Team sparring

The academy’s annual event, where freshmen are divided into groups and pit against each other based on their training results, is underway. Though it was usually just a measure of their skill level, Director Lina’s recent announcement added unexpected weight to the event.

[For this year’s group sparring event, I will allow the most outstanding cadet among the winners to select any party within the academy to join. The chosen party will have no right to refuse.]

Initially, there were minor objections to this decision. Even if a cadet was the most outstanding among the group sparring winners, …