43 Consultation

[First, finish sixth period and come back. Teacher, you come with the child after dismissal.]

[Yes, I'm terribly sorry...]

Seo Yuna was told to rest in the infirmary and then leave school on her own.

The reason I was suddenly summoned to the Administration Office was none other than my unauthorized use of magic.

The academy grounds had been designated by the state as a special tax-withholding district, with all mana-use fees within the area paid under the academy's name.

This was also a provision reflecting the academy's unique, partial extraterritoriality.

Of course, in most cases, the academy actually paid the fees, not merely in name.

They couldn't very well make elementary school students pay every time they had a practical lesson.

Certain academy foundations prepared an available budget in advance, paid it up front, and received a refund for the unused portion at the end of the year; the Sefiron Foundation was the most prominent example.

In other words, whenever I recklessly used magic as though mana were water, it wasn't me clutching the back of my neck—it was the foundation's budget officer...