Chapter 27: Freshman Opening Banquet (Fourth update, please vote for me)

As time passed, the sky outside the Hogwarts Express gradually became darker. When it was nearly seven o'clock, the train slowly stopped at Hogsmeade Village Station.

Hermione and Neville had left the private room where Wright and Chang Chu were and returned to their original private room after finding the toad. Moreover, the first-year students now need to take a boat across the lake with Hagrid, which is a common practice for every freshmen entering the school.

Older students will need to find another way to get to Hogwarts Castle.

Wright and Chang Chu set foot on a clean stone path together. The senior students were surprised by this new stone path. After all, this road was originally supposed to be a rough and muddy dirt road, but now it is completely different. Changed appearance.

Wright, who was in the crowd, quietly asked for credit next to Chang Chu. This path was also one of the tasks he completed during the summer vacation.

At the end of the stone path, more than a hundred carriages were parked there, waiting for the students to arrive. The fronts of the carriages were empty, as if they could be driven without any power at all. Only a handful of students could see that there was a Thestral pulling the front of each carriage.

Wright led Chang Chu to a carriage. Although the Thestrals looked the same to many people, Wright, who had been with them for a long time, could still distinguish many subtle differences between the Thestrals.

Just like the Thestral standing in front of the two Wrights now, it has a unique name, Wu Wu.

Wu Wu was named by Hagrid. It is also Hagrid's favorite Thestral in the Forbidden Forest. Wuwu is also the first Thestral born in the Forbidden Forest.

Wright and Wu Wu have a very good relationship, and as a magical animal native to the Forbidden Forest, Wu Wu understands the environment in the Forbidden Forest as well as Hagrid. In the first half of the year, Wright rode Wuwu through the Forbidden Forest more than once.

Wright casually input a ball of shadow energy into Wu Wu's body, and Wu Wu let out a comfortable neighing sound, but no creature except the Thestral could hear this sound.

"Wright, what are you doing?" Chang Chu looked at Wright caressing a ball of air in front of the carriage inexplicably, and couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything here?"

"In front of each carriage is a night horse pulling it. Only people who have seen death can see them." Wright explained to Chang Chu, "But in fact, the night horse is a magical animal with a very docile personality. The name of the Thestral Bird standing in front of us is Wuwu, and it has a very good relationship with me. "

As Wright spoke, he patted Wuwu's neck affectionately.

"Okay, let's go up!" Wright pulled Chang Chu into the carriage together, and Wu Wu also started to take action immediately after Wright and Chang Chu sat firmly.

I don't know if it's because of the recent rainy weather, but there is a faint musty and straw smell inside the carriage. Even though Wright used it several times to clean it up, the smell still couldn't completely dissipate. After trying a few more times and still finding no effect, Wright had to give up.

The carriage rolled forward carrying Wright and Chang Chu, passed through a pair of majestic cast iron gates, accelerated on a long sloping driveway, and drove to the front of the castle. Finally, Wuwu stopped with the rickety carriage, and Wright and Chang Chu got out of the car together.

The two of them passed through the huge and majestic oak door in front of the castle, entered the spacious and deep foyer, followed the crowd through the door on the right leading to the auditorium, and then in the auditorium Ravenclaw Sat down at the long table.

After a while, the sorting ceremony will begin.

After about ten minutes, Professor McGonagall led a group of first-year students into a single file into the auditorium.

Wright sat at the long table and looked at the freshmen looking around with interest, paying particular attention to the few people he had met before.

Hannah was standing nervously among a group of new students. Hermione was still standing with Neville. The wrinkled school uniform on her body was now clean and tidy. Even the wet marks were gone. I wonder if Professor McGonagall helped clean it up.

Harry stood not far from Hermione. His hair had been completely cut short, and it was impossible to tell that he had once been a boy with long, flowing hair. Harry was looking up at the enchanted ceiling of the Great Hall. Standing next to Harry was a red-haired Weasley with a few obvious bruises on his freckled face. He should be Ron, the youngest son of the Weasley family.

Wright wanted to know if those bruises on Ron's face were from Fred and George's flying skateboards.

Looking further back, there is a platinum-blond boy with a stinking face. Not surprisingly, he must be the one who pulled the horse dung. Draco was chatting quietly with two dwarfs standing behind him. The two children looked like they were not thinking very well. They were Crabbe and Goyle.

Wright looked towards the podium again. All the familiar professors were sitting on the podium. He couldn't help but nod, this was the Hogwarts he was familiar with!

Professor McGonagall gently placed a quadruped in front of the first-year students and placed the sorting hat on the stool. The restaurant immediately became quiet and became audible.

The sorting ceremony officially began.

After the hat finished singing, Professor McGonagall took two steps forward with a roll of parchment in her hand.

Exactly as Wright remembered, Hannah went to Hufflepuff, Hermione, Neville, Harry, and Ron went to Gryffindor, and Draco, Goyle, and Crabbe went to Slytherin. . As for the new students in Ravenclaw, Wright had no impression of any of them.

After the Sorting Hat announced the last student going to Slytherin, Professor McGonagall took the Sorting Hat and left the auditorium together. Dumbledore stood up from the principal's chair and announced the official start of the dinner.

After the students had finished enjoying the food on the table, Dumbledore stood up from his giant golden chair, and his eyes quickly and covertly passed over Wright and Harry.

"Welcome to the start of the new school year at Hogwarts!" said Dumbledore. "Before heading to your common room to rest, I have a few things to note."

"Last year's Professor Derwent..."

Before Dumbledore could finish his words, a huge sigh suddenly sounded in the auditorium.

"I know you are very reluctant to let go of Professor Derwent, but he also has his own pursuits," Dumbledore said. "This year the school's Defense Against the Dark Arts class will be taught by Professor Quirinaz Quilo."

Wright immediately turned his attention to Quirrell, who had just finished his summer vacation, became bald, wore a long purple turban, stuttered and would shake from time to time.

coming! coming!

The first-year challenger, Two-Face, Quirrell!