Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 126 Fusion!

The cramped and narrow space, the dirty ceiling, the hot wind seeping in from the gaps near the window, the stiff pillows, the bedding that was stained with the stains of some dried liquid and was not soft at all, the creaking wooden floor, and the omnipresent strange smell that was neither fragrant nor foul.

Early in the morning, Ritas woke up from his sleep, washed himself simply in the basin beside his bed which he had filled with water the day before, then looked around the things in the hotel room and commented on them one by one.

Ritas had lived in far worse conditions than this, but that was more than ten years ago.

Although this room was not unbearable, as a hotel that relies on profit to survive, there is not much room for improvement.

Going downstairs, on the first floor of the hotel, Ritas ordered a breakfast.

The first floor of the hotel is basically stairs except for the counter and a narrow passage, and there is no restaurant at all.

So, holding a piece of bread and some special meals, Ritas went to the outside of the hotel and ate while walking.

Not long after walking, Ritas saw something seemed to be happening in a three-story building not far away.

As I got closer, I saw a figure standing on the roof of the three-story building.

The figure was petite, wearing a white doll outfit that revealed her face.

Although most of the figure was covered by the doll costume, so it was hard to see the details of her appearance, but Ritas still initially determined that she was a young woman.

The girl on the rooftop spread her arms as wide as she could, and the doll costume that was open like a curtain on her arms made her look like a giant white flying squirrel.

“I’m going to fly!”

The flying squirrel girl declared, leaping forward.

She flew up to about five meters, and then fell to the ground with a thud.

Perhaps because the doll had protective features, the girl didn't seem to be injured even though she fell from a high altitude and landed on her abdomen. But even so, she didn't stand up immediately, but turned over and took a nap in the middle of the street.

"."

What on earth are you looking at?
Ritas placed his hands lightly on his temples.

The most bizarre thing about this scene is not the girl's strange behavior, but the fact that the residents of this city seem to be used to it. Even though something like this is happening, there are very few onlookers around.

Next, on the way to the tavern, Ritas met them again and again.

An adventurer wrapped in a reflective silver cloak, practicing "invisibility" under the sun.

An adventurer who embraces a huge mirror, keeps his face facing the mirror, and walks only by the light reflected in the mirror.

An adventurer flying a small kite, letting his mind and body go, letting the kite pull him along. If he encounters a building, he will climb directly onto the top of the building.
Even after arriving at the tavern, Ritas discovered that the hottest activity was going on in the open space connected to the back door of the tavern. A group of adventurers dressed as fortune tellers were rolling crystal balls on the smooth ground, knocking down and breaking the neatly arranged empty bottles in the distance.

“Have I come to hell?”

Ritas, who could not sense any intellect or meaning from what he had seen and heard along the way, could not help but hum softly.

Although this group of adventurers were doing different weird things, they had only one thing in common.

That is, Professor Ritas cannot understand it at all.
"Wuwuwuwu. Nina, my Nina. Xiaoli, please think of a solution."

What can you think of?
If the adventurer girl named Nina really died of exhaustion when the "Star Mark" awakened, could he still resurrect her?
Moreover, if you want to resurrect, you must first find the other person's body.

Now there is no beginning or end in this situation. If the worst happens, there will be no way unless he learns to reverse time and space or something.

At noon, Ritas met up with Hania and started the day's scheduled itinerary.

And since it came online not long ago, the Bathing Goddess has been in this state.

"Mr. Haniya, is the hotel you recommended to me really the best hotel in this town?"

Since he didn't know much about adventurers, Ritas mostly followed the advice of his guide Hania.

It is obviously difficult to find one or two specific people in a small town full of adventurers.

As the Goddess of Bath said, it is impossible to get quest instructions by just going into a tavern and talking to the NPCs.

Therefore, although he didn't know why Ritas had to find the adventurer named "Helian", Hania, who was professional, still followed Ritas's expectations and suggested "looking for an intelligence dealer".

In a town like Lily of the Valley, where there are a large number of adventurers, there is no shortage of intelligence dealers. It can even be said that the problem is that "intelligence dealers" are everywhere.

Fortunately, Hania, as a guide, played a role again and was able to eliminate most of the unreliable options for Ritas.

"Indeed, Professor. By the way, you can just call me by my name, Hania, or by the title 'Military Advisor'. As an adventurer, I may not be used to being too formal. Of course, another more famous alias is not impossible, but after so many years, that alias will still cause some harm to my heart."

Another well-known adventurer nickname of Hania is "Ugly Elf".

"Okay, Hania."

Ritas said "Hmm?" in his heart when he was halfway through his words.

Wait, is Hania's military advisor just a title and not a position in the Silver Dragon Adventure Group?

"For adventurers who are happy to stay in even a stable, the only requirement they have for an inn is that it's 'cheap'. Therefore, those expensive, luxurious inns will soon go bankrupt in towns where adventurers gather in large numbers. It's not that there are no wealthy adventurers or adventure groups, but such adventurers and adventure groups are more inclined to build, rent or purchase a separate base by themselves."

“So that’s how it is”

Ritas subconsciously absorbed this knowledge, which might be completely useless.

He looked at the weird adventurers that could be seen everywhere in this town, and felt that it was understandable that such a place had a unique economic environment and logic.

“If the best hotels are so mediocre, shouldn’t the worst be terrible?”

"It's not as bad as imagined. The biggest difference between a good hotel and a bad one is probably the soundproofing. Adventurers are generally noisy. Especially young adventurers, who like to party there all night long."

Haniya, who had dark circles under his eyes and had probably been quarreled all night, sighed and said.

Speaking of which, Haniya was not the only one who stayed up last night. In order to provide Ritas with more clues about "Nina", the Bathing Goddess also used other equipment to play "Star Pattern" all night.

In the past, when everyone else was sleeping, Ritas was the only one awake. This was a rare experience, where I was the only one sleeping well while the people around me were staying up late.

"Hania, did you stay in the stable yesterday?"

When Hania was describing the good and bad ratings among adventurer inns, Ritas suddenly asked.

".How could that be? Even though it's summer now, and even though living in a stable is something every adventurer has to go through to some extent. But no matter what, I'm an adventurer who has been famous for many years, so I wouldn't..."

"There's some thatch hanging in your hair."

"."

As an experienced adventurer, Haniya's face only flashed a little embarrassment, and then he calmly took off the straw on his head and changed the subject naturally. Ritas was curious about why the "military advisor" of the Silver Dragon Adventure Group was so short of money.

After almost a whole day of investigation, Ritas returned to the hotel in the evening.

It cannot be said that there was nothing gained on this day, but it was certainly not much either.

First of all, Ritas didn't get much useful information about "Nina".

According to the Bathing Goddess, Nina's "Star Mark" ability is a large-scale hypnosis skill that can only be used once in a battle due to its long cooldown time.

According to the goddess of the bath, because "Star Emblem" is a traditional war chess game, the actions of the enemy and our side are not carried out alternately but one round at a time. Therefore, if you take the initiative, you can eliminate most of the opponent's chess pieces before the opponent takes action, gaining a huge advantage. This also leads to the ugly game of large troops piled up in a group and advancing only one or two squares in a round when approaching the enemy.

but!
It's different with Nina. After she releases a large-scale hypnosis at a similar distance, she can skip the process of rubbing each other one by one.

Of course, the information about the Bathing Goddess, "Who would understand if you tell it to me?", is still not worth mentioning as always.

Ritas could only extract the key from it, which was the ability of large-scale hypnosis.

If Nina's star mark has indeed awakened and gone berserk, then in Lily of the Valley Town or the surrounding mazes, there is a high probability that many people in one area will fall asleep at the same time.

And at least from a large number of intelligence dealers, Ritas has not heard of similar anecdotes.

Therefore, he initially concluded that Nina's star pattern awakening and subsequent events had most likely not happened yet.

Then, he found out the elements that might be helpful in finding someone from the useless information provided by the Bathing Goddess, such as Nina's birthday, height, weight, hobbies, specialties, favorite books, favorite flowers, life motto and other messy things.

Nina had natural, very beautiful silver-white hair and red eyes. As for the cute clothes that the goddess of bathing described vividly, Ritas basically ignored them.

Adventurers also change clothes.
Ritas and the Bathing Goddess originally thought that Nina's appearance features were quite obvious and special.

However, after they took a quick tour around Lily of the Valley Town, they fell silent.

“Is there a discount for dyeing gray hair in this town?”

No one could answer Ritas's question.

Compared to Nina who made little progress, Helian gained a lot of information.

"Helian in the East, Helian in the West, and Helian in the North. Why are there so many Helians in such a small town? I am a little confused about what 'Helian' is!"

"Ha~ah~ That's great. At least we've ruled out Helian Nan. All that money spent on intelligence isn't wasted."

After worrying about Nina for a whole day, the Bathing Goddess, who finally got the good news, yawned and made sarcastic remarks.

The "Helian of the South" was said to be over two meters tall and could carry five adult men with his bare hands.

Anyway, it shouldn’t be the one that the Bathing Goddess knew.

"Adventurers are like germs. Once infected, they will gradually become sick, and they are also highly contagious. If you must say it, the word adventurer itself is problematic. People who explore for a purpose can be called explorers. People who take the initiative to "adventure" are nothing but courting death."

"Yes, yes. After President Lee became president, he deleted the word 'adventurer' from the dictionary."

Listening to Ritas attacking all the adventurers as usual, the sleepy Bathing Goddess responded lazily.

Now, she has basically put her mind at ease and has a hunch that they will not be able to stay in Lily of the Valley Town for too long.

Like Ritas, no matter whether it is a big or small matter, he first calls in professionals to pave the way, and then uses huge funds to solve all problems such as intelligence sources, manpower, etc. Although he lacks the "adventurer" style, he can undoubtedly solve most problems quickly and directly.

Night falls.

As for dinner, Ritas, who had originally planned to just have a casual meal, eventually walked out of the hotel and looked for a restaurant in the town.

The reason was that there had been a lot of noise on the roof of the hotel.

The best hotel, with the best soundproofing, is only the best relative to others.

Normally, when encountering such a thing, Ritus would definitely investigate or warn the person who disturbed him.

But in the bustling town of Lily of the Valley, Ritas really couldn't muster up that kind of heart.

"Hey, Xiao Li, has that loud voice been following us since before?"

"It's not an illusion, but it must be a coincidence, Bathing Goddess."

Ritas said, looking up in the direction of the noise.

Is that a white leopard, tiger, or cat?
Anyway, it was a creature of similar appearance, running between rooftops. Behind it, a group of people dressed as adventurers were also nimbly running across the rooftops, chasing the white creature.

Even though such strange things were happening, the adventurers in the town still acted as if they were indifferent, which made Ritas miss the warmth of the academy and Spring City again.

Those adventurers and mysterious creatures were not parkouring around the Bathing Goddess and Ritas, making noises. It just so happened that wherever Ritas passed by, there was always a rooftop that was just right for him to stay.

Just as Ritas was watching, the adventurers chasing behind suddenly released a bunch of throwing and flying props.

Among them, a small number of them accurately hit the white creatures fleeing in front.

The white creature howled in pain, and the thing it had been holding in its mouth was inevitably thrown out.

"Hmm? What is that, a duel disk? Uh... is that thing flying towards us?"

The Bathing Goddess said this while facing a prop that was of unknown material, was milky white in color, and looked like a flat blade.

And what she said was indeed right, the prop flew right towards Ritas, who was just a spectator.

Ritas frowned slightly, because he felt that the prop's flight path was rather strange, as if it had turned in a different direction in the sky. But there was no strong wind blowing around to do that.

The first thing he did was to put on several layers of protective barriers for himself.

Not wanting this strange object to get close to him, Ritas raised his hand and threw the white disc away.

"Hey! Xiao Li, you bastard!"

Amid the Bathing Goddess's dissatisfied complaints, the white disc accurately hit the falling strange object in mid-air.

click
But after the two collided, the sound made was something no one had expected.

".?""Why?"

When the disc and the strange prop fell to the ground together, Ritas and the Bathing Goddess discovered that the two had actually "merged".

(End of this chapter)