Illusion Of Choice [1]

After my master's respectful request, the judicial authorities reluctantly admitted to rescinding my punishment. As if they ever had a choice in the matter.

Anywa, now Sera can remain with me, albeit with a condition – I must earn the right to keep her with me and keep her alive.

Basically, starting next semester, I am obliged to accept and engage in missions regarding continental security level threats.

While I wasn't an expert on the topic, I knew that the military categorized their missions into several different threat levels: mundane, abnormal, state security, continental security, special forces, and extinction-level threats.

It's not unheard for a Cadet to be deployd in the midst of their training, but it only happens to the best of the best – the top 10 Cadets, to be precise. And even then it is rare.