The clerk then turned to Ning Rongrong. "Rongrong, there are still some issues with the district-based enrollment plans submitted by several duchies. The specific notes are marked in the appendix. Please take another look."
"Alright, I understand," Ning Rongrong replied.
She picked up the file, opened to the appendix, and quickly scanned the items circled in red.
The duchies that had once possessed autonomous authority had now been divided into standard counties and districts. The Soul Master Academies they had once governed independently had all been incorporated into the Fairytale Empire's unified education system, and district-based enrollment meant those academies could no longer freely decide their own recruitment areas as they had in the past.
Academies that had once sustained themselves by monopolizing students from surrounding villages now had to accept students from a much broader area.
And academies that had failed to complete their handover during the transition period faced the risk of being temporarily shut down.
Ning Rongrong closed the file and lightly tapped the cover twice with her fingertips.
Through her work over this period, she had gradually come to understand the full scope of the strategy behind Eva's decree. It was not merely educational reform. Under the banner of reform, Eva was folding those previously independent Soul Master Academies into the central administration one by one.
The sects, families, and local powers tied to those academies would gradually lose control over their respective institutions under the framework of unified enrollment.
The nobles had once gained access to talent and prestige by funding academies, but with a single decree, Eva had taken over everything they once controlled.
The local Soul Masters who had once overseen awakening ceremonies now had to undergo unified training, evaluation, and appointment according to standardized regulations. They could no longer act as they