The backstage area was spacious, and the Saint Maiden Candidates had all gathered there by this point.
Saint Maiden Candidates were selected from every region within the jurisdiction of City of Freedom, one of the Seven Capitals. Only girls who passed the selection ritual were qualified to enter Freedom City Academy.
Even so, not every girl who enrolled in the Saint Maiden class could participate in the Saint Maiden Ritual... Some remained unable to take part in it even until graduation.
"Strictly speaking, the competition for the Saint Maiden title is actually quite fierce, isn't it?"
The first-year girls who were merely there to make up the numbers felt extremely uncomfortable facing the stage they were about to step onto... The academy instructors were currently giving this batch of first-year newcomers some encouragement.
The number of participants in this year's Saint Maiden Ritual far exceeded that of previous years, but many of them had actually been hastily recruited to fill out the numbers at the request of higher-ups.
As academy instructors, they knew at least some of the ritual's inside information.
With Resurrection Day approaching, the instructor could only do her best to comfort and encourage the new girls, who were displaying all kinds of emotions.
As for the girls with experience from previous years, the instructor felt a little more at ease.
However, what surprised this instructor was that quite a few unfamiliar faces seemed to have appeared at this year's ritual. Hm... There were actually these students in the academy?
She had looked through some of the information on these unfamiliar faces. The files contained only some basic personal details, followed by their status as transfer students. Besides, the unfamiliar girls were not under her guidance.
This inevitably made the instructor think about the problems among the academy's