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Due to recent events, the academy’s mages were conducting routine surveillance of the forest surrounding the town, using their magic. Although they had not yet discovered the true bandit threat, they did detect an approaching party of human knights. The situation was urgent: the knights were clearly heading toward the town, and they might interpret the Brays’ presence there as a danger. Thus, Lord Magistrate and the council resolved that the Brays must be persuaded to hide in the forest until the matter settled. And what better way to achieve this than by convincing their mother first?