"Ding! Ding! Ding!"
"The exam time is over, please stop answering and place your papers in the center of the desk, then leave the examination hall in an orderly manner... Supervisors, please collect the papers in the order of exam numbers..."
On the podium, accompanied by the crisp sound of bells, Professor Severus loudly reminded the candidates to leave the room. Under the supervision of two supervisors, the exam papers slowly rose from the desks and silently slipped into the boxes in the supervisors' arms.
Commissioner Milly stood at the door, watching the candidates exit in an orderly fashion.
It seemed as if there was an invisible barrier on the low threshold, separating the inside from the outside. Inside the barrier, there was only the rustling sound of paper and people's gentle breathing. Outside, the candidates who had just finished the exam were discussing the uncertain answers on their exam papers in suppressed yet intense voices.
