Yure amended, "They are incomplete."
She gestured toward the large enchanted board at the front of the room. With a flick of her wrist, symbols appeared, ancient and complex.
Some students recognized them as pre-arcane inscriptions, but others had never seen them before.
"Most people understand magic as something tied to mana, as something that exists in direct relation to a magician's will." She tapped the board. "But what if I told you that magic exists even without mana?"
The room went silent.
"What do you mean?" Mei asked, brows furrowing.
Professor Yure clasped her hands behind her back. "In recent studies, there have been cases of anomalies—phenomena that should be considered magic but occur without any detectable mana usage.
Spells that activate on their own. Forces that exist outside the known magical framework."