There's always a choice. It's whether the other option is worth taking or not that varies.

[Giving up is always an option! It's a bad option, and thousands of people will likely die if he does, but it is an option.]

So, you've no familiarity with magic at all, or are you familiar and just unskilled?

[Shinjiro wouldn't be alone with either scenario, at least, but does he really want to be in the same school as Malice? He can't even make sugar right... He doesn't even know what sugar tastes like...]