Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 276 The Two Saints
Earls College, the venue for the bathing seminar.

Miriam, who was the first to wake up, felt a tightness in her chest as she looked at the mess in the academy.

He had no idea what was happening at the academy. However, he recalled that the two members of the Holy King Church had approached him before the attack by soul magic.

Could it be that the Church of the Holy Kings is attacking Earls College?
As this speculation naturally arose in his mind, he frowned and turned to Seren, who was still taking care of the other people in the seminar.

"Professor Seren, how are the others who were in the judging session doing?"

Serian and Miriam's mindsets were clearly very different. At this moment, she still had the mind to tease Noah.

For others, Serene would simply shake hands briefly and call it a day. But with Noah, who was not yet fully awake, Serene would rub her hands together repeatedly, causing Noah to make strange noises.

"The others? Most of them are just left there."

".Eh?"

Although Miriam knew that Serenity probably couldn't take care of so many people by herself, hearing her say so casually, "It's just left there," was indeed a bit...
At least go and call someone to make arrangements!
"However, we've picked up some interesting people. If you're looking for a specific person, you might want to check out the second floor."

Miriam, who had originally intended to return to the Great Hall, ran up to the second floor to check after hearing Serian's words.

Perhaps because he felt it wouldn't look good to place the students in the center of the avenue, Seren only "picked up" students. And in a place that usually served as a warehouse, Miriam found his target.

Adela and Meme from the Church of the Holy King.

There was little time to wait for them to slowly wake up. Miriam took out her wand, chanted an incantation, and poured ice water over their heads.

With a subconscious shout and groan, Meimei and Adela slowly woke up.

"Saint Miriam?"

As Adela gradually regained consciousness, she held her throbbing forehead and looked at the figure gradually taking shape before her, speaking weakly...

"What happened?"

"You can see for yourself!"

Miriam practically dragged Adela into the corridor.

Through the second-floor window, Adela saw a scene of thick smoke filling the Erles Academy and monsters roaming everywhere.

"Why do such a thing! Why attack the academy! Even... even if the church and the Tree Witch have a grudge..."

Grabbing Adela by the collar, Miriam questioned her with grief and indignation.

While Adela's mind was still reeling, she felt her throat was so dry it felt like it was about to burst into flames.

Was this done by the Holy King Church?
Two conflicting thoughts clashed in Adela's mind: "Does our church deserve to attack the Tree Witch's territory?" and "As expected of a church with a long history, even in decline, it should not be underestimated!"

Adela, who was now almost fully awake, had all sorts of thoughts flashing through her mind.

Although the situation is unclear, as a high-ranking figure among the saints, she cannot bring shame to the Holy King Church!

"Since you know we are destined to be unable to coexist with the Tree Witch, don't say such naive things! From the moment you were sent to the academy by the church, you should have expected this scene to occur. And now, as a member of the church, what you should do is obey His Majesty the Holy King's teachings!"

Don't ask what His Majesty the Holy King's teachings are; just shout them out—they're powerful enough.

"Do you know how many casualties this will cause, and how many innocent and unrelated people will be dragged into it? Those people may have been exchanging magical insights with you at the exchange meeting just the day before! Even if you want to be enemies with the Tree Witch, you shouldn't choose a gathering like this, where the future of five magic academies are all gathered!"

"Well!"

Adela felt a pang of hurt at Miriam's generous words.

Yeah, why make such a big deal out of it! Wasn't the plan to meet up with Saint Miriam and then use his information to stir up trouble?

Adela, who still couldn't show any remorse on the surface, simply slapped away Miriam's hand that was grabbing her collar.

Where is the Empa Sacred Sacrifice?

After calming his agitated emotions slightly, Miriam asked in a deep voice.

"What do you want to do, Saint Miriam?"

“What I do is my own business. Priestess Empa herself commanded you to bring me to her. So now I am simply asking you to fulfill her request.”

Seeing the determination flash in Miriam's eyes, and after considering whether Miriam would be a threat to "Grandma Empa," Adela, glancing at the mess outside Erles Academy, finally nodded.

"Okay. After all, that's how it should be."

“Teacher Seren, we plan to go to the base of the Obsidian Magic Tower.”

Shortly after, standing at the entrance of the venue, Miriam informed Serenity of her next objective. Adela and the now-awake Meme, however, clutched their hands in lingering fear, staring at the strange teacher before them.

After learning that Serene had saved them from the attack, Adela and Meme expressed their gratitude to Serene.

Then I got my hand on it.

And since it is the Holy King Church that is attacking the academy.

They were also attacked, even though they were church saints. Isn't something wrong with that?

Scratching her face, Adela felt more and more that their Holy King Church was being unfairly blamed.

"To get to the base of the 'Obsidian Magic Tower,' you have to cross almost half of the academy. It would be very dangerous to walk around the academy now."

Because the venue for the bathing seminar was in a rather remote location, it was quite a distance from the accommodations of the foreign guests.

"Even if it's dangerous, I must end this conflict."

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Serian, with his head tilted slightly, clearly didn't understand what Miriam was saying.

“Then I won’t stop the Miriam students. I imagine even this arena isn’t exactly safe. Once everyone inside wakes up, I’ll have them gather in a more crowded area.”

Serenity gestured for Miriam to wait, then went to a room in the arena that she had completely taken over and took out a basket of gray, flat mushrooms.

“Milian students can take these; they might be of some help. You can also share the mushrooms with anyone else you encounter who is being attacked by monsters along the way. Of course, they taste pretty good to eat too.”

Recalling the scene in the soul space where "mushrooms" grew on her hands, Miriam felt a little resistant, but ultimately accepted it.

Although he was willing to believe his teacher, and almost a whole day had passed since the attack, he was genuinely hungry.

But... let's not eat these mushrooms.

Watching Miriam and the others leave, Seren shook his head with some regret.

She thought that going with the three of them might bring her more fun. Unfortunately, she had other things to do.

After leaving the venue of the bathing seminar, Serian looked around.

Suddenly, with a bang, the ground shook slightly, and a "nest demon" emerged from the ground and began spewing monsters in all directions.

As Serian said before, the venue itself is not actually very safe.

Before long, both the nest demons and the monsters scattered on the ground were covered with white mushrooms of all sizes.

Some were completely drained by the mushrooms, turning the mushrooms into the "original body." Others, however, were controlled by Seren, guarding the bathing seminar area like watchdogs.

Serian walked up to the medium-sized nest monster, which belonged to the type that had been drained by the mushrooms.

Reaching out and gently touching it, an organ resembling a mouth suddenly sprouted from the cap of the giant white mushroom, emitting a strange sound that was not in human language towards Seren.

"I see. It was hidden there. Thank you for your hard work."

Seren said calmly, while the giant white mushroom, having completed its mission, turned to ashes along with the corpse of the Nest Demon.

The ashes scattered on the ground, and soon a dense patch of mushrooms sprouted up.

After patiently harvesting and storing the mushrooms, Serian continued to slowly move forward in one direction.

Inside the academy, it was exceptionally noisy.

An unusual silence filled the woods on the edge of the academy.

Having arrived at this tranquil forest, Seren looked around and searched before finding his target.

"Long time no see, 'Beast Plague'."

Seren greeted a white owl hanging upside down like a bat with a smile.

"A bacterial epidemic."

The snow-white owl emitted an incredibly ancient voice.

As another survivor of the "Eight Calamities," the Beast Calamity also appeared in Ers Academy.

"What are you doing in Earls? If I remember correctly, you shouldn't be in Arigoldo."

"I only recently started working here."

The Beast Disaster stared at Seren with wide, wary eyes.

While Seren did not show obvious signs of wariness, he maintained a safe distance from the scourge.

Fortunately, the forest was quiet enough that Serenity's voice, which was usually limited in volume, was able to clearly convey her will to the other party.

"You came to see me for something?"

"I want you to keep those monsters as far away as possible from the person holding my mushroom."

The relationship between the Beast and Seren seems to be quite ordinary; their conversations, aside from the bare minimum of small talk, are mostly straightforward.

"They can't tell which mushrooms are yours and which are wild."

"I don't think there are many people in the magic academy who carry wild mushrooms with them."

After listening to Seren's words, the Beast Disaster pondered for a while and then nodded.

"Okay. If there's nothing else, you can... No, I have to go."

As it spoke, the beast made a circular motion, perched atop a tree branch, and spread its wings.

"Beast Calamity, you seem quite unwelcoming to me? That's truly disheartening. Even if I lean towards the magical world, and you lean towards the rumored kingdom entirely composed of orcs, we are still among the few companions, aren't we?"

Serenian said, extending his hand in a friendly gesture to the Beast Disaster, wanting to shake it. But the Beast Disaster, of course, had no intention of lingering.

"companion?"

The Beast Disaster scoffed at the name.

“You seem quite wary of me. And that’s rather perplexing. After all, you even dared to attack the academy where Livis is.”

"Because the 'Tree Witch' doesn't know where I am!"

The beast flapped its wings, it was unclear whether it intended to fly away or was making a shooing motion.

“Although we haven’t had much contact, I’m glad you accepted my request. So, I’d like to give you some advice. Leave Erles Academy now. Otherwise, if you wait any longer, no one in the academy might be able to leave today. Since I haven’t been here long, I’m not sure what exactly will happen. However, I know a lot about the ‘Tree Witch’ and ‘Professor Elson’.”

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The calamity beast, having folded its wings, remained silent for a moment.

Seren, on the other hand, had a premonition that the other party would make the right choice.

"Since you know them so well, do they know you?"

"Whether you understand or not, I'm not like you, always doing bad things. So, I've never worried about not being able to appear in the sunlight."

Seren replied easily.

"Is that so? Without committing considerable evil, one cannot be called a 'calamity.' As far as I know, the calamity you brought is even among the 'eight calamities.'"

"That was just an accident."

Serian interrupted the scourge, then lowered his voice and continued,
"A very unfortunate 'experimental accident'."

In Earls College, in a building that is very close to the Treehouse Mansion.

Fernandez Elsen is listening to the instructions conveyed to him by the bird perched on his finger.

"Your Highness, Your Highness the Holy Maiden, General Snow Owl, has ordered us to leave the academy immediately."

"Huh? We're already so close, and you're telling us to leave? Is that old man even capable? He keeps changing his mind. Are we just going to leave like this, without getting anything? We've really just come here to experience life?"

While walking, he propped his neck up with both hands, like a red-haired saint leaning back, loudly expressing his dissatisfaction.

"Let's just leave then. Anyway, there's probably nothing special under that treehouse. I've never been there, but that guy went there quite a few times before. Hey, what are you daydreaming about, Xia Lu!"

Sonny, whom Fernandez called "the Holy Son," called out to Charlotte, who was gazing at the sky from the other end of the corridor, lost in thought.

Sunny Lawn and Charlotte Lawn, this pair of twins, are the "Beast Disaster" Snow Owl General, and the "Twin Saints" in Fernandez's words.

The surname Laue is obviously fictitious.

However, the names Sunny and Charlotte are real.

Faced with Sonny's shouts, Xia Lu turned her gaze to him, but instead of immediately launching into a tirade as usual, she slowly lowered the wide sleeves that had been covering her face.

I've changed my mind.

"Aha?"

Upon hearing Sonny's call, Charlotte, whose voice had been somewhat weak before, took a breath and shouted back loudly.
"I've changed my mind! I want to stay at this academy!"

(End of this chapter)