After driving away that death-seeking youngster, Malin found himself with nothing to do.
He wanted to learn spell formations, but the spell instructors had already been banned by Old Hoffman: whoever dared teach Malin a spell would be hung from the tower for an entire week.
Considering a certain squirrel had already been hung there for a day, Malin didn't want to have the cheek to plead with the instructors—it wasn't about charming them to obtain a spell anymore; it would mean selling their lives.
Better forget about it. Squirrel Instructor Minsk Pavbris ignored Malin for several days because of this, and in the end, it was only with buttered popcorn that Malin managed to bribe him again. However, the squirrel flatly refused to teach higher-order spell formations, and Malin did not press further.
