"It wasn't that the Wizard Alliance Investigation Bureau didn't want to use spellbooks or wands as its emblem. We simply never had the chance."
"One spellbook is the emblem of the Spellbook Standards Committee; two spellbooks are the emblem of the Spellbook Association; three spellbooks are the emblem of the League of Scholars; an open spellbook is the emblem of the Magic Spell Compilation Committee; half a torn spellbook is the emblem of the Anti-Wizard Alliance. And so on."
"Similarly, there are even more emblems featuring wands, and they are older as well."
"For instance, nine wands arranged in a semicircle are the emblem of the Wizard Alliance; a broken wand is the emblem of Second Salem; crossed wands are the emblem of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic; a snake coiled around a wand is the emblem of the Magic Hospital; and so on. There are many more examples like these."
"So it wasn't that the Wizard Alliance Investigation Bureau chose the Trident Sword. It was just that, at the time, the Trident Sword was all we had left to use. That said, the 'concept of strength' embodied by the Trident Sword does seem to suit our bureau better."
"I heard someone in the bureau even suggested changing the two blades on either side of the Trident Sword into axes, with the axe blades facing outward, to make it look more intimidating." At this point, Andrew abruptly stopped talking and halted in his tracks. "Hmm, we're here. They moved pretty quickly."
He was probably referring to the wizards carrying out defensive preparations outside the market.
By then, Zheng Qing and the other two had followed Andrew to the entrance of the Forest Goods Market. Along the way, aside from a few flames that had not yet fully gone out and trembled