Life of a Magic Academy Mage Chapter 484

Episode 484

“under.”

The thunderous professor scooped up a spoonful of rice, put it in his mouth, and then sighed.

“after.”

The thunderous professor chewed salt-pickled radish and sighed.

“…Why do you keep sighing? Lose your appetite.”

The lightning-walking professor looked at his nephew and asked as if he were dumbfounded.

If you’ve worked hard all day, shouldn’t you eat in a good mood?

At first, the chefs at the mansion prepared dishes tailored to the tastes of people from the East…

The thunderous professor answered with a groan.

“That’s because there is a lot of work to be done.”

The students were exchanging harsh words, saying, ‘Today was really hard’ and ‘Professor Thunderwalker enjoys torturing us, as he is a close friend of the principal.’ However, Professor Thunderwalker also had his own difficulties.

Students just had to work hard to do what they were told, but professors had to manage the overall schedule and complete requests within the given period.

What if I can’t complete the request within the set period?

– Professor Thunderstruck. Perhaps I overestimated you? I can’t complete the request within the set period of time. Are you going to take responsibility for the resulting academic losses to students?

It was fortunate that it was a little late.

What if I can’t complete the request perfectly?

– Professor Thunderstruck. Do you hate it when students study magic? Even if I make a lot of money from now on, these are the people who will steal my coffers under the pretext of not having research funds, so why are they preventing me from getting paid?

…Unlike the students, Principal Skeleton treated professors with great respect, but there were sometimes exceptions.

Just looking at Professor Verdus going to the punishment room…

“Oh my. “But I think things went pretty well today.”

“That’s true, but the problem is that the schedule is quite tight.”

The thunderous professor stuffed a dumpling into his mouth, glaring at the paper with the things to do written on it.

Fortunately, thanks to the Shadow Patrol’s hard work today, whether it was hunting if it was hunting or magic if it was magic, the task of identifying sea routes and creating maps was almost at an end.

If everything goes as expected, it will end tomorrow.

‘ah. I inadvertently assumed Wardanaz was a member of the Shadow Patrol.’

Professor Thunderstruck thought that he would have shouted if Lee Han had heard.

They matched so well that I inadvertently lumped them together and thought of them together.

The students in the mansion workshop were working hard on inventory classification, standard creation, and collection training…

‘This will be finished tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest.’

I didn’t bother to tell the students for fear of making them nervous, but the current first-year students were, on average, excellent.

Excluding unusual crazy people like Wardanaz, each tower had at least one student who was excellent at alchemy, so they were able to respond flexibly to any situation.

Even if I let the students rest for a while, it seemed like things would go smoothly…

‘No. ‘It’s not for the students.’

The thunderous professor decided not to tell the students until everything was over.

If we become lax and fall behind schedule, aren’t only the students suffering?

It was also the professor’s job to be strict in these areas.

‘The remaining issue is arbitration.’

Friction between guilds around here, and conflict between guilds and residents.

If you wanted to harvest flowers stably, you had to mediate their problems.

In some ways, it could have been a more troublesome problem than creating routes and clearing monsters.

‘We need to resolve this within tomorrow if possible so that the schedule doesn’t go astray.’

If we finish clearing and deconstructing the plan within tomorrow, contact the relevant people, listen to their demands, and think about a plan…

The thunderous professor inadvertently raised his head and looked at the professors next to him.

Professor Thunder Walk, who looked at Professor Lightning Walk and Professor Boladi one by one, let out the deepest sigh of all the sighs he had let out today.

“Whoa…”

“What? I felt a bit bad when I sighed just now. “Did you curse at me in your mind?”

“Oh, no.”

The thunderous professor was shocked when his true feelings were discovered.

However, it was clear that the two professors were not of any help in this mediation.

Professor Lightning Walk will benefit only if monsters are released during the negotiation, and Professor Boladi will benefit only if assassins invade the negotiation…

Professor Thunderstruck, who was contemplating what demands the guild and city residents would make and what plan he would accept, spotted Lee Han passing by and spoke to him.

“Wardanaz.”

“yes?”

“I’m glad I have you.”

“…What are you trying to make me do this?”

At Lee Han’s distrustful gaze, Professor Thunderstruck slightly reflected on behalf of Einrogard.

* * *

The next morning.

Lee Han left the mansion with the professors to complete the route creation and sweep.

The Shadow Patrol hunters had been out since dawn, riding small ships and darting across the sea, taking down monsters one by one.

“It is said that if one Shadow Patrol hunter enters a mountain peak, the monsters on that mountain peak will become extinct. The rumor is indeed true.”

Professor Lightning Walk was impressed, but Lee Han had other thoughts.

When they made eye contact with Lee Han, the Shadow Patrol hunters seemed a bit embarrassed and avoided their gaze, so they…

‘We came early and caught them because we were afraid they would tell us to catch only the necessary game.’

Everyone was fooled by the atmosphere given off by the Shadow Patrol Hunters, but Lee Han was not fooled.

The Shadow Patrol hunters had a side that was secretly like Gainando.

“I will check this side, so Professor Bagrek, please check the other side.”

Professor Thunder Walk, together with Professor Lightning Walk, headed to a place where the sea route had not been written yet.

Professor Boladi looked at Lee Han with an expressionless face. Lee Han said with resignation.

“Let’s go clear out the remaining monsters on the reef.”

“okay. “Don’t be in a hurry.”

Lee Han thought about pushing Professor Boladi on the ferry, but decided to hold back as there were many hunters watching.

Sigh-

As the boat moved, Lee Han recalled the conversation he had with Professor Thunderstruck yesterday.

-What are you trying to get me to do?

-…no! That’s not what I meant…!

-yes. You probably don’t mean that.

-I swear on my beard that I didn’t mean it that way! Listen!

The thunderous professor continued to tell stories without even asking how unfair it was.

If we manage to solve the problem neatly in the remaining two days, Einrogard’s reputation will be maintained, the students will be paid, and the professor will be happy, but the remaining work is quite tight.

Although the students’ tasks were quite leisurely (Lee Han relayed this to his friends as soon as the conversation ended), Professor Wooregegeum said that it was a headache to think about the things that had to be mediated.

At first, Lee Han thought, ‘What does that have to do with saying that you are happy to see me?’ But when I saw Professor Lightning Walk and Professor Boladi, I immediately understood.

‘hmm. but. ‘Compared to those two, I’m better.’

Although Lee Han was not a confident person, he was confident that he would win if he got into a social relationship with those two professors.

Aside from that, I was worried about whether Professor Thunderstruck would be able to mediate well.

The other two professors won’t help, so Professor Thunderwalk will have to deal with the Makin family, but if things go wrong…

‘The remuneration will decrease, and if the remuneration decreases, the students’ research funds will also decrease, and then angry students will revolt and Einrogard will be destroyed.’

“What are you thinking?”

Professor Boladi asked if Lee Han was thinking too deeply.

“Oh, I was thinking about arbitration.”

“You don’t need to worry about that. “Because it’s up to Professor Thunderstruck to take care of it.”

“……”

Originally, it should have been said with a good meaning, ‘Students do their own work, and leave the professor’s work to the professor,’ but strangely, it sounded a bit like a bad meaning, like ‘Is it my business to know?’

‘I guess it’s my mood.’

“To land.”

“yes.”

“This time, let’s use ice magic.”

“yes…”

The shadow patrol hunters next to us asked.

“Are you sure you don’t need any help? “If the vanguard doesn’t block it from the front…”

Professor Boladi nodded.

“No need. “I will overcome it with magic.”

“With magic! indeed…!”

The hunters’ eyes lit up.

I thought magicians were difficult to move without people blocking them in front, but looking at it this way, I was really prejudiced.

* * *

Pasher, the head of the city’s fishermen’s guild, glared at the sea with a dissatisfied gaze.

“I won’t give up an inch. “You guys should keep that in mind too.”

“yes!”

“If there are any young people who are thinking about negotiation or compromise, keep those shallow thoughts in their stomachs!”

Although his hair was gray and his build was thin, this old fisherman still radiated dignity.

The young fishermen nearby did not dare to respond and lowered their heads.

“The alchemists, the adventurers, and the city council are all thieves. Where did the license for fishing rights granted by His Majesty the Emperor come from? “He came down to our guild!”

The question of ‘Who should dig up Sangoria flowers?’ is older than you might think.

Long ago, the fishermen’s guild received a fishing license from the emperor of the empire that allowed them to harvest dozens of types of seafood.

There were no problems at that time. The people of the city respected the rights of the fishermen’s guild and purchased seafood caught by the fishermen’s guild.

However, as time passed and Sangoria flowers suddenly began to appear around the area, the story became complicated.

Alchemists who recognized its value insisted on collecting Sangoria flowers, and in the process, the Fishermen’s Guild received help from alchemists to learn about flowers they had never seen before.

Naturally, a fight over who should pick the flowers was bound to arise.

In addition, the city’s adventurer guild, which had begun mining at the request of alchemists, also began to step in.

They continued to argue about who was greedy and who was shameless, and came to a compromise where they paid each other a certain amount of money each time they collected flowers…

The situation changed completely as the coastal disturbance almost stopped the collection of Sangoria flowers.

The empire’s officials were disgusted with these guilds, who were only checking each other and wasting time, when even if they worked together to solve the problem, it would not be enough.

-In the end, it was a stopgap measure that made the situation worse. Be sure to sort out this problem too!

As the order came from above, the guilds were also fully prepared.

I will never back down.

I will definitely convince people from outside and prove that our guild’s logic is sound!

And it was the same for the Fishermen’s Guild.

“This whole situation broke out because people who don’t even know history shamelessly stepped in.”

‘I think we need to negotiate or compromise…’

Several young fishermen looked troubled.

The current attitude of the imperial officials was more stubborn than expected.

How unresolved the problem was, would the Makin family, an outsider, step forward to resolve it?

This was so even though there was no direct benefit, so it was natural for the officials to be angry.

Then, the guilds in the city should first reconcile with each other and show that they will not do so in the future, but they are all saying, ‘The moment you suggest negotiation or compromise, you are showing weakness, don’t do anything that will get you caught’…

“It’s a Shadow Patrol hunter from outside.”

Pasher nodded at the fisherman’s words.

I was angry and grumpy, but there was nothing good about showing a bad side to those coming from outside.

Pasher planned to go and say hello and make his case proudly.

“…Why aren’t you going up and why are you doing that?”

“well? ah. There are wizards coming down there. It looks like wizards hunted it. After hearing it, the fishermen said, ‘Wizards are also hunting,’ so I guess that’s true…”

“…You’re still a student, right?!”

Pasher was horrified to see Lee Han shaking off the monster’s blood.

Considering the number of monsters and the size of the sea, we couldn’t have enough manpower, but I never thought a student would fight like that.

Was there a shortage of workers to that extent?

“I… I see.”

“why?? why?”

“Well, I think the other guilds in the city may have rejected the request for help…”

“……”

Pasher suddenly felt his face getting hot.

It was a shame.

A student from outside does his best to solve the problem even in a situation where he does not receive any help from the city…

What am I doing now after living in this city my whole life?