Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 1111

Chapter 1111

"No matter how I think about it, it's suspicious..."

"I-it's not like that."

Professor Garcia explained to the best of her ability.

Though all the magic tower mages were mobilized and suffering like this because of her disciple, she couldn't let them be misunderstood as evil god worshippers.

"So you're saying the magic tower... prepared all this to welcome one guest?"

"That's right!"

"......"

The adventurer companions behind couldn't hold back and whispered to Jute.

"Could it be a trick?"

"It's too strange for a trick. Are there tricks that use such absurd lies?"

Jute was as confused as his confused companions.

Even after hearing the explanation from the mages in front, it didn't sink in.

Magic tower mages who should be busy working were making all this fuss just for one guest???

'Does that make any sense?'

He knew magic towers were greedy for talent but this was beyond imagination.

No matter what...

"...I understand."

Jute nodded for now.

Though truly confused, their explanation was more convincing than the entire magic tower falling into evil god worship.

"Then... I'll go look for the knights."

"Ah. Yes."

Professor Garcia and the others politely bid farewell.

Actually, they also had nothing more to say.

What could they say to people casting subtle suspicious glances wondering 'Could these people be in league with the magic tower mages?'

And the adventurers also politely bid farewell having nothing particular to say.

Though they weren't without thoughts like 'Could these people be in league with the magic tower mages?', the adventurers weren't naive enough to forcibly probe into that.

If suspicious, one should investigate secretly - who would answer if asked directly?

"For now... let's find the knights first."

Jute shook his head. Being so confused, he needed to focus.

His companions nodded as if empathizing.

"Right. The important thing is the relic. Let's find the knights first."

"Even if this magic tower is a bit... strange, that's for the mages here to deal with."

"...But is it really okay?"

"I didn't sense any evil energy... though I can't be certain."

Though Jute would usually speak confidently, this time his voice wavered slightly.

The scene he had witnessed was so shocking his certainty had disappeared.

'Has the time come for Day Lily Magic Tower to fall...?'

  *

And the two groups met again.

In front of the guest room where the White Wood Knight Order knights were staying.

"......"

"...Um, what brings you here?"

Professor Garcia, not yet knowing the knights were inside the room, asked wonderingly.

"We came looking for the knights."

"Knights?"

Professor Garcia paused then whispered in a low voice to Yi-Han and Professor Boladi.

"Everyone. It seems that dangerous spirit must be hiding among the knights?"

"Ah. It seems the White Wood Knight Order knights brought a relic where the spirit is hiding."

Yi-Han immediately understood the situation.

Indeed, if the spirit had originally been trapped in the magic tower, Saratan would likely have noticed right after arriving here.

It made more sense that external knights had brought a seal seeking the magic tower's help, rather than the probability of the seal weakening by chance after that...

"This has become a bit troublesome."

"Why is that?"

"It seems those adventurers over there have also been tracking that dangerous spirit."

Professor Garcia guessed their circumstances from their reactions.

The most annoying moment for a mage was having something they had tracked for a long time snatched away by others.

How infuriating it was when after working hard to interpret ancient texts to find something's whereabouts, then trying to purchase it directly at auction, only to have some ignorant wealthy noble crudely sweep it away with money.

"Professor. I'm fine with yielding. As long as we can prevent danger, that's enough."

"Yi-Han!"

Professor Garcia's heart swelled thinking how admirable her disciple was.

Though Einroguard had many students good at magic, students who would willingly yield without any compensation like this were rare.

How could he be so kind?

"So if it's alright, please forgive those adventurers too, Professor."

"...W-wait. I'm not angry. Yi-Han. Did you think I was angry because of the competition?"

Professor Garcia was dumbfounded at her disciple's words.

From how her disciple spoke, it sounded like he was trying to calm her down as if she were angry.

'Must be my imagination?'

In this kind of situation, Professor Garcia could readily yield to a mage who had been tracking first.

As a fellow mage, she could show that much generosity...

"...Of course not! How could I think that?"

"......"

At her suspicious disciple's appearance, Professor Garcia looked at Professor Boladi.

'Could I be getting such misunderstandings because I've been acting together with Professor Bagrak lately???!'

If not that, there seemed no reason for her disciple to have such suspicions.

No matter how she thought about it, Professor Garcia herself had lived earnestly to be a model for students from the start.

"...Alright for now. But just in case, I should watch how those people handle it."

Professor Garcia planned to watch from the side how the adventurers handled things, separate from yielding.

No matter if they tracked it first, they couldn't entrust dangerous items to those without ability.

When the professor explained their recent conversation, Jute flinched.

'They were Einroguard mages!'

No wonder they hadn't seemed like magic tower mages - they were mages from another magic school.

Moreover, looking at their appearance they were clearly professors. Jute felt himself shrinking involuntarily.

Being a professor at a magic school, especially Einroguard, wasn't something just anyone could do.

It was a position only renowned and honorable mages in the Empire could hold.

That was what being an Einroguard professor meant.

'Wait. If they're Einroguard professors, did the Day Lily Magic Tower put on that show earlier trying to recruit professors?'

Jute found it quite plausible.

If they could draw in Einroguard professors to the magic tower, even events like earlier seemed worth doing.

Of course, how effective it would be was questionable.

Surely Einroguard professors weren't foolish enough to be tempted by comfortable rest and events.

'Seems like only lower year students would fall for it...'

"Thank you for yielding. Hmm. I feel cautious about showing my insufficient skills."

"Not at all. We look forward to it."

With that conversation ended, the mages knocked on the guest room door. The knights waiting anxiously inside rose from their seats welcoming them.

"Finally fini... no, where did all the magic tower mages go?"

The knights were bewildered when guests who were clearly not magic tower mages crowded in.

"No need to worry, Lord. We have come to solve the problem."

Jute spoke maintaining courtesy while not hiding confidence in his abilities.

Actually, among the people in this room now, he was the one who knew most about that chain-sealed relic.

He had been preparing to deal with it by constantly gathering and interpreting materials.

"Who might you be? You don't seem like a magic tower mage."

"I am Jute, leader of the adventurer party <Sentinels of Shadow Valley>."

"Ah! That party. I've heard the name."

As they wandered much, the White Wood Knight Order knights had broad knowledge.

Enough to have heard of the <Sentinels of Shadow Valley> party that had been quite active recently.

"We have been moving to find that relic for a very long time. Because an extremely dangerous being is sealed inside it."

"Indeed, is that so!"

Though no Day Lily Magic Tower mage had come directly, the old knight showed quite a favorable response.

That was how thoroughly prepared the dark mage before him seemed.

Professor Garcia watching from behind also nodded.

"He's certainly well prepared. Did proper research too."

"Indeed."

"But the referenced literature needs some improvement. Among those ancient texts mentioned just now, Armeregain's works have many forgeries. Trusting them completely could lead to big trouble."

'Strange. The other person is clearly a graduate.'

Yi-Han expressed bewilderment inwardly.

Though the other was clearly not an Einroguard student and even a graduate, Professor Garcia was grading him.

Good thing he couldn't hear, as he would have been very bothered if he had.

"I understand well. How thoroughly you have prepared too. Then may this old knight ask one thing?"

When Barmandam who had heard the explanation opened his mouth, Jute nodded readily.

"Yes. Please ask anything."

"You said you would eliminate this spirit, but how do you plan to reverse summon it?"

Spirits had quite strong resistance to normal attacks, and even more so if they were high-ranking spirits.

They couldn't carelessly break the seal without a proper method to reverse summon the spirit trapped in this relic. Doing so could lead to unexpected disaster.

"Would you look at this?"

"!"

At the object Jute took out, not just the knights but Professor Garcia and Yi-Han were surprised too.

It was no ordinary item.

"That's... like a sword from another realm?"

Not only Professor Garcia who was naturally knowledgeable about such magical knowledge, but even Yi-Han who had recently encountered several magics using other realms could easily recognize it.

Though it was the same mana, the energy emitted by objects from other realms clearly had a different texture.

"This is a sword made by an angel. According to documents, this spirit's weakness is precisely an angel-made sword."

"Oh...!"

The knights marveled. Yi-Han did too.

A sword made by an angel.

The capabilities of renowned adventurers clearly exceeded expectations.

"How did you obtain something like that?"

At Yi-Han asking in an amazed voice, Jute grinned.

His pride as a mage swelled seeing even mages from Einroguard marvel like this.

"We explained the situation to a noble family we were indebted to and borrowed it."

"Truly amazing. No family would easily lend such a sword. How much must you have accomplished as imperial adventurers..."

"Hahaha. You flatter me."

As the dark mage delighted in the shower of praise received after so long, his companions looked at him as if finding it pitiful.

'Maybe it would have been better to go to Einroguard rather than Kalaroguard.'

At that moment, Yi-Han suddenly felt his vision waver.

To be precise, it wasn't his vision wavering. It was closer to a sense of dissonance felt from strong changes occurring in the spirit realm overlapping with reality.

In the monochrome world, a familiar angel revealed itself.

It was Aphazragon, the angel he had met before.

Though Professor Garcia and Professor Boladi reacted noticing the stranger suddenly appearing in the spirit realm, the others hadn't seemed to notice yet. Yi-Han asked in bewilderment.

-What is it? What's going on?-

-I have something to tell you.-

-???-

-That is not an angel's sword. The mage seems to be mistaken. Well then.-

-...W-wait!-

Yi-Han felt chills at the back of the angel trying to leave coolly after giving advice.

To appear so precisely as if it had been watching.

This angel...

What had it been doing and where until just now??