Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy

Perhaps because he was moved, Silvas unknowingly signed his name by the time the story ended.

“I will report that I must support with my name on the line! This is research that the empire must conduct right now. No, the empire should be ashamed that it hasn’t done this research until now!”

“Thank you.”

Yi-Han expressed his gratitude with a sigh of relief.

This bureaucrat named Silvas had a warm heart, unlike the skull principal.

Thanks to that, he was able to succeed just by appealing to his emotions.

‘I was lucky.’

Yi-Han, who came out after finishing his greetings, checked the next research proposal.

-Research on the most efficient staff-wielding motion

Yi-Han, lost in deep thought, muttered as he walked down the corridor.

“The number of mages and imperial people injured due to staff motion failure is gradually increasing every year… More than dozens of Einroguard students are injured each year, and some say this might be related to the staff-wielding motion…” �

***

The skull principal was sitting on the terrace of , waiting.

Although the skull principal, who had enjoyed all kinds of delicacies, was indifferent to the trendy foods or drinks in the capital, this cafe deserved praise.

“Impressive. The coffee and apple pie are excellent, but this rock soup has the taste of the soul.”

Creak.

The rock spirit shyly avoided his gaze.

The skull principal left a tip, telling it to work harder in the future.

“Principal!”

“You’re here?”

When his disciple walked out from afar with a tired expression, the skull principal signaled him to sit down.

“You’re much later than I thought. Good work.”

“No. I’m sorry for being late.”

“Sorry for what? Persuading those thieves can’t be easy.”

“They’re not exactly thieves…”

“Hmph. All imperial bureaucrats are thieves. Shall I ask?”

The skull principal called an adventurer passing by and asked.

“Hey. Are imperial bureaucrats thieves or not?”

“Those guys are shameless thieves!”

“See?”

“…He seems like an adventurer who paid a lot of taxes recently.”

The skull principal called another traveler and asked.

“Imperial bureaucrats are…”

“I was wrong. Please stop.”

“Yeah. As long as you know.”

The skull principal pushed the rock soup to Yi-Han, who had worked hard.

Even though it was boiled with only rocks, the taste of the soul could be felt in this soup.

‘…The Fox and the Crane??’

Of course, in Yi-Han’s view, the soup looked quite unsightly on the outside. Yi-Han pushed the bowl aside and said.

“Still, I had quite a bit of success for being late.”

“Oh. Really?”

The skull principal was genuinely surprised.

The research proposals the skull principal brought this time were among the worst trash in Einroguard.

In the first place, the proposals that weren’t trash didn’t even need the skull principal to bring them as they would pass.

The fact that the skull principal had to bring them personally and plead proved that they were trash proposals.

But to pass even one of them.

It was truly surprising.

“What did you pass?”

“I passed all of them?”

“…Don’t lie. Haha.”

“It’s true.”

Yi-Han put down the signatures of the imperial bureaucrats he had received on each proposal.

They were signatures stating that they would participate with their own names on the line when discussing earlier.

The skull principal suddenly fell silent and only skimmed through the proposals one after another.

Read it once again, read it twice again, read it three times again…

Yi-Han became worried when the other party fell silent and asked.

“Are you okay?”

“I am sincerely proud of you.”

The skull principal’s voice trembled slightly. Yi-Han became even more puzzled.

“…Thank y…?”

Before Yi-Han could finish his words, the skull principal shouted to the people of the capital sitting at the surrounding tables.

“Everyone, listen up! This proud guy is my disciple! The bureaucrat annihilator of Einroguard is my disciple!”

“Why are you really doing this?!”

Yi-Han shouted in disgust, but the skull principal, who was in too good of a mood, ignored him and shouted.

“Owner. I will pay for all the food and drinks at this cafe today!”

“Hooray! I don’t know where you’re from, but thank you, generous customer!”

“I don’t know who he is, but it seems like his disciple has achieved a great feat!”

“Einroguard’s bureaucrat annihilator!”

“Long live the bureaucrat annihilator!”

Seeing people applauding and cheering without even knowing what it was about, Yi-Han vowed never to go around with the skull principal again.

***

Morning.

Yi-Han, who had stayed at the skull principal’s villa in the capital (a villa where death knights were dressed as servants), went down to have breakfast.

The skull principal was still in human form and had come out first to read the imperial newspaper.

The skull principal, who was reading the newspaper with a sharp gaze, gestured when he saw Yi-Han coming down.

“You were really excellent yesterday.”

“No matter how much I think about it, what you did at the cafe was a bit too much.”

“Hmm. I’m reflecting on it too. Sometimes even a grand mage can’t control his joy.”

The death knights nodded in agreement.

-Yesterday was a day when Master could be happy.-

-Those bureaucrat bastards, despite being picky usually, they were easily fooled!-

“They weren’t fooled, they understood the sincere words…”

-Haha. Okay. Let’s go with that.-

The death knights winked.

Yi-Han was dumbfounded but decided to just shut his mouth and eat the meal in front of him.

It was an imperial eastern-style meal consisting mainly of rice, fish, and vegetables. Yi-Han suddenly became curious and asked.

“Do you like eastern food?”

“My outstanding bureaucrat annihilator disciple.”

“If you keep calling me a bureaucrat annihilator, I’ll just go back to the Wardanaz family.”

“My outstanding disciple.”

Despite this threat, the skull principal’s eyes were as warm as could be.

It seemed like the things he had done yesterday were really that amazing.

“It’s not a good question to ask a lich what food he likes.”

“…I-I’m sorry. I was surprised that you prepared eastern food.”

“It’s to suit your taste.”

Yi-Han was even more surprised that the skull principal knew his taste.

In fact, since he ate whatever he could catch in Einroguard, it didn’t really matter whether it was western or eastern style.

Therefore, it was a fact that would be difficult to know unless one observed very closely.

“Thank you. Honestly, I’m a bit surprised.”

“What’s there to be surprised about? I even know where the students steal things from.”

“But you didn’t know about the field trip.”

“…”

The skull principal’s gaze was about to return from warm affection to its usual coldness, but it turned warm again.

The things he had done yesterday were truly amazing.

“There are always exceptions in magic.”

‘To think he uses such observational skills for useless things.’

It was also a talent to pour all the observational skills to figure out what food others liked into making traps.

“What’s the schedule for today?”

“You can rest a bit. I’ll meet some more bureaucrats in the morning and come back. Since the lower ones have signed, the higher-ups won’t be able to chatter much.”

“Then I’ll wait while writing letters.”

He had to write the letters he had to send to his friends in his spare time anyway.

There were also many magic assignments to do…

“And in the afternoon, we’ll go meet the fools of the capital.”

“Fools?”

“Did I say fools? You must have misheard. I said the sponsors of the capital.”

“…Anyway, I should think of them as people who sponsor Einroguard, right?”

“Yeah. I’ll take Pengerin too. Just as you cast a mental spell on the bureaucrats, you can cast a mental spell on the sponsors. The sponsors will be much easier, so don’t worry. My outstanding disciple.”

“I didn’t cast a mental spell.”

“Not casting it and still casting it is truly the level of outstanding magic. Excellent.”

Yi-Han briefly considered throwing the tomato on the table.

But there were still gold coins he hadn’t received. Yi-Han decided to endure a little more.

“I was lucky with the bureaucrats. The sponsors are different from the bureaucrats…”

“It’s enough if you do it like you did this year.”

“What did I do this year?”

“…”

The skull principal looked at Yi-Han as if he couldn’t believe it.

-…-

The death knights also looked at Yi-Han as if they couldn’t believe it.

Was the crazy performance he had shown in front of the sponsors this year just a daily routine that the boy couldn’t even remember?

“No, I really don’t know. What did I…”

“O-okay. Then stay not knowing. My outstanding disciple. I’ll be ba… Oh. Tell Pengerin to wait a bit for the meal when he wakes up.”

“Oh. Did you make a reservation at a restaurant in the capital?”

“Huh? No. Pengerin has to eat sardines in front of the sponsors.”

“…”

***

The skull principal didn’t lie. The sponsors were much more generous and lenient than the bureaucrats.

In the first place, sponsorship was done by those with overflowing wealth to gain the honor of supporting the empire’s magic school, Einroguard.

They weren’t picky about efficiency like the bureaucrats. They generously offered pouches of gold coins.

As such, the skull principal’s approach also changed.

He subtly induced them to increase the amount of sponsorship by talking about the recent achievements of the students.

“Did you all hear that Einroguard students recently defeated the alchemy guilds and created a perfect potion?”

“Ah. I heard. Your Excellency Gonadaltes! How amazing!”

“But I heard Einroguard’s ballgame club lost again…”

“Oh my! Do you have to mention that!”

Of course, there were times when the skull principal’s expression twisted, but most of it went smoothly.

The sponsors were particularly interested in Yi-Han, who was introduced as the skull principal’s disciple.

Not only was it surprising that he was treated as a direct disciple despite being a young boy, but he was also from the Wardanaz family, so they couldn’t help but be interested.

No sponsor would miss the opportunity to form a connection with a practical future grand mage.

Yi-Han maintained a calm attitude without being swayed by such attention and responded perfectly. The skull principal sent a glance of approval.

And Alcicle diligently ate sardines.

It might have been his imagination, but it seemed like every time Alcicle ate a sardine, the sponsors’ sponsorship amount jumped up.

“Good work. It was comfortable today since there were no strange proposals.”

“What kind of strange proposals…?”

“Rich nobles develop a disease of wanting to waste money on useless things.”

The skull principal said as he walked down the street.

Just like Professor Verduus’ absurd projects, sometimes, no, quite often, nobles came up with absurd business ideas.

-We’ll install teleportation devices throughout the empire so that people can move anytime!-

-Oh… What do you mean?-

-That’s something the mages will have to figure out, right?-

-…-

If they weren’t sponsors, he would have slapped their faces and chased them away, but since they were sponsors, he had to speak nicely.

If a sponsor went bankrupt due to a strange business, it wouldn’t be good for Einroguard either.

“Don’t accept such proposals even by chance. Sometimes stupid guys try to start something with sponsorship even though they have no ability, but most of them have never succeeded.”

“Uh. How much sponsorship comes in?”

“…Did you not hear what I just said??”

“I’m just asking.”

The skull principal’s gaze, which had become warm due to yesterday’s events, was slowly returning to normal.

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