Chapter 345 School Dinner

Just as Pansy was lying on the ground apologizing tearfully, the door of the prefect's carriage suddenly opened, and two people, a man and a woman, with student union president badges on their chests, walked in and looked at the scene in the carriage with surprised expressions.

"How is this going?"

The head girl's eyes fell on Pansy and she asked with a frown.

It's a pity that Pansy is now completely frightened. She just lies on the ground crying and has no intention of answering at all.

Seeing this, the female chairwoman once again turned her unkind eyes to Mike.

Mike looked at him without any fear.

Mike's attitude made the female chairwoman very angry. Her instinct was to reprimand her, but the male chairperson next to her suddenly grabbed her and whispered in her ear:

"Don't be troublesome! Who do you think you are? Who is he?"

The boy chairman's words made the girl chairman tremble and stopped talking.

Upon seeing this, a smile appeared on the boy's chairman's face, and he spread his hands to everyone and said:

"Okay, everyone, please go back to your seats. Next, we have to arrange the work for later."

Unfortunately, his words did not receive any response. Slytherin and the prefects of the other three major colleges were looking at Chris and Mike with questioning eyes, as if they were the two most noble people here. .

Neither Mike nor Chris spoke. They looked at each other coldly for a while, and finally returned to their original seats without saying a word.

The other prefects then returned to their seats.

The boy chairman's face looked a little unsightly, and the fake smile on his face could hardly be maintained.

But he still bravely walked to the center of the carriage and began to announce the next work of the prefects.

At Hogwarts, the Student Union is an organization that exists to help professors manage students. As the most basic part of this organization, prefects must not only enjoy certain privileges, but also bear considerable workload and responsibilities.

Just like on today's Hogwarts Express, the main responsibility of the prefects is to maintain order and mediate various disputes.

Mike doesn't intend to do this. In his opinion, it is better to read more books than to do these boring tasks.

So, after lightly entrusting his work to another female prefect in the same grade as himself, Mike left the prefect car directly.

It is worth mentioning that the girl who became a prefect like Mike this year was Ron's previous dance partner at the Triwizard Tournament, the Indian girl, Padma Patil.

This girl was obviously very uneasy about Mike's commission. She frowned and caught up with Mike, and asked uneasily:

"Mike, I don't think I can do it alone. As you know, those boys... they won't listen to me. Even if I reveal my identity as a prefect, they won't care."

Patil's hands were clenched tightly. She was not a very good student in Ravenclaw, and those thorny people would never listen to her orders.

And if she forcefully tries to use her superior authority to suppress them, then what awaits her will only be the humiliation of the other party.

"You can do it, Patil, I believe you." Mike said without looking back, "If there are boys who don't want to obey your orders, just tell them that I am also one of the prefects this year. If they don't want to If I'm going to find them in person, I'd better be honest. Do you understand?"

Patil's face looked much better after hearing this. She lowered her head and seemed to want to continue saying something to Mike, but when she looked up again, she found that Mike had disappeared around the corner.

Biting his lip, Patil could only helplessly walk towards the freshmen carriage.

On the other side, after getting rid of Patil's entanglement, Mike originally wanted to go directly to the carriage where Franklin and the others were, but was blocked by the other two.

"Mike, thank you."

Ron lowered his head and murmured in a voice that was almost inaudible.

Hermione, who was standing next to him, suddenly nudged him with her elbow, cleared her throat urgently and said:

"Thank you just now, Mike!"

"No problem." Mike waved his hand and said, "Where's Harry, I haven't contacted him since we were separated at the Ministry of Magic last time. How is he doing now?"

"he's good!"

Upon hearing Harry's name, Ron suddenly raised his head and said to Mike in a deliberately amplified voice,

"He has been living in my house since then, and Sirius thought he might be happier if he was with me. In fact, that's exactly what happened. Harry was a little uncomfortable at first, but now he is completely fine. !”

Ron raised his head, his expression looked like that of a general who had won a battle and was asking the king for credit.

When Hermione saw this, she elbowed him again.

This time, the force used by Hermione was obviously much greater than the first time. Ron, who was hit, let out a cry of pain, covered the area where he was hit, and kept gasping for air.

But although Hermione used a little more strength this time, she did remind Ron.

I saw Ron gasping for air, showing a painful smile to Mike, and said:

"Mike, do you want to come with us to find Harry?"

"Yes, Harry will be very happy!"

Hermione echoed.

Mike frowned and thought for a while, feeling that there was really nothing to say to Harry, and finally refused:

"Forget it, I think we'll meet again at school. Well, I'll leave first, and you should hurry up and get to work."

After saying that, Mike walked straight past the two of them and walked towards his original car.

The two people behind him looked at each other in confusion. After a while, Ron gritted his teeth and shouted at Mike's retreating back:

"Mike! Thank you!"

Mike didn't answer, he didn't even have the slightest intention to stop, he just raised his hand and waved it, indicating that Ron didn't need to care.

But just such an action brought smiles to both Ron and Hermione's faces.

…

In a certain carriage of the Hogwarts Express, Zhou Hong and Benjamin were playing Gobstone, an ancient magic game similar to marbles. Every time a point is lost, the winner's stone will move towards the loser's face. A stream of smelly liquid was sprayed out.

Benjamin was obviously no match for Zhou Hong in this regard. As a crisp sound of stone impact came, several red stone balls belonging to Zhou Hong suddenly sprayed out streams of thick, foul-smelling liquid. It spurted straight into Benjamin's face.

"Oh! Shet!"

Benjamin cursed instinctively.

But then, he quickly covered his mouth as if he remembered something terrible, and looked at a carriage door not far away with a horrified expression.

And just behind that door, Mike was alone and concentrating on reading a big book as thick as a dictionary.

Of course he heard the noise outside the carriage, but he didn't say anything. The noise didn't affect his reading.

The book he was reading at the moment was a banned book called "Self-Defense and Counterattack - Details That Must Be Remembered 1990 Revised Edition".

This book is a professional book used by the Ministry of Magic to train Aurors. The Ministry of Magic almost treats it as a family heirloom and protects it very closely. Unless you become an Auror, you will not even be able to find this book on the black market. book shadow.

Even Mike got such a book through the relationship of the Foley family, and it was an old version of the book from several years ago!

But it was such an old book that fascinated Mike.

This book records a large number of seemingly trivial experiences, but they are summed up by countless people's blood and lives.

For example, do not use the Explosive Spell (Thunderbolt Explosion) in a narrow space such as a room or a cave, because the Explosive Spell has a fatal flaw, that is, when it comes into contact with an object, it will bounce back aimlessly. If you are in the above If you use explosive spells in these terrains, you will have a high probability of hurting yourself.

As if to make readers more aware of this warning, a large number of magical pictures are attached below the description of this item.

Most of them are disabled people with missing arms and legs, and some are horrific corpses, or simply a puddle of minced meat.

The annotations of these pictures are all: Injured by the rebound of one's own explosive spell!

I don’t know how long it took, but a whistle suddenly woke up Mike who was addicted to the book.

Urgently, along with a crisp knock on the door, Benjamin's familiar voice also came from outside the door.

"Mike, the train has arrived. It's time for us to get off."

"knew."

Surrounded by everyone, Mike stepped off the train.

As in previous years, freshmen must leave the old students on the platform and go to the pier to take a boat to school.

This is a Hogwarts tradition every year.

But what was different from previous years was that the teacher responsible for guiding the new students this year was no longer Hagrid, but a strong female professor.

Harry was obviously very concerned about Hagrid's disappearance and chased after the professor asking questions, while Mike and others followed the large army to the Ye Qi carriage camp and took the carriage to Hogwarts.

The weather is very good today. There are stars on the ceiling of the auditorium, and from time to time there are thin clouds slowly drifting by.

Under the ceiling were countless burning candles floating, illuminating the entire auditorium.

When Mike and others sat down at the long table covered with tablecloths in the colors of their respective houses, Professor McGonagall also placed the Sorting Hat, the treasure of Hogwarts, as in previous years.

As the hourly bell rang, the door of the auditorium opened suddenly.

The freshmen lined up neatly in two rows according to gender. While looking at the magic auditorium curiously, they walked briskly towards the Sorting Hat under the leadership of the professor.

Compared with previous years, the number of freshmen this year was only about 70% of previous years. Mike knew that this should also be affected by the news of Voldemort's return.

After all the freshmen entered the auditorium, all the teachers and students in the school held their beards and waited.

Immediately afterwards, on the old-fashioned wooden chair in the center of the auditorium, a hole suddenly opened beside the long brim of the Sorting Hat, and then the very distinctive voice of the Sorting Hat came from it:

"The students we teach must be brave and courageous, working hard... I have sounded the alarm for you... Now, let us start sorting. (Bu Shui, please see the next chapter for detailed lyrics.)"

After the song ended, there was applause everywhere, but there were still whispers in between.

The Sorting Hat's song this year is very strange. Usually the Sorting Hat's school song is just to introduce the characteristics of the four major colleges to the freshmen, but this year's school song has a sense of encouragement.

Mike, Benjamin and others looked at each other, and they naturally knew what the Sorting Hat meant when singing this song.

It is nothing more than wanting to unite the students and face this disaster together.

As the sorting ceremony ended, Dumbledore, as in previous years, came to the podium under the expectant eyes of everyone and prepared to deliver this year's speech.

"Welcome our new students." Dumbledore's voice was loud and clear. He opened his arms and opened his mouth with a bright smile. He also welcomed our old students and welcomed you back! There is plenty of time to speak, but not now. Eat it happily! "

Dumbledore's simple opening speech once again won warm applause from all the teachers and students. As Dumbledore sat down properly and threw his long beard over his shoulders, the empty table in front of everyone Suddenly it was filled with huge chunks of meat, pies, plates of vegetables, bread and all kinds of drinks.

"Very good!"

A freshman sitting not far from Mike couldn't help but cheered. After riding the train for so long, they were already starving.

Mike, on the other hand, frowned and looked directly at Dumbledore at the teacher's desk.

In Mike's guess, Dumbledore's speech this year should be as positive as the Sorting Hat song, so as to further inspire the morale of the students.

But Dumbledore didn't do this. Instead, he chose to say a few words casually and ended up like in previous years.

This really puzzled Mike.

At the same time, the sharp-eyed Mike quickly discovered the anomaly in this year's Hogwarts teacher lineup.

Moody, who was the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor last year, did not appear in the auditorium. He was replaced by the Ministry of Magic official who had met Mike in the courtroom where Harry was tried.

Dolores Umbridge.

Yes, that's the woman who looks like a toad.

The moment he saw this woman, Mike's eyes narrowed.

The appearance of this woman means that the Ministry of Magic has begun to take action on the internal affairs of the Ministry of Magic.

In the bright auditorium, everyone's faces were filled with excited smiles, and the freshmen happily enjoyed their first meal in Hogwarts.

The old students mingled with the new students, piling up the plates in front of them with various steaks while introducing everything about Hogwarts to the new students.

And the name they mentioned the most was Mike Townley.

The praise from the old students made the freshmen full of curiosity about the legendary senior Townley, which caused a lot of curious eyes to gather around Mike.

Under these gazes, Mike was looking at Umbridge on the faculty seat.

"It looks like this year will be very interesting!"