Reader Mage-Stubbing August 10! Chapter 28: 28-Shortlist Him

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“Anti-magic, huh? What do you think?” Headmaster Im Ilseong rubbed his goatee, asking as Jung Seoyeon paused the display of the concluded Dungeon raid exam of party thirty. He was an aged but able man whose suit couldn’t do well to hide the muscles he possessed, and his presence stood out in the room where the rest of the instructors of Prestige Academy sat before a round table. “Deficient Mages are completely different from the rest of the Classes of Mages, headmaster,” replied Jung Seoyeon, seated to the right of Headmaster Im Ilseong. “What we know about them isn’t much. There’s a high possibility that this could well be an ability that they may all come to possess later on.” “Or it could be an ability that only he possesses,” interjected Dmitri Volkov, a spindly man with slicked back salt and pepper hair, nudging at the edge of his round glasses. “I say we report this to the Consortium and hand him over to them. We don’t understand anything about him to bring him onto the Academy grounds. And besides, this is a school of magic, what good is someone who disturbs that resonance here?” “You seem to be forgetting that Deficient Mages are Mages as well,” the man of panache known as Dr. Elias Namgoong argued, his square face and full beard, as well as his unusual combination of a frock coat and cravat, considering the era he was in, made him a man unmissable. “We have an obligation to teach them in the case of the cataclysm’s return.” “Teach them what exactly?” Dimitri Volkov didn’t sit back. “We teach how to shape mana and cast spells here. They have no use in this Academy, and they definitely won’t be useful in the cataclysm as they weren’t twenty years ago.” “They do, and they will,” Dr. Elias Namgoong argued. “They are allowed to learn about magic and its usage just like the rest of their mates, because they too are in possession of mana. I’ll have you know that it is impossible to fight against what you do not know, Professor Dmitri. As long as they are impacted with the knowledge of how magic functions, then they can take up arms and fight if the need arises.” “And what arms would that be exactly?” “Attuned weapons and artifacts exist,” Dr. Elias Namgoong snorted. “Don’t let your distaste for Deficient Mages cloud your judgement. And besides, this Merlin kid is not just a simple Deficient Mage. I say we grant him admission and watch over him and what he might become.” “Absurd!” “He’s the bane of magic, headmaster.” Dr. Elias Namgoong shifted his attention to the one who had the final say. “Don’t you get what that means? Magical Academies were created to train Mages in the case of the cataclysm’s return. This boy could prove to be our greatest weapon.” The argument slowly got heated, and even though there were nine people seated in the room, it was all from the mouths of only two individuals. At least until a hand went up. “Can I say something, headmaster?” Park Minjee started, her dainty body, pink hair tied into twin ponytails, and her glamorous makeup making her look more like an idol than an instructor. Headmaster Im Ilseong nodded in response. “I think Dmitri—” “It’s Professor Dmitri to you, Instructor Park Minjee.” She cleared her throat at the correction. “I think Professor Dmitri and Dr. Namgoong are both right in their own ways. I can’t seem to think of any reason why granting a Deficient Mage Academy would be of any good. Yes, I know it’s not uncommon, but we’re the second ranked Mage Academy in the world. A Deficient Mage should really have no place here. But, Dr. Namgoong is right. This kid isn’t just any Deficient Mage. And if we have someone like him at our Academy, it could bolster our standing.” Dmitri Volkov tilted his head. “How so, if I may?” “Anti-magic has never been heard of before,” Park Minjee answered. “We’ll be the first Magic Academy in the world to have trained a Mage with the power to cancel out magic. It’ll bring us more recognition than Crown Academy. They are only number one because they have