With only a week left before the Continental Grand Festival began, the Academy grounds buzzed with restless energy.
Top-ranking students and foreign transfers alike had little time to properly prepare for their upcoming battles.
The Academy didn't exactly pause regular classes just because of the festival, and the foreign students were still trying to adjust to their new environment.
On paper, training and assessment for each school's chosen representatives sounded straightforward.
In practice, however, the logistics and management behind it were far more troublesome.
Professors found themselves torn between the new curriculum—forcing students to train in areas opposite of their major specialties—and the pressure of preparing for the largest event of the year.
For the Academy's own students, the sudden change in training styles was demanding enough.
