Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy

Chapter 665

Chapter 665

"Your friend might get seriously hurt, and you're talking about sandwiches!!"

"What?!"

Gainando, startled, almost dropped his sandwich.

"Am I not allowed to eat sandwiches? Sh-should I have had rice balls instead?"

"Are you joking now?!"

Palga became even more enraged at Gainando's brazen attitude.

To be so sarcastic without even realizing his own mistake.

"Your friend is...!"

-The winner is Yi-Han of the Wardanaz family!-

"...in danger and you're looking for food? Are you even an Einroguard student!"

In his excitement, Palga failed to notice what had happened in the duel arena behind him.

The duel had ended while they were talking.

Yi-Han returned to the spectator seats and wondered,

"What did you guys do to make the senior so angry?"

"He-he got angry when I tried to eat a sandwich. He must be enemies with sandwiches."

'Does that make any sense?'

Yi-Han shot a look of disbelief at Gainando's words.

No matter how he thought about it, it seemed like Gainando must have made some other mistake.

Like ordering Palga to bring him a sandwich...

"Senior. What are you angry about?"

"You're back. Junior! Those bastards didn't worry about you at all while you were fighting Count Semten, they were just sitting there eating sandwiches! They're trash who don't know the meaning of friendship!"

The friends became solemn at Palga's criticism.

Come to think of it, they did seem too indifferent to Yi-Han's duel.

They had been relaxed thinking he would obviously win, but from Yi-Han's perspective, it might have felt disappointing.

"Sorry, Yi-Han."

"We'll cheer properly from now on."

"No. It's fine. I won anyway, so what does it matter."

Yi-Han was indifferent.

What difference would it make if his friends cheered?

Professor Boladi's attacks couldn't be blocked by friendly cheers.

"Count Semten is a really strong duelist."

"Ah. Yes. He was. I was lucky."

"...Wait. Why are you here?"

Palga finally realized that Yi-Han was next to him.

Shouldn't he be down in the duel arena?

"The duel ended so I came up..."

"...What? Who won?"

"I won."

"?!??!?"

At Yi-Han's answer, Palga looked at the duel arena with a bewildered expression.

The club members were consoling the count. The count was in the middle of praising Yi-Han with a refreshed expression.

-How on earth?-

-He had a lot of mana.-

-Besides that?-

-He really had a lot of mana.-

-...No, Count. I understand about the mana.-

-I'm telling you he had a lot of mana!-

-How much mana could he have had, he's still just a boy...-

-Such dull people!-

"How?!"

"I blocked his artifacts with my traits, then rapid-fired magic, and when his posture crumbled, I struck..."

Professor Boladi approached behind the two like a ghost.

"Your was late."

"Yes. I realized that too late."

'He's starting again!'

Palga suddenly felt indignant even though it wasn't about him.

Wasn't it really amazing that his junior had defeated the count?

In fact, even Palga himself still couldn't quite grasp how he had won.

Anyway, after such an amazing feat, he should be praised, not criticized like when he had crushed Palga.

"Professor. This was really well done...!"

"The rest was fine."

"?!"

Professor Boladi's critique ended there.

Palga was more surprised than when he heard his junior had defeated the count.

"Is that all?!"

"That's all."

Professor Boladi and Yi-Han looked at Palga strangely.

Palga suddenly felt awkward.

"W-well. I mean..."

"Mr. Boladi of the Bagrak family."

The duel club's referee approached.

"I'm truly sorry, but we'd like you to stop visiting our Flaher City Duel Club from today."

"I understand."

Professor Boladi nodded as if he had expected it.

Palga was shocked and protested.

"What did the professor do wrong to be banned?"

"He didn't do anything wrong. It's just that none of our duel club members can face him, so we'd like him to stop visiting."

"What are you saying! There are still so many members left!"

The referee answered expressionlessly.

"The others were all defeated yesterday."

"..."

Palga looked at the professor with shocked eyes.

'What on earth did this crazy person do?'

However, Professor Boladi wasn't surprised at all.

Even his junior wasn't surprised at all.

Yi-Han was standing with an indifferent expression.

'That's why you get banned when you win like that.'

If you cut down all the trees in a forest at once just because there are many, you won't be able to find trees after that.

Harvesting little by little while considering the forest is ultimately good for the lumberjack too.

"Mr. Yi-Han of the Wardanaz family."

"Yes?"

"I'm truly sorry, but we'd like you to stop visiting our Flaher City Duel Club from today."

"...What?!"

Yi-Han was shocked.

Why?!

"Th-there must be some misunderstanding? It was Professor Bagrak who defeated the others yesterday."

"You're the professor's disciple, aren't you?"

"Isn't a disciple much weaker?!"

Yi-Han was furious at this nonsensical guilt by association.

By that logic, Yi-Han, as the skull principal's disciple, should be blacklisted throughout the entire empire.

"Since you defeated Count Semten, none of our duel club members will be able to defeat you."

"You don't know that! I won by luck!"

Yi-Han said sincerely.

It was because Count Semten was used to artifact-focused tactics that he easily countered him, if it had been someone else, there would have been a fierce battle.

While Yi-Han could understand banning Professor Boladi, he absolutely couldn't accept being banned himself.

Palga seemed to think the same and protested.

"Count Semten has defeated over ten people so far. But he wasn't banned because of that, was he?"

The referee answered, raising only his eyebrows on his expressionless face.

"Count Semten has never overwhelmingly defeated the club's champion in less than 10 seconds after the start of a duel."

"..."

Palga unconsciously looked at Yi-Han.

How on earth did you win?

However, Yi-Han was shameless like an Einroguard student.

He protested firmly without backing down.

"It was really just luck!"

'Shouldn't Einroguard students just be banned as a group?'

The referee thought inwardly.

Anyone who had seen the count's defeat earlier wouldn't be able to say 'he won by luck'.

Yet this boy from the Wardanaz family was shamelessly saying so.

No matter how much of an imperial noble family they were, wasn't this a bit too much tyranny!

"Ugh. This is too much."

In the end, Yi-Han gave up first and backed down.

He still had an indignant look.

Palga, unable to watch anymore, comforted him.

"Calm down, junior. Of course it's true that a disciple is weaker than their teacher, but if you're Professor Bagrak's disciple, you'll naturally be seen as much stronger."

"Senior, since you've learned from Professor Bagrak too, aren't you essentially a disciple?"

"N-no. I'm not. Why are you..."

Palga, intimidated by his junior's momentum, quickly denied it.

He felt an ominous feeling that if he stayed still, he might be dragged under Professor Bagrak somehow.

"Mr. Palga of the Ukim family."

"Yes?"

"I'm truly sorry, but we'd like you to stop visiting our Flaher City Duel Club from today."

"..."

Palga felt truly wronged.

His junior next to him sent a look saying 'I got the same treatment', but it wasn't much consolation.

'I really didn't do anything...!'

***

"See you in the new semester."

"Yes."

Yi-Han and his friends saw Palga off. The senior's shoulders somehow looked narrow.

Professor Boladi checked the time and prepared to leave. Dolgyu asked without much thought.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Where are you going, Professor?"

"Don't ask, you idiot."

"???"

Dolgyu was flustered when Yi-Han got angry.

"Why, why?"

"If he thinks you're interested and takes you along, are you going to take responsibility?"

"Even so, he wouldn't..."

"Underground arena. Are you perhaps interested?"

"I'm not."

"I'm not!"

"No! Professor! Please be careful!"

At the professor's words about going to a real arena where people fight for their lives, not just relatively safe duels, the students quickly shouted in unison.

Professor Boladi looked at Yi-Han. Yi-Han immediately answered.

"I'm not interested either!"

"That's good. I can't take you to the arena."

'I don't want to go either...'

"Don't follow me secretly."

"Yes."

"I'm being serious."

"Yes... I'm answering seriously too..."

Professor Boladi, not trusting Yi-Han, emphasized how dangerous the underground arena was.

No matter how much of a danger-addicted disciple Yi-Han was, he absolutely couldn't take him this time!

After seeing the professor off, Yi-Han felt several times more tired than after the duel earlier.

"...Is it, is it over?"

"I'm tired even though I didn't do anything..."

Seeing her seniors' state, Eandurde waved her hand suggesting they return to the mansion.

It was a hopeful look that they might not do the troublesome shopping.

"Now then, let's go buy what Eandurde needs."

"..."

Eandurde looked at Yonaire with resentful eyes.

However, Yonaire didn't care.

"Wait, Yonaire. It's gotten a bit late."

"!"

At Yi-Han's words, the junior's eyes sparkled again.

"So let's split up and check what Eandurde needs. To save time."

"..."

Eandurde sighed deeply. Then she glanced around to see if she could escape.

"Oh. Dolgyu. You come with me."

"Why, Yi-Han? Aren't we going to the armor shop?"

"No. I'm worried the junior might run away. Let's watch in pairs."

"...!"

Eandurde was shocked.

Could this senior read her mind?!

***

While their friends scattered to play, Yi-Han, Dolgyu, and Eandurde also started looking around.

"Hmm. I'd like to buy something for Niffirg, but..."

"Doesn't the principal confiscate everything brought in from outside?"

"That's true."

Dolgyu smiled, thinking his friend was really sparing with his words.

Even if he couldn't bring it, his friend's sincerity would be conveyed to the horse.

"I should start thinking about ways to smuggle it in."

"..."

Dolgyu was shocked.

"Y-you were thinking about smuggling?"

"Huh? Of course. Weren't you thinking about it, Dolgyu?"

"I wasn't... Is it strange not to? I don't think anyone else would have..."

"Moradi was thinking about it too. Salko even asked in his letter if I'd thought of smuggling methods."

Dolgyu was shocked once again.

'Am... am I the strange one?!'

"Hmm. Storing it in a town outside and bringing it in during outings would be the most straightforward, but it might take weeks... The principal is subtly watching me, you see."

'I'd watch you too.'

Dolgyu only thought inwardly.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his friend next to him was at the core of all incidents this year.

"Eandurde. What do you think of that horse?"

"It looks delicious."

"What about that bird?"

"It looks delicious."

"What about that snake?"

"It looks delic..."

"Don't you have any expressions besides 'looks delicious'?"

"The meat looks tender...?"

"We'll have to show you the animals later."

Yi-Han decided they should go to the stables dealing with rare animals of the empire a bit later.

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