For a girl Lin Xiaolu's age, an exquisite, gorgeous princess dress—especially a masterwork gown made with Kingdom craftsmanship—was indeed an incredibly eye-catching thing.
Although Larkspur could not relate to that feeling, it did not stop her from understanding. So she tacitly allowed the younger girls to crowd around her, inspecting the dress from every angle and occasionally reaching out to touch it.
After she went back to change out of the outfit, the girls even took the dress themselves and spent ages trying it on in front of the mirror. That was even more beyond Larkspur's understanding, but she did not say anything.
Only after the juniors had finished fooling around did she call them back. They sat in a circle on the sofa in the little house, while she leaned back and spoke:
"I went out for dinner with some people tonight. They were senior members of the Magic Affairs Institute and the Research Institute."
That single sentence immediately quieted the girls, who had been chattering noisily just moments ago.
"The Magic Affairs Institute... and the Research Institute?" Xia Liang was the first to understand what Larkspur meant, and even realize certain implications.
Without question, the Kingdom's five institutes and their division of authority were relatively unfamiliar subjects to the younger girls.
Xia Liang and Lin Xiaolu were better off. They had become Magical Girls earlier, and Larkspur had taught them more common knowledge, so they were not unfamiliar with the terms "Magic Affairs Institute" and "Research Institute." As for Bai Jingxuan, although Larkspur had given her some crammed instruction later on, there was ultimately only so much someone her age could understand. To her, those terms were practically "things that only appeared in textbooks."
"And you're an Inspector from the Investigation Institute, Larkspur. So that dinner meant people