Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 188 Underground World
In the abandoned house, people from the third princess' camp were digging holes in the ground in full swing.

But Ritas was not optimistic about what they would gain.

"Xiao Li, how long will it take to dig this hole?"

"With the equipment they have, it should take several months."

Ritas took a quick glance at the instruments and equipment in those people's hands and made a rough judgment.

And this is what Ritas calculated based on a relatively ideal situation. In reality, these people will definitely get tired, and it is impossible for them to keep digging holes there for 24 hours without interruption.

"Eh? A few months. If An is really in danger, then a few months would be enough."

"It may not be too late to suggest that they switch to necromancy now."

Even when faced with a big problem, Ritas still looked quite calm and even had the leisure to make sarcastic remarks.

On the one hand, although he really didn't want anything to happen to Earls College that would affect its normal operation, there were obviously people who didn't want to encounter such a situation more than he did.

On the other hand, digging a nearly 100-meter deep pit or something. His power could not provide much help to Adeline and others in a short period of time, but some people could.

In short, all the major events that happened in the academy will eventually turn to a universal solution, "Tree Witch".

However, the Tree Witch was not in the academy during this period as usual.

"When the Dark Evil blew up the building two days ago, wasn't Levis already out?"

"It should be. Although the dean may not be interested in the safety of Spring City. However, she will not allow unknown people to invade her airspace."

Ritas and the Bath Goddess obviously thought of the same thing.

"Why is the airspace of Spring City Levis's? So, what has Levis been busy with all this time? She has the ability to teleport, but she often can't find anything in the academy. Could it be that some other serious incidents are happening in other parts of the world!"

The Bathing Goddess said with some concern.

Ritas was silent for a while before he responded.
"Sure enough, the Bathing Goddess's understanding of the teacher is still very different. She would never do something like secretly fighting against evil forces and protecting the world. Most of the time, the reason she goes out is just to have fun. There is no special plan or reason, she just does whatever she wants."

These words sound like Ritas is criticizing his teacher, but in fact they are all absolute facts.

"However, it is unreasonable to ask a dean to be in the academy all the time and solve all problems like a guardian angel. As long as she can complete the work that the dean should complete, she is free to allocate the rest of her time. Of course, she didn't complete much of the dean's work."

In addition to stating the facts, Ritas also said a few fair words for his teacher.

Even a tree witch should have some normal emotions. So, this time, maybe Levis planned to relax her body and mind, and then wait for the college exchange meeting where something was bound to happen, and then be more vigilant.

Honestly, who would have thought that the third princess, who had disguised herself in multiple places and hid in the academy, would do something as abstract as taking a newly recruited criminal with her to explore the underground of the academy and then lose herself?
"Anyway, I will try my best to inform the dean and ask her to return to the academy as soon as possible. Although I don't know how many days it will take, I think it will be much faster than drilling a hole directly."

As he said this, Ritas' thoughts drifted back to a few days ago.

The possibility that An's disappearance at this time was related to Livis's going out was very low, and it was most likely just a coincidence.

However, the timing of Shanda's closing of the company's execution of the commission does not seem to be a coincidence.

All I can say is that the college is still full of loopholes.

Therefore, in order to prevent more problems from arising during the college exchange meeting, Ritas felt that he might need to find a way to "clean up" the interior of the college.

The night, longer than the day before, is not over yet.

After watching the construction of the Third Princess' camp in the abandoned mansion for a while, Ritas returned to the reinforced dormitory area.

"Since their actions are meaningless, I thought you would ridicule their futile actions."

"We have to find something for them to do to calm their inner anxiety. Otherwise, if they run around everywhere, they might cause more trouble."

Although Ritas said it lightly when he revealed it to the goddess of bathing, the secrets between Adeline and Ann were of a level that could never be revealed.

Adeline is probably in a very dangerous condition right now.

As Ann's replacement, Adeline's authority should be quite limited. However, she had to look for Ann when she disappeared.

She still needs to play the role of the third princess, and things that cannot be exposed still cannot be exposed, and she still needs to follow the orders left by An. And she must solve all the messes under this premise of many constraints.

At present, Adeline's visit to Ritas cannot be said to be desperate. However, as time goes by and her condition becomes more unstable, it is difficult for Ritas to predict whether Adeline will cause a bigger mess.

"Do you think An's behavior of going to the underground space of the academy without permission is an act that endangers the academy?"

When Ritas had a headache, the goddess of bathing suddenly asked,
"Look, John got some 'fruit of life' from the basement of the academy before, and it caused a big fuss, didn't it? And there's obviously more than just that thing under the academy, right? In fact, those villain organizations insisted on suppressing the academy, probably because of the thing under the academy. So, An sneaking in doesn't seem like he's doing a good thing."

"It's inevitable that they are not doing good things, but they shouldn't be doing bad things either. I think that the dean and the third princess's camp have reached some agreement. And although An's behavior of exploring the underground is a bit abstract, it is definitely not a hostile behavior. Otherwise, what are Adeline and the others waiting for in the academy now? Are they waiting for the dean to come back and crush them into pieces?"

"Well, that's true."

The Bathing Goddess agreed.

In other words, although An's behavior was strange, there was no malice in it.

While the two were talking, Ritas had already arrived at the door of a dormitory mansion.

After ringing the magic bell, the door of the mansion was opened soon.

Then, without waiting for Ritas to react, the person who opened the door gave Ritas a hug.

".What are you doing? Administrator Courteney."

"It's a way of saying 'it's been a while since we last met' and expressing my homesickness, Professor Ritas."

Courteney joked.

Ritas, who looked like he had lost all hope in life, looked over Courteney's shoulder and saw Mercy, who was standing at the end of the hallway with her mouth opened in the shape of "oh".

"Good evening, Cadet Mercy."

"Actually, you don't have to come along, Administrator Courteney."

"Hehe~ You called me an administrator, so I have to keep a close eye on this suspicious professor who comes to greet female students late at night?"

On the road at night in the academy, Ritas and Courtline walked side by side, and behind them were Merci and Noa.

Although Ritas called her "Administrator Courterine", his "work mode" inevitably broke down when he saw Courterine. Even Ritas couldn't suppress the feeling of being unable to distinguish between public and private, which only proved that it was indeed disadvantageous for relatives who were too familiar with each other to work in the same workplace.

"Yo! Bathing goddess!"

"Hey! Kurt!"

Courteney, who has been able to hear the voice of the goddess of bathing since the start of school, is now in a period of novelty for both the goddess of bathing and the white disc.

"You can say I'm suspicious, but I won't take students to strange places for bad purposes."

"Not taking us to a strange place? Who was it that insisted on taking us to that shabby haunted house yesterday? I'm not scared at all, of course, but Tabatha! Tabatha said that she still feels dizzy until now!"

Noah, who was sitting in the back row, complained in dissatisfaction.

"It's her problem, it's definitely not my fault"

Ritas defended himself.

In short, Tabatha was indeed not in good condition today, so she rested in the dormitory mansion and did not come with us.

In fact, in this operation, Tas only needed Noah's company, but before he knew it, Courteney and Merci also followed.

"Rather than talking about my problem, isn't it a bit inappropriate for Administrator Courteney to always appear in the dormitory mansion of Mercy, Noah, and Tabatha?"

As one of the managers of the fortified dormitory area, Courterine naturally has her own cabin. However, according to Ritas's observations over the past few days, Courterine spends most of her time in the dormitory mansion where Merci and others live.

"I think it's even more inappropriate to live with the students. What is the process to become a dormitory manager and have to share the dormitory mansion with the students? Since Merci and her family's mansion is originally for four people, can you also go through the same procedures for me?"

“Ouch.”

Before Courteney finished her words, Noah's disgusted voice was heard.

"Hmm? What do you mean? Noah, don't you want to live with me~"

"Of course not. Whoa! What are you doing! Stop, stop it. Hahahaha want to live here, you, you you and Tabatha hahaha move out."

Courteney moved behind Noah like a ghost and began to "attack" the girl who was always complaining.

Although Noah resisted stubbornly for a while under Courtline's tickling, he finally reached a humiliating agreement with Courtline to welcome her to stay.

After a summer of getting along, Courteney and the three members of the seminar were quite familiar with each other.

However, the sight of a senior student and a young college staff member playing together was still considered extremely rare in Earls College. Especially, next to them, there was a youngest junior student who was watching with a "kind" look.

"That's great~"

Where is the good thing?
"In that case, at least, when you are with them, don't always take them to play cards. You have obtained the qualification of a teacher, so I believe there are many things you can teach them besides having fun."

"Like cooking?"

Courteney teased as she simply picked up Noah, who was struggling and whose figure was totally inconsistent with his inexplicably strong attitude.

"."

Well, let’s not say anything.

Ritas gave up giving Courtline advice.

Due to the special nature of the seminar trio, it was actually a good thing that Courtenay, who had outstanding personal combat capabilities, often appeared beside them.

Of course, there are also many disadvantages relative to the advantages.

"Let me go—"

If the goddess of baths was only noisy in her voice, then the image of Courtline in Naritas's mind was noisy as a whole.

Although, when they met again at the beginning of the summer vacation, Courterine also slightly changed Ritas's opinion. But as Courterine's nature was liberated, Ritas felt that the feeling at that time was 100% an illusion.
In short, after making a fuss all the way, Ritas and others arrived at their destination.

Tree house residence.

"finally reached."

Noah, who had wasted a lot of energy on meaningless things, fell to the ground, gasping for breath.

"Is there a passage leading underground in this mansion?"

"Yes. The functions of this tree house are far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. If you encounter an extreme situation, this mansion can also transform into a colossus with self-destruction function."

"Is this true?"

Although she said this, the Bathing Goddess obviously believed Ritas's description.

According to the goddess of the baths' understanding of Ritas, generally speaking, most of the things he said that sounded outrageous were true. On the contrary, some things that seemed serious and well-reasoned might be just his nonsense or a joke.

"The tree house and the abandoned house are quite far apart. So, even though they are both underground, are you sure they are connected?"

The Bathing Goddess was obviously not particularly stupid, so she didn't need Ritas to explain and understood the purpose of him and Noah coming to the tree house mansion.

"Since you said you would do your best, then we should give it a try. Besides, I personally still hope that the two sides are connected. Otherwise, there are multiple large spaces buried under the academy, which is also troublesome."

Earls College holds some secrets, and rightly so.

After all, this academy is old enough and the story of its origins is mysterious enough.

However, not all secrets need to be revealed.

Unless there is no other way.

After Ritas, who was very familiar with the tree house mansion, performed some simple operations.

The floor of a room on the first floor of the mansion, which had been reduced to a storage room, was slowly moved away.

A dark and deep cave entrance appeared in front of everyone.

(End of this chapter)