Before I knew it, the semester came to an end and that means the third year is. In two more years, I would graduate from the academy and settle down in a manner of my own choosing.
The year ended with the exam that was held at the end of the second semester. I came at the top as usual.
Since from the third year, students can take on missions, which would take them outside of the academy, there were no semester exams but there was a final exam at the end of the year.
If there was no exam of such kind, it would be impossible for the academy to observe whether the students had made any progress or not. After all, based on these exams the academy allocates resources to the students.
If they forgo these exams too, then the allocation of resources would be either based on previous year ranks or everyone would get the same amount of resources.
Either of these options is not considered as a good choice.