Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 566 Dumbledore's Nagging

Tyrell simply smiled, neither confirming nor denying Hermione's question, offering no further comment.

After answering a few more questions, Tierra, who was presiding over the Sorting Ceremony in the middle of the aisle, waved her hand, signaling the transfer students to go and sit at their respective house tables.

"You...you assigned all those guys to Gryffindor!?" Hermione muttered in shock, her eyes wide with disbelief.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione all saw Sergei Ivanov, Avdegrunia, Lomon Losov, Kuragin, and Bakhkalla Adenauer walk toward the Gryffindor long table.

“Of course, these are the most dangerous people, and I definitely have to keep an eye on them personally,” Tierra said. “The four of them share a dormitory with me.”

"Live with you?" Harry asked in surprise. "What about your bed?"

“I’m sorry, Harry, I really wanted to catch up with my old roommates, but there are always unexpected things. When I saw you over the summer, I guessed that Durmstrang might not cooperate, but I never imagined they would be this uncooperative.” Tyella sighed and said helplessly, “They even managed to pull someone out of Belwuf for the rest of their life and put them in here.”

As they were talking, the four long tables were laden with delicious food: roast beef, roast chicken, fried sausages, stews, casseroles, pork chops, shepherd's pie, steak, Cornish pies, lamb chops, sausages, bacon steak, steak and kidney pudding, steak and kidney pie, black pudding, sandwiches, turkey legs, bread, marshmallows, flatbread, roasted pumpkin, roasted potatoes, English roasted potatoes, boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, fries, Yorkshire pudding, mint hard candy, peas, bean sprouts, carrots, gravy, ketchup, flaky egg tarts, and more. The young wizards, especially those from poorer families, were stunned by the sight of the food on the first day at the magic school. If their companions hadn't reminded them, they would have even forgotten to pick up a bite.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, the leftovers on the long table disappeared, and delicious snacks such as ice cream, apple pie, honey candy pie, raisin pudding, chocolate lava puffs, Colombian cake, fried jam donuts, Kleef's cake, strawberries, jelly, and rice pudding appeared.

"Now that everyone has eaten and drunk their fill..." Dumbledore stood up again and said, "Let me once again, on behalf of Hogwarts, welcome all the new and old students to the Hogwarts family, and wish you all a happy year at Hogwarts."

"...Of course, our gatekeeper, Mr. Filch, has asked me to issue a ban on bringing any prank toys purchased from a shop called Weasley's Wizarding Tricks. Those who wish to join the House Quidditch team this school year, please submit your names to your Head of House as usual. We also need to recruit a new commentator for the games; those interested should also report their names to the Head of House." Dumbledore, as usual, rattled off various rules and regulations.

“Oh, right, besides that…” Dumbledore gently patted his forehead and said, “Our new professor, Professor Tyrell, asked us to remind everyone…”

As Dumbledore spoke, he glanced at Tyella, who was sitting in the teachers' seat.

Tierra smiled politely in return.

"As you all know now, Voldemort and his followers have regrouped, and their power is growing stronger."

Dumbledore's news did not cause much of a stir among the students. After all, the news of Voldemort's resurrection had already been widely reported in newspapers such as the Daily Prophet over the past few months.

Moreover, for most students who did not experience that dark period of turmoil, the name Voldemort was not as intimidating as failing a final exam.

"According to information from the Magical Union, Voldemort is clearly plotting some terrible attack or conspiracy," Dumbledore said. "Although there is no evidence yet that Voldemort will target Hogwarts, it never hurts to be prepared, does it?"

"I cannot say with certainty how dangerous our situation is, nor can I guarantee how much caution we need to be to ensure our safety. The magical barriers of Hogwarts Castle have been constantly repaired and strengthened throughout the summer. We have implemented many new and stronger measures to protect the castle, but we must still carefully look after each student so that they do not get into trouble due to carelessness. Therefore, I urge everyone here to strictly abide by the rules set forth by your teachers, no matter how annoying you find them—especially the rule that you are not allowed to wander around at night. If any of you notice anything suspicious or strange happening in the castle, please report it to your teacher immediately. I believe that for your own safety and the safety of others, you will all abide by the rules," Dumbledore murmured.

Dumbledore glanced at the students present with his blue eyes, and once again smiled and said:
"Your beds are ready now, and I assure you they will be as warm and comfortable as you expect. Your priority now is to get a good rest for tomorrow's classes. Let's say goodnight now."

More than two thousand students stood up and began to crowd out of the hall and head towards their dormitories. Because the number of students was several times greater than usual, the students moved the benches and scraped them on the floor, making a deafening noise.

Because Hermione and Ron were student leaders, they had to lead several hundred little sprouts and a few ill-intentioned transfer students to the Gryffindor dormitories—

“Um…you, you guys, your dorm room…the dorm room should be further up…” After arranging the little sprouts in one room after another, Ron pointed somewhat nervously at the four remaining transfer students, Sergei Ivanov, Avdegrunia, Lomonrosov Kuragin, and Bakhkalla Adenauer, and said.

“Thank you, Prefect,” Sergei Ivanov said with a smile.

"Um... if you don't have anything else, I'll be going now." After saying that, Ron ran back to his dormitory as if he were escaping.

Seeing Ron escape, Sergei Ivanov smiled mysteriously, then turned and walked upstairs, pushing open the door to his dormitory room—

"Hello, new roommates." Tiera, who was half-reclined on the bed, suddenly jumped up and said with a smile.

Sergei Ivanov's enigmatic smile froze instantly.

(End of this chapter)