Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 210 The Fourth Star Mark Record

In the ward of the college's treatment center.

After a brief greeting, Ritas, like the master of the room, guided An to his seat at the small round table.

Seeing Ritas also about to take a seat, An asked,

"Professor Ritas's health is not perfect yet, so don't mind my business. It's fine even if he stays in bed."

"After all, it's not very convenient for you to lie down and do anything when one of you is lying down during a conversation!"

Seeing An lying down on the bed naturally and smoothly, even Ritas couldn't help but let out a slight scream.

"Teaching students is more exhausting than I thought. Especially since some students ask questions about cooking during the magic practice class for some reason."

Ann's tone was emotionless, making it difficult for others to tell whether she was complaining or simply explaining the reason for her strange behavior.

".That's really a disaster, but I believe he has no bad intentions."

It's just that his brain is a little different from that of ordinary people, in various senses
Rather, is it true that the princess in front of him really has the right to look down on others?

Ritas had thought that An was concerned about his physical condition, but he didn't expect that he was just confirming whether the bed was really vacant.

"The subtle residual temperature on the bed made me feel a little uncomfortable."

"Then you'll get up?"

An seemed to be confused for a moment, then turned over in response.

For a moment, facing An lying on his side facing him, Ritas didn't know how to respond.

Is it because An no longer has many secrets from him, so there is no need to pretend anymore? Now An is truly releasing his nature and is extremely free.

No.
If you think about it carefully, An, who has been wandering around in a maid costume just out of interest, is actually a person who does what he wants.

"So, what are you doing here?"

Sighing helplessly, feeling that he had to hurry up and say something, An Zhenneng, who was sleeping on the bed, pulled a chair over and sat down beside the bed.

Whose ward is this anyway?

How come it seems like he is visiting a patient?
"Your wing has remained in that state. Is that okay?"

After calming down a little, Ritas' attention was naturally drawn to the most eye-catching thing about An at the moment.

Since the bed itself is only for one person and is not very spacious, a lot of the silver wing on one side is currently hanging outside the bed.

"Since the professor cares so much, I can find time to ask someone to make a similar decorative wing and put it on the other side."

"That's not the question. Although if you want to do that, I'd love to."

Ritas paused, sorted out his words,
"According to my current understanding, continuously activating the power of the Star Mark will place a considerable burden on the user. And your wing is like the embodiment of the power of the Star Mark. Therefore, I am very curious whether continuing to manifest it will cause you many problems."

"So that's what happened."

An closed his eyes, and seemed to feel it carefully.
"I don't feel any burden, nor do I feel my own strength being consumed. This is probably because this wing does not completely belong to me yet."

"Not entirely yours?"

Ritas was a little surprised, but seemed to understand that the reason why An kept spreading her wings was not because she liked it, but because she couldn't put them away.

He did not question An's words, because as An lay down or turned over, the wing twisted or folded in various shapes. However, An did not show any pain or discomfort. Therefore, she should be unable to feel the touch from the wing at present.

"Yes. Even if it comes from my mother, power cannot be easily transferred to others. My wings will only gradually dissipate over time, and the dissipation of the wings does not mean that I have control over this power. It is simply that this power is dispersed throughout the world. Therefore, I must do it before that moment comes..."

As An Weiwan finished his words, the ward became silent.

It was not until a while later that An's voice sounded again.

"Professor Ritas, would you like to record those patterns on the back of my shoulders?"

"!"

After some time.

The room, which is already fully equipped with painting supplies, easels and other tools, is increasingly unable to recognize its original purpose.

Although he was already prepared, Ritas still confirmed it again.

"Well, is that really possible? Ms. An."

To be fair, the back of the shoulder is not a sensitive area. However, the back of the princess's shoulder may need to be calculated separately.

It can only be said that only the famous Professor Ritas dared to take on this job. If it were someone else, he would have jumped out of the window and escaped.

"Of course it's no problem, Professor Ritas. I'm just recording the pattern. Besides, I also need an accurate record. The professor seems very experienced. Is it really as the rumors say, often forcing students to 'dedicate themselves to art' in the name of seminars?"

"Those are totally rumors!"

Ritas said with a dark face.

So, who was it that was making up rumors about him in the academy all day long? Moreover, what was even more annoying was that those rumors were often mixed with some maliciously distorted truths.

"Then please."

Sitting with her back to Ritas, An gathered her hair with her hands and tilted it to the side without the wing, revealing her fair neck.

Since An had "grown" wings for some time, her current maid outfit had been modified specifically to show off her wings. In other words, there was no need to do anything special, as long as the wings were not blocked, Ritas could see the position of the "star pattern" clearly.

After discovering this, Ritas couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. His eyes no longer drifted uncontrollably towards the zipper at the center of An's back.

After getting An's consent, Ritas stretched out his hand from time to time to swing the direction of his wings.

However, even so, the central part of the star pattern is still difficult to see.

So, after thinking for a while, Ritas suggested,
"Ms. An, can you activate the power of the Star Mark a little? When the Star Mark glows, it may be easier to record."

"can."

As he spoke, An turned around and held out his hand to Ritas.

An's movements were not fast, but Ritas seemed to be frozen the whole time, allowing the other party to reach out and hit him with the back of his hand.

Then, with a funny "poof" sound, Ritas turned into a Doll Knight.

".How can I continue recording when I become like this?"

Looking at his own round hands that were incredible enough to pick up the soft sword, Ritas said helplessly.

"But I don't have any extra knights at the moment."

An just spread his hands, indicating that he was powerless.

"Forget it, it's the same if I change it back and draw it again after I remember it."

Ritas shook his head and prepared to go around to An's back to see the "star pattern". As he moved, An, who had just picked up a drawing board and pen beside him, also moved his feet to turn himself around and continue to face Ritas.

"."Ritas continued to turn, and An continued to turn with him.

"Ms. An, I dare say if we continue to spin, you will be the first to faint."

“Since just waiting is too boring, I also want to draw something.”

"Can't you draw something else?"

Looking at An who just calmly shook his head in response to his questions, Ritas sighed and went to find a dressing mirror.

The process of recording "Star Pattern" is restarted.

As time passed, An saw that Ritas behind him had been lost in thought for a long time, so he asked,
"Did you find anything, Professor?"

"Maybe. Is this 'star mark' of yours really a 'star mark'? Although it is more or less similar to the star marks I saw before, they are fundamentally different things."

Although the number of witnesses so far is still limited, Ritas has analyzed a lot of information from them and even improved several special magic circles, so he can barely be considered an "expert".

And since he said so, it proves that An's "star pattern" is indeed significantly different from other star patterns.

"But what the professor thought of as a 'star pattern' before, is it really a 'star pattern' and not something that someone else defined without authorization?"

In response to Ritas's doubts, An suddenly asked a somewhat philosophical question.

But An stopped talking as if to give a hint and switched back to the previous topic.

"Even if you come to that conclusion, it's normal. The star patterns, the magic circle, and the things behind me are probably a seemingly true and false relationship. A simple analogy is the water in a small pond, the water in a lake, and the sea water."

“Small bodies of water, lakes, and seawater.”

Ritas chewed on Ann's metaphor carefully.

Xiao Shuibo might refer to the power of An's mother? After all, it was just barely enough to be shared by the two of them.

The lake is the "Star Mark Emblem". Although the number of star marks has increased in recent years, the number is still relatively small overall.

As for the sea water, maybe it's magic.
"Do you know something, Ms. An?"

"No, 'now I' know nothing, Professor Ritas."

An said this meaningfully and shook his head.

"Speaking of specious things, has Ms. An ever heard of the 'Third Ark' and the 'Fourth Ark'?"

While recording the "Star Mark", Ritas and An's conversation continued.

After realizing that the topic of "power" could not be expanded any further, Ritas mentioned another interesting thing that the Bathing Goddess saw during her trip to An's hometown.

"The 'Third Ark'? If it's a model, I often assembled and disassembled it when I was a kid. As for the real thing, this is actually part of the 'Third Ark'."

As An spoke, during Ritas's brief shock, he took out the necklace that had appeared several times before, which was a string of something that looked like a fragment.

"Is this the 'Third Ark'?"

The "answer" that was closer than he had imagined made Ritas stop thinking for a moment.

"As for the 'Fourth Ark', isn't that the thing that Professor Ritas has been holding in his hand?"

An pointed to the white round plate on the table nearby and said.

Naturally, her words caused a burst of screams of "Eeheeehee" from the bathing goddess, who had actually been present the entire time and was making jokes from time to time.

"Why do you say it is the 'Fourth Ark'?"

"On the one hand, it can open the door to the World Tree. On the other hand..."

As An spoke, he increased the frequency of painting with the brush in his hand.

Soon, a somewhat sloppy painting appeared in front of Ritas.

The main subject of the painting is a relatively detailed "Ritas Knight". In the painting, the Ritas Knight is riding a cylindrical object that is probably a ship with great interest.

"That's it! This is the 'Third Ark' that I saw in An's hometown!"

In addition to the confirmation from the Bathing Goddess, An also drew a circle on the rear side of the third party ark, where Knight Ritas happened to be riding.

In that circle, there was a disc with two blade-like wings.

"But after all, isn't this 'Ark' a little small?"

"That's true. Although according to mother, the 'Third Ark' itself is not very big. But it's not small enough to be picked up with one hand either."

An nodded, agreeing with Ritas's doubts.
"Moreover, think about it carefully. Even if the Ark in Professor Ritas's hand is the 'Ark', it may not be the 'Fourth'. Because the Fourth Ark can only appear after the 'World Tree' is created. In other words, it is very strange that the Fourth Ark can open the door to the World Tree."

"Is it weird to make the door and lock first and then add the key?"

Although Ritas initially thought that Ann's words made sense, he soon realized that something was wrong.

"After all, it's a special 'door' and a special 'locksmith'."

As An finished speaking, her intentional or unintentional revelations basically ended.

After that, no matter how Ritas asked the questions, An acted as if she wanted to tell the story but couldn't.

It was not until Ritas asked directly what the "Third Party Ark" was that An gave some hints.

“In fact, sometimes the answer to a question is not that complicated. When nothing is deliberately hidden, what you see on the surface is everything.”

time flies.

As Ritas returned to his original form and completed the missing star pattern, the conversation that the Bathing Goddess commented was "like talking to an NPC" was about to end.

Ritas gave An a replica of the Star Mark Record as agreed, and An also gave Ritas a gift in return, namely, the painting of the Ritas Knight riding the Third Ark happily.

"."

So, what to do with this painting?

Throwing it away is not a good idea. There is a signature like "An" in the lower left corner of the painting. But it is not suitable for framing either.
After Ritas suppressed his complicated emotions, before sending away An, who still didn't understand what he was here for, he asked the last question that was also the one he cared about the most.

"Ms. An, the assassination attempt on the 'Third Princess' will eventually take place at the scheduled time. Right?"

Facing Ritas' question, An looked into his eyes, which were always wide open, for a moment. He lowered his head slightly, remained silent for a while, and finally nodded.

"Yes, for various reasons, that incident cannot be stopped no matter what."

An flapped his wings slightly.
"Two years ago, before we even came to this academy, I had already paid for it with all my property."

"Commissioned by 'Grand Closing Company'."

The name, which was not unfamiliar to Ritas, echoed in his ears at a strange moment.

(End of this chapter)