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She asks for a quirky spell because she's quirky, having been raised by two goofs in Heiter and Frieren.

I've said this a couple times in irc but the entire series is this way. Practically, Frieren could just take off and fly to her destination, she doesn't need to do any of this shit. Practically, Fern shouldn't ask for dorky little spells. She shouldn't even be doing this exam; there is presumably no penalty for heading north without a first-class mage, since the problem is you will just be killed by a monster, and even if there were a penalty, who could enforce it against the Frieren gang?

These are character moments.
Guys, you're literally, unironically excusing the boy selling the cow of his dead for 3 beans instead of the money their family needed. Except these aren't magical beans in this case. "But he felt like accepting the beans, it's a cute character moment!"

:/

Fern and others need some parents to punch them some sense into.