"Where do we begin, huh?" Theo took a look at Celeste, only for his eyes to then gravitate over to the headmaster's back.
By now, judging by the changing tone of his voice, the man was about to finish with his speeches. And so, before he would move on and leave, Theo approached from behind only to then stand down and patiently wait.
"That's why, I would ask you all to lodge your compensation claims with the auction house, so that the academy can deal with them in bulk rather than look through every application on its own."
Apparently, as an event involving politics that reached beyond the academy, it was the headmaster's responsibility to make everyone square, given it was his duty to keep them all safe to begin with.
Just like he claimed, however, accepting compensation claims from the hundreds or so people that were in the audience would take a lot of time and effort. Neither of which the academy had the staff to deal with.
