Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 186 Ghost
"Wooooooooooooooooooo!"

After the door of the organ room was broken open, there was a pause before an exclamation came from the room, which was almost drowned out by the noisy sound of the organ.

And this sound actually came from inside the room.

"Eh?"

The bathing goddess, who was brought in by Ritas very reluctantly before, couldn't help but make a puzzled sound after seeing a green figure with its butt sticking up and crawling into the mouse hole in the room.

"What are you doing, Miss Toppa?"

Ritas also asked speechlessly while looking at the frog with half of its body stuck in the mouse hole and a pair of wings growing on its back.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please let me go, please let me go, don't eat me, don't eat me, I'm not tasty at all, I'm not tasty at all."

In the organ room of an abandoned mansion, Ritas and a group of people surrounded a trembling flying frog that held its head and spoke familiar words, and were speechless for a long time.

As one of the fairies living by the Fairy Lake, Topa, who mostly appears in the form of a frog, appeared in an abandoned house for some reason.

It is precisely because of her puzzling range of activities that the fairy queen Ruby, the neighbor of the tree house mansion, frequently issues commissions to "find her people Topa" to passing adventurers, students and all kinds of people.

"It's been a long time since I last met you, Miss Toppa. So, all the drama in this mansion is caused by you?"

Picking up Toppa and placing him on his palm, Ritas asked the fairy lady.

Topa removed his hands from his head and stared at Ritas for a while. As expected, he did not recognize him. Then, he covered his big eyes with his small frog hands and continued to repeat "Don't eat me".

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Next to Ritas, Merci, who was somewhat familiar with the fairies, briefly introduced Topal to Noah and Tabatha.

Tabatha just had a "hey~" feeling, but Noah showed a look of disillusionment with the goblins. However, at least she was not as scared as before.

Visibility in the organ room is quite good.

Mainly because, among the many things stored here, there are several plants, mushrooms and stones that emit soft fluorescence.

Baskets of berries could be seen on the walls of the room, many of which had already rotted, with liquid flowing out of them and spreading along the ground, presenting a dark red color.

"So, you discovered that the things on the ground weren't bloodstains, so you concluded that the house wasn't haunted?"

Also noticing these dark red marks, and recalling the moment before when Ritas suddenly became normal, the Bathing Goddess asked.

"Hmm, I smell a sweet scent."

"I can't tell for sure since I can't smell it, but it should be very mild, right? Have you ever considered the possibility that people who are bleeding actually have higher blood sugar levels?"

"Using high-glycemic blood to scare ghosts? That's really scary."

All I can say is that, to this day, Ritas still doesn't quite understand the Bathing Goddess's train of thought.

After returning his attention to Topa who was trying to escape stealthily while apologizing, Ritas thought for a moment and then spoke.
"Ms. Topa, I was asked by the Fairy Queen Ruby to come and find you."

What Ritas said was not entirely a lie.

After all, every time he saw Ruby, he would basically receive the same commission, but he never completed it after receiving it.

"Ohhhh, I see. You look like human mages. The Queen loves to order you around."

He spoke words that sounded familiar again, and Topa obviously let down his guard.

"So, Ms. Toppa, what are you doing here?"

After a big turn, Ritas's problem returned to the beginning.

Topa crossed his arms and tilted his head to think for a while before he realized something.
"It's like this! I really can't stand the Queen's violence."

"tyranny?"

"Yes! Tyranny. So, I decided to resist her oppression."

Topa repeated, looking for help at Ritas who had given her the hint earlier.

"oppression."

"Yes! Oppression! So, I will build a new fairy kingdom here!"

「.」「.」

Although the noisy sound of the organ in the room had not stopped, everyone who heard Topa's words undoubtedly felt the deafening silence.

After a long while, the Bathing Goddess slowly spoke.
"real or fake?"

She seemed to be asking both Topa and Ritas.

"The fairy clan is like this. If there are more than three high-level fairies who have mastered illusion abilities within a certain range, there is a high probability of rebellion."

"It's a blessing they didn't go extinct."

As for the feelings of the Bathing Goddess, Ritas could only say that he shared the same feelings.

The more you understand fairies, the more you can feel that they are really a very wonderful species.

However, no matter how many stupid power struggles there are between the fairies, the result of these struggles will only end with the separation of the fairies.

In the history that has been observed and recorded so far, there has never been a fight between the goblins with the purpose of destroying each other.

"After all, their brains are only the size of a grain of sand."

"Hmm? Was it as big as a fingernail before?"

The Bathing Goddess once again felt Ritas's resentment towards the Fairy Queen.

"Oh, so it's not allowed to be pressed here. No wonder it's been so noisy since just now."

In the organ room, Tabatha was patiently explaining to Topa why there was constant noise in the room.

Although Ritas's understanding of Tabatha is limited, it is still quite outrageous that she is actually giving instructions to others.

At Tabatha's reminder, Topa lifted the basket that was pressing on the keys, then placed it next to where it was before, pressing down another key.

After a brief pause, the noise started again. A real question mark seemed to appear on Topa's dull frog face.

So Topa lifted the basket again and put it back where it belonged.

"?"

As if trapped in a vicious circle, Topa began a series of repetitive actions. Tabatha, who was standing by, just watched with pleasure and had no intention of reminding him again.

The number one believer of this bathing goddess
Just when Ritas realized that he might have caught a glimpse of Tabatha's other side, Noah, who had already been convinced that everything tonight was a farce and had returned to his usual strong attitude, frowned and spoke to Ritas.

"Are you sure you really want to use a place like this as the venue for our seminar?"

Noah's fear of the abandoned house disappeared, but that didn't mean she would have a good impression of it.

"Although there are many defects here, the exterior and interior environment can be renovated by applying for funds from the college. In other aspects, the remote location is actually an advantage for us. As a newly established small-scale seminar, we will definitely not be able to apply for such a spacious venue without making some compromises."

Ritas explained patiently. As the former residence of the dean, this seminar venue is indeed very spacious, even a little too spacious.

Before, they had been wandering around the first floor. Although there were reasons such as something was wrong, it was enough to illustrate the complexity and diversity of the venue's internal environment.

"Moreover, other venues don't regularly refresh delicious berries, dew, and special materials with research value that can only be collected by the fairies."

"Xiao Li! I believe in you! I believe you are honest! You will not let a stupid frog fairy work for you for nothing!"

"Well, since you've said that, let's just try it out for now."

"Thank you for your understanding, Cadet Noah."

Although, due to the special nature of the "Bath Seminar" activity, Ritas can force the members to accept his choice.

However, it would be best if they could accept it on their own initiative.

Within the permissible scope, he still hopes to respect the students' opinions as much as possible.

"That, that."

Just when the atmosphere in the room was inexplicably filled with the feeling of "everything has been resolved satisfactorily", Mercy half-raised her hand and timidly joined the conversation.
"Were the anomalies we encountered before really caused by Miss Toppa?"

In the past, "Mr. Silence" would only appear occasionally, but on this day, he appeared in front of Ritas and others more frequently.

"What are you talking about, Merci? It must be that toad fairy who is causing all this trouble, right? Who else would make such a strange noise in a place like this at night?"

Noah was visibly getting nervous, and he winked at Ritas, indicating that he should also explain his "magic".

"Except for Miss Topa, many of the encounters were probably illusions caused by rumors. It's just..."

What's with that footsteps?

Recalling what happened before, there was only the sound of footsteps, which Ritas could not explain.

"That's not what I'm talking about! Forget it, won't it be clear if I just ask?"

Noah walked quickly forward, snatched the basket that Topa was moving around, and then questioned with a serious face.

Facing Noah's threatening face, although Topa was so scared that he spoke incoherently, he still clearly conveyed one thing to everyone.

She never knew what went on in the rest of the house.

Because the door of the organ room could not be opened (would not be opened). Therefore, all of Toppa's actions had been completed through the small hole leading to the outside of the house that she had tried to escape from in the previous "critical moment".

"So, what do you mean? If you weren't the one making the weird noise, then what was it?"

Before Noah, whose face was filled with fear again, could finish his words, a strong draught blew into the house through the two large holes made by Ritas, and made a whistling sound as it passed through the corridor.

Snapped.

The berries that had already ripened and rotten and piled up on top of the fruit basket fell down and spread out on the ground as if they had exploded, forming a pool of "blood".

And the next moment.
Really, it appeared.

I saw a pale arm suddenly stretched out from the ground, covered with "blood".

It is different from the scene where each step unfolds slowly, magnifying people's fear to the maximum.

In just a moment, the figure under the ground had already climbed up.

The tattered gray robe, the dirty bandages bound around his arms, and his face looked particularly hideous under the fluorescent light.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--!"

Seeing the "bloody" gray-white ghost crawling towards him, Noah, who was almost frightened, screamed.

“Aaaaaaahhh!” “Waaaaaaahhhh!” “Uoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

In an instant, several screams mixed and intertwined in the limited space, creating a strange reaction that became increasingly stronger.

I don’t know who started it.

In short, the girls fell down one after another, screaming as their rationality lines in their brains completely broke.

Noah and Mercy were both frightened to death.

The fragile Topa was knocked unconscious by the extremely high-decibel scream.

Tabatha, as if finally given permission, fell asleep peacefully.

The white disc in Ritas's hand retracted.

Even the "ghost" that emerged from the ground let out a roar like that from hell, then lay on the ground and did not move.

"!?"

What's going on?
Ritas couldn't tell whether he was frightened by the students or by the ghost. His mind inevitably went blank for a moment. He looked at the ground where there was a lot of people lying peacefully again, and he was really confused.

How come even the bathing goddess who had urged him to explore the abandoned house had collapsed?
Although it feels like things have come to this, is it really okay for a goddess to be scared and lose connection?
It would have been fine if it was just someone else, but the "ghost" that suddenly appeared scared me to death.

What is going on?

Those who know know that this place is haunted, while those who don’t think it is a large-scale magical attack.

What should we do next?
Ritas, whose emotions gradually calmed down, looked at the mess on the ground and let out a breath.

He found an empty space in the corner of the room, bent down to dust it off, and then lay down too.

how to say?

Or, change the venue?
the next day.

The goddess finally recovered and when she came online, she saw a place that was strange yet familiar. And Ritas's gaze.

".Don't say anything, don't ask anything, understand?"

“Harming others will eventually harm yourself”

"Shut up!!!"

Afterwards, the Bathing Goddess muttered for a long time, "The immersive feeling is too strong" and "There is a power outage here again".

Anyway, after arguing for a while, the Bathing Goddess discovered that she, or rather, Ritas, was currently in the academy's treatment center.

The reason why Ritas appeared in the treatment center was not because he injured himself again, or because the female students who fainted the day before had not woken up yet.

But
"Ginny?"

"Maybe it's easier to remember if you say 'abandon the lottery'."

Ritas said, turning his attention to the bed.

This girl, who was once the criminal number 0102 in the "Darkborn", whose awakened star pattern had the ability to pass through walls and who was supposed to be arrested by the Guard Knights, was the "ghost" they encountered in the abandoned house the day before.

(End of this chapter)