In Harbos's view, Fran must have spent no small amount of energy and time making something like this.
And for those apprentices, wasn't spending so much time and energy all for the sake of joining those schools and gaining the chance to become official Mages?
Harbos even gave Fran one of his masterpieces—a ring capable of casting high-order Spells—to show how highly he regarded her.
"This is a ring that can cast high-order Spells. With your spiritual power, you should barely be able to use it."
Fran hesitated when she saw Harbos holding out the ring, but she accepted it in the end.
What mattered now was that she had to take action against the Transmutation School's pursuit, which could arrive at any time. Accepting the offer to join a school was her best choice.
Her plan to search for a suitable school had become difficult to continue. Even now, the information she knew was barely more than what she had known at the start of the school year.
The possible appearance of an official Mage from the Transmutation School was a sword hanging over her head. She had no confidence at all in facing an official Mage herself, so accepting was her best option.
Fran took the ring and examined it in her hand. A huge red gemstone, a broad band—it was another ring that would not fit on her finger.
Harbos noticed Fran's hesitation and asked curiously, "Do you have some concern? Something that still makes you hesitate about joining a school?"
Fran thought for a moment without answering immediately. At a time like this, she definitely could not say something like, "I want to see which school's Spells are stronger before I decide which one to join."
"I want... to learn more Spells. Not just the Spells