Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 311 The Sword Saint's Guidance

Several days after Roland Elson returned to the Elson mansion.

The mansion became unusually lively.

Elson’s mansion is very spacious, so spacious that it has a drill ground, a training ground and a place called “Cross Hall”.

Because Roland has multiple responsibilities, things have become somewhat chaotic over the years.

However, in reality, the Western Army, the students of Elson-style swordsmanship, and Roland's disciples should be clearly distinguished.

Among them, the Cross Hall in the Elson Mansion is a place specifically for teaching swordsmanship to students of the Elson School.

In the past, Roland was busy with his affairs. Therefore, the instructors in the Cross Hall were other "master" level swordsmen from the Elson School who were qualified as instructors.

After Roland's return, it seems he intends to take a long break and relinquish most of his frontline duties. He then plans to focus on teaching students at the Cross Hall and will also take on some disciples whom he considers his successors.

And so, the entire western region seemed to boil over.

People kept coming to Elson's mansion, hoping to make themselves or their children disciples of the Sword Saint.

"Hey~ So Roland started teaching children around this time!"

On another idle day, the Goddess of Bath, perched on the windowsill of Little Ritas's room, watched the heatwave that had spread to the inner courtyard of the mansion and said this.

As someone from the "future," she felt as if she were witnessing history.

Becoming a disciple of a powerful figure may seem wonderful, but in reality, it can be quite complicated.

Look at the Tree Witch Livis, she's so idle, she doesn't seem to have time to teach students at all. So, it's even more unimaginable what Roland, who carries so many burdens on his shoulders, would have to do.

The Goddess of Bath had wondered before where Roland found the time to teach children every day. Now, she had the answer.

Seeing how "old" Roland has become, it's indeed time for him to retire early.

Since he was going to take control of the "Cross Hall" again, Roland naturally required his children to also receive his guidance.

In the past, Ritas and Charlotte had also studied swordsmanship. However, they hadn't learned it from Roland. And the results were disastrous.

In response, Roland laughed and said, "Those are all stupid people who don't know how to teach, and they've ruined my children's future."

Knowing the outcome of Roland's personal instruction, the Goddess of Bath and Millie could only silently mourn for their father.

Speaking of Roland's "disciples," the Goddess of Bath only knows four of them.

They are Ritas, Charlotte, Cortriñe, and Fernández.

Then, three of the four promising students switched to studying magic, while the other chose to defect from the Elson family.
If the Goddess of Bath hadn't known about Ritas and Charlotte, and it wasn't purely a personal issue, then judging solely from their battle records, one would suspect that the problem might lie with Roland.

The goddess of the bath was even a little excited when she thought of Fernandez. Since she knew he was going to do bad things in the future, shouldn't she take advantage of the moment?
As it turned out, after asking around, the goddess of the bath discovered that Fernandez might not have been adopted by the Elson family at all.

In terms of time, Fernandez entered the Cross Hall after Ritas went to the Magic Academy.

"Then I'll be heading out soon."

Lost in thought, Little Ritas, having finished tidying up, prepared to head to the Hall of the Cross.

This period was destined to be very "fulfilling" for Little Ritas.

In the mornings, he would practice swordsmanship at the Cross Hall, and in the afternoons, he would learn magic from Millie. In the evenings, he would study the notes left behind by Sophia.

“If you’re interested in the Elson Stream, you can come with me.”

"Eh?"

Just as the goddess of bathing was happily about to agree,
Millie.

"."

When the goddess of the bath turned around, she saw, as expected, the eyes of Little Ritas and Millie meeting.

"Hmm, is it appropriate for me to go?"

After a moment's hesitation, Millie, instead of directly refusing, asked this question.

"Don't worry about too much. The other day, Roland mentioned 'name' and stuff. He probably discovered your talent, thought you were suitable for the 'Elson style,' and hoped you could learn swordsmanship."

"You can discover my talent with just that level of contact?"

Millie said, somewhat incredulously.

Looking back now, however, it seems that Roland did pay a lot of attention to her at the time, and his words came out rather abruptly.

“I don’t know either. But Roland should be able to see things that ordinary people can’t. For example, just by looking at a person’s wrist and shoulder, he can tell their age. He even said yesterday that you, me, and Charlotte are about the same age.”

"What!?"

The goddess of bathing couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Although she wasn't quite sure what was so shocking about this information, nor whether Roland's words actually held true.

But in any case, she was very surprised!
"This"

Millie frowned slightly, pondering what this matter truly represented.

In short, it's definitely strange.

Leaving aside the bath goddess whose age is unknown, it just doesn't make sense that she and Ritas, who will become teacher and student in the future, could be the same age in a world based on the past.

"To be specific, how old are you now?"

"He turned ten last winter."

Little Ritas, who was already used to the goddess of the bath's dramatic reactions, responded calmly.

"Well"

Millie thought for a moment. When Professor Ritas was ten years old, she probably wasn't even born yet. Or perhaps, even if she was born, she wouldn't be old enough to move around freely.

So, her age wasn't adjusted back to the current timeline?
That Bathing Goddess
"I don't want to be late. So, can we think about these things after we get to the Cross Hall?"

Seeing Millie lost in thought, Little Ritas urged her on.

"Ah good."

Millie nodded, seemingly forgetting her earlier hesitation, and went with Little Ritas to the location of the Cross Hall.

As the two figures completely disappeared from sight, the Bathing Goddess couldn't help but tilt her head and utter a soft "Hmm?".

Is there something wrong?

When Little Ritas and Millie returned from the Cross Hall, they brought some good news that was hard to call good news.

First of all, Little Ritas and Charlotte's performance was, unsurprisingly, a complete disaster.

They seem to be fundamentally flawed, and it has little to do with which teacher they were taught.

While some training to improve physical fitness is fine, Roland and the masters of the Elson style sincerely hope that the two will never have the opportunity to use a real sword, and also hope that they will not call themselves "Elson style".

Of course, the good news isn't about Ritas and Charlotte.

Rather, Millie's performance in the Cross Hall was outstanding.

Although she cannot study with the other students in the Cross Hall for the time being due to a lack of basic skills, Roland is looking forward to her continuing her swordsmanship training.

"So, therefore."

The goddess, who had spent an exceptionally boring half-day alone, asked uneasily.

“I’d like to try studying at the Cross Hall for a while.”

After thinking carefully for a while with her head slightly lowered, Millie made up her mind and said.

With the period of stability underway, Millie's desire to become stronger resurfaced strongly.

Being able to study at the Elson Cross Hall was truly a rare opportunity. So rare, in fact, that Millie sensed a hint of "design." She had a feeling that such a good thing wouldn't happen in the real world. Only in this real yet illusory, created world did she have such an opportunity.

"Ah... since that's what you think, I don't see any reason to stop you."

They have no stance whatsoever.

Trapped in this strange world that suddenly descended upon us, the person who should be most anxious is the Goddess of Bathing.

Even if this really is the world of the past, Millie can simply grow up with Little Ritas and return to the point in time when they "traveled".

But the goddess of bathing is someone who really can't afford to waste time.

But this one person who couldn't afford to waste any more time has already been slacking off for more than half a month.

Thinking of this, the goddess of bathing felt somewhat downcast.

It can only be said that people often realize they have a real problem at very strange times.

What's even more regrettable is that even if people realize this, it's often difficult for them to make any changes on their own.

In the blink of an eye, almost a month has passed.

In contrast to Millie, who was living a fulfilling life at the Elson mansion, the Goddess of Bath was trying to find a breakthrough.

She even did some rather daring things, such as briefly staying in the city surrounding Elson's mansion at dusk.

However, after Little Ritas was rescued, the world truly seemed to become completely peaceful. No event that threatened her life or caused the world to enter a cycle of reincarnation occurred.

"Oh no. Am I really going to be stuck here forever?"

Early that morning, the Goddess of Bath woke up as usual and, finding nothing had changed around her, sobbed sadly.

"Bathing Sister"

Millie, who still shares a room with the Bath Goddess, helps the newly awakened Bath Goddess with her toilette while softly trying to comfort her.

But the goddess of bathing on this day seems rather incomprehensible.

"You're doing really well, Millie. You've practically found your place here already, haven't you? In a few months, you'll be practically an Elson family member!"

As the goddess of bathing spoke, she pointed to various corners of the room.
"Look, look! Here, here, and here! There are so many more of your personal belongings here compared to when we first arrived! This guest room now feels so much more lived-in!"

After the goddess finished speaking, she turned her head, her mood becoming even more depressed.

Because Millie, in her field of vision, was clearly tanned!

Autumn in the West was still hot, and the sun in the sky was still scorching.

Furthermore, although the Cross Hall is called a "hall," most of the meditation sessions were conducted outdoors.

Therefore, Millie's skin tone can only be described as becoming healthier.

“Oh my god—!!!”

Whether she was venting her dissatisfaction or taking advantage of the situation, after rubbing against Millie for a while, the Bath Goddess finally calmed down.

"Um...sorry, Millie...I misbehaved again."

After the increasingly frequent periodic "attacks" ended, the Bath Goddess sincerely apologized to Millie.

"No, no, there's no need to apologize, Sister Yu. I understand how you feel."

As someone who never belonged to this world from the very beginning, Millie truly understood that the Goddess of Bath was destined to never find a sense of belonging in any corner of this world.

Moreover, the reason why the goddess of bathing collapsed was due to both internal and external factors.

"Sister Yu, did you hear that 'voice' again?"

"Um"

The goddess of bathing nodded.

Looking back, it was the sound the goddess of bathing heard during her first reincarnation after arriving at Elson's mansion.

"Please find the real me."

At first, the goddess of bathing didn't really take the voice to heart.

On the one hand, she was already in a hazy state of consciousness when she heard it, and she wasn't sure if there was a real voice or if she was hallucinating.

In addition, quite a few things happened afterward.

But recently, this voice rang out again in the goddess of bathing's dreams. She realized its importance.

At first, the goddess of bathing was worried that it was too late and that she had missed the best opportunity because she only spoke about the sound almost a month later.

But as the days went by, even after sharing this information, no one else was able to find a breakthrough based on it, and to some extent, the Goddess of Bath breathed a sigh of relief.

However, recently, this voice has become increasingly "excessive".

It wasn't that the voice had become crazy or fierce, rebuking the bath goddess who had never been able to find "her true self".

It was the emotion accompanying that voice that began to affect the goddess of the bath.

Therefore, every day when the goddess of the bath wakes up, she will be in a state of pain, depression, regret, despair and other emotions after being infected for a period of time.

"Could this be some kind of 'shrinking zone' mechanism? To prevent us from finding a safe place and then endlessly staying there?"

The goddess of bathing guessed.

Unlike her previous unfounded speculations, her guess this time actually makes some sense.

Following Little Ritas's previous logic, if this world was created, then its existence itself should have a clear purpose.

No matter how you look at it, the fact that the Bath Goddess and Millie were living "life" at the Elson mansion wouldn't align with that possible "purpose."

"That's a possibility."

Millie nodded.

Although, the same symptoms did not appear in her.

However, based on past examples, the death of the Bathing Goddess is the condition that triggers the cycle. Therefore, the so-called "poison circle" doesn't need to target Millie. The goal of triggering the cycle can be fully achieved simply by having the Bathing Goddess explode in various ways.

"In short, if there's any area that Sister Yu is interested in, no matter where or when, I'll go with you to explore it."

"tsk"

Perhaps it's because I have some resentment towards Millie right now.

Rather than the idea of ​​"being with you at all times," what we hear more often from the Bath Goddess is "if there's an area that the Bath Sister cares about."

What do you mean? You're not going to spend time with your mother just because there's no area you care about?
The goddess of bathing puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction.

"It's really strange! How come all those attacks suddenly stopped? And Xiao Li, it's been almost two months, and he really didn't notice anything? It seems like he almost got killed, but he doesn't seem to care much or want to investigate."

The goddess of bathing let out a long sigh.

She, who was always the one setting things up, finally experienced what it felt like to have her teammates setting things up.

"And what about Cortriene? Hasn't she arrived yet?"

Millie, whose expression finally changed somewhat in response to the goddess of bathing's question, nodded.

As the most talented member of the next generation of the Elson family.

Cortrinie Elson had already decided to come to the Cross Hall of the Elson Manor to receive Roland's personal instruction.

Furthermore, in true "history," Cortrienne probably arrived at the Elsen residence around this time, where she developed a deep bond with Ritas and Charlotte.

But for some reason, almost two months have passed and Cortrinie Elson has still not appeared.

(End of this chapter)