Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 655

Chapter 655

"H-how could they say such a terrible thing at first meeting?"

Priestess Siana muttered in shock.

Among Einroguard students, saying "5th year" was worse than insulting one's family.

Even if they were enemies, how could they tell someone to stay at Einroguard for that long?

"C-calm down, Priestess. It might have a different meaning in Baldurguard."

"No magic school would mean 'rot for 5 years' as a good thing!"

Ingsen was flustered by the words of the snake mixed-blood student wearing Flameng Order priest robes.

The priestess' language was too rough.

'Is she not a priestess...?'

"What do you mean by 5th year?"

Yi-Han, who had been maintaining a quiet silence, finally spoke.

There was no particular change in his expression, but Yonaire could sense the subtle killing intent hidden beneath Yi-Han's statue-like face.

Even for a friend as iron-walled as him, it was hard to endure being told to attend for 5 years.

"That... Um... Are you Senior Yi-Han of the Wardanaz family? Einroguard's 5th year..."

"?"

"?????"

Not only Yi-Han, but his friends were also flustered.

What year?

"5th year?"

"Yes. 5th year... Oh, are you 4th year?"

"..."

Finally realizing that the Baldurguard students were mistaking Yi-Han's year, his friends started whispering.

"Why do those bastards think Wardanaz is a 5th year?"

"Isn't it because of what happened in Granden City?"

"What did I do?"

"You fought the King of Ghouls, fought a Basilisk, fought a Sea Serpent, fought anti-magic extremists, fought magic criminals, and all that."

"...W-well, there are things I didn't do in Granden City."

Yi-Han, having no rebuttal, grasped at straws.

Of course, it wasn't very effective. His friends ignored Yi-Han's words.

"Well, rumors spread quickly. If I heard such rumors, I would have thought he was a 4th year senior too."

"But they're thinking he's 5th year?"

"No, even so, it's strange. There's no way the events in Granden City and Einroguard could spread that far."

Yi-Han spoke again, but his friends ignored him once more.

"Guys, can you not hear me?"

"Um..."

The two Baldurguard students were flustered as the atmosphere turned strange.

"Senior, are you not 5th year?"

"Rather, I'm curious why you thought I was 5th year."

At those words, Basiu spoke quietly so only Ingsen could hear.

"Oh no, he must be 4th year."

"..."

While Yi-Han was looking at Basiu in disbelief, Ingsen stepped forward to explain.

"Last year, our school's seniors visited Einroguard. At that time..."

"Ah, so that's what happened."

At Ingsen's words, Yi-Han realized what had occurred.

"What is it?"

"Remember the assignment Professor Knighton gave us during the festival last time?"

"What was it? Imperial rainfall and resulting road damage, and repair cost calculation?"

"The number of mages needed to maintain the empire's fortress network?"

"Research possible within Einroguard using Yi-Han's mana?"

Because he was a professor who gave so many assignments, the friends' answers were all over the place.

Some of them weren't even given.

"All wrong. And the last one wasn't even assigned."

"Oh. Yi-Han. The professor mentioned the last one when you weren't there. You were carrying out the pocket knife fortress mission assigned from outside at that time." �

"..."

Yi-Han was shocked.

To think they tried to sell him out to his friends while he wasn't present!

"...That's not what I meant. Remember the light and illusion statue Professor Knighton made during the festival?"

"Ah."

Finally, his friends realized what Yi-Han was talking about.

"It was a mischievous joke. Einroguard's seniors sometimes make mischievous jokes too. Like releasing poison in the underground corridors..."

"????"

"...Or teasing incoming freshmen. Can you be certain it wasn't that kind of joke? Really?"

Yi-Han strongly pressured the two.

When he glared at them as if saying 'Do you really believe the story that I crushed your seniors with magic?', Ingsen and Basiu were greatly shaken.

"Is... is that so...? Was it a joke...?"

"B-but that was clearly serious. It didn't seem like the seniors were joking. They were trembling while speaking..."

Yi-Han spoke firmly.

"It was acting."

"A-acting?!"

"Seniors are always serious about teasing their juniors. Of course they would act too."

"...!"

Ingsen and Basiu were greatly shocked.

Until now, they had thought Baldurguard's seniors were always honorable nobles of nobles who never lied, but that wasn't the case!

"Th-that's impossible! The seniors are nobles!"

"Haha. Being a noble doesn't mean they don't lie. Isn't this a well-intentioned lie to get close to juniors?"

Yi-Han mercilessly turned Baldurguard's seniors into liars and then finished cleaning up.

"I-is that so..."

"Maybe we trusted the seniors too much. We should have believed what we heard and saw with our own ears and eyes."

"That's right. Just because they couldn't dodge water orbs doesn't mean it proves their magic skills. The seniors might have teased us knowing that."

It was a ridiculous statement, but Yi-Han didn't bother to point it out.

He didn't want to have titles like either.

If he had won in a fair and square duel, it would have been honorable, but breaking Baldurguard students' nose bones with water orbs at a festival was close to infamy.

'Somehow it's been smoothed over. Just you wait. Baldurguard bastards.'

Yi-Han felt indignant.

He had kindly helped fix the broken magic circle, but they spread rumors just because they got hit in the nose a bit at the festival.

Next time they meet, he would challenge them to a proper duel!

"What nonsense!"

"?!"

Gainando didn't let it slide.

"If you can't dodge water orbs, you're bad at magic! Don't make excuses when you couldn't dodge!"

"What are you saying, that's a separate issue!"

Ingsen unconsciously dropped his honorifics and argued at Gainando's shout.

Basiu, seeming to agree, shouted too.

"A mage's skill isn't about how quickly they can cast, but how great a magic they can cast..."

"I can't hear you, losers!"

"Are you listening? So dodging water orbs has nothing to do with magic skill? Even the great mage Baqwantallana..."

"I can't hear you, soil destroyers!"

"Magic isn't about fighting in the muddy streets of the marketplace, but something much more noble and dignified...!"

"Boo! Losers! Soil destroyers! Defeated soil destroyers!"

"Eeek!"

The two's faces turned bright red at Gainando's mockery and provocation.

"H-how can a prince act so undignified...! Basiu was right, you have no dignity as royalty!"

"Losers, losers, losers, losers!"

His friends marveled.

'Don't they even fight like this in Baldurguard?'

'Why can't they endure such provocation?'

Yi-Han was worried inside.

'It could be dangerous if they challenge to a magic duel at this rate.'

Even if the opponent's magic casting was slower and clumsier than Gainando's, one couldn't say they had no overall magic skill.

Einroguard's education method was unique, but among the empire's mages, there were many who were slow and clumsy at casting.

It wasn't a big flaw since there were rarely situations where magic had to be completed urgently.

It could be dangerous if they competed in Gainando's weak areas.

"You... How dare you act so rudely just relying on magic. Do you think being good at magic is everything? If you have no honor and no character, that magic has no value! Even if you're the top of your year!"

"???"

However, instead of challenging Gainando to a duel, Ingsen and Basiu lowered their tails and criticized.

Siana tilted her head and asked,

"Who are they talking about now? Are they insulting Mr. Wardanaz?"

"I think they're talking about Gainando..."

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