Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye it is early September again. Now it is time for schools to start in autumn. Hogwarts teachers and students also took the Hogwarts Express train on the nine- and three-quarters platform today and returned to their school, Hogwarts Castle, where they are ready to continue here and study and life for a new semester.
This is the Hogwarts Auditorium. At this time, all the teachers and students of the school gathered here, and it was bustling and bustling. The chandeliers on the ceiling have been lit, and the lights are dotted, making the hall very bright! Today, on the good day of the new semester, teachers and students of each college have sat at their own college's long tables according to different grades.
In the front position in the middle of the auditorium hall, a small wooden chair is placed on which a wizard hat looks a bit tattered. This thing is the feature of Hogwarts. It is said that freshmen must wear a branch hat before entering the school. It is said that it can divide students into different colleges according to their talents and qualities, and now it is singing something.
The song sung by this hat made Anne, who was in the teacher seat, curled her lips a little disdainfully. In her opinion, this is just a constant enchantment of detecting ideas! It is nothing more than a spy on the students' ideas and talents to classify them. Perhaps there are certain storage functions and a basic secondary wisdom technique? Just choosing talents to choose apprentices, why is it so mysterious?
The most important thing is: the song it sings is so unpleasant! It's not music at all! That's simply noise! ​​Annie doesn't like it very much! She has been enduring it for a long time, and it hasn't finished singing it yet! It's never finished! Annie feels that after her patience reaches its limit, she might throw it away a permanent silence technique that takes effect forever! It's broken mouth forever!
Now, Professor McGonagall, vice principal of Hogwarts School, is standing next to the wooden chair. She is busy arranging a group of smaller students in line. These students are obviously the first-year students who have entered Hogwarts this year. After the hat is finished singing, they will be ready to hold the branch ceremony in turn. This is very important! Therefore, Professor McGonagall is whispering to these little guys while maintaining order.
"Hey! Harry! You should have read the newspaper I sent to you, right? The big event that happened in our wizarding world recently is really big news!" At the long table in the second grade, while the branch ceremony had not officially begun, Ron tilted his body and leaned against Harry's ear and whispered mysteriously.
Just at the beginning of last month, the Gringott Wizard Bank incident, which shocked the domestic and foreign wizarding circles, spread for a long time! For a long time, it successfully attracted the attention of the entire British wizarding circle, and all wizards were paying more or less attention to this matter. According to Ron's father, Mr. Arthur Weasley, returned, even the foreign Ministry of Magic sent a public letter to try to ask about the truth about the matter and some other specific situations.
Thanks to this, many things that should have happened in the original work have changed a lot, because Lucius Malfoy did not have much leisure to plot against Harry Potter, and then there was no rebellious house elf Dobby who came to the school and hit Liu. Naturally, Ron and Harry did not have another incident of driving a flying car to the school and hitting Liu.
"Newspaper? Where did the newspaper come from? I didn't see it. What big thing? Could it be Voldemort's resurrection?" Harry seemed a little confused. Apart from Voldemort's resurrection, he didn't think there would be any noticeable big things that would happen in the wizarding world. Moreover, the branch hat in the middle was still singing the ugly branch hat song loudly, and he couldn't hear what Ron said clearly.
Just now, he was looking at the first-year students in the middle of the hall with great interest. Last year, Harry was surrounded by senior students like these freshmen in front of him, waiting for the branch office nervously and miserably. Especially at that time, there were people maliciously spreading rumors among the freshmen that the branch office hat can also eat people's brains. Harry's mood was so complicated at that time.
Now, the feng shui has changed. Harry Potter has already sat in the second grade position and finally began to turn it into the reverse. He watched the freshmen being in the branch office. This is a very novel experience. So he also learned what the senior students did to him, stared at the freshmen, and stared at the freshmen after seeing who was nervous. When the person felt his sight, he became even more nervous. The more nervous he was the more he looked at the embarrassing expressions of the freshmen. This was a very fun thing.
"Don't tell me, you don't know!!!" After discovering that Harry seemed to be really unaware of it, Ron screamed incredibly. There are still people in the wizarding world who don't know that? Are you still a wizard? He didn't even care. Harry just mentioned the name of the mysterious man in front of him.
He remembered it very clearly. Not long ago, he sent Harry a copy of the Prophet Daily newspaper of the day, which was the one that sold the most popular at the time! Of course, this newspaper was sent after his whole family had read it, and now, Harry said he didn't know? So, where did that newspaper go? For that newspaper, Ron originally wanted to keep it for himself to collect and commemorate it, but after thinking about it, he finally thought about it because he and Harry were friendly comrades, so he endured the pain and sent it to him. However, now Harry said to him that he didn't know?!
Ron's huge voice suddenly aroused dissatisfaction among the Gryffindors around him. Looking at the people around him with threatening or warning gazes, he had to apologize to the surroundings in embarrassment, and then lowered his voice again and leaned against Harry's ear and whispered: "Didn't I send you a daily newspaper of the Prophets a few days ago? Where is it now? Have you not received it? This shouldn't be!"
"Prophet Daily? I didn't see any newspaper during the holiday! Alas, Ron, did I tell you? Never send anything to my uncle Vernon's house with owls! He even bought another double-barrel hunting rifle last year. He didn't welcome any wizarding things into his house. He might really shoot your owl!" Harry was stunned. He did not receive anything from the wizarding world during the holiday.
Even his pet owl Hedwig was kept in a cage by him throughout the holiday and didn't even have the chance to let him go! If Ron really sent him a newspaper, he would definitely have been confiscated by his uncle Vernon or Aunt Penny. It seems that he has missed a lot of interesting things this holiday.
"Of course I remember what you said, don't worry, I actually asked my father to send it to you with their Ministry of Magic's special owl. Even if it is really shot by your uncle, it's okay. It's not my family anyway, and I don't feel sorry if I die!" Ron waved his hand, not caring about his instigation of his father's use of public equipment. Anyway, it's the Ministry of Magic's owl, right? If you die, you'll die, and you don't have to pay him a penalty!
"By the way! I almost forgot to ask, what big thing happened? You made it so mysterious. Could it be that Voldemort was really resurrected?" Harry remembered that before the holiday, Voldemort was just a ghost. Could it be that he really survived in just one summer vacation? Then he was too troublesome, right? It turns out that he is worthy of being the big villain Voldemort.
"Okay, it seems you really don't know... and there is one! Don't mention the mysterious man's name in front of me again!" Hearing the name that I couldn't say, Ron was frightened and shook his head helplessly at Harry, then carefully glanced at Hermione sitting upright beside him, then he came to Harry's ear again and said in a low voice: "This is actually the thing...! Then..."
"Is this unlikely? Snatch, rob the Gringott Wizard Bank? How could such a thing happen?!" After hearing this, Harry's eyes behind his glasses were wide open, his face full of incredible ideas. This matter was much more exciting than Voldemort's resurrection! Then he quickly turned to Hermione on the other side and asked, "How is this possible?! Hermione! Is Ron's words true just now? Are you really involved in the Gringott incident?"
"Hmph!" Hermione snorted coldly and turned her head to the other side. She didn't even think about the two people muttering beside her!
She naturally knew what they were muttering just now, and must have been saying some bad things about her again!
Since the incident at the Gringott Wizard Bank, Hermione has become accustomed to the strange gazes around her and the questions of those who are interested in her. She has actually been very annoyed.
More importantly, some rumors are becoming less and less reliable. Now listen to them, listen to them all! Ron just now said that Hermione was involved in the bank robbing! In fact, the truth should be: Is the bank fairy robbed her money? If they want to know, wouldn’t they go to read the newspaper by themselves? Why do they still ask her?
Hermione had already figured it out. The more she said and explained that, the more she wanted to ask those good people, the more she wanted to ask! The more outrageous it would be! So, she had learned the best way to deal with it! That is: indifference! Ignore! As long as she didn't talk to them and ignored them, the good people would naturally disperse! Her indifference and ignorance were the best counterattack weapon for those rumors! I like to talk, I like to ask, and anyway, Hermione just ignored it! Humph!
Originally, Hermione was thinking of revealing a little bit of the novelty that will happen in Hogwarts this year to her two friends in advance. This was the first-hand news she heard in the principal's office last month. Now, the number of people who know about this is definitely not more than double digits!
However, she suddenly changed her mind now. She would never tell them in advance the two gossip bastards who like to gossip, and would never reveal any little news to them in advance! Who made them mutter and arrange themselves just now?
One thing Ron said is right. Hermione is one of the important participants in the Gringott Wizard Bank incident. She did witness the whole story. But she hated anyone very much. Let's ask her any questions about this matter. After all, she was scared at that time! This matter can be said to be her reverse scale, and no one can touch it! Harry and Ron actually discussed this in front of her, and the boat of friendship was almost overturned!
However, everything has to lose. After Hermione met Anne and was frightened, she also gained a huge gain that was not known to outsiders! Because the next day, at the end of her trip to Hogwarts, especially after knowing that little Anne was temporarily homeless and wandering around, Hermione strongly asked and invited Anne to stay in her house for a month! During this month, Hermione not only learned about Anne's life experience, but also learned a lot of magic knowledge from Anne. These knowledge are good things that are not available in the current wizarding world, and they can't buy it for no amount of money!
But in fact, after Anne lived in Hermione's house for a month, the happiest person was not Hermione, nor Anne, but Hermione's irresponsible father: Mr. Granger! Because, now Mr. Granger is still worried about the large box full of hidden under the bed, and the tens of thousands of Jin Jialongs, which is so happy!
Of course, these gold coins were given to him by Anne! It was said that it was a meeting gift for them to stay at their house, but it would not be possible to accept them! So, since then, Mr. Granger and his wife have been wondering whether it would be cost-effective to exchange them directly at Gringott for pounds? Or would it be more cost-effective to melt them into gold ingots and go to the bank outside of the Muggle World to exchange them? This is a big question worth exploring. They have been studying them for a long time and have not made up their minds.
"Wow! So cool! Okay, Ron, can you tell me more carefully?" After Harry saw Hermione ignore him, he had to turn his head awkwardly and continue asking Ron.
Since Hermione neither denies nor admits this, this matter is definitely true! He didn't know such a big and explosive thing at the first time, which is really a pity! So, he still wanted to continue asking and knowing more specific content.
"Okay! It was said that this was the case at the beginning..." Ron was thinking about continuing to talk to Harry, but found that the Gryffindor students around him suddenly stood up and applauded enthusiastically, especially his two twin brothers, who were whistling loudly and waving their hands to cheer.
It turned out that the branch ceremony had already begun when they were talking just now. Ron's sister, Ginny Weasley, was assigned to the Gryffindor she had always dreamed of, because she was fascinated by someone in Gryffindor every day and night! In fact, it was not too strange that she could be assigned here. After all, the Weasley family seemed to have all belonged to Gryffindor, and this was about to become genetically inherited.
"Harry, let's not talk about it for now. When I go back to the dormitory, I will give you another newspaper of the day. I was a secretly hidden when my father and I went to the Ministry of Magic." Since the branch has begun, Ron is not willing to miss any details. Besides, a sumptuous dinner will be started later. He is not willing to waste time on this topic again.
"Okay, you have to remember!" Since there was an original newspaper for the day after the party, Harry also decided not to worry about this for the time being, so he hurriedly stood up and applauded Ron's sister Ginny.
The branch ceremony continued in an orderly manner. The four major colleges of Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin and Ravenclaw all assigned different numbers of first-year students. As the freshmen took their seats, Professor McGonagall finally removed his chair and branch hats, and the school banquet was about to officially begin!
After receiving a certain instruction, the domestic elves of Hogwarts School began to cast spells, filling the long tables of various colleges with a wide range of high-quality food in an instant! You should know that the dinner at the start of the school party for each semester is the most abundant of the year! So Ron from a poor family and Harry who was abused by his uncle's family for a summer vacation, the two brothers immediately picked up their knives and forks and started to eat very much.
In fact, it cannot be said that it is not rich in normal times, but you should know that all kinds of meat have different prices and tastes. Today, you can eat beef, lamb legs and seafood. Usually, it is good to have pork chops, potatoes and bread! The school’s funds are not unlimited, and they all require selfless sponsorship from shareholders. Where can I eat big fish and meat for you every day for free? This is just a magic school, not a free lunch restaurant for the Ministry of Magic officials. What other treatment do you want?
The first day of school is to give freshmen a good impression, so this day will definitely be more abundant during festivals. This is a matter of face value at Hogwarts Magic School, so you can't be careless! As for your usual days? Cough, eat whatever you have. Anyway, it's enough to ensure nutrition and not starve to death.
While having a feast, some careful students also found that today's teacher seats seemed a bit different from usual, because they found that there were not only Hogwarts professors, but also a particularly striking little blond-haired girl, who also looked very familiar?
When you look closely, the little girl was the protagonist of the Gringott Wizard Bank incident a while ago. The one who is said to be the most powerful wizard in the history of the magic world! It is said that even Dumbledore or the mysterious man is not her opponent, and this statement seems to be reasonable and well-founded.
Because according to the subsequent events in the later Prophet Daily, the little girl's record is very terrifying! In less than an hour, she released twenty or thirty fairy employees in succession, captured or stunned hundreds of Aurors and Gringott guards alive, and finally killed an ancient dragon! Even a mysterious man or Dumbledore could not have such a record, right? So the inference of the little girl's strength came from this.
In fact, a considerable number of students at Hogwarts Magic School are still unwilling to believe that in their opinion, how could a girl of a few years old be more powerful than the most admired and powerful Principal Dumbledore? This is obviously unlikely. It must be that the editors of the newspapers deliberately wrote randomly in order to attract attention. This must be like this!
"Harry, help me, hand me the leg of lamb over there." On the long table of Gryffindor, Ron was still holding a big lobster in his hand, his eyes fixed on the roast lamb next to Harry.
"Oh, OK! I'll give it to you! Please help me get the crabs over there." Harry's eating look was not much better than Ron! He was gnawing on a big chicken leg in his hand.
"Thanks!"
On the side, Hermione, who was originally talking about something in a low voice with a female classmate, silently glanced at the two of them from the corner of her eyes, then moved carefully to the point of being a little further away from them. After smiling crampedly with the classmate who had just been talking, she pretended not to know them, continued to move elegantly, and slowly ate the food on her plate.
Fortunately, the taste is ugly and the scores of the college will not be deducted. Hermione thinks that if the school rules require the taste, Harry and Ron will probably be able to give Gryffindor's bottom to the deductible! Isn't there any position in their heads with the word "shame"?
I'm afraid many people have noticed them now, right? One of them now has lamb legs and lobster legs and the other is chicken legs and crabs. It's just for dinner. Can't we restrain ourselves a little and act more reserved? No one is coming to compete with them! Look at the first-year freshman Ginny sitting opposite her, she probably doesn't want to recognize her brother now, right?
Chapter completed!