The second year of the academy... is actually when the academy truly starts.
The first year is literally a preparation where a lot of things are restricted. It's not unlike a simple high school environment. Students are even required to wear uniforms...
But from the second year onward, this high school-like system changes completely.
Special courses with chosen specializations, no more limited contact with other years, new and more unique 'exams'... and much more.
And not only that. This academic year of 2044-2045 is also a very important turning point for the game, The Lands of The Lunerra. The fourth part of the game's story begins as Adrian enters his second year at the academy.
Things escalate, literally. Not only Adrian, who is played as the main character, but the whole world slowly starts to change with this year.
And today is the first day of this 'second' year. It's the morning of Monday, the start of the week.