Reborn as a Snake! (2.) [COMPLETED]

(53). - The Beginning of The Tournament.

    The Next Morning....

       The day started off early for the whole academy.
It was here — the very thing that everyone at the academy, teachers and students alike, had been waiting for so long to come. It was the day, of the tournament to take place. An event so large, that I am sure that in my old world, this stuff would have been national news - maybe even international.

Me and all other teachers that were participating in the event as the 'workers' behind it and the ones to ensure all safety protocols were being followed, were called into a meeting hall by the Headmaster, who was accompanied by that Red haired woman, that I had unknowingly figured out a little while back, was up to something.

<Illio>;
"Thank you for coming everyone. As you know, today is the day of the yearly Spring Oval Blades Tournament! And we have a mission to ensure that the entire thing goes smoothly and no one gets put under any danger — especially considering that one of the twevle High Grades of the Holy Night Order will be here to watch the tournament as well as all our usual spectators."

The Headmaster began, explaining the situation a bit to all of us. The High Grades.... I had heard this title come up before, but didn't really understand it.

According to the Ancient One, the 'High Grades' are basically the leaders of the Holy Night Order, who also happen to be the ones in control and absolute command of the Heavenly Knights — yeah, those guys that Harcone is part of?
Yeah, the High Grades are their bosses, to say it bluntly.

The other teachers immediately began to whisper among themselves about the fact that a High Grade of the Holy Night Order would be present to spectate this year around, considering that apparently last year — around 13 students had to rushed to Medical help, after sustaining some life threatening injuries during the tournament.

Now, I know not what had happened for that to occur, but god damnit — 13 students was quite the number for a single tournament.

<Illio>;
"As a result of the fact that one of the High Grades will be here to spectate the tournament this year, we must ensure that absolutely no one gets severely injured during this years tournament. For that, we'll be relying on our three on field safety enforcers -  Ms.Hagala, Mr.White silver and Mr.Shin."

The headmaster continued, pointing to me and the other two mentioned teachers. Yeah... I wouldn't be the only one on the field making sure that nothing gets out of control noir any unexpected suprises happen. Basically, me and the other two teachers were on guard and ready to step into the tournament matches should it be required.

I threw a quick gaze over at the other two teachers who'd join me on the field as 'Guards' for this tournament. First was Mr.Whitesilver, who appeared to be a Beastman, more specifically, a white wolf. He had white hair, heavy light grey coat with the whole attire being thick as hell — like he was ready for the coldest winter ever.
He also had a small, white beard - which was a slight clash with his look, but still looked nice.

Then there was the other teacher who I threw a quick look at — Ms.Hagala. She appeared to be a witch, based on her traditional witch clothing. That being the classic witch hat with a small lantern on its end and heavy layers of robes, which matched her hat perfectly.

She looked extremely young as well, which was a bit surprising, since I personally would have thought or even expected her to look like a 90 or something year old hag. But no, she was downright a model with rags on.

<Illio>;
"As the onsight guards, these three teachers will make sure that anything in the field stays in the field. However, we also have to worry about external factors. For this reason, all the rest of you will be stationed around the stadium and all over the spectator seats, all on standby and ready to engage in combat should it be required."