After gaining membership in the Holy Place, Carles changed from being a strictly protected human to a regular member of the Pureblood Mage faction.
His past deeds were still top secrets, but he did not possess the knowledge of these classified matters.
Because he had not contributed anything to the Holy Place, his status was very low, lower than many alchemists who had just become high-ranking mages.
Under such circumstances, the participants of this meeting were no longer limited to members of the Dual Hall with top-secret knowledge access, but it turned into a grand meeting for attendees of all levels.
Xia Zhou had known from his previous life that people's joys and sorrows are not interconnected.
Particularly when the audience of a tragedy changes from a dozen to hundreds of people, the empathy among humans drops drastically, replaced by nearly ruthless indifference, seemingly reasonable reprimands, and selfishness prioritizing codes and personal interests.