That's probably not a terribly surprising reaction. After all, the Chaldea staff had done all they could to shelter Ritsuka from the Association, more even than she's aware of. But her name was already known to them as a member of Chaldea, and over the past year, meeting and interacting with proper mages like the new director and the Crypters, she couldn't help starting to wonder if maybe she should know a little of what she's dealing with, after all.

But there's no point in pestering Waver and getting hm more worked up about it right now.

"Oh, I know I probably wouldn't be any good at magecraft, anyway." She's not even being critical, it's just a fact and she knows it. She might by some fluke manage to be a decent Master, but to be a mage requires things like magic circuits. If you're not born with the right stuff, you're out of luck. "I just heard people mention it a lot."