Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 370 The Magic Professor

"Bathing, Bath Sister"

Near the outer wall of the fortress. Millie, who had been desperately fleeing but was still caught in the blast wave of a violent explosion from the distant battlefield, accidentally threw the bath goddess she was carrying away due to the impact.

After a hurried search, Millie finally found the Bathing Goddess, who was perched upside down in a newly formed sand dune.

"Ah! I'm so sorry. I'm really sorry, Yu-nee!"

"Cough, cough, cough—"

Millie quickly pulled the Bath Goddess out, and although the Bath Goddess was coughing and spitting out sand, fortunately she was not seriously injured.

"Luckily you reminded us in time, otherwise..."

As the goddess of the bath gradually turned around, and the golden butterflies that flew out from their clothes reformed Sophia's body, Millie said with lingering fear.

At this moment, all that could be seen in the distance was a pure and pitch-black void.

The fortress city in the region is now connected to Vayne's home by a road that resembles a bridge. Or rather, the road is not as narrow as a bridge; apart from a forest on one side, the rest of the route is mostly an endless plain.

But that connecting area was completely wiped out by the previous explosion. As a result, the other end of the plain, like a collapsed cliff, also vanished into nothingness.

Therefore, if Millie had escaped in the wrong direction, she might now be falling into that abyss that seems to be a certain death trap.

"Cough, I never thought that this 'knowledge' would actually come in handy one day."

Sitting on the ground, the goddess of bathing let out a long sigh.

Although she knew she couldn't really get rid of the dust on her body, she still subconsciously patted it off with her hand.

"Oh? So you knew in advance that he was going to do this?"

Sophia asked, somewhat surprised.

"I wouldn't call it precognition, but I recognized that it was the 'Magic Professor' using when he was on the verge of death. He would first use 'True Phantom Trick (Overload),' and then if all his clones weren't dealt with in time, he would unleash the self-destruct skill 'Miracle Beyond the Spell' after chanting a short incantation. It's an instant-death attack covering the entire area and also removes all buffs, so there's no chance of resurrection. In short, it's a 100% wipe!"

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What exactly is this child saying?

After a moment of silence, Sophia remarked that this goddess was exactly as described by someone.

"If you accidentally miss even one clone, you have to start all over again. That boss battle was quite long, so every time I wiped, I had the urge to smash things."

Having clearly suffered many losses in the "Star Pattern" game, the Bath Goddess couldn't help but start cursing.

"So, the young professor actually used a self-destruct skill?"

Having become quite accustomed to the goddess of bathing, Millie, like Ritas, filtered out the irrelevant information and quickly extracted the key information.

"Yeah, this is a bit too much! He wasn't in any trouble or anything, so why did he deliberately self-destruct?"

Recalling the previous battle, although the Goddess of Bath felt she couldn't fully understand it, judging from the situation alone, Little Ritas was not only not in a desperate situation, but actually seemed to be in the advantageous position.

After all, the black hole-like thing that the Tin Man slashed out only absorbed Little Ritas's clone.

No.
before that.

It turns out that in the "Star Pattern" game, the "Magic Professor" is actually Little Ritas?

The goddess of the bath, who was shocked much later, calmed down and thought about it carefully, and actually felt a sense of rationality.

Because the real Ritas dies on the third day of school in the "Star Mark" game storyline, there won't be an event where the "Wanderer" forces the "Bedtime Reading" to attack Ritas and his group at that point in time.

So, if the bedtime story, which is Wayne, grew up normally for a few years and then learned of Ritas's death, given her unusual obsession with Ritas, she might very well use her primal power to create "a brother who belongs only to her."

Ultimately, through her primal power, the process of creating the fairy tale world was completed, giving birth to "Imaginary Ritas," who can even appear in the real world as a "professor of magic."

"Wow."

As the goddess of the bath marveled at her discovery, she felt a strong urge to share this information with others.

Unfortunately, she looked around and realized clearly that no one was destined to share this inexplicable "feeling" with her. And even if she returned to her original world, it would probably be the same.
"Dian's performance is indeed a bit crazy. However, we don't know what the actual situation on the battlefield is like, contrary to what it seems."

Sofia gazed into the distance at the nothingness that would soon spread throughout the world.

Although it should be limited to this fairy tale world, the destructive power shown by Little Ritas still reminded Sophia of her teacher, the "Tree Witch".

There was clearly no teacher-student relationship between Little Ritas and Livis.
This feeling is truly wonderful.

"For a mage, it's hardly rational to decide the outcome in one fell swoop. Perhaps he desperately wants to destroy his opponent. Or perhaps he senses something and believes this is the optimal solution."

"Is self-destruction the only way to defeat the Tin Man? No, no, no! It's not good if Cortellen is really killed! Can she be resurrected normally in this world or the present world?"

Upon hearing the words of the goddess of bathing, Millie's expression immediately turned serious.

Her original intention was simply to lure Cortriene away so as not to threaten the tower where Ritas was located.

Once she lures Cortriene here, if the person attacking Sophia is indeed Little Ritas, she plans to try communicating with him and then fight together as they did against the "Carrier Pigeons" before. If it's not Little Ritas, she can let the two monsters fight each other without any reservations, and seize the opportunity to rescue Vain's mother, Sophia.

After all, Cortrienne was able to eliminate that "witch," so Millie hadn't considered the possibility of her being defeated.

However, once she actually arrived in this area, things developed in a way that completely exceeded Millie's expectations. The Little Ritas monster even gave her no chance to communicate with it.

"Kurt. Little Ri. Waaah, why did this happen? Oh, right! Find him, find Little Ri. If he really is the 'Professor of Magic,' then even if he used his self-destruct ability, he still won't die!"

Amidst her complex emotions, the Bathing Goddess, unsure of her current stance or which side she should stand on, frantically recalled many details of the battle with the "Magic Professor."

While playing the game, she was annoyed by how persistent this mid-boss was, like a cockroach that she could never kill.

But now, she feels a glimmer of hope. She also senses a commonality between Little Ritas and Ritas in this resilience.

Around the edge of the pitch-black void, the goddess of bathing, Millie, and Sophia searched for Little Ritas's whereabouts.

After they began their search, Millie and the Goddess of Bath realized that their actions might be somewhat inappropriate for Sophia. After all, Little Ritas had attacked Sophia earlier and nearly killed her.

However, Sophia nonchalantly expressed that she didn't mind. After discovering that Little Ritas was a "professor of magic," in other words, an underling of the "wanderers," although the "process" was mostly wrong, the goddess of the bath roughly understood from the conclusion why Little Ritas and Sophia had clashed. And what is the current situation?

Soon, the three found Little Ritas, who had been blown there like a rag, by the walls of the fortress city.

Little Ritas, with only half a body and a body section sealed with the bare minimum of magic crystals, was in a comatose state, barely alive.

Thanks to the wanderers' "forced growth," the once-young Ritas now appears to be a young man.

And seeing him in such a miserable state
"Although I know they are not strictly the same person."

"But this scene doesn't feel unfamiliar at all."

Millie and the Bathing Goddess remarked in perfect unison.

When Little Ritas slowly awoke, he found himself moving slowly within the fortress city.

The moment he opened his eyes, his gaze met that of a pair of bright, long-lost eyes.

"Don't ask, the truth is it's been three years!"

The goddess of the bath, whose "superpower" of accurately capturing the moment Ritas wakes from his coma also works on Little Ritas, routinely uttered this remark even on such a occasion.

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Little Ritas, his face haggard and confused, quickly assessed the current situation.

Because of his height, the person carrying him on her back is Sofia.

In reality, it hadn't been that long, but it felt like an extremely long time had passed before he saw two familiar faces walking alongside him on either side.

"you."

"Now, you shouldn't be able to hear that annoying sound anymore, right? So, don't struggle pointlessly or try to choke me."

Sofia uttered words of advice that were hardly words of advice.

"Or rather, with you injured like that, can you even hear us?"

As the goddess of bathing spoke, she made a circling motion with her finger near her ear.

"Don't worry. Even if I am completely deprived of my five senses, the magical particles will relay what I want to know for me."

After understanding the current situation, Little Ritas, who calmed down without even a second of excitement, spoke in a flat, emotionless voice.

"Although it feels like things have come to this point, your magic really can do anything."

The goddess of bathing couldn't help but complain.

After coming into this world and actually having the opportunity to come into contact with real magic, the Goddess of Bath realized that her previous understanding of magic was vastly different from reality.

As for why this happened, she felt that Ritas should bear at least 120% of the blame.

Because no matter what wonders or unbelievable things Ritas created, in the end he would just casually explain everything with the word "magic".

"Even if you capture me, I have no information to offer you. For most of the time after we are separated, I am in a state of being manipulated and lacking self-awareness."

Without mentioning the goddess of bathing, Little Ritas simply stated this.

"What do you mean by 'prisoners'? What do you take us for? Couldn't we be here to rescue you?"

The goddess of bathing said with dissatisfaction.

"Save? For what?"

"Uh, even if you ask why, Millie, you come here!"

The goddess of the bath handed over little Ritas, who seemed to have entered a rebellious phase, to Millie.

"Eh? Uh, first of all, I'm sorry, Professor. It was my oversight that I dumped this troublesome enemy on you. I don't know if that counts as an excuse. Actually, I was thinking that if it really was you, I would fight against her with you."

You'll only get in the way.

"Well!"

Millie, who was stabbed in a way she couldn't refute and truly felt the phantom pain of being pierced, couldn't help but complain about Little Ritas.
"Since you are so capable, don't let yourself be easily manipulated by random people! That's not like you at all!"

"It sounds simple, but how easy is it to break free from that kind of manipulation? If this world operates according to a script, then she has the right to rewrite it. And I don't regret accepting her 'revisions.' Otherwise..."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have acquired that immense power. He tried to take revenge on an enemy he could never have defeated.

"In front of that woman, 'he' was merely clinging to life."

As if changing the subject, Little Ritas deliberately brought up someone else.

Even if Little Ritas doesn't explicitly say it, the other three can understand who "he" is referring to.

"Little Li~ I wonder if you've noticed. We've never really considered you a substitute, a younger version, or a certain stage in someone else's life. With your excellent memory and keen observation skills, haven't you realized that Millie and I haven't called you by your name since a certain point in time?"

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Upon hearing the words of the goddess of bathing, Little Ritas seemed to recall something, and then his eyes widened slightly as if out of control.

"That's exactly right. In our eyes, you've long been independent of 'him,' a completely different being, a completely different person. So, the reason I said you shouldn't be so obediently controlled is because you're so proud, so proud that you don't even acknowledge your own destined brilliant achievements, and you want to forge a completely different path. How could you willingly be manipulated by such a despicable and narrow-minded person?"

Millie continued.

While spending time with Little Ritas, both she and the Goddess of Bath sensed that Little Ritas didn't actually want to be someone else's shadow or substitute. Even if that person was their future self.

Perhaps only Little Ritas himself felt that he had concealed these emotions very well.

Faced with two people who knew him inside and out, Little Ritas, who had only shown rebellious emotions after waking up, fell into a long silence.

(End of this chapter)