Irene made her usual tea in the rector's office, trying to ignore the gaze of the head of the magical patrol, Federic Salotor. Although it is quite difficult when they try to "read" you.

Salotor, apparently, carried out some kind of mental manipulation, trying to "hack" the witch's subconscious, but he was not a good mentalist, and he was afraid to weave a spell insolently. Still, penetration into someone else's mind without official permission, without observing all the rules is punishable by law. That is, by themselves. And the king.

The fact that the witch was not going to hide anything somehow did not occur to the head of the...