Jash was correct in his guess.
As soon as the examinees stepped through the portal, they found themselves in small preparation rooms with other examinees.
Each room held up to five examinees, with no regard to the order of their arrival.
The examinees were tagged using mana to make sure they would end up in the room with the ones they didn't know.
However, it was only true for the most part.
Mostly, the nobles and the talented found themselves huddled together, overshadowing the others in the room.
Only, this time, it wasn't just humans but elves and dwarves as well who were huddled together.
It ended up making the randomization far easier due to most not knowing people in the other races.
Still, there were a few exceptions.
"Princess Sylvie, it's been a while," greeted a well-dressed girl, with a genuine smile plastered on her face.