Chapter 88

Chapter 088

"Why are you telling me this now!"

Until now, Lee Han had been polite even when the spirit showed its mischief and violence, but when he got angry, Perkunt was taken aback.

Ah... No, you didn't ask, did you...

"Are you unaware of what is most important to students while dealing with students who attend school!"

A single class isn't such a big problem...

Perkunt defended himself, sounding aggrieved.

Having lived here for a long time, Perkunt knew roughly how wizards were taught.

They would gather in lecture halls and listen to various stories from professors.

Missing a few of these stories wouldn't make much difference. Magic is about consistent effort and sudden talent, not whether you listen to a class once or twice...

"Assignments must be given. Late submissions are absolutely not allowed."

At Lee Han's words, Yoner nodded with a burning resolve, her red hair swaying.

Most of the lectures at the magic school were not very conscientious, but the <Basic Imperial Geometry and Arithmetic> lecture was particularly unconscientious.

-This is a magic array design document I submitted to the empire in my youth. Calculate the total cost based on this design document and bring it to me next week.

The crazy professor assigned a crazy task, asking them to calculate the cost of a thick magic array design document by next week.

Lee Han and Yoner clenched their teeth, cursing the professor as they stayed up all night.

Having completed the assignment, they couldn't possibly not submit it.

Otherwise, they would be so aggrieved that they wouldn't be able to sleep for weeks!

...Are you this upset over a single assignment??

When Perkunt asked, aggrieved, Lee Han and Yoner turned their heads sharply.

It's said that a usually kind person can be scary when angry. The young wizards, who had been obedient, glared at Perkunt, making him flinch.

W, well. Assignments can be important. I'm sorry.

"Please tell me the time."

After hearing the time from Perkunt, Lee Han looked up at the ceiling anxiously.

There was only about an hour and a half left until the <Basic Imperial Geometry and Arithmetic> lecture started in the morning.

"Let's hurry. Mr. Perkunt, please show us the way out."

No... No.

The two young wizards glared at him with real malice.

Perkunt hurriedly defended himself.

I made a promise!

"What kind of promise?"

To stop the students who were escaping from this punishment room and the wizard who summoned me! I can't show you the way out. I intended to have you temporarily seal me here before leaving.

Lee Han felt disheartened.

He didn't know how complex and bizarre the structure of the school's underground punishment room was.

Without Perkunt's help, there was no guarantee he could escape on time.

Feeling anxious, Lee Han failed to control his emotions.

"Why aren't you helping! Then why did you make the contract!"

......

Perkunt's pride was slightly hurt.

Neither the battles with dragons or demons nor the bloodbath with the lich principal had hurt Perkunt's pride.

But the words of the young contractor hurt Perkunt's pride.

Perkunt couldn't help but babble in defense.

It's just a special situation in the punishment room. If you summon me outside later, you'll see my abilities...

"Understood. So how do I seal you?"

...Just command me to stay here temporarily.

Lee Han did as Perkunt instructed.

By that command, Perkunt was unable to leave this forgotten punishment room for a while.

"Let's go, Yoner."

Don't forget to summon me when you get outside! My abilities are not just this!

"Yes, yes, I understand!"

Don't forget! Don't forget! Are you listening? Don't forget...

* * *

Clack, clack, clack-

Although the situation was urgent, Lee Han and Yoner tried their best to remain calm.

They moved between staircases and corridors, drawing a map as they went.

"It's blocked."

"We'll have to go back. This corridor is completely blocked."

"We should go down two floors and try again."

Clank!

A bone summoner ran up from a distance. Lee Han asked.

"Is there a way?"

Clank, clank!

The bone summoner actively expressed its intention, meaning there was no way. Lee Han clicked his tongue.

Lee Han and Yoner, along with the bone summoner, were searching for a way, but progress was slow.

The punishment room was like an ant's nest.

It was impossible to tell which of the staircases in the corridors led upwards. Some led to dead-end punishment rooms, some to winding paths downwards, and some made you spin in place.

While walking, Lee Han somehow thought of the skull principal's face.

It might have been a feeling, but he suspected the skull principal had built it himself.

"Back to that corridor... No, wait. What did you bring?"

Lee Han was surprised.

In the hurry, he hadn't noticed, but the bone summoner, which had only had front hands, had suddenly grown in size.

What did it bring...?!

Rattle!

The bone summoner bumped and rolled, eventually assembling itself correctly.

Broad ribs, a long tailbone, and the bones of the hind legs.

Without the skull and one hand, Lee Han could still recognize the familiar shape.

It was a leopard.

'Was it a leopard's bones?'

Until now, he had assumed it was human...

Thinking about it, even if the black magic professor was unpopular, he wouldn't have given a new student human hand bones.

'I feel ashamed for thinking it was human hand bones.'

The bone summoner, or rather, the leopard bone summoner, confidently stomped its feet.

It seemed more confident with its larger size.

But with the skull and one hand missing, its confidence seemed a bit bizarre.

"Professor Mortem hid the bones in a corner of the punishment room, didn't he?"

"Yep."

Lee Han nodded, feeling a sense of self-loathing.

Yoner was looking at Lee Han with a worried expression.

Her gaze was simple.

-We have to keep learning black magic from this professor. Are you sure you're okay?

"...I'll be fine. Probably."

Lee Han turned his gaze to the leopard bone summoner.

At least it should be faster now that it's bigger.

"Go this way and check all the paths. Got it?"

"That's a waste of time."

"!!"

Lee Han and Yoner were startled and looked around. Then the voice came again.

"This way. This way."

There was a banging sound from inside a room.

Surprisingly, there was a student in the solitary confinement room next to the corridor.

"You've been making a lot of noise. Why did you enter the punishment room without knowing the way?"

"I have a long story. Why are you in the punishment room?"

"I also have a long story. What year are you?"

"I just started this year."

"......"

Silence suddenly fell in the room. Lee Han was puzzled.

What is it?

"Are you the new student who was dragged into the punishment room last time and escaped through the underground passage but was caught?"

"Then are you the senior who was caught while robbing the principal's secret storage...? What did you do this time?"

Lee Han was surprised.

That punishment room classmate was here.

"Can't you lower your voice? What's there to brag about."

"What's there to be ashamed of? I also ended up here after robbing the professor's storage."

"......"

The student in the solitary confinement room was speechless.

It was hard to imagine how he ended up robbing the professor's storage and getting caught, but it really exceeded his imagination.

Just a new student, who escaped through the underground passage last time and this time ended up in the punishment room after robbing the professor's storage...

Next time, he might even fly out of the school.

Yoner whispered to Lee Han.

"Who is it?"

"A senior who was in the next room last time, who likes to be casual."

"Being casual isn't... Forget it. What are you doing in the corridor?"

"Looking for a way to escape."

"...I'm not surprised anymore. So, did you find a way?"

Lee Han couldn't answer. The student in the solitary confinement room smiled knowingly.

"It won't be easy. The way out of here is usually very complicated."

"Senior, would you consider escaping with me if I let you out?"

The student in the solitary confinement room burst into laughter at Lee Han's suggestion.

"Are you stupid! I haven't escaped from inside before,