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The headmaster took the centre of the stage not long after the hall had been filled with all the members that were going to participate and more.
The organisers, the individuals that were to be kept anonymous were nowhere to be seen, yet everyone knew that those individuals were present in the grand hall somewhere around the great hall.
The comfortable seats that resembled that of the chair of an authority were placed all around the spherical hall and each chair had been occupied with the individuals that were supposed to occupy them.
Chatters had died down when the headmaster appeared, lights were dimmed, and a spotlight was cast on the headmaster on the stage.
{ "Welcome, everyone." }
As those who knew him closely could tell, his voice did not contain the usual kind of carefreeness that he usually has.
