Wishes

"Shally!" Suzanna scolded. When picking a student, an archmage was always extremely careful. The decision was made without any distraction. One bad student would bring shame to the teacher and cause others to doubt the teacher’s ability. Of course, archmages taking students as a favor was not unheard of, but neither Suzanna nor Anfey was important enough to make an archmage bend to their will.

"You want to learn magic? That should not be a problem," Saul said with a smile.

"Really?" Shally asked incredulously. She wasn’t sure if she could trust such a quick answer. "Can I really study magic? With you? But I’m even worse than Anfey." Shally was still a child and she didn’t realize Saul said only that she could learn magic, not that she could learn with him.