A few minutes later all the teachers arrived one after the other into the hall and Arya thankfully let out a breath of relief when she felt the presence of other people in the room.
"Good afternoon Arya. How are you feeling? Nervous?" she heard her teacher, Ms. Elis ask.
Snapping herself up from her thoughts, Arya offered her teacher a wry smile, "I'm fine Ms. Elis."
"Okay. Don't worry about anything and just be you, alright? See you later." Ms. Elis said before going to join the other teachers whilst taking a glance back at Arya every few minutes.
However, Arya was too lost in her thoughts to notice.
Soon after, the students who were interested in the competition trickled in and she also felt her heart calm a tad bit when she laid her eyes on her classmates.
Throughout the screening process of the students, Arya kept her head down and didn't say a word as she focused all her energy on the books before her.