The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Students sitting near him started asking him about the promotional video.

“I really like the promotional video that Scott and his team made this time,” he told the students. “It’s a great idea.”

His words piqued everyone's curiosity, making them even more eager to see for themselves.

"Let's get started, Scott!"

"That's right. Although it's not yet 8:00 PM as agreed, since everyone is already here, let's just release them!"

"Eddie, you release it!"

The students started urging them on.

Scott didn't care; the reason he decided on the time with everyone was simply so that no one would miss it.

Just as he was about to stand up and agree, Milton reached out and stopped him.

"Please wait a moment," he said. "Since a time has been set, let's proceed according to the set time."

He still places great importance on the sense of ritual in life.

Scott satisfied his obsessive-compulsive disorder and sat down steadily again.

This made the others even more anxious.

Eddie quickly ran over and said some kind words.

Professor Flitwick, however, watched with amusement as everyone urged him on, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Chapter 354 Watching, Inquiring, and Selling

With everyone in Ravenclaw waiting with slight dissatisfaction, 8:00 PM finally arrived.

As Scott rose and waved his wand, the image playing on a loop in the large mirror hanging on the wall gradually disappeared, and the mirror turned completely black.

Everyone in the common room fell silent, looking expectantly at the mirror.

As soothing music began, the Ravenclaw emblem slowly emerged against a dark background, becoming increasingly clear.

A familiar song began to play.

Camera angle change.

"If you are clever, you may belong to the wisdom of Ravenclaw, where wise and learned people will always find their kindred spirits."

The first thing to appear in the frame was a tattered wizard's hat. Although it was rarely seen, everyone present was very familiar with it.

It's the Sorting Hat!

It sang a verse from "The Sorting Hat" about Ravenclaw in the video.

This footage was "filmed" by Scott shamelessly in the headmaster's office, and of course, Dumbledore did not object.

"Why would I think it sounded better than during the academy ceremony?"

"I feel so too."

Listening to his classmates' discussion, Scott smiled and gave Milton, who was sitting next to him, a thumbs up.

There's a reason why the Sorting Hat's singing has become better.

Who would have thought that Milton, who was once bursting with inspiration and had an exceptionally strong creative desire, would be so bored as to create a soundtrack for "The Sorting Hat Song" from their first year of school?

After a short segment of "The Sorting Hat Song," the image of the Sorting Hat fades out, and the reflection of a girl appears in the mirror.

"Welcome to Ravenclaw School."

Penelope Crivate is a prefect who is now in seventh grade.

She stood smiling at the foot of the Ravenclaw Tower, dressed in a very formal school uniform, her smooth brown hair shimmering in the sunlight.

This scene looked as if she were welcoming new students to Ravenclaw.

The camera moves away from Penelope, as if following the perspective of an eagle, spiraling upwards along the tower.

Penelope's voice rang out again; at Scott's invitation, she had provided narration.

"The representative animal of our college is an eagle, soaring high at an unparalleled peak."

A chilling cry of an eagle rang out, and a majestic eagle appeared in the frame, its broad wings outstretched as it circled high above the tower.

Our signature colors are sky blue and bronze.

The soaring eagle descended, its sharp talons gripping the top of the flagpole. Beneath its wings, the sky-blue and bronze flag fluttered atop the tower.

"Our common room is located at the top of Ravenclaw Tower, hidden behind a door with a magical knocker."

"Through the arched windows of the circular common room, one can enjoy a panoramic view of the Hogwarts campus: the Great Lake, the Forbidden Forest, the Quidditch pitch, and the greenhouses, views that the other Hogwarts houses do not have."

"Without exaggeration, this is where the most intelligent witches and wizards live. Like its founder, Rowena Ravenclaw, they regard learning as their foremost ability..."

As Penelope's long narration unfolds, corresponding images always appear precisely in the mirror.

“Oh, this is Ravenclaw’s most traditional welcome speech. In our day, every year when new students arrived, the prefects would use this long, fixed welcome speech to introduce the house.”

Professor Flitwick, sitting in the front, said with a sigh.

"Later, everyone felt that this was not original, so they stopped repeating it."

In the mirror image, Penelope's welcoming speech continues, introducing Ravenclaw's unique way of entering the common room—by answering questions on the eagle-shaped door knocker.

The image shows a group of students gathered around an eagle-shaped door knocker, discussing the answer to a question.

Next, he talked about how the Ravenclaws were seen as different and self-inclusive by others, and then gave a grand introduction to Professor Flitwick, the head of the Ravenclaw House.

As this topic was discussed, the scenes kept switching, revealing many unconventional aspects of the Ravenclaws.

One scene shows Luna wearing strange, demon-like glasses and intently reading an upside-down magazine.

Seeing this, Luna, who was sitting opposite Scott, burst into silent laughter.

When Professor Flitwick saw the section introducing himself, he blushed slightly and said, "Oh, was this section added on purpose? It wasn't there before. Of course, I wasn't the dean of this college back then."

"Of course, you are a very popular dean."

"He is also a respected professor!"

We all like you very much!

The students began to express their feelings to Professor Flitwick, who listened to their "confessions" with a broad smile, his face turning even redder.

"Ravenclaw has a glorious history. Most of the great wizarding inventors and innovators came from the Academy..."

Penelope's narration begins by briefly recounting the glorious achievements of the Ravenclaws of the past.

In this section, Scott specially provided a photo or portrait for each celebrity mentioned in the welcome message.

These photos and portraits were taken from the wizard cards given to Scott by Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Fred and George helped Scott a lot in this regard by collecting the whole set of cards.

“No wonder traditional New Year’s greetings have been abandoned,” Roger said softly. “While they’re still quite interesting, they sound a bit too long without visuals and music.”

Scott nodded. "Now we advocate that freshmen take the initiative to learn about the college's history and integrate into the college's atmosphere on their own. Direct indoctrination is not as effective as letting them figure it out on their own."

If it weren't for the need to produce a promotional video, he wouldn't have bothered to find and adapt this long welcome message, which now only exists in a book in the college library.

At this moment, the camera in the mirror switched again, focusing on Penelope, who was standing back in front of the tower.

"...Congratulations on becoming a member of Ravenclaw, the smartest, most agile, and most interesting house at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

Her part of the welcome speech has ended.

Many students watching this scene couldn't help but whisper, "Our class monitor wasn't this friendly when we enrolled."

First-year students, in particular, still vividly remember the scene where Kayla and Scott "intimidate" them during orientation.

The screen went black again.

The soothing music also took on a mysterious quality.

"Exceptional wisdom is the most precious treasure of mankind."

A gentle yet firm female voice rang out, uttering the motto representing Ravenclaw.

At the same time, the words that make up this sentence appeared on the black screen.

The pitch-black screen was slowly illuminated, and a portrait hanging on the wall was reflected in the eyes of everyone present.

The witch in the painting has long, curly black hair and wears an exquisite eagle-shaped gemstone crown. Her eyes shine with wisdom, and she wears a kind smile.

She sat on a high-backed chair decorated with bronze eagle wing patterns, looking at the people outside the camera lens, exuding a beautiful and noble aura.

"hiss……"

A series of gasps could be heard from the common room.

"Ravenclaw?"

"Is this a portrait of Ravenclaw?"

Almost everyone reflexively glanced at the Ravenclaw statue standing at the entrance of the college library for comparison, and then confirmed their guess.

"It really is her!"

"it is true!"

"Where is this portrait? We've never seen it before!"

"Scott, where did you find it?"

"Was it painted based on the statue itself?"

The appearance of the Ravenclaw portrait made the students a little too excited.

"Ahem, let's finish reading first." Professor Flitwick, sitting in the front, waved his hand.

Upon hearing him speak, the students obediently quieted down, but still kept glancing curiously at Scott and Eddie, the producers of the promotional video.

Just then, Ravenc in the painting started working, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Ravenclaw's gaze softened, and she smiled as she said, "I hope to recruit students whose intelligence is superior."

As soon as those words were spoken, many students instinctively puffed out their chests, as if proudly declaring—

"That's me!"

The screen went black again.