"Mister Negary, a good opportunity has arrived" Comet knocked on 'Negary''s office and happily reported.
"Yesterday, the Mobis Institute was attacked, some of their buildings were either damaged or destroyed, so they require a small bit of capital for repairs. In exchange, the Mobis Institute has agreed to grant a few quotas for auditing students" Comet excitedly explained. This was a chance to enter an academy to study, even if it was only as an auditing student.
To become an Upper with a proper and respectable identity in this world, the best opportunity was to become a scholar. In this world, the phrase 'knowledge is wealth' wasn't only truth, but gospel; coupled with the fact that valuable relations could be established between schoolmates, each quota in any institution was more precious than literal gold.