Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 108: Sentence

"That's great! I also want to be kissed and stepped on by Tabatha—"

At night, in the carriage heading to Spring City, the goddess of bathing who had just returned from her bath spoke in a voice that sounded genuinely envious.

Ritas, who had been looking through the carriage window with a blank expression, responded in a low voice,

"Then I will use the disc as a base and make a pair of shoes for her."

"Well, there's no need to bother with that. But Xiao Li, are you angry?"

It is undoubtedly a very rare phenomenon for Ritas to be angry. In other words, it is not common for Ritas to show any emotion.

That is to say, the Bathing Goddess and Ritas have been together for a long time, so she can roughly feel Ritas's inner changes through some micro-expressions.

"I'm not angry, I just didn't expect that after spending so many years to gain my current identity and status, I would still be kicked out by a woman younger than me."

"Eh? You sound like you became a professor just to avoid getting kicked out."

As the Bathing Goddess spoke, she was actually very curious in her heart about which woman younger than Ritas had kicked him for no reason in the past.

However, thinking of Ritas's complicated family background and the fact that he seemed to be really hurt, he was very tactful and did not ask any further questions.

Come to think of it, Tabatha is pretty amazing in a way.

The students of Yewwood School had spent a whole semester trying to break Professor Ritas's defense, but she did it in just a few minutes.
"Well, after recording another 'Star Mark', did Professor Ritas gain anything new this time?"

The bathing goddess, who didn't like the dull atmosphere, took the initiative to find a topic to talk about.

"As for the Star Mark, it's hard to say. I need to find time to analyze and compare it with the previous results. As for the holder, there is still no gain. It is better to say that the conclusion of 'no gain' may be the biggest gain."

After thinking it over for a while, Ritas continued,
"I can't find any connection or commonality between the three current Star Mark holders. It's very strange that there are already three of them and it's still the same. If they have nothing in common, then when did the Star Mark appear on them and according to what rules?"

Aside from the fact that they are all women and currently attending Earls College, Merci, Noah, and Tabatha really have little in common.

Some of them were nobles, some were commoners, they lived in different places, and even their birthdays were in different months.

"Hmm, maybe it's random?"

"random."

Then why is he still making inferences?

Since he couldn't deny the Bathing Goddess's argument, Ritas just sighed.

Perhaps, if he met a few more Star Mark holders, there would be a new breakthrough. If not, he would be able to accept the fact that the "Star Mark" would randomly appear on girls of marriageable age across the continent.

"Originally, I thought Tabatha might have heard a mysterious voice similar to the Bathing Goddess when she was a child, or in a dream. That's why she was so cooperative in the maze and believed that the Bathing Goddess was a goddess."

Ritas said, shaking his head slightly.

He had hoped to get information from Tabatha.

But after a brief contact that day, he realized that the reason why such a situation happened in the maze was simply because Tabatha's character was incredibly soft. Therefore, she was easily influenced by others and would just go with the flow and listen to and obey the orders of others.

"Dear Tabatha, the power in her body should have been in a semi-awakened state. The good thing about this is that she can easily activate and control that power with just a tiny opportunity. But the bad thing is that in order to make up for the unconscious consumption of her body, she is usually drowsy and never gets enough sleep."

"If you stay in a sleepwalking state for a long time, you will easily be disliked and rejected by those around you. Tabatha naturally doesn't want to be disliked by the people around her, nor does she want to cause trouble to others. Therefore, in order to offset these unavoidable things, she gradually becomes the kind of person who will not reject the people around her, and even try to please them."

Bathing goddess, spoke softly.

"I see."

Ritas nodded and silently noted down the information.

He was born into an aristocratic family, but he would not reject others or anything like that.

I always feel that this is the kind of personality that is very suitable for appearing in banned books.
Coupled with her weak body and being in a daze most of the time, it was a pity that Tabatha was not coaxed and tricked into joining strange seminars, churches, and other organizations throughout the semester. It can only be said that most of the people involved in Earls College have a high moral standard.

Uh. "Bath Seminar" and "Bath Goddess Church" shouldn't be considered strange organizations, right?
“Oh, yes, these are my guesses.”

".?"

While Ritas was speechless, the academy's black carriage drove into Spring City.

The black carriage passed through the prosperous East City area of Spring City and arrived at the outskirts of the city.

In contrast to the brightly lit East City, which was almost as bright as day, the suburban area, where only a few magic lamps were shining on the side of the road, was dark and silent.

When the repaired road was almost cut off, Ritas got off the carriage with his packed luggage.

His residence was not far away.

As he went deeper into the suburbs, the chirping sounds of insects unique to summer began to gradually reach Ritas' ears.

And it was at this moment that something strange appeared in his field of vision.

It was a silver-white horse that was emitting a faint fluorescent light. The most eye-catching thing about this horse was not its rare color, but the sharp horn growing on its head.

".Xiao Li, could this be the legendary unicorn? By the way, how many years will it cost to catch a wild unicorn?"

Ritas frowned slightly, looking at the creature in front of him that was suspected to be a unicorn, and remained alert.

The existence of unicorns is not only "legendary" to the goddess of bathing, but also to the knowledgeable Professor Ritas.

"Are you waiting for me here?"

For a creature that is more than 90% a horse, the sound of Ritas adds a bit of absurdity to this already weird scene.

The unicorn seemed to understand Ritas' question, and then slowly walked over, lowered his head, and gently placed the envelope in front of Ritas. Then, he turned and left, gradually disappearing into the night.

Looking at the envelope that he had seen many times, even without opening it, Ritas roughly knew the contents of the letter.

"To you, son of the great sinner Varanger."

"The Darkspawn actually chased us to Spring City."

After reading the letter again, which had exactly the same content as before, Ritas gently rubbed the sealing wax on the envelope with a very special pattern and muttered to himself.

If you must say, since the overall security level of Spring City is not necessarily as high as that of Earls College, it is easier for the "Dark Descendants" messenger to operate in Spring City.

However, the feeling of receiving a letter in the mailbox of the mansion is completely different from being stopped along the way and having the letter left.

"So, what on earth do these people want to do? They just invite us to join but don't tell us how to join. Besides, we can't ignore them either. It's endless." Although the unicorn itself looks very beautiful and fits the aesthetic of the Bathing Goddess.

But the more I thought about it, the more I felt that in the dim scene before, the surrounding sounds seemed to suddenly disappear. A unicorn looked at the scene here with a faint gaze. The bathing goddess with a strong aftereffect complained dissatisfiedly.

She finally understood why Ritas had said before that he felt the style of the "Darkborn" was more bizarre than that of the "Trickery Society".

Every time she met the messenger of the "Dark Inheritance", the Bathing Goddess felt as if she was suddenly pulled into a bizarre world.

In comparison, the weirdness of the Trickery Ceremony is just to the extent of shouting loudly "I am weird, come and see me."

"Perhaps it's because the Dark Elves organization has specific regulations or rules. For example, those who want to join must find a way to join by themselves. And there are people in the organization who particularly want me to join, and they are worried that I will stop and give up because of those regulations and rules. Therefore, they often send messengers to remind and urge me."

The reason why Ritas had this feeling was because of the handwriting and content on those letters.

Obviously, the content is exactly the same, without any difference. However, the owner of the beautiful handwriting kept rewriting it again and again without getting tired of it. Moreover, there was never any perfunctory handwriting, always so meticulous and neat. Even those handwritten words with no fluctuations in size looked so neat that they were pathological.

"You are really not a 'Son of Varanger'?"

Faced with the questions that the Bathing Goddess would have whenever a letter from the "Darkborn" appeared, Ritas just shook his head again.

"I remember all my biological parents and all my adoptive parents' real names, aliases, nicknames, and other name-related information. The word 'Varanger' never appeared in their first or last names."

After all, is this Varanger a man or a woman?
"But this letter was indeed addressed to Ritas Miski Berengrom, that is, you before you changed your name, right?"

"Well, this is actually very strange. I used my old name a long time ago. Nowadays, not many people still remember my old name."

Ritas once again thought about those people who knew his real name, and then once again removed them from the list of suspects.

"So, are you really that confident in your memory?"

"I even remember the first time my father held me in his arms with his trembling hands."

"."

Well, the stubborn genius has started again.

The reason why the Bathing Goddess never believed that Ritas’ memory was really that good was because of Cecilia’s incident.

Her intuition told her that something must have happened between Cecilia and Ritas in the past, but Ritas had forgotten it, but Cecilia had not.

"Speaking of which, your biological parents."

"My father died in an accident, and my mother didn't know much about it. Not long after I was born, they separated because of the team's policy and future direction."

Although Ritas's experience before being adopted by his current adoptive father was quite tortuous and bizarre, Ritas actually didn't care about talking about these things. On the contrary, after knowing his life experience, when the other party showed sympathy or kept it a secret, Ritas felt even worse.

“Are they a band in transition or something?”

"It's an adventurer."

Ritas said with disgust.

Later, the Bathing Goddess discussed the matter of "Varanger" with Ritas. Of course, they did not come to any conclusion.

It should be said that even Ritas admitted that his memory was not perfect, and he did forget which of his parents was called "Varanger". But since he had forgotten, he naturally could not get any useful information.

As for the "Dark Descendants" matter, Ritas still has almost no idea.

Therefore, he just followed his original idea and planned to fool the Latras Chamber of Commerce after a while. Then, with their help, he would look for clues related to the "Dark Descendants" and wax.

If all else fails, go check out how many years the prison sentence is for hunting unicorns in the Holy Kingdom of Libera.

「Letter. Your family」

While Ritas was daydreaming, the Bathing Goddess seemed to have thought of something from the two key words discussed earlier.
"Has your cousin, Courteney, replied to your letter, Xiao Li?"

"So why do I remember Courtline's name so clearly in The Bathing Goddess?"

What did Filigree do wrong when he was called "Little Yellow Hair" for so long?
“Hehe, Courtenay’s name alone exudes the aura of a beautiful girl!”

"A woman older than me can't possibly still be considered a 'girl' no matter how hard you think about it, right?"

Ritas was a little skeptical about the Bathing Goddess, wondering if she knew what the word "cousin" meant.

The goddess of bathing, who was in high spirits just now, suddenly fell silent after hearing what Ritas said. Moreover, Ritas also vaguely heard her make an unhappy "tsk" sound.

"What do you know about girls? Are you a girl?"

"?"

Although it was a bit puzzling, Ritas felt that it would be better not to continue to dwell on the matter of the "girl".

"Anyway, I haven't received a reply from Courteney yet. Maybe she needs some time to think clearly about whether she should change her environment and come to the research institute affiliated with Earls College, or continue to stay at the Baiano Military Magic College to seek a job."

Unlike Ritas who was far away from his hometown, Courtline Elson graduated from the "Biano Military Magic Academy" which was relatively close to the Western Territory where the Elson family was located.

“Hey, if I were asked by Professor Ritus whether or not to join a research institute named after the ‘Tree Witch’, and I hesitated for even a second, I would be considered slow in my response. Who knows, Courteney might already be on her way here.”

Even though there was a high probability that he would come to the "Tree Witch Research Institute" to work as a handyman, the charm of working with Livis and her teachers and students would probably be irresistible.

What's more, there are many close connections between Courteney and Ritas.

"No matter what, Courtline wouldn't be so ignorant as to not even reply to the letter and go straight to the academy during the summer vacation."

Listening to Ritas' words, the Bathing Goddess laughed.

"Xiao Li, don't you realize that you are quite a pessimist? Especially when you say something like 'not that bad'."

While the goddess of bathing was speaking, after crossing an unrepaired dirt road, Ritas turned beside a mansion and finally saw his villa.

"."

Before the voice of the Bathing Goddess completely dissipated, Ritas had already seen it.

At the gate of his mansion, there was a woman sitting on an upright suitcase, holding an umbrella even though it was night, and her brilliant golden long hair was particularly dazzling.

Courteney Elson.
Ritas's cousin was really ignorant enough to come here during the summer vacation. At this moment, she was still at the gate of Ritas's villa, being accosted by two fierce-looking strong men.

(End of this chapter)