Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 92 Gathering
boom--

Accompanied by a violent roar, a new round of earthquakes began in the maze.

Miriam, who was in the maze, did not dare to be careless at all. She nimbly dodged the sand and stones falling from the sky and rushed forward.

Unfolding the parchment given by Ritas, Miriam stared at the map of Murri's third labyrinth.

Due to the changes in the maze itself, there is not much content to refer to on this maze map. However, from above, six red dots representing the students of the Yew Fir School can still be seen, all flashing.

Miriam, feeling a little relieved, focused her attention on another highlighted symbol on the map.

“Is now really the time to do this?”

Miriam, who had already reached the target location, used her magic wand to light some fire around her and looked around. However, in the extremely empty space, she was unable to find the target immediately.

"Phew, there's nothing I can do!"

Along the way, Miriam could feel that the number of monsters in the maze was decreasing, or that Ritas had attracted almost all the monsters. So, knowing that the professor would not joke about his life, he took a deep breath.

“Bath, Bath Goddess! Bath Goddess! Are you there?!”

Miriam, who was a little dizzy at first, didn't care after shouting a few times.

When Miriam's voice was getting louder and louder and she was about to lose her voice,
"Hey - I'm here! Who's calling me?"

Miriam got a response.

Miriam breathed a sigh of relief, swallowed her saliva, and sighed inwardly, it was just as the professor said.

The voice of the Bathing Goddess is loud, penetrating, and exceptionally sharp and noisy. So, no matter where she is, you will never miss her voice.
"Bath Goddess"

Miriam followed the sound and soon saw the white disc.

"Eh? Miriam? How come you can hear my voice too?"

While the goddess of bathing was puzzled, a piece of paper slipped down from Miriam's waist.

That is, Miriam applied to join the "Bath Seminar" and obtained documents of approval from the seminar consultant.

"Can I ask you a somewhat strange question? Is there anyone among you who has not yet joined the seminar?"

This was the question that Ritas asked everyone before they separated. Unlike Iris and Xia Lu who had already joined the "News Seminar" and "Girl's Garden Seminar", Miriam, who had been forced by Ritas to practice spinning in the dormitory every day, was the only candidate who had not joined any seminar.

Therefore, the next series of important tasks were handed over to Miriam.

So, what exactly is the "Girl's Garden" seminar about?
Miriam, who had already joined an even weirder seminar, couldn't help but complain in her heart.

“Ah——! Damn it, that guy Kosato is such a jerk! He just abandoned me because I encountered some monsters! Well, strictly speaking, it wasn’t me. But don’t you think he’s too much, Ami!?”

Ami?

"I, I think the professor must have his reasons for doing this."

The Bathing Goddess's complaints dragged Miriam back to reality.

Before, he was a little distracted and recalled things that happened not long ago because he was a little confused inside.

At this moment, the person who made the sound from the white disc is really the goddess?
Miriam felt that what she was experiencing at the moment was even more absurd than the sudden changes in the maze, and she didn't know how to deal with the white disc.

Would it be disrespectful to the goddess if I picked it up or held it in my arms?
No, before that, the rumor in the academy that Professor Ritas was running a suspicious church was actually true?

Still not right. Since the goddess really exists, then the church is not a suspicious church.
At least, it is much more honest and reliable than the Holy King Church where there is no Holy King at all!
Also, the professor always walks around with a white disc, and occasionally "buzzes" at the disc, as if he is communicating with the goddess.
Isn’t the threshold for communicating with goddesses a bit low?

"Hey, what are you daydreaming about, Ami? Now that you've found me, what's the next step? The situation seems very urgent right now, so Xiao Li shouldn't just ask you to take me back when you can, right?"

"I'm sorry, goddess. Professor Ritas does have some instructions."

"Hehehe~ It's not that I'm proud. Even though I'm a goddess, I can't do anything except using this jade sound to provide you with some emotional value!"

It's really not pride!

Is this person really a goddess?

Why do I always feel that the atmosphere is not very serious?

Miriam's first impression of the goddess of the bath was quite subtle. Moreover, he always felt that the goddess of the bath seemed to be particularly familiar with him and had been talking to him in a very familiar tone and attitude.

Moreover, this familiarity cannot be explained by the reason that "Ritas usually walks around with the disc, so the Bathing Goddess knows the people around him."

"The professor asked you to look carefully at the original map of this maze."

".I saw it, and then what?"

"That's right. What the professor means is that although this maze has changed, due to factors such as time, the overall expansion of the maze and the changes within it are very limited. The general situation of the maze at present is that there is a leader space in the center. Then, the maze is divided into three or four layers."

Miriam began to relay Ritas' words and took out some more parchment.

It contains a simple map, which is the part that Ritas had explored before, as well as the part compiled through the oral narration of Iris, Xia Lu and Miriam.

"By the way, the premise of the maze changing is flipping, and it flipped several times in total."

It took Miriam about ten minutes to relay all the information about the maze that Ritas had obtained to the Bathing Goddess.

"Is this information enough? Anyway, I'll try to build a model. Well, I have a lot of information about the terrain, so it shouldn't be a problem to restore the general situation of the maze. But even if I have a better maze map, what's the use?"

"The professor asked you to guide me to meet up with Merci, and then find the 'core' of the maze together!"

After Miriam said this, she immediately regretted it.

Because of his anxiety, he was unable to better adjust his words, which made his words sound like he was giving orders to the goddess of baths on behalf of Ritas.

“I see. Hey~ The guy who said he would throw me away at the critical moment actually planned to order this goddess around—”

As the bathing goddess pondered in a long tune, it seemed that unpleasant memories were evoked in her mind.

Just as Miriam was thinking that this was bad and was about to say something to make amends, the voice of the Bathing Goddess rang out again.

"Then leave this matter to me!"

“No, don’t get me wrong. I don’t want to save you guys. I just don’t want you guys to be buried here and not be able to find you when I want to settle accounts with you later.”

"Hehe, I finally found the opportunity to say these lines."

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Miriam became even more uneasy after listening to the Bathing Goddess's series of words that sounded more like her own monologue.

Before, he was just worried about how to get along with a being that looked like a god. But now, he was worried about the goddess's mental state.

"snort--"

In the maze, roars and earthquakes continued all the time.

Under the instruction of the goddess of bathing, Miriam moved forward slowly. Feeling the ground that had not been stable for a long time, she could not help but speak.

"Lady Bathing Goddess, although this maze has been shaking since the anomaly, the earthquakes that started before were different. The first one was like the whole maze was shaking, which was caused by the maze itself. The ones that started before had obvious earthquake sources. It must be that the professor and his team are in trouble."

"Don't worry, that's Professor Li. His caution is well deserved. Hiding and retreating when seeing someone is only the first level of caution. Taking the initiative to attack cautiously is the second level. He can also use the third level of caution, cautiously joining the enemy! He is probably the only one who doesn't fight or run away when seeing the enemy, but instead thinks about how to sneak in."

Miriam learned from him that Ritas was once again using magic to disguise himself as a monster. The bathing goddess began to admire Ritas.

"As long as he has made a certain degree of preparation, I can't think of any way to hurt him. And he would take the initiative to provoke the maze leader? If I were the maze leader, I would be terrified! In this way, the big yellow-haired guy really missed an epic achievement. Or is it because of the big yellow-haired guy that Xiao Li has become more vigilant? Now, I guess the black fog that can suppress magic can't do anything to him."

"Lady Bathing Goddess!"

"Don't rush me. Everything takes time. Even if you can grow wings, you can't expect Merce to grow a pair, right? If you really have nothing to do, how about cleaning the white disc for me? Is it covered in mud or something? Why does it feel black?"

"I"

Miriam took a deep breath.

Although the constantly shaking maze did not provide him with a peaceful and calm state, he still tried his best to calm himself down.

If we put aside the Bathing Goddess's speaking style, many of her words still make sense.

Miriam was willing to believe that Ritas used himself as bait to attract the entire "maze". So, since the professor he trusted chose to hand over the important task to the goddess of the bath, he could only think that this choice made sense.

Miriam wiped the white disc vigorously with the cloth from the corner of her coat, and then
"Lady Bathing Goddess, it seems that what is painted on this disc is not a stain."

"ha?"

"Looks like some magic circles?"

Miriam turned the white disc upside down to examine it, reaffirming her opinion.

Both the front of the white disc and the bottom of the disc are decorated with dark-colored material to outline a circle with intricate and delicate internal patterns.

“Aaaaaah! When did that bastard draw this?! What kind of magic circle is this? What on earth does that guy want to do to me?!”

"Uh"

Miriam, who knew nothing about magic circles, was unable to answer.

However, the Bathing Goddess did not seem to expect him to answer.

“Come to think of it, he asked you to destroy the core of the labyrinth, but he didn’t tell you how to do it. It looks like he wants Merci to help, but in fact, these magic circles are not likely to be explosive magic circles or something. I’ll ask you to throw me out like a bomb!”

"Yes, yes, yes! It must be a bomb! No wonder that guy threw me there before. Or rather, he didn't throw me there! He wanted to blow me up but for some reason it didn't explode!"

"Calm down, Lady Bath Goddess. Professor Ritas would never do such a thing!"

I guess so.
Miriam felt that she didn't know Professor Ritas well enough. If it was just a stereotype, the professor seemed to be the type who could do anything.

And if, Ritas really made the goddess's body into something like a bomb, he suddenly felt that the bathing goddess seemed quite pitiful.

First she was ruthlessly abandoned, then she was assigned tasks without explanation, and finally she might explode. Moreover, the few resistances the Bathing Goddess made were just a few curses of "bastard", and Ritas himself could not hear them.

So, if the goddess of bathing is really a god, then what is the identity of Professor Ritas who can treat a god like this?
"Damn it! I can't just let this go. From now on I'm going to set the alarm to wake up in the middle of the night and play the suona in Xiao Li's ear!"

"Please don't do this."

Although she didn't know what suona was, Miriam, who lived in the same dormitory as Ritas, asked with a dark face.

"Ah, stop, Ami."

Just when Miriam felt that the topic was getting off track and wanted to urge the goddess of bathing again, the goddess of bathing gave instructions.

Miriam subconsciously stopped and heard a shattering sound coming from the top of the space in front of her.

boom!
"They are here."

The cave ceiling suddenly shattered, and several figures fell out.

In the faint light brought by the luminous moss, Miriam saw Sylvie and Merce falling.

Sylvie, who was carrying a large package, held down her own skirt with one hand, and held down the skirt of Merce, who looked panicked, with the other hand.

Seeing that the two female students were about to fall to the ground, Miriam wanted to release some magic to help them cushion the fall, but he saw that a powerful magic had accomplished the task before him.

"Wow, it's taller than I thought."

Sylvie and Merci fell slower and slower, and finally landed smoothly. Behind them was an elderly gentleman with gray hair and beard.

"Professor Dodge!"

Miriam recognized the old gentleman as Dodge, the Green Ivy Academy mentor.

Although it was unknown why Professor Dodge was working together with Sylvie and Merci, this was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise for Miriam who wanted to destroy the core of the maze.

"There's still a problem, so please let the others move aside for now."

The voice of the Bathing Goddess sounded again, and before Miriam, Mercy pulled Dodge and Sylvie aside.

At the same time, the ground in front of everyone began to bulge.

It was a rather strange scene, as if something was about to break out from the ground, and the ground itself had some elasticity.

This scene lasted only for a moment, and then the ground completely cracked open, and a large amount of strange-looking lavender mist slowly flowed into the space where everyone was.

Soon after, everyone saw a group of three people "pushing" the ground up from below.

Three students from Earls College were seen sitting on the purple mist floating in the sky. Two of them were from Orange Glory and one was from Green Ivy.

If nothing unexpected happens, these purple clouds were released by the girl from Green Ivy School who was emitting a similar light under her feet.

"Since we are going to destroy the core of the labyrinth, let me bring my most loyal believer, Tabatha, along with us. Her power will surely be of use—"

Miriam just stared at the scene in front of her in a trance, unaware of the voice of the Bathing Goddess, and suddenly became holy and dignified.

(End of this chapter)