The First Institute was a very large academy. It housed thousands of students and hundreds of teachers on a plot of land big enough to be called a city of its own.
Gio's track record within the academy was very good. He was a topic of conversation amongst the teachers who knew of him and even the Headmaster was watching his moves. There were many 2nd years who saw how he fought and worked and saw him in a respectable light.
There were also those who were jealous. After all, he seemed to get everything he wanted without much struggle. His strength seemed to come from nowhere, and some people felt that his progress was unfair to them.
However, even the scope of those praises and complaints was small, barely leaving the classes he was in.
First year students as a whole barely knew Gio's name. The second years who felt a way about him didn't feel strongly enough to talk about him frequently.
