Although these people from China ate a lot and ate quickly, they didn't look unseemly at all. On the contrary, they were elegant—so elegant that a little cake might vanish from the table in the blink of an eye.
You could turn around without noticing a thing, and an entire table of food would be gone. The remarkable part was that they still looked as though they hadn't eaten anything.
For instance, a boy nearby apparently didn't consider Veranica an outsider. She watched him rearrange a platter he had eaten at least two-thirds of until it looked untouched. How on earth had he done that?
Veranica couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she tried.
Soon, as the Chinese teachers and students rapidly ate their fill, the music onstage gradually began to change. The men and women dancing on the stage left one after another, and a white girl in a black evening gown stepped up to the podium.
"Teachers and fellow students, I'm Bobby Moira from the University of the Hawaiian Islands. To welcome our friends from the mysterious ancient nation of the East, as well as the students and teachers from universities across our Federation, our younger students at the University of the Hawaiian Islands have prepared a few performances for you. We hope you all have a wonderful evening."
As soon as Bobby Moira finished speaking, the entire hall went dark. Everyone looked around in confusion, unsure what was happening.
Suddenly, a golden flash of electricity streaked over their heads, lighting everything up for an instant before swiftly fading.
A moment later, another flash lit up the other side of the hall, only to fade just as quickly.
Meanwhile, the soft sound of instruments gradually rose alongside the flickering flashes. Xiao Ran and the others had