To Paul, everything was happening so fast.
One moment, he just mastered the Viper's Sting and he was getting addicted to sparring with Elsa, learning so much from her every night and the next moment, all of it was disrupted by the announcement of an expedition.
An expedition was supposed to be good news for the freshers since it provided a way for them to earn contribution points faster, but not this time.
After his exploits as the night thief, Paul was not short of contribution points, what he was short of now was time to properly master his first battle technique and integrate it into his combat style.
Now though, Paul had no choice, he had to dance to the academy's tune.
A student could not reject an order for an expedition.
That was why Paul needed to settle all his matters that same evening.