The Eve of the Grand Festival Lihanna Owenzaus, Wignall Lindor, and Julius Reinberg are revealed as the top students in terms of credits earned and are advancing the Upper Institute. The biennial Grand Magic Festival, a competition between the four tower factions, approaches with Will planning to skip it like last time after embarrassing himself during the event in his second year despite Colette suggesting he should enter. Will and Colette go to their lockers and they find a hidden passageway in one of their lockers that leads to an underground gambling ring for the festival...