Although Fran had said she would publish her paper on why she could cast so quickly during the Champion Mage Challenge, she had never actually intended to do so.
Once the Champion Mage Challenge is over, this Chief won't have the energy to track down a missing mage, she thought.
She had seen through the Star Gazing Art that Number Three Floating City was about to fall. Judging by the Gods' knowledge and her own past experience, the future revealed by the Star Gazing Art was almost impossible to change.
Although she did not know why none of the High-Order Mages reacted when the Gods attacked Number Three Floating City, Fran had no intention of doing anything about it.
If the Alliance suffered a setback, came to hate the Gods, and began calling for a campaign against them in its anger, that would benefit Fran too.
She could take advantage of the opportunity to fish in the troubled waters of the coming war, especially with Number Three Floating City falling.
Compared to the fall of Number Three Floating City, some mage of unknown origin assuming a false identity and winning the Champion Mage Challenge was a trivial matter.
Besides, a great deal of information would be buried after the battle. Whether anyone would even investigate the matter then was uncertain.
"Have you ever written a paper? At your age, I imagine you haven't taken part in writing one before?"
"Would you like me to send an experienced researcher specifically to teach you how to write one?"
By any normal reasoning, "Philly" had advanced to the Second Order at twenty and achieved astonishing results in Magic Duels. Given how long mages usually took to produce research findings, there was no way she could have experience writing papers.
"No, thank you for