Ophilia didn't know what kind of talent Elias had awakened. She didn't know his performance in the Academy, or if he was even a talented student or not. She couldn't care about it in the least.
If his class was bad, then she could help him become stronger within his limitations. Even if he was completely talentless, she could still protect him with her identity alone.
Accepting Elias as her student was more of an attempt for her to provide him protection within the Academy. Everything else was secondary.
"Let me see..." She quickly closed her eyes, and started focusing on something. Elias wasn't sure what she was trying to do, as her frown kept getting deeper.
"Not that one. No, that's not good enough either. I need something better for my first disciple." For quite some time, she kept mumbling to herself as she rejected one thing after the other.
