Hogwarts Wasteland: The Witch from the Borderlands

The wand selection was a minor incident for first-year students, and the day after it ended, the new students would officially begin classes.

However, because of Hermione's outstanding performance, not only the first-year students but also many older students learned that there was a Muggle witch among the new students who almost killed young Malfoy.

This is no small matter. Lucius has been the head of Slytherin for several years, and his authority has gradually taken root in the hearts of the young wizards. When everyone learned that his child was going to attend the school, they all thought that Draco would be the brightest star of this year's class, even surpassing Harry, who is also the child of a professor, after all, Mrs. Potter is only a Potions professor.

"I bet he'll give you a piece of his mind in the Anti-Wizard Techniques class," Ron said to Hermione, his mouth full of food.

"Old Malfoy isn't a magnanimous man, especially since you almost killed his son!"

"If he dares to do anything bad, we'll go find Professor McGonagall; he seems quite afraid of her," Harry suggested. The biggest impact of the wands going out of control is that everyone has to bring all sorts of strange and unusual things to their meals.

For example, right now, Harry's stool is next to a heavy steel flail, making him look like a medieval cavalryman who has just come off the battlefield.

Hermione's long staff was even more troublesome in a way, so she had to lay it flat on the stool, where all three of them could touch it.

Hermione also saw an older student whose wand was a trombone. He blew it all the way from the corridor to the Great Hall, and many pink bubbles came out of the trombone and burst into colorful fireworks.

Then a round-headed cane flew out and pinned his collar to the wall. The caretaker, Filch, arrived methodically and brought him to justice.

It's worth mentioning that Hermione didn't sense any magical power from this well-dressed, humble, and polite administrator, who resembled a pre-war British gentleman. Instead, she greatly admired his exquisite throwing skills.

Imagine this: the polite old British butler, with his neatly combed slicked-back hair, standing there like a javelin, a confident yet humble smile on his face, unfazed even if Mount Tai collapses before him: "It's alright, I'll take care of it."

More importantly, he also has a well-behaved, affectionate, beautiful, and sweet-voiced cat named Mrs. Loris.

This is absolutely killer for housewives!

It is said that many older girls still harbor feelings for Filch even after graduation, but this old gentleman rejected them all, seemingly single-mindedly devoted to serving Hogwarts and not considering his own personal life at all.

"What was our first lesson?"

"It's Transfiguration class. It's been around for many years. It's said that Professor McGonagall specially arranged it, and she's the first teacher for all freshmen," Ron said.

"Then we need to get to the classroom quickly. Percy said that all the staircases at Hogwarts change, and freshmen can easily get lost," Harry reminded him.

"He's never told me who his brother is!" the red-haired boy muttered in dissatisfaction.

"We always act together, you just don't care what your brothers say!" Harry bluntly exposed him.

"Speaking of which, did you guys even look at the books beforehand? I haven't seen our textbooks yet." Hermione finally asked the question. According to some not-so-common sense, you always need books to attend class, right?

"The professors will give them to us," Harry explained. "In fact, because the cost of acquiring books is too high, textbook printing only begins each year after the number of new students has been determined. So we'll receive all the textbooks in Professor McGonagall's class."

"Of course, this isn't free. In return, the young wizards will have to work for Hogwarts for a period of time during the holidays as payment."

Yes, even in this wasteland-like world, Hogwarts still has long holidays. Children from wizarding families can return to their parents, while Muggle-born children mostly choose to travel with the professors, similar to work-study programs. They provide whatever help they can, while the professors teach them knowledge about how to survive in the apocalypse that they cannot learn in school.

It's not that they don't want to go home, but most Muggle wizards are not accepted by their original families. The war between wizards and Muggles destroyed the trust between the two. Most of the professors' recruitment activities start by snatching children and running away, or rescuing children who were almost burned at the stake from the stake. During this time, they also have to face the pursuit of Death Eaters. Even the most elite professors are often left looking disheveled.

"So why do Death Eaters always appear with Hogwarts?" This was something Hermione didn't understand. She remembered that she felt the earth tremble first, and then the Death Eaters broke into the settlement, which meant that Hogwarts was already not far away at that time.

"It's the Green Flame Party." Harry said grimly. "My mother said they're a bunch of thugs!"

"After that world-destroying war, a man who was almost as powerful as the Black Demon King of the Malachi Party suddenly rose to prominence."

“Voldemort!” Ron interjected. “He was originally Dumbledore’s best student, but after the world was destroyed by war, he began to reveal his ambition.”

"He first founded an organization called the Death Eaters, with the ideal of transcending death, attempting to research a way to achieve immortality. At that time, it was just an interest group whose morality was hard to discern." Harry recalled his mother's words: "But as time went on, no one knew what he had researched. All that was known was that his strength grew stronger and stronger, and his behavior became more and more brutal. He even seized a piece of land from the goblins as a base and established a villainous organization called the Green Flame Party."

"They commit all sorts of evil deeds. Wizards, Muggles, and goblins alike have all suffered at their hands, and each of them is highly skilled in killing curses. That green light and shadow has almost become their trademark," Ron added. "In the forests of Albania, eerie green flames burn almost every day."

"Later, for some reason, Voldemort suddenly came to the school, fought with Dumbledore, and stole the Pen of Acceptance," Harry explained. "That was a magical artifact left behind by the four founders of Hogwarts. Along with the Book of Admission, it was used to determine whether a young wizard was qualified to enroll. Because of this, Dumbledore had to spend a lot of money to make a new Pen of Acceptance."

"But from then on, Voldemort would also receive a list of students that Hogwarts wanted to admit, but because the criteria for the Pen of Admission were too lenient, many Squibs would also be mixed in."

"But to this day, no one knows why the seemingly insane Voldemort suddenly started slaughtering young wizards. Perhaps he cast a killing curse on his own head?"

"As for why the Death Eaters always appear with Hogwarts," Harry shrugged, "it's because Hogwarts' routes always try to be as close as possible to the new students. You know the world is too big; if it's too far away, even the professors might not be able to take care of all the children."

"My mother gets injured almost every year around this time, and my father has tried to persuade her many times, but it's no use," Harry said angrily. "If I ever run into those Death Eaters, I'll smash their heads in!" He swung his flail and almost fell down the stairs, but Hermione caught him with her staff.