"Lady Morgana, everyone gathered here is fully aware of what the Academy offers to the new generation. No one present can deny that you truly deserve every single Pearl you charge. In fact, when compared to the Dawn light Stellar Academy —which demands Pearls merely for access to its library and a simple graduation certificate, then proceeds to extract even more Pearls for each instructor separately— I would say that your requirements are not only fair, but extremely modest by any reasonable standard."
One of the elders spoke slowly, his voice heavy with age, his eyes almost completely shut as if weighed down by countless years.
