If for example there was one reason to send a child with talent as a magician away to an orphanage, it was cases like: both parents died, a scramble by the relatives happened, and as a result the child's heart became traumatized—they were given over to Elle-sensei's place to rehabilitate.
There were also lots of other children with talent as magicians given over to the orphanage for various reasons.
「...Snow is also sorry. Snow asked such an insensitive question without thinking of Lute-kun's feelings.」
「There's no reason for you to apologize. I was the one in the wrong, you see.」
「If that's the case, then Snow and Lute-kun are both in the wrong. So it's a tie.」