The rooms were automatically arranged based on the placing in the
combined examinations of the first school year, with the first place in room
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301, on the eastern-most side of the third floor, second in room 302... and
continuing that allocation, the twelfth in room 206, on the second floor. As
Eugeo's room was 305 and Kirito's was 306, it meant Eugeo was 5th among
the 120 novice trainees, while Kirito attained 6th with his scores.
The two were successful in being granted connecting rooms half through
intention, but the other half was mere good luck. Of course, they first
attempted to dominate the 1st and 2nd place for themselves—but they had
no choice but to settle for that, even when they tried their hardest—Kirito
placed 4th place in the official match with the instructors, while Eugeo
could only get 5th, which ended up making them fret over getting
separated rooms, but Kirito lost more points in the style performance and
sacred arts examination, getting 6th place.
As a result, the objective of getting connected rooms