The Mage's Association has three branches. Two of them will not be interested in you: one is involved in alchemy, and the other has made it a point to seal themselves away from the rest of the world. It's the main branch you'll want to avoid, and they're based in the Clock Tower.
[They were also the ones who dispensed orders for Seal Designation.]
The most practical way of doing so is to not go to England at all. Of course, there's always the possibility of encountering one of their overseas associates or agents, but if you take the proper precautions - which we'll go into detail at a later time - you can lessen the chances of being identified as an unknown magic user.
[Yuuko's Shop, incidentally, was a convenient hiding place for several reasons.]
The other issue you might run into [a.k.a. the one related to Watanuki's question] is if there's a magus out there researching my magic, Avalon, or some other magecraft cast by the Lady of the Lake or Morgan le Fay relating to me.
Any magic you personally cast has your own signature. If they have a tool powerful enough to detect traces of magic across continents, however, and they scry for magic connected to myself and the Reverse Side of the World, there's a chance you may show up on their reading if you don't take steps to conceal yourself.
[Sure, that hypothetical magus could think that blip on the radar was a fluke, but there was a difference between being prepared and leaving things to chance, and Merlin had a professional interest in making sure his new student was educated with how magi could be.
Tl;dr: no one alive would remember how Merlin fucked around with illusions, so Watanuki was ayt on that front unless some guy went hunting for Essence of Avalon or if Morgana left some kind of artefact as a 'fuck you and yours Merlin' postcard]
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The Mage's Association has three branches. Two of them will not be interested in you: one is involved in alchemy, and the other has made it a point to seal themselves away from the rest of the world. It's the main branch you'll want to avoid, and they're based in the Clock Tower.
[They were also the ones who dispensed orders for Seal Designation.]
The most practical way of doing so is to not go to England at all. Of course, there's always the possibility of encountering one of their overseas associates or agents, but if you take the proper precautions - which we'll go into detail at a later time - you can lessen the chances of being identified as an unknown magic user.
[Yuuko's Shop, incidentally, was a convenient hiding place for several reasons.]
The other issue you might run into [a.k.a. the one related to Watanuki's question] is if there's a magus out there researching my magic, Avalon, or some other magecraft cast by the Lady of the Lake or Morgan le Fay relating to me.
Any magic you personally cast has your own signature. If they have a tool powerful enough to detect traces of magic across continents, however, and they scry for magic connected to myself and the Reverse Side of the World, there's a chance you may show up on their reading if you don't take steps to conceal yourself.
[Sure, that hypothetical magus could think that blip on the radar was a fluke, but there was a difference between being prepared and leaving things to chance, and Merlin had a professional interest in making sure his new student was educated with how magi could be.
Tl;dr: no one alive would remember how Merlin fucked around with illusions, so Watanuki was ayt on that front unless some guy went hunting for Essence of Avalon or if Morgana left some kind of artefact as a 'fuck you and yours Merlin' postcard]