Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 332, Episode 2: Who is it?
Blue sky, white clouds, wheat fields, snow-capped mountains.

When she opened her eyes again, the goddess of bathing saw a scene she hadn't seen in a long time.

Under the shade of the golden apple tree, the goddess of bathing, lying sprawled on the grass, let out a long sigh, feeling somewhat lost and melancholy.

The past two months have felt like a real return to the past, to the Elson mansion and to the lives of Charlotte, Ritas, Roland, and others from their childhood, just like a dream.

Although there were constant complaints, strong reasons for having to leave, and various threats along the way.
But those who were always by her side also left her with a beautiful memory.

Moreover, it seems like a lot of time was wasted. However, considering Millie's growth, they were actually just leveling up a bit more in the "starter village." And these accumulated levels are essential to solving the remaining areas.

Only when all the necessary conditions are met can the problems we face be solved more smoothly and efficiently.

"Ah~"

"What kind of place is this? And who are you two?"

Before the goddess of bathing could even feel a surge of poetic inspiration and utter a few words of her own, a voice, as always, lacking in intellectual depth, interrupted her.

"." "."

With equally complex and subtle expressions, Millie and the Bath Goddess, who were lying side by side, both sat up.

Looking at Xia Luoluo, who had "grown up" not far away, picking up an apple from the ground, tapping it with her finger, and then trying to put it in her mouth.
The two of them just kept sighing.

"What are you all doing, sighing over other people's faces!"

Xia Luoluo, who had almost broken several teeth, looked at the two shaking their heads with dissatisfaction, her eyes glistening with tears.

"You can't blame us. Think about it, Xia Luoluo. Who were our teammates before? It was Xiao Li, it was Sword Saint Roland. And now... how should I put it, Xia Luoluo?"

It's really hard for the goddess of bathing to describe the strange sense of despair she felt inside.

It's said that villains become weaker after being redeemed.

What will be left of teammates who might not even have three points left after being cleared out?

"Don't make other people's names sound like they're derogatory! Also, stop ignoring my questions. If you don't explain, I'm about to get angry."

That being said, Xia Luoluo's emotions still seemed quite stable.

Just like the feeling when the goddess of the bath and Millie interacted with Charlotte in her childhood. As long as Ritas is not involved, Charlotte's temper is actually quite good.

"Alright, I'll have plenty of opportunities to tease you later. Let's start with introductions. You actually know me, but you haven't seen this incredibly beautiful 3D pose before. Oh, since you're not a believer, you haven't even heard my divine pronouncements. Tsk tsk, you've certainly lived a pitiful life all this time~ In short, I am the Goddess of Bathing—"

Even though they hadn't interacted directly, the Bathing Goddess, showing no awkwardness towards Xia Luoluo, introduced herself as if she were facing an acquaintance.

"Bath Goddess Bath Goddess!? You...you actually exist?"

"In this fairytale world, what's the point of talking about 'reality'?"

Although Xia Luoluo's reaction was somewhat impolite, the Goddess of Bath, who had developed boundless tolerance for this regrettable, pitiful, and somewhat tragic girl after seeing Xia Luoluo's memories, didn't mind at all.

"Besides, if I don't actually exist, what do you think Little Ri, Kurt, and the others are doing when they're chatting with me? Are they a bunch of people ganging up on you?"

"Yes, that's also a possibility."

"Xia Luoluo muttered."

"You really think so? Or rather, why do you have such doubts? Has someone else played a similar trick on you before?"

The bathing woman said in a magical way.

"."

"Really?"

While surprised, the goddess of the bath felt she should give a proper evaluation of Charlotte's life at the academy in Bayano.

Perhaps because they can't do it openly, some despicable students have started to update and iterate their ways of fooling others.

"Leaving that aside, I already know you're the Goddess of Bathing. And what about her?"

After abruptly changing the subject and readily believing the words of the Bathing Goddess, Charlotte turned to Millie.

"Her? It's Mi."

The bathing goddess, who was about to answer instinctively, was suddenly poked in the waist.

Turning around with annoyed "What are you doing!", the Bath Goddess was also embarrassed when she saw Millie's current posture.

"Uh, it's Millie! My assistant Millie! So, you should have started believing in me and joining my church sooner. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a situation where everyone knows my assistant except you!"

The goddess of bathing reluctantly made up a story.

"An assistant? Why would a goddess like you need an assistant? Shouldn't it be someone like an angel?"

"That's also a name for it!"

"And since you have such an assistant, why haven't I heard Ritas and the others mention him?"

Charlotte looked at Millie suspiciously, feeling that the girl looked strangely familiar.

However, in the end, she didn't dwell on it too much and accepted the goddess of bathing's explanation in its entirety.

The Goddess of Bath and Millie breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "Thank goodness it was Charlotte."

After introducing themselves to each other.

Faced with Charlotte, whose soul had been controlled and who knew very little, the Goddess of Bath and Millie briefly explained what they were going through.

Compared to the Goddess of Bathing, Charlotte hadn't witnessed those extraordinary events firsthand, nor had she encountered the mysterious "Primordial." And compared to Millie, her understanding and acceptance abilities were far inferior.

In addition, Xia Luoluo especially loves to ask, "Why?"

This meant that the two of them had to spend more effort than they had imagined before finally making Xia Luoluo understand the situation.

It can only be said that it was thanks to Xia Luoluo's personal experience and her time as a "messenger pigeon" that she was able to get away with it. Otherwise, she might still think that some people were ganging up on her.

"How could this happen? It's all Ritas's fault!"

Gritting her teeth, Xia Luoluo said angrily at the end.

Although it was still just a habitual phrase, this time, when the blame was placed on Ritas, it wasn't entirely wrong.

Although Ritas was also a victim, there is no doubt that the "bedtime reading" was aimed at him.

So next...

"Compared to all these 'whatever' things may be good, Charlotte, do you really think that in a few years you'll marry Ritas and inherit the Elson family together?"

The goddess of bathing, whose gossip spirit could no longer be suppressed, asked curiously.

"Or what?"

Charlotte first glanced at the golden apple tree beside her, probably considering whether she should just crash into it. Then, after a long while, she responded in a voice so faint it was almost inaudible.

"Uh, don't you think there was something off about the blind date Roland arranged for Ritas before? Like that time with Gabriel or that family of siblings."

Somewhat surprised that Xia Luoluo didn't outright deny it, the goddess of bathing continued to ask.

"Anyway, it's just a formality. Neither Kurt nor that guy Ritas will succeed in their blind date."

Xia Luoluo said nonchalantly.

"Uh-huh."

The goddess of the bath hesitated for a moment. Logically speaking, a marriage between Ritas and Rita Rita was impossible under any circumstances.

Putting aside Rita's criminal status and the enormous personal grudge of being personally arrested and imprisoned by Ritas, even from the perspective of a political marriage, the Gabriellewitt family, whose best outcome would be to avoid annihilation, is no longer on par with the Elson family, as they are completely implicated in the crimes of the siblings.

But ever since recalling Rita's meeting with Rita, the Goddess of Bath felt that this blind date, which shouldn't have had a result, might develop in a strange direction.

"And even if all his blind dates fail, it doesn't mean he'll choose you, right?"

"Who I marry is my business, what does it have to do with whether he chooses me or not?"

".Um?"

The goddess of the bath crossed her arms, tilted her head, and pondered for a long time, but still couldn't quite understand what Xia Luoluo was saying.

It wasn't until she looked at Xia Luoluo's few not-so-bright ahoge (cowlicks) that she suddenly realized what was going on.

"Oh, I see. It's like this, Xia, you might not understand yet, but marriage means..."

"I don't need your explanation! Don't treat me like I'm stupid!"

Seeing that the goddess of the bath seemed to treat her like an innocent child of only a few years old, while Charlotte was an adult version in both body and mind, she couldn't help but shout.

"Huh? You know that? That..."

The goddess of the bath continued to tilt her head.

Hmm. It's a bit of a brain teaser.

"Miss Charlotte, since you realized early on that your hatred for the professor was just a misunderstanding, and you seem to regret it, why didn't you change your behavior afterward?"

"Were you trying to call me 'senior' just now?"

Charlotte, who was surprisingly perceptive even in seemingly insignificant situations, once again suspiciously stared at Millie, who looked remarkably familiar. But before long, her attention was drawn to Ritas's topic.

"Why didn't I change my mind? From that day on, I never thought about bullying that guy Ritas again."

Xia Luoluo raised her face and said with clear eyes.

"Pfft!" "Haha!"

"Bullying" is a rather sensitive and serious word. However, when Charlotte said it, it amused the Bathing Goddess and Millie.

What are you laughing at?

"Ahem, nothing, nothing, I just suddenly thought of something really interesting. Hmm? Something doesn't seem right. After that, didn't you kick Xiaoli in the face too?"

The goddess of bathing suddenly thought of this.

"Huh? Miss Xia Luoluo has done something so outrageous?"

Millie also looked surprised.

"Why does he tell you everything!"

Looking embarrassed, Xia Luoluo started fiddling with her fingers.

"Actually... actually, it's like this. Because of what happened before, my relationship with that guy became really bad, right? So..."

"Well, I don't think it will have much of an impact."

"So, so! I was thinking of improving our relationship. After all, we see each other almost every day, and it gets weird if it's always like that. Then Kurt said starting with small things would be more effective. So I planned to start by waking him up every day. But when I actually sneaked up to his bedside, I suddenly felt really embarrassed. So, in a moment of impulse..."

"Tsk, when Xiaoli opens his eyes and finds a strange foot on his face, he must be very shocked."

Having grasped Xia Luoluo's bizarre thought process, the Bathing Goddess was too lazy to ask "why did it turn out like that?"

"Besides, it only happened a few times! Later, he started setting up magic circles all over his house. It would suddenly start fires and spray water, making it impossible for me to even get in."

"What do you mean 'not many times'? How many times do you want to go?"

The goddess of the bath couldn't help but complain, thinking to herself that Ritas, who set a trap in his own home, was actually a normal person with a forgivable reason.

"Hmm, Miss Charlotte's 'closeness'...could it just be part of a larger operation?"

"Well"

Xia Luoluo silently began curling her hair, as if she had answered everything.

"." "."

After a moment of silence, the goddess of the bath and Millie felt that the relationship between the brother and sister of the Elson family might never be good in this lifetime.

"When you want to bully others, they don't take it seriously at all, but you end up getting hurt all over. And when you want to get close to others, you actually leave them with psychological trauma. You're a genius, Xia Luoluo."

"Well!"

Faced with two girls who knew her inside and out, Xia Luoluo, unable to refute them, didn't say much in the end, but just collapsed to the ground as if she had been hit hard.

"Although I know it was the two of you who saved me, it's not very polite of you to keep bringing up my family matters."

Under the golden apple tree, Xia Luoluo, who had been constantly being nagged, protested weakly and helplessly.

"Indeed, it's rare to find someone who can be sarcastic without appearing mean. But going too far isn't good either. It's about time we got down to business."

As always, the goddess of bathing, for some reason, occupies the position of "captain".

"However, we've actually covered most of the information on our end. So, it's your turn to provide some information. After being controlled for so long, we can't be completely without any information, can we?"

Even if you say that, my feeling is basically that I've been locked up in a really dark place the whole time.

As Charlotte subconsciously struggled with the tuft of hair on her head, she said this.

Having already revealed the most shameful parts of her heart to the two of them, Xia Luoluo naturally had nothing to hide.

"I can understand why Miss Xia Luoluo might regret this. But is that regret really that intense?"

Millie, somewhat at a loss for words, simply gestured a circle with her hand to roughly convey her confusion.

"Yes. Putting aside the stupid things you did, Xiaoli, as the victim, didn't take it to heart at all. Your relationship didn't suffer much damage afterward, didn't it, to the point of a complete break?"

Of course, it's not to the point where we can get married yet.

"I always feel like you guys are saying, 'It's just a small thing, is it really that big of a deal?'"

Xia Luoluo scratched her head.
"Even if Ritas doesn't care, I'll always be thinking about it. And there's something else you'll never understand: that feeling of realizing you've done something terribly wrong, like your body has fallen into an ice cellar, the world is spinning, and you can hardly breathe."

"I really don't understand." "We probably wouldn't do something that stupid."

"I really want to show you!"

"It's alright, even if you die, you can be resurrected with the Golden Apple." "It's not an easy thing to end your own life."

"woo"

Seeing the two precocious girls working together so well, Xia Luoluo felt like she was about to cry. She could only try her best to steer the conversation towards "serious business."

"However, if I had to say, my regrets are indeed quite limited. But before, it seemed like there was a force constantly pulling at the darkness within me, continuously stirring up those negative emotions."

"what?"

Upon hearing Xia Luoluo's words, the Goddess of Bath immediately realized that she had heard of such a thing before.

Rather, it's just recently.

During the academy war, wasn't it this kind of situation that Melsie, who was almost driven berserk by the power of the "Wanderer"?
(End of this chapter)