Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 125 The Worst Possibility

"Really? How could the goddess of the bath forget him? It's him, Haniya, our neighbor's little Ha——"

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This is a rare scene where the Bathing Goddess is rendered speechless by Ritas.

The reason why Ritas's words sounded a little strange was because he was imitating an "adventurer." Or, in other words, he was occasionally releasing his sense of humor.

However, Ritas's problem was never the content or tone of his words.

With those eyes that seemed to burst out of their sockets at any moment, and a voice that had almost no intonation, even if Ritas was there chanting Libera's joke of the year loudly, he still couldn't be humorous or "adventurous".

Moreover, although it was said to be imitating an "adventurer", the Bathing Goddess felt a strong sense of malice.

"Xiao Li——"

Listening to Ritas's continuous "bath accent", the Bath Goddess, who had been silent for a long time, spoke with a strong warning.

At this time, night has already fallen.

Since it was already late when Ritas arrived at Linglan Town, they only did two things after meeting up with Haniya.

One was to register with the Adventurer's Guild and obtain the identity of an adventurer for Ritas. The other was to find the hotel where they were staying at the recommendation of Hania.

In the Holy Kingdom of Libera, it is very easy to become an adventurer.

As long as they are not the kind of faces printed on wanted posters, almost everyone can easily pass the "review" conducted by the guild's counter staff. After passing the review, they can obtain the proof of being an adventurer, the Adventure Badge, by paying three silver cards.

As for the price of three silver cards, it is a bit expensive for ordinary people, but it will not affect their daily living expenses.

"I thought Mr. Haniya had such a recognizable appearance that the Bathing Goddess would remember him."

After imitating the stereotypical "adventurer" for a while, Ritas felt that he was not quite suitable and spoke in his usual tone.

"Indeed, it's rare to find someone that ugly."

Thinking back to Haniya's impressive pointed face, the Bathing Goddess sighed.

"I'm not talking about beauty or ugliness. But Mr. Haniya is an elf. There are not many elves active on the continent at present."

Although he was not sensitive to things like beauty and ugliness, Ritas actually agreed with the Bathing Goddess's statement in his heart. However, he obviously would not comment on other people's appearance because of this, even in private.

“Hey~ Is he actually an elf? Is this true? He and Levis are from the same race. How can there be an elf that looks so ugly? Is his face the only one that was randomly generated?”

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Although Ritas didn't quite understand it, he felt that the scolding from the Bathing Goddess must be quite harsh.

"Beautiful and handsome appearance is not a common characteristic of the elves. In terms of appearance alone, apart from fair skin, long pointed ears, and slow aging, the appearance of the elves is basically the same as that of humans. The reason why people have such a misconception about the elves is that the elves, who are relatively closed, used to regard the elves who left the elven kingdom and walked on the continent as the image representatives of the entire tribe in the outside world. Therefore, those elves are carefully selected in all aspects."

"I see. Professor Ri, you can even popularize something like this."

The Bathing Goddess sounded educated.

Ritas was a little confused. It was fine if the people on this continent had a stereotype about the elves because of the elf messengers in the past, but why did the goddess of bathing also have a stereotype about the elves?

"In short, Mr. Hania is an adventurer who serves as the military advisor of the Silver Dragon Adventure Group."

"Oh - it's him."

I don’t know if the Bathing Goddess really remembered it.

"Aren't the Silver Dragon's men stationed in the Shadowmist Forest? Is it okay for them to just leave like this?"

"They seem to be following a rotation system. And this period happened to be Mr Haniyeh's holiday."

In fact, the situation in Shadow Mist Forest is very peaceful, so even if Haniya leaves for a while, there will probably be no problem.

Speaking of Shadow Mist Forest, Ritas was a little concerned about what Livis and the leader of the Silver Dragon Adventure Group had discovered in that area and what they were tinkering with recently.

I hope there won't be a sudden disaster.
"During her free time at work, she actually came out to do odd jobs. Is that Xiao Ha so short of money? Is she saving money for plastic surgery?"

"Can we move away from talking about other people's appearance?"

Ritas said helplessly.

"Uh, sorry, I just, well, it feels a little strange. You know, most of my impression of 'Star Mark' is from games. And in games, every character needs to be designed with great effort. So instead of taking the trouble to design a super ugly character, it's better to design a good-looking one. As a result, except for a few special characters, there are very few characters that are ugly to the point of being real. In addition to ugly characters, there are generally few characters with the same name."

The ugly character Haniya, and at least a dozen people named "Helian".

The Bathing Goddess was apparently in some strange place, sensing that the other world that Ritas was in was fundamentally different from the "Star Mark" world of the game.

"Anyway, I know who Xiao Ha is. It's alright, I won't bother you anymore. I'm going to take a shower."

"Wait a minute! How can nothing happen? Did the Bathing Goddess really think that I put down my work and ran to this adventurer town just to spend an entire night in a small inn like this talking about how ugly Hania is?"

Ritas said in disbelief.

"Um, you said that word too."

"We need to initially clarify the actions to be taken and the goals to be achieved in the next few days."

Ritas sighed and started the topic.

"Oh! There are still sixteen days until Sylvie's birthday party! How about we become Five Leaf level adventurers in these sixteen days!"

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For a moment, Ritas didn't know where to start complaining.

Why is it that you only remember Sylvie's birthday so clearly?
Sixteen days is still enough. Before that, they are not really here to be adventurers.

"Don't make that expression. I didn't even ask to be a 'Six-Leaf'. What does it take to become a Six-Leaf adventurer? In the game, the highest title of the adventurer series is only Five-Leaf."

"As an adventurer, he made great contributions to the Adventurer's Guild or the world as a whole." Although the topic had gone a little off track, Ritas still explained instinctively.

The five leaves and six leaves they mentioned are actually the Adventurer's Guild, a way to define the levels of adventurers and adventure teams.

Although few people know about adventurers nowadays, the Adventurer's Guild is an organization that worships the World Tree. Therefore, the Adventurer's Badge, which is used as proof of being an adventurer, is engraved with the "Leaves of the World Tree".

The more World Tree leaves there are on the badge, the higher the level of the adventurer or his adventure group will be.

According to rumors, the highest level of the Adventurer's Guild is Seven Leaf. However, let alone Seven Leaf Adventurers, the last time a Six Leaf Adventurer appeared was during the First Continental War.

In the past, the Adventurer's Guild was based on strength above all else, so the adventurer's level, to some extent, could represent the strength of the adventurer and the adventure group.

But nowadays, the adventurer level has basically become something like a proof of the number of commissions completed.

Therefore, powerful adventurers and adventure groups are not necessarily five-leaf level adventurers and adventure groups are not necessarily powerful.

"Although I know that the Bathing Goddess is just joking, the Adventurer's Guild in Suzuran Town is only a 'branch'. Therefore, even if you want to upgrade, you can only upgrade to three or four leaves at most."

As Ritas spoke, he also explained to the Bathing Goddess the differences between the Adventurer's Guilds.

Adventurer's Guilds can be divided into branches, chapters, headquarters and headquarters from small to large.

A branch is usually at village level, established in an area with only a few hundred people, and its authority is to allow adventurers under it to be promoted to the second leaf at most.

The branch is at the regional level, such as Lily of the Valley Town and Murray Town where Earls College conducted practical tests before. In addition to the scope of influence and the number of people, the requirements for the branch must also have a certain number of mazes around it. The authority of the branch is up to Mitsuha.

The General Assembly is, in simple terms, at the national level. Generally, there is only one General Assembly of Adventurers' Guilds in a country. The authority of the General Assembly is four leaves.

As for the last Adventurer's Guild Headquarters, it is a huge independently operated city located in the western part of the continent. This Adventurer's Guild Headquarters does not belong to any country and is often regarded as a neutral country.

"Wow~ This Adventurer's Guild has such a rule. However, isn't it a bit strange that you have to travel the continent to upgrade to the fifth leaf? How many adventurers have the leisure to go to the Adventurer's Guild headquarters for a leveling ceremony?"

"It's not that rigid. All guilds can submit applications to the next higher level. And the higher level guild will also prepare some quotas for the lower level guilds every year. And under special circumstances, there are many examples of the Adventurer's Guild headquarters sending personnel to the local area to upgrade adventurers who have made special contributions."

"Then since even the headquarters only has the authority to upgrade to five leaves, where do six-leaf and seven-leaf adventurers come from?"

The Bathing Goddess, who was obviously more interested in the adventurers' affairs than magic, asked again.

This time, Ritas was stumped.

“I don’t know about this either.”

This strange thing about the Adventurer's Guild is one of the things that Ritas must solve after entering the "Hall of Wisdom" in the future.

"Tsk tsk, so there are things that Professor Satoshi doesn't know~ Why are we discussing the system of the Adventurer's Guild?"

".Isn't it because of the Bathing Goddess?"

Ritas was curious, and wondered if all the wisdom halls in the world could explain why the memory of the goddess of bathing was often comparable to that of fish.

"Oh, target, target, our target. But is there any need to discuss this? Aren't we here to investigate why Helian didn't create the 'Helian Adventure Group', whether there are any strange things or changes in this town, and to find out whether there are any traces of John behind these two. If there are, should we follow the clues and find them?"

The Bathing Goddess asked somewhat puzzled.

"Aha."

Ritas exhaled lightly and shook his head.
"First of all, this is a town for adventurers. So it's only natural that dozens of strange things or changes happen in this town every day."

"Hey, what's the matter with your prejudice against adventurers? As expected, you still have a grudge against your biological adventurer parents?"

Although it is understandable that Ritas had some resentment towards his biological parents due to the hardships he experienced afterwards.

But Ritas's relationship with his biological parents only occurred when he was one or two years old.
Therefore, the Bathing Goddess can only say that people with good memory can remember grudges for a very long time.

"Even if we find the one that the goddess of bathing remembers among the many 'Helian', and ask her the question 'Why didn't you set up an adventure group?' under her puzzled look, what should we do if she just responds 'I just suddenly don't want to set up one' or 'I never wanted to set up one'?"

"Well, let's just take a walk. It's not that far anyway."

The Bathing Goddess said weakly.

"So I think we should focus on finding the holder of the star mark."

Of course, in the introduction of the Goddess of Bath, everyone in the "Helian Adventure Group" is very friendly and outstanding. Especially the leader of the adventure group, Helian, is a shining figure in the future "plot".

But in Ritas's opinion, there are so many adventurers, and there are countless friendly and outstanding people among them. For this reason, if he goes to contact those adventurers one by one, he probably won't have to do anything else in his life.

Therefore, no matter it is the original plan or the slightly changed one now, Ritas's interest has always been on those star pattern holders who can only be met through adventurer channels.

"Oh, looking for Nina?"

Through the "Helian Adventure Group" branch quest, there are two star mark holders that the hero can remove.

But the other one will appear in a plot that takes place much later. At this point in time, the only star mark holder in Lily of the Valley Town is the girl named "Nina" mentioned by the Bathing Goddess.

"I've roughly told you about Nina's story. If it weren't for the Helian Adventure Group, I really wouldn't know where to find her. Speaking of which, after you asked me to re-read the story, I discovered some small details. To put it simply, the first time the 'Star Mark' was mentioned in the game was in the story instead of the narration. It was not in the main storyline related to Merci's awakening, but in Nina's story that can be triggered during the holiday after the first semester."

The goddess of bathing said, organizing her words,

"If it's not that the production team is trying to save trouble, then Nina had already used the power of the 'Star Mark' when she joined the battle as an uncontrollable support character. In addition, after she officially joined the team, there was no awakening or other plot, and Nina had been using the power of the 'Star Mark'. So, based on some details of the conversation, I think Nina's power is likely to have awakened during the period when she met the hero after joining the 'Helian Adventure Group'."

Listening to the Bathing Goddess's story, Ritas frowned.

After experiencing the awakening and rampage of the "Star Mark" twice, although he successfully stopped it in the end, Ritas, who knew how difficult it was to do so, made some simple calculations in his mind, and then
"Now, that Nina has not joined the 'Helian Adventure Group', and the adventure group itself does not even exist. If her power is still awakened according to the timeline of the 'Star Mark' world, does it mean that she is likely to have passed away?"

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“Eh hey hey?”

After a moment of silence, the bathing goddess belatedly realized the worst possibility.

(End of this chapter)