The meeting room in the Harris Family's new residence at the center of Black Lake was different in style from the rest of the mansion. As first-time visitors using it today, their first impression upon arriving was that it felt a little small, because there were only three hundred and seventy-seven seats here. However, no one knew the true number, because the rows of blue benches did not have armrests separating each seat, so perhaps they could squeeze in even more people. Some others who had studied magic recognized that the Undetectable Extension Charm cast on the room was controllable, so when there were not enough seats, in theory it could expand into more space, enough to ensure that all attendees had somewhere to sit.
Beneath the front rows on either side ran a bronze line through the debate hall, the two lines set about three Flying Broomstick lengths apart to ensure that the two sides in a debate would not start fighting the moment words failed them. The meeting hall followed a triangular layout, not the more common semicircular structure. In this triangular debate hall, the area near the north side was where the Harrises sat, while the other two sides allowed debates, proceedings, and decisions to be carried out freely and conveniently—because for an individual, so-called left and right positions could easily change, but the act of crossing the speaking floor required caution.
The wizards seated in layers on the left and right included not only Umbrella Group's senior executives, but also the family forces that had previously followed the Harris Family and the wizards who had been the earliest to align themselves with them. Those wizards who had remained stationed in Germany had also come over from their old base and sat in front of the newly