Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 98 Remaining Matters
On this day, the people trapped in the maze experienced various earthquakes.

After the maze leader was defeated, the earthquake that followed was quite minor and mild.

“When will the exit appear?”

In the leader's room where lava and magma were basically invisible, after a short rest, Iris, who had recovered some energy and calmed down, asked Xia Lu.

Even though this maze was basically safe, she still wanted to leave this damn place as soon as possible.

"Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, according to rumors, the maze will considerately give challengers who have conquered advanced mazes some time to open the treasure chests."

"Thoughtful."

Listening to the light and airy atmosphere in Xia Lu's words, Iris had a very strange feeling.

Even though she knew that the huge wolf-like orc not far away was her classmate with whom she spent every day, Iris still felt afraid at first.

It hadn't been that long since then. But now, Iris was no longer afraid of Xia Lu.

Even, listening to Xia Lu's voice that was completely inconsistent with her tone and her girlish movements that did not match her rugged figure at all, she could still feel a rather strange cuteness from her.

Perhaps, fighting side by side can really bring the two sides closer together.
Iris could somewhat understand why those adventurers with eccentric personalities gathered in an adventure group and most of the time they could get along well with each other.

"By the way, Professor. Can you prepare some clothes for me before I can transform into a beast? I am a conservative person, so if my body is accidentally seen by the opposite sex, I can only choose to kill the person or marry him."

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When the body of the leader monster gradually turned into ashes, Ritas, who had been looking for something nearby, immediately stood up straight after hearing Xia Lu's words.

Is either option conservative?
Looking around, Ritas did not find any petals, leaves or other things that could be woven into clothes, so he had no choice but to take off his robe.

"Student Xia Lu, I suggest that you make more thorough preparations in the future."

"Well, I didn't expect that just coming here for a practical test would put me in a situation where I had to transform into a beast."

Xia Lu took the robe handed to her by Ritas, and then her hand sank down noticeably without any preparation.

Why is this robe so heavy?

This was the case when a lot of items were consumed when using magic before.

So how much is hidden in here?
Xia Lu, who used to like hiding some hidden weapons in her sleeves, realized on this day what it meant that there are always people better than you.

"I need to emphasize again that this gesture of mine must be kept secret."

Xia Lu, with a robe hanging on her arm, spoke again.

Although, she felt that even if Ritas and Iris didn't leak it, her stupid brother would sooner or later change his identity in the academy to show off. But it was better to keep it a secret for as long as possible.

While they were talking, the floor of the leader's room trembled again, and a platform rose from the edge. On the platform, a huge treasure chest appeared.

Originally, Xia Lu thought that in this abnormal maze, even if the leader monster was defeated, there would be no treasure chest. Therefore, the appearance of the treasure chest was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise for her.

The experienced adventurer girl immediately approached the treasure chest and did not lose her mind. She carefully observed whether there were any traps around the treasure chest, and only opened it after confirming that there were no traps.

“This is really bad taste”

After seeing what was in the treasure chest, Xia Lu couldn't help but frown.

"Xia Lu, what's in the treasure chest?"

"Hmm, only half of my classmates are left?"

"Uh, what?"

While Iris was full of confusion, Ritas quickly came to the side of the treasure chest.

Sure enough, the treasure chest contained Engri, whom Ritas had been searching for beside the leader monster but couldn't find.

And, as Xia Lu said, only "half" of Engel was left.

Only his upper body was displayed in the treasure chest, but the rest of his body was not bloody. His lower body had completely turned into a plant-like posture with dark roots tangled together.

"."

With his lips slightly opening and closing, as if he was about to say something but hesitated, Ritas moved closer to the treasure chest and took Engri out of it.

He could feel Engel's breathing and heartbeat. So, although the situation was very strange, it was at least not the worst.

There should be a way.
Soon after.

"Before the exit appears, I will go to the interior of the maze and gather the others here. You guys, be careful."

Ritas looked at Iris and Xia Lu and gave them instructions.

At this time, Xia Lu had already returned to her human form. Her extremely petite body was wrapped in Ritas's wide robe, like a quilt.

And this little girl is probably the most reliable person in this maze.

After looking at where Engli was lying, Ritas thought again and again and decided to use barrier magic to temporarily encircle him. After all, when Engli merged with the giant snake before, he did not seem to have his own will, so if Engli suddenly woke up when he was not there, there was a possibility that he would attack the people around him.

After setting up the barrier, Ritas asked Xia Lu to take good care of Engri, and Xia Lu raised a question.

"Is this student Engelli a conservative?"

"."

So, Ritas lost another layer of clothes.

He just hoped that there would be no more "conservatives" in the maze. Even he wore less clothes in the middle of summer.

After making sure that nothing was missed, Ritas headed into the interior of the maze.

The area surrounding the parasitic core.

After a series of "stone throwing", the exhausted group looked at the place where the fire was raging from afar and took a short rest.

"Have we succeeded?"

Miriam asked uncertainly.

The momentum of the flames was much more violent at first, and it was rapidly engulfing everything around it with the momentum of wanting to burn all the black branches that were out of tune with the walls of the maze.

But at some point, the flames slowed down.

It was at that moment that a green glow was emitted from deep within the parasitic core area.

"Should we get closer and go in to see what's inside, Professor Dodge?"

“Hmm?”

The Bathing Goddess obviously thought that Miriam was looking for her to discuss something.

"this one"

Dodge, who was still holding his waist, also looked towards the parasitic core that was emitting green light.

"Does Trainee Miriam think the incident we encountered this time was an accident or a human conspiracy?"

"It must be a human conspiracy." Miriam answered uncertainly.

He himself couldn't judge, but judging from the words that Ritas had previously relayed to the Bathing Goddess, at least Ritas believed that this was a man-made conspiracy.

"Then we can't go there. On the one hand, that might be the most dangerous place where the mastermind is. On the other hand, we are all in very bad condition right now."

Dodge turned his gaze and looked at where Merci and Tabatha were, who had been using their "magical powers".

The loss of these two people was obviously the greatest. Tabatha had even fallen asleep for a long time.

Dodge now sincerely hoped that Tabatha's sleepiness was the price or backlash of that magical power, rather than that there was really such a girl in his class who was so brave that she could snore in such an occasion.
"Also, student Miriam, you should have noticed that the continuous tremors in the maze have stopped for a long time. So, if nothing unexpected happens, we have successfully completed our mission."

Before Dodge finished his words, a familiar figure appeared at the far end of the maze, as if to confirm his speculation.

"Everyone, thank you for your hard work. There should be a passage leading to the outside world in the leader's room now. I left marks on the way here, and you can find it by following the marks. Now, please prioritize evacuation, and we will talk about other things later."

After joining up with Miriam and others, Ritas discovered that there were more people here than he had imagined.

Professor Dodge, Kraft, and Cecilia who seemed to be injured, and.
"She is Tabatha Emin. My most devoted believer!"

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As soon as the Bathing Goddess spoke, Ritas began to have a headache.

Listening to the other party's extremely complacent tone, he was basically certain that something very difficult must have happened in the place he didn't see.

Anyway, let's talk about these things later.
Miriam was the first to walk past Ritas and handed the disc back.

Seeing Ritas holding up the disc as usual, Miriam suddenly felt like "everything is back".

Come to think of it, it turns out that Professor Ritas also feels stuffy, and the only thing left of his clothes is what seems to be the lining.
Miriam, whose steps were a little slow, really had countless questions to ask Ritas.

There is a disc with the goddess' voice, a classmate who can use strange powers, and magic that he has mastered without realizing it.

I can only say that Ritas’ words “Let’s talk about it later” were really timely, otherwise everyone would pester Ritas and ask questions for a long time.

The next person to walk past Ritas was Professor Dodge.

He pointed at the intricate magic pattern above the disc with a complicated expression on his face, gesticulating with his fingers and opening and closing his mouth, which eventually turned into sighs.

"Some magic is forbidden to be used and studied for a reason."

"I know, Mr. Dodge."

"Oh! I knew it, I knew it"

Professor Dodge left helplessly, muttering "I knew it" over and over again.

The next people who walked past Ritas were Kraft and Sylvie who was carrying Cecilia on her back.

Seeing Kraft's extremely pale face and trembling lips, Ritas judged that he was in a state of overdose and took out a bottle of "Meditation Potion" from the package around his waist.

"Drink it and you'll feel better, Cadet Schneizer."

"Thank you very much, Professor Elson! I will keep it as a family heirloom forever!"

So you drink it.
Ritas looked at Kraft running away with the potion bottle with a puzzled look on his face for a while, then turned his gaze back to Sylvie.

Among the crowd, only Sylvie was in the best condition. Even Dodge, the adult, was holding his waist for some reason.

All I can say is that Sylvie is still the student in the Yew Fir class who doesn't need to worry about anything.

"Student Sylvie, if you can, please tell Ms. Platina that 'Student Engel has been found.'"

Sylvie, who was originally just going to walk away silently, was so confused that she couldn't help but listen when she heard the name of her fourth sister.

Why did the professor mention Platina's name?
What is the relationship between Engel and Platina?
And did Engel find it?
Sylvie's mind became even more confused.

Because of her delicate relationship with her family, Sylvie's face flashed with a hint of disgust. But after thinking for a moment, she reluctantly nodded.

At the end of the line were Mercy and Tabatha, who was half-open and half-closed, in a daze.

Looking at Tabatha's condition, Ritas' mind was full of questions like "What's wrong with this student?"

But thinking of this student, he inexplicably joined the bathing seminar.

Then no matter how outrageous her actions are, it shouldn't be surprising.
Merci briefly stopped in front of Ritas and looked up at him. Ritas noticed that Merci's face was as pale as Kraft's before.

Although Ritas didn't know whether the meditation potion would be effective if the star pattern power was overused, he still quickly took out a bottle and handed it to Merci.

After taking the potion, Merci still looked up and stared at Ritas.

She seemed to want to say something, and she also seemed to want Ritas to say something. Ritas could feel what she wanted to say, and also felt that he should say something.
In this inexplicably frozen scene, the voice of the Bathing Goddess rang out.

"Mercy is the one who works the hardest among us!"

".You did a great job."

Following the words of the Bathing Goddess, Ritas said.

Mercy's pale face showed a hint of redness, as if she was satisfied with just one compliment. So, she waved her hands randomly as usual, and then shyly pulled Tabatha away.

After everyone had walked away, the voice of the Bathing Goddess resounded again in the silent and empty maze.

"You should at least touch her head."

".According to my experience, touching the head will only cause the other person to feel uncomfortable."

With a sigh of relief, Ritas turned around and walked in the direction of the parasitic core, which was completely opposite to the previous group of people.

“Ah! By the way, I haven’t settled the score with you yet! You dared to throw me into a pile of monsters and draw a messed up magic circle on the disc. Come on, come on, what kind of magic circle is that? Is it the kind that explodes?”

"Bath Goddess, we are not out of danger yet. Your voice is too loud and it will affect my ability to hear suspicious noises around me."

"Oh no. No, that's not right."

The Bathing Goddess realized that she was fooled by Ritas, and the voice of her angry "no" was still on the rise. But when she said "yes", she found that although Ritas was fooling around, his words did make some sense, so her momentum weakened again.

"If you think it's dangerous, why don't you just run away? Don't you dislike taking risks?"

"There are still some remaining matters that I must confirm even if I have to take risks."

Ritas' voice was light, and mixed with emotions that were very unfamiliar to the Bathing Goddess.

The goddess of bathing also noticed that Ritas, who used to walk very fast, now walked very slowly, as if every step was very difficult.

".By the way, I also made great efforts before and played many irreplaceable roles. Professor, won't you praise me?"

Changing the subject somewhat abruptly, the Bathing Goddess took credit for it towards Ritas.

Then, she saw Ritas start to stroke the top of the white disk with his hand.

"You really are."

(End of this chapter)