Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 128 Destiny is a Dog

After all, Cecilia was not a student of Yewwood School, so she could understand that Ritas, as a mentor, would not specifically instruct and take care of her when she might be in danger.

Moreover, from the conclusion, although Ritas was not involved, she was able to escape danger in the maze with the help of Mr. Yew Fir.

However, understanding is one thing, and feeling is another.

Cecilia didn't even expect Ritas to take the initiative to do anything to protect herself.

However, whether it is before the event, during the event, or after the event is over.
Asking Ritas to look at her a few more times, even just for a moment, wouldn't be too much to ask, right?
This reality that she always exists around Ritas, but is always isolated from the outside world, is what makes Cecilia feel most lost.

Unlike those vague visions of the future, the present was her entire existence, nothing worth mentioning on Ritas's side.

So, even if I transfer to Yew Fir School and become a student of Ritas, what will change in all this distant world?

Perhaps, it just makes the "protective color" created to protect oneself from getting hurt more concrete and solid.

Cecilia lowered her head and sighed again.

Thinking back carefully, the connections between her and Ritas were all created unilaterally by her. Ritas should have long forgotten, or never recognized, the little guy who was supposed to have "taught" him magic in the first place. Moreover, from the perspective of the "rules" of modern magic, her actions seemed more like misleading the other party.

Therefore, from the beginning to the end, she was the only one who was like a moth chasing the flame, running towards the place where the light that attracted her was with unrealistic ideas.

And what Ritas probably lacks most around him is such "moths", and he has even felt annoyed and bored with them.

As for the so-called destiny, it is even more illusory.

If you insist, fate might not be guiding her, but hindering her. After all, in the same college and city, unexpected encounters will happen sooner or later. However, canceling the final exams of a semester is something that happens only once in decades.

Then
Facing the reality, giving up seems to be a good option.

Anyway, she never thought about what she would do if she really got closer to Ritas. After all, what could happen to her, who was essentially a moth, and Ritas, who was essentially fire?
Once the thought of running away came to her mind again, Cecilia's heart was like an avalanche.

Since her goal in the academy seemed unattainable, was there any need for her to stay in the academy?

In itself, her purpose of coming to Earls College was much more impure and purposeful than that of other students. With this mentality, she had no confidence that she could continue to live in the college, complete her studies normally, and become a mage.

Since I can't graduate and become a mage, isn't it better to return to the family now instead of wasting time?
Now that we are all going back to our family, then...
As she thought about it, Cecilia felt her vision begin to dim.

But this might be a good thing. Once you get used to the darkness, you won't chase after unrealistic fire and burn yourself to ashes.

"Hey! Xiao Li, you bastard!"

Suddenly, a sharp sound pierced the sky.

Cecilia raised her head sharply.

It can’t be. No, there is nothing that can’t be, it must be!

Although they had not spent much time together, Cecilia clearly recognized the Bathing Goddess with her highly recognizable voice.

Cecilia ran quickly towards the sound.

At this moment, she finally realized that the surroundings had actually been very noisy since before, but she was immersed in her own world and didn't notice it.

The source of the commotion seemed to come from an alley.

Since the voice of the Bathing Goddess can be heard in that alley, does it mean that she is inseparable from the Bathing Goddess most of the time?
Cecilia ran into the alley with an inexplicable feeling of uneasiness and turned a vertical corner.

In an instant, this straight and narrow road connecting the most magnificent buildings in the town completely illuminated the way ahead for Cecilia.

At this moment, Cecilia realized again that "destiny" might really exist.

"Riding on someone and not letting go is not polite at all. That's why I hate taking pets out for walks."

"Who are you calling a pet, you bastard! And does this seem to have anything to do with my will?!"

At this moment, Cecilia couldn't figure out what was going on.

The white disc that housed the goddess of bathing was entangled with a strangely shaped blade-like object for some reason.

The white blade was connected to a rope, and the rope was being bitten tightly by a strange-looking white cat. On the other side, the figure that had always been circling Cecilia's heart had a dark face and was holding the edge of the white disc tightly with both hands.

The man and the cat used the white disc and the white blade combined together as a rope and tried their best to pull up the river.

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In short, "destiny" may really exist.

Even though the professor's current attitude was completely different from usual, Cecilia did not feel disillusioned at all, because in her mind, the other person's figure had always been different from what it was now.

And while fate exists, it is probably a little naughty.

Therefore, it would always make the other person appear directly in front of Cecilia when she was most confused, most depressed, and most in need of seeing that person. In a small town where the other person should not appear.

Besides being naughty, fate may be just plain unfair.

Because, even if they met unexpectedly in a place where they should not have any intersection, the professor would probably just say "Oh, student Cecilia."

But for Cecilia, seeing Ritas at this moment, all the entanglements in her heart were like a hurricane that swept away in an instant.

"Rita."

With a look of hope turning from cloudy to sunny, Cecilia didn't care about the strange situation in front of her. She just wanted to meet Ritas again as soon as possible, but she hadn't finished her words.

Suddenly, several adventurers jumped out from both sides of the path, and it was unclear whether they were attacking Ritas, the white cat, or the white disc or blade.

Ritas decisively pressed his hand on the ground, and a magic circle emitting an ice-blue color appeared.

boom!
Ice crystals and smoke with extremely strong vision-blocking effects instantly spread around.

As the screams and smoke subsided, there was nothing on the path except the adventurers who were either hiding their faces or looking at each other in confusion.

"."

Cecilia always felt that her vision was flickering like a magic lamp that was about to break. When she saw Ritas' figure completely disappear, the corners of her mouth twitched.

What a naughty and unfair thing
"Destiny" is really a dog.

late at night.

After making a long detour around the Lily of the Valley town, Ritas cautiously returned to the hotel.

In the cramped room, Ritas fell into silence as he looked at the injured and unconscious white cat, which was still biting the rope connected to the white blade. The white cat was bigger than the bed in the room.

"Well, is it okay to continue hiding in this hotel?" "Is it okay?"

Ritas repeated uncertainly.

He didn't expect that there were still staff at the hotel front desk so late, so he ran into them when he came back.

I can only say that it is worthy of being the hotel receptionist of the adventurer town.

The front desk staff was not surprised that Ritas brought back a big cat. Seeing that the big cat was seriously injured and that Ritas seemed to be involved in something, the staff took the initiative to say that Ritas could rest assured and that the fight between adventurers would not affect the hotel. However, he had better not hide in the hotel for more than ten days.

"However, even if this hotel is trustworthy enough, it would be better to buy a separate mansion as a base in the future."

Although the front desk of the hotel also stated that for the hotel in Lily of the Valley Town, protecting the privacy of customers is a long-term business principle, but Ritas can still foresee that trouble will come to the door soon.

"Wow, I know you're rich, but could you please stop shopping everywhere you go?"

Although she could not be considered poor, the Bathing Goddess, whose financial strength could not afford to squander, complained with some envy and jealousy.

"A mansion that any adventurer with a certain level of strength can afford should not be that expensive."

Ritas, who habitually discriminated against adventurers, continued to explain,

"I live in a hotel, and I can't renovate the entire hotel. Therefore, there will be hidden dangers in terms of confidentiality and security. When nothing happened before, there was no need to worry about this level. But now..."

Ritas couldn't help but sigh.

Although it is still at the stage of "clues" appearing, he already has some ominous premonitions.

After all, Professor Ritas had the tree witch draw hundreds of pages of magic books before the word "danger" appeared. Now that he has been "hunted down", it is not too much to just buy a mansion and arm it into a fortress.

I don't know why this short trip to find "Helian" turned out like this.
"And if it's true as the Bathing Goddess said, this town is one of the main plot triggers. We need to visit it again later. So keeping a base here is also for the long-term consideration."

"That's true. I'll have to come back during the winter break in a few months."

"?"

Ritas's body visibly stiffened.

Do you come to Lily of the Valley Town every time you have a holiday?
What kind of torture is this?
In the following time, Ritas and the Bathing Goddess discussed the mansion in Lily of the Valley Town for a long time.

Then, in the end, everyone could not help but look at the white blade they were trying to escape from.

"What the hell is this?"

"Who knows?"

"Since it fits the disk perfectly and is embedded in one place and cannot be removed, it must be part of the disk or a part of a huge whole that includes the disk, right?"

"Maybe."

".Bath Goddess. Occasionally, really occasionally, can't you provide some useful information?"

Ritas sighed again and said helplessly, If praying to the goddess of bathing would work, he would probably have knelt down now.

“Who knows! This broken disc is not complete, I am the most surprised, okay? Since I, the goddess of bathing, live in the disc, you can try to rub the white board hard, maybe you can rub out a male god of bathing! And this thing looks like a duel disc, do you have any duel cards? Don’t hide the Blue-Eyes Dragon or something, okay? Cover it up and let it spray out something destructive and explode!”

"."

Ritas, who already knew the goddess of the baths quite well, knew that she was so excited not because she was angry, but because she was hiding her guilt that she could not provide any useful information.

“In the final analysis, isn’t it because you knew the white disc was hard that you used it to test everything you encountered, and that’s why you came up with this? There’s some unknown substance in front of you, good! Let the white disc try it first. There’s a stray arrow in front of you! Good, let the white disc act as a shield to block it first. Just be more practical, draw a magic circle on it, and throw it out from time to time. Don’t you think of this thing as my idol? Whose followers use idols to do this kind of thing every day? At least have some respect for me, bastard!”

"Isn't this a manifestation of my trust in the Bathing Goddess and her statue from the bottom of my heart? I believe that the Bathing Goddess will protect me no matter what the situation is, and the Bathing Goddess's statue will not have any problems. Therefore, when I encounter the unknown, I will rely on it first."

Ritas spoke seriously, without changing his expression, and without any sign of nervousness.

"You, you, you, you. Forget it. Sooner or later, you'll be stabbed by a woman with a kitchen knife."

The momentum that had been gathered was dispersed in an instant, and the goddess of bathing sighed softly.

"Anyway, after connecting this component, at least the interface on my side has not changed. Also, let me reiterate that I did not intentionally lock onto that blade-like thing. My will has no influence on anything at all."

The Bathing Goddess said somewhat weakly.

As for what she said, Ritas already had a psychological expectation.

After all, the so-called "abilities" of the Bathing Goddess so far have only slowly emerged after a certain period of time.

"Um. I hope the goddess of bathing doesn't mind what I said when I was fighting with the white cat. At that time, I probably triggered some psychological trauma, so I don't know what I was saying."

After calming down, Ritas expressed his apologies.

"Oh? Psychological trauma?"

The bathing goddess immediately became interested.

"That's right. Well, the dean used to have a pet dog, a male dog. However, Goddess of Bath also knows that the dean can't even take care of himself, let alone take care of a pet. So, the pet is usually taken care of by other people, such as me as a researcher at the time."

Ritas's gaze gradually became vague.

"It was one afternoon, and I took the pet dog for a walk as usual. The pet dog was a small and cute breed, only slightly larger than the palm of my hand. In the past, when I took it out, everyone would just say 'cute'. Then that day, maybe it was the season, and during the walk, it met another large pet dog that was also taken out for a walk."

"Could it be that they are fighting?"

"They're 'merged'."

Ritas said with a straight face.

"."

"After that, I tried everything, but I couldn't overcome its animal instinct. It can be said that I spent the longest and most embarrassing period of my life facing the livid face of the other pet dog's owner. By the way, the 42-year-old female owner sued me in court. The court issued a restraining order against me. As a result, I cannot enter a certain area where the lady is until now."

As Ritas spoke, he couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh.

".As expected of you, Levis, raising a dog can cause you psychological trauma."

The Bathing Goddess, who was silent for a while, couldn't help but sigh.

And Ritas just shook his head.

(End of this chapter)