Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 19, Time Box

The next morning, Ritas took Yew Fir class to another practical magic class.

In class, after learning that this class was about defensive magic, the students' interest obviously dropped a little. However, there was still nothing that could be done about it. Magic was destined to be a long road that could not be achieved overnight.

In this practical class, all the students successfully performed defensive magic.

There is a saying that the shape of defensive magic can reveal the character of the caster, but Ritas thinks this is unreliable. It is just like those who predict the future by the birth constellation, the meaning is unclear.

However, it is true that some magical characteristics and tendencies can be seen.

It is precisely because of this that experienced mages deliberately change the form of some defensive magic in order to hide their information. But the freshmen of Yew Fir School obviously cannot do this.

Miriam's defensive magic is in the shape of a shield, and the attached magic particles are mostly strengthening particles.

Therefore, one of his magical properties should be able to enhance the effectiveness of the magic he casts.

Grenville's defensive magic is in the shape of a whirlwind, and almost all of the attached magic particles are wind element particles.

"Wind" is undoubtedly the most defenseless thing.

Ritas couldn't tell what kind of magical properties this represented for Grenwell.

Unpredictable changes? Unfettered freedom? Or, fragile and easily broken at the slightest touch?
Looking at Grenwell's tough face with scars, which was already forming before he was sixteen, Ritas felt that the last possibility could be ruled out.

Although, under his gaze, Grenville's defensive magic quickly collapsed.

On Engri Velveto's side, the defensive magic was in the form of a thin film that was barely noticeable and extremely close to the body. More than half of the magic particles attached to it were weakened particles.

Recalling Engri's characteristic of always having no sense of presence, Ritas guessed that the characteristic of his magic was secretive.

Sylvie Latras's defensive magic was in the shape of a cylindrical translucent wall. After careful observation, Ritas discovered that there were many types of magic particles attached to it, and no one type of magic particle was dominant.

If we analyze a magic, we will find that there are definitely differences in strength. Take Miriam's shield as an example. The part closer to the middle must be the strongest, and the edge of the shield is the second strongest. However, Sylvie's defensive magic made Ritas feel that there was almost no difference in strength among magic as a whole.

Therefore, Sylvie's magical characteristics may be very rare and uniform.

Although, Ritas was mostly guessing about the magical properties of the four students, there was still room for analysis. Ritas could hardly see any information about the magical properties of the remaining two students.

Iris's defensive magic is shaped a bit like a suit of armor. In addition, "strengthening particles" and "weakening particles" that are generally not very friendly to each other are attached to it at the same time.

Also, maybe it’s because Iris’s huge height and size make her presence so noticeable, but Ritas feels that even when casting magic, his attention will be more drawn to Iris rather than the place where the magic is.

As for the last one, Merci Finn, although she had a DEBUFF on her body, she still successfully cast a defensive magic.

The shape of her defensive magic was a rectangular translucent barrier. It looked quite similar to the protective barrier that Ritas had put on himself through a magic circle during the incident. The difference was that Merci only had one layer on her body, while if Ritas put it on himself, he would usually have at least 20 layers.

After all the students in the Yew Fir School class successfully used magic, Ritas gave them the title of "Magic Apprentice".

According to the Goddess of Bath, in the game world of "Star Mark", the title of Magic Apprentice can add one point to all attributes. But in the real world, the only use of this title is that students can call themselves "Magic Apprentice" in the future.

Adhering to the idea of not letting beginners overuse magic, the class for Yew Fir class that afternoon was a theory class.

The main way of conducting the class is through question and answer, and the questioners are the students.

Now that they have used magic themselves, and with Ritas's patient answers, the students have achieved a certain degree of mastery of the course content during Ritas's absence.

Of course, not everyone.

Without even taking an exam, Ritas had already determined that there would be two extremely poor students in his grade.

Miriam and Grenville.

Ritas thought he was not a very demanding tutor. But for these two people, Ritas thought they had time to go to the city to play on weekends, so it would be better for them to study in the library.

I have to say that yesterday's encounter with Senior Orange did have a certain degree of positive effect on Senior Purple Fir.

As a manifestation of this, the students of the Yew Fir School class, even though they successfully used magic and became magic apprentices in just two days, did not show any impetuousness at all.

Ritas was slightly relieved by this.

Although practicing magic requires confidence, one should not become too inflated.

Anyone who makes a musical instrument produce a little sound and thinks he is a musician, or who casually applies a streak of paint on a canvas and thinks he is a painter, is destined to achieve little.

After school, Ritas went to the dormitory first, changed out of his tutor's uniform, professor's cape and other recognizable clothes, then picked up the white disc and went out again.

“Hey~ You even changed your clothes. It’s like you’re having a tryst with a student but you’re afraid of being discovered~”

The bathing goddess's teasing voice rang out from the disc.

"No one else knows that Mercy lives in that tree house."

Ritas said with a slight frown.

"So, you're actually afraid that others will find out that you went to see the dean? Um, can I ask about this? Isn't Levis your teacher? Why do you seem to have some big grudge against her?"

The Bathing Goddess was puzzled.

As someone who admired Levis's appearance very much, she obviously couldn't understand why Ritas was reluctant to have such a beautiful elf who was like a work of art as a teacher.

"I can't say I have a big grudge against you. I just want to keep some distance from the dean as much as possible."

Ritas sighed.
"Didn't the Bathing Goddess ask me yesterday if I had ever been bullied when I was a student? I don't know if this incident counts. On the first day I entered school, our grade's mentor, Dean Livis, suggested something like this."

"How about we all bury the 'Time Treasure Box' together?"

"A time box?" "It's the kind where you put a letter to your future self or something for your future self in it, bury it, and then dig it out a few years later."

"Oh, time capsule. Your teacher is pretty cool with it. But time capsules seem very touching in those works, but in reality, most of them will be forgotten, or only subtle results will be found when they are dug out. But even so, it's not a reason for you to hate your teacher, right?"

The Bathing Goddess seemed even more puzzled.

"Under the guidance and encouragement of the dean, we all wrote letters to ourselves four years from now. Some of us wrote down almost impossible goals to encourage ourselves. Some people thought that they would be able to laugh at whatever they wrote after four years, so they wrote embarrassing things. Some people even developed a crush on a classmate whose name they didn't even know based on their first impression, and asked their future selves whether they had the courage to pursue him or her, whether they had succeeded, etc."

"Hmm? These are other people's content."

The Bathing Goddess vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

"Then, the time boxes were buried on the first day of school. The dean dug them out on the second day."

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"The dean directly gave us our first formal class with the treasure boxes. She read the contents of the letters aloud, commented on them from time to time, mocked them, and even singled out the writers and the people mentioned in the letters and 'executed' them in person. It was simply hell."

Ritas couldn't help but cover his face with his hands.

Even now, he sometimes dreams about these scenes in nightmares.

"Besides, Goddess of Bath, you have to know that this happened only two days after the start of school. The dean is still restraining himself."

Removing his hand, Ritas looked into the distance and said.

"Okay, stop talking."

"However, perhaps it is because of the dean that the relationship between the students in our grade is pretty good. Although everyone wants to escape, there is no vicious competition. When I skipped a grade and gave up my transfer quota, the second-ranked student in our grade held my hand and cried and thanked me. Oh, by the way, there were a total of six couples who graduated from that grade."

"Really? Stop talking. I was wrong! I shouldn't have asked!"

In the repentant voice of the Bathing Goddess, Ritas finally stopped recalling his student life.

Before heading to the tree house, Ritas took a short detour to visit the venue of the Magic Ball Seminar.

Nothing special happened.

It seems that the senior students of the Moneyball Seminar do not help the new members with special "exercises" every day.

"Oh? You're talking about compliance and the right way, but you care about that, too, Sato-chan."

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Even though Ritas knew that he shouldn't act on his emotions, when the Bathing Goddess's somewhat obscene voice sounded, he couldn't help but think "I shouldn't have come here earlier."

"Come to think of it, you specifically taught defensive magic, is it just to solve this problem? You're beating around the bush, aren't you? It's not so easy to be honest while saying one thing and doing another. Besides, the source of the problem hasn't been solved yet, right?"

"I don't deny that learning defensive magic can help Engri protect himself better. With the rate of the 'Elinger Ball', the hitter will probably be exhausted without being able to hurt the person who is performing defensive magic."

Although Ritas felt that there was something fishy going on, he did not blindly intervene in the matter between Engel and the senior students of the Magic Ball Seminar. However, no matter what the cause of the incident was, it was his duty as a mentor to teach Engel how to protect himself.

Moreover, the more fundamental reason why Ritas teaches defensive magic, in addition to his emphasis on defensive magic being a magic that "will never betray", is that defensive magic is the most suitable magic for actual combat.

In fact, the magic academy has never been a place to train mercenaries, adventurers and other students who need to fight with others or monsters. However, Yew Fir Wood is special.

The headmaster, Livis, is obviously planning something, and the existence of Merci and the brave Miriam means that the students of the Yew Fir School class are destined to be involved in dangerous incidents sooner or later in the future.

In order to prevent the students from being at a loss at that time, Ritas also needs to try his best to let them master magic that can be more easily effective in actual combat.

Originally, Ritas might have just had such an idea, but it was not that strong.

But after seeing the talent displayed by Miriam, he became anxious instead.

All along, the so-called crisis of the appearance of the demon king, the end of the world, and so on four years later, seemed to Ritas to be very far away and unrealistic. Even though, or precisely because it came from the mouth of the goddess of bathing.

Miriam did show the ability to grow into a great wizard in a short period of time, and really began to look like a savior waiting to awaken.

Since the real heroes have begun to show their talents, then those things that were originally as unreal as stories in dreams have undoubtedly begun to have some sense of reality.

Soon after, Ritas arrived at the tree house that was now shared by Levis and Mercy.

Hearing the knock on the door, Merci half-opened the door and half-pegged her head out. When she saw that the person coming was Ritas, she immediately showed a look of joy.

"Good afternoon, Professor Ritas."

"Good afternoon, Cadet Mercy."

Looking at Merci in front of him, Ritas couldn't help but say "Hmm?" in his heart.

At this time, Merci also changed into her home clothes. Moreover, she looked less reserved than when they met in the classroom or other places where others were present.

So, if this scene was witnessed by someone who was not aware of the situation, it would really seem like he was secretly dating Merci.

After all, other people don’t know that there is such a thing as the Bathing Goddess, who is always making noise.

It seems that setting up a seminar and a special venue needs to be put on the agenda. Otherwise, if someone with ulterior motives creates a scandal, it will be troublesome for Ritas, Merci, and the owner of the tree house, Levis.

As for what the Bathing Goddess is arguing about.
"Think about it carefully. The Star Mark System is officially open at the end of the second semester, so it's totally fine to count it as the third semester, which is the second year! Then we can use this system shortly after the first semester starts. Can't we use the values that surpass the previous version and kill the 'Devil Horned Rabbit' like crazy?"

"A great game!?"

(End of this chapter)