Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 35, A New Week

"Professor, it's me. Did I do something wrong?"

After Ritas took his seat, Miriam's troubled discussion officially began.

Although his words were a bit incoherent, Ritas could naturally guess that he was talking about what happened in the Magic Stadium the day before.

In response, Ritas thought about it and then gave an affirmative answer.

"That was certainly wrong."

".Eh?"

"Such direct and explicit assault on a classmate is wrong no matter how you look at it. If Student Engel wants to pursue the matter, you should also be in the Root Law Department, waiting for a possible suspension."

Ritas said seriously.

"Eh--?"

Miriam, on the other hand, was thinking, "That's not what I wanted to ask." However, because Ritas' words were so serious, all she could do was scream in panic.

Ritas let Miriam scratch her head for a while before continuing.

"First, you need to review those unnecessary violent actions. Secondly, although my words will have a follow-up and may be very long, what I want to say is that if it is just about you trying to help others and taking action."

Miriam listened carefully while Ritas spoke.

"You didn't do anything wrong. At least, I won't deny your attempt."

Hearing Ritas's clear answer, Miriam breathed a sigh of relief, and the gloom on her face also faded a little.

For Miriam, helping those in need as soon as possible is a matter of course. This is what the nun who raised him like a mother in the orphanage always taught him.

However, after arriving at Earls College, her surroundings had changed dramatically, and the people she met there were fundamentally different from before. This made Miriam feel uneasy and confused.

The incident with Engel completely triggered the negative emotions hidden under Miriam's cheerful appearance.

Even now, a day after the incident, he still clearly remembered Engeli's hideous face.

Engel's anger and Engel's disgust.

Those emotions are so vivid and strong.

To the extent that Miriam began to doubt the things she had always believed in.

Could it be that I really did something wrong?

Am I really different from others?

Ritas's words of affirmation calmed Miriam's wavering heart.

Although because they were in the same dormitory, the distance between him and Ritas was closer than that between ordinary students and instructors.

But for Miriam, Professor Ritas is ultimately a special existence at a higher level.

In addition to being a mentor, Professor Ritas was knowledgeable enough to answer almost any question. Furthermore, he witnessed and participated in the events at the Magic Field Stadium to some extent.

Ritas's judgment is convincing.

Moreover, although he looked completely different from the nun in Miriam's impression, he didn't seem to be able to embrace everyone in his arms and protect them at once, but he always secretly observed and watched over his students.

"It's just that, although it wasn't wrong, there must be a better way to do it."

Ritas's voice rang out again, interrupting Miriam's thoughts.

“Is there a better way?”

Miriam scratched his head and thought about it. However, after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of any better way. He felt that if he could use magic at will like Professor Ritas, he would definitely have more options.

"I have a friend."

".ha."

"Well, my friend encountered such an incident before."

After coughing lightly, Ritas continued. He did have a friend, so it wasn't really a lie.

"He encountered a young girl being chased by two vicious men who looked like criminals in a remote abandoned building. Cadet Miriam, what would you do if you encountered such a situation?"

"Well, of course I will rush forward to protect that girl, right?"

Miriam tilted her head and thought for a moment, then answered casually after realizing that it was not a philosophical question.

Thinking "As expected", Ritas continued,
"There are many things you need to consider when you do this. For example, whether you are strong enough to defeat both opponents. Even if you can win, is your strength enough to protect the girl while fighting others? And the most important thing is that you did not try to see the essence of the incident."

Ritas paused and added,

"Being able to see clearly and trying to see clearly are two completely different concepts. In short, my friend chose not to help either side. He called the guards and drove both parties out of the building. Later, he learned that the two men with menacing appearances were actually followers of the girl's family. The girl had run away from her family due to a conflict with them. Although the two men were indeed chasing the other party, they had no intention of harming them."

After listening to Ritas's story, Miriam's mouth opened into the shape of "oh".

Continuing to put herself into the situation described by Ritas, Miriam found that if she really rushed out blindly, no matter how things developed, the result would not seem to be very good.

If he rushed out and won, the girl's family followers would be beaten and he would not be thanked.

If he rushed out and didn't fight, he would just be beaten up, and no one would thank him.

Although the situation was different, he applied this incident to Engel's case.

Perhaps, if he could do it again, knowing that the so-called "magic ball" didn't hurt at all and that Engel wasn't as embarrassed as he looked, he would definitely act more cautiously.

"It always feels so difficult. It would be great if everyone could simply be divided into bad guys and good guys."

After another period of itching, Miriam sighed,

"Oh right. Professor's friend, yes, may I ask how did you tell that something was amiss with that encounter?"

"The specific answer is quite complex. But to put it simply, it comes down to three things: knowledge, observation, and experience."

Ritas looked at Miriam and said,

“Experience requires time to accumulate. Observation requires the formation of habits. Knowledge, on the other hand, can be accumulated as long as you learn. And as long as you accumulate enough knowledge, it will come in handy one day.”

Miriam met Ritas's expectant gaze.

The other party was just short of saying "Come and study" directly.

"Ah, I suddenly realized it's already dark! I'm going to the restaurant for dinner, professor, do you need takeout?"

After a few forced smiles, Miriam jumped up.

Not long after, watching Miriam's back as she "escaped" to the college restaurant, Ritas just shook his head at the door of the mansion.

the next day.

After waking up early in the morning, Miriam saw Ritas tinkering with something in the yard through the gap in the curtains. After a quick wash and coming to the yard, Miriam saw Ritas, who was almost finished, leaning on his arm with his fingers on his chin, looking at his "masterpiece".

"How is it? Cadet Miriam."

Hearing Miriam coming down the stairs, Ritas asked without turning back.

"Um. Before you start evaluating this, Professor Ritas, could you tell me what this is?"

Miriam asked awkwardly but politely.

"I think it's rather odd to have a three-person gallows in the courtyard of the dormitory mansion. So, I'm planning to temporarily convert it into a swing before moving it away."

"."

Isn't it strange that there's a big swing in the courtyard of a dormitory mansion?

Miriam thought so in her heart, carefully observing Ritas's transformation.

I saw that each of the three rings of the three-person gallows was tied with a vertical rope, and these three ropes tied up two stepping platforms and hung them in the air.

In this way, the appearance of a three-person gallows was transformed into a multifunctional swing that could seat about five people at the same time or hang three people.

"Professor, you are a genius."

In every sense.

Miriam sighed sincerely.

"Student Miriam, do you want to go up and give it a try?"

"Eh?"

After a moment's pause, Miriam realized that it was the swing part that Ritas wanted him to try.

It only needs the appearance of a swing, but why do we have to make it actually work as a swing?
This fits Miriam's stereotype of Professor Ritas.

After hesitating for a while, Miriam finally sat on the swing.

Perhaps because he was a little nervous sitting right under the rope, Miriam subconsciously adopted a sitting posture of tightening his legs and crossing his hands above his knees. After reacting, he immediately changed his sitting posture, and then looked at Ritas who was concentrating on adjusting the rope, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hold on tight, Cadet Miriam."

"Hold on tight, Professor!"

"Hmm? Why can't I push it? Wait a minute, I'll try again. This time, I'll try again."

"Professor, it seems like there's a problem with balance. The seat is tilted quite a bit."

"Indeed, I'll change it again. This time."

"The seat is still shaking a lot. Maybe it's loose somewhere."

"Let me see, maybe adding one would be a good idea. Now?"

"Oh! They all seem pretty good. It's been a long time since I last felt this way. Swinging on the swings like this is really unexpected--"

"Cadet Miriam!? How did you get out? Are you okay?"

"It's okay, Professor. I, I landed on my feet."

After a whole morning of improvements, Ritas and Miriam successfully made the three-person gallows function as a swing.

On this day, the students in the surrounding dormitories witnessed a scene even more surreal than a gallows in the courtyard.

The young professor who always had a serious face was having a lot of fun playing on the swing with his students.

New week, new lessons.

The students in Yewwood School have a basic understanding of magic and have mastered defensive magic. Ritas, this week's teaching goal is to let them master elemental magic.

Unlike defensive magic, elemental magic is far less versatile. Many mages, aside from the period of learning magic, may only use elemental magic a few times in their entire lives.

However, practicing elemental magic is a compulsory course that almost all mages cannot skip.

Because, if you want to improve your control over magic particles, elemental magic with clear colors and shapes is the most intuitive training platform.

The actual magic practice class is on Tuesday, which is tomorrow.

On this day, the main content of Ritas's teaching was to give students a clearer and deeper understanding of elemental magic from a theoretical perspective, and to further emphasize the various matters that need to be paid attention to in the process of learning magic.

During the class, Ritas noticed that the atmosphere in the classroom was quite subtle, especially during breaks.

Since Miriam and Engel had just had a conflict the day before yesterday, and "most" of the students from Yew Fir College were present at that conflict, this situation was inevitable.

In this regard, Ritas can only sigh that there is always a gain and a loss.

The number of students in the class is small, so as long as there is a little conflict between them, the atmosphere of the whole class will be wrong. Unlike those classes with a large number of students, even if some students in them send each other letters of breaking up, or even swear to ignore each other for the rest of their lives, the class as a whole seems calm.

As a mentor, Ritas does not intend to intervene too deeply unless Miriam and Engel's situation affects the progress of courses and studies.

Moreover, he felt that something of this magnitude would not be difficult for Miriam.

After all, according to normal development, Miriam will become a brave man who leads everyone to save the world in the future.

In addition to the problems with the students, Ritas's assistant instructor, as always, challenged his patience with "afternoon tea".

However, that day, Tas did not scold Adeline nor did he ask Ann to convey any "harsh words".

Rather, Ritas now has no idea how to deal with Adeline, the third princess of the kingdom who is on the run.

It’s not that Ritas, a native of Libera, is afraid of the power of the royal family.

But Adeline's identity is truly invincible.

No matter how Ritas reported to the Council, the Council would not really punish Adeline. On the contrary, Adeline might have been laughing at Ritas behind his back for his unnecessary actions.

Since he had no status or position to suppress Adeline, he could only think of a way from her own perspective.

For example, he would seize Adeline's pain points and weaknesses, forcing Adeline to be a good tutor assistant.

But if you think about it carefully, you will find that this approach is also very abstract.

Because, if it really came to that, Ritas coerced and even threatened Her Royal Highness the Third Princess, and his purpose was just to prevent her from having afternoon tea?

Therefore, Ritas, who had no other tricks, could only be thankful that Adeline's behavior was not too extreme. Then, he waited for the plot related to Adeline in the second semester, hoping that she would change after experiencing some things.

The teaching time, which allowed Ritas to forget his many troubles to some extent, passed in a flash.

In the afternoon after class, Ritas received a notice and went to the principal's office. He saw the elusive Livis again after several days.

(End of this chapter)