Ah so there is a kingdom under the sea? Kinda had forgot that to be honest.
"Aren't they just mind controlling the customers into giving them all their money?""Save for that Mermaid bar, it is royal approved."
"Why? Doesn't that break that treaty?"
"Taxes and tourism of course! So it has an exemption."
A failing grade," said Headmaster Alberic, the spell releasing from his fingertip. "[Focus Detonation]."
"I'm not familiar with the standard curriculum," said Marina, snatching at the fleeing flames. In a single movement, she strung them together as a burning chain before whipping them towards the exposed mage before her. "You made sure of that."
"Indeed, I did." Headmaster Alberic flicked the chain away. It fell as a string of multicoloured flags of the continent. "Not my most mature decision, but I was young … er and prideful. Much like you are now. I'm sure you'd do the same if slighted by a child."
Ah, he literally sold the entire world to a being from another dimension.
Yep.
0.5/10, boring, unimaginative, pointless, and above all... tedious. Moreso than a blood fountain... and harder on the local tax collection.
Also no bet that Granholtz wants it to threaten him into being their latest patsy.
"Well, I believe the wax-based products they primarily use contain oils, which makes them water soluble and therefore vulnerable to the rain."
However, this is entirely incorrect! Possessing an abundance of waxes and oils would result in low solubility!
Indeed, the insolubility of oil is so well known that "oil and water" are go-to examples of things that will not mix!
However praiseworthy the magical education of these receptionists is, their grounding in the conventional chemical sciences is clearly inadequate!