Lucy slowly rubbed her chin as she organized everything she had just heard inside her mind.
The more she thought about it...
The more she realized just how complicated life inside the Royal Academy actually was.
"So..."
She finally looked up at Ezra and Cyrus.
"In clubs... There's still competition between students from every year. But inside factions...there isn't any internal competition. They're simply groups that coordinate and help one another."
She spoke thoughtfully, making sure she understood everything correctly.
Cyrus smiled.
"That's right..."
He raised a finger.
"But there's still another part."
Lucy blinked.
"There is?"
Cyrus nodded.
"There are actually two different kinds of competition happening inside most clubs."
He held up his raised finger.
"The first is the overall club competition. The second..."
He slowly raised another finger.
"...is the competition between members of the same club."
Lucy's eyes widened slightly.
