Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 185 Seminar Venue

After the evening, into the night.

"So, why do we have to come at this time?"

Noah Greens, a veteran member of the Bathing Seminar, also looked unhappy that day.

Or, in Ritas's impression, Noah was never happy.

"In fact, if you don't want to, Student Noah doesn't have to come with you."

Ritas said this, and because he didn't hold anything in his hands, his hand movements sometimes appeared unnatural.

"Well, since this is our own seminar venue, of course I have to come and see it with my own eyes as soon as possible. Don't you agree, Tabatha?"

".Huh? Uh, that's right!"

Tabatha Emin, who was walking slowly at the end of the team and whispering to the disk in her arms, paused for a moment and then agreed.

Merci Finn, who was at the front of the line, didn't say anything, but she gave off an air of "I'm happy as long as I'm next to the professor", which made Noah, who was in the middle of the line, particularly unhappy.

Anyway, this night was the night Ritas took the three female participants of the Bathing Seminar on a trip to check out their seminar venue.

The venue for the bathing seminar is actually something that has been delayed for a long time.

On the one hand, the various procedures of the academy are numerous, complicated and inefficient. In addition, everything went smoothly before, but after the night of the Summer Festival, the attitude of the Branch Crown Council towards Ritas was very subtle. Although it can't be said to be a stumbling block, it will not actively cooperate either.

On the other hand, there is also a shortage of seminar venues.

That is, the venue designated by the goddess of bathing is a building that has been abandoned for a long time. Otherwise, Ritas might have to wait.

For a bathing seminar, a venue is undoubtedly a very necessary thing.

Even with the special dormitory area, it was not easy for Ritas to visit other female students' dormitories frequently. For similar reasons, Miriam, another member of the Bathing Seminar, was unable to join the seminar activities.

Moreover, the activities of the bathing seminar are likely to cause a lot of noise and involve the surrounding areas.

However, even if the necessity is very high, Ritas still wants to follow the formal process and does not want to abuse the "power" he has. Therefore, the recommendation of the goddess of bathing can be regarded as a small help to some extent. Even though the tone and attitude of the goddess of bathing when recommending it obviously have a bad feeling.

After walking for a while, Ritas and his group arrived at their destination.

Wherever you look, you'll see a dilapidated mansion that has the word "eerie" written all over it.

The mottled outer wall was already covered with cracks and various dark-colored mosses. None of the doors and windows in any direction were intact.

The psychological effect caused by the surrounding atmosphere makes those dark broken windows look like eyes. Once you look into them, you will feel as if you are being sucked in.

“.” “.” “.” “.” “.”

Facing the silent and sharp gazes of the four people, the Bathing Goddess just let out a dry laugh of "Ahahaha".

"It's not my fault! We weren't that familiar with each other back then! So, when you maliciously created something like the 'Bath Goddess Church' and the 'Bath Seminar', didn't I have to retaliate? And, if I say revenge, it's the kind of, well, cute revenge! There's some kindness mixed in! Starting from the second round, the abandoned mansion incident is a public favorability event! Although it can only happen once, that time, whether it's a man or a woman, as long as they come here to explore together, they can add a full ten points of favorability!"

After entering the abandoned house, the white disc returned to Ritas's hands.

Although the Bathing Goddess was "arguing" with a very firm tone, she was also concerned about not letting the students hear words like "favorable impression", so she lowered her voice.

"Good impression?"

Ritas, who was walking in front, accidentally stepped on a piece of floor that might have some problems, making a "squeak" sound.

And behind him, a mournful cry of "Ah!" was immediately heard.

Before Ritas could analyze which student the scream came from, a strange wind blew through the ventilated corridor on all sides, forming a weird howling sound.

Then instantly, another student cried out in horror, "Ah!"

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Feeling the speed of walking for nearly ten minutes without even finding the stairs in the mansion, Ritas felt that the favorability of the three students must be "soaring" at this moment.

"that."

"Wow ah ah!"

The sound of Ritas's words caused a scream. At this time, Ritas finally confirmed that the one who was the most startled was Noah.

"Since you are so scared, why don't you just wait for me outside the mansion? If you think about it carefully, there is actually no need for you to follow in and investigate."

Ritas suggested.

Rather, he himself had no reason to investigate now.

In this old mansion that had no magic lamps, it was dark everywhere, and the only light source was the light ball that Ritas casually rubbed out. Therefore, there was no point in coming to such a place at night, except for deliberately seeking excitement.

"No! Ah no, you don't need to worry about us, Professor. Since this is our venue, I want to come and see it first."

So is this house so empty that it can produce an echo?
Ritas listened to the voice of Mercy, who was also shaking like a sieve, and didn't quite understand what these female students were insisting on.

“Right! Stop talking so much and just lead the way! Don’t turn around suddenly!”

Noah exclaimed in annoyance when facing Ritas who suddenly turned around holding a ball of light.

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Although, Ritas knew that his face did not look friendly. Moreover, he also knew that in a dark environment, weak light on the face would make it look particularly scary. However, it was still a bit uncomfortable to be pointed at by Noah and looked down on.

It can only be said that there are not many people in the entire College and Spring City who treat him so badly.

Therefore, the fact that Noah was so rude must be a sign of his particularly high favorability!

In short, since the three female students were inexplicably insistent, Ritas continued to lead the way.

Among the three, Tabatha's condition was the most stable, so Merci and Noah held Tabatha's arms tightly, one on each side.

The three of them pressed together, combined with the eerie appearance of the abandoned house, made them look more like some deformed monster haunting the night.
"In fact, there is no need to be too afraid of this house that has fallen into disrepair. Most things are basically illusions brought about by darkness and illusions in the heart. If I remember correctly, this house should have been prepared as a place for the dean to live and work a long time ago. However, the current dean does not like it here, so he moved the accommodation to the tree house and the office to the office building."

Another meaning in Ritas's words is that since Levis had lived here more or less before, even if there were some strange things in the house, she would have gotten rid of them long ago.

On the other hand, Ritas realized that this mansion was a rare "house of the same age" as Levis in the academy, so this mansion might still have value as an antique.

"Oh, so that's how it happened. After listening to your explanation, it doesn't seem to be that serious."

Snapped!
clap clap clap!
Just as the Bathing Goddess, who had not spoken for a long time, agreed, suddenly, a strange sound was heard in the corridor.

"professor!"

".It should just be the sound of wind hitting the windows or something like that."

Before Ritas could finish his words, five or six things that looked like black hand prints appeared on a cracked glass in front of him, and some liquid was dripping from the edges of the hand prints.

"professor!!!"

".The shape of the falling leaves is quite unique."

Ritas let out a light breath and stopped looking at the leaf that looked like a hand print.

"Well, I forgot to say it before. There seems to be something going on here. However, in 'Star Mark', there are only plots related to adventures, and no plots to solve mysteries. So, the reason why I asked you to come here is to see if the mystery can be solved." The Bathing Goddess continued timidly.

And Ritas couldn't help but frown.

Just then, Tabatha's slow voice came over.

"Eh? Is there one more of our footsteps?"

"What are you talking about, Tabatha! You can sleep well when you get back, so stay awake now, okay? Save your sleep talk for your dreams!!!"

Having said that, Noah's action was very honest and he simply hugged Tabatha's waist.

"but."

"We can count them carefully. Maybe it's just an illusion."

Ritas said calmly, and then continued to walk slowly.

For a moment, the corridor was exceptionally quiet.

Everyone counted the footsteps patiently.

one two three four.
"What? It's just a mistake after all."

Fives.
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Everyone stopped and remained silent for a long time before starting to move forward again.

one two three four.

Then a while passed.

Fives.
“Ah, ahh ...

"calm!"

When Noah was already gathering strength to scream, Ritas decisively called a halt.

"Five steps are nothing. There are five of us, right? Just count. One."

"Two, two." "Three~" "Four!" "Five"

"Really? There are five of us."

Just as Noah, whose mental state was already somewhat worrying, was celebrating with relief, Merci timidly asked,

"Goddess of Yu, Yu, can you also make footsteps?"

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For a moment, silence began to spread in the field again.

"Anyway, don't worry too much. Everything is still within the normal range."

Ritas said as he simply calmly cast a few layers of protective barriers around himself.

Noah and Mercy, who saw this scene, couldn't help but scream "Professor!" again.

The exploration of the abandoned house continues.

Under Noah's strong protest, Ritas also put shields on the students, and then enlarged the ball of light a lot, so that it could illuminate a very wide area.

While they were still wandering on the first floor, they heard some banging sounds coming from the second floor from time to time.

"It must be the year that the house is finally starting to collapse. It's a shame that the house has lasted this long."

Ritas sighed.

"Hey, hey! If the house is really going to collapse, that would be more serious than seeing a ghost, right?!"

The goddess of the bath was somewhat suspicious, and Ritas was also filled with anxiety. However, as a teacher, he could not show it, so he could only talk nonsense.

And as if to deal a fatal blow to the already terrified people, followed by a strong buzzing sound, the sound of a deep organ suddenly resounded in the mansion.

The deafening noise seemed to make the female students forget how to scream. The first to react and respond was still the "calm and unremitting" Ritas.

"Don't worry! The sound of the piano is terrible. This means that even if there is an inexplicable existence in this mansion, it is just an inexplicable existence that can't even play the organ properly!"

"Where is the point of reassurance?"

The Bathing Goddess was convinced that even the invincible Professor Ritas would feel uneasy about unknown things.

After everyone gradually got used to the noisy sound of the organ, they discovered something.

That is, the source of the piano sound is very close.

At the end of the corridor where they were now, in a closed room, the noisy sound of a piano was echoing non-stop.

After realizing this, Ritas took a deep breath.

Then, he took out the magic wand from his arms, and with a "bang", he used several wind blades to directly break the wall of the mansion.

After wandering around for a long time without finding the door to come in or the stairs to go upstairs, the group finally saw the outside world again, the bright stars and moonlight.

All I can say is that even though something is not right, Professor Ritas is still the most reliable one.

The group temporarily moved to the weed-covered courtyard of the mansion.

I don’t know if it was because the visibility in the house was too low before, or they didn’t have the spare time to pay attention, or maybe he suddenly appeared after Ritas broke through the wall.

Only then did everyone see, in the moonlight, a pool of bright red water spreading from the corridor to the organ room.

"This can't be blood."

"No, probably not."

"You're not even willing to come up with an excuse to fool a child!"

Following the red water marks, everyone's attention was once again focused on the organ house that seemed to be getting farther and farther away and continued to output noise.

"Let's come back during the day and burn this house down!"

“Eh——?”

Hearing that Merci, who was always weak on weekdays, actually came up with such a violent suggestion, the Bathing Goddess couldn't help but make a sound of surprise.

But if I think about it carefully, Merci seems to have burned down a mansion before.
While Noah, who was holding Tabatha tightly, agreed repeatedly, Ritas, whose thoughts were difficult to tell from his expression, made a gesture to others to stay where they were, and then walked towards the organ room.

"Hey? You you you you. Xiao Li, if you go, at least leave me outside!"

The Bathing Goddess's protests were completely ineffective.

Ritas simply walked back to the corridor of the mansion with the disc in his hand, and pointed his wand at the door of the organ room.

boom--!
(End of this chapter)