This is what Ravenclaw looks like..

Chapter 18 Second Lounge

These bewitching words almost deceived Andrew.

But he couldn't tell what was wrong, he just felt that it shouldn't be like this.

It was not until he walked into the Ravenclaw common room and saw the huge crowd that Andrew finally had an epiphany.

Although the senior who was recruiting people kept giving the illusion that the people trying to enter the Ministry of Magic were the most organized, the largest number of people were still unorganized groups.

Those who were left behind after the selection, those who felt that the ideas were not in line with what they put forward, those who could not get along with the existing group and planned to find like-minded people, and those who were naturally distrustful of the group - these loose talents are the largest group.

The main reason why this matter was exposed so quickly was that the door knocker problem today was too difficult, causing everyone to be stuck outside the lounge.

If it were a normal day, people would have returned to their rooms long ago, with some students staying in the common area of ​​the lounge at most. This matter would probably trouble Andrew for several days, but now, looking at this dark crowd, Andrew only needed to simply multiply the number of freshmen to know what was wrong with what the senior said.

"So, it's not that the Ministry of Magic is the only one that dominates - rather, the entire academy is full of factions, and everyone chooses companions who match their own ideas... Even the Ministry of Magic faction is just the one with the largest number of people..."

Andrew wanted to laugh a little, but he still had to respect the seniors.

"Today's question is - what laws are violated by performing a loud voice on a mandrake in the hall?"

...

What kind of stupid problem is this?

Andrew felt like cursing. Wasn't it said at the dinner table just now that eagle-shaped bronze door knockers usually ask logical riddles?
But after thinking about it for a while, he found that this was not such a bad question - although it looked very stupid, apart from the somewhat ridiculous condition, it still relied on testing students' familiarity with the legal provisions and their awareness of the traps in the provisions.

“There is no solution to this problem.”

The senior Ravenclaw who brought them up thought about it for a moment and then simply gave up.

He turned around and explained to Andrew and the others in a low voice, "Even those guys who study loopholes can't figure this out. The Hogwarts library basically contains various versions of laws. This means that unless you memorize those outdated and messy laws, you can't answer this question at all."

Various versions...

Andrew almost immediately understood the difficulty of this matter.

After several senior students discussed with the class leaders, the class leaders began to announce the plan for tonight - after several class leaders worked together to widen the space at the door, sleeping bags were carried out one after another.

Looking at the senior students' skillful methods, a question came to my mind.

Why are you so skilled? How many times have you slept outside?
I got into Ravenclaw and had a reason to stay out overnight without violating school rules...

"Sorry..." He found a student who looked to be in the third grade nearby and said, "What should I do with my textbooks if I have classes tomorrow?"

"Just answer tomorrow's questions - whether it's taking a shower or taking a textbook. As long as it's past twelve o'clock, the door knocker will change the question in disappointment... If you are still awake at that time, you can go in and deal with it. Or you can wait until you wake up earlier the next day to deal with it. If you need to use the toilet, there is a public toilet on the fifth floor."

“That’s great…”

Andrew exclaimed sincerely.

"After all, this is the experience summarized by so many generations of students - the bathrooms even have hot water supply, but the issue of taking a bath has not been dealt with yet because it involves too much modification."

Very good... Andrew now understood that outside the common room was Ravenclaw's second common room.

"That's great, but I'm still a little worried - what if no one can answer it the next day?" The calm expression of the senior student who was asked by him froze for a moment. After showing obvious helplessness, he sighed and said, "Then I can only explain it to the professor. Although it's not common, it still happens occasionally..."

...

Very good, join Ravenclaw's exclusive course and sleep on the floor.

Although he still had many questions to ask, Andrew discovered that the senior who was so kind to answer was already very sleepy - after all, it took him half a day to get to school by train.

Not to mention him, Andrew, who is usually energetic, felt particularly sleepy today. After a few minutes of silence, he felt his eyelids fighting.

He didn't even have the energy to look for his roommates - many freshmen had already found a corner and crawled into their sleeping bags to fall asleep.

"That's it..."

He also found a position that was not too bad, crawled into the sleeping bag, and fell asleep directly.

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“I’m so sleepy…”

In front of the door knocker, the prefects and some senior students from the house groups were yawning and waiting for time to pass.

"I'm really jealous of freshmen who can fall asleep right away..."

Looking at the sleeping bags scattered all over the floor, a class leader leaned against the wall and spoke in an envious tone.

Not every Ravenclaw can happily lie there and wait for dawn.

Even if the questions are reset after midnight, they cannot be figured out in a short time - in most cases, the questions require some time to think about before they can be solved, and then the answers will be distributed.

If you understand the idea behind the question, or remember the answer very well, then you can enter and leave freely today. If you have neither, then you can only wait for someone to take you in.

In Ravenclaw, which values ​​wisdom, as long as you solve a few questions that no one else can answer, students will naturally admire you - simple and crude, but recognized by all students.

If you can't even let anyone into the lounge, who would trust you to do anything else with others?

Therefore, even if you are a class leader, after losing several opportunities to perform at the opening ceremony, you will gradually lose your prestige - therefore, although everyone talks about it, no one is willing to actually stay in the sleeping bag.

"Okay, it's past twelve!"

The captain of the Quidditch team checked the time, yawned, and stood in front of the door knocker.

"Among a hundred Snitches, there is one defective one. There is only one brass scale and no weights. How many times do you need to find the defective one?"

New questions were raised.

After making sure that everyone had heard it, the captain of the college team yawned and guessed a number at random, then said hello to everyone and went to bed happily - as long as the college team won, everyone would ignore other problems.

Wrong answer - he lost the right to answer the question today, but it was not a big problem, he came here to test the question, and now his work was done.

Amid the envious gazes of a group of people, he crawled into his sleeping bag and fell into a happy dream.

(End of this chapter)