All we can say on this morning for ourselves in regards to the one of the options
There's a reason they're called misfits
El mellow has his students and it has been noted some mages don't operate normally for one reason or another, the ones who don't fit in to the mages system as it is..... seeds left to the stony dirt and mud and untended, potential left to burn in the pyre without a chance to bloom...... but in said potential a chance for a paradigm shift
An age of urban legends and myth that may lead to a new path
They need only a bit of Light to guide them these wayward souls who never bloomed
So, basically, we get summoned by Waver's classmates who are also upset with their teacher?