When she said this, she used a tone that neither hints at firm rejection.
Dean Athena had long been asking her to take charge of the revival of the Music and Fine Arts Department ever since the student delegates showed tremendous improvement.
Even though she is willing, time does not allow her to commit to taking over the department. But she believes that even if she did not accept this role, the revival of the department is already at sight.
They just have to wait for the right timing and see things out, especially as the tournament concluded.
Who knows, perhaps the women of the Imperial Family would be willing to persuade the Emperor and the Elders and allow them to formally take a teaching role in the Institute themselves?
Or even more probable, that after a few years of gaining more experience and acclaim on their own, the eight students of the Farauld Institute may be qualified enough to take on the teaching roles at the institute!
