Magisters also had their social interactions.
He laughed and asked, "How many did you send out?"
"Dozens, sir," the male apprentice said, "within a year."
It seemed that only Archmages and above would receive this explanation.
Hill picked up the newspaper beside him and casually asked, "Why are there so many apprentices downstairs?"
"A few mages left Haifasardo and didn't take their former apprentices with them. They didn't know what to do, so they came to the Association looking for opportunities, sir."
The kind of mages who colluded with nobles? Their abilities were insufficient, at most they knew some junior Alchemy, and they wouldn't even be able to produce in an Alchemy Workshop.
They recruited a large number of cheap Mage Apprentices, only taught them some junior spells, and one or two methods of refining Alchemy Potions or tools.
There was no hope of becoming a mage, and they could be directly expelled when no longer needed.
