Surprise
After the Battle Exchange started, Alice Zenovia and the other Professors of the Saphirelake Military Academy had a hard time befriending the higher-ups of the Berserkers and Warlock Centaurs. The cultural differences were a lot larger than they had anticipated, and the Dean of the Octagon Council didn't really help Alice and the other Professors either.
On the contrary, the Dean and the representatives of the Big Five Universities and the Great Three Academies were trying their utmost to hold back the representatives of the Saphirelake Military Academy. They wanted to keep their benefits to themselves and continue to develop their relationship with the Berserkers and Warlock Centaurs. Thus, the Saphirelake Military Academy was a thorn in their eyes. The Military Academy was clearly trying to squeeze and push its way through before throwing everyone aside.
It was only obvious that the heads of the Great Three and the Big Five didn't look happy with this.