Though I truly intended to leave, before I could even open my mouth, my opponent was already offering me a drink.

"Could you wait a moment?"

The tone was calm yet carried an undeniable charisma. If she had shown this side of herself from the start, I might have thought of her as "a young head of a school, steadfast in her beliefs despite its downfall."

But unfortunately, I overheard something.

I heard her begging the Dark Elf, desperately pleading to somehow retrieve the instructor’s certification.

‘The school has collapsed, and the remaining members seem to have burned all the …