"No way. Magic Master, have you forgotten that we were complained about last time for refusing a thirty-year-old student? People outside say we practice age discrimination."
"So what if we do? Shouldn't Mages have age discrimination? Magic is something you definitely can't learn well once you pass a certain age."
"But others don't think the same way. They feel we're robbing a child of their dreams. I really don't want us to end up as tomorrow's front-page headline again. That would affect our funding for next year."
"That thirty-year-old applicant didn't pass in the end, did he? He just wandered around the Magic Academy for a bit."
"So it can be the same this time, right? You can spare a little time for the exam; you can do it while multitasking without wasting too much of your time. If he doesn't pass, he'll leave naturally. Just consider it for the sake of next year's funding, okay? You wouldn't want the funding to be cut, would you?"
