Miss Danist joked:
"And since you called me here so late, you should at least treat me to the finest black tea."
"Well... I don't have any for now, but you can take some tea leaves back later. I'm afraid you'll smash my teacups in a moment."
Professor Pigman spoke very cautiously. The current headmaster of Saint Byron's was a refined middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. He did not wear glasses and had black hair. Since he did not keep a beard, he looked even younger.
"What?"
The red-haired young woman raised an eyebrow, and the headmaster behind the desk immediately smiled again.
"Don't be so impatient. Back when I was still your Aether Mechanics teacher, I told you that keeping calm would make things go more smoothly."
The red-haired young woman reminded him:
"But most students who took your Aether Mechanics course couldn't stay calm, could they? What was the pass rate for our first-year class at the end of that semester again? Oh, I think only two people besides me passed.
To this day, I still don't fully understand the theory of Hilbert Aether Space. But lately, whenever I have nothing better to do, I've been studying the 'Systematic Composite Verification Ritual for the Temporal Disturbance Caused by the Particleization of Spirits.'"
So that was what the books Shade had often seen her reading lately were about:
"I remember that because the pass rate was so low, your Aether Mechanics changed from a required course into an elective for the entire Academy. And after you stopped teaching it, I believe only two professors have been able to teach it since."
"Ahem, let's not discuss that. I've always felt there was no harm in exposing students to cutting-edge theoretical knowledge. Although Ring Arcanists are a