The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 389 Dinner
After the carriage moved, Hermione cast her gaze forward.Looking boredly at the animals that were only found between the empty poles last year.They are somewhat reptile-like in appearance, with dragon-like heads.There is no flesh on their bodies, the black fur is tightly attached to the skeleton, and every bone is clearly visible.The pupilless eyes were white and staring intently.Bat-like wings sprouted from the bump between the shoulder bones.

"I really don't understand, these carriages can be driven by magic, why did the school use these terrible magical animals to pull them?" Hermione said to Ryan, she thought these animals looked a little scary, and she didn't know why the school Use them to pull carts for students.

"You have to know that magic can't be created out of thin air. If you want these carriages to move forward automatically, the cost of the carriage will increase a lot. It's not worthwhile to do this for a carriage that is only used a few times a year." Ryan explained.

"Cost? Wait, this doesn't sound magical at all, although it is very realistic." Hermione nodded thoughtfully when she said this. "And I think it's a good thing that I can see them in this situation, at least I can be prepared for this. Unfortunately, the little wizards who can see them in the future will also be more and more Many."

When the Thestrals drove into Hogwarts and stopped in front of the castle, Ryan jumped out of the carriage and walked into the hall.The hall was very warm, Ryan and the others found Harry Ron and Ginny sitting together in the middle of the Gryffindor table, and sat down on the empty seat opposite them.

"Ryan, I saw a strange creature in front of the carriage, but neither Ron nor Ginny saw it. Do you know what's going on?" Harry hurried over and asked as soon as Ryan sat down. Enha Jinni also pricked up her ears and listened.

"Cedric didn't hang up last year." Ryan's first reaction was actually thinking about this, and then he recalled that he killed Crouch and Peter in front of Harry last year, and he was equivalent to seeing death.So Ryan repeated what he had just told Hermione in the carriage.

After helping Harry with science, Ryan looked at the teaching staff.Hagrid had gone to the giants this year, as evidenced by the absence of the oversized chair on the staff bench.Other than that, other professors are doing as usual.

The only newcomer was Umbridge, a short, stout man with short, curly taupe hair tied in a big, ugly pink bow, and the fluffy dress she wore over her robes. Matching pink cardigan.But seriously, her age is really not suitable for this kind of girlishness.

Dumbledore, in dark purple robes studded with silver stars and a matching hat, sat next to her in the gold high-backed chair, tilting his head toward Umbridge, who was facing his Ears speak.

At this time, Professor Graplan came out from the small door behind the teaching chair, walked to the end of the table, and sat in the seat where Hagrid was originally sitting.That said, the first-years must have made it across the lake to the castle.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, the door leading to the hall opened, and a long line of first-year students who seemed to be in shock walked into the auditorium led by Professor McGonagall.Professor McGonagall was holding a stool in his hand, on which lay an ancient wizard's hat, patched and patched, with a wide slit at the frayed brim.

The hum of conversation in the auditorium gradually died down.First-year students line up at the staff desks, facing students from other grades.Professor McGonagall carefully placed the stool in front of them, then stepped back.

All the teachers and students in the school waited with bated breath.Then, the slit by the brim opened like a mouth, and the Sorting Hat sang this year's song. "...Oh, know the danger, read the omens, the lessons of history warn us, our Hogwarts is in danger, and enemies outside the school are watching. We must be closely united within, or everything will fall apart from within ..."

After the hat finished speaking, it remained motionless again.There was applause from all around, but whispers were mixed in, because the song of the Sorting Hat this year was unusual, and usually only introduced the origins of the four colleges and the reason for the sorting.But this time the Sorting Hat issued a direct warning, which the students present had never encountered before.

Good thing the ghosts know something, and headless Nick tells them the Sorting Hat will give the school a proper warning when it feels it has a moral duty to do so, which has happened historically, but not in a good way sign.

"The black clouds are overwhelming the city! I just hope that this time, fewer people will die than before." Ryan thought silently.At this time, Professor McGonagall announced the list of first-year freshmen, everyone's attention was quickly diverted, and the buzzing discussions in the auditorium stopped abruptly.Professor McGonagall frowned and glanced at the four tables again, then looked down at the long piece of parchment in his hand, and called out the first name. "Euan Abercrombie."

Slowly, the long team of first-year freshmen shortened a little bit, and the four colleges had already accepted many new students. Finally, Ross Zeller was sorted into Hufflepuff. Professor McGonagall picked up his hat and The stool strode away, at which point Professor Dumbledore rose to announce the start of dinner.

The dinner was as sumptuous as ever, and after the meal, Dumbledore began to arrange some things as in previous years.But when he was speaking, Umbridge interrupted with a cough.

Ryan only observed her face at this time, and it can only be said that compared with the movie, the movie actors chosen at that time were definitely beautified.The real Umbridge had a pale, toad-like face and bulging eyes with drooping lids.It makes people extremely uncomfortable after watching it.

And her voice was high, high-pitched and breathy, like a little girl's voice, which made her nausea even deeper.And her tone of treating all the students as five-year-old children attracted the disgust of all the students, but she didn't care at all, and began to recite a speech in a rigid tone.

""The Ministry of Magic has always believed that the education of young wizards is a very important thing.Some of the precious gifts you are born with can be fruitless if they are not cultivated and exercised under careful and careful guidance.An ancient art unique to the wizarding world, which must be passed on from generation to generation, or it will disappear—”

Such unnutritious words quickly made everyone lose interest, and the attention of the little wizards began to gradually disperse.Compared with the silence when Professor Dumbledore spoke, the auditorium seemed a little noisy now.

"——Let us continue to move forward and enter an enlightened, efficient and reasonable new era, firmly maintain what should be maintained, improve what needs to be improved, and abandon what we should prohibit." After ten minutes, the lengthy and boring speech finally it's over.Dumbledore began to applaud politely, and the other teachers followed suit.Because most of the students were wandering off in their thoughts, only a few people applauded.

"This guy is the one who destroyed the dementors in front of a jury." Harry said to Ryan and the others. "By the way, what did she just say? It sounds like a lot of nonsense to me."

"There are important things hidden in the nonsense." Ryan said, "It seems that the lessons given to the Ministry of Magic during the holidays are not enough. Their goal now is to start a full-scale war with Dumbledore, and even extend their dirty hands to the school inside."

Harry and Ron had expressions of ignorance, but Ryan had no time to explain to them. There was a sound of collisions of tables, chairs and benches all around. Obviously, Dumbledore had announced the dismissal of the teachers and students of the school, because everyone stood up and prepared to leave the auditorium.

"It's time for us to show the way to the first-year students. See you later." After speaking, Ryan and Hermione stood up and shouted: "First-year students! Come here and gather."

Seeing that they were so busy, Harry and Ron could only temporarily give up the idea of ​​getting to the bottom of it, shrugged and walked towards the Gryffindor Tower.

(End of this chapter)