Chapter 265

“Professor. I’m not very good at imperial law, but kidnapping is probably illegal.”

“I got permission.”

“yes??”

Lee Han was shocked.

I knew that adventurers were crazy people, but to the extent that they responded to an offer like that…

‘Ah. I don’t think so.’

Refusal was not easy for the adventurers who were caught trying to cheat.

Besides, the atmosphere must have been quite intimidating, since Professor Voladi wouldn’t have been kind and amiable.

‘If you ask a question with a knife pointed at your throat, that’s not permission, it’s a threat.’

“By the way, if you get permission, is there any reason to put it in a box and carry it around like this?”

“Because if you let outsiders on their own, you could cause an accident.”

“indeed.”

Of course, the only answer was ‘yes’, but Lee Han thought differently.

I mean that…!

* * *

Boom!

The students of the Tower of the Blue Dragon looked at Lee Han like a god who had descended into reality.

The cake placed in the middle of the break room was so high that it almost pierced the ceiling.

“We all eat together after final exams. got it?”

“Three… Oh my…”

“Sharkan. Ask anyone who touches you.”

Sharkan bit off Gainando’s ankle. Gainando screamed.

“I didn’t touch you! I was just thinking!”

Looking at Gainando jumping up and down, Lee Han added:

“The one who failed will not be given.”

“no…!”

Some students were astonished.

How can you deal with such cruel conditions?

“It’s not your fault for failing!”

‘Isn’t that wrong?’

Lee Han ignored the protests of his friends and turned around. Yoner said softly with a surprised expression.

“I thought you brought it for the festival.”

“What festival? ah. Phoenix Festival?”

In the empire, there were several festivals for each season.

Among them, the Phoenix Festival was a festival dedicated to the phoenix so that early summer would arrive properly.

In the past, there was a story that the phoenix energized the sun and the seasons were properly cycled.

‘It’s a ridiculous superstition.’

If that’s true, the last time the heavy snow came to the magic school, the phoenix must have been sleeping.

And aside from superstition, the Phoenix Festival wasn’t such an important festival to take care of.

Moreover, the period of final exams right after the end of next week.

In such a situation, how could there be students stupid enough to celebrate the festival…

“…what are you doing?”

“huh? You make decorations?”

The students of the Blue Dragon Tower, who were making a wreath by interweaving red-painted feathers and crape myrtle, tilted their heads as if asking why.

Lee Han sighed inwardly.

‘I must have forgotten how stupid these bastards are.’

In fact, with an exam in front of me, useless things tend to become fun.

Currently, only assignments and tests remain.

Even a small Phoenix Festival would be fun enough for the students to fall into it like crazy.

“Wardanaz. Wreath here. If you wear a wreath during the festival, you will be strong against the heat.”

‘thanks.’

“Aren’t you studying?”

“…I’m going to do it now!”

‘Oops.’

First of all, I was going to say thank you because I thought of sincerity, but my inner feelings came out on the contrary.

Lee Han looked at the backs of his friends who ran away with pity.

‘for a moment. These bastards are now…?!’

Looking around, Lee Han belatedly realized the sense of incongruity.

Everyone was sitting at their desks, but not many were studying properly.

Asan scribbled a quill on the paper, so I thought he was doing an assignment, but he was drawing a decoration to wear during the Phoenix Festival, and Neblen was making a ball to play with during the Phoenix Festival, not improving an artifact, which was an enchantment task.

Lee Han looked at the last bastion, the princess. The princess hurriedly opened the book and placed it on the desk.

“…I’m sure the headmaster didn’t make the Phoenix Festival.”

“Isn’t that what it is?”

Yoner, who was next to me, was taken aback by the absurd conspiracy theory.

No matter how much I thought about it, it was unlikely that the skeleton headmaster would have created a festival celebrated throughout the empire.

“Lee Han. When you play, you have to play to be able to concentrate more.”

Gainando looked up and said. He seemed afraid that if he glanced at Lee Han’s hand, he would hit him in the back.

“Cainan Island. What are you holding right now?”

“…A top?”

“Is it an assignment?”

“No… um… I might have something to write for the assignment…?”

Kainando erased the phoenix pattern drawn on the top by rubbing it briskly.

* * *

Monday of the new week.

Lee Han expected only the Blue Dragon Tower students to be particularly stupid, but the reality was a little different.

Rumbling-

“Wardanaz! Kick the ball!”

When a leather ball with a phoenix pattern flew in, Lee Han kicked the ball in the opposite direction.

The White Tiger Tower students pounded the ground and cursed.

“What are you doing!”

“Indeed! Don’t you know it’s the Phoenix Festival?!”

“Study.”

The students wanted to play, so they were putting up all sorts of excuses.

A ball game to celebrate the Phoenix Festival.

Top-beating to celebrate the Phoenix Festival.

A card game celebrating the Phoenix Festival…

‘Are card games really without a conscience?’

“I put the Phoenix card into my deck.”

“……”

“I won’t.”

Gainando slipped the deck into his pocket as Lee Han glared at him.

Since the Phoenix Festival is a festival in which the students celebrate by playing with small phoenix-painted or decorated items instead of preparing something fancy or grandiose, it was a great festival for the students to make excuses for.

The skeleton headmaster who entered the classroom seemed to think so too.

Are you celebrating the Phoenix Festival?

“School Principal!”

The students who had put the phoenix pieces in the chess game noticed the skeleton headmaster.

However, the Headmaster Skeleton spoke kindly.

You can keep it.

“Are you really serious?”

okay. Even if you play like an idiot and fail, it’s you, not me, who goes into the punishment room?

“……”

The students quietly removed the chess board. Headmaster Skeleton was pleased.

As you all know, I was considerate of you guys and didn’t give you a separate assignment. Even if you have time to rot away.

“no! How busy we are…”

Remove the phoenix decorations and say. You pitiful bastard.

The student who spoke out blushed and took off the phoenix epaulet attached to his shoulder.

“We’ve been pretty busy too. principal.”

Who dares to see a friend just now?

Headmaster Skeleton turned his head to find the cheeky speaker. Then, when he saw Lee Han, he hesitated.

…ruler. so. Next week is the exam.

“……”

Even Headmaster Skeleton couldn’t bear to say that Lee Han had plenty of time.

I know you doubt me, but final exams won’t be too difficult.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“under!”

“Fuck!”

The skeleton headmaster’s eyes flashed, and the students who had just snorted were hanging upside down from the ceiling.

I have to keep my swearing inside. you stupid bastards And it’s not really difficult. can you let me know in advance

“What is it?”

one of the students asked in a voice full of disbelief.

An official from the Empire will come and check your character.

“……”

“……”

The students were more perplexed than when their friend was hung upside down.

“We didn’t really learn anything about character. principal.”

what a noise Even if you didn’t feel it, it will be piled up inside of you one by one. You’d better answer well. If you get caught by bureaucrats, your life will be tough.

‘This is a bit scary.’

Even though he had to be afraid of the final exam many times more than other students, Lee Han was still calm.

But I was afraid of that personality test.

Who the hell is coming and asking what?

‘Is it possible to accuse the current status of the school? no. Strange. If it was possible to accuse it, it doesn’t make sense that the Headmaster Skeleton is still in his position.’

There is nothing to be too afraid of.

Skeleton Headmaster said softly, as if he had noticed the students’ anxiety.

I’ll help you rehearse.

A curtain of darkness was spread in the classroom, and the students’ field of vision was so narrow that only their toes could be seen.

Forward one by one!

* * *

Lee Han’s turn has come. Lee Han took a step towards the blue eyes floating in the darkness.

Please state your name.

“This is Lee Han.”

Why don’t you tell me your family name first? I’ll give you 10 points.

“Uh… are the bureaucrats actually like that?”

quiet. I ask the question. Have you ever thought about attacking someone while attending magic school?

“……”

Lee Han was speechless.

‘shit. There are too many.’

A situation where the Headmaster Skeleton would be caught immediately if he had the ability to detect lies.

“I’d be lying if I said no.”

Honest. I will give you 10 more points.

‘Is this correct?’

If I confessed that I wanted to attack, I’d have to take a deduction…

Why did you learn magic?

“It’s the most useful and versatile of the many studies in the empire, so if you learn it, you won’t starve for the rest of your life…” You

say that!?

The skeleton headmaster replied as if it were absurd.

Lee Han was a little taken aback.

“Isn’t it okay to answer like this in front of a bureaucrat?”

It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter as long as you’re trying to kill someone or summon a fragment of an old forgotten evil god. Rather than that, what is the purpose without ambition!? If you go a little further, you will say that your dream is to be an imperial bureaucrat!

“I think bureaucrats are good…”

Quiet! I hate to hear it. No matter how much you try to flatter it. Even the bureaucrats would be embarrassed if he was that kind!

Lee Han grumbled inwardly.

What’s wrong with the bureaucrat…

Next, tell me what magic you’re learning and why you picked it… I’ll skip this question.

“……”

Lee Han was slightly hurt.

Among the other top students, is there someone you particularly hate and hate?

“There is nothing.”

Too bad. If I had told you, I would have given it 10 points.

“No…”

Several questions followed. What are most of them trying to do with their magic? Are they willing to use evil arcane rituals? A runaway magic is attacking a village. If you could change the magic circle on the path to another village with fewer people, would you change it, etc.

Surprisingly, it wasn’t that difficult.

“Isn’t it really difficult?”

yes. It’s not difficult as long as you hold on to your original sane mind.

The skeleton headmaster grunted. It was a very dissatisfied look. Lee Han asked, not understanding.

“Are you having any problems?”

I don’t know of a quick-witted guy like you, but every year there are people who talk nonsense! And when it comes out, it’s all my fault.

‘ah.’

I immediately understood what Lee Han meant.

Well, I ask a question, but if the answer comes back, ‘I want to burn the whole world, so I’m learning flame magic’, the emperor will say, ‘Call Gonadaltes’.

The students were more innocent than I thought, so they didn’t know how to lie.

If there is a guy in your tower who is likely to give a strange answer, be sure to stop it.

“I will try my best. By the way, the principal. Isn’t anything more dangerous than that?”

What are you talking about?

“hmm. I was afraid that if the bureaucrats heard about what happened during the semester, they would be embarrassed.”

Thank you for your concern. But it’s okay.

“?”

The bureaucrat who visits is from Ein Lorgard.

“……”

Lee Han couldn’t help but admire.

You have a good head for the really bad parts!

* * *

In recent weeks Professor Voladi’s lectures have been considerably more comfortable physically.

But mentally, it became a little harsher.

After the basic course was over, Professor Voladi, who was trying to complete the comprehensive combat magic theory, started asking what he had learned in other lectures.

“In black magic, poison and curse. Skeleton in summoning magic. next.”

“I heard about understanding the structure of fantasy magic.”

“You should have learned more from Ogonin-nim.”

“…Oops. I almost missed it.”

Lee Han cursed the skeleton principal.