Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 30, Moneyball Game

The most eye-catching person in the crowd is naturally Iris, whose overall proportions are larger than everyone else.

Although Ritas didn't want to comment on other people's natural hair color, objectively speaking, Iris's pink hair naturally made her, who already attracted other people's attention, even more obvious.

Besides Iris, the second most eye-catching person on the scene should be Grenwell, who is also taller than most students. Although it is a cliché, with Grenwell's appearance, he would not stand out so much if he was thrown into a group of adventurers.

Next, it was Miriam.

In addition to his obvious silver hair, he naturally exudes an aura that makes him easily become the "center".

Then Ritas started to have a headache.

There are at least dozens of people in this hall, and how come the most conspicuous ones are all his students.

Ritas scanned the venue a few more times and finally found Engri at the edge.

It seems that, except for Sylvie and Merci, all the students of Yew Fir School are here.

Based on what he saw and heard in the seminar area last week, Ritas initially judged that the source of the commotion should still be at the Engel and Magicball seminar.

But why was Engel, the main culprit, outside the court at this time? And Miriam and Elise, along with the two fat and thin senior students who had "trained" Engel, were playing magic ball on the court?

Ritas couldn't analyze how things turned out like this for a moment, so he decided to find someone who knew the situation to ask.

Glenwell, who had been watching the game at the sidelines with his arms folded and a serious expression on his face, suddenly felt a chill on his neck.

He quickly turned his head to look for something that was blowing him, and his eyes finally fixed on Ritas who was waving at him from behind a pillar.

The annoyance on Glenwell's face naturally disappeared in a second. He hurried over.

"Good afternoon, Professor Ritas."

Now that all the students in the Yew Fir School class have a certain understanding of Ritas, only Glenwell is still particularly nervous when facing Ritas.

"Good afternoon, Cadet Grenville. I have just arrived at this venue, so can you explain to me what exactly is going on here?"

"Of course, of course!"

Grenville straightened his body and began to narrate, like a new recruit reporting to his superior officer.

On this day, he had planned to go to Spring City with Miriam, but Miriam changed her plan at the last minute, saying that she wanted to go and apologize, so he also stayed in the college.

Does this student have no ability to act independently?

Ritas, who didn't quite understand Grenwell's logic, didn't interrupt him.

On the other hand, Grenville said that only two people from the academy could stay, and after lunch, they planned to walk around the seminar area because they had not yet joined the seminar.

Arriving near the stadium, the two needed to go through the stadium to reach their destination. However, it was a bit troublesome to go around in circles to find the door to go through, and Miriam happened to know the "shortcut", so the two decided to take the shortcut.
"Student Grenville, it's okay if you don't go into so much detail."

"Oh, okay, Professor."

Grenville gave up describing where the shortcut was and how to get there and began to summarize.

Anyway, they found the fat and thin duo and Engri who were having a "conflict" in a remote corner of the venue.

Miriam himself couldn't stand to see this kind of thing, especially since the victim was his classmate, so he just shouted loudly to stop it.

After that, the development of things was basically like this:
This is a matter within the Magicball Seminar, and those who are not involved should not get involved - since it is a matter of the Magicball Seminar, then it should be resolved the Magicball way - playing Magicball.

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When the situation developed to the stage of "playing magic ball", Ritas could not help but fall silent.

Did he miss something? Or does he not understand today's young people?

How come things have come to the point where the outcome is decided by playing magic ball?
Never mind. During the student period, everyone would do something that they would find hard to understand years later. As long as the emotions are in place, logic is meaningless.

"Then student Grenville, why is it student Iris who played magic ball instead of you?"

Looking at the big ball of pink fighting on the court, Ritas asked in confusion.

"That's right, Professor. I was born for the battlefield, and I will only do one thing on the battlefield, and that is to fight my opponent to death. As such, I cannot enter the battlefield with a playful mood, which is too dangerous for the unaware enemies on the battlefield."

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Do you want to count how many times the word “battlefield” appears in a sentence?
That is to say, the goddess of bathing was not there, otherwise she might have nicknamed Grenville "Battlefield".

Looking at Grenwell's desolate and lonely expression, Ritas was speechless for a long time. He felt that the reason why Miriam didn't let this good classmate go to the "battlefield" was not because she was worried about the two senior students, but simply because she was annoyed.

It’s not hard to guess what happens next.

It was nothing more than Miriam going out for a look and easily found Iris who was also looking for a seminar, and then persuaded her to play Magic Ball with her.

So, Engel, who was the instigator of the incident, has been hiding there all along?

As the students of Yewwood School got to know Ritas, Ritas also gradually became familiar with his own students. But among them, Engri Wilvedo was undoubtedly an exception.

Because his presence is really too low on weekdays. Moreover, he doesn't interact with other people too much, and there is no way for them to get to know each other.

If it weren't for the conflict between Engel and the Moneyball Seminar, he would really be like a piece of air, colorless, odorless, and traceless.

Ritas stared at Engri who was standing silently in the corner of the venue, and talked with Grenwell for a while.

Through the conversation, Ritas learned that what was taking place on the field at this time was a "changed" magic ball game.

The Magic Ball court adopts a three-person system, but there are no floaters or baffles in the middle.

The first player to be hit will be placed on the back side of the opposing team's field as the pass catcher.

If both players are hit and leave the court, the other team gets one point.

The game will end if the fat and thin combination gets ten points first, or Miriam and Iris get one point.

On the surface, it seems that the advanced students have made enough concessions to the novices, with a score of 10 to 1.

But in fact, this is still a very unfavorable game for Miriam and Iris.

Because, not to mention the magic wands for controlling magic balls and the changeable "Ailing Balls", they had only been practicing magic for less than a week and could only use the most basic defensive magic.

Sure enough, it was not beyond Ritas's expectations at all. The score on the field was now seven to zero.

According to Glenwell, Miriam and Iris had never managed to score any points, or even knock an opponent out of the field.

Now, although Iris moved quite quickly, she was too tall and had a huge disadvantage in controlling magic, so she was easily knocked out of the venue.

On the field, Miriam was the only one who kept dodging the Elinger ball that was flying towards her in a strange trajectory.

After quietly observing the situation in the field, Ritas called out Grenville's name.

"Cadet Grenville."

"Yes!"

".Don't be nervous. Go and ask Miriam to call a timeout, and then convey my next words to them."

In the Magic Ball court, Miriam requested a timeout at Grenville's signal.

The fat and thin combination, who were confident of winning, naturally agreed to the request for a timeout without any concern, and then walked to the outside of the court chatting and laughing, taking the towels handed over by other members of the Magic Ball Seminar, pretended to wipe the sweat off their faces while praising each other non-stop.

On Miriam's side, he and Iris, who had originally looked a little depressed, looked a little brighter after hearing Grenwell's instructions from Ritas.

Although Ritas was not directly involved in this game, the fact that the grade mentor was willing to stand on their side and cheer them on and give them advice undoubtedly cheered up the two people who were frustrated on the field.

However, when the three of them turned their eyes to the pillar where Ritas was, they found that the other party had disappeared again.

“.” “.” “.”

It must be said that their mentor has quite a few quirks. "Finally, there is one more thing you should understand."

After conveying Ritas's suggestion, Grenville said seriously,

"What if, by any chance, you follow the professor's instructions and end up hitting someone by accident? When you are caught, never reveal the professor's name. Remember, this is for your own good!"

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Are there no normal people in this class?

Miriam and Iris looked at each other with complicated expressions.

Although the flying Elinger ball is quite scary, after actual experience, I realized that it doesn't hurt at all when hit. So, it's strange to kill someone with the magic ball.

Miriam and Iris returned to the field and nodded to each other, saying nothing.

Although Elise was dragged into this game unknowingly, she didn't want to lose at this point.

The game starts again.

Elise, who was hit, was in the northernmost outfield, behind the fat and thin combination.

Logically speaking, as long as Iris could catch the Elinger ball, she could attack the two from behind, which would be very advantageous.

But in actual operation, things are not that simple.

First of all, the Elinge ball could not cross the field of the fat and thin combination and was passed into the hands of Iris.

The first step of Ritas's suggestion was to let Iris, who had already appeared, receive the Elinger ball. However, this step was not achieved in this round.

The score on the field became eight to zero as Miriam was hit on the shoulder by a spinning ball and was eliminated.

Soon, the ninth round began.

Although Elise tried hard, she was hit again not long after.

In the past, Iris would feel regretful and lost after being hit, but this time she seemed very calm.

However, the fat and thin group did not notice this change.

As Elise once again stood in the opponent's outfield, Miriam continued to try to pass the Elinger ball into her hands.

Between the fields, the Elinger ball, whose color was constantly changing, quickly shuttled between the fields on both sides at a speed that could only be captured by the naked eye.

Miriam demonstrated physical abilities far beyond those of ordinary people. In a "Moneyball" game, she was able to hold her own against a seasoned opponent using only her body.

Finally, Miriam managed to catch the Elinger ball during an attack by a thin student.

When it was Miriam's turn to serve, he seemed to slip and stumbled, serving the ball to a position completely opposite to his two opponents.

Seeing Miriam who couldn't even stand steadily, the thin student shrugged and shook his head, while the fat student sneered.

The two thought it was just Miriam's mistake, but they never thought that it was actually an impromptu performance by Miriam in order to pass the Elinger ball to Iris.

Elise, on her part, successfully caught the Elinge ball.

Usually, when a player in the opponent's outfield receives the ball, he or she will quickly launch an attack. Only in this way can they hit the opponent's back without any defense.

But the actual situation is that no matter how fast the serve is, it is usually not faster than the opponent's turning speed.

Therefore, even in high-level games, playing with your back to the basket is just a luxury.

There is only one chance.
Iris took a deep breath and slowly used the magic wand to transfer magic into the Elinger ball. The only magic she mastered was defensive magic.

She had tried to do this before, but the results were obviously not very good.

All magic will change when it is cast on the Elinger Ball. And defensive magic can only make it heavier and fly slower.

The fat and thin combination looked at their opponent who was slowly and continuously casting defensive magic on the Elinger ball, and seemed a little confused.

When Elise stopped controlling the Elinger ball with her wand and grabbed it with her right hand, the two still didn't quite understand what their opponent was trying to do.

Then, Iris's huge body stretched out, and her flexible body swung her arms out like a long whip.

Whoosh.

A white light penetrated half of the field.

Looking at the field of the fat and thin combination, the fat student looked at the Elinger ball falling from his chest, and was stunned at first, and then his face became angry.

"it is good!"

Outside the stadium, Grenville erupted in a huge cheer.

The fat student was hit, and the fat and thin combination was reduced in number.

But this does not mean the end of the game.

Because one person from each side was hit, and they just stood at the same starting line.

As the fat student walked to the outfield behind Miriam with a gloomy face, it was the turn of the thin student to serve.

The thin student's serve was also a little off. Miriam dodged it easily, but failed to catch the ball, allowing it to pass through the inner court and pass to the fat student in the outer court.

This was also within Miriam's, or rather Ritas', expectations.

When the fat student was "humiliated", the thin student would definitely pass the ball to him, allowing him to personally deal with Miriam on the field and vent his anger.

Miriam watched the fat student trying his best to infuse magic into the Elinge Ball, but she was impressed by Ritas's accurate assessment of the situation.

Iris, at Ritas's suggestion, deliberately let the fat student appear first.

Because, Ritas felt that the hot-tempered fat student, being hit by a freshman whose strength was much weaker than his, would definitely be so angry that he would forget himself, and his vision would be completely obscured by his emotions.

He would use all his strength to attack desperately, and from the encounter last week, Ritas remembered that the fat student was good at "enhancement" magic.

I saw that the gray color on the Elinge ball, representing the strengthening element, stimulated it layer by layer to fully spread its wings.

While the fat student was preparing, Miriam stood close to the center line of the field for both teams, waving her arms vigorously, jumping around and mocking the fat student.

Soon, the fat student's accumulation ended, and the Elinger ball was several points faster than Iris's previous throw. It was so fast that it was basically impossible for the naked eye to capture it, and it flew towards Miriam.

Miriam, even though he knew that the opponent was going to hit him, he tried his best to dodge the shot, allowing it to fly past his body almost.

Elinger's ball missed Miriam and flew across half court, facing a stunned face.

That was the face of the thin student.

Miriam, who was standing in the center line, was very close to him, leaving him little time to react.

Miriam's exaggerated circus-like body movements were not actually used to stimulate the fat students, but to block the vision of the thin students.

So, the super fast ball that didn't hit Miriam hit the next person standing in the same straight line.

despair.

No matter how fast or hard it flies, the Elinger ball will always make a light impact sound when it hits a person.

This time, at the moment when this special impact sound was heard, the Elinge ball fell from the forehead of the thin student.

"Roar--!"

Grenville's loud cheers rang out again at the first moment.

The remaining audience, after hesitating for a while, gave applause to Miriam and Iris, who won the game with almost no magic even though it was a "magic" ball game.

(End of this chapter)