"Is it really okay to leave this here?" Felis asked in surprise.
"This kind of extremely ordinary spell can be found in the Great Library once you become an Official Mage. As long as you register it and ensure it won't be casually leaked, it's fine," Russell said evenly. "Of course, even with our teacher's influence, the Mage Tower won't erase your name. But you'll probably only be able to keep the name. Unless Prout gets himself killed. Then you can come out... Don't look at me like that, hehe~"
"Don't underestimate my teacher!"
Felis abruptly raised his head. "Over at Kament Tower..."
"The Archmage of Kament Tower has never cared about such useless appearances. He has his own admirable qualities as well."
"You've only known him for a few days, yet even the way you speak of him has changed?"
"That's why, Felis, I had Carpenter, who had just advanced, come see you instead of properly meditating," Russell said leisurely. "If I still sensed danger outside, how could I let her fool around? What if something happened and caused fluctuations in her newly stabilized Mental Sea? Since I let her come, it naturally means everything outside is calm."
"How is that possible?" Felis could not make sense of it at all. "Even if Prout was courting death himself, even if he dared defy Kament Tower's will... someone should still have come out to clean up the mess! Aislin..."
"Ah, Aislin has nearly chopped Prout's faction down to a blank slate," Russell said with a grin. "Including Rolando. Because Black Mystery Town may need to be relocated, the Mage Tower has sent dozens of Low-Rank Mages there to register everyone and look into the old accounts while they're at it. Rolando and his three associates have all been temporarily removed