Opening Ceremony
The man talked for a while, "...Now, I humbly invite our esteemed headmaster to say a few words."
The man bowed before an old man dressed in dignified azure robes, who got up and nodded with a smile.
There was pin-drop silence across the hall as everyone stopped whispering, not to be rude when the Xeton Ethereal Foundation's respected headmaster was going to speak.
Leon Xeton came forward and swept his gaze over the disciples assembled in the hall. He said in a gentle voice, "Welcome, my disciples. Looking at your excited faces reminds me of my younger days when I was nothing more than an aspiring ethereal practitioner like you all, looking to make a mark in the empire. I won't take much of your time and will simply tell you how your studies will progress in this establishment.