“That’s just ridiculous.”2

Once I heard Kaier’s story, I couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh because of how dumbfounded I was.0

What had just happened was apparently a tradition that was passed down in Class A. 2

Apparently, it was called “water draining,” a sort of ritual meant to prevent even the most prestigious nobles and royals in the Royal Class from acting out and forcing them to stay in line. 1

The idea was to instill a sense of equality in everyone, regardless of how high they could soar or how low they would crawl, because at the end of the day, they were all students, and thus on equal footing. It was an infamous tradition that had been handed down from generation to generation.0

In effect, it involved second-year students disciplining first-year students. During this session, they were berated not to ever lose to Class B, with threats that they would be “killed” if they did.0

That was why they were doing it today, on the weekend of the first week of school.0

Regardless of one’s social standing, the only hierarchy that mattered here was that of seniority—seniors over juniors. That was why everyone had been ordered to get down on the ground, and they were all being given a hard time. Indeed, everyone, whether royal or commoner, seemed to be on the receiving end of the unjust punishment. And from the looks of it, those who had never experienced such treatment before had found it all very shocking.0

I couldn’t believe that such an unethical tradition was being passed down in the Class A dormitory without my knowledge. It was probably because most of what I’d written pertained to the Class B dormitory. 0

Now that I looked back on it, it seemed like the Class A students’ aversion to losing to Class B might also have been due to the pressure from their seniors.0

While Class B had kind seniors who would snack on sweets and laugh together with them, Class A seemed filled with people with rotten characters, regardless of their year.1

And right now, the one with the most rotten character in Class...0