Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 124 White Cat Adventure Group

About a day's drive north of Spring City, also on the border of the Holy Kingdom of Libera, there is a town called "Lily of the Valley".

As a maze-prone area, Lily of the Valley Town is a town where adventurers gather, built by adventurers, named by adventurers and exists for adventurers.

And it was in a detached mansion somewhere in the town of Lily of the Valley.

The main members of the "White Cat Adventure Group" that suddenly emerged recently gathered together.

The leader of the adventure group, commonly known as the "Black Nun", is a young black-haired woman who always wears black nun clothes.

No one knew the origins of the Black Nun or even her real name. All they knew was that she and her White Cat Adventure Group suddenly appeared in Lily of the Valley Town one day, and used unknown means to quickly recruit powerful helpers, allowing the adventure group to grow to a considerable size in the blink of an eye.

"The above is the content of the adventure group's activities this week."

At this moment, the young woman who briefly reported to the Black Nun was named Einfeld.

Einfeld has been active in Linglan Town for at least three years, and her work experience can be said to be quite rich. She has worked as a bartender, a roadside vendor, and a receptionist at the Adventurer's Guild. And this person who has done almost everything, except being an adventurer in an adventurer town, has been recruited into the White Cat Adventure Group since last month.

"Don't worry about the adventure group on your days off, Ain."

Black hair, black eyes, black clothes.

The black nun was dressed in black and exuded an ominous aura, but her face was very peaceful.

Under the shining midday sun, she spoke softly to Einfeld, who served as the "brains" of the adventure group.

While speaking, the Black Sister was stroking the "White Cat", the mascot and member of their adventure group, which became their name.

It was a snow-white creature that was suspected to be a monster, with a body size between a tiger and a leopard.

The reason why the "white cat" is called a monster is that it has a lovable face that is inconsistent with its body shape and is completely different from the style of a ferocious beast, and it has a long silver horn on its forehead.

The reason for the "suspected" appearance is that the white cat has been wandering in Lily of the Valley Town and its surrounding mazes for nearly a year. However, it has never actively attacked anyone, and sometimes even showed goodwill to adventurers, and even took the initiative to help adventurers in distress. This is obviously inconsistent with people's general impression of monsters.

But of course, white cats had never been tamed before the Black Nun showed up.

"It doesn't matter if it's a day off or not. I have to work harder to repay everyone in the adventure group. After all, I'm just 'Blue'."

Although she was dressed simply, Einfeld, in both her appearance and her words and actions, showed her capable and neat style. She answered calmly. However, there was still some concern in her tone.

"Are you still worried about this? White, blue, and purple are obviously not worth worrying about. If I had known, I wouldn't have said it."

The black nun slowly shook her head, sighed and continued,

"Your colors don't represent your abilities. They just represent the difficulty of recruiting. For example, a white cat can be easily tamed with only some special food. Hence, it is 'white'."

"I don't think the 'eternal flower' I need is something that can be easily achieved. By the way, the white cat is not tamed at all, Sister Black. It is biting your hand."

Looking at the white cat who was annoyed by being touched and bit the black nun's right hand into its mouth with a snap, Einfeld said with a black face.

"It's called the 'Flower of Eternity', but it's actually just a special herb that has been growing quietly in a remote place since the birth of the labyrinth. It's more important to know how to use it than to find it. By the way, how is your sister doing these days?"

“There is hope for recovery.”

A hint of tenderness from the bottom of his heart flowed from Einfeld's serious face.

"Thanks. Uh, Sister Black, your hand is bleeding a lot, is it really okay?"

"Sometimes, I really think you don't need to thank me. By the way, Helian has been wheezing loudly since before. What on earth is she doing?"

The black sister listened to the suspicious noises coming from downstairs and asked with an expression as if she was not sure whether she should investigate further.

“It’s nothing more than exercising your muscles.”

Einfeld said, moving to the staircase, sticking his head out, and yelling down,
"Hey! Muscle idiot, you're disturbing the Black Sister. If you want to practice, can you please get out of the room!"

"Who are you calling an idiot? The sun is so strong outside, what if you get tanned when you practice outside?"

On the first floor of the mansion, Helian, a female swordsman who was armed with muscles and was actually one size larger than the average woman, and at least three sizes larger in appearance, shouted back loudly.

"Why do you still care about getting tanned after you've trained so hard?"

After yelling again, Einfeld held his forehead and returned to the room where the black nun was.

"Why is that guy the 'Purple' and the vice-captain?"

"There's really no need to worry so much, Ain."

The black nun persuaded again, and then reached out with her left hand to a strange object on the low table beside her.

It was an irregular long polygonal object that was white in color. It was flat and thin, without the texture of metal, but it was extremely hard. If you had to put it bluntly, it looked a bit like a blade with a special shape.

The Black Sister ran her hand across the smooth surface of the white blade and then stared at some message that only she could see.

"I don't know what this thing is, and the things it provides are getting weirder and weirder. For example, this 'gold'. How could the daughter of the Lord of the neighboring Amber Territory become an adventurer? And this 'black' is even more difficult to understand to some extent."

The black nun said, mumbling in a dreamy voice,
"'Professor of Magic', this kind of person is the last person to be an adventurer. Ritas Berengrom Elson"

While she was saying this name, two lines of tears suddenly flowed from the corners of the black nun's eyes.

"Ms. Black Sister, if it hurts so much, there's no need to hold on any longer."

"Um"

The black nun spoke softly, and together with Einfeld, they struggled to pry open the white cat's mouth and rescued their right arm.

It's the beginning of August.

In the adventurer town of Lily of the Valley, a suspicious figure wrapped in a dark hood appeared on a hot day.

Although, if this figure appeared in Spring City or Earls College, he would be questioned by the guards immediately. But in Lily of the Valley Town, this kind of dress can only be said to blend in perfectly.

Especially this figure, who always keeps his back straight, like a stiff machine, and is holding a white disc.

"It's so hot, but you're still wrapped up so tightly. Those passers-by are all looking at you with approval. If you become an adventurer, you might be able to make a name for yourself soon. Why don't we set a small goal and become an 'Adventure King'? I've even thought of a catchphrase for you: 'Adventure King, I'm determined to be one!'"

"."

The suspicious new adventurer, or Ritas, calmed down and resisted the urge to pick a random lucky adventurer and give the white disc away.

The reason why he appeared in Lily of the Valley Town requires a little time travel. On the night before the weekend, two strange things happened in succession in Ritas.

The first thing was that he commissioned an investigation into the "Helian Adventure Group", but received a report that "the adventure group did not exist".

The second thing was that the number of believers of the Bathing Goddess suddenly reached twenty people, meeting the requirements for another upgrade.

Anyway, Bathing Goddess clicked on the upgrade.

then
The roundest part of the top of the white disk expanded by about one tenth and became a little flatter and thinner.

And then, nothing happened.

What new functions did the newly upgraded Bathing Goddess Church system have? We could only slowly study and guess over the long period of time that followed.

"I'm really fed up with this guessing system! Is the meaning of my existence really just to be a tool to level up?"

After the upgrade, the Bathing Goddess studied it for a long time with great interest, but found nothing in the end and became quite frustrated.

All I can say is that the feeling of the first time and the second time are indeed completely different.

The first time the goddess bathed, she would just think, "Hey, what is this?" and then click on the upgrade, with her heart always filled with positive and optimistic emotions. But by the second time, these emotions were basically gone.

"In addition to the upgrade points, can't the Bathing Goddess also provide me with false information?"

Ritas "comforted".

"Who provided false information? I always feel that there is something wrong with this church system. But let's not talk about that for now! Let's talk about the 'Helian Adventure Group'. That's the adventure group my second wife is in. How could I remember it wrong!"

The Bathing Goddess shouted in dissatisfaction, and after thinking a little,

"Since the 'Helian Adventure Group' doesn't exist, look up the name Helian. She should be a well-known adventurer in the area."

"The investigator I sent out also did some research on this name. However, there were many adventurers with the same name, so he stopped the investigation after finding thirteen people."

Ritas replied while flipping through the report.

Overall, Ritas was quite satisfied with the investigators this time. It could even be said that the investigators who were originally only there to investigate the Helian Adventure Group had already done something beyond the scope of their job.

"Then let's narrow it down further to a young female adventurer named Helian."

"Yes, there are four of them."

"The weapon is a big sword, and the appearance is strong. The kind with a lot of muscles."

".Still four people."

"Huh? Why is it that all the young female adventurers named Helian are muscular women with big swords!"

Even if you ask me
Ritas sighed.

Maybe this female adventurer named Helian is really strong, so there are some imitators who want to take advantage of the commission.

It is precisely because adventurers with a certain reputation are prone to being impersonated and it is difficult to investigate. Therefore, most powerful adventurers have some titles or aliases.

"Besides, don't just blame me. Isn't there a problem in the church you manage? Where did I get 20 believers?"

Listening to the words of the Bathing Goddess, Ritas just felt that the Bathing Goddess was really a unique god who would complain because of the increase in the number of believers.
"Indeed, as far as I know, including the seminar, there are less than ten members in the church. And, whether it is the church or the seminar, you can't just join casually."

As for the seminar, since joining requires Ritas’ approval, Ritas can be sure that no new members were added during the summer vacation.

Even Courtline is still in the "probation period" and has not officially joined any organization under the name of the Bathing Goddess.

As for the church, although Father Isidor has the authority, if he recruits ten people at once, he will definitely notify Ritas.

"Bath Goddess, have you forgotten? In fact, the number of people in this church system has been inconsistent since the first upgrade. Perhaps, somewhere we don't know, there is a channel to join the church system. And this channel has been recruiting members without authorization."

Thinking of this, Ritas realized that the number of people in the Bath Goddess Church did not increase suddenly. Instead, since the Bath Goddess could not see the real-time number of believers, these ten people were gradually added over a few months.

"Channel? What channel? To dispel your suspicion, I can declare that at least on my side, I have not done anything to recruit new members. In our God Realm, if you set up an organization that worships and believes in me personally and try to recruit people to join, you may be arrested."

"."

Although the Bathing Goddess kept talking about the "God's Realm", Ritas recently felt more and more that this woman was beginning to give up on calling herself a god.

"Although, I don't know why my followers are multiplying, maybe there's a guy who can split himself among them, but, do you think the disappearance of the 'Helian Adventure Group' is related to that person?"

".Since you've already said half of it, why not just say John? But why is John involved in this matter?"

Ritas asked in confusion.

Compared to the information directly given by the Goddess of Bath, the guesses she made after thinking about it are sometimes more credible.
"Because you see, all the butterfly effects in your world have nothing to do with you, right? However, the Helian Adventure Group can't be related to you no matter how hard they try, and they can't be directly affected by you. So, it can only be indirect. And the characters that appear under your influence, I can think of mainly Levis and John. As for Levis, no matter what, she wouldn't go to tease the adventurers. But John might. Moreover, considering that John had done something with the maze before, it means that he needs to understand the maze and related knowledge. Then it is reasonable for him to sneak into contact with the adventurer who knows the maze best, right?"

"I think it's a big mistake to think that adventurers understand mazes best. But."

There is some truth in what the Bathing Goddess said.

Ritas didn't know if he would lose some of his judgment when encountering things related to John. And after experiencing that defection, it became more serious.

But in the end, he decided to change his summer schedule a little bit and go to the adventurer town that was supposed to be associated with the brave man in advance.

"So, who are we waiting for?"

In a bar in Lily of the Valley Town, the Bathing Goddess, who had been waiting for a long time, asked impatiently.

"It's the adventurer who helped us with the preliminary investigation this time. He seems to be in great need of money, so he is willing to be my guide and bodyguard for a short period of time. Don't worry, Bathing Goddess, he is someone you know."

Ritas explained.

While he was speaking, a figure pushed open the door of the bar and walked in.

Looking at that figure, Ritas raised his hand high and waved to him.

"Mr. Haniya, this way. I'm here--"

At Ritas's call, a man named Hania approached the table where he was and joined him.

Looking at this scene, the Bathing Goddess was stunned for a long time before she spoke,
".Who is this?"

(End of this chapter)