Zach glanced at Kami. Kami shrugged. This was on Zach. He couldn't help.
Zach looked at the principal. He was silent for a moment as he thought about how to answer the principal in a way that didn't make the principal do as he wished. Zach hoped the principal wouldn't do anything like kidnap him or force him to accept.
But he knew better.
"Principal…Would you become your successor and accept the position of principal in my position?" Zach could only hope the principal was wise and had a smidge of self-reflection.
"Of course not!" The principal's answer was as immediate as Zach's had been.
"But you are different from me, Zacharia. You would make a great principal, and I have a feeling you would get along with my familiars. I can teach you a bunch of things about the summoning interface." That last part piqued Zach's interest. The principal continued in the same vein,
