Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 29, Chief

In Earls Academy of Magic, each class has a "class leader" who is a student. In addition, there is also a student in each class who is called the "chief".

Generally, both the class leader and the chief are selected at the beginning of the second semester.

However, less than a month after the start of the school year, the identities of this class's head student and the head student of the Orange Hui class seemed to have been decided.

Cecilia Windsor.

He was admitted with absolutely excellent grades, and even Ritas, the instructor of the Yew Fir School, had heard rumors about his excellence.

And it was Cecilia, who was rumored to be a role model student, that Ritas was confronting.

In an abandoned church.

"Professor Ritas, since you've already helped me out, it's okay to hide me for a while longer, right?"

Although it was supposed to be her first meeting with Ritas, Cecilia naturally called Ritas by his name.

"I have no intention of intervening in the dispute between you and those people outside. All I did was to protect my own rights."

Ritas didn't pay any attention to Cecilia's slightly abrupt behavior, and just said it with a straight face.

"Why is that? Isn't the professor a mentor at the academy?"

Cecilia, who was wearing an exquisite going-out outfit that had become dirty, complained aloud.

"I am the instructor of Yewwood class, and I do not have the authority to supervise the students of Orange Glow class. Moreover, this place is not in the academy, and today is a holiday. I came to Spring City as an individual. And, after all, the work of an instructor never includes intervening in the private affairs of students."

While Ritas was speaking, the magic did not stop depicting Cecilia's portrait.

"Well, since the professor wants to draw me so much, remember to draw me nicely."

Cecilia shrugged, then struck a photogenic pose and smiled sweetly.

"."

Ritas ignored Cecilia and continued painting.

Into the dilapidated abandoned church, some sunlight from outside shone again.

Suddenly, Cecilia noticed that Ritas was staring at her face. Before Cecilia could feel proud, she found that Ritas's expression was not right.

His brows were tightly furrowed and he seemed to be gritting his teeth slightly, as if he was enduring something unbearable.

Puzzled, Cecilia took out a small round dressing mirror from her waist. After looking at her "radiant" face, she realized that even though she was very careful when she knelt down, a small ball of dust still stained the tip of her nose.

After she took out her handkerchief and wiped off the dust, she looked at Ritas again and found that his expression had indeed begun to relax.

Tilting her head, after thinking for a moment, Cecilia rubbed the dust off her clothes with her fingers and drew a line on her face.

Sure enough, soon, Ritas's expression began to become serious and painful again.

Cecilia was very interested. She wiped her face clean and smeared some dust on different parts of her face. She had a lot of fun watching Ritas's expression change.

Until Ritas finished painting the portrait.

At this moment, Ritas, whose hearing has not yet fully recovered, belatedly realized that there was another commotion outside the church.

However, this time, it was the guards from Spring City who were attracted by Ritas's signal magic and were arguing with the group of fierce-looking strong men.

Feeling that the time was right, he warned Cecilia again.
"Cadet Cecilia Windsor. If you do not leave this private residence,

"Are you going to report me and have me arrested?"

Cecilia, who was a little panicked at first, now calmed down completely.

"It doesn't have to develop to this point. Now that the city guards have arrived, those people chasing you outside should disperse soon. You have no reason to hide here anymore."

"If those guards walked into this church, I would yell 'Help!'"

".?"

Ritas looked at Cecilia in astonishment.

"According to Professor Ritas, this is your private residence, which is your home. In other words, it is reasonable for a professor to appear in his own home. However, if a young girl who is shouting for help appears in the professor's 'home', it is not very reasonable."

Cecilia said, bending slightly, with her hands behind her back, and slowly walking towards where Ritas was.

"you"

"So, Professor, you are destined not to denounce me. Well, since this portrait is probably of no use to you, can you give it to me?"

Looking at Cecilia's harmless face nearby.

For the first time, Ritas realized how difficult a smart student could be.

Not long after, Cecilia sat on the altar without the statue, facing the direction of the sunlight, holding up the parchment and said with great energy,

"Wow, what a delicate painting. Thank you, professor. This is the first gift I have received since I came to this college."

In the end, Ritas handed over the portrait.

"As a mentor, I will not give gifts to students. Therefore, the portrait is not so much a gift as it is proof of the crime you committed."

Ritas said with a sullen look.

"That's it~"

Cecilia looked even happier.
"'Evidence of guilt'? I may never receive something so special again in my life."

"."

Ritas, speechless.

Looking at Ritas with a helpless look on his face, Cecilia moved to the side and patted the empty space on the altar with her hand.

Ritas, who was a little tired because he hadn't rested, thought about it and sat down. However, he had his back to Cecilia.

Cecilia was still facing the direction where the sunlight was pouring in, while Ritas was looking at where the shadows extended.

"I think that even this case will end in my victory. I have always abided by the laws and rules, so they will naturally protect me."

"I understand."

Cecilia didn't think Ritas was being stubborn.

"Professor Ritas, I just don't want to make a meaningless fuss about an incident that is not even a conflict. I am very fortunate to have met a rational person like the professor here."

After listening to Cecilia's words, Ritas's depressed mood became much better.

But soon, Ritas felt something was wrong.

Is this girl trying to control him?

"In fact, the professor should have no reason to drive me away, right? We have a minimum understanding of each other. So, there is no need to worry about the other party causing any harm."

Putting away the portrait, Cecilia put her hands on both sides of her body, looked up at the only stained glass and asked. And Ritas didn't know how to answer for a moment.

He was indeed just following his consistent principles and doing what he thought was right. No matter who entered his private residence without permission, it would definitely be right to drive them away.

But he couldn't tell whether his reaction and attitude were a bit extreme.

Because of the goddess of the bath, he had some "extra information" about Cecilia. It is entirely possible that he was influenced by this information and unconsciously adopted an inappropriate attitude.

Even though Ritas can always look at almost everything objectively, it is difficult for him to be absolutely objective when it comes to himself.

However, from an objective perspective, Ritas felt that Cecilia's behavior and attitude were also unreasonable.

If Cecilia, whom he wanted to drive away so badly, ended up staying in the abandoned church, then this only meant that Cecilia's attitude towards staying was even more abnormal.

"If you want to use this place as the professor's residence in Spring City, wouldn't it be a good idea to decorate it?"

Cecilia's question interrupted Ritas's thoughts.

“Although it is still a private building, it will soon return to its original nature and become a church building.”

Ritas explained.

Of course, he couldn't really live in this abandoned church. He had other mansions in Spring City.

"A church building? Are you going to rebuild the church that once used this building?"

Cecilia looked quite interested. Before, she was not just passing the time by staring at the murals on the wall.

"No, this will become a church under the name of 'Bath Goddess Church'."

"The Church of the Bathing Goddess. Sorry, professor, my knowledge is not enough and I have never heard of this church."

As a well-educated and well-mannered girl from a noble family who was able to enter Orange Shine Academy, Cecilia would naturally not say "I've never heard of the Church of the Bath Goddess".

"Don't mind, student Windsor. The Bath Goddess Church is a small church that was officially established today and believes in the Bath Goddess."

"What kind of god is the Bathing Goddess in charge of? What does she look like in more detail?"

Cecilia continued to ask curiously.

".She is in charge of bathing and is represented by a white disk."

Since he had never thought that there were people who wanted to learn about the so-called Bathing Goddess Church, Ritas, who was somewhat embarrassed, could only force himself to explain.

"Hmm. What a unique god. What about the teachings of the Bathing Goddess Church? Or, in other words, what kind of salvation will believers of the Bathing Goddess get? Bathing. I see. It can cleanse the sins of the body, right?"

Listening to Cecilia's serious guess, Ritas became more and more unable to hold back.

After a moment's silence, he said,
"Belief in the goddess of bathing can make your skin smoother after bathing."

After Ritas stated the official teachings of the Church of the Bath Goddess, Cecilia was stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth and couldn't help laughing.

"I didn't expect that Professor Ritas would also joke. This is indeed a very funny joke. Indeed, how could there be people in this world who would establish a church for a disc-shaped goddess who is in charge of bathing and can only make the believers' skin smoother after bathing?"

"I."

".Eh?"

“I built it.”

Ritas heaved a sigh of relief, took out the relevant qualification certificate of the "Bath Goddess Church" from his waist, and handed it to Cecilia.

If he had known that he would be publicly executed like this, he would have written the application more carefully when he submitted it.

Maybe it was the interior of the abandoned church, maybe not.

In short, Cecilia almost stuck to the documents and read them carefully three times before she confirmed that Ritas was not joking.

Suddenly, Cecilia bent over as if she had a stomachache, and her shoulders trembled for a long time.

Just when Ritas began to worry, Cecilia suddenly straightened up, with tears in the corners of her eyes, and laughed happily.

"Hahahahaha Bathing Goddess Church. What an interesting church."

After laughing, Cecilia returned the documents to Ritas and stood up.

"Professor Ritas. Since you are registered as the operator of the church in these documents, then you should not be a believer of the Bathing Goddess, right?"

"of course not."

Ritas answered in seconds.

Cecilia, on the other hand, walked to a position slightly closer to the altar.

"That's great."

Snapped.

As Cecilia spoke, the last piece of stained glass in the church shattered naturally due to the passage of time.

As the colored glass fell, more sunlight shone into the abandoned church. The light seemed to be focused on Cecilia, who was clasping her hands in front of her chest in a prayer posture.

“I hate being second.”

"So, from today on, I am the first believer of the Bath Goddess Church."

In the afternoon, Ritas returned to the academy.

He and Cecilia separated after leaving the abandoned church.

From Cecilia's attitude that she is not worried at all about being chased and caught by those strong men again, it can be seen that Ritas's judgment this time is correct again.

The truth of an incident is certainly different from what appears on the surface.

However, on the way back in the carriage, Ritas was still thinking about Cecilia.

It's so weird after all.

How can a church like the Bath Goddess Church, which is so thin-skinned that it would blush just by saying its name, still recruit believers!

Is it true that the church is so easy to run that there are so many strange and bizarre churches emerging one after another?
Ritas pressed his brows, not at all happy about his unexpected encounter with the academy's freshman leader outside the academy. Instead, his heart was filled with ominous premonitions.

Shaking his head, Ritas continued walking towards the seminar area.

Now that the establishment of the Bathing Goddess Church has been completed, the new seminar for the observation and research of the "Star Mark Emblem" also needs to be put on the schedule as soon as possible.

It may be hard to believe, but compared to the national organization of the Faith Committee, the efficiency of the college-wide organization of the Crown Council is much lower.

Since he had arrived at the seminar area, Ritas took the opportunity to go to the Magic Ball Seminar.

As a result, as soon as he entered the venue of the Magic Ball Seminar, Ritas saw several members of the Yew Fir School standing in the venue.

In the words of the Bathing Goddess, that probably means "a new plot has been triggered."

(End of this chapter)