Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 1105

Chapter 1105

"I just predicted it."

Yi-Han looked at his senior as if finding him pathetic.

Though he had respected this senior who had shown outstanding ability in divination magic, to show such an unsightly appearance.

"Prediction is both the foundation and end of divination."

The rock golem senior answered thus and stood in place.

At the same time, Yi-Han casually walked to the room's door and occupied the escape route. It was to prevent any possible second escape attempt.

'This bastard?!'

The golem senior couldn't help but admire his junior's seasoned response.

In a situation like this, blocking the escape route first was an idea that should require at least third year level.

For someone only in second year to have such an idea...

"A true divination mage knows how to glimpse the future even without relying on magic."

"Senior. Are you trying to distract me then run away?"

"...Alright. Alright. I won't run away, okay?"

Being in a heavy golem state made escaping difficult anyway. The golem senior completely gave up on fleeing.

Of course, Yi-Han still didn't lower his guard even after that. Not only blocking the escape route, he checked again for any missed paths.

"I said I won't run away."

"I understand. I was just looking around because the room is pretty."

"You'll truly become a good divination mage."

"If this is a strategy to lower my guard..."

"It's not."

Those words just now were sincere.

Outstanding divination mages, like high-level chess players, knew how to predict and prepare for hundreds of futures. A suspicious mage like his junior had suitable qualities.

He was even suspicious of this praise...

"But why were you trying to run away?"

"Hmm. <Escape to Shadow Fortress> is quite a difficult magic. Even I need to borrow the power of a mage board to cast it. When I felt I had to teach such magic to a mere second year student, I sensed ill fortune."

"What? No, isn't that an overreaction? Just because of learning one difficult magic..."

Yi-Han was dumbfounded.

If seniors kept their distance just for learning one difficult magic, the seniors Yi-Han knew would be reduced to about 1/5.

Even for a divination mage, wasn't this paranoia?

The golem senior answered his junior's point coldly.

"For a second year junior who went around with the principal's crazy doppelganger and a dragon last semester, and made Professor Krair run away this semester, it's not much of an overreaction."

"......"

Yi-Han was hit so hard by those words he couldn't even retort. It felt painful to his bones.

'Kuk.'

"...But they're all just coincidences, a misunderstanding. If you give me time, I can explain."

"In the divination magic school, they say to avoid those who bring coincidences. Anyway, never mind. Since there's no one else to teach you, I suppose I have to."

"Ah. Other seniors don't know this magic?"

"Rather than skill level, they're busy right now too."

The golem senior pulled back a curtain. Yi-Han prepared for any possible escape attempt.

Fortunately it wasn't an escape. When the curtain was removed, three other students could be seen in the next room, fallen asleep with celestial globes at their heads.

"Still dreaming."

"Prophetic dreams? Are they divining through dreams?"

"That's right."

"Is there something that requires three people combining their power to divine?"

Yi-Han wondered.

Were they already divining midterm exam questions?

"They're like that after receiving requests from friends about when the inspector will leave."

"...Let's start the magic!"

Though it was a statement to change the subject, the golem senior agreed.

"If you've been practicing, you must know what kind of magic <Escape to Shadow Fortress> is?"

"Yes. Isn't it magic created from the tale of a young prince, an outstanding mage, escaping to a fortress from pursuing death?"

"...Ah, no. I wasn't asking about the magic's origin. Was that its origin?"

The golem senior was taken aback.

He had just learned the magic from grimoires in the divination magic school and from professors, never thinking about its origin.

That was its origin?

"Anyway, since you know the origin you must know what kind of magic it is."

"No."

"...This magic increases evasion rate."

The golem senior decided to finish teaching the magic as quickly as possible instead of questioning further.

Then perhaps he could escape the ominous fate through some warding ritual.

"Skilled thieves think they won't be discovered if they hide their form and erase their presence. But truly outstanding thieves know that's not enough. So they obscure fate itself before stealing."

Powerful divination magic could pierce through everything from invisibility magic to all kinds of illusion magic to find an enemy's location.

Moreover, those in defensive positions could prepare even stronger magic. If one entered wrongly into a place with divination magic set up like a maze, they might find themselves in an underground prison.

This <Escape to Shadow Fortress> magic temporarily twisted the mage's fate to avoid meeting enemies.

There were more ways to avoid enemy eyes than expected, and there wasn't necessarily need for high-level divination magic, but this magic shone when facing other divination magic.

To avoid mysterious invisible tracking required equally mysterious magic.

"A-amazing! With this magic, I could steal from much more diverse and difficult places!"

"The thief was just a metaphor."

The golem senior spoke with a bitter voice.

He felt an inexplicable unease from his junior's answer.

"Mine was a metaphor too."

"Right... I get it. Wait, if you didn't know what kind of magic it was, how did you practice?"

At the golem senior's question, Yi-Han took out a violin and score.

The golem senior recoiled at seeing the violin recommended by the skull principal, shrouded in ominous mana.

"What is that instrument!? Why are you carrying around an instrument with so much misfortune attached?"

"The Principal recommended it."

"Indeed."

The golem senior immediately understood.

It seemed like something that person would recommend.

Yi-Han suddenly felt slightly uneasy and asked.

"I heard it was an ominous item, but is misfortune attached to it?"

"Don't worry about it. There's not much difference between ominous mana and misfortune. Before it materializes it can't affect you. A mage born with strong fate can even subjugate it."

The golem senior recalled that his junior had contracted with a guest star.

Come to think of it, when he heard this fact before, hadn't this fellow caught him when he tried to run away?

'No. I'm sure I resolved then but to be caught off guard and trapped like this!'

The golem senior deeply reflected on himself.

When caught last time he had resolved 'I won't be caught again, I'll run away in time' but he had gotten entangled again while hesitating.

Perhaps it was because of this junior's attitude.

Though carrying terrifying fate behind him, he always politely called "Senior" so one unconsciously lowered their guard and ended up talking.

"Senior?"

"Ah. Sorry. I was thinking about something else."

"What?"

"Why I resolved not to get involved with you but forgot about it..."

"......"

Yi-Han wore a slightly hurt expression.

'Isn't this too much?'

Though Yi-Han had been annoying last semester asking to decode guest star Arna, decode small world Basilios and so on...

"Since you forgot, maybe that wasn't your true feeling."

"Be quiet before I carve it on my rock. Anyway, how do you plan to use that instrument?"

"Music magic."

"You mean what Senior Chaegla researches? Didn't know you were doing that too. Well. You said learning all schools was your mission and karma as a mage."

"...I never said that."

Yi-Han turned serious.

He ended up learning them by circumstance, what kind of slander was this?

"If it's music magic then certainly..."

The golem senior nodded.

Having talked with Senior Illeg several times, this golem student knew well what kind of magic music magic was.

Wasn't it closer to primitive magic, command magic?

Such magic had the potential to succeed regardless of difficulty level.

"But you haven't cast it yet?"

"Yes. I practiced other pieces first, and this piece seems to have some difficulty so the mana wouldn't move."

"Hmm. Music magic isn't my specialty. Let's try practicing with music magic first, and if that doesn't work we'll learn the orthodox method. Now, I'll tell you how to cast it."

The golem senior took out a mage board relic (Yi-Han followed behind in case the senior tried to run away).

This board made of demon bones and blood provided great help when casting high-level divination magic.

"Offer a sacrifice... Wait a moment. Hmm. It doesn't seem to like this."

"...Senior. Isn't this a living demon?!"

Yi-Han watched from the side and was startled. The golem senior nodded.

"Of course. ...Ah. You mean why offer sacrifices to an already subjugated demon? Indeed worthy of the Wardanaz family."

"No...! I was just purely surprised! To think of sealing a demon and making it into a relic."

"Junior."

"Yes?"

"I find you who arbitrarily controlled the Principal's doppelganger more surprising so be quiet."

"......"

Yi-Han cursed his senior inwardly.

The golem senior slowly chanted spells while moving the letters on the mage board.

Each time a letter matched, the golem senior chanted a new sentence spell starting with that letter, and each time the demon amplified the magic's power by emitting strong divination.

"...The fortress surrounded by shadows hides fate, making it difficult for anyone to find..."

The golem senior stopped after casting only half the spell.

Though being in golem form meant no sweating, his voice seemed to have sweated several times over.

"Whew. Let's stop here for now. Casting it completely would drain too much. Do you get a sense of what kind of magic it is?"

"Amazing. To think it was this kind of magic."

"Divination magic is quite different from other schools right? It has stronger uncertain and mysterious aspects after all."

It was no exaggeration to say it had the form closest to primitive magic among imperial magic schools.

Yi-Han thought deeply about the magic his senior had just shown and the explanation given.

'In the end it twists the fate around the mage with powerful magic. Creating a distortion field so divination magic can't search.'

What flashed through Yi-Han's mind was the duel between the Doppelganger of Honor and the skull principal.

Though this battle between mages was too high level for a mage of Yi-Han's level to fully comprehend, thinking about it now, there existed a high-level divination magic battle beneath the surface.

They had tried to twist each other's fate and place inevitable shackles.

The movement of magic just seen and heard, the magic shown by the great mages, and finally the score read and practiced hundreds of times...

When Yi-Han's instrument moved, mana moved and fate began trembling just as the golem senior had done.

And the parallel dimensions that should hint at the future that original divination magic should read sank deep into the shadow's dark curtain where no outsider could read them.

Feeling something working, Yi-Han shouted.

"Senior! I think it's working!"

"N-no. This isn't that kind of magic...?"

The golem senior was bewildered by the magic swirling far more intensely.