Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 147 Soul Contract
"Professor, your injuries haven't fully healed yet. It's best not to get up and rest for a while!"

In Ritas's ward, after the initial delicate period, Cecilia helped Ritas lie back on the bed with a tone of advice.

Ritas wanted to explain that the treatment method used by Dr. Shu was rather special. Therefore, unless it was a serious disease that was difficult to treat, the patient would be almost cured when he woke up. For the rest, he only needed to replenish his energy through eating and other means.

But in the end, he couldn't persuade Cecilia, so he lay back down.

In fact, Cecilia's response to the patient was correct and normal. Ritas and the Bathing Goddess were the ones who lacked common sense.

The Bathing Goddess is too careless, and Ritas knows too much, so sometimes there is a lack of the necessary "gaps" in all aspects.

Sitting beside the bed, Ritas and Cecilia began to talk.

The "small talk" option rarely appears in conversations with Ritas, so before they knew it, they were talking about a series of events that happened in Lily of the Valley Town.

Earlier, after Ritas woke up, he also heard about Cecilia's active role in the incident. As a party involved, Cecilia's account was undoubtedly clearer.

"I'm so sorry, Professor. In the end I was not able to help."

"Didn't you help? I think the action you initiated played a big role in conquering the entire Black Labyrinth. And even if you didn't help, student Cecilia doesn't need to feel guilty."

In Ritas's opinion, everything related to Lily of the Valley Town had nothing to do with Cecilia. Cecilia only needed to ask for help from the academy and Courteney, and Ritas would think she had done what she should do. And getting support from outside in the Black Labyrinth was a pleasant surprise.

Moreover, although the adventurers' hunting of the dead did not make the situation that Ritas was facing much better, through the adventurers' actions, Ritas felt the corpse disaster and the long-dead maze's strength on the outside but weakness on the inside.

Compared to powerful opponents, what Ritas is more reluctant to face is unknown opponents.

The incident in the Black Labyrinth seemed to be caused by the arrogant corpse plague, which mistakenly provoked an opponent that it could not deal with, and finally suffered all the bitter consequences.

However, without sufficient intelligence support, Ritas, who was unsure whether his position with the corpse disaster would be reversed, would definitely not rashly go deep into the maze to solve the incident.

"But it was Liz who proposed that plan, and if she hadn't happened to meet Miss Olihar, the chances of this proposal being accepted by the Adventurer's Guild would not have been high."

Cecilia said somewhat frustrated.

To this day, Cecilia still has no idea what happened in the deepest part of the black labyrinth. However, no matter what the reason was, since she had the opportunity to drive the adventurers to a certain extent, she thought she should have been more decisive and let the adventurers go deeper into the labyrinth.

If that were the case, perhaps Ritas wouldn't be injured like he is now.

"I think that student Cecilia has done an excellent job. If you think you have not played any role, you might as well change your way of thinking. Isn't it more remarkable that you have achieved commendable results without making much effort?"

Although he didn't know where Cecilia's loss came from, Ritas still comforted her. Or rather, in his opinion, these were not comfort, because he was just stating the facts in a realistic way.

"Although, during the entire process, student Cecilia did not use any magic. However, these behaviors and styles are undoubtedly the 'more mage-like approach' advocated by the academy."

As for what the "mage's way" is, Ritas couldn't actually describe it very accurately.

But under the premise of staying away from danger, solving problems satisfactorily is definitely the foundation and basis of "the mage's way".

"So, even though it may be a little early to say this now, I believe that student Cecilia will definitely become an excellent 'chief' who will be ranked at the top even if all the previous years are counted."

"."

Cecilia's face showed an expression like the sky suddenly becoming bright after the dark clouds on a rainy day have moved away.

For a moment, she didn't even know what to say.

Although she had been called "Chief" all the time throughout the entire semester, this was the only day she felt genuinely happy for this title.

So, I must stay in Earls College for a few more semesters, right?
Cecilia, not at all excited as she was just a few days ago when she was considering dropping out of school.

Then, Ritas's voice slowly sounded again.
"Perhaps, I should be thankful that student Cecilia is not in the Yew Fir class."

Recalling the past few months, he was always injured and had not followed the "magic way" at all except when he "asked the teacher". Ritas shook his head slightly.
"Because, as a class mentor, I can't think of anything else I can teach Cecilia."

After a little self-mockery, Ritas showed a rare warm smile.

Cecilia's previous joyful expression slowly froze on her face, and she tilted her head unconsciously.

"Eh?"

Is there something wrong!!!

It was almost dusk.

Cecilia, who seemed to be "respected and far away", shouted loudly in her heart.

the next day.

Ritas, who had basically recovered, officially left the college treatment center.

After going through a lot of trouble, Ritas' holiday goals were finally back on track.

Next, he will try to find out the various doubts surrounding the Star Mark holder "Nina", and why the events in Lily of the Valley Town deviate so greatly from the plot of the "Star Mark" game.

Because they were almost transformed into undead, Helian and Einfeld of the White Cat Adventure Group are still receiving treatment.

However, the Black Nun, who seemed to be the most seriously injured and had experienced an unstable teleportation magic, recovered faster than Ritas.

So, Ritas planned to meet the black nun first.

Currently, the Black Sister is temporarily housed in the reception area of Earls College.

Also in preparation for the upcoming college exchange meeting next semester, Earls College renovated the reception area in the north of the campus this year.

And Sister Black just happened to be the first guest of the academy to use those newly installed facilities.

"Xiao Li, sometimes I think you are worse than the gentle male protagonist who is deaf, slow, and has a certain degree of IQ deficiency."

"Really?" On the way to the VIP area, the leisurely words of the Bathing Goddess were heard from the white disc that was still unfolding that day.

"But Bathing Goddess, aren't you going to tutoring today?"

"It's the weekend today!"

Before I knew it, more than ten days of August had passed.

Professor Ritas's vacation time, which was already limited, was running out.

"Come to think of it, I looked at the slices I had accumulated yesterday. How should I put it? It turned out that when you and Courtrine were angry, you felt like that. It was the exact opposite of normal times. Normally, you couldn't say a few words all day, but when you got angry, you kept talking. And Courtrine, who was usually quite cheerful, had a dark face and didn't say a word when she got angry. In short, it was quite scary."

"Tsk, I knew it"

People will talk about it.

To some extent, when he teleported the white disc away, he also did so because he didn't want the Bathing Goddess to see him getting angry.

In fact, being seen by the goddess of bathing is not a big deal. And being teased or laughed at by the goddess of bathing is also not a big deal.

However, Ritas inexplicably felt like he didn't want his rare side to be seen.

Perhaps, he should seriously look for the pattern of the "slices" that appeared on the Bathing Goddess' side. Otherwise, now that he is basically bound to the white disc, he really needs to worry all the time.
"This is the first time I've seen someone who can take advantage of his own loss of control. Xiao Li, are you really, um, okay?"

"Bath Goddess, your question is really too vague."

Contrary to what Ritas expected, the bathing goddess who saw another side of him seemed to show a kind of "worry".

From the atmosphere, Ritas probably understood what the Bathing Goddess was asking, but he still threw the question back.

"That's the kind of thing. Because of the comparison with Courteney, I realized something. Look at Court, she obviously got angry at the wrong person and did something embarrassing. But anyway, after she had such an outburst, her eyes were much clearer than before, right? Although she won't complain to others all the time, the experience of hitting a wall everywhere over the years must have accumulated a lot of resentment in her heart. Although there is no connection between them, at least through this time, she completed once... um, relieved her inner burden?"

The goddess of bathing said, with some low humming sounds like "mmmm", organizing her words.

"But the same situation happened to you, and you took advantage of your loss of control. So, don't you have this kind of relief? And, not only this time, I feel that it will not happen in the future. Should I say this is smart? In short, it may be a good thing to be able to take all the things related to yourself into account, but if it keeps on like this, won't you feel uncomfortable?"

Listening to the words of the Bathing Goddess, Ritas paused for a moment.

However, it was only a slight change, and when he took another step, the expression on his face was as calm as ever.

“I only feel bad if I can’t control myself.”

Perhaps he felt that his previous words were so cold that they lacked any emotion. When he spoke again, Ritas' tone softened a little.
"Besides, if I couldn't ensure that the 'random number magic' was effective, I would be in a very bad situation facing the bone dragon."

"That's true. In that situation, there's no time to think about this or that."

The Bathing Goddess said in agreement.

She obviously didn't realize that Ritas's response was a sophistry. Because the goddess of bathing was not only worried about Ritas's performance that day, but also about "from now on". And the excuse of "having no choice in the face of the bone dragon" would not always work.

"It is precisely because I can ensure that my actions are within the plan that the price I paid at that time was less than I imagined. If I teleport away from the corpse disaster, I will also be seriously injured. In this case, why not use the injuries to release random magic, and further use them for self-necromancy. And the magic circles used for amplification are just brought by the magic book pages that are about to expire."

Due to the frequent incidents in the first semester, Ritas prepared some more powerful magic pages at the beginning of the summer vacation. However, these things were proven to be "overdone" in the incident of the three perverts.

The already made magic book pages could not be decomposed into raw materials even if they were not used. In addition, he was locked in the black maze for several days and did not maintain the magic book pages. Therefore, the magic book pages were about to become ineffective.

In the black maze, the reason why Ritas chose that day to take action had more to do with the pages of the magic book than the shortage of food.

“That’s right! How come you know the magic of undead transformation and soul contract? Could it be that you have secretly studied necromancy?”

".This time, there really isn't. The two kinds of magic used by the Corpse Disaster are just rare, and the level itself is not high. According to the classification of modern magic, those two kinds of magic can barely reach the level of intermediate magic. So, it really is. You can learn it with just one look."

Ritas explained.

And if you must say, Ritas did more than just glance at it.

At that time, after the white cat used its power to "capture" Helian and Einfeld, Ritas took their blood for analysis.

Although, he later discovered that the Corpse Disaster's magic level was very limited, and he felt that the steps of analyzing the blood were actually redundant.

"Take a look. So, why did that corpse dare to jump in your face? On the other hand, the value of 'Big Yellow Hair' is still rising!"

The Bathing Goddess sighed with all her heart.

Malik Ezzan, who is probably wailing in the depths of hell, has absolutely no idea what an amazing achievement he has missed.

Before, the Bathing Goddess sometimes wondered why it was Ritas who happened to pick up the disc that could hear her voice.

But now, she felt more and more that it should be Ritas who picked it up.

Because Ritas is really a special individual who has the ability to change all "destinies".

"After that, since you have a contract with the Corpse Disaster, you can know where his real body is?"

"No. How should I explain it? This incident dates back to nearly ten years ago, when I entered school. At that time, I encountered a rather special attack. To put it simply, someone had been invading my dreams. Since I rarely dream, it was not until a long time later that I discovered it. In short, in order to protect me, there was a special soul contract between me and the teacher."

“Eh? There’s been such a thing before? No, before that, it wasn’t that you rarely dreamed, but that you rarely slept, right?”

"Well, anyway, if I'm attacked by any soul contract, such as slavery, the teacher will be able to sense it immediately. And using the source of the feeling as the 'coordinates', the teacher can teleport through the 'Levi's World' and easily find the other party."

Ritas said, and added,
"Because of the teacher's appearance, I once suspected that the teacher had staged the incident himself. However, from the subsequent signs, it seems that it was not the case. As for who attacked me at that time, we have not found it yet. No, to be more precise, there is no evidence. The teacher and I have a rough idea of who it was."

Just like that, as an old "little thing" unfolded, the Bathing Goddess's attention was completely drawn to the soul contract between Ritas and Livis.

After talking along the way, Ritas arrived at his destination unknowingly, and saw the highly recognizable white big cat from afar.

(End of this chapter)