Thea looked at the magic power that had vanished from her hands and gave an embarrassed smile.
She was now considered an apprentice who had entered the field, so of course she knew what had just happened and could sense what Yinsen had done.
In the end, it had been her own mistake.
"Um... it's pretty common to fail the first time you cast a spell, right...?"
Yinsen said nothing. He was too embarrassed to tell Thea that among the people he had taught, no one had ever failed their first attempt at casting magic.
There was no need to mention Leah, his proper disciple. She had followed the same path as Yinsen, first focusing on refining her Mental Power before gradually nurturing magic power unique to herself.
Her talent was simply too extraordinary. She had long since cultivated her own magic power, and using it as a foundation, she could also control ambient magical energy very well. Casting spells came naturally to her. So far, her training had never encountered any bottlenecks, and she had continued progressing steadily.
After entering Hogwarts to study, she had also greatly broadened her knowledge. Although she still could not cast powerful offensive spells, she was extremely proficient with all sorts of minor spells. Even if she were sent into some dangerous world, Leah could easily handle all kinds of crises.
There was even less need to mention Tony, who was both mentor and student. That guy was practically cheating. When Yinsen taught him, he did not even need to construct magical models like he had for Thea to help her understand things intuitively. Once the basics were covered, Yinsen only needed to tell him the direction of future training and the taboos to avoid, and Tony knew what to do.
By now, Tony