Chapter 74 The beginning of the new school year
After saying goodbye to Professor McGonagall, the three of them walked down the stairs to the Gryffindor Tower together. A few minutes later, they came to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
Oh, you came so early, this is not normal. The fat lady looked at the three of them and said.
Honey-eater, honey-eater. After spinning around in the fireplace for a long time and bouncing in the carriage for a while, Ryan, who felt a little dizzy, really didn't want to speak, and it seemed that Harry and Ron thought the same.
The Fat Lady's portrait unscrewed, and the three of them climbed into the hole and threw themselves on the nearest sofa.
After sitting for a while, Ryan breathed out, and then saw that on the coffee table in front of him, someone had placed a plate with Yorkshire pudding and roast beef on it, with roast potatoes and pea shoots next to it. A layer of brown gravy is poured over the beef and vegetables. There is also a pot of pumpkin juice and three cups on the side of the plate.
It seems that if you are not punished for doing things, this simple meal at Hogwarts is also very rich. Lane and the others poured the gravy on the pudding and served it with beef. After all, they were already hungry after a morning of tossing.
After lunch, the cutlery also disappeared, just like when eating in the auditorium. The house elves at Hogwarts are really excellent, serving every wizard without being discovered by wizards.
After sitting for a while, Ryan asked Harry and Ron, Why can't we get past that wall, is it because of a malfunction?
Harry replied: Maybe, after all, the Hogwarts Express has been running for more than a century. Considering that the gates at the subway entrance are broken every three days, it is normal for this kind of entrance to break every once in a while.
No, things in the wizarding world are not so easy to break. Especially such an important partition is checked every year. Ron retorted, then he turned to Ryan and said, Thank you this time, now I think, If I do drive my dad's car away, my mom will kill me. Not to mention if we do drive, we're probably still sitting in a cramped car basking in the sun.
No thanks, I just occasionally think about other people. Ryan said. I'm going to take a nap. It's too tiring to do this all morning.
After finishing speaking, Ryan walked up the escalator and went back to his room to take a nap. When he got up after three o'clock, he took a shower and put on his robes to go downstairs. Seeing Harry and Ron playing Crackling and Exploding cards, Harry's hands shook. , the cards exploded, as if burning his eyebrows.
Seeing Ryan coming downstairs, Harry seemed to suddenly think of something and said to Ryan, That's right, Ryan. Thank you for the letter and postcard you gave me during the holidays.
Later, Ryan also joined their game. Relying on the Assassin's inheritance, Ryan's hands are very stable, and he can build the crackling explosion card into a very high castle. It's a pity that he was not Ron's opponent at all in wizard chess, and he was beaten down.
Finally, when all three were feeling a little tired, it was time for dinner. They quickly packed themselves and went downstairs to the auditorium for the opening ceremony.
When we got to the auditorium, everyone hadn't come yet, so Ryan and the others waited in the hall at the entrance of the auditorium. After a while, there was chattering from the corridor, and the classmates all arrived.
Ryan followed the flow of people to the Gryffindor table and sat down. Like last year, the sky-seeing ceiling was filled with candles, and the auditorium was a sea of pointed black hats. The only difference is that this year Ryan is no longer a freshman at the door. Instead, he sits at the table of his own college like other students, waiting for the new students to separate.
Ryan just sat down. I heard hurried footsteps in front, and then a figure sat opposite Ryan. It was Hermione. There was a worried look on his face.
What the hell happened to you? I haven't seen you and Harry on the train. Thought you were all missing.
My father had a small car accident on the road this morning and ended up getting to the station a little late. Then for some reason, there was a problem with the partition wall on the platform. Trapped me and Harry and the others outside. Let's go to the bus stop The Cauldron wrote a letter asking for help, and it was Professor McGonagall who used the Floo network to help send it to the school.
After listening, Hermione patted her chest with her hand: You guys are all right, you don't know how worried I was when I found out that there were none of you in the car.
Ryan wanted to say something, but Dumbledore stood up to speak, and he closed his mouth.
The Principal announced the start of the sorting ceremony, the door of the auditorium was pushed open, and the freshmen were shivering like quails. Sure enough, it was a Hogwarts ancestral prank to not tell the freshmen about the specifics of the sorting ceremony.
But looking at these freshmen, I also think about the seventh graders who have graduated. It was only then that Ryan discovered that the real power of the British wizarding world had always been at Hogwarts.
If nothing else, at least the vast majority of employees at the British Ministry of Magic graduated from here. There will be another bureaucracy like Fudge, but since 1956, the headmaster of Hogwarts has been Dumbledore, and it can be said that almost all the employees of the Ministry of Magic are Dumbledore's students.
Ryan was thinking about the grievances between the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts in the original book, and the song of the Sorting Hat brought him back to reality. I have to say, even after a year of brewing, the Sorting Hat's singing is still so unpleasant.
Next was the sorting ceremony, and Ginny Weasley was sorted into Gryffindor without incident. In addition to this, there is Colin Creevey, a famous Harry Potter fan. Ryan felt that the two of them should form a Harry Potter fan support club together, and there should be a lot of common language.
After the regular headmaster's speech (as brief as last year's), the sumptuous dinner began. The auditorium echoed with laughter and the clash of knives and forks.
When the last piece of dessert disappeared, Dumbledore told everyone it was time to go back to sleep. Hermione finally got the chance to ask Ryan how he ended up at school. After listening to Ryan's account, Hermione said to Ryan:
Fortunately, you didn't listen to Ron's bad ideas. Otherwise, you will definitely deduct a lot of points from the academy today, and maybe you will be expelled.
After returning to the common room, the students really showed interest in Ryan's three unusual ways of arriving at school. Ron seemed to enjoy the spectacle, constantly describing the situation to anyone who would listen to him.
Ryan shrugged after seeing this scene, and went upstairs to return to his dormitory after exchanging good night with Hermione. While the roommates hadn't returned to the dormitory, Ryan practiced spells for a while. Then I went to the bathroom to wash up and went to bed. What a thrilling first day of school.
