Chapter 17
“What does mudblood mean?”Harry heard this word for the first time and asked Ron.
This was obviously a word unique to the wizarding world. Ron came from a wizarding family and should know it.
Ron immediately wrinkled his eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth together:”It’s a bad word, a dirty word used by pure-blood wizards to discriminate against Muggle-born wizards. Only those wizards who have no education and are extremely evil in their hearts would say such words.”
Harry nodded to show that he understood
“It seems that I didn’t hit him lightly just now.”Harry said lightly.
This scared Ron.
“This is enough. After all, we haven’t enrolled yet. If it’s more serious, I don’t know if the school will cancel our admission. Let’s talk about it after we enroll.”
“Is it okay to fight again after entering school?” Harry asked curiously.
“It’s not a big problem. Fred and George often fight with the Slytherin guys.”Ron nodded.
A male voice sounded in the carriage.
“The bus will arrive at Hogwarts in 5 minutes. Students who haven’t changed their clothes yet, please change as soon as possible. Freshmen can just leave their luggage on the bus. Your luggage will be delivered to your dormitory.”
“”That’s Percy’s voice.” Ron muttered.
Harry waved his wand and the suitcase containing the robes flew over automatically.
Hearing Ron’s words, he asked curiously:”Is it your brother too?”
“Well, this year he became the Gryffindor prefect. Ron was also looking for his luggage.
“Your brothers are all very nice. Harry found his robes and prepared to put them on.
“They are indeed much better than me.” Ron nodded, with a somewhat complicated tone.
“You are also very good. Harry comforted
“Really? What’s so great about him?” Ron’s eyes lit up. He was eager to get recognition from others, especially the person in front of him, who was the famous Harry Potter.
“”Hmm?” Harry’s face froze for a moment. Could he take the comforting words seriously?
He glanced at Ron, not wanting to discourage him, and said after a moment’s thought:”You are polite.”
Harry had already praised him before, and Ron obviously wanted to hear something else.
Seeing Ron still looking at him eagerly, Harry frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said:”You have better communication skills than me.”
Ron retracted his gaze with satisfaction. He still had two things worth praising.
【So easily dismissed. 】
Harry glanced at him calmly.
Ron’s robes were a little old, not new, and a little short, revealing his sneakers underneath.
Harry was very familiar with such clothes.
Before he earned enough money to buy himself new clothes, he wore Dudley’s old clothes.
Just like what Ron was wearing now, worn out and ill-fitting.
The difference was that the clothes looked very big for Harry, and a little small for Ron.
According to what Ron said before, there shouldn’t be that kind of family conflict in his family.
That’s the problem of living expenses.
The temperature difference between day and night is large in the UK.
When the sun is out during the day, it still feels hot to wear a piece of clothing, but now at night, wearing a robe still feels a bit cold.
They were followed by Hagrid, who held a huge oil lamp to illuminate the dim surroundings.
“”First-year students, first-year students! Gather here.”
All the freshmen followed Hagrid’s lead and gathered in front of him.
Harry’s long-term exercise and rich diet made him a head taller than his peers, which made him look a little strange.
“Oh, Harry, how are you?” Hagrid saw Harry and greeted him.
“Hello, Hagrid. Harry smiled faintly at him.
“All right, first-year students, follow me.” Hagrid turned around and led the way.
After crossing the path, you still need to take a boat to get to Hogwarts.
“”Only four people can fit in a boat.” Hagrid said loudly.
Harry, Ron, the brown-haired girl with rabbit teeth who had appeared before, and a chubby boy who looked timid and was actually timid.
He was Neville, as the girl called him.
“Hello, we meet again. Perhaps she was thinking of what Harry said about her impoliteness in the box.
She took the initiative to say hello.
“Hello.”Ron answered perfunctorily.
Harry nodded, saying nothing, even more perfunctorily, without any intention of hiding his expression.
It was not that he was impolite, but that his attention was not on her at the moment, and he did not even listen carefully to what she said.
With his keen perception, he could feel that there was a lot of magical aura hidden under the water.
There were a lot of magical creatures under the water, and one of them was so powerful that it scared Harry.
Its aura was like a mountain, unreachable.
And the aura that slowly entangled him since he walked onto the path.
Harry did not feel any harm, not like a curse.
Instead, it was like Contract?
The textbook on the history of magic talked about how the ancestors discovered Hogwarts.
Are they now going through the path that the ancestors walked and going through this ceremony to conclude a contract with Hogwarts?
Silently feel the content of the contract.
It’s probably that the castle protects the students and the students protect the castle. For example, the location of the castle must not be disclosed to Muggles.
They followed Hagrid all the way to the castle gate. Next came the vice-principal, Professor McGonagall, who looked difficult to talk to.
They were led to the door of the hall and waited.
The brown-haired otter asked nervously,”Does anyone know how they will assign us to different colleges?”
Ron also clenched his fists nervously and said to Harry,”Fred told me that the colleges will be assigned through duels with trolls.””
“No, it seems like I need to eat as many slugs as possible.”
“Why did I hear that they were fighting against vampires?”
These little wizards were making wild guesses. Even the little wizards from pure-blood families didn’t know how they were sorted.
This was probably a prank agreed upon by all the adults.
After all, everyone had this experience.
Anyone with a brain would not have the idea of letting little wizards who couldn’t even use spells duel with those dangerous creatures.
He glanced at Miss Otter, who was already getting nervous and reciting spells.
【You actually believed it. What on earth is in your head?】
“It’s probably just some small magic for sorting, it’ll be fine.” Harry comforted the nervous Ron.
Neville said with a sad face:”Then I will definitely be in Hufflepuff.”
Seeing Neville like this, Harry asked puzzledly:”Is it important which house you are sorted into? Are the professors in the classes the same? Will there be any difference in the knowledge you learn?”
From what I learned from the books, Hogwarts has four houses, corresponding to four qualities, but the teaching is the same and there is no distinction between the two.
Well, they are all human.
I won’t mention any half-blood here.
Neville lowered his head when he heard what Harry said, not daring to refute.
Harry frowned. Neville’s personality is very similar to his previous
“Being cowardly will only make you weaker. Only by overcoming cowardice can you become stronger.”Harry encouraged
“How can you say that about Neville?”Miss Otter showed her rabbit teeth to Harry, obviously dissatisfied with his words.
“Did I say something wrong? Miss Otter.”Harry turned to look at her.
Miss Otter covered her front teeth, her face flushed, and stared at Harry:”What Otter, my name is Hermione, Hermione Granger! You didn’t even listen to my introduction on the boat.”
“I didn’t listen.” Harry nodded obediently.
“So, Miss Granger, was there anything wrong with what I just said?” He obediently changed his address to her and asked again.
Hermione was choked and speechless.
The savior in the book was exactly the same as she imagined!
