Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 77 Letter from "Elson"

"Eh? You're more likely to join in. Weren't you more cautious before?"

The Bathing Goddess couldn't help but wonder about Ritas's seemingly rebellious words.

Ritas, who did not explain it immediately, felt that the current situation was quite strange.

Before, it was the Bathing Goddess who would instigate him to go into dangerous places, while he would keep telling him to be cautious.

"I think it would be prudent to join the Darkin and the Forgotten Temple."

Ritas thought for a moment and then said,
"These organizations are full of unknowns and dangers without exception. Since we know that they will cause trouble to us sooner or later, we just stick to it. It is more like waiting for death than being cautious. It is not always possible to resolve the danger at the right time like Malik Azan did. Moreover, even in the case of Malik Azan, our response cannot be said to be very good."

To this day, Livis is still reeling from the aftermath of the Summer Festival night.

"Therefore, only by further understanding these mysterious organizations, knowing their composition, purpose, source of power, etc., can we better deal with their attacks. Moreover, for a loose organization like the Dark Elves, it should be much easier to disintegrate them from the inside than to defeat them head-on."

Ritas doesn't want to suddenly encounter a "professor of magic" who can split himself and teleport, and a "bedtime reading" that can change the surrounding scenery and operating rules without any preparation.

"Yeah, that's true. There's a saying that goes, you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days. No matter how strong a fortress is, there will always be flaws. Not to mention this school, which is like a sieve. If it were a tower defense game, this place would definitely be a nightmare map with monsters coming from all directions."

After saying something that Ritas didn't quite understand, the Bathing Goddess asked again,

"So you are serious about becoming a 'Star Priest'?"

Although she was talking about the "Dark Descendants", the Bathing Goddess's attention turned to the "Star Priests".

And Ritas can understand it. After all, the scale is different.

After he was invited to join the "Darkborn", he could only be a small fry, secretly collecting information, causing sabotage, etc., and would not be able to affect the overall situation. However, if he became a "Star Priest", it is very likely that he could make the threat of an entire mysterious organization disappear, or even turn those original threats into his own strength.

"If I can become one, I have no reason to refuse. In other words, just by joining these organizations, I can obtain the 'knowledge' they have accumulated over a long period of time, which is beyond common sense and operates according to their own laws. It is really a very cost-effective deal. For this reason, I can be either a 'Wanderer' or a 'Star Priest'."

Ritas narrated in a calm tone.

Obviously, he had no respect or fear for the leaders of these mysterious organizations that could destroy the world. And in his eyes, those organizations themselves were probably just stepping stones for acquiring "knowledge".

"Of course, the actual situation is definitely not as simple as imagined. For example, if you want to join the 'Trickery Society' to obtain their information, you may have to transform yourself into a half-human, half-ghost. As for the 'Star Citizens', it is hard to say yet, but it is hard to imagine that one can become a 'Star Priest' without paying any price. And I just want to obtain their accumulated knowledge for free, and I don't want to compromise or exchange it for an unbearable price."

Besides, if he really became the leader of an organization, he would definitely have many responsibilities on his shoulders, and Ritas did not want to take on these responsibilities.

However, it was too ambitious to think about what it would be like to become a leader when it was still unclear what it would be like to join those organizations. Therefore, Ritas did not mention these things with a good feeling.

"Hmm~ As expected, you exude an inexplicable dangerous aura. It's not that the four villain organizations didn't make any waves, but you resurrected the Demon King with the intention of seeing what would happen and gaining relevant knowledge, right?"

"."

Ritas was silent.

In fact, it depends on the situation.

If the so-called Demon King really is evil by existence, like an uncontrollable disaster, and will definitely destroy the world if he is resurrected, then he naturally will not do that.

But on the contrary, the Demon King is actually just a "Star Mark Holder" of a larger scale, and his power and behavior can be restricted and guided.
".Will not."

Although, Ritas was still rational in his heart. But he remembered that he had teased the goddess of bathing before, which made her suspicious for a long time. So, he just shook his head and gave a negative answer.

Soon after, Ritas opened the latest letter from the Darkspawn.

The content on it was almost the same as before, and the handwriting was as beautiful as before. After observing it, Ritas once again judged that the handwriting on the letter was not printed but rewritten.

“Each time I wrote it afresh, the content was exactly the same, even the spacing and size of the words were almost exactly the same as before.”

"It's a stereotyped behavior, or a severe obsessive-compulsive disorder."

The Bathing Goddess made an arbitrary judgment.

Although Ritas was skeptical about the Bathing Goddess's opinion, it was basically certain that the writer had some quirks.

"Speaking of which, the Darkborn's letters have always invited people like Ritas Miski Berengrom. Is this really you? Although, I haven't memorized your full name yet, but it shouldn't be right."

"My full name now is Ritas Berengrom Elson"

Ritas said, sighing softly.

“Hey, don’t sigh, I’m not forgetting it on purpose. I’m not good at remembering names like that, and I usually call you ‘Xiao Li’. So, you should thank me just for remembering that your name is Ritas!”

".Thank you——"

"Tsk, you've even learned this kind of sarcastic tone."

The Bathing Goddess was in a very delicate mood for a moment.

It was clearly a mutual communication, and she could even get more information from Ritas than he could get from her. But Ritas seemed to understand and even grasp everything in an instant, while she couldn't even remember Ritas's full name after so long.
After reflecting for a while, the Bathing Goddess felt that it was not her problem, but Ritas's problem!

"Anyway—"

"Anyway, 'Darkspawn' didn't pick the wrong guy. Mischi is my old last name."

After seeming to hesitate for a moment, Ritas explained.

"Old surname."

Repeating the word, the Bathing Goddess "smelled" something unusual.

Perhaps this is why Ritas has always been reluctant to talk about his family background.

"But I really don't know this Varanger. It's a relatively rare name, so even if I've only heard of it, I should have some impression of it."

Ritas put his hand on his temple and said after recalling it carefully.

"Um, is it possible that you were very young when you came into contact with this name?"

"This... Bathing Goddess, I didn't suddenly become smart one day during my growth."

"Wow, here we go again. This inexplicably infuriating show-off. But don't be too superstitious about your memory. Sometimes human memory can be deceiving."

The goddess of bathing spoke earnestly, saying something she had heard from somewhere. In fact, the goddess of bathing did suspect that Ritas had forgotten many things.

For example, Cecilia.

The Bathing Goddess always felt that Cecilia's attitude towards Ritas in the abandoned church at the beginning did not seem like their first encounter.

And Ritas just shrugged without comment.

In the following time, the two read the contents of the letter again and found that it was indeed missing key information.

"Well, you want to join the Dark Elves. How do you respond and contact them?"

The letter only contained the invitation information, and did not specify the subsequent related procedures.

"Last time I roasted it with fire, but the hidden information didn't show up. This time, I can try soaking it in water to see if there's any special encryption method."

Ritas, who had already burned a letter, said this, and waved his fingers casually a few times, condensing a ball of water in the air.

After soaking the letter in the water, they soon got a waste letter with the words and paper completely soaked.

“.”「.”

Ritas waved away the magic and looked at the mess of paper.

"They could use better stationery and ink."

"That's not the question!"

"At least, we have proved that this piece of letter paper itself should not have any special function."

Ritas said nonchalantly,

"Then, next time there is a letter, I can use the messenger to convey my intention. Or..."

Ritas pointed his finger at the red wax used to seal the envelope.

The emblem on the wax was very special, and it was obviously not randomly applied. It was also through the wax that Ritas recognized at a glance that the letter came from the "Darkborn".

"I can investigate the seal on this wax to find clues to trace the location of the 'Dark Elves'. They are a mysterious organization after all, so finding them may also be a test."

"That makes sense! Then I'll go look for the game too, to see if there are any relevant clues."

Although Ritas did not have high expectations for the Bathing Goddess, she was motivated, which was not a bad thing.

"However, it is too inefficient for me to search for clues alone. And distributing and announcing things related to the mysterious organization and asking adventurers to search for them for me may violate the taboos of the Dark Elves. Therefore, the best way is to call on some people who can investigate quietly under the 'surface' and unknown to others."

However, where can we find these perfect people?
Ritas analyzed the situation to himself, and suddenly he really thought of a suitable candidate.

"'Star People'." "'Star People'?"

After the conversation was synchronized, Ritas looked in the direction of the white disk in surprise.

"Hehehe, so this goddess is not brainless, it's just that my brain is too precious and I don't want to use it easily!"

So, is this an emergency situation that requires the goddess of bathing to use her precious brain?
"However, if you want to call on the people of the stars, you have to wait until the summer vacation in August, when the leader of their organization arrives."

"It's okay. It's not an urgent matter. We can wait for the next Darkin messenger to arrive. If I'm just overthinking, I can just use the messenger to convey my thoughts and it will save me a lot of trouble."

"Well, I feel like you've already found a lot of things to do before your summer vacation even starts."

“I don’t like meaningless idle time. I want to have free time only because I want to do meaningful things in my free time.”

Obviously, Ritas is deliberately filling his summer schedule.

"Hey, people who can become professors are different. I hope to have more meaningless free time. In other words, if there is an afterlife, I hope I can be a salted fish!"

".Then I wish the Bathing Goddess's dream to come true."

Although, Ritas feels that the Bathing Goddess is already quite tasty now.

After the letter from "Dark Evil", Ritas began to open the letters in the inbox that he had picked up earlier.

Among them, there was a letter in which John stated that he had received a letter from Ritas, complaining that Ritas was really good at ordering people around and would try his best to explore the area around the "Ankh Town" ruins.

There was also a letter from the leader of the Spring City Guard Knights, which talked about the pursuit of the remnants of Malik Azan, and the letter said that he was too busy with work to go to the bar, and asked if Ritas could come and work for him for a while.

In addition, there are some business letters. And in it, there are many new business letters from the Latras Chamber of Commerce.

Probably, before the leader of the "People of the Stars" arrived, Platina wanted to ensure that the communication between her and Ritas would not be interrupted.

While looking at the bill of Shijinku, Ritas still wondered "Why are so many people buying my books?"

In addition to these, there was a relatively rare letter that came into Ritas's sight.

The signature on it is "Courtrine Elson".

"Elson!!!"

The bathing goddess, who might have just remembered Ritas's surname not long ago, immediately became excited.

Now, no matter how reluctant Ritas was, he couldn't avoid some things about his family background.

“Hey, tell me, Ritas! Who is this woman, Courteney, to you?!”

Although Ritas knew that the Bathing Goddess did it on purpose, his eyebrows couldn't help but twitch a few times when he heard the other party's interrogation tone as if he had captured his mistress's wife.

"It just so happens that they have the same last name."

"Professor Ri, lying without sincerity won't work."

"All right."

Ritas sighed helplessly.
"Kurt. Courteney Elson. She's someone who claims to be my cousin."

(End of this chapter)