I had a weird feeling of cultural dissonance from this. I get the feeling from this chapter that the author doesn't like the idea of military service and patriotism...
Having a teacher even imply the idea of military service to someone is worth demoting a school's rank. Kind of a strange concept in a system where people train to get stronger in order to fight demons...
Whereas a similar series like
Log into the Future has people flocking to the military.