The hall was full of people coming and going, their voices mingling in a noisy jumble.
The first thing Lu Yuan did when he walked in was look up. The hall had a very high ceiling, with not a single window visible overhead. All its light came from the enormous crystal chandelier above.
Something unidentifiable burned inside it, and quite a few electric lights hung around it as well. The light spilled down, clearly illuminating the carefully arranged decorations and making the place feel less oppressive.
Arched passageways lined both sides of the hall, connecting to all sorts of rooms and extending deeper into the mountain. Lu Yuan stood where he was and looked them over, but he could not tell where they led.
An arched wooden counter stood directly ahead. Several senior students stood behind it, all wearing Knight Academy badges on their chests and busy with something.
Lu Yuan even spotted someone he knew.
Lia stood in front of the counter, turned slightly sideways as she explained something to a young woman before her. From the looks of it, she would not be finished anytime soon.
Lu Yuan was in no hurry to approach. He had only just stopped in the hall when he began to feel out of place. Everyone around him was busy, each walking more hurriedly than the next, while he alone looked this way and that with nothing to do.
That immediately caught the attention of a female senior behind the counter.
She quickly came around the counter and approached Lu Yuan. First, she led him to a chair in front of the counter and had him sit down. Only then did she ask, "Are you here to take on an assignment?"
"Yes." Lu Yuan handed over his assignment slip and badge together. "The