Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 32, Friends

Is it intentional?

Ritas’ answer, of course, was “no”.

Although Merci had no excuse for Ritas's mistake that time, his purpose was only to verify the "prophecy" given by the disk at that time.

As for Cecilia's side, it's even more ridiculous.

Although Ritas's actions did prevent Miriam from going to Spring City that day, triggering the encounter with Cecilia in the abandoned church.

But he had no foresight to know that this would happen one day. What's more, he bought the abandoned church many years in advance just for this day.

Moreover, if you must say it, in Ritas's opinion, Miriam had already met Cecilia when she went to Spring City last week.

However, in response to Ritas' explanation, the Bathing Goddess directly used a combination of skills: "Explanation means being anxious, and silence means acquiescence."

So in the end, Ritas also gave up.

After all, what's the point of explaining this?
Perhaps, always trying to explain everything clearly is also Ritas' habit and sadness as an academic researcher.

The next morning, after Ritas got up and combed his hair, the voice of the Bathing Goddess was heard again from the disc.

Generally speaking, the Bathing Goddess is always full of energy. But if we have to compare, the Bathing Goddess at night is somewhat languid, while during the day, especially during the weekend, she is extra energetic.

Of course, the Bathing Goddess will be noisier than usual, which is not good news for Ritas.

"Bath Goddess, I thought about it carefully last night. In fact, Miriam missed the encounter with Cecilia, perhaps not because of my interference, but because of his own choice."

"Oh? Tell me more."

"I've always wondered why in the game's 'Star Pattern' world, there is a situation where you have to 'choose one of two'. After what happened yesterday, I seem to understand. Because both sides of these two stories will trigger key plots at different locations at similar times on the same day. So, if there is only one person, if you choose one side, you will naturally miss the other side."

Ritas continued to summarize.

What happened yesterday, if it was Miriam who triggered Cecilia's plot.

Then Miriam, who is as young as a fool, will naturally not help either side like Ritas. Instead, she will choose to "save" Cecilia without hesitation.

After all, on the surface, the scene in the abandoned church seemed to be two vicious criminal-like people forcing a weak girl.

Then, Ritas will clash with the two criminals and enter a "battle" scene. Then, in the end, Cecilia will be "rescued" and then he will talk to Cecilia and get to know each other.

The time taken to complete this entire process is undoubtedly longer than that taken by Ritas.

On the other side, in the Magic Stadium, the same story happened with Engeli.

From Miriam's witnessing of Engel being bullied by the senior students, to the battle between the two sides and the eighth round, it also took a lot of time.

So, no matter what, from a physical point of view, Miriam could not "save" Cecilia yesterday and "save" Engel at the same time.

"Hey, what you said seems to make sense."

"It may not just be the time, but other factors. For example, conflicts in positions and prerequisites. These combined are the reasons for the 'forced' choice between the two."

Ritas then added.

"Is that so? I feel like they just think this system is cool and don't think much about it. Or maybe they're just waiting for a great scholar like you to debate for them. Come to think of it, have you not given up yet? You think all the different plots that appear in the branching options may be brewing simultaneously in the same world line."

"How can we give up? At this stage, the 'Trickery Society' and the 'Beast Empire' have appeared at the same time."

"But, what appeared are just some traces, right? When the incident happened, there were no NPCs from the two organizations around. Perhaps these two incidents themselves have no logic, and they just happened randomly when they should. Xiao Li, you should also believe that you are in a "game world" where many logics don't make sense, right?"

The Bathing Goddess said earnestly.

"Bath Goddess, it's almost time to believe that I live in a real world where all confusions can be solved in a reasonable way in the end."

Regarding these differences with the Bathing Goddess, Ritas never intended to give in.

In the end, neither of them was able to convince the other, and in order to avoid a meaningless argument, they changed the subject.

"Last night, I actually thought about it. I felt that the reason why Cecilia was so passionate about you might not be because of you."

"Who else could it be?"

"Of course it's me! You see, she has become my first believer, doesn't that mean she has me in her heart? So, all her abnormal behaviors are for me~"

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If Cecilia also had the ability to predict the future, Ritas would reluctantly admit that the Bathing Goddess's guess made some sense.

And now, all I can say is, as long as the Bathing Goddess is happy.

At noon, Ritas arrived at the office building of the "Root Law Department" department in Earls College.

In the long history of Earls College, which was backed by the "World Tree", many departments related to roots, branches, leaves, flowers, etc. were born. The names of those departments were dazzling, but once asked about their functions, most of them were vague.

So, since Livis became the dean, she has eliminated and merged various departments, which has greatly reduced the size of the bloated college management system.

As a result, the only parts left to maintain the operation and functioning of the academy are the "Crown Council" and the "Root Law Department".

The relationship between the two is actually very complicated.

But to put it simply, the Zhiguan Council is the organization that manages all the affairs of the college. But on weekdays, it usually only handles matters related to the faculty and staff, including the dean.

Although the Root Law Department is under the Zhiguan Council, it operates independently on weekdays. It is mainly responsible for matters related to violations of rules and regulations by students.

Standing at the door of Genlusi, Ritas used the disc in his hand to take a good look at Genlusi's office building.

If nothing else, the buildings of Earls College must be very old.

However, Ritas was not sure whether the bathing goddess, who only shouted "beautiful girl" all day long, could appreciate the artistic value of these buildings.

After staying in front of Genlusi's building for a while, a figure walked out.

"Long time no see, Ritas."

"Long time no see, John."

The one who waved his hand in a familiar tone and walked towards Ritas was a blue-haired young man. "You haven't seen me since you moved out of my place, right? This place is surprisingly spacious even though we're in the same academy."

John, said with a smile.

Seeing John's attitude, the Bathing Goddess seemed to be very surprised and said, "You actually have friends?"

Although what the Bath Goddess said was offensive, sadly, Ritas could understand her surprise.

In his life, he could count the people he could call his friends on one hand, and now, the only one he could contact at any time was probably John.

The reason why Ritas and John became friends was because they both came from the "Devil's Class". In other words, they were both students of Levis.

John has a pair of dark, deep pupils that never seem to reflect any light, and there is always a confident and calm smile on the corners of his mouth.

His every move was very elegant, and he had a sense of calmness. This made John look like a nobleman. But in fact, he was born into a commoner family.

He was just John, no last name.

It is precisely because of John's civilian status that, although his intelligence and academic level are not much worse than Ritas, he has always had a bumpy journey as an academic researcher.

Therefore, now that Ritas has become a professor, John can only be employed by Earls College to do some ordinary staff work, while accumulating qualifications and waiting for the channel of climbing to open up to him one day in the future.

However, John did not envy Ritas, whose life had always been smooth. Instead, he always sighed with him.

The smarter people were, the more they tried to stay away from the tree witch. But the smartest and second smartest students in that academy were still around Livis.

“Where did this handsome, glowing man come from? His aura is enough to threaten Miriam three years later. It’s a pity that I only have room for beautiful girls in my heart—”

The evaluation of the goddess of bathing is considered to be some reflection of John's appearance.

In Ritas's impression, John should be the only man who deserves the word "beautiful".

During his college career, there were always many gossips about John, and there were always many women around him, but his reputation was not bad.

Ritas didn't know how he did it, but the fact was that John could always juggle among his many suitors with ease and handle every distant relationship well.

In fact, if John was willing to marry into the wife's family, or directly marry a noble lady, his life path would undoubtedly be much smoother.

But no matter how many noble girls cried heartbreakingly as he watched them leave in each graduating class, all John did was to wave goodbye to them gently.

"Whether it's Levis, John, or that mysterious wizard sister. It seems that as long as I follow you, I can always see some characters that have never appeared in Star Emblem. And every one of them is a high-quality character! Could it be that the reason for the existence of this line of yours is to allow these characters who are obviously well designed but cannot appear for some reason to appear?"

John does not appear in the "Star Pattern" world of the game?
Ritas was a little surprised.

If Levis left the academy because of his death, then why did John, who had always stayed in the academy, leave?
As a staff member of the Law Department, I will have more or less interactions with the students during the four years.

Ritas stared at John, his good friend who would shine wherever he went, and felt somewhat puzzled.

"I'm really sorry to have to trouble you this time. You've broken the rules of the Root Law Department."

Putting aside his extra thoughts for the moment, Ritas spoke to John apologetically.

"Don't worry about it. I just learned things from my 'teacher' when I was a student."

John said nonchalantly,
"Moreover, although the rules of the Root Law Department seem strict, there are too many loopholes in the details. Therefore, if we put it another way, our actions cannot be considered as violations. But you."

John said, looking at Ritas carefully.
"Now he has really become a 'mentor'. He actually asks others for help because of his students' affairs."

Listening to John's slightly teasing words, Ritas just sighed helplessly.

Walking in the corridor of the Genlus office building, the Bathing Goddess was still talking enthusiastically about John.

Although, Ritas couldn't answer, so she was basically talking to herself.

But she was still very excited.

As for the question that the Bathing Goddess often asked, "Where did your friend hide before?", Ritas could only say that he had never hidden.

Rather, he lived with John for a few days before his mansion burned down and he went through the formalities of sharing a dormitory mansion with Miriam.

I can only say that it’s no wonder that the Bathing Goddess always complains, the “slicing” function of her disc does have some problems.

Soon, under the guidance of John, Ritas came to the door of a conversation room.

"Although I still need to report the final disciplinary decision, but"

John took out a pocket watch and checked the time.

"The interrogation time should be sufficient. I hope you can get the information you want."

After saying that, John patted Ritas on the shoulder and left.

Through the glass on the door of the conversation room, Ritas could see the students sitting on the sofa with pale faces.

Filigree Kota, a student of the "Red Sincerity" class in the advanced department.

In other words, the thin student who had been clashing with Engel for the past two weeks.

Although, when seeing the "slice", the goddess of the bath angrily scolded "Why did you let him escape and not catch him", but what Ritas wanted to say was, where could he run to?

There were so many witnesses to the incident where Filigree attacked the freshmen from behind with magic. No matter how much time he was given, he would still be invited to the interview room of Genlus.

Moreover, even if Filigree was caught on the spot, the final result would not be much different from now.

"Why hasn't it changed? You can put it in the Iron Maiden! Is your Iron Maiden in the classroom just for viewing?!"

"So, what good will it do you if I'm put in jail?"

Throwing the fragments of the conversation out of his mind, Ritas pushed open the door of the conversation room and walked in.

"Nice to meet you, student Filigree Kota. I am the instructor of the elementary department, Yew Fir class, Ritas Elson."

Ritas sat down on the opposite side of Filigree who looked nervous.
"Today, let's talk about the conflicts that occurred between you and my students during this period."

The moment he looked into Ritas's slightly bulging eyeballs and sharp eyes that seemed to be able to see through people, Filigree knew that today's incident would not end peacefully.

(End of this chapter)