[Skay Ravendi]

"No, not too late." She looked at a strange liquid-sand clock on her desk. "About three minutes late. So you're forgiven." She even flashed a more cheerful smile at that. Then she opened a book and scribled something into it, closing it right after that. There was no other chair in this room, therefore the elf had no choice but to stand or slump down to the ground.

"Ah, no, not today. This is your first lesson, so it's very different. But before we begin, I'd like you to tell me what you know about Arcana, why you chose to spend so much money on this path? And why did you choose sorcery and not say... elementalism or necromancy?" There was a stretch on the last word and the Mistress remained serious. Her question was not a joke and that suggested sphere did not seem to be a joke either. Now everything depended on Xyltha's answer.