Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 305 The Silent Cycle

"What exactly is going on? We've gone back to yesterday... no, yesterday might already be today, so..."

"Don't dwell on this kind of thing, Sister Yu!"

Under the golden apple tree in the small garden, Millie felt helpless, even though she knew the goddess of bathing was somewhat confused.

To be optimistic, it's at least much better than the situation of the goddess of the bath being reborn and rotting under the tree.

Before the two could figure out what was going on, the argument on the other side of the wall had already ended.

Unlike before, perhaps because he didn't see the bathing goddess peeking out from the wall and therefore didn't know they had awakened, Little Ritas didn't go to the small garden to inquire about the situation this time. Instead, he went straight back to his room.

Since the two are currently in a state of near-house arrest, it is quite difficult for them to find Ritas unless he takes the initiative to contact them.

The goddess of the bath and Millie disagreed on whether to seek out Ritas.

Unlike the Bath Goddess, who indiscriminately hopes that Ritas will solve all problems, Millie, who is already struggling with the question of "which Ritas it is," has developed a deep distrust of Little Ritas.

"But that's Little Li!"

"Sister Yu, the only thing we did yesterday was confide in the young professor. And then, in the night, we were silently murdered!"

Millie listed the facts and argued her case logically.

The Goddess of Bath was at a loss for words, as Millie's words did indeed indicate that yesterday's events were limited. Logically, the event that led to their reincarnation was their conversation with Ritas.

"Hmm, it's not necessarily because we died that we are reincarnated, is it?"

After much hesitation, the Goddess of Bath only managed a tentative guess. However, since this claim was entirely unfounded, and the Goddess of Bath wasn't saying it to convince Millie, she couldn't really offer any explanation.

In the end, the goddess of bathing had no choice but to agree to Millie's suggestion.

Dormant!

This time, avoid excessive contact with Ritas.

In the afternoon, Ritas still came to the small garden to check on the condition of the Bathing Goddess and Millie.

At Millie's request, the Bath Goddess pretended to be dazed even after waking up.

I must say, the bath goddess's "acting" was quite convincing. She completely seemed terrified by a bloody murder, barely reacting to any external stimuli.

As for Millie, she portrayed a girl who was also frightened and had a shadow planted in her heart, so she couldn't remember anything for a while.

Because of their youthful appearance, the performance itself was quite deceptive.

However, the goddess of the bath still harbored doubts. If the person before her was indeed Ritas, then regardless of Ritas's age or version, their petty tricks would not be able to fool her.

In short, after giving Ritas a perfunctory reply with almost no information, the two got together and started to sort things out again.

"First of all, Millie, you acted really well!"

Perhaps because she has been hiding her true identity, Millie is quite talented at acting.

Moreover, while she couldn't say she was enjoying it, Millie didn't seem to have much resistance either.

"Isn't this the right time to talk about this?"

"I still think that Xiao Li wasn't behind our deaths yesterday. Because think about it, that was Xiao Li. Putting aside whether Xiao Li is aggressive or not, even if he really thought we were in danger and wanted to kill us, he would probably try to extract as much information as possible from us before that to satisfy his curiosity."

The goddess of the bath gestured with her hands, unable to explain the feeling herself.

In short, if Ritas makes a move, he's unlikely to let his opponent die so "casually."

Since these are rare individuals who have already fallen into his hands, Ritas will definitely try to extract all the value from them.

"The premise is that the 'Ritas' we're seeing now is indeed the little professor, right?"

Millie did not deny the goddess of bathing's opinion; she was merely stating the premise.

"That's true. With Xiao Li's personality, no one else could imitate him, right?"

Although the goddess of bathing said this, she was still unsure in her heart.

After all, this is a strange world where mysterious forces operate. Trying to think with common sense, feelings, logic, and the like will probably only keep you going in circles forever.

The conversation between the two reached a stalemate.

The goddess of bathing is the type who, even when she is following others and following their plans, will still keep nagging on and on.

Millie, having learned from her experiences in the previous weeks, was determined to make her own judgments and not to rely on the Bathing Goddess's ideas.

However, even so, their differences will not have much impact on the development of this cycle.

Because they were under house arrest, they couldn't easily move around and gather intelligence.

The only thing I could do was slightly alter the course of events. I stayed up all night to see what would happen.

As dusk approached, a maid from the Elson mansion brought the two of them some food.

After politely expressing her gratitude and seeing the maid off, Millie breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Since there are maids in this mansion, it's unlikely that Little Ritas was personally taking care of them when they were "unconscious" a few days ago.

Otherwise it would be quite awkward.

"Hey~ It's normal to have maids in the 'Sword Saint's' house. I thought it would be female swordsmen or knights under the Sword Saint, reluctantly doing chores while 'grumbling'."

The goddess of bathing said rather leisurely.

Perhaps it was because the death wasn't as gruesome as in previous playthroughs. And the presence of a walled house, and Ritas living in the same house, provided a sense of security.

At this point, the goddess of bathing seemed to completely relax and unwind.

"."

This person... she really is a goddess!

Millie inexplicably felt as if she had started supporting her unemployed gigolo many years ahead of schedule.

Seeing the goddess of the bath casually reaching for the food while making sarcastic remarks, Millie immediately stepped forward to stop her.

“Sister Yu, we shouldn’t have eaten this food. We’ll die silently in the middle of the night; we’ve probably been poisoned. And coincidentally, we also ate the snacks the professor prepared yesterday. So…”

Millie's words are undoubtedly reasonable.

However, the bath goddess, whose hand was being held down, hesitated to lower her arm.

She looked out the window as if counting how many golden apples were left, then her face showed a conflicted expression.

"Sister Yu, you're not thinking that since you can be reborn so many times, it doesn't matter if you die this time. Let's fill our stomachs first, okay?"

As if she'd been called out, the goddess of bathing subconsciously straightened her back, then said in a somewhat muffled tone,
"No matter what, I'm not going to be so outrageous as to trade a meal for a life. Um, how was it again? Right! A 'control group,' I wanted to set up a control group. I'll eat, you won't eat, let's see who ends up with the problem."

"When Sister Yu dies, I'll be forcibly reset along with her, won't I?"

Although that's what she said, Millie wasn't really confident.

Previously, they had almost always died together. Only when the scene shifted to Elson's mansion did their deaths occur with a slight time difference.

But what happens if only one side dies?

Millie didn't want to try it, much less think about that possibility.

Just as they could have acted separately to gather intelligence, they always ended up together.

In this nonsensical yet exceptionally dangerous and cruel world, Millie, like the Goddess of Bath, lacked the confidence to persevere alone. "Ugh."

In the end, the goddess of the bath could only watch with teary eyes as Millie put the food in the corner and covered it with a sheet.

Time passed quickly, and it soon came to the dead of night.

In addition to being hungry, the two were extremely tired.

However, they persisted, wanting to see what had happened to them the night before.

The answer was soon revealed.

That is it.
Nothing.

At some point in the middle of the night, suddenly everything went dark before the goddess's eyes.

When the goddess of the bath regained her sight, she had already returned to the golden apple tree.

".Eh?"

In terms of physical perception, the time of the Bathing Goddess is connected with "yesterday".

However, the fatigue and hunger that had been gripping my body seemed to vanish in an instant.

It was truly an incredibly peculiar feeling.

It's like your body suddenly feels at least half as light.

While the goddess of bathing was still in a daze, the familiar sounds of arguing could be heard from outside the wall.

This time, what alarmed the goddess of the bath even more than the inexplicable cycle of reincarnation was that she did not see Millie.

She quickly got up, ignoring the golden apple, and ran straight into the guest room. Then, she let out a long sigh of relief.

Millie was still there; she just hadn't immediately run out of the room in a panic. She was currently sitting by the bed, her head slightly bowed, her expression quite unpleasant.

"Millie?"

"I'm so sorry, Sister Yu. It's all my fault. My judgment was completely wrong. I wasted the golden apple."

Millie looked extremely remorseful, which was probably why she didn't leave the room immediately.

Clearly, Millie noticed more things in the previous playthrough than the Goddess of Bath.

However, what Millie discovered negated all the actions she had taken in the previous timeline.

The reason they are reincarnated has nothing to do with poisoning the food, nor with Little Ritas.

It simply "happened".

"Huh? So that's what you're worried about? It's alright, it's alright, we still have plenty of golden apples."

"However, each golden apple is equivalent to..."

Our lives.

"Tsk, your strong sense of responsibility makes me feel incredibly irresponsible for taking you to see the stars and feel the cold wind before, doesn't it? Anyway, don't worry about such a small thing!"

The goddess of the bath patted Millie on the back, encouraging her.

In the endless cycle of reincarnation, the flaws in their personalities are constantly revealed and erupted.

Fortunately, whenever one person is about to be overwhelmed by negative emotions, the other person always steps up.

"No time to explain! I have something I want to try. Come with me to the other side of the wall quickly, and help me up there."

"Uh-huh!"

After picking up the golden apple along the way, Millie was pulled by the goddess of the bath to the wall.

At this moment, Charlotte and Ritas's argument was nearing its end, and Charlotte was about to utter those incredibly hurtful words.

That is, at this very moment.

Suddenly, the goddess of bathing kicked her foot and leaped over the wall.

"Quah!"

The bathing goddess fell to the ground in a rather unseemly manner; she had fallen quite badly.

Perhaps it was through these experiences that I developed a certain tolerance for pain.

Even though her body was in great pain, the Bathing Goddess gritted her teeth and got up, rushing straight ahead and pouncing on Xia Luoluo.

"Ah! Who are you?! There's an assassin!!!" "!?"

As the children of a sword saint, yet lacking any combat ability, the two made no attempt to respond.

It wasn't until the surrounding attendants reacted first, rushing forward and carrying the bathing goddess away that Xia Luoluo, who had been pinned beneath her, was finally rescued.

In an instant, Elson's mansion was thrown into chaos.

Through a crack in the garden wall, Millie saw the Bathing Goddess giving her a thumbs-up as she was being led away.

"Bathing Sister"

Millie seemed to know the goddess of bathing's intentions.

In the small garden scene, there aren't many events in total. Therefore, the options for choosing variables are also very limited.

Therefore, the goddess of bathing probably wanted to prevent the cycle of reincarnation by disrupting the fixed event of "sibling quarrels".

However, the goddess of bathing acted very recklessly this time.

But perhaps it really could bring a new turning point to the whole situation.
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Another night passed, and the goddess of bathing returned to her familiar golden apple tree.

"Waaaaah, they actually locked me in a dungeon! It's so dark, so damp, and so cold!"

The new playthrough begins with the goddess of the bath hugging her knees and crying uncontrollably under the golden apple tree.

This time, Millie, who was the first to leave the guest room, looked at the bath goddess who had turned into a mess and couldn't help but sigh that her bath sister, whether it was her toughness or her radiance, could only last for a few minutes.
"How could there be a dungeon in this dilapidated mansion!"

The goddess of the bath burst into tears, recounting how she was locked up and how she was dragged out and interrogated while pinned to an immobile iron chair.

Millie, who was overwhelmed with guilt for wasting two golden apples in the previous playthrough, said with a wry smile this time...

"Fortunately, the incident didn't progress further, and we got back to square one. Otherwise, we might never have seen Sister Yu again."

If the story progresses to the point where one person is in the dungeon and the other is in the small garden, then the trouble could become really big.

"You're absolutely right! Be careful in the future. In this mansion, bullying Xiao Li probably won't be a big problem, but touching Xia Luoluo is a cardinal sin!"

After a long period of accusations, the goddess of bathing gradually calmed down.

Fortunately, the sibling argument was already a recurring event and wouldn't affect the outcome. This gave the two of them plenty of time, so it wouldn't cause any delays.

Then, once the goddess of the bath was able to think clearly, Millie revealed the answer she had obtained through two nights of observation.

"Sister Yu, the reason we keep going through this cycle might not be because of us, but because there's another person who keeps dying."

Millie said, her brows furrowing slightly.

"For example, a junior professor."

(End of this chapter)