Larkspur declined the help of others and walked by herself to an office chair off to the side. Several minutes later, after listening to the explanations of several staff members from this branch, she finally understood what had happened.
"...Forget it. Let's just leave it at that and pretend it never happened."
Although she now knew why she had been bumped into, Larkspur had no intention of pursuing the matter. In her eyes, the person who had run into her was merely an ordinary clerk, and they had not done it deliberately. There was no need to be overly harsh. "You don't need to look so serious either. Relax."
What she did not say was that since she had already accepted entering the Magic Affairs Institute branch through this method, she had come here to handle proper business. She had no time to fuss over such trivial details.
And that proper business was quite clear: according to her plans, they needed to adjust the security arrangements for the upcoming assessment to a certain extent.
For the sake of procedural legitimacy, they needed to discuss the matter within the Magic Affairs Institute. For the sake of communication efficiency and confidentiality, Larkspur could not possibly direct them remotely to complete the work.
So, in the end, she could only find a way to sneak into the Magic Affairs Institute without drawing attention.
Moreover, when the group from the Magic Affairs Institute headquarters had arrived, they had gone through official channels and filed the proper application, ostensibly coming to Luen Nore to attend a meeting with the Research Institute. Even the branch could therefore verify the complete list of everyone on this trip. To avoid being discovered afterward through some inconsistency in the details, Larkspur could not even openly blend into the crowd.