It was finally the long-awaited graduation day for the fourth-year cadets at the academy, and the atmosphere felt different the moment you stepped into the gymnasium.
There was this strange mix of excitement and tension hanging in the air. You could feel it in the way people talked a little louder than usual, or how some of them sat a bit straighter in their seats like they were trying to fully take in the moment. After all, this was the kind of day people remembered for the rest of their lives.
The ones who used to oversee events like this were already gone. Well, that much was obvious. They had been executed, and nobody really bothered pretending otherwise. It was one of those things everyone knew but didn't openly talk about. In their place were the newly appointed administrators, sitting with serious expressions.
