Chapter 607 School Opening Banquet

During the rest of the journey, except for the necessary inspections of the carriages, everyone's topic of conversation was Moody, who was under attack, and the Death Eaters.

They wanted to know if the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor would be replaced this year, or if Sirius would be in charge alone.

If it was the latter, would Sirius be attacked?

The train continued to travel north, the weather was still changing, and it started to rain again. The raindrops knocked on the window one after another, making people drowsy.

Suddenly, the lights in the carriage came on.

"We'd better change clothes." Qiu glanced out the window, "It should be here soon."

Fred and George began to put on their robes, and Cedric opened the box door in advance.

Finally, the train slowed down slowly, and there was a loud noise all around. Everyone was crowded in the aisle, preparing to get off.

Because the prefect wanted to maintain order, Kyle and others were the last to leave the carriage.

A man held an oil lamp and shouted loudly for the first-year students to pass, but the height of the oil lamp was much lower than in previous years.

"Look, that person is not Hagrid." Fred noticed something was wrong and asked, "Do you know who she is?"

That was a witch. Unlike the slovenly Hagrid, her hair was neat and her hair was meticulously maintained.

At this time, she was shouting loudly for the first-year students to gather in front of them.

But no one has any impression of this person.

"She is Wilmina Graplan." At this time, Kyle suddenly said: "A slightly famous magical zoologist who has published many articles about unicorns."

"Fantastic beasts..." George couldn't help but said: "Isn't the school going to replace Hagrid?"

"Probably not." Kyle shook his head, "I think Hagrid just had something to do temporarily, so I asked her to help welcome the new students."

If he guessed correctly, Hagrid and Ms. Maxim should still be in the giant's territory at this moment...persuading them to join the Order of the Phoenix instead of the Death Eaters.

But this job is not easy.

Giants are inherently cruel, and the philosophy of Death Eaters is obviously more in line with their personalities... Of course, it all depends on whether Hagrid can convince them.

No longer paying attention to Graplan, several people walked towards the direction of the carriage together with the crowd.

Along the way, Kyle noticed that Kang Na would always look at him from time to time.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"It's nothing." Kangna shook her head, "I just feel that you are in a good mood. Is there anything you are happy about?"

"That's right...but did I show it so obviously?" Kyle touched his face.

"It's not obvious, but I can see it." Kangna said with a smile: "And you were not lazy when we were on the train... Before, you always pushed the prefect task to Cedric."

"She's right." Cedric said quietly from the side.

"Don't worry, it won't happen next time." Kyle laughed dryly.

"That's for sure." Cedric said angrily, "I am in the seventh grade this year and will graduate next year. I can't come back specially to help you maintain order."

"This is also a good idea." Kyle said with a smile.

He was indeed in a good mood today, mainly because of last night.

After completely telling Newt the scene of meeting Voldemort that day, and the whole process of how the Death Eaters used this to cause trouble for him afterwards, Newt finally put away the parchment and did not mention writing to Dumbledore again. matter.

Of course, Kyle also promised him that he would never release the contents of the box until he encountered a Death Eater.

To be honest, Kyle originally thought so, so he agreed happily.

Now he has three trump cards, which are all safe. To put it bluntly, even if he encounters Voldemort, he can fight against him and then run away calmly.

In this case, he will naturally be happy.

Although he had tried his best to restrain himself, Kangna unexpectedly noticed it.

However, Kangna did not continue to ask any more questions after that. They got into an empty carriage and wandered towards the castle.

Ten minutes later, the carriage stopped in front of the stone steps leading to the oak door, and Fred was the first to jump out of the carriage.

He glanced far away in the direction of the field.

"Hagrid's cabin has no lights."

"That's for sure." Qiu also walked down, "If he was here, there would be no need for Ms. Grapeland to help pick up the new students.

"Come in quickly, it's really cold outside."

"Oh, okay." Fred quickly followed the crowd up the stone steps.

They walked through the warm foyer and headed towards the door leading to the auditorium on the right, preparing to attend the upcoming opening banquet.

"Look, I said they can always come." As soon as they entered the auditorium, Kyle pointed to the Gryffindor table and said.

There, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were waving their hands.

They sat at the front and were obviously the first to arrive.

If Kyle guessed correctly, Mrs. Weasley should have used Apparition to send them to Hogsmeade and then returned to school from there.

This is also the fastest method.

Upon seeing this, Fred and George immediately walked over, ready to ask the questions they had been struggling with all the way. Qiu also went to Ravenclaw.

Kyle, Connor, and Cedric came to the Hufflepuff table and found a row of empty seats next to it.

As soon as he sat down, Cedric looked eagerly at the teacher's desk.

"Oh, not bad."

Sirius was still sitting in his original seat, which meant that there was no replacement of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year.

It is not easy to find a reliable Defense Against the Dark Arts professor these days. Although Sirius is not as good as Professor Moody, he is still good, at least much better than Quirrell and Lockhart.

The only problem now is that no one knows how long he can continue teaching.

Cedric hoped that he could survive this semester. After all, he would graduate next year, and no matter what kind of professor he got then, it would have nothing to do with him.

That's something Kyle should consider.

Thinking of this, he suddenly noticed that Kyle was staring at the teacher's chair in a daze.

"What are you looking at."

Kyle shook his head.

He was just a little surprised not to see Umbridge, but he soon thought that this was normal.

For his own sake, the other party should be busy dealing with the people of the Wizengamot at the moment. After all, he had sent the formal application to Amelia Bones of the Legal Enforcement Department via owl a few days ago.

Calculating the time, the Wizengamot side should also take action. As the person who was highlighted, Umbridge did not have time to come to Hogwarts.

It's nice not to have to deal with that stupid idiot.

Kyle's mood improved a lot, and he felt that the Sorting Hat's song was pleasant to his ears.

One thing to say is that the song composed by the Sorting Hat this year is really not very good. It seems to have added something extra to the song. It is a piece of advice to all students, reminding everyone that they should unite.

Most of the students were talking about it, but those who knew the truth knew that this was a reminder from the Sorting Hat.

After the Sorting Hat's song ended, Professor McGonagall came out with a list of new students. She stared at the students who were whispering with a very stern look, and everyone immediately fell silent.

Professor McGonagall glanced at the list in her hand and loudly announced the name of the first person.

"Euan Abercrombie."

A nervous boy stumbled forward and was eventually sorted into Gryffindor.

There was a burst of warm applause in the auditorium.

Slowly, the long line of freshmen shortened little by little, until half an hour later, the last person was assigned to Hufflepuff.

Kyle clapped along with the others.

The banquet officially began, and all kinds of delicacies appeared on the table out of thin air. The few people who had only dealt with a couple of people on the train did not care about discussing other things and immediately started enjoying the food.

Kyle chose a piece of beef rib for himself and another piece for Connor. This is the house elf's specialty. He had it once when he was eating for himself last year. It tasted quite good.

As usual, after the main meal there are various desserts.

Kyle tried the pudding recommended by Connor. It contained orange marmalade, which was sour and sweet, and was very suitable for finishing.

After everyone had eaten and drank, the food on the plates was cleared away, Dumbledore stood up, and the auditorium fell silent again.

"Okay, while we are digesting a sumptuous meal, I ask everyone to be quiet for a while and listen to me talk about the things to pay attention to in the new semester as usual."

Dumbledore said, "First-year students are not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest, and the same is true for senior students."

"Also, there are two changes in our teaching team this year. First, Professor Moody can no longer continue teaching due to some special reasons, but our Professor Black has agreed to take over the courses for the remaining three grades. .”

There was a burst of applause in the auditorium, but there was silence around the Slytherin table.

They didn't want Sirius to be in school any more than Gryffindor wanted Snape to be expelled.

Dumbledore continued: "Also, I have the pleasure to introduce to you Professor Grubbly-Plan, who will be giving you Care of Magical Creatures lessons until our gamekeeper returns."

Professor Grapeland stood up and nodded to everyone.

There was a burst of polite applause in the auditorium.

"Finally, this year's Quidditch tryouts will be held the second week after school starts."

"Great." Cedric waved his hand.

He's been waiting for this.

Last year, the Quidditch match was canceled because of the Triwizard Tournament. He had been waiting for a whole school year, and now he finally heard the news again.

"Kyle, we will definitely win the Quidditch Cup this year, right?" Cedric asked happily.

"Yeah, that's right." Kyle said, "The championship must be ours as your graduation gift."

"That would be awesome," Cedric said with a smile.

"Since you are so happy..." Kyle patted him on the shoulder, "Then the next freshmen will be left to you, no problem."

"No problem." Cedric blurted out without thinking.

But soon he discovered that the sounds of tables and chairs clashing and buzzing discussions were coming from around him.

Just now, Dumbledore had announced the disbandment and everyone was preparing to return to the dormitory.

At this time, the prefects of each college are responsible for guiding the new students and sending them to the dormitories.

Obviously, Kyle pushed his task to him again, and he accepted it vaguely.

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