When the ceremony ended, Realgar Muscari approached the gathering of classes, sincerely congratulating the winners once again, but continued in a more serious tone.
— I hope that you will gain the maximum benefit from today’s event, and I also want you to remember something else: look at the faces of your comrades and think about what happened during the battle. In real combat conditions, those who were eliminated today would never have returned home.
The official part of the competition for the right to represent the academy at the national tournament ended on a somewhat somber note, but it probably did not diminish the joy of victory for the champions.