364 New songs, new students, new professors

364 New songs, new students, new professors

Why does it have to be Lucius Malfoy?

The son of a prisoner?

Although he did not see Ted in the auditorium, Callan could also imagine how disappointed he was with Principal Dumbledore - just the year before, Ted was almost killed by Lucius in the Forbidden Forest. But he watched helplessly as he became a professor in the school!

Principal Dumbledore is such an old fool!

Lucius Malfoy obviously noticed something strange about the students - not everyone knew what he had done in the Forbidden Forest, but everyone knew that he became the son of a fugitive - the Ministry of Magic also Abraxas Malfoy, his father, who escaped from Azkaban, was not caught.

But Lucius just faced the students' reaction indifferently. He didn't say hello to anyone, not even the Snakes of Slytherin. Today's Snakes are led by the seventh-grade Carrow brothers and sisters. Hughes's reaction was a little confused, but he still seemed excited - which at least wouldn't be a bad thing for them.

Callan separated from Snape and Lily and walked over to sit down at the long Hufflepuff table.After a while, Steve and Guspard, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, also found him.

"Did you see it? Did you see it?"

As soon as Steve came up, he kept yelling and pointing his finger in the direction of the teacher's desk: "Lucius is sitting there. It's really strange. He has been missing for so long."

"A whole year." Gespard was also staring at Lucius: "After the Malfoy Manor was raided, he disappeared for a whole year. This was also the time when Abraxas Malfoy was imprisoned. Azkaban time. As soon as he escaped from prison, Lucius became the professor of the school - this crazy move is no less than letting a werewolf be our teacher. What did the principal think? "

Karan was silent for a while, and he suddenly thought of something - if Lucius showed up, would he be the one who ordered Dobby to steal?

As a member of the Malfoy family, Lucius definitely has this ability.

But in this way, Principal Dumbledore's decision to recruit Lucius becomes even more suspicious - Callan inevitably thought of his elder wand, which was the only reason the principal might do this.

At this time, the fat monk, the ghost of Hufflepuff's college, flew over unsteadily. His whole body was translucent and glowing with pearly white, and he was still wearing the simple monk's uniform.

"Good evening," he said with a smile.

"It's not good at all." Steve said angrily, still feeling dissatisfied with Lucius's appearance - he had learned about the Acromantula incident from Karan, and knew that it almost killed him Extraordinary.

"Hey, you're really angry."

The fat monk still said with a smile, and he could guess the reason for the students' dissatisfaction: "As the principal of Hogwarts, Dumbledore always has to make many difficult decisions, and a professor who is often absent from the position It’s not that easy to add – you have to find a new teacher every year, and there will always be some – well, controversial guys, and occasionally some wizards who are not good at academics. For example, Dorcas, we were all dismissed at the beginning She was shocked, she just graduated and became a professor at the school, Lucius had at least a year longer than him."

"Unless we figure out what he did during the year he disappeared." Steve was still muttering dissatisfied.

Karan gave the fat monk a helpless look - such a strong bad impression was difficult to get rid of with just a few words, so the fat monk had no choice but to waddle away again.

Then Callan turned his attention to Cassandra the Prophet - it was the first time Callan had seen her since being taken to Hogwarts Castle in advance.She was still wearing the witch robe with a crystal ball pattern printed on it. Due to her blindness, her eyes were all white, which made her look a little oozing.

It is really hard to imagine that Cassandra the Prophet (1894) is younger than Principal Dumbledore (1881). In other words, except for the long white beard under his chin, Principal Dumbledore actually looks younger. many.

Callan looked at the staff table more carefully. The short Professor Flitwick who taught their Charms class was sitting on a large pile of cushions. Next to him was Professor Sprout, the Herbology teacher. Her hat was tilted on her head. On his long gray hair - Karan suddenly remembered that he had not applied for the application to go to Hogsmeade Village. Students without guardians like him were done by the dean of the college on their behalf. This was how Meadows was able to go there on the weekend. Hogsmeade.

Dean McGonagall's vacant position is on the other side of Professor Sprout - I don't know if she will hate the Cassandra Prophet as much as she hates Sybil in the future, but their current Divination professor has genuine skills. The third eye - but on the other hand, divination has always been known for being not rigorous enough, and it is not even as good as arithmetic divination. This is completely different from the relatively most "scientific" transfiguration in magic.

In addition, Callan also noticed that Dean Slughorn's expression was a little uneasy. He deliberately tilted his fat body to sit farther away from Lucius - this was because of his father. Or is it just because of Lucius, the missing person?

"I'm hungry."

Steve said, holding his stomach. He looked longingly at the empty plate in front of him, hoping that rich food would appear on it out of thin air.

"It's almost there." Gaspard glanced in the direction of the auditorium door: "Professor McGonagall should be arriving soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the auditorium opened and everyone immediately fell silent.Professor McGonagall led a long row of first-year students to the top of the auditorium.Only then did Karan remember that it was raining heavily outside - all the freshmen were soaked in water. They didn't look like they were taking a ferry, but they seemed to have swum from the lake.

They stood in a row along the staff table, stopped, and faced the entire school.They were all trembling with cold and nervousness - except the smallest girl - who Callan recognized as Sybill Trelawney, and thought she had also arrived with Cassandra the Seer. Hogwarts Castle, I don't know if she went to the lake to experience the tradition of taking a boat for new students, but there was no rain on her body, and although she still looked a little dazed, she was very refreshing.

At this time, Professor McGonagall placed a three-legged stool on the ground in front of the new students, and placed a tattered, dirty, and patched wizard's hat on the stool.The first-year students stared at it blankly.Others looked at it too.For a moment, there was silence in the auditorium.Then a crack near the brim opened like a mouth, and the hat suddenly sang:

That was more than 1000 years ago,

I was just knitted into shape.

Four famous wizards,

They come together by fate,

Get rid of narrow prejudices and dissent,

Build the greatest wizarding school in the world - Hogwarts.

Four colleges were thus established,

Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin.

This may be a coincidence, or it may be God's will.

The two academies eventually disagreed.

Just like you think,

Godric and Salazar broke off their friendship.

But who can say for sure about this kind of thing?

The living founder left the school, but the college remained.

Slytherin is still here,

But who knew it was Gryffindor who made the decision first?

Yes, that's my brave, determined, but stubborn master.

This is the testimony of true friendship.

They know how to respect each other,

Even if we never meet again, I would like to send you my blessings.

The same goes for Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff;

The friendship between women is not weaker than that between men, but more resilient.

Well, this is the story of distant times.

Now put me on your heads,

See where you really belong.

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After the Sorting Hat finished singing, there was warm applause in the auditorium.

"This song is really good!" Steve said cheerfully: "It sounds much more interesting than the song last year!"

"It's also more meaningful..."

Gaspard and Karan looked at each other silently, and they both saw the same meaning in each other's eyes - as a hat that stays in the principal's office all year round, the Sorting Hat must know more things than the students. .Could it be that the content of the lyrics was also Headmaster Dumbledore's idea - that this was a reconciliation between Gryffindor and Slytherin?

However, this still seems too weird. Even if Headmaster Dumbley can be compared with Gryffindor, Lucius is far from Salazar Slytherin - both in terms of magic level and the courage to do so. Dare to be style.You know, Salazar wanted to prevent the curse of Tiao Tiao Cao from affecting his daughter Obscurus, but he never saw her again until her death.

At this time, McGonagall unfolded a large roll of parchment.

“Whoever’s name I call puts his hat on his head and sits on a stool,” she told the first-year students. “When the hat announces the house, he goes and sits at the appropriate table.

The sorting ceremony for the new students has finally begun. Karan and many people are very concerned about this ceremony that has been passed down for thousands of years. Whenever a new student is sorted into Hufflepuff, Karan will applaud vigorously to express his heartfelt gratitude. Welcome - he loves his house especially, and the reason has never changed, all because of what Ms. Hufflepuff said -

I have to teach many people and treat them all equally.

Just because of this, Callan felt that Hufflepuff was much nobler than the other three founders - because he himself was a Muggle-born.If it weren't for Ms. Hufflepuff's insistence, he might not have been able to come to Hogwarts in person, let alone learn magical magic.

This was unbearable for Karan - otherwise his happiest memory wouldn't be discovering that he was a wizard when summoning the Patronus.

After passing through a lot of unfamiliar names, Karan finally saw Sybill Trelawney sitting on the three-legged bench. She was far less nervous than the others. On the contrary, Cassandra the Prophet was even more nervous. More solemnly, she straightened her back and waited silently for the Sorting Hat to call out the name of the college.

"Ravenclaw!"

The Sorting Hat finally shouted. Sybil took off her hat and walked slowly towards the long table of Ravenclaw House. Nothing seemed to surprise her.

Pandora and Lovegood, two third-year students, warmly welcomed Sybil - her blank attitude made many students who clapped vigorously feel a little embarrassed, so Pandora simply asked her to sit next to her.

Callan couldn't hear what they were saying, but he could see Cassandra Seer smile a little - which seemed like a good outcome for her.

"Barty Crouch!"

Another familiar name made Karan immediately look at the freshmen team - a thin boy came out. He nervously walked to the sorting hat, fearful and not knowing what to do.

That was Barty Crouch Jr., the Death Eater pretending to be Moody in the future. He had a powerful father, Barty Crouch Sr., who now holds an important position in the Department of Legal Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic.But little Barty feels that he is the same as the great master Voldemort - his father's existence has no effect on them, which makes him increase his sense of belonging to the Death Eaters and is better than other Death Eaters who are forced to join. Be more loyal.

In short, this is a little boy who lacks father's love.

"Slytherin!"

As expected, little Barty was still sorted into Slytherin House. The prefects, the Carlo brothers, welcomed him with wild roars, looking like two stupid trolls, which scared little Barty.

Gradually, the line of freshmen became shorter and shorter, and with the last freshman being sorted into Hufflepuff, the sorting ceremony finally came to an end.

"No matter who he is as our new professor, he won't stop me from having a great meal!"

Steve said as he grabbed the knife and fork and stared at the gold plate in front of him.

Professor Dumbledore stood up.He looked at all the classmates with a smile, opened his arms and made a welcome gesture.

"I only have two words to say to you," he said, his rich voice echoing in the auditorium, "Eat!"

The empty plate was suddenly filled with food. Steve served a large pile of mashed potatoes, and Gaspard immediately grabbed a piece of steak. There were many snacks on the train, but they were still not as sumptuous as the dinner in front of him.

Callan wasn't that hungry - Mrs. Prince had made a sumptuous dinner for him and Snape in advance, and living in Hogsmeade always had its perks.

He slowly picked up a French fries, dipped it in ketchup and asked Gaspard, "How was your vacation?"

During the entire summer vacation, he had the least contact with Guspard, but Guspard had changed the most - he had lost weight, which made Steve envious.

"good."

Gaspard grabbed the napkin twice, wiped the grease from his hands and pushed up his glasses - it seemed that he would not be able to speak properly if he did not do this.

"The research is making good progress, especially related to those powders. I saw your letter about the mysterious blood magic, which has been of great help to my research direction."

"What about the basilisk's skin?" Steve quickly swallowed the food in his mouth and asked quietly. This was much more important than those powders. After all, it was something that even the mysterious man wanted.

"This will not go so smoothly." Gaspard shook his head and said, "And the molting is still with my parents, so it is not my turn to study it. But no matter what, it is very difficult to make parchment."

"Remember to hide your Marauder's Map. I feel it will definitely play a big role."

One of the raw materials for the Marauder's Map is the basilisk's shed skin, and according to Gaspard, the shed skin used to make the Marauder's Map is much larger and older than the one in the Chamber of Secrets, and can be traced back to the ancient Greek period at most - or It was the dark wizard Despicable Herbo.

Karan nodded silently - he always carries such important things with him, otherwise the thief Dobby would have discovered him long ago.

"By the way, what's going on with Loch Ness?" He turned to Steve and asked, "Were you there when Mr. Newt went to confirm?"

Steve knew that Karan was still doubting Bock. He nodded honestly and said: "My dad did take me with him when he went to Loch Ness. I also saw the Loch Ness Monster with my own eyes - it was really big, bigger than the fire dragon. It's so huge that it's not easy to take it away. And I was there when the monster answered the question. I remember my dad wrote you a reply - as he said in the letter, the monster never left Loch Ness. This is what he said himself."

Gaspard listened silently to the conversation between the two, and he also figured out Callan's guess that Bock was the accomplice in rescuing Abraxas, and he even went to Azkaban through the Loch Ness Monster. On the small island.

"Whimsical." He simply commented: "But it is not completely impossible. For example, Bock hid his strength, quietly moved the water monster away and brought it back again, and finally eliminated it - oh, I forgot, the Forgetting Curse has no effect on the water monster. If magic beasts don’t work, then Bock has taught the water monster to lie, and the water monster is still willing to listen to Bock.”

"Stop joking." Karan waved his hand impatiently: "I don't think even Principal Dumbledore can do this kind of thing. Even a famous magizoologist like Mr. Newt can't let the world The biggest water monster is obedient."

"That's true." Steve nodded in agreement: "The Scamander family's ability to communicate with magical animals is not unlimited. It is said that my father suffered a lot when he tamed the Ukrainian Iron Belly during the war. You guys You two have to remember this, don’t accidentally provoke any animals that are difficult to resist, and I won’t be able to help you deal with it then.”

"As long as I remember it." Gaspard stared directly at Karan and said, "After all, I haven't faced a large group of Acromantulas and basilisks, maybe even a transformed werewolf. Can’t even deal with it. Are you right, the famous Karan?”

Karan used the eye-rolling trick again, and Steve exclaimed that it was wonderful and asked for another one.

Finally, the dinner ended with the sound of full stomachs, the food on the plates disappeared one after another, and the students tried hard to keep themselves from dozing off.

They all looked in the direction of the teachers' table and focused on Principal Dumbledore, knowing that the main event was finally coming.

Introducing new professors.

And Lucius Malfoy, who watched all this indifferently.