valdrogard students, they attack like they’re trying to kill each other.”
“That’s… not quite THAT extreme.”
Even Karnella looked slightly flustered.
Of course, there was fierce rivalry between the Empire’s magic academies, but still…
“Won’t it turn into a brawl instead of a Jousting match?”
“Wait a moment, junior. What exactly do you think honorable Jousting players are?”
Karnella sternly lectured him for insulting the pride and honor of Jousting players.
Naturally, it had no effect on Lee Han.
Any claim to honor disappeared the moment she tried to field giants and Prince Jowurin.
“And the Valdrogard Jousting team is genuinely strong. You absolutely cannot lower your guard.”
‘What?’
Lee Han was startled again when his senior suddenly turned serious.
There were actually high-level things at Valdrogard?
But apparently it was true.
“Those bastards don’t study magic, don’t do assignments, and don’t take exams, so they can pour all their free time into this stuff. They’ve also got endless gold to throw around, so they can freely acquire rare creatures too. …Damn it. Thinking about how we lost the hydra to those bastards last time still pisses me off.”
As she explained, Karnella seemed to recall old grudges and muttered resentfully.
The wealth of Valdrogard students always infuriated Einroguard students.
‘I should pray they don’t bring out a hydra.’
Lee Han didn’t particularly care about his senior’s grudge. What mattered was what the opposing team would field.
Honestly, after hearing the Valdrogard team once bought a hydra, he regretted not trying harder to build connections with them.
If he’d known they had a hydra, he would have treated them more kindly!
“Still, don’t worry too much, junior. This Hormasi will personally take the lead and crush the enemy’s skulls.”
“You meant score goals, right?”
