Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 349

Chapter 349

Chapter 349

"...Don't make me cry."

Not only Chill, but the other senior healing magic students also struggled to hold back their tears blurring their vision.

In this situation, the junior running away might have been the better choice.

But by not running away, this junior had touched their hearts.

"Did you see that? Today is the day!"

"The junior is in front of us! Show him properly!"

The healing magic students charged forward, shouting.

'Is today the day?'

'If it's not the day, we'll make it the day!'

The day.

Among the healing magic students, it was known as 'the day they overthrow Professor Alkasis and succeed in escaping to rest.'

They had never actually managed it before, but one day, that day would come!

"If you want to rest."

Professor Alkasis swung her staff.

The charging student read the professor's intent and desperately defended.

"Harden like steel, nerves!"

Despite the enhancement magic, Professor Alkasis simply took control of the student's nervous system.

Losing control of the nerves that connected and transmitted signals throughout the body was fatal in such a duel. The student immediately fainted.

"Train your magic skills!"

At the same time, the swords at the professor's waist levitated.

As Professor Alkasis lunged forward, the sword, sheath, and all, swung fiercely, blowing away the students who were focused on defense.

"That way, you can rest early."

"How does it make sense for the same people to keep getting hurt?!"

At the anguished shout of his disciple, the professor slightly swung her staff.

The student panicked, trying to protect their nervous system, but this time it was somewhere else.

A student, robbed of control over his blood flow, turned pale and collapsed.

'...I should have just run.'

Watching Professor Alkasis subdue the charging students with a single staff motion, Yi-Han suddenly felt regret.

The prejudice that healing mages were weak was wrong. Healing magic itself could be used offensively if one was determined.

Moreover, in the case of a master like Professor Alkasis, she could precisely take away the opponent's physical control to subdue them.

To take control of the entire body would require an extraordinary mage to pour in mana, but taking control of a specific part was much less difficult.

Of course, other mages, even if they could take control, would have difficulty utilizing or applying it.

It was a combat method only possible for Professor Alkasis, who had a perfect understanding of the human body.

'Enough with the regret.'

Yi-Han steeled his resolve and prepared.

Not running away and abandoning the seniors was half calculation, half compassion.

In this situation, if he abandoned the seniors and left, there was a possibility they would resent him later.

Now, it was because of their resentment towards the professor, but later, when their minds returned and they were doing additional labor under the professor, they might come to hate the absent junior.

The human heart was complicated like that.

Moreover, seeing the seniors who had been constantly subdued, if Yi-Han left, the seniors might not be able to drag out the time as long.

The seniors knew Professor Alkasis well, but Professor Alkasis knew the seniors even better.

And...

'...I just couldn't leave them behind.'

Yi-Han was usually the type to look after his own interests, but the healing magic majors were truly too pitiful.

How could he just run away and leave such people behind?

Yi-Han had a conscience too.

"Seniors. Please support me!"

"!"

The seniors were surprised by Yi-Han's shout.

Surprisingly, the junior was rushing forward with a sword.

'Close combat?!'

Like the other friends, Chill was appalled.

A mage in close combat?

'I understand, junior, but what you're doing now...!'

Fighting a mage with overwhelming abilities was absolutely disadvantageous in magic, so engaging in close combat to prevent the mage from using magic was also a viable choice.

But...

'...We've all tried that!'

Of course, the healing magic students had already tried that.

Since they couldn't win with magic, they had each cast transformation or enhancement magic and charged at the professor.

The result, of course, was disastrous.

To subdue him here would require an excessive use of mana, and it was counterproductive to expend so much of the professor's mana just for one first-year student.

Regrettable, but what could be done.

"But you won't be able to keep avoiding me."

"...I'll work hard next semester."

At Yi-Han's words, Professor Alkasis nodded slightly, as if understanding.

It meant she would accept the compromise.

"Go."

"Professor."

Looking at the professor like a ferocious beast baring its fangs, Yi-Han carefully spoke.

It felt like his life was on the line with the one sentence he was about to utter.

"Please let the seniors rest as well."

"..."

"..."

The air turned icy.

The watching seniors were so tense they couldn't even breathe.

'That... That madman!'

'You're going to get yourself killed!'

Professor Garcia, who had been controlling the passersby from approaching the scene of the fight, also swallowed her saliva.

"Have you forgotten what I said? Clearly in the lecture..."

"I know. But Professor, there must be other ways. Calling in mages from other regions, or even asking the principal..."

Listening from the side, Chill was worried that the junior was truly insane.

The skull principal wasn't some summoning beast, and there was no way he could summon more healing mages just because they were short.

"...I think I can at least buy enough time for the seniors to rest."

"What will you do if I refuse?"

Yi-Han brandished his sword.

Seeing the intention to go down together, Professor Alkasis eventually sighed and answered.

"I hope my disciples haven't learned any bad habits from you. Alright. ...I've been overworking you all. Go rest. I can somehow buy that much time."

"Professor...!!!"

"Don't cry, just scram. Rest and come back."

The students hurriedly fled, fearing the professor might change her mind.

"Are, are you okay?"

The watching Professor Garcia asked worriedly. Professor Alkasis replied tersely, her voice laced with annoyance,

"Do I look okay? Huh? Do I seem okay to you?"

The respectful demeanor she had shown to his student in front of others was now gone.

Professor Garcia, reverting to a student, hung her head low.

"I'm sorry..."

"It's fine. It's not your fault. The disciples need to rest too. They've worked too hard..."

"I, I'll help too."

"If you have a conscience, you should naturally do that."

"I was wrong."

"And... I should contact the principal. He'll help at least once."

"That's a good idea. He's in Granden City right now."

"Is he? Even better."

Professor Alkasis' authority, who was saving all the patients in the name of Einroguard throughout the nearby regions, was so high that even the skull principal couldn't easily refuse.

He absolutely couldn't refuse a request for help.

...Of course, from the perspective of the skull principal, it would be absurd.

The usually uncooperative Professor Alkasis suddenly contacting him, saying 'Please help my disciples rest.'

"By the way, please don't tell the principal that Yi-Han brought it up."

"Understood."

—

"Junior! Isn't this exciting? Aren't you excited?!"

"Look at this! Look at this!"

The healing magic students were excited, pointing their fingers.

What they were pointing at was a fountain in the middle of the city square.

"...Uh, is there some complex magic hidden in that fountain? I'm not sure..."

"There's nothing like that, it's just pretty, right?"

"That's right. Sitting and watching the fountain all day long was our wish."

"This peaceful watching... Wait. Junior. Why are you crying?"

"I'm not crying. Something got in my eyes."

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