Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 350 Limited Talent
Blue sky and white clouds
In short, in the new playthrough, Charlotte, the Bathing Goddess, and Millie sat under the golden apple tree and began to discuss things.

"It seems that Prista Town has become a lockdown zone in another sense. By the way, Charlotte, are you really okay? If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, please tell me!"

Perhaps due to the accumulation of negative emotions caused by the successive deaths, Xia Luoluo's face was visibly pale. However, she still stubbornly insisted on saying...
"What could be wrong? Before I could even react, it was already split in two. I didn't even feel a thing."

Looking at Xia Luoluo, recalling how she had nearly collapsed mentally when she suffered a series of deaths, the goddess of the bath sighed helplessly.

"Oh well, there's nothing I can do. Let me soothe your wounded heart with a warm hug, okay!"

The bath goddess, whom he wanted to hug, was stopped by Xia Luoluo, who quickly put an arm on her forehead.

Nowadays, the bath goddess, with her short arms and legs, is restrained like this and can only wave her arms haphazardly in mid-air, unable to get close.

"Fine, you can leave it at that! But..."

Charlotte turned to Millie,
"After going to magic academy, there really aren't many opportunities to hug others anymore, especially after Kurt graduated. I'll see her less often during holidays. So... come on!"

After forcing the goddess of bathing to retreat, Charlotte opened her arms to Millie.

"Hey?"

Why does this happen?

Millie scratched her face, looking quite confused.

However, thinking about it, it would just mean having another older sister to take care of, and if I didn't hug Xia Luoluo, she might stay in that position forever.

So, with a somewhat helpless sigh, Millie leaned closer and hugged Charlotte.

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For a moment, looking at her two teammates embracing each other, the goddess of bathing felt the same question.

Why does this happen?

She clearly wanted to hug Xia Luoluo, but somehow she ended up being the only one excluded!
"Ah, so heartwarming. Whether that goddess over there is truly a goddess is debatable. But Millie, you're definitely an angel."

Xia Luoluo breathed a sigh of relief, her complexion indeed much better, and sincerely expressed her gratitude.

"Ahaha"

Not knowing what to say in this situation, Millie just chuckled a few times.

"You feel warmth from Millie simply because people's body temperature is relatively higher when they are young!"

The goddess of bathing stood to the side, biting her finger and speaking with a resentful tone.

"Should I thank you for explaining something as helpful as this?"

Xia Luoluo said, rather speechless, calming herself down to reorganize her thoughts.
"Whether or not I need to thank you for this matter is another matter, but there is something I really should thank you for. I may not have realized it myself, but being killed by Kurt was a very painful thing for me. Even knowing that Kurt was being controlled and that something was wrong with him. I didn't realize this before, but this time... that tin man looked exactly like Kurt. So, thank you for being considerate of my feelings."

Charlotte spoke with unusual frankness, and made a firm resolution in her heart to restore the person who had accompanied her through her childhood and was closest to her to their original state.

"Although I really want to go back to that town right now and ask Kurt what happened, going there now would just be a waste of apples, wouldn't it?"

After some time, Xia Luoluo, who had truly recovered, also joined the discussion.

The current stock of golden apples, when divided equally, is not enough to allow each of the three to revive ten times.

Having nearly ten lives seems like quite a lot.

But because each death felt exceptionally "easy," Xia Luoluo was unsure whether ten lives were enough or far from sufficient.

"Speaking of which, why isn't Prista Town in the cycle of reincarnation?"

The goddess of bathing asked in confusion.

"Perhaps it's because we didn't actually set foot in that area? Based on previous experiences, I think when the Golden Apple returns with us, it only resets the area we're in. That's why Estria was able to move around in the snowy mountain area at the same time as us, and we weren't affected by each other's return."

Millie speculated.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that in the previous two playthroughs, they indeed failed to enter the area where the Tin Man was located. They were killed from a distance in the vicinity.

"Even so, I still find something hard to explain. Before, the Tin Man always appeared with the blood-red sunset. It couldn't have been a coincidence; it had to be a necessary condition or something. But this time, even though it was daytime, she already…"

"Yeah, that's true. If we see the red glow from afar, we can at least react in some way."

The goddess of bathing nodded.

She wasn't sure if the Tin Man's current condition was related to her previous feeling.

That is, even now, the Tin Man, or rather Cortelne, is still getting stronger.

Now, the Tin Man is no longer bound by time. Furthermore, she can break through the barriers that confine her. Will location also cease to be a constraint for her soon?

If that's the case, wouldn't the Tin Man be doomed if they found the location of the Golden Apple Tree?

"That's not good!"

Thinking of this, the bath goddess, whose face had darkened, immediately shared her guess with her companion.

Upon hearing these words, Millie and Charlotte's expressions also turned serious.

"Now, to prevent any accidents, we should change locations. Even if we are unfortunately killed, we need to leave the vicinity of the Golden Apple Tree as soon as we are reborn!"

Millie made a decision immediately. Then, she urged the other two to leave the tree temporarily.

Faced with the choice between the plains and the wheat fields, the three decided to go to the plains first, and that would be their meeting point in the future.

The wheat field is Millie's "rebirth point," so if the wheat field is blocked, it will be quite troublesome.

"It's not that I disagree. It's just that, is there any point in doing this? That apple tree is so big, anyone in this area can see it easily, right?"

On the way to the plains, Xia Luoluo asked, puzzled.

"It should still have some significance. Because without the guidance of the goddess of bathing, we wouldn't actually be able to see that apple tree."

At first, Millie couldn't see the golden apple tree either. It was only after the goddess of bathing led her there that she was able to accurately determine its location.

"Is that so?" "Oh right, there's such a setting!"

Seeing the Bathing Goddess slap her forehead as if she had just remembered this, Charlotte couldn't help but give Millie a look that seemed to ask, "Is she really okay?"

Millie, on the other hand, wanted to say that her older sister had actually made progress. At least this time, she knew to plan ahead.

If this had happened when she was first drawn into the fairytale world, the Bathing Goddess would probably have only cried out "It's over" after her respawn point was actually blocked.

From the plains, the three of them took a diagonal detour to a position where they could barely see the town of Prista.

Even at such a distance, the Tin Man was nowhere to be seen. Yet, the three women remained uneasy and hesitant to proceed.

"To be honest, the reason we didn't want to go into the night was because the witches who appeared after dark were just too terrifying. That's why we wanted to find a breakthrough during the day. But now, compared to the Tin Man, the witches seem kind of 'cute'."

The goddess of the bath sighed. "So, that witch was really that scary?"

Charlotte, who has never met a regional leader other than the Tin Man, always asks the same question whenever the topic of witches comes up.

"I don't know how to explain to you that the witch is like a kind of supernatural being that destroys both the body and the mind at the same time."

Recalling that experience, the goddess of bathing couldn't help but turn pale.

"The Witch's Rules"

Listening to the conversation between the Bathing Goddess and Charlotte, Millie began to mutter to herself about those two words.

"By the way, we're different now than we were back then. We still have Xia Luoluo! So, could we try dealing with the witch first?"

Millie muttered to herself for a moment, then seemed to have a brilliant idea.

"Sister Yu, can I have the rest of Xia Luoluo's time today?"

"Well, it's not impossible. But, to be honest, the witch seems more 'cute' than the Tin Man. I'm just kidding, don't take it seriously."

The goddess of the bath, sensing that Millie wanted to challenge the witch, couldn't help but shiver.

To be fair, although Millie possesses a clear mind and corresponding abilities, perhaps due to concerns about her two "older sisters" regarding her age, she rarely takes the initiative to lead the team in any particular way, and instead mostly cooperates with the Bathing Goddess's frequent whims.

And since it's rare for Millie to want to do something, the Bathing Goddess, no matter how unwilling, will not vote against it.

"No problem, just tell me what to do!"

As for Charlotte, who sees Millie as a "true angel," she naturally has no reason to object.

Dusk.

Three girls stood silently around an igloo that gleamed in the setting sun.

After a long silence, the first person to break the silence was the Goddess of Bathing.

"Xia, it was one thing when we were in the snow mountain. After all, it had to be built in real time and be movable. But now that you have plenty of time, is this the only thing you can build, a little mound-like igloo?"

"I'm so sorry, I've never had any artistic or architectural talent since birth!"

"Haha, let's go in and take a look first."

Millie smoothed things over and climbed into the igloo.

"The entrance is a bit narrow, so we need to be careful."

Millie reminded them as they entered the igloo. The Bathing Goddess, whose size was similar, also smoothly entered the igloo.

But when it came to Charlotte
"You're a genius! Xia Luoluo managed to get herself stuck in the igloo she built herself."

Watching Xia Luoluo, whose upper body was still inside the igloo, desperately trying to inch forward by gripping the grass with both hands, only to get stuck and give up with a look of utter despair, the Bathing Goddess couldn't help but sigh.

"W-What's wrong? This igloo was designed this way! My intention was to trap myself here as a door. Do you guys have any objections?! If you're not satisfied, build your own. Waaah—"

Soon after, with the efforts of Millie and the Bathing Goddess, they finally managed to drag Charlotte into the ice house.

The reason Charlotte didn't use magic to repair her igloo was because she was worried that using magic again would affect her "masterpiece" and cause the igloo, which she had worked so hard to build, to collapse completely.

All I can say is that the skill he gained after seven years of studying at the magic academy is no joke.

From the entrance and the description of its appearance as a "small mound," it's easy to see that the space inside the igloo is also very limited. Inside, the three of them could only sit hunched over with their knees drawn up to their sides.

"You're the type to have an easy delivery, Charlotte."

"Shut up."

Xia Luoluo, who felt her own embarrassing past was accumulating, sighed and frowned with worry.

"Although I built this igloo, can this thing really stop the 'witch' that you guys didn't dare touch before?"

“Bad kids who don’t come home at night will be executed by the witch. So, in theory, as long as we are ‘home’ at night, we will be safe.”

"Do those monsters also follow rules?"

Xia Luoluo asked in confusion.

"of course."

The goddess of bathing took over the conversation.

"This world is made up of a lot of strange rules. So, even the regional leaders in this world, or those who are the regional leaders, must abide by the rules. Of course, the premise is that things like nighttime and naughty children are indeed rules, not just something that witch said casually."

"In short, the roads related to the Tin Man are almost closed, and we still have a chance to start over. It's worth trying to make contact with the witch who has been running away all along."

Millie concluded.

Once they've lost a single-digit percentage of their apples, they probably wouldn't dare to look for new paths no matter what.

"Ok."

Once again easily persuaded, Xia Luoluo spent the rest of the time with her two companions quietly waiting for night to fall.

Night falls.

From a certain moment on, the Goddess of Bath and Millie fell completely silent. Sensing their unease, Charlotte wisely remained quiet, welcoming her first dark night in the heart of the fairytale world.

Because of the silence, time seemed to flow exceptionally slowly, passing by second by second.

Suddenly, a strange laugh broke the silence.

"Chirp chi ...

"!"

At this moment, Xia Luoluo seemed to understand why the Bathing Goddess and Millie, after only encountering the witch once, were so genuinely afraid of each other.

That was truly a sound that could send chills down your spine just from its laughter.

"Chi Chi Chi"

The witch's laughter seemed to have faded into the distance, but then suddenly became incredibly close again.

"what is this?"

Suddenly, the witch seemed to take an interest in the igloo that had appeared out of nowhere on the plain.

Outside the entrance to the igloo, there was a rustling sound, like clothes rubbing together.

Then suddenly, a withered arm reached in through the entrance of the igloo.

(End of this chapter)