Published at 12th of March 2026 6:40 pm

Chapter 736

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Hey. This seems like a trap.

Marcang. Snap out of it! Its a trap!

At Erdes shout, the students in other solitary confinement cells felt suspicious and tried to stop him.

No matter how they thought about it, the situation was strange.

Someone calling Erde senior was wandering around the punishment room.

Logically, it didnt make sense.

Its not a trap! A junior I worked with came to see me!

This bastard got so drunk on his own lies that he believes them himself!

The other students sighed.

When he was bragging about having smuggled goods outside, they should have slapped him to bring him to his senses, but leaving him alone had made his condition worse.

Since the punishment room was such a lonely and sad place, students locked up here often fell into madness.

Marcang. I dont particularly like you since youre from a different tower, but as a fellow punishment room comrade, let me give you some advice. The worst kind of lie is one that even you end up believing.

Right. When I first came to the punishment room, I lied about coming here after robbing the Principals office. That lie led to another lie, and eventually I really had to rob the Principals office.

You stupid bastards, who are you treating like a delusional patient?! Hes really my junior!

Naturally, Erde was furious.

The admirable junior from the Wardanaz family had come to see him, but these despicable bastards were slandering him.

Marcang. Put your hand on your chest and think about it. If you were a junior, would you really come all the way here through this dangerous and complex punishment room maze just to see you? Honestly?

Hes right. Thats a trap. It might be the Principals new minion.

At his solitary confinement friends words, Erde began to waver slightly.

Come to think of it, no matter how capable he was, it was hard to believe that someone who had just become a second-year had broken through the punishment room maze to find him here.

Could he really be a minion sent by the Principal?

But what would be the point of disguising as that? Theres nothing they can do. This is already the punishment room.

They just want to enjoy watching you suffer. Thats the Principals hobby.

At the plausible words, Erde wavered more and more.

Just then, Lee Han came down the stairs and arrived at the end of the corridor.

Seeing the solitary confinement cells on both sides of the corridor filled with upperclassmen, Lee Han breathed a sigh of relief.

So youre all here.

!

Without anyone saying anything, the students quickly turned around and stood facing the wall.

If he was the Skeleton Principals new minion, even dealing with him would be dangerous.

Erde senior?

Are you angry because youre locked up?

Erde held onto his wavering heart and pretended not to hear.

Lee Han was puzzled, but since he had arrived, he took out the things he needed to do one by one.

I brought some snacks here. Ill leave them, so eat them if youre bored.

The basket contained freshly baked white bread and honey to dip it in, jam made from strawberries, simple sandwiches with ham and eggs, canned pork and canned beef.

If it were outside, he would have to sell them for money, but Lee Han wasnt cold-hearted enough to demand payment from a senior who had sacrificed for the success of their operation.

Is there anyone who would like to eat? I brought plenty. Ill give them away without taking any gold coins.

The upperclassmens fear reached its peak.

A minion trying to tempt them by offering food without taking gold coins.

They couldnt even guess what kind of scheme this was.

Are you all angry? Then Ill be going now. Senior. Ill see you when you get out of the punishment room.

When no one answered, Lee Han tilted his head and headed back to the stairs.

A Death Knight coming down from above spotted Lee Han and shouted loudly.

-Wait!

!

-Not this way, the hidden path in that wall is faster.

Thank you.

As expected!

When the Death Knight gave directions instead of arresting him, the students conviction grew even stronger.

Only after the junior had completely disappeared did the students in the punishment room breathe heavily.

Phew. That was a vicious trap.

I almost answered without thinking.

Marcang. Dont eat it. I guarantee thats definitely poison!

Erde initially thought the same and didnt even touch the basket.

However, maintaining such patience in the punishment room wasnt easy.

After trying to check with all kinds of magic, Erde finally took a bite of the bread.

Its delicious?

What? Dont tell me you ate it?

This is fine too, and this is fine too Hey, you stupid bastards!! He really was my junior!!!

Erde belatedly realized it was really his junior and shouted.

However, the other students still couldnt believe Erdes claim.

Does it make sense that a junior brought you food?

It must be a slow-acting poison.

Marcang. Then you explain it. If that junior was really your junior, how did he get in here, and how was he friendly with the Death Knight?

Though frustrated, Erde couldnt argue back.

It was all too valid a point.

Damn. Just how did he get in?

***

Coming out after finishing his lecture, Lee Han spotted Perse senior and her friends.

Hello, senior.

Perse couldnt answer with a dazed look in her eyes. Her friends beside her explained on her behalf.

Sorry. Perse just mistakenly transformed into an invertebrate in the lecture, so she might still be suffering from aftereffects.

I, I see.

But the upperclassmens expressions looked dark and tired even considering that their friend had mistakenly transformed.

Lee Han spoke to encourage the upperclassmen.

Everyone cheer up. Its almost the weekend.

I have lectures on the weekend too.

!

Lee Han was flustered by the seniors gloomy answer.

Lectures even on weekends?

How does that make sense?

Why do you have lectures on weekends?

Well. Too much content to teach? Insufficient training? The professor went crazy?

Even so, that seems too harsh

Youre taking all school magic lectures. Thats whats harsh.

Lee Han was hurt by the seniors words. Another friend beside them scolded.

Why are you taking out your cursed lectures on the junior?

Hmph. Its the truth though.

I shouldnt have greeted them.

Lee Han thought he should avoid speaking first when he saw tired-looking upperclassmen in the future.

When they were tired, they werent just ordinarily sharp.

This must be Professor Bendozols lecture?

When he turned his attention to the next lecture, the name Teribly Beautiful Creatures caught his eye.

This definitely felt like it had a high possibility of being Professor Bendozol just from the name alone.

Even the lecture location was the western Nightmare Echo Forest, quite far from the Main Building.

This forest was notorious among the current second years because some White Tiger Tower and Black Turtle Tower students had nearly gone missing there last year while trying to get food.

All sorts of evil spirits and spectral monsters would rampage, trying to drive out intruders from the forest.

While most of Einroguards professors werent normal, professors who would hold lectures in such places were rare even among them.

Lee Han walked along the forest path. The path itself wasnt particularly difficult since he had come this way several times before.

Unless you went into the mountain range, a second-year Einroguard student wouldnt get lost on flat ground.

Its strangely quiet.

Since he had recently gone to the Dark Forest with Diret and stepped on a trap left by some crazy mages clone, Lee Han became cautiously worried for no reason.

Sharkan.

Lee Han summoned his creature and walked slowly while exploring the surroundings.

Not stopping at just summoning Sharkan, he floated a light orb above his staff and cast other enhancement spells.

However, despite doing all this, nothing particular happened.

Was I being oversensitive?

If there had been threats or enemies, they would have appeared by now, but with no particular attacks and no enemies detected by his senses, Lee Han wondered if he had been mistaken.

How long had he walked like that?

A large clearing in the forest came into view. It was the destination for this lecture.

Sure enough, Professor Bendozol was waiting for students with his arms crossed and a displeased expression.

Professor. Good day to you.

Huh, what?! How did you arrive!

The professor shouted in surprise at Lee Hans greeting.

He hadnt expected a student to arrive this quickly.

Lee Han was even more flustered by that reaction.

The lecture is starting soon, isnt it? Of course Id arrive. But

Looking around the clearing, Lee Han belatedly realized that no one else was there.

Something was strange.

If this were a dark magic lecture, it would make sense to attend alone, but no matter how crazy Professor Bendozol was, a lecture like Terribly Beautiful Creatures should have some degree of popularity.

So why was no one in the clearing?

Why is no one here?

Because they havent arrived yet. Do you call that a question? More importantly, how did you arrive?

Were there perhaps traps on the way?

Traps, what! That cant even be called a trap. Its more like a test!

Lee Han persistently questioned the shameless professor who said something that sounded familiar from somewhere recently.

As a result, he was able to understand a little about what kind of lecture this Terribly Beautiful Creatures was.

This lecture was originally one that was always held in dangerous places within Einroguards territory.

Originally, he could have brought those creatures directly to show them, but Professor Bendozol put more careful thought into it.

Since rare and powerful creatures lived in dangerous places, it was helpful to go directly to those places to show them.

Of course, students werent easily convinced by Professor Bendozols intentions. Many students always arrived late or dropped out.

Though it was sometimes heartbreaking because of such insincere students, Professor Bendozol had steadfastly maintained his educational direction.

Right now, hadnt the professor chosen a date when the mana accumulated in this Nightmare Echo Forest was strong and further provoked the monsters to make them fiercer?

Without his own philosophy about education, it would be difficult to be this diligent.

This is trouble. Its a crazier lecture than I expected.

Lee Han felt his heart sink.

He had expected some degree of madness from the moment he guessed it was Professor Bendozols lecture, but this was surpassing that.

Having to visit new dangerous areas for every lecture.

Why arent you answering! How did you arrive!

I just walked here.

Just walked? What about attacks? Evil spirits? Ghost swarms and such?

There werent any.

Professor Bendozol looked at Lee Han with eyes of shock and disbelief.

He couldnt believe that after preparing so hard, it had no effect on the student.

Impossible! These evil spirit bastards. Dont tell me theyre cowardly picking and choosing their opponents!

While Professor Bendozol raged and analyzed what his mistake had been, Lee Han asked another question.

Professor. I have something Im curious about.

Griffin? Basilisk? Unicorn?

None of those three.

Then what are you curious about!

Its just that, if all the students arrive late, how do you proceed with the lecture?

If I cant teach everything, I do it on weekends too.

Professor Bendozol answered curtly.

He didnt want to teach students on weekends, but according to Einroguards rules, he had no choice.

It was truly regrettable.

I see.

Wait, come here! I need to check why the monsters didnt even appear

Professor Bendozol, who had started speaking, realized that the Wardanaz family boy had disappeared back into the forest.

Surprisingly, this boy was trying to bring other students!

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