Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 212: Forest Patrol Guard
"She's following you."

“Yes, following me.”

In the afternoon, as all classes for the day came to an end, it was time to go home for Earls College.

Looking at the dark figure that was sneaking around on the eaves of the surrounding houses, Ritas and the Bathing Goddess spoke in a rather subtle tone.

In fact, the tracking skill of this stalker was pretty good, but she had been following Ritas since he left the dormitory in the morning, and even kept a close eye on him during class. Therefore, it was inevitable that he would be exposed.

"Isn't it time to talk to her?"

"Indeed. It has been several days."

Originally, Ritas thought that the other party might get bored after following him for a few days, so he didn't pay much attention to it. But now that it has affected their college life, he has to face it.

"Cough Cadet Boudica, what are you doing there?"

After clearing his throat, Ritas shouted towards the eaves.

After a long silence with no response, Ritas added,
"Since I can see you, I believe others can see you, Student Boudica. The school rules of Earls College do not allow you to walk on the roof or eaves without permission. So, if you don't want to attract the personnel of the Root Law Department, I suggest you come down now."

After a while of silence, with the sound of "swish", a figure jumped down neatly from a direction completely different from the one Ritas was looking at.

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There was no trace of embarrassment on Ritas' face. He just turned and faced the direction where Boudica jumped down.

"Tsk tsk, you are amazing. You made up a whole school rule to make the students show up."

“I didn’t make it up.”

"Eh? Really?"

Although it seemed that the whole academy knew that Professor Ritas was a weirdo who would talk to himself about the disk in his hand, Ritas still tried to communicate with the goddess of bathing in a quiet voice that no one else could hear.

While the two were talking briefly, the elf girl who had just transferred to the Yew Fir class this semester came up to Ritas, straightened her back, and saluted with her left hand lightly touching her right shoulder.

"Good afternoon, sir. What a coincidence to meet you here."

"That must be quite a coincidence. May I ask you what you are doing here, Cadet Boudica? By the way, I am on my way to the seminar venue."

Looking at Boudica's salute, Ritas felt something was wrong and continued to ask with a frown.

"I'm taking a walk."

Boudica, who was almost stiff, spoke intermittently.

I can only say that this is the first time that Ritas has seen someone who is so bad at lying.

"Since you always call me sir no matter how I correct you, then shouldn't you do anything to deceive your superiors?"

"!"

After listening to Ritas' words, Boudica stood there for a while, then began to sweat, her eyes began to wander, and her originally neat body began to show some small movements. In addition, she also uttered one or two bytes intermittently.

“Hmm——Is there a bug in this guy’s program?”

Looking at Boudica who seemed to be about to collapse in the next moment, Ritas sighed helplessly.

"Just pretend that I haven't said anything before, Cadet Boudica. The following is just my personal speculation, not something you leaked. So, don't treat it as a mistake in your mission."

After comforting Boudica, Ritas sorted out his words and continued,

"You must have been ordered by the dean, or the 'big boss', to secretly protect someone, and this matter cannot be exposed. While you were still familiar with the mission environment, that person was injured and stayed in the hospital for a while. So, in order to ensure that such a thing will not happen again and the mission will not go wrong. So, you decided to keep a close eye on him at all times, right?"

After listening to Ritas' words, Boudica, who had finally calmed down, nodded repeatedly.

On the one hand, there was the order from the chief commander that "nothing should be exposed", and on the other hand, there was the order from the chief commander that "nothing should be concealed". Before, Boudica was really uncomfortable.

"Although this has happened, I am also very sorry. However, no matter what, you don't have to work day and night. You probably didn't get enough rest these days. You already have black eyes and your complexion is pale. In short, your condition is already very bad!"

Ritas was also impressed that people with darker skin actually have these natural concealment features.

"But sir, the target has never been dormant."

Boudica, who had indeed been feeling a little dizzy all day, said this in a slightly aggrieved tone.

"That's because the target's physique is somewhat special and, if you must say, the target's injury is more like force majeure. So, the 'Big Commander' should understand. As proof, she never reprimanded you for your poor performance in the mission, nor did she punish you for it, right?"

"But if I really anger the commander, I will turn into ash."

Maybe it was because she had been in a bad mental state after a few days. Or maybe she was really afraid of the wrath of the "chief", Boudica said tremblingly, hugging her shoulders.

"Don't worry, this is the only thing that will never happen. In such a long time since that senior officer became the dean, no student has ever been turned into ashes by her while in school."

perhaps.

"So, with such a huge amount of data to support it, it's not a bad idea to regard it as the truth."

Under Ritas's persuasion, Boudica gradually calmed down.

"Since a mission is a mission after all, I think you will not give up if I ask you to do so. However, if we are only in the academy, you don't have to protect me all the time. If someone harms me in the academy under the protection of the teacher, you probably won't be able to help me even if you are by my side. So, just enjoy the academy life normally. In exchange, if I plan to leave the academy, I will take the initiative to ask you to go with me, how about it?"

Ritas, it's not that he's just being perfunctory.

As a young man who had long left his rebellious period, he would not say anything inexplicable and willful like "It's too much trouble" or "I don't accept the teacher's arrangement!" when facing Boudica who came all the way from the Elf Kingdom to the academy to protect him.

What's more, he has been injured frequently in the past six months, so he may really need protection.
However, this relationship affects each other's normal lives, which is putting the cart before the horse.

Boudica, who felt that there was some truth in Ritas' words and was really unable to bear it any longer, nodded, saluted, then slipped into the shade of a tree and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

But before Ritas could breathe a sigh of relief, Boudica jumped out again from the opposite direction.

"I'm so sorry, sir. I have another question."

"what is the problem?"

"How do we implement the command 'enjoy college life normally'?"

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Looking at Boudica, who looked serious and didn't seem to be joking at all, Ritas was speechless for a while, then sighed and said,
"Start by stopping calling me 'sir'."

Not long after, on the way to the seminar venue, after thinking for a long time, Ritas finally asked Boudica directly.

"Student Boudica, may I ask, is my identity as the 'superior' only to you, or to all members of the Elven Guard who come to the academy? Or, is it to all the forest rangers, including those in the Elven Kingdom?"

"Professor, this is for all the forest rangers."

really!

Hearing Boudica's answer, Ritas looked as if he had been shot by an arrow.

No wonder Boudica had given him the standard military salute of a forest ranger before.

Even if they were a little tanned, the elves from the Elf Kingdom were still proud elves. Even if they were forced to call someone "sir" with their noses pinched, they would definitely not salute.

"What? What riddle are you talking about?"

"To put it simply, the teacher has most likely arranged an identity for me in the Elf Kingdom that allows me to walk sideways. No, fly sideways."

"Hey~ After all, Levis is still very good to you~"

“Though I don’t deny it.”

However, there is a saying that goes, "The gifts of fate have already been marked with a price."

And according to Ritas's understanding of Livis, the other party would not make a gift without permission and then force it into a transaction, asking him to take on some corresponding responsibilities or other such degrading things.

However, it was definitely Livis' intention to "have fun" involved.

Therefore, his identity in the Elf Kingdom must be the kind that would make him extremely embarrassed or even roll on the ground in confusion when he actually finds out about it later.

Ritas tried to ask Boudica, and the answer was indeed "confidential matter".

I think that the fact that he was upset because he couldn't guess the answer should also be due to the teacher's "malice".

I don't know how the "Witch's Disciple" escaped from Livis's clutches.
"I feel like your hidden identities are increasing. You're called 'Special Color' and you're a big shot in the Elf Kingdom. Apart from these, do you have any other hidden identities that you're hiding from me?"

The Bathing Goddess asked curiously.

"I have never concealed these identities, it's just that the Goddess of Bath didn't ask before. Moreover, some of the identities were not added by me. So, even if I really have some identities that surprise the Goddess of Bath in the future, it was not my intention."

Having said that, Ritas suddenly stopped and frowned.

"Oh? Xiao Li, did you remember that you still have other vests that you haven't taken off yet?!"

"No, it's not this. It just occurred to me that I seemed to have forgotten something."

"What are you talking about? Are you writing poetry? I just forgot a few things. It's not normal. I can't even remember what I ate yesterday."

"Perhaps normal for a bathing goddess."

But for Ritas, this is not normal.

Specifically, it happened shortly after Ritas graduated, which happened to be autumn.

Rather than saying that he forgot, it would be more accurate to say that Ritas always felt that there was something indescribably strange about his memories of those days.

In fact, it’s not just this year. Almost every autumn, Ritas would suddenly think of this matter and then be troubled by it for a while.

“What happened during those days?”

After struggling all the way, Ritas remained the same as in previous years and didn't think of anything else.

"This is the venue for the 'Bath Seminar' that I serve as a consultant for, Fellow Boudica."

In the afternoon when the sky was still bright, Ritas and Boudica came to the venue of the bathing seminar together.

After more than half a month of renovation and preparation, the current bathing seminar venue no longer looks like the abandoned mansion that was like a haunted house a month ago.

Although it cannot be said to be brand new, the carefully repaired courtyard and freshly painted exterior walls exude an atmosphere of prosperity.

"Professor, may I ask what exactly is the 'Bath Seminar' about?"

Since Boudica didn't know what the seminar venue looked like a month ago, she couldn't share the same sentiments as Ritas, and was only concerned about this very core issue.

"Um"

Studying bathing?

It seems that this answer is not possible.

So, why did he decide on this name in the first place?

Oh. It is to prevent people from joining voluntarily.

After rubbing his chin, Ritas answered seriously.
"Student Boudica, as time goes by, the content and scope of the activities of the 'seminar' will become vague. Therefore, the name itself will only become a symbolic existence and does not need any special meaning. For example, my name is 'Ritas', not because Ritas itself has any meaning, but because Ritas is just Ritas."

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Boudica's big eyes blinked, and she felt that she was about to be confused by Ritas, and she didn't get the answer to the question "What exactly is the bathing seminar discussing?"

But...it just feels reasonable.

"Well, let's go in and get to know everyone at the seminar."

Without waiting for Boudica to react, Ritas quickly stepped forward and pushed open the door of the seminar venue.

"Too late! Why are you, a counselor, late?"

Before the door was completely opened, Ritas heard Noah's voice, which sounded unhappy today.

“Strictly speaking, our seminars do not have set meeting and disbanding times, so there is naturally no concept of lateness or early departure.”

Ritas, who was already used to Noah's meaningless complaints, spoke calmly, then stepped aside to show Boudica behind him to everyone.

It just so happened that all the participants of the bathing seminar were in the hall at this time.

Merce, Noah, Tabatha, Miriam and Courteney.

"Do you want me to introduce myself, Professor?"

After noticing that everyone's eyes were on her, Boudica asked for instructions.

"No matter what the time, it never hurts to introduce yourself."

After receiving a positive answer, Boudica took two steps forward and said loudly to the people who were still puzzled, standing upright,

"My name is Boudica, formerly 'Jungle Blade'."

(End of this chapter)