The Next Day
Harry went the next day to the guild, as was his previous plan, he intended to work on the S-Class mission. The S-Class Mission Board is located on the second floor of the guild and only S-class wizards can set foot on the second floor. Different from the Mission Board below which was filled with Mission papers of various classes, there were only 3 s-class missions pasted on the S-Class Mission Board.
"Whether the S-Class missions are very rare or the ration of each guild is only three missions, I don't know for sure" said Nymphadora Tonks, who was always angry when she was called Nymphadora, she preferred to be called Dora or Tonks.
"It most likely depends on the number of S-class wizards of each guild or how well-known the guild's reputation is," said Hermione, who was joined by Amelia.
"If that's the case, Fairy Tail should get more S-Class mission papers than it looks on the screen considering Fairy Tail is the number one guild in the Kingdom of Fiore, moreover their S-Class wizardss are as strong as we saw on the screen before" Amelia said.
"Then what do you think is the reason, Auntie?"asked Susan. Surprisingly, it was not Amelia who answered but Augusta.
"Most likely it's political influence, as Augusta said, if it was based on the reputation and the number of S-Class Wizards, they should get more S-Class missions, most likely the nobles there are trying to suppress the power of Fairy Tail, moreover, there is a possibility that some of the Fairy Tail members are nobles who are opposed to them, from what we see, most likely Mr. Potter is from a different party than them is very large," said Augusta, who is considered a veteran who understands how dangerous the political climate is.
"Doesn't a Knight not have such a high position to be wary of?"asked Hermione incredulously.
"Yes... But he had earned a contribution of 80 contributions, another 20 contributions as well as territory would have made him rise to the rank of Duke.. The nobles obviously tried to prevent that from happening," said Andromeda Black, who knows how cruel politics can be, including pure-blood politics.
The people in the Hall who don't have power or go into politics are silent, they don't know that politicians are willing to do all that to achieve their goals.
1. Destroy the cult of Zeref worshipers: the group of Zeref worshipers who call themselves avatars is a group of vile black magicians who once sacrificed 50 thousand lives of the inhabitants of the city of Rolua until the city was wiped off the map of the Kingdom of Fiore. Conditions for success: destruction of the Avatar (capture or murder). Reward : 21,000,000 Jewel, Holy Magic Grimoire
2. Galuna's cursed island: Galuna experiences a curse that causes its inhabitants to turn into demons every month appearing at night. Condition of success: destroy the Purple Moon. Prize: 7,000,000 Jewel, Sagittarius Zodiac Key
3. Remove the Curse of Gamorah: an ancient Monster named Gamorah who has destroyed various civilizations has finally awakened, exterminate the Cursed monsters and free the population from fear. Terms Of Success: Destroy Gamorah. Prize : 12,000,000 Jewel, Fujin and Raijin clothing sets.
"Wow... Just wow... Those missions are basically very dangerous... The cult of the dark wizard who has slaughtered 50 thousand people, the Cursed Island, as well as exterminating monsters... Everything is possible," Susan said.
"This is why their salaries are high" said Hannah
"But the Cursed Island doesn't seem too dangerous considering that the prize is only 7 million, compared to other missions whose prizes reach dozens and tens of millions," Andromeda said.
"Curses don't sound good, though," said Sirius grimacing, having already seen dangerous curses that he clearly did not expect to befall his godson.
"If I were him, I would choose to exterminate the Zeref cult... It's a big prize," said Ron, his mouth watering at the thought of how many quality items he could buy if he had that kind of money.
"You will die instantly, Weasel, the higher the reward of the mission, the more deadly the mission, you who are even worse than Potter, will not survive at all in the mission" said Draco disgusted that people considered although they were reluctant, it was common knowledge that Ron Weasley was not as talented as his brothers and sisters, even Charlie who had damage to his magical core was more powerful than Ron Weasley.
Ron's face flushed with Malfoy's words.
"Shut up, slimy snake" said Ron which made the Slytherins roll their eyes, snakes are not slimy, snake skin is rough.
Harry stared at the three missions that were on the Mission Board and took on the mission of destroying zeref's cult of worship. The reason he took on this one mission was not because of the great reward, but to stop those Zeref worshippers from hurting innocent people.
"How Noble" said the lilting women who made the men jealous.
The women in the room looked at the men in the room. Why can't they be as noble as Harrison Potter? Is that too much to ask?
"I'm going to do this mission, grandpa" said Harry handing the mission papers to Makarov who nodded at the mission, the mission was indeed dangerous if done alone, but he knew that Harry could do this mission alone, there was a reason why Harry became a candidate for Fairy Tail master in the future in Makarov's mind if he retired. If only Harry wasn't so young, he was sure that Harry would be a brilliant guild master.
"He's already considered to be the next guild master even though he's only 16 years old?"ask the surprised people.
"It shows Makarov's trust in him," Cassiopeia said.
"From what we have seen to date, Potter does exhibit traits that deserve such trust," Arcturus nodded to his sister.
Charlie is fascinated by his brother's abilities and intelligence, and is assigned to become the Next Master of Fairy Tail. But at the same time, he felt inferior, he did not deserve to be his brother because he did not have any talent, he might get EE and A grades in every class, but never passed from EE, he was only able to paint in his spare time which he admitted that he was quite talented there, but painting skills are not the skills desired witch.
Based on intel conducted by the magic Council, avatar headquarters is located in the land of darkness.
'Out of all the places, of course they will choose the location where the most powerful black magic is most optimal' thought Harry. The Land Of Darkness is the land where monsters come from, not a single living plant grows there, the land is said to be poisonous, the same is said for the air, a terrible land, only the strongest will survive.
The journey to the land of darkness took a week by train, and even then Harry had to stop at a seaside town called Winder City, to reach the land of darkness, he still had to cross the sea because the land of darkness was several kilometers off the coast of Winder City. No one wants to go there unless they want to die. Even the S-Class wizards avoided the place because it attacked on the island, meaning they had to be prepared to battle with the entire island's population.
"That place sounds like hell instead of a place to live in my opinion" Hannah said grimacing at the description of the land of darkness.
"Amazing land" said Daphne typical.
"It looks like the law of the jungle really applies in that place" said Hermione grimacing.
"Expand, Minazuki"
Harry flies to the land of darkness with his Minazuki. The night sky covered people's gazes to see him, although he remained alert, he could not let them get away with it after attacking innocent civilians especially children and pregnant women. Harry may not mind killing, he has killed many times before, but he will never attack children and pregnant women, but there is a line he will never cross.
The veterans nodded at this.
"For those who accuse Mr. Potter of being a dark wizard, this is the line between them, dark wizards like Voldemort and Death Eaters will not hesitate to rape, torture and kill children and pregnant women," Madam Bones said.
Draco felt uncomfortable hearing this, he knew that the idea of the purity of The Dark Lord's blood was true, but he also disapproved of some things like torturing children and pregnant women, he might be fanatical and could be cruel several times, he wasn't that cruel.
The land of darkness as the name suggests, was filled with darkness, the only source of lighting in this place were the lights in this place. The sky is dark, there are no stars and no moon.
"Attack" shouted the inhabitants of the land of darkness to Harry's surprise, he was quite sure that he had hidden his magical energy in such a way, if the inhabitants of the land of darkness are still able to detect it, it means that there are wizards or magical creatures who are quite skilled among the inhabitants of the land of darkness.
"If Potter says it like that, he seems to be very confident in his abilities," Narcissa said.
"He's just overstepping his bounds," said The Hateful Snape, who received many hateful looks in the room. Snape was not their favorite person in the Great Hall, even the students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang knew it from the snide comments he made during the reading.
'What can I do?' thought Harry. He jumped down from Minazuki.
"Zeus... Prometheus..."
Harry ordered his clouds to center all approaching enemies, he also ordered his sun to burn all approaching enemies.
"Kikiki... It looks like you are a soul wizard" said a Goblin Shaman. Shaman Goblin is a goblin who specializes in magic and curses. The main difference between the goblins of this world and the goblins of the old world is that the goblins of the old world are more interested in money and are more skilled in gun battles, while the goblins of this world are more interested in blood and sex and more interested in magic battles. There are many cases of abductions and rapes that goblins do to humans in this world until goblins are categorized as Class 2 Monsters.
"It seems to be very different from the goblins in this world," Amelia said grimacing when she heard that the goblins in that world would rather rape than make money like the goblins in this world.
"What kind of witch did the goblin defeat and rape? Really weak" Pansy sneered.
"Don't underestimate the goblins, their advantage is that they prefer to fight in groups" said Augusta Longbottom who has mastery in Magical History, The goblin war between witches is proof that even goblins can surpass humans with their numbers..
The Shaman Goblin attacks Harry with dark magic which Harry avoids easily.
"Blow the sky with ocean waves, Watatsumi"
Suddenly in the sky gathered clouds that dripped rain. Watatsumi is the strongest Water-type zanpakutou. His first release or known as Shikai allows him to create rain in an area and allows Harry to control the rainwater, Harry can also know the number of enemies affected by rain by default.
"Legion Of Blue Sharks"
Harry formed many sharks from raindrops that attacked the inhabitants of the land of darkness.
Screams penetrated the darkness of the night. Blood began to wash over the Black Earth.
The students, although they have seen a lot of blood and death since the Reading, are still unfamiliar, especially the Potters, who are not happy that their son or brother is a murderer.
"Damn it, you... Dark magic : Wrath Of The Dark God" shouted a dark wizard.
"Hmmm... Dark magic, huh? You have rare magic, " said Harry, slashing at every dark attack that came his way.
"Stupid man" said a kobold with bat wings. She attacked Harry with her scream.
"Bankai, Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Korogi"
Suddenly a space of darkness appeared enveloping the place. The space was created from the second release of Zanpakutou Suzumushi. The space that has no light and sound blinds and deafens the people who are in it except Harry who is the caster of the technique.
The muggle-born who heard the description of Harry's bankai grimaced, they Of course knew about the soundproofing of the room until the people who were in it went crazy for just a few minutes in it.
"Cire, Senbonzakura"
Harry takes out his other zanpakutou and uses his first release. Senbonzakura spread into hundreds of sword blades slashing the inhabitants of the land of darkness.
"You know what? Although the attack is dangerous, it looks beautiful," said Lavender, fascinated by the pink glow of the flying senbonzakura Blade.
"Indeed, this is the definition of beautiful yet dangerous" said Parvati.
The combination of hundreds of sword blades, Zeus 'lightning and Prometheus' fire, water sharks and space without light and sound could not be stopped by the inhabitants of the land of darkness.
"Shit... Don't think you can end our lives so easily man" shouted a mountain troll. They threw rocks at Harry.
"Danku"
Harry creates a yellow barrier to block attacks from the trolls. Harry then slashed relentlessly at the enemies who attacked him. However, there are still similarities, it does not attack pregnant enemies or children, no matter what kind of enemy.
"Even the trolls in that world have intelligence, what is it about the monsters in that world that have intelligence?"Tracey asked goosebumps at the thought of a monstrous beast like trol having intelligence and being able to speak like a human.
"That yellow barrier seems like the equivalent of a physical Protego" Madam Bones nodded.
"It seems so, it is very rare that anyone is able to use a Protego Corporeal that is able to block physical objects" Kingsley said nodding in agreement with the words of Chief DMLE who is his master.
"Damn man" growled the Goblin Shaman. He immediately cast a spell to attack Harry with elemental magic such as the fire element combined with the wind element, an element that will strengthen the fire element until the fire that attacks Harry increases in size up to five times.
"A goblin using elemental magic?"asked Bartemius Crouch furiously. This will cause more problems with Fudge and the toad is here who likes to discriminate against creatures as well as blood status.
"Goblins are dangerous," said Umbridge, leaving those who knew her sighing, of course, except for a few who supported her, such as Cornelius Fudge and Lucius Malfoy.
The battle between Harry and the inhabitants of the dark lands continues until Harry gasps because he moves too often.
"Haaa... There are many of you... I think it's time for numbers against numbers," said Harry. He opened a portal that connected with his soul space. The room where all his subordinates are.
From within the portal, a group of people appeared. They are Harry's pawns. Animals that are given souls to be able to do activities like humans do, inanimate objects that are given souls to be able to move and talk. They're Harry's rage squad. Harry rarely takes them out, the only time he takes them out is when he feels unable to fight many people at a time or when he is so angry that he wants to destroy people by sending his almost unlimited Army.
"Terrible" people said looking at the number of troops belonging to Harry.
"As I said before, if the eldest Potter comes and takes part in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, victory is in his hands," said Lavinia amused by the look on Beauxbaton's quarter Veela face.
"How many of his troops can be categorized as almost unlimited?"asked Hermione surprised.
"The possibilities are so many and countless, moreover, from what we see, Harry is able to give inanimate objects such as clouds a soul, do you think Zeus is the only cloud given a soul by Harry?"Nymphadora asked shrugging her shoulders which made Hermione as well as the Ravenclaws grimace, the number of clouds can hardly be counted in this world because of their hard-to-reach distribution. But it is logical to think that Zeus is not the only cloud Harry has given his soul to.
"Haah... It sucks, my real mission is just to eliminate the Zeref cult, if you don't stand in my way, you should still be able to live" said Harry sighing irritably, he was not happy to kill people who had nothing to do with his mission.
"And allow you to kill some of us? Sure enough, humans are despicable, even trolls have honor" said the troll who fought against Harry's artificial water sharks.
Harry just smiled. Even in this infinite darkness has loyalty, and even then comes from trolls, magical creatures that are considered despicable and senseless, why can't humans have a little loyal nature so that betrayal will not occur.
"I hate to say this, but Mr. Potter is right, loyalty is a hard thing to achieve especially in a broken society like this one that discriminates against blood status," said Madam Bones, causing the blood purists in the room to look at her sarcastically.
"Maybe we should make an absolute contract?"Amelia's perceived bargaining chip Rufus pales corrupt ministry officials like Cornelius Fudge and Dolores Umbridge.
'This cannot be allowed,' thought Cornelius, looking pleadingly at Lucius, so anxious he forgot he was in Hogwarts Hall that the exchange was witnessed by students, not only from Hogwarts, but also from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. They are disgusted by the corruption that the British minister of magic has exposed.
"I see... "Well, I'll show you some mercy," said Harry at last. He will give the inhabitants of the land of darkness, including the worshippers of zeref, a quick and painless death.
"Bankai, Todoroki Raijin Wa"
A ball made of concentrated lightning formed in the sky. Over time, the ball flattened and formed a perfect circle to cover the entire land of darkness.
Harry used Shunpo to move away from the land of darkness, he had put his entire army of anger into his pocket dimension.
"Destroy it," said Harry. The blue colored circle then descended to form a pillar from the sky. Harry watched the land of darkness annihilate from the sky free of those blazing hot lightning pillars.
The people in the hall were gaping.
"What the hell, how strong is he?"Ron asked incredulously, shivering with fear at the thought of a dangerous wizard like his friend's brother coming into this world.
Dumbledore was secretly burning flames of jealousy and anger, he was angry that the Potter boy he had ordered to be banished had such power, a power stronger than him, he was jealous, he wanted absolute power like the Potter boy had. If that Potter boy had arrived in this world, he would have stolen that damn boy's ability with the forbidden ritual he found, he would have obliterated the knowledge of that power from the Potter boy until the damn boy couldn't resist it.
"In the end they fight to lose, but I respect you, unlike most dark wizards who will run away because of fighting someone harder than them, you still fight to the end, you are nobler than the despicable death eaters who in the name of blood purity even though more than half of them are not pure blood" said Harry, as he left with Minazuki to report that the mission had been successfully carried out.
"What? IS HE CRAZY? HOW COULD BLOOD PURIFIERS LIKE DEATH EATERS NOT BE PURE BLOOD?"Ron couldn't believe it.
The veterans who fought Voldemort and his death eaters were also surprised to hear this.
"Wow.. Just wow, the Death Eaters are not pure blood, but act like they are pure blood? How hypocritical and disgusting" said Augusta disgustingly.
Harry though thrown into another world, clearly still has some knowledge of his old world. He uses soul magic to find out the secrets of the Death Eaters. After all, knowledge is power.
An example of hypocritical Death Eaters is Severus Snape, Severus Snape raped a red-haired muggle and killed him when he was done playing with him. Of course he knew the reason why Snape raped the red-haired muggle was because Snape was lustful and still wanted Lily Potter who happened to be his mother. Snape is Half-Blood, but claims to be pure blood, Snape is not even a witch's surname, Snape's mother is Half-Blood who comes from the Prince family.
Lily was disgusted to hear this. James stared intently at Snape with a hateful look. The students were uncomfortable hearing their professor who was apparently a Death Eater.
"HAHAHAHA... YOU'RE NOT EVEN PURE BLOOD BUT CLAIMING TO BE PURE BLOOD? Disgusting dirty Death Eaters" fake Alastor Moody said in a tone of disgust, in fact Bartemius Crouch Junior also hates Snape, so his disgust can be said to be acceptable common sense.
The Slytherins were disgusted, they had all this time been ruled by Half-Blood.
Another example is Lucius Malfoy who was a blood purifier. Lucius Malfoy was not even a biological son of the Malfoy family. Abraxas Malfoy cannot have children, which is why he kidnaps a child from a muggle orphanage who has great mana to be his son. He killed his own wife to cover up his infertility. Abraxas Malfoy used the blood adoption ritual to adopt Nitrix White into Lucius Malfoy, Yes, Lucius Malfoy was originally a muggle-born adopted into Malfoy. His son Draco Malfoy was half-blood, it was disgusting to see those who were not even pure blood behaving like pure blood. Lucius Malfoy was nothing more than mudblood claiming to be pure blood.
"Lies" shouted Lucius Malfoy, Cornelius Fudge, Dolores Umbridge, Draco Malfoy.
"HAHAHAHAHA"
The people in the room laughed when they heard the truth about the Malfoy family.
"Disgusting... "You claim to be of pure blood, but you are only muggle-born,"said Augusta.
"I already know that" said Arcturus rolling his eyes that made people look at him.
"What?"
"How do you know that he is an adopted child, Lord Black?"Michael is confused.
"The family tree indicates the blood status of a person, including whether he is an adopted child or not, the Lucius Malfoy branch indicates that he is an adopted child" said Arcturus unceremoniously.
"Lie" said Lucius gritting his teeth.
"We can do an inheritance test for you, Malfoy, let's see if you are really pure blood or not" said Madam bones sharply who silenced all Lucius Malfoy's protests.
"Disgusting... They purify the blood but they're not even pure blood" said Ron staring in disgust at Draco Malfoy who was stared at in disgust by his fellow Slytherins.
There are even more half-bloods, or even muggle-born who claim to be pure blood among Death Eaters. Even Voldemort alone was half-blood, he was born Tom Marvolo Riddle which could be anonymized as I am Lord Voldemort. He is the son of Tom Riddle and Merope Gaunt. Merope is a squib who raped Tom Riddle with a love potion. Tom Riddle is denied his rights by Dumbledore even though he has the right to stay at Hogwarts because he is a descendant of Salazar Slytherin. Dumbledore even spread rumors that Tom Riddle was evil which made him isolated by students from the other three dorms, even some Slytherin students believed Dumbledore's lies. No wonder, he went crazy and became the Dark Lord. All the problems that happened in Magical Britain basically happened because of Dumbledore's actions.
Dumbledore's supporters immediately opposed all this. But Madam Bones and Rufus Scrimgeour had noted this, and Dumbledore's pale, angry face clearly showed that what Harry had said was true.
'How could the boy who spent his life in another world know all that? Dumbledore growled inwardly, the damn boy getting more and more annoying from time to time. Without even looking, he already knew that the people who were opposed to him were staring at him intently. He could feel their gaze on him that made him frown.
People who don't know themselves... Don't they know what I'm doing is for the greater good?' thought Dumbledore.
"Hmmm... That's right, I've heard that shit before, so Dumbledore's the one spreading it..."Arcturus laughs.
"Typical... Half that useless dirty blood is better suited to enter Slytherin than Gryffindor" said Cassiopeia which made Dumbledore's supporters immediately stare at him.
He knew that Dumbledore was not the leader of the light. Dumbledore's actions made him more suited to being the Dark Lord than the leader of the light. Dumbledore had stolen the glory of Charlus Potter, It was Harry's grandfather who had defeated Grindelwald, but he was about to blow Grindelwald's head, Dumbledore appeared from behind to surprise him, erase his grandfather's memory, he locked Grindelwald in Nurmengard, lied about his death and went to Nurmengard to have sex with Grindelwald once a week. He also raped, stole and tortured Hogwarts students after he cursed Armando Dippet to resign from his position as headmaster. Dumbledore tortured and killed Charlus Potter. He hired a Death Eater named Severus Snape who raped, tortured and killed Dorea Potter nee Black and stole the potion recipe he developed and published until he was dubbed the youngest Potion Master.
"DUMBLEDORE... SNIVELLUS! " cried James angrily. His magical Aura blazed through the halls of Hogwarts furiously showing why he was feared during the war.
Arcturus and Cassiopeia Black also showed their anger, their sister was raped by a Half-Blood filth named Snape.
"How dare half - bloods like you treat my parents like that, don't think that you will escape the consequences, half-bloods are mud-blooded," James hissed angrily.
Charlie was surprised that his father would call people mud-blooded when his own mother who was his father's wife was muggle-born.
"JAMES POTTER... "Don't you dare insult DUMBLEDORE?" cried Molly Weasley.
"Shut up, disgusting pig... Do not interfere with the affairs of the most ancient, Most Noble, Most Holy and most honorable family... You don't want to feel the consequences, don't think that I can't declare a blood feud with you just because your useless son is friends with my son" said James coldly which made Molly freeze, she paled, she trembled in her seat because of James's magical pressure on her.
The Weasleys were frightened to hear this, they, Of course, knew what a blood feud was. During blood feuds, parties hostile to each other had permission to kill, even Auror and DMLE had no right to interfere. No Weasley even Bill is strong enough to fight James and Lily, they are Transfiguration Masters and Charm Masters.
When Harry returns to his old world, the first thing he will do is Take Back The Azkaban that his useless great-grandfather gave him. Henry Potter is a moron who follows Dumbledore, he handed over Azkaban which is a fortress to maintain justice to a corrupt ministry until the judicial process in magical britain was tainted by corruption. After that, he will dissolve the Ministry of magic, as Lord Potter, Lord Peverell and Heir Black will take over the position of Lord Black, he has the power to dissolve the Ministry of magic, according to the Ministry of magic has tarnished the ideals of the founder of the ministry to ensure comfort for the community, the ministry has committed corruption, nepotism as well as collusion and discrimination contrary to the ideals of the founder of the Ministry of Magic.
"Treason" shouted Cornelius Fudge and Dolores Umbridge.
"HAHAHAHAHA"
Arcturus Black laughed heartily at Harrison Potter's goal.
"Brash boy, he has great ambition, extraordinary skill, high intelligence, he is the perfect Lord, with the true Potter returning, there is no doubt Magical Britain will return to the pinnacle of glory" said Arcturus Black.
Ministry officials were shocked by Harrison Potter's statement.
'So, the eldest Potter intends to take over the ministry, huh?'thought Barty Crouch junior amused, he had to convey this to The Dark Lord.
"That's my godson" said Sirius amused.
"Impossible... How could he possibly do that?"Hermione's sneering disbelief made people including Charlie look at her in disbelief which made her uncomfortable.
"What?"asked the curly-haired girl.
"The Potters, The Peverells, The Blacks... The three families are the founding families of the Ministry, and as the holder of three of the five founding positions of the Ministry of magic, Harry has the power to abolish the Ministry of magic" Charlie told Hermione.
"But it's not fair..."protested Hermione.
"Life is not fair, kids, get used to it" said false Alastor Moody.
Harry returns to the mainland with Minazuki. His mission bracelet turns green which indicates that his mission has been successful. After this, he had to do what he did not really like, which was to write a mission report. The report must be short, concise and clear, and he is a perfectionist, so it is difficult to condense his report and sometimes he has to rewrite it a dozen times until the report he will submit is completed perfectly.
The students paled.
"Even though he doesn't go to school in another world, it looks like he's still dealing with a task" Dean grimaced.
"Excessive... If he was lazy, he should just write as is and give the report to his guild... It is he who prolongs the problem."said Seamus rolling his eyes.
"He's a perfectionist, Seamus, there's nothing wrong with writing a report so many times" said Hermione rolling her eyes.
"Of course you will," said the Gryffindor students.
The veterans looked at each other amused, as if they had to read further to know Harrison Potter's political movements.
Charlie also wanted to know more about his brother and this reading helped him a lot to understand his brother. So far, his brother is a very powerful magician, he is also intelligent, sometimes even Emotionless, he feels a connection with his brother that is dimensionally separate from him.
The people in the Hall rushed to the lavatory to solve their personal needs. The House elves worked hard to provide dinner for them so that the students, staff, as well as other attendees could read comfortably.