Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 150 The Unlucky Third Owner

In response to the Bathing Goddess's question, Ritas pinched his chin and thought for a moment before responding,

"Perhaps it's because I have always insisted that I only founded the church, not that I am a member of the church, and I have received recognition from heaven or the whole world. So, strictly speaking, I am not affiliated with the 'Bath Goddess Church'."

“Hehe~ Don’t think of using this opportunity to distance yourself from me. Even if no one agrees, including yourself, I have already determined that you are the leader of my believers and the Pope of the Bath Goddess Church! You can’t run away!”

The Bathing Goddess immediately said in a sharp voice.

Once upon a time, the goddess of bathing had disliked Ritas, the "disobedient Pokémon". But before she knew it, she had realized how popular Ritas was. She had already determined in her heart that Ritas was the only owner of the white disc.

"Ugh"

"Why are you sighing?"

"In short, since I am a member of the church, it has nothing to do with my cognition. It is a reality and fact that cannot be changed."

Ritas couldn't help but sigh again and expressed his speculation.

"Then, the reason why my card looks weird is probably because I am already in the church, so the card is black, as if it is abandoned. And it is also because I no longer need to recruit, so those items lack guidance."

"Oh, that makes sense. Since yours is the real world, the card drawing module naturally can't predict that someone has joined the church without going through the module. What's more, no one can guarantee that the card drawing module won't draw duplicate cards. Tsk, thinking about it this way, the function of this module itself seems a bit subtle."

The Bathing Goddess agreed with Ritas's statement, and as she spoke, a strange emotion arose in her heart.

Thinking back to the beginning, as a "goddess" who knew all the plots of "Star Emblem", the Bathing Goddess thought she could make a big difference in the world of Ritas, and even do whatever she wanted. However, in reality, her role is more subtle than she imagined.
In this regard, the goddess of bathing has been comforting herself, "the time has not come yet." But as the plot of the "Star Mark" game is constantly changed by Ritas, the goddess of bathing has vaguely felt that she is going to become more and more lazy.

As for the card drawing module, the Bathing Goddess suddenly had the same feeling.

At first glance, this card drawing module seems quite powerful. It can recruit powerful church members through the simplest form of gift giving. In theory, even Ritas can be recruited gradually from a stranger state.

But in reality, the card drawing module also has various foreseeable and currently unrealized inconveniences.

Therefore,
"This thing is, after all, integrated with the disc."

In strange places, the goddess of bathing was sure of this.

On the other hand, Ritas, who quietly disrupted the previous atmosphere and the flow of topics with just a joking remark, was thinking about other things in his heart.

That black "Professor of Magic"... Could it be that he who has not met the Goddess of Bathing, that is, the one called "Iron Maiden" in the "Star Mark" game?

If the card drawing module, the "box" that mixes the chess pieces into it, is prepared in advance, and the information inside it cannot be changed in real time according to the changes in the world.

So according to the old information, when the Black Nun draws the "Professor of Magic", the "Iron Maiden" will be in a state of death.

The black color of the card actually represents the black color of "death".

The five props for recruiting the "Professor of Magic" may be related to bringing the "Iron Maiden" back to life.

According to the previous inference, according to the world line of the "Star Mark" game, after the death of the "Iron Maiden", Livis is very likely to run to revive him, and then take the "Life Fruit" buried under the academy, and then disappear from the scene. By the way, the reason why John did not appear in the game world may also be because he chased the "Life Fruit" and did not stay in the academy.

As for what’s next.
Although Ritas couldn't be sure, Levis' plan to resurrect the "Iron Maiden" was likely to have failed.

Before this, Ritas actually couldn’t understand the reason for this “failure”.

Because, that was the "Tree Witch". She was at the top of the world, and as long as she was willing, she could basically access all the highest-level secrets in the world. She didn't look like she would fail easily, whether in terms of ability, financial resources, connections, etc.

Can we assume that Livis's resurrection was half successful and half failed in the "Star Mark" world line?
The "Iron Maiden" did survive thanks to the fruit of life and other things, but he was missing the most crucial things, such as his soul.

If you think about it this way, the black card "Professor of Magic" requires the latter two of the three fruits of "Life", "Wisdom" and "Desire", which seem to be a complete set. Are they used to fill in the missing part?
In Ritas's brain, there are analyses and inferences about the black cards, which are obviously much more advanced than those of the Bathing Goddess and the Black Nun.

However, he did not say these things.

On the one hand, although the distance between them has been shortened, the Black Sister is still an "outsider". Therefore, Ritas does not intend to mention her in front of her.

On the other hand, Ritas subconsciously felt that it would be better to keep these things about himself as a secret.

Because, if we continue according to his idea, we can come to a conclusion.

That is, the "Iron Maiden", that is, Ritas Berengrom Elson in the original timeline, actually has the possibility of coming back to life.

But if he really was alive in some form during the four years of the "Star Pattern" game, the possibility of him staying out of it would be very low.

Then, assuming that the Bathing Goddess was not so careless as to not realize that the other person was "Ritas" whom she spent every day with even though she had seen him in the game world.
What role will the "Professor of Magic", who has died once, play in the impending doomsday catastrophe?
"Eh? You only drew nine cards in total?"

"Yes, Lady Bathing Goddess. I'm not very clear about how this card drawing module works. Basically, I try it every day when I have time, but so far I can only draw a card occasionally. Most of the time, it's like being rejected. Generally speaking, I drew one card right away on the day I picked it up. Then later, I found that I could draw again, and I drew three. Then, a few days ago, it suddenly allowed me to draw cards again, and this time it returned to the prohibition mode after I drew five times."

The black nun thought for a moment and answered.

The first card she drew was the White Cat. The next three cards included Einfeld and Helian, who are now her companions. In the last five consecutive draws, she drew the gold card "Amber's Hellfire" and the black card "Professor of Magic" in one go.

"Hey~ I got a gold card after only nine draws? I don't know the probability, but this should be quite lucky. But at the same time, I got a useless card like Xiao Li. So, overall, it can be considered a balance of good and bad luck?"

Just when the "unfortunate waste card" that was clicked showed displeasure, the goddess of bathing, who was always startled, seemed to suddenly think of something. "I understand! The number of times you draw cards is actually linked to the 'church system'. When you first bound the card drawing module, you got one free draw as a tutorial. Then that night the church system upgraded for the first time and gave you three rewards. Then a few days ago, the church system upgraded for the second time, and this time it gave you five rewards!"

Speaking of games, the goddess of bathing seemed to think faster than usual, and continued,

"From this point of view, the true form of this church system may also have a 'mission system' or 'achievement system'. Coincidentally, even if this card drawing module is combined with the disc, it only fills the right side, and the left side is empty and not symmetrical at all. This left side is definitely the corresponding 'reward module'! Only in this way can this church system as the main game system be truly established!"

Ritas did not interrupt as he listened to the Bathing Goddess excitedly talking about her discovery.

In terms of games or "systems", he believes that the Bathing Goddess's judgment is still sufficiently referenceable.

In the following time, as the Bathing Goddess further explained what the "reward module" was, Ritas's expression became strange.

If this disc was really divided into three parts, it would fall into the hands of different people.

The person who got the reward module should be the most inexplicable one, right?
At least Ritas can communicate with the goddess of bathing, and the black nun can draw cards and recruit. Only the person who holds the reward module just looks at the tasks and achievements every day and completes them without authorization, and then clicks to get the rewards, but the rewards are not in his hands.
He should hold a white unidentified object every day, and have philosophical thoughts like "What is this? What can it do? What am I doing?"

Of course, it doesn’t necessarily mean that anyone has actually picked up the “reward module”.

At present, we can only wait until the next church upgrade to see whether the upgrade rewards are sent to the Black Nun in real time, and judge whether the card draw number of those church upgrade rewards is automatically issued, or there is an enthusiastic unlucky person who is helping the Black Nun to collect them.

Towards evening, after talking for most of the day, Ritas and the Bathing Goddess roughly understood a series of things related to the Black Nun, the card drawing module, and the White Cat Adventure Group.

And Ritas didn't know whether this exchange of information would solve more doubts for him or create more new doubts.

Before leaving, Ritas handed the white blade, which was the card drawing module, back to the black nun.

Taking the white blade, the black sister couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly.

"This"

The Black Sister had always believed that Ritas had come this day to retrieve the white blade that was integrated with the white disc. In her heart, she had already prepared and realized to return the item.

"I cannot use this item, so it can only play its due role in your hands. However, in the future, whether it is the information of the drawn cards or the recruitment process, I hope you can record the key information and provide me with a copy. These intelligence fees are the 'additional rewards' for the commission I accepted as an adventurer this time. Of course, I will not force you. If you do not want to provide information, you can also pay me in installments for a total of twelve years. Don't worry, I will control the monthly reward and interest to a range that ordinary people can accept. Your adventure group's joint efforts will not cause too much burden."

“Eh——?”

Before the Black Nun, the Bathing Goddess made a sound of disbelief.

It seems that every time others have the illusion that Ritas is a human being, Ritas reveals his inhuman side.

However, the goddess of bathing also knew that Ritas's request was reasonable. Although some of the pages were about to "expired", Ritas did lose a lot of money in that rescue. Moreover, compared with the grace of saving his life, it was just a loan for twelve years.
Twelve years!
Ok
Apart from the somewhat outrageous length, the Bathing Goddess felt that there was nothing wrong with the other parts, and apart from that uncontrollable laugh, she didn't say much.

"If this can help Lady Bathing Goddess and Lady Ritas, I don't mind. But..."

The black nun took the white blade and pursed her lips slightly.

"Now, I am not sure whether I should continue to use this item from God."

The black nun sighed softly, and after asking the Bathing Goddess and Ritas and getting their answers, she slowly told the story of "Matt", the person pointed to by the last card of the three cards drawn in the second draw.

"The grocer who hovers between life and death."

This is the prefix of Mr. Matt.

Looking at the prefix, the Black Sister initially thought that Matt was just a seriously ill person.

So, at the beginning, she didn't have the intention to recruit Matt, but just wanted to support this poor man's business, so she went to Matt's grocery store and bought a bunch of things.

Perhaps it's because of the result, but looking back now, Matt's grocery store was actually quite suspicious.

As a person who suddenly came to the town, Matt opened a grocery store. Moreover, the grocery store has been quietly operating in a dark alley for several years, and it seems that there is no business on weekdays. However, it has been able to operate all the time.

On the one hand, she wanted to provide more support, and on the other hand, the daily expenses of the White Cat Adventure Group (mainly white cats) were really high, so the Black Nun directly bought a lot of things that time.

Looking at the black nun who came alone and pulled the cart full of goods for a long time but couldn't move it a few steps, Matt, the owner of the grocery store, hesitated for a long time, and then reluctantly became a door-to-door deliveryman.

"We were all staying at Ain's house at the time. Although Mr. Matt kept complaining along the way about why I had to go so far to buy things at such a remote grocery store, he still helped me and enthusiastically delivered the goods back."

"It was almost noon, so everyone was busy preparing lunch for the day. After seeing the tired Mr. Matt, everyone naturally invited him to have dinner together. It might be a little difficult for Lord Ritas and Lady Bathing Goddess to understand, but in the Adventurer Town, such actions are very common."

"Mr. Matt declined several times, but in the end he stayed and shared lunch with us."

"Even in my opinion, it was probably a bad table. Not only were Ain and Helian always arguing and blaming each other for the bad taste, but there was also Alan who kept coughing at the table, and the white cat who would howl if the plate was not filled in time."

"But at such a terrible table, Mr. Matt became more and more silent while eating the food, and finally he covered his face and cried."

"The item Mr. Matt needed was a 'thoughtful dish'. It was really something so simple that it couldn't be simpler. And it was only much later that I realized why Mr. Matt needed such a simple gift."

"Then, Mr. Matt became a member of the adventure group. And... became the 'betrayer'."

(End of this chapter)