Chapter 111 Homecoming
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Nian Gao Pei Ma Tuan
"Oops! Why did you just throw the letter to her?!"
Glenn couldn't help but trembled, broke into a cold sweat, and felt panicked.
"Oh, nothing..."
He said casually, pretending to be nonchalant, but his brain was overclocking like a computer host, thinking about how to cover up the past.
"On the day of the Quidditch match, Morgana and I made an appointment to tell her who became the next Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."
"That's right..." Although Qiu felt something was not quite right, she still expressed her belief.
Seeing her look slightly relaxed, Glenn added an explanation.
"You know, she was curious who would take over that position after Professor Rick. Dumbledore can't always hold the position."
"That's true."
Qiu nodded in agreement.
Hearing their conversation, Eddie, who was doing nothing at the side, suddenly came over and said mysteriously.
"Speaking of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, I heard it is a cursed position. Did you know that?"
"Really?" Marcos, the sidekick, was intrigued by him and couldn't help but ask.
Marietta also looked at him curiously.
Eddie was pleased with the audience's reaction and pretended to lower his voice.
"I heard from others that the person who cursed this position is actually the person who must not even mention his name..."
Marcus shivered involuntarily at the mention of Voldemort.
Marietta also had a face full of fear, but she couldn't help but be curious, showing a tangled expression.
"Actually, when the mysterious man just graduated, he applied to the former principal, Professor Dippet, and wanted to teach this course."
Eddie continued.
"But for some unknown reason, Principal Dippet rejected him."
Marietta said with fear: "Fortunately, he did not apply successfully, otherwise Hogwarts would not know what it would be like!"
"Yes!" Marcos nodded in agreement.
Eddie looked around seriously, then lowered his head and lowered his voice.
"Some time later, he applied again. By then Professor Dumbledore had become the new headmaster, and he was rejected without hesitation."
He paused, looked at everyone's expressions, and then continued.
"For this reason, he became angry and made a curse on this position. Anyone who holds this position will have various accidents. No one has ever lasted for more than a year."
Qiu recalled it carefully and nodded: "It seems to be true."
"But since the mysterious man is dead, shouldn't his curse disappear automatically? But why is Professor Rick still..."
Marcos noticed Hua Dian and couldn't help but ask.
Eddie's voice was deeper, and everyone had to lean towards him to hear it clearly.
"If I guess correctly, the mysterious person is probably..."
His voice suddenly turned sinister.
"not dead..."
A tearing scream stung the eardrums of everyone in the box.
Timid Marietta was immersed in the atmosphere deliberately created by Eddie, but was startled by the sound of an owl flapping its wings.
With a "crash", someone opened the compartment door, and the heads of the Weasley twins came in one by one.
"what happened?"
"Are you okay?"
The two asked at the same time.
Glenn pinched his eyebrows, shook his head and said, "It's just Marietta who was scared. It's okay."
Qiu Ye gave Eddie an angry look, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
"You know clearly that Marietta is timid, but you still think you're telling such a scary story. What nonsense are you talking about!"
Fred and George looked at each other, showed a knowing smile, squeezed into the compartment at the same time, and closed the door smoothly.
"If we guessed correctly..."
"It seems like a scary story can be heard here."
"I wonder if you would mind sharing it with us?"
the two asked in unison.
Eddie repeated the content about the curse without deliberately exaggerating the atmosphere.
"We knew about the curse when we were 8 years old." Fred showed a disappointed expression.
George suddenly remembered something and said, "But since we mentioned the mysterious man, we have some news to share with you."
Eddie, who was always curious, became more energetic, Marcos's eyes also lit up, and even Marietta, who was both good and fun-loving, couldn't help but listen.
With the tacit understanding between the two brothers, Fred immediately thought of what George was going to say and spoke.
"As we all know, on a dark and stormy midnight ten years ago, a mysterious man suddenly attacked the Potter family and tried to kill a little boy who was less than one year old."
He completed the preparation, and George quickly took over.
"But what he didn't expect was that not only did the child not die under his killing curse, but after that night, no one saw the shadow of the mysterious man again."
When he said this, he stopped naturally, and it was Fred who spoke again.
"As far as we know, the only Boy-Who-Lived to have escaped the Killing Curse and defeated You-Know-Who—"
"Harry Potter!"
"In less than three months, you will come to Hogwarts and become our junior students!"
The two of them cooperated in a tacit understanding, just like a pair of teasing and complimenting crosstalk.
"Really?" Marietta's eyes lit up, "That's the famous Harry Potter!"
Fred and George smiled triumphantly, clearly pleased with the audience's reaction.
Glenn glanced at Qiu quietly to make sure her expression was normal, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone chatted for a while, until the candy cart came and went and the sun gradually set, the twins got up and returned to their compartments.
Everyone changed into Muggle clothes one after another.
Glenn first wrote a reply to Morgana and let the owl, which had regained its strength, hold on tightly before changing into clothes.
A set of slim-fitting long-sleeved shirts paired with khaki casual pants.
Qiu looked at the Burberry classic plaid pattern on the shirt. Although she didn't recognize the brand, she still found it indescribably beautiful.
Before school started, Glenn specially exchanged some Muggle pounds for it and ran to Harland's Department Store to buy it.
Seeing him exchanging galleons for these useless banknotes, those stingy goblins showed a rare smile.
There are fewer and fewer fields outside the window, and the green trees are gradually sparse. Instead, modern reinforced concrete buildings are getting denser and denser.
Many impatient little wizards dragged their suitcases and squeezed to the train door.
Glenn and the others took their time and waited until everyone was almost gone before they slowly got out of the car.
There was a long queue at the exit, and an old guard who looked like Filch was guarding the partition wall to supervise them as they walked out of the platform.
In order to avoid attracting the attention of Muggles, they had to go out in groups of two or three, waiting for a while, and then one after another.
Glenn couldn't help but trembled, broke into a cold sweat, and felt panicked.
"Oh, nothing..."
He said casually, pretending to be nonchalant, but his brain was overclocking like a computer host, thinking about how to cover up the past.
"On the day of the Quidditch match, Morgana and I made an appointment to tell her who became the next Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."
"That's right..." Although Qiu felt something was not quite right, she still expressed her belief.
Seeing her look slightly relaxed, Glenn added an explanation.
"You know, she was curious who would take over that position after Professor Rick. Dumbledore can't always hold the position."
"That's true."
Qiu nodded in agreement.
Hearing their conversation, Eddie, who was doing nothing at the side, suddenly came over and said mysteriously.
"Speaking of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, I heard it is a cursed position. Did you know that?"
"Really?" Marcos, the sidekick, was intrigued by him and couldn't help but ask.
Marietta also looked at him curiously.
Eddie was pleased with the audience's reaction and pretended to lower his voice.
"I heard from others that the person who cursed this position is actually the person who must not even mention his name..."
Marcus shivered involuntarily at the mention of Voldemort.
Marietta also had a face full of fear, but she couldn't help but be curious, showing a tangled expression.
"Actually, when the mysterious man just graduated, he applied to the former principal, Professor Dippet, and wanted to teach this course."
Eddie continued.
"But for some unknown reason, Principal Dippet rejected him."
Marietta said with fear: "Fortunately, he did not apply successfully, otherwise Hogwarts would not know what it would be like!"
"Yes!" Marcos nodded in agreement.
Eddie looked around seriously, then lowered his head and lowered his voice.
"Some time later, he applied again. By then Professor Dumbledore had become the new headmaster, and he was rejected without hesitation."
He paused, looked at everyone's expressions, and then continued.
"For this reason, he became angry and made a curse on this position. Anyone who holds this position will have various accidents. No one has ever lasted for more than a year."
Qiu recalled it carefully and nodded: "It seems to be true."
"But since the mysterious man is dead, shouldn't his curse disappear automatically? But why is Professor Rick still..."
Marcos noticed Hua Dian and couldn't help but ask.
Eddie's voice was deeper, and everyone had to lean towards him to hear it clearly.
"If I guess correctly, the mysterious person is probably..."
His voice suddenly turned sinister.
"not dead..."
A tearing scream stung the eardrums of everyone in the box.
Timid Marietta was immersed in the atmosphere deliberately created by Eddie, but was startled by the sound of an owl flapping its wings.
With a "crash", someone opened the compartment door, and the heads of the Weasley twins came in one by one.
"what happened?"
"Are you okay?"
The two asked at the same time.
Glenn pinched his eyebrows, shook his head and said, "It's just Marietta who was scared. It's okay."
Qiu Ye gave Eddie an angry look, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
"You know clearly that Marietta is timid, but you still think you're telling such a scary story. What nonsense are you talking about!"
Fred and George looked at each other, showed a knowing smile, squeezed into the compartment at the same time, and closed the door smoothly.
"If we guessed correctly..."
"It seems like a scary story can be heard here."
"I wonder if you would mind sharing it with us?"
the two asked in unison.
Eddie repeated the content about the curse without deliberately exaggerating the atmosphere.
"We knew about the curse when we were 8 years old." Fred showed a disappointed expression.
George suddenly remembered something and said, "But since we mentioned the mysterious man, we have some news to share with you."
Eddie, who was always curious, became more energetic, Marcos's eyes also lit up, and even Marietta, who was both good and fun-loving, couldn't help but listen.
With the tacit understanding between the two brothers, Fred immediately thought of what George was going to say and spoke.
"As we all know, on a dark and stormy midnight ten years ago, a mysterious man suddenly attacked the Potter family and tried to kill a little boy who was less than one year old."
He completed the preparation, and George quickly took over.
"But what he didn't expect was that not only did the child not die under his killing curse, but after that night, no one saw the shadow of the mysterious man again."
When he said this, he stopped naturally, and it was Fred who spoke again.
"As far as we know, the only Boy-Who-Lived to have escaped the Killing Curse and defeated You-Know-Who—"
"Harry Potter!"
"In less than three months, you will come to Hogwarts and become our junior students!"
The two of them cooperated in a tacit understanding, just like a pair of teasing and complimenting crosstalk.
"Really?" Marietta's eyes lit up, "That's the famous Harry Potter!"
Fred and George smiled triumphantly, clearly pleased with the audience's reaction.
Glenn glanced at Qiu quietly to make sure her expression was normal, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone chatted for a while, until the candy cart came and went and the sun gradually set, the twins got up and returned to their compartments.
Everyone changed into Muggle clothes one after another.
Glenn first wrote a reply to Morgana and let the owl, which had regained its strength, hold on tightly before changing into clothes.
A set of slim-fitting long-sleeved shirts paired with khaki casual pants.
Qiu looked at the Burberry classic plaid pattern on the shirt. Although she didn't recognize the brand, she still found it indescribably beautiful.
Before school started, Glenn specially exchanged some Muggle pounds for it and ran to Harland's Department Store to buy it.
Seeing him exchanging galleons for these useless banknotes, those stingy goblins showed a rare smile.
There are fewer and fewer fields outside the window, and the green trees are gradually sparse. Instead, modern reinforced concrete buildings are getting denser and denser.
Many impatient little wizards dragged their suitcases and squeezed to the train door.
Glenn and the others took their time and waited until everyone was almost gone before they slowly got out of the car.
There was a long queue at the exit, and an old guard who looked like Filch was guarding the partition wall to supervise them as they walked out of the platform.
In order to avoid attracting the attention of Muggles, they had to go out in groups of two or three, waiting for a while, and then one after another.
