Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 25, Hostile Forces

In the blink of an eye, it is the last school day before the holiday.

With about ten minutes left before the class time set by the instructor of the Yew Fir Class, all six students in the Yew Fir Class classroom were already in place.

At this time in the classroom, most of the students gathered around Miriam's position.

Sylvie sat in the front row in front of Miriam, sorting the textbooks and stationery on the table while naturally participating in the conversation without looking back.

Grenville sat one seat to Miriam's right. He was just like on his first day at school, leaning back with his legs on the table, his head tilted to one side, looking nonchalant.

Iris was standing on Miriam's left side, in the aisle between the desks.

As for the remaining two people, Merci was also near the group of four. However, she seemed worried and had no intention of joining the conversation, so she seemed to be a little distant from them. As for Engel, he was as usual in a position close to the corner of the classroom, but not in the very corner, where it was difficult to be noticed, and he kept a low profile.

At this moment, the topic in the classroom revolved around their mentor, Ritas.

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After only two days of classes, Professor Ritas started to take leave again.

The students of the Yew Fir class were all a little convinced. It had been almost a month since the start of the school, and their instructor had only given them two days of classes.

But despite the complaints, Ritas's reputation within the class has been slowly improving this week compared to before.

On the one hand, Merci and Miriam, who had more contact with Ritas, would speak well of him from time to time. On the other hand, although the class was only two days long, the students could feel Ritas' seriousness and patience.

"The professor has been absent again these past two days. Maybe he's sick or injured? The day before yesterday, the medical staff from the academy came to the dormitory and took away some of the professor's personal daily necessities."

After the complaining part, when they started to discuss the reason for Ritas' absence, Miriam, who lived in the same mansion with Ritas, said this.

"Oh, I knew it. The professor must be going on dangerous hunts every night!"

Hearing Miriam's words, Grenville said so, looking out the window with a determined look.

"After all, that's what all nobles are like."

“.” “.” “.”

The three people standing nearby were speechless.

I don’t know what kind of image a noble lord has in Grenville’s mind.

Speaking of which, in the nearly one month of getting along, everyone's opinion of Grenville has changed the most.

At first, when Grenwell, a mercenary with a tall stature, an unruly personality, a scar on his face, and the word "bad boy" was almost engraved on his body, appeared in the class, the other students were not afraid of him, but at least kept their distance from him.

Grenville, like a "lone wolf", does not take the initiative to talk to anyone.

Since Miriam started talking to him and the two of them often acted together, the other students also discovered that Grenwell might not be the same as they imagined.

Grenville was tall, but he was not as tall as Iris. He was said to have an unruly personality, but every time Professor Ritas glared at him, he would behave like a chicken.

Plus, he always says things that he thinks are profound but are actually very subtle.

Therefore, the students have begun to suspect that this mercenary classmate is not a "bad boy" but a "silly boy".

"Injured? That sounds really worrying. Speaking of which, the reason why Professor Ritas was absent before was because of an experimental accident, and his house was accidentally burned down. I don't know if the professor has been tainted by bad luck with the series of accidents."

Iris held her face and said worriedly.

This tall student also showed an unexpected side during this period, which was that he particularly liked gossip and rumors.

Moreover, although no one knows where Iris gets her gossip from, it is often quite accurate.

As the other students were listening to Iris' words and discussing heatedly, the shadow on Merci's face became even heavier.

Although she was closer to what happened that day than anyone else, she was not fully aware of what actually happened.

That evening, after Ritas sent Merci back to the tree house, he went to the Shadow Mist Forest again. Then, Ritas began to be absent.

Therefore, Merci could not help but speculate that Ritas had encountered an accident in the jungle.

In addition, that night, Merci saw a flash of dazzling white light deep in the Shadow Mist Forest and heard a loud explosion even in the tree house. As a result, the uneasiness in her heart became even stronger.

"Ah~ah~If this goes on, when will we be able to catch up with those noble young masters and young ladies and give them a good beating with our magical achievements?"

Over in the group of four, Miriam, who was talking about the past two days' classes, sighed and said.

These two days, the Yew Fir class was taught by Adeline, the tutor's assistant.

Although, because Ritas seemed to strictly formulate the course content, the quality of the course was much better than the textbook reading in the previous two weeks.

But it certainly can’t compare to Ritas coming in person.

After all, Adeline was generally just reading from the book. Moreover, this tutor assistant seemed to have no interest in training students. Not only did he do it perfunctorily, but he also had to go for afternoon tea in the afternoon. Therefore, in the afternoons of the past two days, the Yew Wood class was taught by An, a complicated auditor researcher.

Speaking of which, regardless of whether it is reasonable for Ms. An to substitute for the teacher, is it really legal?
That is to say, the students of Zishanmu School are unwilling to pursue the matter, otherwise, they would be punished for every complaint.

"Since it is an indisputable fact that there are some problems with the current study environment of Yewwood School, then student Miriam, have you ever considered accepting the invitation of the instructor of Orange Glory School and transferring there?"

Sylvie asked without turning back.

Everyone else's eyes were focused on Miriam.

Although Ritas could avoid this matter, the students of Yewwood School also knew that Miriam had extraordinary magical talents. Moreover, it was probably the kind that all of them combined could not match.

However, the students probably did not have any feelings similar to jealousy in their hearts.

On the one hand, they didn't think that transferring to the Orange Glory class was a great fortune or something to be envied. On the other hand, the students of the Yew Fir class came from all over the world, and the situation was also complicated. Therefore, their "student" identity was not the one they cared about the most.

Well, since they never feel that they are competitors on the same level as others, there is no need to worry about one person standing out.

"Eh? No, no, I heard that to transfer to a new class, you need to have the best grades at the end of the semester. I get dizzy when I see more than three lines of text."

Miriam waved her hands.

"Besides, I won't turn even if I can. Why do you seem to want to send me away? Although we haven't been together for a long time, I consider you all my companions. So, instead of running away by myself, it is more meaningful to catch up with my companions and look down on those guys who once didn't take us seriously from a higher place, isn't it?"

Miriam said with a hearty smile.

The atmosphere, which was quite lively before, suddenly became quiet.

Elise and Grenville on either side of Miriam looked as if to say something like, "Aren't you ashamed to say that?" But Miriam remained calm.

At the classroom door, a penetrating gaze had been paying attention to the situation inside the classroom for a while.

The owner of the frowning and relaxing gaze thought that even without the reason of "being able to obtain first-hand information from the professor", Miriam still had the quality of unconsciously attracting others to her side.

"cough"

After a light cough, a figure walked into the classroom.

"The class is about to begin, so please return to your seats." The sudden voice startled the relaxed students.

Because Adeline had been severely late for the past two days, they assumed that the morning class would not start on time.

When they turned their eyes to the pulpit, they saw a suspicious man, a man with his head wrapped in bandages.

Only Merci's gloom began to dissipate when she saw this "familiar" outfit.

It was not until the suspicious man started the metronome on the desk with his hand that the other students finally recognized that this was their always absent mentor.

at dusk.

After dealing with the backlog of matters over the past few days, Ritas returned to the dormitory mansion.

Just as Ritas was removing the bandages on his face, the disc began to unfold, and the voice of the Bathing Goddess was heard from it.

"Ah~ Xiao Li. Tsk tsk, because of some minor injuries that will heal if you don't take care of them slowly, you tied yourself up like a mummy~"

The bathing goddess seemed to be in high spirits that day.

However, after seeing that Ritas had removed the bandages, he was found to have strange devices made of a mixture of metal and stone that penetrated deep into the ear canals on both ears, the volume of the Bathing Goddess gradually dropped.

"This is a magical tool for hearing aid. My hearing cannot be restored in a short time, so I can only rely on this."

Ritas introduced by the way.

After encountering the nest demon and the weird silver-haired wizard that night, nothing special happened afterwards.

Ritas hurriedly sent Toppa back to the Fairy Lake without even having time to get his reward. Then he ran to the academy's infirmary and collapsed there with blood gushing from his ears.

Through this encounter, Ritas regretfully discovered another flaw in defensive magic.

Insufficient resistance to loud noise.

Over the next two days, Ritas spent most of his time receiving ear treatment.

"If you're worried that seeing the hearing aid will worry the students, then I can only say that tying yourself up like a mummy is better. But, but, uh, anyway, sorry."

Gradually, the Bathing Goddess' attitude towards Ritas has changed significantly from the beginning. Now, she has begun to take Ritas' feelings into consideration.

"There is no need to apologize. But if the Bathing Goddess can control the volume of her voice later."

"You mean I'm noisy?" (shrill voice)

After the Bathing Goddess taunted him half-jokingly, she actually began to lower her voice.

"Actually, I'm usually very quiet, but once I'm facing something like a microphone, I become a little different than usual~"

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"Alright, alright, stop looking like you want to bury the disk. Let's talk business. I've been researching a lot of information about the enemies the academy will encounter in Star Emblem these past two days!"

The Bathing Goddess once said that in the game world of "Star Emblem", there will be a total of four hostile forces appearing in the third year of college life.

This time, the Bathing Goddess clearly stated the names of the four organizations and their leaders.

The Beast Empire is an organization led by a leader who calls himself the "Dragon Emperor".

An organization led by a leader who calls himself "The Trickster", the Trickster Society.

The Forgotten Temple is an organization led by a leader who calls himself "Star Priest".

An organization led by a leader who calls himself "Wanderer", the Darkin.

However, these four hostile forces will not appear together.

Depending on the choice of the protagonist, the brave Miriam, only one of the four hostile forces will eventually appear, and then wreak havoc in the academy, ultimately leading to the revival of the Demon King.

In other words, even the "devil king" who was resurrected in the end was not the same.

Although they have the same individual names, their appearances and postures are completely different.

As for which of the four routes the protagonist will enter, the most important factor in determining the protagonist's path is the class he is in during the fourth semester, which is the second semester of the second year.

If the protagonist is in the initial grade, that is, the Yew Fir grade, then the enemies he faces are the Forgotten Temple and the Star Priests.

"Xiao Li, do you want to guess which grades Miriam can transfer into?"

".Golden Balance level, should be possible, right?"

Ritas actually didn't like this kind of guessing game. But there was nothing he could do, because the goddess of the baths on that day had useful information.

"Ding dong ding dong~ You guessed it right. Miriam can transfer to the Golden Balance class. Once he transfers to this class, the enemy he will face from the third year onwards is the Darkin and their leader, the Wanderer."

Ritas nodded slightly.

It seems that even in the game world, it is generally logical.

Although it is generally composed of members of wealthy families, there is no special entry requirement for the Golden Balance class. Therefore, as long as the students of the Yew Fir class are willing, it is not difficult to transfer to the Golden Balance class.

"So, there is also a 'Flame Heart' class?"

"Ding-dong, ding-dong~ I guessed it right again! Strange, is it that easy to guess? Anyway, if Miriam joins the Flame Heart class, his opponents will be our old friends, the Beast Empire and the Dragon Emperor."

Old friend.
Ritas's eyebrows twitched.

It was not difficult to guess the Yanxin School class. Because, the Yanxin School class has always been a lineage of students from the "fighting school". Although, this fighting school is only relative to this academy.

And judging from the performance of the protagonist of the "Star Mark" game world, who went to the Shadow Mist Forest to fight monsters and level up just a few days after school started, he might be able to become the class leader if he enters the Flame Heart class.

"So finally, it's the 'Green Ivy' class?"

"Bu-bu-, I guessed wrong, I finally guessed wrong."

After Ritas guessed wrong, the Bathing Goddess seemed very happy.

Then, Ritas guessed wrong one after another until there was only one answer left.

"Chenhui. Only Chenhui class is left. Miriam, can you really transfer to Chenhui class?"

Ritas asked in disbelief.

Unlike the previous schools, whose admission requirements could only be considered as unspoken rules at best, the Orange Glory School and its lineage would strictly only recruit nobles, and members of great noble families.

"Ding Dong Ding Dong~ The brave Miriam will fight against the Trickery Society and the Trickery Master in the class called 'Orange Glory', and at the same time gradually uncover the truth of this world--"

"As for why Miriam was able to join the Orange Glory class, please let me explain slowly~"

(End of this chapter)