That is true. You did not. [He'd seen through her completely, hadn't he? Was she really that transparent? The thought is an amusing one and she can't help laughing (only mostly at herself).]

You said that I could watch. Is it because you do not think that you can be a teacher?

[As for the spells...]

Magic can hit from a distance, and must nearly always be cancelled out by another. [Unless they knew the reflecting magic that she did, but that was supposed to be a secret. And also a royal family thing.] When the sacrifice that you use is older, the power of the magic goes down significantly and it can be used as distraction.