It was a method to avoid trouble in a way, but there was another approach to it.
If someone was perceived as being weak, then less would have their guard up against them, and they would not give their all against them.
That approach often made it easier for them to let their enemies let their guard down and to go easy on them, allowing them to get the upper hand when they did reveal their true capabilities.
Finally, there was Claudia Abraham who was from the main family too and her reports were more impressive than Peter and Henry.
Her performance in the academy was notable as she scored quite high for those in the same year as her.
The main part that needed to be noted was that even though she was excelling in various areas within the academy, her family did not have much of a response to it.
It seemed more like her family was not paying too much attention to her and that her performance did not really matter too much to them.