Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 10, Common People

When Ritas walked into Adeline and Ann's dormitory mansion, his first reaction was its magnificence.

Whether it is the floor, walls or the chandeliers on the ceiling, they are all obviously carefully decorated.

Although, if one becomes a researcher at the institute affiliated with Earls College and then a tutor at the college, one can live in the college dormitory for a long time, but generally few people will take the initiative to decorate the dormitory.

So, was Adeline from a wealthy merchant family? Or was she a noble from somewhere who chose to hide her last name?
Ritas thinks both possibilities are equally likely.

When he first entered the mansion, Ritas did not see Adeline, and even Ann was nowhere to be seen. After standing near the door for a while, Ritas finally understood the reason.

"Nice to meet you, Professor Ritas. I am Adeline. Please forgive me for not being able to greet you in a more polite manner."

Ann, who was interested in dressing up as a maid, pushed the blonde woman in a wheelchair out of the room deep in the mansion.

Adeline nodded to Ritas with a bright smile on her face.

She seemed to be in a wheelchair all year round, because the length of her long skirt had been modified to prevent it from being caught in the wheelchair wheels. In addition, the waist corset was more elastic to prevent long-term sitting from causing extra pressure on the body.

During his cursory inspection, Ritas did not see any family crests or emblems on any of Adeline's decorations. This made Ritas more inclined to believe that Adeline was from an aristocratic family. Because there was generally no reason for a merchant family to hide its crest.

In addition, what impressed Ritas was the small crown on Adeline's head that kept her hair from getting loose, and the white gloves on Adeline's hands.

"It's nice to meet you, Lady Adeline."

Ritas also nodded.

Soon after.

As the teacup on the table was half empty, Ritas and Adeline's conversation got down to business.

"Ms. Adeline, you were supposed to be the assistant tutor of Yew Fir last week, responsible for the normal operation of the school when I was absent for some reason. If it weren't for my visit today, would you continue to give up your position? May I ask, is there any specific reason for you to do so?"

Ritas asked bluntly.

Although, when Adeline was pushed out in a wheelchair, it was doomed that most people would find it difficult to criticize her.

But it just so happens that many "common sense" things don't work on Ritas.

"this one"

Adeline took a sip from her teacup and continued,

"Because I don't know how to deal with those common people."

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The "excuse" was completely beyond Ritas's expectations, leaving him speechless for a moment.

"The so-called common people should be no different from wild beasts, right? I heard that they can't even use knives and forks, and can only use their hands to grab food. Moreover, the rumor has spread, Professor Ritas. Your absence during this period seems to be related to those common people students. Were you attacked by common people students? Oh my, this is so scary. If those common people show their bestiality again, An and I are so weak, I really don't know how to deal with it."

Adeline shook her head first, and Ann followed suit.

"A rumor is a rumor because it is not accurate."

Ritas said seriously, although thinking about it carefully, he seemed to have been "beaten" by his own students and hospitalized.

"Also, even though all the students in the Yew Fir School are of commoner origin, the fact that they can enter this school has already proven their level of knowledge."

However, several students in the Yew Fir School class are special recruits, and it is hard to say how good their learning abilities are. After all, Ritas has not had time to give the students a formal class yet.

No, no, why do I feel more and more uncertain the more I think about it!

“I also hope that Ms. Adeline will not make such biased and prejudiced comments in the future.”

Ritas said this with a frown.

He himself didn't know why he frowned, was it because he had no confidence in the students, or was it because he was dissatisfied with Adeline's remarks.

In response to Ritas's words, Adeline just looked at Ann and shrugged.

"If it is a requirement of my job not to call commoners 'commoners', I can comply, Professor Ritas."

"If you are really dissatisfied with the civilian students, it is not too late to quit this tutor assistant job now. I am sure you also know that I will only be a tutor for one term. And after four years, if you don't obtain the tutor qualification, it will be very difficult to find the same job again."

Ritas' words seemed to be trying to dissuade Adeline from the fight. But in fact, his inner emotions were very peaceful.

He was just stating the facts.

The magic academic world has developed over the years and has accumulated countless old rules that are difficult for people today to understand. Moreover, even if those rules have been abolished for a long time, their influence continues.

Once you become a tutor's assistant and are considered to be a member of that tutor's "faction", you cannot switch to another tutor's faction. This is a default rule that has evolved from previous regulations.

However, it is extremely difficult to obtain the qualifications of a tutor in just four years.

At Earls College alone, there are dozens of reserve tutors queuing up to wait for the "old guys" above to make room for them.

It can be said that if the Yewshanmu class was not special in many ways, especially someone like Ritas, he would also be in the queue now.

"Don't worry about my future, Professor Ritas. For me, becoming a tutor's assistant is just a way to pass the boring time."

Adeline raised her face slightly and said with a smile as if no one was around.

"By the way, if Professor Ritas doesn't mind, you can just call me by my first name from now on. That is, 'Adeline'."

Adeline waved her hand gently as she spoke, while the maid Ann beside her silently refilled their teacups.

At night, after declining Adeline's invitation to dinner, Ritas left the dormitory mansion where Adeline and her servants lived.

After watching Ritas off with a smile, Adeline returned to the house and stared at the thick documents on the table in a daze.

These documents contained the latest version of the school rules of Earls Higher School of Magic, and the annotated version. In addition, there were Ritas's schedule during this period, the itinerary he recommended Adeline to fulfill, and the detailed scope of Adeline's duties as a tutor's assistant, solutions to corresponding problems, and so on.

"Professor Ritas is inexplicably scary. An, do you think he does this on purpose? If I don't memorize all of this, will he write something bad about me during the review?"

"I don't think so, young lady. Professor Elson seems to like 'order' very much, but he hates 'rules'."

An commented like this, and then said, "Also, when you were talking with Professor Elson earlier, you looked at me too many times, Miss."

"Have it?"

Adeline said nonchalantly,

"Even if there really is, who would care about that?"

Looking back, it seemed that Adeline looked at Ann too many times.

Late at night, Ritas returned to his current dormitory and recalled his previous contact with Adeline.

It was normal to feel uneasy when talking to someone you didn't know, and to subconsciously want to gain a sense of security from the people around you. Also, the number of times Adeline looked at Ann was not abnormal.

However, Ritas always felt that there was a strange sense of incongruity between those two people and that mansion.

But Ritas had no intention of investigating further.

Not relying on one's own cleverness to explore other people's secrets is the basic principle of getting along with others that Tas has learned over the years.

Overall, Adeline was exactly the kind of person that Ritas had expected, someone with some personality problems. And this degree of "problem" actually made Ritas feel relieved.

At least, he was sure that Adeline was not a simple, naive, and foolish researcher who had been deceived by the most problematic dean.

But my future college life is becoming more and more promising.

From top to bottom in the entire college, there is not a single person who can be worry-free.

Ritas turned his head and looked at the clock on the wall.

The time was ten thirty-seven at night.

Just when he was about to take a rest, the white disc that had been silent for many days began to move.

“Iron-Virgin——, you bastard! Explain to me what the Bath Goddess is! What the hell is the Bath Goddess Church!”

Ritas covered his ears with his hands in time and escaped this evil sound.

So, why is it that only I can hear the voice of the Bathing Goddess?

Ritas became curious about this phenomenon.

In order to test whether other people could hear it, Ritas took the white disc to meet many people. But except for him, no one else reacted to the disc that made a few strange noises from time to time.

After learning that he was the only one who could hear the voice of the goddess of the bath, Ritas felt relieved. I can only say that "exclusiveness" is really a very wonderful feeling.

However, as Ritas' respect for the goddess of baths decreased, the emotions he felt at that time were getting closer and closer to "unbearable memories".

"I know you can hear me, don't ignore me! Explain what the 'Bath Goddess' is all about!"

Ritas was not surprised that the Bathing Goddess could see what he had done before.

According to the Bathing Goddess, when she is not "playing", the key parts of what happened on Ritas' side will be picked out and presented in the form of "edited clips".

Therefore, the Bathing Goddess can always catch up with the plot in real time. Moreover, Ritas does not have to worry about his private life being seen by the Bathing Goddess.

In fact, Ritas never cared about the possibility of being seen naked from the beginning. Instead, he was puzzled as to why the Bathing Goddess specifically explained this matter and emphasized that "Star Emblem" was a green and healthy game for all ages.

"Iron-Virgin——"

"Isn't the Bathing Goddess the goddess in charge of bathing?"

No matter how good Ritas was at ignoring things, there was a limit to how much he could ignore them. So he asked in a feigned surprise.

"How could there be a god who controls something as strange as that?!"

"But Bath Goddess, every time you leave, the reason is either 'the water is ready' or 'I'm going to take a bath'. According to my calculations, based on the frequency of Bath Goddess taking a bath, you should have taken a bath 731 times since the beginning of the school year."

"Not that much! Do you know how to count?"

Perhaps it was because they had too much contact, Ritas could already tell that although the Bathing Goddess shouted very loudly, she was actually not angry at all.

"Well, I did log off when something happened. Also, I know you probably don't like being called a nickname by me all the time, so you used magic to counter magic. But, Sato, 'Bath Goddess' is really not good."

The Bathing Goddess said earnestly.

"Since the Bathing Goddess doesn't like this title so much, I will apply for a change after the Faith Committee's approval comes down."

".You should really change, right? You are already calling me the Bathing Goddess naturally!"

Yes, Xiaoyu.

Facing the Bathing Goddess's suspicion, Ritas answered in his heart.

"Tsk, this is really strange. I haven't played the game for a few days, but the character's favorability has dropped a lot. Isn't this AI a little too realistic? Ah - so complicated, so complicated! It feels like I suddenly remembered that I still have a Tamagotchi, but after logging in, I found that it was already starving!"

"How should I put it? It's not my fault. This new mode is just too confusing. It doesn't let me operate, develop, or kill monsters. It's really fresh to unfold from the perspective of a character who is doomed to die. But no matter how fresh it is, it can't stand the fact that I can only watch the scenery after playing for dozens of hours, right?"

“Even if this is a voice control option, a new way to play. But after so long, nothing has happened except for Merce’s plot being triggered. Even that beautiful white-haired elf is not always available. It’s impossible for the novice tutorial to last for hundreds of hours before you can get started!”

The Bathing Goddess kept complaining.

Ritas faintly heard a sense of resentment and deep fatigue in the words of the Bathing Goddess.

Ritas was silent for a moment.

For him, the future of the academy is particularly uncertain, and there are many threats lurking in the dark. It is undoubtedly beneficial to let the goddess of bathing continue to "play".

But he still couldn't help but ask his doubts.

"Since the Bathing Goddess can't seem to find pleasure in the game, why open it today?"

“Wow——what a sharp question. You’re not going to say to me ‘if you want to play, play. If you don’t, get out’ next, right?”

(End of this chapter)