Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 65 Correct
On this day, Ritas was not the only one sighing in the corridor of Grenville's dormitory mansion.

Miriam, who had been with Grenville since before the private lesson, also stayed with Ritas after obtaining his consent.

At this moment, opposite to Ritas who stood straight, Miriam leaned against the wall with her arms folded, looking thoughtful.

"Professor, what you plan to teach Glenn today is how to cast spells without a wand?"

As Grenville rolled on the ground holding his stomach, Miriam caught a glimpse of some of the contents of the notebook that Ritas brought.

Ritas's handwriting is very neat, perhaps even squarer than printed text.

The contents of these brief records were related to the "practical" magic that Miriam was very interested in.

"To be precise, it is 'the use of magic without a medium'. It is very similar to 'casting magic without a stick', but there is an essential difference."

Ritas corrected.

But Miriam didn't want to know what the difference between the two was, she just wanted to learn it.

"Professor, I can learn too."

"Professor—Millie—"

Grenville's roaring voice came from the bathroom, interrupting Miriam's words.

"I actually have a secret that I have been hiding from you!"

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Miriam and Ritas looked at each other, both with an expression that said, "Does this person really have to speak now?"

"I have to say something. To divert attention! Besides, if I were to do that today, I can't take this secret to the grave."

"Student Grenville, please rest assured, it's just diarrhea and abdominal cramps, it's not life-threatening."

"what--"

Hearing Grenwell's shout, Ritas closed his mouth awkwardly.

"It's like this. Actually, I wasn't even an apprentice in the mercenary group. I didn't do anything except odd jobs, let alone go to the battlefield. So, the cold, cruel, unruly, and somewhat tired of killing me before was just an act!"

As Grenville's voice fell, the corridor began to be filled with a long silence again.

It's not that Ritas and Miriam were shocked by this "astonishing" secret. It's just because.
"Cadet Miriam, is there anyone in the class who doesn't know about this?"

Ritas asked in a low voice.

Miriam thought about it and felt that the only ones who were suspicious were the dull-looking Merci and Xia Lu who had just transferred in. However, even these two people should not be that bad, so he shook his head.

"so."

Ritas breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It seemed that his students just had poor grades and there was no big problem with their IQ.

It was "cold, cruel, unruly, and a little tired of killing." If Grenville hadn't been making a sound like he was dying, Ritas might have thought that the other party was trying to amuse him.

Thinking that if the silence continued, it might hurt Grenwell's young heart, Ritas repeatedly signaled Miriam with his eyes, asking him to say something.

"I?"

Miriam expressed her disbelief with silent lip movements, then scratched her head for a long time before finally speaking.
"Hehe~ That's actually the case. If you hadn't said it now, I might not have noticed it until graduation. By the way, Glenn, since you haven't been on the battlefield, what's with the scar on your face?"

In response to Miriam's quick thinking, Ritas gave a look of approval.

"Because I have been in the mercenary group since I was a child and I don't want to be looked down upon, so, I, myself."

The corridor was silent again.

At this moment, Ritas was somewhat reflecting on why he could teach such a student, and Miriam was also somewhat reflecting on why she had mixed up with such a guy before.

"As for what happened in the academy, I also thought that I couldn't be looked down upon. I'm really sorry. Professor, you are a very good teacher, and Millie, you are my good friend, so I don't want to keep these things from you all the time."

Grenville's voice came again. This time, for a completely different reason from before, Ritas and Miriam looked at each other and didn't know what to say.

As the saying goes, when a man is about to succeed, his words are good.

Both Ritas and Miriam felt that Grenville was speaking from the heart, and they also felt that they did not quite fit the description of the other party.

As Grenwell uttered his "last words", the dormitory and the mansion, which even attracted some onlookers, gradually returned to calm.

Night time.

After sending the lying Grenwell to the academy's treatment center, Ritas and Miriam returned to their dormitory together.

When Grenville was there, Ritas was somewhat affected by the atmosphere and momentum. But when he came to his senses, he found that he had really spent a particularly meaningless afternoon.

If I had known this would happen, I would have stayed in the library and counted the new books there.

If I had to say what I gained, it was that Ritas discovered that Grenwell looked quite suitable in the hospital gown, which seemed to be naturally born on him.

However, frequent admissions of students are not a good thing. If it happens a few more times, strange rumors about the Yew Fir class will spread in the academy.

After returning to the dormitory and having a simple dinner, Miriam, who had been looking for an opportunity to speak, finally found it.

"Professor, can I also learn 'no weapon'. Uh, 'casting spells without a medium'?"

When it came to "no war", Miriam saw Ritas's brows slightly frowned, and quickly changed the topic.

Facing Miriam's serious gaze, Ritas began to think.

During this period, Ritas was actually in a lost state with no direction.

As a class mentor for the first time, he was already a bit overwhelmed when facing a very special class of students like the Yew Fir Wood class. Moreover, behind this class were heroes, star pattern holders, assassins and other things that were out of common sense. Moreover, they were also vaguely responsible for the fate of the world.

Among them, the teaching of the brave Miriam made him feel pressured.

Professor Dodge seems to be right. A mentor should focus on guidance and should not be obsessed with shaping the students into their ideal posture.

The Bathing Goddess seems to be right. Miriam needs a growth path aimed at improving her combat power in order to cope with the possible end of the world.

Even Malik Ezan seems to be right. Miriam, who has more dazzling talents than ordinary people, should be treated specially and given unlimited privileges, allowing him to squander his talents and walk a path that belongs only to him.

It seemed that only Ritas didn't know whether it was right or wrong.

"If you want to learn, I won't stop you. The relevant content and key knowledge are all in the notebook I gave to student Glenville. You can borrow it from him, or ask him for advice."

Standing up, Ritas replied as he walked towards the stairs to the second floor.

"Well, I hope the professor can teach me those methods. It just so happens that I haven't taken my individual course yet. If possible, please change the content of the individual course to 'Casting spells without a medium'!" Seeing that Ritas was about to return to the room, Miriam, who was a little anxious, also stood up and conveyed it in a very fast speed.

Ritas, who had already climbed several flights of stairs, stopped and turned to look at Miriam who was staring at him.

"I will not make 'casting spells without a medium' a separate course for Miriam students. Because that would only be a waste of our time. Because, Miriam student, you probably can't learn it at this stage."

"Can't you learn it?"

Miriam, who had always been doing well in her magic training, was stunned by this unfamiliar word.
"Why doesn't the professor even try? What content is he going to prepare for my individual course?"

"I plan to review this book with student Miriam."

Ritas said, waving his finger, and then a book placed in the hall on the first floor flew into his hand.

The title of the book is "The Fundamentals of Magic".

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Miriam frowned.

"Don't get me wrong. The reason why I chose the content of the separate course is not because Miriam students did not perform well in the midterm test. It's just because I think it is necessary."

After a brief pause, Ritas continued,
"Not everyone is suitable for 'casting spells without a medium'. This is why I did not bring this course to the classroom, but taught it to Grenville students separately. As for who is suitable and who is not, it is easy to explain. But I hope that student Miriam can find the answer by herself. Because those contents are written in this textbook, and at the very front."

"Similarly, I taught Grenville 'casting spells without a medium' only to guide him in a direction that he might be more suitable for. In order to broaden his horizons and future path, I hope he can understand magic more accurately, comprehensively, and deeply."

"It's not to make him stronger."

The word "become stronger" that Ritas emphasized made Miriam's face turn ugly.

In the dormitory mansion, the conversation between Ritas and Miriam continued.

"A magic wand is something that is never redundant for a magician. Even Dean Levis, one of the Four Sages, will take out her wand when she needs to cast a spell. Similarly, I will also use my wand when necessary. I carry it with me not for decoration. But, student Miriam, you don't even seem to know this."

Miriam lowered her head as she listened to Ritas' words.

However, he was not enduring, but accumulating.

"Since the professor already knows that the purpose of my learning magic is to become stronger, why does he still force me to sit in front of the desk?"

"Because you haven't learned any magic, you are just using a magical power that works for unknown reasons."

Ritas said bluntly.

"I didn't learn magic?"

Miriam's accumulated frustration over the past few days and her annoyance with Ritas's rigid attitude began to gradually burst out.

He took out his practice wand and began to chant magic quickly.

Defensive magic, elemental magic, strengthening magic, weakening magic.

All the magic that Miriam had learned in class began to surround the room.

While looking at Miriam's shield that could be extended and retracted freely, the elemental magic that concentrated power into one point, the strengthening magic that could spread all over the body, and the weakening magic that could make plants gradually wither, Ritas couldn't help but feel amazed.

If the discipline of "magic" has self-awareness, it must be quite partial to Miriam as an individual.

"Excellent, student Miriam. I believe that with your current ability, you are able to keep up with most students even in the Orange Glory class. Moreover, you are capable of more than just this, right? I believe that you have combined the magic you can cast in various modes."

"!"

Miriam, who was originally planning to take out her "research results" if Ritas still said no, froze in her arms.

It was a terrible feeling, of being completely seen through by the other person.

"If it were at a mercenary tavern, an adventurer's guild, or a circus, your magic would surely draw applause from the whole room. However, please don't forget that this is a school dedicated to studying magic, and I am the professor of magic in this school."

Ritas snapped his fingers, but Miriam didn't see what happened at all. She only felt that all her magic was quickly dissipating.

"This is."

"This is just a little trick that anyone who studies magic seriously can understand, Student Miriam."

Ritas looked at Miriam below and shook his head slightly.

"I guess you have gained a lot of useless knowledge during this period. For example, even if you don't know the working principles of magic, you can make magic particles obey you. You can ignore the existing magic system and walk a brand new path that belongs only to you."

"But you must not know that those roads are all thorny roads without exception. And, most of the time, they are chosen out of desperation."

"Imagine that you are walking on a path with no precedents to learn from, and you have been casting and practicing magic based on your own feelings. While others are perfecting their magic based on various experiences, optimizing and strengthening their magic, and filling in the gaps and shortcomings of their magic. What would you do? Still do the same thing based on your feelings? Since you don't know how your magic is cast, you may not even be able to find out where your shortcomings are. Or, you may not realize that your magic has fatal flaws until it is actually used."

"Similarly, what would you do if one day you suddenly became unable to cast spells? You don't know why you can't do it, and you don't have any past experience to refer to. There is also no one to guide you and point out the problem and direction for you."

"Can you really guarantee that something you have never studied carefully and whose principles you don't understand will always run there?"

Faced with Ritas's series of questions, Miriam just clenched the wand in her hand tightly and was unable to refute.

"I don't know why you are so resistant to learning the basics of magic. Likewise, I don't know why you need to quickly accumulate strength. But it doesn't matter. As a mentor, I will only show you and teach you the knowledge related to magic in the way I think is most appropriate. Moreover, I am not interested in where you use it. As long as you don't deviate from the path of being a human being, I will not interfere."

"If you insist on learning magic in your own way, I will not stop you. However, if one day my knowledge cannot reach your unknown areas and cannot answer your questions, please understand that it is not my problem."

"On the contrary, if you are willing to accept my advice and my teachings, then no matter what difficulties and setbacks you encounter in the field of magic in the future, you can try to rely on me and let me help you solve them."

"As your guide and mentor, I can be responsible for everything you encounter in the field of magic."

"And until you completely surpass me, I promise that all your problems will be just 'small problems' to me."

"If you want to review 'Magic Fundamentals' with me, please provide a schedule with your free time, and I will choose a suitable time for individual lessons. Besides, this time, I had a reason for it, and you have no ill intentions. So, I will pretend that I didn't see you using magic outside of class time."

"Good night, then, Cadet Miriam."

After saying the last words, this time Ritas turned around and went up the stairs to his room without stopping.

Miriam, who was left behind, was lost in thought in the hall on the first floor as the surrounding lights gradually went out.

It seemed like everyone was right about Miriam's future growth direction.

But Ritas believes that this does not mean that he is the only one who is wrong. Because according to logic, everyone is right, so even if the opinions conflict, he should still be right.

And, he recalled.

In fact, he has always been the most "correct" one.

(End of this chapter)