Chapter 503
Before the frightened basilisk bites Shiana priest, Lee Han quickly said,
“It wasn’t raised to extract venom.”
“yes? Then where are you going to use it?”
Priestess Cyana tilted her head.
For Priest Siana, who grew up in the Flemain Church, raising animals was only when she had a place to use them all.
Raising cows is to get that milk.
Raising chickens is to get those eggs.
There is only one reason to work so hard to raise a dangerous and difficult animal like a basilisk.
It was to collect the venom of the precious Basilisk.
“I didn’t raise it to extract venom, but the professor wanted to attack me… um.”
Lee Han, who was about to say something, hesitated because it sounded too crazy.
It sounded less crazy that he was raised just to be poisoned.
“yes?”
“…Anyway, I didn’t grow it to extract venom, so could you put the syringe back?”
“All right.”
Priest Shiana didn’t understand, but when Lee Han said that, she put the syringe aside.
Only then did the baby basilisk let out a sigh of relief.
“Don’t scare me too much. They’re still young, so they don’t know what they’ll do if they scare them like that.”
“Should I adapt?”
“……”
Speaking of a priest, it was easy to think of a good and faithful person, but that didn’t necessarily lead to a weak personality.
Even a good and sincere person can become full of madness when necessary.
Priest Shiana spoke very seriously.
“Other professors will extract the venom anyway, but does it make a difference if I just leave it alone? You have to get used to it so you don’t get scared.”
“…uh?”
“Professor Wooregeol also said it once before. I really need to extract some venom when the basilisk hatches.”
The baby basilisk trembled again and tried to burrow into Yihan’s arms.
Lee Han said while stroking him as if to soothe him.
“for a moment. Are there any other professors?”
“Professor Garcia was there at the time, and he asked if the basilisk could get venom if it really hatched.”
“!”
Lee Han was greatly shocked.
It didn’t matter if Professor Thunderwalker or the other professors said that, but I never thought that even the good Professor Garcia would say that.
‘As expected, wizards are relentless when it comes to magic!’
When magic was involved, even the most benevolent wizard had to be seen as being blinded.
Lee Han once again learned a great lesson.
“really. Professor Verdus too…”
“Ah. The professor isn’t curious. You must have asked for it.”
Professor Verdus wasn’t surprised.
Because of my personality, I was the kind of person who would ask if I could skin a basilisk when it hatched.
‘It’s a big deal.’
Lee Han stroked the basilisk and was lost in thought.
The professors were more interested in the basilisk than I thought.
Of course, later, when the basilisk grew strong, he might be able to borrow the poison.
But inserting a syringe and extracting venom in a state where it hasn’t even fully grown like now is a bit…
‘I think it’ll create a wickedness that didn’t exist.’
It seemed that even a good monster would become an evil monster that would try to exterminate all living things if it did something like that.
It was Lee Han who had to live with the Basilisk. I didn’t want to make the basilisk personality that way.
“Priestess Shiana, an outstanding talent of the Flemain Church, who is always outstanding and keeps her faith. Could you keep the fact that the basilisk was born a secret?”
“Oh really. Sure.”
At Lee Han’s flattery, Priest Siana readily nodded.
“But won’t the professors notice?”
“I woke up much sooner than expected, so if I don’t tell everyone, they won’t know. … except for one person.”
Professor Voladi was so interested that he periodically asked for basilisk eggs, so it was impossible to trick him as easily as other professors.
Lee Han stared at the basilisk.
‘Will it be okay?’
Professor Voladi was not interested in extracting the basilisk’s venom, but was interested in other things.
And maybe that interest was even more dangerous.
As Lee Han’s opponent, it was raised to use it hard for a semester…
“Can you fight me?”
-……
The basilisk that received the question showed the most intense reaction among the reactions it showed today.
Priestess Cyana was amazed at the way she trembled and dug in as if she could never do that.
“Are baby basilisks docile? As far as I know, I’ve heard that he’s evil and violent since he was a baby.”
“Well, if you stick the syringe in like that… no.”
Lee Han calmed down the basilisk. If left alone, it seemed like it would dig into Lee Han’s neck like a gallows rope.
“Don’t worry too much, I’ll try to explain it to you.”
Priest Shiana said as if she wasn’t expecting much.
“really. Mr. Wodanaz. If you need to extract venom, call me. I will help you.”
“……”
The gentle madness of the priest gave Lee Han a little fear of the Flemain Church.
* * *
“Professor.”
Monday morning.
While others were basking in the sun and warming up in the chilly air, Lee Han went down to the basement of the main building and met Professor Boladi.
The professor was sitting at the table and assembling a mechanical trap of a type he had never seen before. Lee Han tried his best to remember the shape of the trap.
I didn’t know that the trap might target Lee Han someday.
“Here you are.”
“I have something to tell you.”
Professor Voladi nodded.
It was a nod, as if a benevolent teacher was accepting the immature apprentice’s foolishness.
“What magic do you want to learn?”
“…professor. Do I look like someone who is so crazy about new magic?”
Professor Voladi stared blankly at Lee Han.
It would have been less sarcastic to have answered ‘yes’. Lee Han gave up and changed the topic.
“First of all, I want you to keep this story a secret.”
“If it is worthy.”
Professor Voladi was strict.
If Wodanaz declared that he was going to sneak out of school on the weekends to hunt anti-magicists or witch criminals, even this could not be kept a secret.
“…why did I do that… no. no.”
After hearing the professor’s explanation, Lee Han tried to refute, but gave up.
Come to think of it, there were times when I secretly tried to go out in front of Professor Boladi, and there were times when I secretly confronted enemies, so it was my own gain.
‘But it’s really unfair.’
“That basilisk has hatched.”
Professor Voladi put down the trap he was assembling and got up right away.
“Congratulations.”
‘What are you celebrating?’
Lee Han swallowed the question and quickly continued.
“But Professor. The situation is slightly different from what you expected. Because the basilisk hatched early, it grew less.”
The professor’s eyebrows furrowed. Then he cast his gaze on Lee Han’s arm.
The basilisk hidden under the long sleeves of his coat trembled.
“The matter? It probably has nothing to do with size.”
“Since they haven’t all grown up, wouldn’t their power be that weak?”
Lee Han threw it roughly.
In fact, it was something that could only be known if the power was weak or not by petrifying something with a basilisk, but that wasn’t important right now.
“Poison? If only the toxicity of stone poison is maintained…”
“It seems that it will be weak as well because it has not fully grown.”
Professor Voladi glared at the basilisk in his sleeve.
He didn’t say anything, and his expression didn’t change, but for some reason, Lee Han seemed to be shouting, ‘I’ve been expecting you so much since you’re such an ungrateful snake.’
However, staring at it like that did not make the basilisk’s power suddenly stronger or suddenly ferocious.
And from the beginning, considering the current state, even if the basilisk grew a little bigger, it was questionable whether it would actively attack Lee Han.
“I will ask Professor Lightning Step to find a way to grow.”
“professor. In fact, that’s why I asked to keep it a secret.”
Lee Han accused the evil professors of coveting the basilisk’s venom.
Professor Bermo, in particular, covets everything, not just poison.
“Wouldn’t it have a huge adverse effect on the growth of the Basilisk if it was harvested that way before it got stronger?”
“indeed.”
Professor Voladi understood what Lee Han was talking about.
Considering the greediness of the disciple in front of him, it was only natural that he did not want to allow even an inch of weakness in raising the Basilisk.
“i get it. Let’s keep it a secret.”
Professor Voladi threw the mechanical trap into the cellar cupboard. There was no sound from inside, probably because of the space magic.
Then I opened the floor door leading to the basement and went down the stairs. Yihan and the Basilisk trembled at the sound they heard from inside.
‘What are you doing to bring me out?’
Fortunately, instead of bringing a secret weapon to kill them both at once, Professor Boladi brought an old book.
The title of the book was < Secret Art of Raising Evil Monsters >.
Professor Voladi dusted the book slowly and put it on the bookshelf next to the table. After the lecture, I thought to read slowly and find a way.
“……”
-……
Lee Han and the Basilisk hoped that common sense would be written in that old book.
* * *
“How many books have you written?”
“…I wrote about 1 1/3”
Lee Han made a sneaky excuse.
1/2 seemed too much and 1/4 seemed too little.
And there were so many other things to do over the weekend. From finding a hidden secret base to guiding the bard.
‘Is it too little? Would you have increased it?’
“It’s progressing faster than I thought.”
‘shit.’
Lee Han regretted it.
Judging from Professor Voladi’s reaction, it could have been done more slowly.
To be afraid and dig your own grave!
“You’re learning various battle magics, but you’re still not satisfied.”
“I’m satisfied…”
“I must have felt it when I was hunting Mr. Serpent.”
‘what?’
Lee Han became puzzled.
The only thing I felt while hunting for the Sea Serpent was that I felt resentment towards the professor who had left other friends behind, but Lee Han dared to drag me forward.
“Lack of means of evasion.”
“…Eh, to that extent…?”
To be honest, the evasion method was thorough enough to overflow by the standard of a first year student, considering the short-term future prediction magic that Professor Voladi made me learn (by beating) in addition to the self-reinforcement magic.
If you add defense with elemental magic now, the balance is very solid at this level…
“Did you think about the reason?”
“yes? Uh…”
“Yeah. It is because the magic training is out of balance.”
“……”
If you are going to ask yourself and answer yourself, why are you asking?
Lee Han thought so, but calmly persevered.
Professor Voladi pointed out the imbalance in Lee Han’s current magical state.
Some elemental magic, black magic, enchantment magic, summoning magic, etc. were gaining experience and developing their skills, but in areas such as conversion magic and healing magic, their skills were stagnant.
“But the professors didn’t really say that…” I
said it around to mean ‘The professor in charge still says OK, but why are you doing that’, but Professor Voladi ignored it and just said what he had to say.
“I asked Professor Luge, and he said there was an event for students majoring in transformation magic. Participating would be a great experience.”
“Was there anything like that?”
Lee Han was puzzled.
I don’t remember hearing about it from other friends.
