Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 241 Helping All the Sisters' Wishes

"Corténie."

Prince Guerrero, located on the first floor of the banquet hall, looked down at Cortrienne from the second floor, and a visible tension crept onto his square face.

However, seeing that the guests around them were starting to pay attention, and not wanting to lose face, Guerrero gritted his teeth and glared at Cortriene, saying with a stern face,
"Don't forget, I'm also a host of this banquet! Therefore, I have the right to decide which attendees are unwelcome. If you want me to change my mind, Gabriel Veterin will have to be on your side too!"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing Prince Guerrero's words, Cortriñe glanced at Guerrero a few more times with some surprise.

For a moment, she couldn't tell whether Grero was simply stubbornly determined to drive Miriam out, or whether he was deepening his relationship with the Gabrielle family in a peculiar way.

After all, as Cortrienne's arranged marriage partner, if the eldest son of the Gabrielle family were to stand up for her or choose to side with Guerrero, he would ultimately owe the Prince a debt of gratitude.

Um.
As expected, it was the former.

Cortrienne recalled her memories of Guerrero and made a judgment.

“No, Guerrero, you don’t think the person I invited is an unwelcome guest.”

"What do you mean? Don't think you're still in the Western Territory."

"Because if you don't share my views, I get depressed. And when I'm depressed, I want to write poetry... Hmm, inspiration has struck, let's start by praising the moon in the sky."

As Cortrienne spoke meaningfully and somewhat incomprehensibly, those close to Guerrero suddenly noticed that the prince's face was rapidly turning red.

"Stop, that's fine. For your sake, I'll allow them to attend the dinner."

She quickly stopped Cortrienne, who was about to utter a line of poetry, and Grero glared at Miriam one last time before walking up the stairs, looking somewhat disheveled, and disappearing into the second-floor corridor.

"Phew, you've really been a great help, Professor Cortelene. I'll never forget your kindness today!"

On the second floor of the banquet hall, after running over to meet Cortriene, Miriam breathed a sigh of relief and clasped his hands together in gratitude to Cortriene.

However, upon closer reflection, even if he were kicked out, it wouldn't be a big deal. This banquet wasn't a place he should have been at in the first place, and he hadn't actually been invited; he had sneaked in with his female classmates.

However, Miriam was still young at heart. Therefore, he didn't want to experience any humiliation that he might recall decades later.

"It's nothing, no need to make such a big deal out of it."

As Cortrienne spoke, she casually ruffled Miriam's increasingly long hair.

Feeling that Miriam's reaction was very natural, Cortrienne became somewhat suspicious, recalling Ritas's claim that Miriam might hit a man if he touched her.

"But that guy Grero, after all these years, he's still the same. He doesn't act like a grown man at all."

Cortrienne shook her head and sighed.

"Is Professor Cortrienne acquainted with him?"

Miriam asked with some curiosity.

"I guess so. He stayed in the Western Territory for a while before. Looking back now, he was probably just putting on a show as the third prince. But I was too young to know any of that back then. So, when he said there was no need to be polite in the training ground, I really didn't hold back."

Cortrienne said, pursing her lips.
"Back in my childhood, I didn't have to worry about anything. If I saw someone I didn't like, I'd just beat them up!"

Seeing Cortelne clench her fist and smile nostalgically, Miriam couldn't help but shrink back.

It was wonderful that I met Cortelne when she was already a teacher.
"Could it be that the poem that Teacher Cortrinet mentioned is also..."

"Yeah, Guerrero wrote it secretly back then. One day I saw him acting suspiciously, so I snatched it and borrowed it to read. Actually, I didn't remember much of it; I just wanted to scare him. Honestly, no matter how well it was written, it's just some poetry. He was so afraid of being embarrassed and so timid, that guy..."

She really wasn't suited to be born into royalty.

Cortrienne did not say what followed.

Even so, she believed that those present wouldn't reveal these conversations. Besides, gossip behind someone's back would only sound unpleasant if it got out.

But just as Cortriñe had lamented before, now that she was grown up, she could no longer do as she pleased as she had when she was a child. She also knew what could be said and joked about, and what could not.

After dispelling the sentimental feelings that came with reaching the age where "one must go on blind dates," Cortrienne turned her attention to Noah and Tabasha, who had been standing nearby the whole time.

"Speaking of which, why are you all here? Oh, I know, are you worried that teachers who are struggling alone in a strange city might be looked down upon by their blind dates, so you came here to be my support group?"

With a smile, Cortrienne stretched out her arms and hugged the two girls from behind, one in each arm.

"Ah, it's like this, we are actually..."

Before Tabasha could finish speaking, Noah swiftly reached out and covered her mouth.

"Cough, no, that's right! That's exactly it! We want to be Professor Cortriene's strongest support!"

"Really?"

Faced with Cortriene's face, which was full of amused suspicion, Noah forced out a fawning grin that seemed to be resisted by every cell in his body.

"However, if you wanted to come as a group of friends and family, you could have just told me and asked me to bring you. Sneaking here like this seems like you're trying to cause trouble."

"Uh"

Noah paused for a moment, then gritted his teeth as if he were going to take a gamble.

"I don't want our teacher to be unable to teach us after she gets married! That's why I wanted to sabotage her blind date by causing trouble!"

“So that’s how it is”

Cortriene wore an exaggerated expression of emotion, then released Tabasha and hugged Noah tightly in her arms.

With his feet off the ground, Noah was being held in a somewhat resigned manner, not even knowing what he was hiding from anyone.

Perhaps instinct told her that if she said she was there to sabotage Cortriene's blind date, nothing would happen. But if she told the truth—that she was there to sabotage Ritas—this sometimes dangerous teacher might do something terrible!

"But, thinking about it carefully. Even if I get engaged this year, Noah, you should have graduated by the time we get married, right? There's absolutely no need to do these things, I understand. Don't worry, even if you repeat a year, I'll always be your teacher."

"Who would repeat a grade!"

"Mr. Kurt, since you're here for a blind date, is it alright for you to still be here?"

During Corténé's conversation with Noah, Tabasha, who seemed to be lost in thought as if her soul had flown away, suddenly asked a very crucial question.

"Yes, that's right. In order to show my ladylike modesty, I plan to be about five hours late for this blind date."

Cortriene said dismissively, then inquired about Noah and Tabasha.

"Now that all three of you are here, it's impossible that only Melsie was left to look after the house, right? What about her? That child, wouldn't it be dangerous to leave her unattended? And... when did Miriam slip away?"

"Ah! Melcy!" Not at all curious about how Miriam had disappeared, Noah just suddenly became excited, clutching his head.

The outskirts of Latras Manor.

Feeling the wind direction with her hand, Melsie arrived at the best ventilated spot in the Latras Manor. No burning, no ventilation. Yes, the best ventilated spot in the Latras Manor.

Before the innocent and naive Melsie could make the decision to do something "outrageous" to save the professor from his misery,

Suddenly.
"who!"

With a sharp shout, Melcy saw a flash of fire and the figure of someone frantically putting out the fire.

Huh?
What's happening here?
Did she see her future self?
Just as she was wondering what was going on, Melcy's eyes met those of the person who had already extinguished the fire.

She was a young blonde woman.

Moreover, Melsie is acquainted. If I remember correctly.
“What? You startled me. I thought you were a guard here. Turns out you're Cortrinie and that guy's student. Do you remember me? My name is Charlotte, Charlotte Elson.”

Cortrienne and that guy's student
I don't know how to describe it, but Melcy felt something was off about what she was hearing.

"Um... Miss Charlotte, why are you here?"

Soon after, Melcy and Charlotte crouched together on a slightly elevated, well-ventilated hill in the Bilatras Manor, secretly gazing in the direction of the banquet hall.

During the academy exchange meeting, as a member of the Bayano Military Magic Academy, I came to Charlotte in Ers. During my free time, under the guidance of Corteline, I took a general tour of the place where Corteline and Ritas usually worked.

Charlotte naturally visited the venue of the bathing seminar in order to block Ritas.

Although she didn't manage to catch Ritas, Charlotte was quite happy to have met young and energetic juniors like Melcy and Miriam. She quickly became friends with them.

Just like on the magic-powered train, she could quickly become friends with Wayne, a complete stranger. As long as she wasn't in front of a particular person, Charlotte's social skills were quite good.

"Hmm? Even if you ask me why, it's not surprising that wildfires suddenly broke out there because it's a dry autumn season?"

"?"

Melcy had a subtle feeling that her conversation with Charlotte didn't quite click.

"Why are you here? Are you also invited to the banquet? That's perfect. Do you have an invitation, the kind that allows you to bring someone with you?"

Charlotte looked at Melcy expectantly, but Melcy simply shook her head.

"I'm also looking for someone who can get me into the venue."

"That's it"

Charlotte said regretfully, without delving into why Melsie wanted to enter the banquet hall.
"Damn it! That guy Kurt actually said I'd only cause trouble if I went, so he left me behind and secretly came to participate. That's so unfair! Although I did want to cause trouble."

After confirming that the small flames had not attracted the guards, Xia Luoluo began collecting fallen leaves and weeds around her, summoning a "wildfire" without even looking up.

"Eh, eh? Sabotage? If I remember correctly, Professor Corténe and Professor Ritas aren't Miss Charlotte's."

"Um, although I'm a little reluctant to admit it, we are indeed older sister and older brother. What's wrong?"

"Ah I."

The tongue-tied Melcy tried several times before she finally managed to convey her doubts fairly accurately.

From the goddess of bathing, Melci learned that both Cortrienne and Ritas chose to go on blind dates or even marry into the Gabriel family because of the Elson family's dire situation.

So, as a member of the Elson family, or rather, a beneficiary of these marriages, isn't it strange that Charlotte would cause trouble and sabotage?

"Well, how should I put it?"

Xia Luoluo stopped what she was doing, thought for a moment,

"I'm very unhappy, that's all!"

"."

"That guy Ritas has no chance of marrying someone from Gabe's family, yet he insists on putting on this act and going on blind dates. It's not fair to him, is it? So, I'm going to use my carefully prepared secret weapon to peel off Ritas's disguise in front of everyone! Hehehehe."

Listening to Charlotte's words, which were now filled with strange laughter, Melcy still felt a little uneasy.

Rather than believing that Ritas's blind date would definitely fail, Charlotte was convinced that even if it succeeded, Ritas would not marry the other person.

But whatever happens, happens.

"Please, please let me help you too, Miss Charlotte!"

".Eh?"

"If we want to set the entire mountain on fire and affect the banquet venue, a small wildfire won't be enough!"

"No, no, no, no. I just wanted to create some light to lure the guards over so I could sneak in. Um, Junior Melcy? Aren't you being a bit too extreme?"

On a hill not far from the Latras Manor, a strange alliance was formed.

Suddenly, even though the area around the Latras Manor was brightly lit, a sound that almost made Charlotte and Melcy's hearts stop rang out from the somewhat dark mountaintop at night.

"I heard everything you did!"

To the horror of the two women, a seemingly insignificant tree not far from them slowly turned around.

In the center of that tree was a face that looked like a woman's.

Charlotte and Melcy, whose minds were blank, couldn't tell for a moment whether it was a woman draped in a tree or a tree with a woman's face growing out of it.

"Don't be nervous, you two. I'm, Uh, Jurihar!"

"As a mountain fairy, Jurihari will help every sister's wish! So, whether it's setting fires or getting an invitation to enter the venue, leave it to me!"

"." "."

Listening to "Shulihall's" impassioned speech, Melcy and Charlotte's fear gradually subsided.

Then, after watching "Tree Lilyhar" wriggle a few times, she actually managed to squeeze an invitation out of her chest and put it in her mouth. They began to feel that this Latras Manor was getting eerie.
Inside the Latras Estate, in the VIP room of the banquet hall.

As Ritas diligently filled out the questionnaire, Rita gazed at the floor visible through the small window and asked, puzzled,
"Is it just my imagination? Why is it so noisy downstairs even though the banquet hasn't officially started yet?"

"It must be... just my imagination!"

Ritas, who had intended to say yes, followed Rita's gaze to the first floor and saw several familiar figures in the center of the commotion. His eyebrows twitched, and he abruptly changed his mind.

(End of this chapter)