With a loud bang, the door was kicked open violently, and dust came fluttering down from the frame.
"Yeah, why did you grant me the rank of Pride? Didn't I ask for the rank of Grand?!"
Ritsuka Fujimaru stormed in furiously, rushed to the massive desk in a few strides, and grabbed the collar of the old man feared by countless magi.
"Hey, hey, hey, Master-Uncle, calm down."
Zelretch, the famed "Jewel Old Man," had no intention of resisting despite being grabbed by the collar. He merely waved calmly with one hand while the other even protected the teacup on his desk.
Jewel Old Man's teacher was Solomon.
Solomon was Roman.
Roman was Ritsuka Fujimaru's brother-in-arms.
By that logic, Roman could absolutely accept disciples on behalf of his teacher.
So Jewel Old Man calling her "Master-Uncle" was completely correct.
As for secretly changing Ritsuka Fujimaru's original "Grand" rank into "Pride," that really was the old man's handiwork.
Although wishes written on the Wish List possessed causality-level compulsive force—like Olga Marie's universe-shaking title of "President of Earth."
Maintenance and minor adjustments after fulfillment were still indispensable.
For example, after wishing to become the richest person in the world, one might still go bankrupt from trading stocks, right?
But not if one became president. Once you were president, stock prices became toys in your hands!
As a member of the Friends Circle, Jewel Old Man naturally knew everything that had happened before and after the instance ended.
As for how he could change it after the announcement proclaiming Ritsuka Fujimaru a Grand had already been posted?
That was the Clock Tower temps' problem. What did it have to do with him, the Grand Magus? Was he supposed to take the blame too?
"How am I supposed to calm down?! I submitted a