Russell did not quite understand the deeper meaning behind his teacher's words... He was still young. Though he was fairly skilled at all that aristocratic business, he was still not very good at distinguishing the different kinds of people in a group setting.
Carpenter was even less capable in that regard. The people she had encountered had basically all come from her own family or aristocratic families with circumstances similar to the Hainalson Family's. Though they had plenty of flaws and could hardly be called decent people, they still acted within a certain order.
The ways of the world, the warmth and coldness of human relations—at their core, they still involved the word "human."
The worst and most vicious sides of those people would not be displayed before the underage girls of their own families.
And those who would do such things were naturally excluded from the sight of those aristocratic girls.
But Russell and Carpenter naturally understood the most important point: what they did not understand, Archmage Rute understood very well.
That Archmage wanted to use the simplest method to first separate out those who were either too eager for quick success or simply too stupid.
To be honest, anyone who dared expose their thoughts on the very first day, even if they were enemies, would only be used as short-term cannon fodder that could be discarded at any time.
But how should they put it... sometimes, the trouble caused by idiots was real trouble.
What clever people brought was war, whether in reality or in the spiritual world.
If it was war, they only needed to focus on fighting it. But idiots... they could not exactly use a Wall of Fire to burn mosquitoes, could they?
Normally, no one paid much attention to such fools. Who did not