By fame, Great Mage Camilla had naturally meant fame within mage circles.
The magazine-like publication on the desk was an internal periodical issued by the Mages' Guild. Only Great Mages and Archmages received it regularly.
So when Great Mage Camilla said Xu Yi had become famous, she merely meant that many Great Mages now knew about him.
There were only twenty-seven Archmages and around five hundred Great Mages on the entire Sains Continent. Strictly speaking, then, only a little over five hundred people knew about Xu Yi. If he wanted to be precise, that hardly counted as fame at all.
"Idiot!" Great Mage Camilla glared at Xu Yi. "Archmages and Great Mages stand at the very pinnacle of mage circles. If all the Great Mages and Archmages know about you, that's as good as every mage on the continent knowing about you. Isn't that famous enough?"
Xu Yi looked at Great Mage Camilla in surprise. "Really?"
"Why would I lie to you?" Great Mage Camilla pointed at the floor beneath her feet. "If I wanted to, everyone in this Magic Tower would hear the news. Once they spread it, the mages throughout Bunta City, and even in the surrounding cities, would hear about it too. Let me tell you, this internal guild periodical carries tremendous authority among mages across the continent. Once you appear in it, you'd have a hard time not becoming famous."
Xu Yi scratched his chin, still a little puzzled.
"Passing the examination on my first attempt and becoming a Level Five Magic Mage straight away might be a little unusual, but if this periodical is so prestigious, surely I don't qualify to appear in it yet?"
Great Mage Camilla shook her head. "Of course it isn't because you became a Level Five Magic Mage. Cases like