The Central Tower Hall is resplendent, with portraits of great pioneers in wizard history hanging on the surrounding walls.
The ceiling features a beautifully drawn star map, with twinkling stars that seem identical to the real night sky.
This is the most solemn place in the Black Mist School, rarely open to ordinary apprentices.
Today, it will host the quarterly evaluation meeting for the candidate wizard sequence.
On this day, as Ron was conducting an alchemy experiment in the workshop, a large grey-black parrot flapped its wings and flew through the window.
"Ron Apprentice... Ron Apprentice..."
The parrot landed on the windowsill, repeatedly calling out sharply:
"Master Griffith asks you to immediately go to the Central Tower meeting room."
Ron put down the alchemy tools in his hands.
"The evaluation meeting for the candidate wizard sequence... is about to begin... You, as the evaluated subject... need to be present..."
