Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 80 From the Mage

"Um. Normally, when I say check-up, this and that, I just talk about it. But you always come up with it without saying anything."

After class on Wednesday, the bathing goddess, who came with great interest to examine Iris' body with Ritas, said so with emotion.

“This is not something I asked for.”

Ritas said this without much emotion.

At this point, Ritas no longer took the Bathing Goddess's ridicule to heart. After all, he knew too well that the Bathing Goddess was just "talking".

Normally, he would call them "wife" and "dear" with great enthusiasm, and would do this and that to his beloved girls. However, if he was just a little closer to them, the goddess of bathing would be so nervous that she couldn't even speak.

When the agreed time came, Iris's always conspicuous figure appeared in the research institute area of the academy.

Also not far away, Adeline, who had finished her afternoon tea, was slowly pushed by Ann to the surrounding area.

"Ouch, 'cake'."

The Bathing Goddess, who was still full of prejudice against Adeline, made a sound of rejection the moment she saw her.

"The instruments here are used to test the 'resonance rate'. And over here, you can observe the 'magic particles' that often appear around you from all directions. As for this side."

Walking in the facilities of the "Leviathan Institute", Ritas looked at the dazzling array of precision instruments around him and introduced them to the rather stunned Iris.

Behind them, Adeline and Ann followed slowly.

After a general introduction, the group gathered in the center of the facility.

"Are these the latest magical tools for studying magic?"

On this day, Iris, whose horizons had been somewhat broadened, exclaimed.

She felt that even if there was no follow-up inspection, just taking a walk around today was not a wasted trip.

"It turns out that Professor Ritas would also choose to use these new instruments. I thought that the professor would give priority to the ancient, traditional methods to test his students."

Next to Ritas, Adeline, who was also sitting in a wheelchair that day, said this.

Her words were probably harmless, she just thought of the past when Ritas dug out old antiques during the first magic practice class. However, her tone sounded inexplicably sarcastic.

“It doesn’t matter whether it’s new or old, I generally choose the instrument that I think is the most suitable.”

Ritas briefly explained,
"Also, although some old instruments and methods can produce more accurate results, most of them are now banned by the academic community."

"prohibit?"

Iris looked puzzled.

Why are new instruments less effective than old ones, and why are older instruments that are more effective banned?
Her imagination ran wild and she had already come up with a series of love, hate, and academic suppression.

"Because the main purpose of those precise instruments from a few generations ago was measurement and research, which was relatively pure. For example, measuring the hardness of an object would often end up with the object being completely destroyed. As for people, they would not be destroyed that badly. However, if you want to use measuring instruments to obtain values close to the limit, there is still a high possibility of leaving sequelae."

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After hearing what Ritas said, Iris realized how dangerous the person she had asked for was, and she bowed properly to Adeline and An.

“Thank you very much for your help.”

Soon after.

Iris, who had already made preparations and changed into appropriate clothes, began to measure her various magic-related abilities under An's guidance.

Ritas and Adeline stayed in a position where they could only vaguely see An busy at work.

The white disc with Ritas has been making very reluctant sounds.

According to her, she originally thought that Ritas would be the "doctor" who would do the physical examination, but when she followed him, she found out that Ritas was actually a "family member".

"If I can't see anything, then I came here for nothing!"

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If Adeline hadn't been there, Ritas would have wanted to tell the Bathing Goddess that this was the norm.

It would be abnormal if he had to record things in person, like Merci and Noah did. After all, it was necessary to avoid suspicion accordingly.

Moreover, Iris was just doing a self-examination, not something that was difficult to make public, such as the Star Mark Emblem.

"In about ten days, the students will go to the maze to take the practical test. And a few days after the practical test, it will be the final exam. In the blink of an eye, a semester is about to end."

While waiting, Ritas took the initiative to talk to Adeline.

"That's true. It feels like I haven't done anything yet, and a few months have already become the past."

Adeline also spoke with emotion.

And Ritas muttered in his heart, "Is it possible that you really didn't do anything?"

"So, when the students go for the practical test, will you go with them?"

Facing Ritas' question, Adeline turned her head and raised it slightly, smiling.
"Are you kidding me, Professor?"

".really."

Because of her identity and the danger she might encounter, Adeline cannot leave the academy easily.

Although Ritas could understand, the bathing goddess in his hand was furious.

According to the Goddess of Bath, in the game world, it was precisely because Adeline was unwilling to lead the Yew Fir Class students to the practical test that the academy simply cancelled the Yew Fir Class students' qualification for the practical test.

The brave man who had always been growing wildly in the game world took the initiative to take his classmates to another maze during the free time of those few days.

Although, the hero should have good intentions. He thought that the Yew Fir Wood class, who did not have a genuine mentor, could not be any less than other classes, so a maze adventure must be made up.

However, since the maze they chose was not the type carefully selected by the academy that had eliminated all threats, they caused quite a bit of trouble during their adventure.

Of course, mentor Ritas is still alive, so those things in the game world will never happen again.

Since the goddess of the bath complained that Adeline was too noisy, it affected Ritas's thoughts and his normal conversation with Adeline. So after thinking for a while, Ritas handed the disc to Adeline.

Although Adeline didn't know what was going on, she took it without fear.

Then, the moment Adeline held the disk in her arms, the noise died away.

What a useless goddess.
"Speaking of which, what exactly is this disk that the professor has been holding from time to time? Has the shape of this disk changed compared to before?"

Adeline asked as she lifted the disc slightly and observed it closely.

From the perspective of the goddess of the bath, she could probably see a close-up version of Adeline's beautiful face. So, she said in a barely audible voice, "You can't fool me" to resist, but it was only a tiny resistance.

“It’s actually a statue.”

"Idol?"

Adeline was a little surprised and couldn't help but look at the disk a few more times.

"There lives a goddess in charge of 'bathing'. Those who are blessed by the goddess will have smoother skin after bathing." "?"

Adeline was stunned for a moment and turned her gaze to Ritas.

If it were someone else, Adeline might think that the other person was joking, or even trying to attract her attention in a more unconventional way, and that he had some thoughts about her.

However, the person in front of her was Professor Ritas Elson.

Moreover, it was Professor Ritas Elson who once called him "Your Highness".

"So, Adeline, are you interested in joining the church that is under the protection of this goddess? Once you join the church, not only will your skin become better after bathing, but you will also be able to hear the voice of the goddess at any time."

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Adeline was silent for a while.

Thinking of the recent rumors about Ritas flying around the academy, she sighed in her heart, thinking that researchers who are too talented will eventually become strange, and then shook her head.

"Still no, Professor Ritas. My tutor won't allow me to join a strange church."

"so."

Ritas felt it was a pity, but he didn't intend to give up.

After all, as long as Adeline joined the Bath Goddess Church, the number of believers in the church would increase exponentially. Moreover, she would bring in high-quality believers who were tight-lipped and had outstanding abilities.

Adeline, who didn't know that she had been listed as a candidate for bishop of the "Strange Church", played with the white disc for a while and then returned it to Ritas.

In the facilities of the Leviathan Research Institute, Ritas looked at An in the distance, who was running around among various instruments with ease.

Since it was summer, An changed her maid outfit to a relatively cooler style.

"Your institute obviously has such complete equipment, even too complete. However, there are basically no signs of use on the equipment."

Before, when Iris asked Ritas to do a complete magic-related test for her, Ritas just asked Adeline and Ann with a trial mentality.

After all, the Leviathan Institute was not a famous and large research institute in the academic world. Moreover, the princess became a researcher to avoid various political issues, and it was more of a hobby. Therefore, when he asked, he really didn't have high expectations.

But after a tour led by An, Ritas almost proposed to merge the Leviathan Research Institute and the Tree Witch Research Institute.

"There is nothing in this world without problems. We, Leviathan, just have our own problems."

Adeline spoke evasively, as if trying to change the subject forcefully, and brought up the matter of Iris.

"I felt it before, Professor Ritas, maybe you are too doting on your students?"

"I don't know how you came to this conclusion, but if you ask the students for their opinions, they will probably give completely opposite answers."

Ritas said, shaking his head.

Adeline looked at Ritas with some confusion, with an expression that seemed to ask, "How did you come to this conclusion?"

"Although I am ashamed to mention it, I must admit that both I, the tutor, and you, the tutor assistant, are not doing a good enough job. In fact, it is not good enough. Therefore, even if it is to make up for it, we should try our best to meet the reasonable requirements put forward by the students."

Ritas said seriously.

"A reasonable range? Systematic testing of magical aptitude is not something that everyone can enjoy."

Although Adeline's words were a bit impolite, they were true.

Both the tutor and the tutor's assistant are quite powerful, which is considered an unknown advantage of the Zishanmu school.

"Now that we are talking about the students' requirements, student Merci is very interested in swordsmanship and wants to hone her skills. Adeline, can you teach her in your spare time?"

Ritas took the opportunity to mention what he had been thinking about during this period.

Since Merci was able to control the power of the star pattern very well, Ritas began to think about Merci's next direction of development.

As in the game world, after gathering all the materials, "click" to upgrade the star pattern, Ritas naturally couldn't do it. However, after changing his way of thinking, Ritas realized that since Merci's blue flame would mostly condense into a sword posture. Moreover, Merci herself was also very interested in swordsmanship.

Therefore, he thought that finding a swordsmanship teacher for Merci might help her improve.

It's just that, looking for a swordsmanship teacher in a magic academy
In this peaceful age, even many nobles with the title of knight no longer touch things like swords.

It was not appropriate to find a specialist from outside the academy. Therefore, he set his sights on Adeline.

Adeline narrowed her eyes slightly and stared at Ritas quietly for a moment.

She seemed to be trying to determine what Ritas's purpose was in raising this matter, and whether it was a test.

Finally, Adeline spread her hands in her wheelchair as her answer.

"If it's something related to magic, I don't mind meeting the students' requests if it's appropriate. But swordsmanship is something outside of my duties no matter how you look at it. Even if I have the ability, I will just refuse."

Adeline's answer did not surprise Ritas.

In fact, due to the series of events that happened before, the relationship between them should be considered quite tense.

In other words, Ritas, who does not need interpersonal relationships, can completely ignore the "atmosphere", so he was able to come here with the two of them on this day as if nothing had happened.

"Beyond the scope of duties?"

However, listening to Adeline's words, Ritas suddenly felt a little sad.

There was a time when Ritas wanted to handle everything in a fair and impartial manner. He also thought that he could spend four years "perfectly" without having any personal relationships with his students.

But in reality, this is really too difficult.

Even now, Ritas still doesn't quite understand how everything between him and his students has developed to the current state.

So. He had a hunch.

Don't think that Adeline is acting in a high-handed manner now.

But it won’t be long before she will be like the “cake” in the game world, proudly introducing to others “they are my students”.

Even so, what she usually does is just causing trouble for her students.

After a long period of testing, Iris finally returned to where Ritas and Adeline were with a long list of forms.

Looking at the various test data on the form, Ritas' brows gradually frowned.

Just when Iris was anxiously asking what these numbers meant and whether she had any magic-related talents.

Adeline, who was standing by, let out a light laugh.

"Hehehe, student Iris. If this result is accurate, then you seem to be very suitable to be a 'subordinate mage'. Or to put it more bluntly."

"Mage follower."