บท 94: Importance of the party

"Party?" I asked. If there was such an event, then why I didn't know about it in advance?" "What party?"

"It's nothing official..." Terio hesitated, only for a small, knowing smile to appear on his lips. "To be honest, at this point, it's semi-official. It's not an event endorsed by the sect, but something that happens each time," he explained. 

"It's a get-together between the disciples of the upper sects and the disciples of our sects. And it has a lot to do with how the audition works.

As you should be aware, what the deputies are here for, is not buying the disciples to join their sects, but offering them the promotion instead," Terio explained the things that, from the tone of his words, should be fairly obvious. 

"Wait, so you can refuse the promotion?" I asked, stupefied by this realization.