Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy

Chapter 578

Fortunately, the skull principal didn't show much reaction to the Death Knights' instigation.

He was surely thinking deeply about what would happen when he faced the Emperor.

-Hmm... I'm worried.-

After thinking deeply for a while, the skull principal let out a sigh.

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't see a future where things would end well when he took Yi-Han to meet His Majesty the Emperor.

"If we talk well to Wardanaz... wouldn't it work out?"

Eunrad Lee carefully spoke up after observing the situation.

In fact, Eunrad Lee didn't quite understand why the skull principal was so worried.

"Of course, he did have excessive achievements for a freshman even in the 2nd semester, but His Majesty will generously understand that much. And what happened during the summer break was really unavoidable."

-Um. Lord Eunrad Lee. You know that he defeated the Sea Serpent, right?-

-By the way, there's more besides that.-

"Pardon?"

Eunrad Lee hesitated.

After thinking for a moment, Eunrad Lee immediately said.

"If we talk well to Wardanaz and everyone keeps their mouths shut, how would His Majesty the Emperor know?"

-As expected of an Einroguard graduate.-

-Look at that wicked thought.-

The Death Knights whispered, but Eunrad Lee didn't pay attention.

Wasn't all of this being done to survive?

Slow-witted people couldn't survive in Einroguard.

He naturally intended to keep his mouth shut. In the first place, there was no need to worry about Wardanaz making a slip of the tongue…

Until now, various types of geniuses had entered Einroguard, but a genius like Yi-Han who was quick-witted, sociable, and versatile in all fields was extremely rare.

Since most geniuses were the type whose abilities were sharply concentrated in one field they liked, Yi-Han's such well-roundedness stood out even more.

"Then isn't it even better?"

-That's why you can't be the top student.-

'No...'

Eunrad Lee felt wronged.

He had to be scolded for his grades even after graduation?

-Master. I'm curious about what you're worried about.-

-That's right. If it's Wardanaz, he will cooperate well if we explain the situation.-

-You guys might be right.-

The skull principal readily acknowledged.

His attitude surprised others even more.

-But his madness has aspects that are difficult for a kind grand mage like me to predict...-

'What an absurd slander.'

Eunrad Lee snorted inwardly.

The skull principal talking about others' madness.

Moreover, to a kind freshman like Wardanaz?

-You must have cursed me inwardly just now. Eunrad Lee.-

"Ah, no!"

-I understand. A guy like you who has never been the top student can't understand that level. But to me, his madness...-

Bang!!!

An explosion was heard from the front yard of the main building.

The principal, Eunrad Lee, and the Death Knights approached the window and looked down.

A golem that seemed to be patched together from all kinds of scrap was making a bizarre sound and advancing forward.

-Professor Verduus. Help us! We need to stop that thing!-

-Why? It's rolling well. If we stop it now, it will damage the golem?-

-If it goes like this, won't it shatter everything on its path?!-

-Why are you saying that now? You knew it too, didn't you?-

-No, you said it was okay, Professor! You told me to make it because it was okay...-

-Yeah. I said it's okay, right? Ignore it and finish making the golem. Don't stop.-

"...That, that. Did they make a golem with scrap??"

Eunrad Lee couldn't believe his eyes.

He had also taken an exam in his 1st year final to make an instant artifact with discarded and broken objects, but at best, it was only things like water purification artifacts or location detection artifacts.

To think that a mere 1st-year student made a golem equipped with a power source and rolling, even if it was low-grade and temporary.

And with scrap???!

-Did you see?-

The skull principal spoke without surprise.

-That's his madness.-

Although he seemed fine himself, the problem with Wardanaz was that he could do crazy things to any extent if there was an opportunity next to him.

If a bureaucrat at the imperial palace jokingly said, 'Since you learned from Lord Gonadaltes, you can catch the Demon Duke, haha,' he might say, 'Understood, I will try to catch him,' and start a sword dance.

'And the Emperor and bureaucrats will hold me responsible.'

Thinking that the bureaucrats and even the Emperor would say things like 'What kind of education did you give him usually?' 'That wicked grand mage is abusing his disciple in the ancient way,' he felt so wronged that his nonexistent heart was pounding.

Why was it his fault that his disciple was doing crazy things on his own?

"Shouldn't you stop him? If that golem explodes, there will be an accident!"

The reason the golem was dangerous was because of its power source.

To move that much mass, the amount of power required inevitably increased, so naturally, a quite powerful artifact had to be used as the power source…

...If there was even a slight mistake or mishandling, articles like would simply appear in the imperial newspaper.

-Leave it. He'll do well on his own.-

"No... We have to meet His Majesty soon, so we should stop him!"

No matter how he thought about it, an explosion accident a few weeks before meeting His Majesty the Emperor couldn't be emotionally good.

If he faced the Emperor and said, 'I had an explosion accident a few weeks ago,' how much would the atmosphere improve?

Screech-!

However, contrary to Eunrad Lee's cry, the golem lost strength and stopped precisely.

In the distance, the freshman from the Wardanaz family standing on the stopped golem in the front yard of the main building landed with a curse.

In his hand was the power source of the golem.

Surprisingly, that freshman had pulled out the power source from the moving golem's body!

It was an incredible feat that was hard to believe even when seeing it directly.

-I will never trust Professor's suggestion again!-

-Huh? Why? Why are you angry? Didn't you make the golem thanks to me?-

-Is this making it?! We almost died together!-

-You stopped it well, didn't you?-

The conversation ended there.

It was because other friends hurriedly stopped Yi-Han, who was trying to rush at Professor Verduus.

-You endure it! Wardanaz!-

-He's a professor! A professor!!-

***

Yi-Han had the thought he had hundreds of times since entering Einroguard once again.

'Trusting a professor!'

"...Cheer up. Wardanaz."

"But the exam is over, isn't it?"

"Yeah. The exam is over."

It was a mistake to accept Professor Verduus's suggestion during the final exam.

-It's all done. Professor.-

-Huh? This is all?-

-...Didn't I make it well? It has some defense and such...-

-Nah. Let's make something more fun. You can make it.-

-Wait. You let other students just pass, so why only to me...-

-Look at this. Do you see this? What is this?-

-I'm not sure?-

-It's the part used as the leg of a wooden golem. This? It's the arm of a bronze cleaning golem. Also... here it is. This is the helmet of a melee golem. Now, you get it?-

-...I'm not sure??-

-Are you stupid? I'm telling you to combine these and make a golem!-

-...Pardon?? Is that possible? I've never made a golem before, and I heard that golems shouldn't be made like rags in the first place...-

-It's okay. It's okay. Look, there are magic circles left here. Assembling some of these parts is much easier than making it from scratch.-

-Certainly, assembly is easier than creating something out of nothing, but isn't that when it was originally made as the same golem? I heard that if you combine parts of different golems, some side effects might occur. No, in the first place, it won't even work...-

-No. It's okay. I looked at it and it seemed fine.-

-Is it really okay?-

-Of course!-

-...Then I'll try it, but...-

Yi-Han, who fell for Professor Verduus's evil and irresponsible whispers, somehow tied, combined, and connected parts of different golems.

The errors that occurred due to the different mana circuits and magic circle calculations were simply smashed by striking mana into that part.

After somehow repairing the half-broken power source and just trying to activate it with the sole intention of making it work…

-It's moving! No, I didn't expect it to actually move...-

-I told you to make it, didn't I?-

-Wait. Professor. The golem is moving on its own, what are the activation words or command words?-

When making a golem, it was basic common sense to insert activation words or command words inside to activate and control that golem.

In the case of this chimera golem made by fitting different parts together, Professor Verduus would have figured it out in advance.

-There's no such thing?-

-Pardon?-

-I said there's no such thing. How can there be such a thing when connecting different parts?-

-Then how do we command it?-

-You have to make it now.-

-...It's moving now?-

-Make it from above and put it in.-

-I've never learned that!-

-Really? Here's a book.-

-Professor Verduus. Help us! We need to stop that thing!-

-Why? It's rolling well. If we stop it now, it will damage the golem?-

...In the end, he had to go through such things.

It was fortunate that he was able to contact the golem's mana circuit, infuse mana, forcefully stop the movement, and somehow pull out the power source, otherwise either the forest, Yi-Han, or Professor Verduus would have been shattered.

"I should have just submitted it."

'Doesn't Wardanaz have some problems too?'

Salko thought seriously.

If it were Salko, he would never have accepted it when Professor Verduus said such a thing.

It was an impossible thing to assemble scrap and operate a golem.

"Salko? What are you thinking about?"

"Ah, no. I was thinking that Professor Verduus is truly an evil person. If it were our stonemason guild, we would have made such a person kneel and put a large rock on top to give him a crushing punishment!"

"Oh... there's such a good method?"

Yi-Han showed an interested expression. Seeing that, Salko newly felt that there was deep hatred in his friend's heart.

"Wardanaz. Let's go prepare for Professor Bungaegor's exam."

"Right. Forget about Professor Verduus."

At his friends' encouragement, Yi-Han's expression also loosened a bit.

At that time, students who didn't take enchantment magic appeared from afar.

"Hey. I heard you guys caused an accident during the exam?"

"What kind of mistake did you make for a golem to crawl out? Study enchantment magic properly... Aah! Ah! Wardanaz! Why are you doing this! What did we do wrong!"

The students who just wanted to tease lightly ran away in shock at the water orbs flying fiercely.

They never thought it was Wardanaz's mistake.

***

"Pegasus!!!!"

Even before arriving at the exam site, the excited voices of other students were heard.

The friends walking with Yi-Han also widened their eyes at the word Pegasus.

"Pegasus?!"

"That Pegasus...!?"

There were many rare magical beasts in the empire, but among them, the popularity of Pegasus was very high.

While rumors of various flying mounts, such as wyverns or griffins, threatening and eating their owners from time to time appeared in the imperial newspaper…

...Pegasus had a relatively gentlemanly and polite personality.

"How did Professor Bungaegor borrow such Pegasus?"

"The professor is one of the top adventurers in the empire. She must have borrowed them with her connections."

The students looked at Professor Bungaegor with eyes full of respect.

Such Pegasi were difficult to obtain even with money, as calling them was expensive.

But to prepare them just for the students.

"Don't look at me like that. I was just lucky."

"Professor... I respect you the most...!"

"It's better not to say that in front of other professors. Now, the exam you have to take today is to persuade these Pegasi. By the way, don't arrogantly misunderstand. Although Pegasi are kinder than wyverns, they are absolutely not easy."

Yi-Han was not surprised.

Pegasi were not easy enough to let anyone ride on their back and wander around, even if they didn't directly eat their owners.

The empire's magical beasts always judged the owner's qualifications, and to be recognized, one had to pass the other party's test.

'Pegasi were... diligence and honor.'

How well did you take care of animals throughout the year, and how honorably did you act usually?

Pegasus could glimpse those traces in the soul of a qualified person.

Yi-Han's eyes met with a Pegasus. Then it blinked its eyes very favorably and sent a gaze. It was a look that said it knew what Yi-Han had done.

'You recognize me!'

Feeling grateful for everything he had done so far, he was about to take a step when Professor Bungaegor called Yi-Han.

"Wait. Wardanaz."

"Yes?"

"You can't go near."

"Why!?"

"Well, because Niffirg would be jealous...?"

"..."

At the unexpected words, Yi-Han was at a loss for words.

The Basilisk in his sleeve made a sound as if strongly agreeing.

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