The doors that separated the inner part of the hall from the outer part that led to the rest of the villa were firmly closed. The maids who occasionally passed through the hallway glanced once or twice curiously at the double wooden door and wondered what was happening inside.
All the maids who were in charge of keeping this villa in order had seen how a few minutes ago a group of people came out from inside the room with heads down and dead expressions on their faces as if their parents had died. Even if they didn't know what was going on inside they could at least judge that this group of people would probably have a bad life from now on if they made someone with real power angry.
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Inside the hall, practically everyone was silent as they looked at the young man sitting in the main seat.
