Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

The Hogwarts Express is arriving soon.

Chapter 12 Mudblood! The Wrath of the Giant Squid!

When the train stopped at the station with 'Hogwarts' written on it, the first-year students were the first to get off.

They entered the school via a different route than the older students.

So Ryan had to say goodbye to Cho and the Weasley twins.

But when we said goodbye, some small accidents happened.

"See you later, buddy—"

"You'll definitely be sorted into Gryffindor!"

The Weasley twins sang in unison, as if looking at like-minded friends.

"When the time comes, if you join us, we will definitely become the best prank duo!"

"Hey, don't speak so soon."

But Qiu on the side still believed that Ryan, who was smart, studious and had superb attainments in spells, would be sorted into Ravenclaw.

"Didn't you see Ryan's spells and the books in his suitcase? I'm sure he's a Ravenclaw!"

"Are you sure? Qiu, I'm sure there's something wrong with your vision."

"Yeah, and you thought Hector Lamont would be a good Seeker!"

"you..."

Qiu was furious and started arguing with Gemini.

And before Ryan could stop their argument, he heard a loud voice in the distance.

"First-year students, come here! Come to me!"

"Sorry, I have to go!"

So Ryan decisively chose to run away and quickly jumped into the team of first-year wizards.

Then he saw a huge man holding an oil lamp and wearing a tattered fur coat walking out from the other side of the platform.

In comparison, the first-year students gathered in front of him looked as small as toys.

"My God, he's so tall!"

His appearance naturally aroused exclamations from the surroundings, but Ryan looked at the other party and muttered: "Half-blood giant?"

Soon, the giant introduced himself.

Rubeus Hagrid, gamekeeper and keykeeper at Hogwarts.

"Put your luggage away, someone will collect it."

After making sure that the young wizards had put their luggage away, he spoke in a loud voice.

"Next, I will lead you to the castle—follow me closely!"

When he had said this he turned and led the way.

The little wizards followed like a flock of ducklings and soon arrived at a lake.

Moonlight also fell on the dark lake in front of them.

The little wizards looked at the lake and the castle in the distance with curiosity, just as it had been repeated every year in the past long years.

Ryan was also looking at the ancient castle on the distant cliff.

The bright moonlight fell on the towering castle, and Ryan seemed to be able to see the patterns on the castle's bricks that had been stained by countless years - of course, it might also be his memories at work.

"Hogwarts."

That was a name he would never forget.

After arriving at the Black Lake, the young wizards must take a boat to Hogwarts.

"This is Black Lake. You will repeat the journey of the past four founders of the academy and cross the lake to the castle. Each boat can only carry a maximum of five people... otherwise, you will sink into the lake!"

"There are only four of the four founders, so why can five people ride?"

But at this moment, a little wizard asked curiously.

A familiar voice - although Ryan couldn't see clearly, he was sure that the person speaking was Hermione Granger whom he had met on the train before.

"Oh... this... maybe they brought luggage."

Hagrid obviously didn't know the story inside, but Ryan knew it very well.

Because there were indeed five people on the ship at that time - in addition to the four founders, there was him.

"very nice."

Ryan's mood suddenly became very good.

Although he had no idea why the first-year students had to perform this strange ritual, he was obviously very satisfied with it.

This made him feel as if he was gradually merging with the shadow of his past.

After Hagrid introduced the situation, the young wizards began to board the ship in batches.

Riding with Ryan were four other young wizards, one boy and three girls.

"I'm Ryan Elias."

Ryan first introduced himself - after all, they would be classmates for the next seven years, and although they were still just children now, it would definitely be a good idea to have a good relationship.

"My name is Seamus Finnigan!"

This is a boy of short stature.

Besides him, there were two little witches who looked exactly the same on the ship.

They all wore beautiful clothes, had long black hair and beautiful Asian faces.

Ryan already knew their names during the self-introductions when boarding the ship.

Parvati Patil and Padma Patil, twins.

As for the last one, she was a little witch with short black hair and a slightly arrogant look on her face.

"I obviously wanted to take a ship with Draco."

At this time, she grumbled a little dissatisfiedly.

After everyone else introduced themselves, she raised her head proudly and said, "Pansy Parkinson."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at other ships, as if looking for someone.

A spoiled little girl - Ryan immediately formed a clear judgment of her.

But he was actually an adult wizard after all, so he wouldn't get angry with a little girl.

So he just picked up the wand casually, and a bright white light appeared on the wand.

He followed the light and began to observe the lake around him.

A thousand years have not changed the Black Lake much, at least on the surface.

Ryan continued to reminisce about the past—when the castle was first built, he loved sitting alone by the Black Lake, watching the ripples on the water created by the wind and the gentle sound of the waves...

"Hey!"

Ryan's memories didn't continue.

He turned around and saw the little wizard named Seamus Finnigan looking at him.

"You look really good at this!"

He looked enthusiastic and pointed at the glowing wand in Ryan's hand: "Is this a spell? Have you learned a spell?"

"Yes—Lumos, the most basic spell."

Ryan nodded.

Even among the spells that have been generally simplified in this era, this spell is truly the most basic.

In fact, Ryan found it hard to believe... Could it be that the young wizards of this era were really unable to master even this kind of spell?

"cool!"

Seamus seemed even more excited. "I haven't cast a spell yet - my mother tried to teach me, but I made a complete mess of it and even blew my dad's hair off... Are you from a wizarding family? That's amazing!"

It was not difficult to tell from his words that he seemed to be a half-blood wizard.

This made Pansy Parkinson snort in disdain.

"No, actually I'm a Muggle-born too."

Ryan shrugged. "I don't even know which of my parents was a wizard—but considering they both died in a fire, I guess they probably weren't."

"Oh."

Seamus's excitedly raised eyebrows instantly dropped. The eleven-year-old hesitated for a moment before saying, "Sorry, I don't know..."

"Okay, I've heard enough."

But at this time, Pansy Parkinson, who had always been very arrogant, said dissatisfiedly: "That giant Hagrid is so stupid. How dare he let me take a boat with two mudbloods?"

Although she was still young, she did not know how to hide her malice, and her arrogant and disdainful tone made Ryan frown.

Mudblood—he occasionally came across this word in the books he read during this period.

It symbolizes great malice towards Muggle wizards and is an extremely bad word.

What kind of education did this student receive? Didn't her parents and family know what etiquette is?

"Ms. Parkinson..."

But just when Ryan decided to teach the little witch a lesson...

"Buzz!"

A dull, horn-like roar rang out in the dark moonlit night.

The dull sound brought all the young wizards on the ship away from their original joy and novelty.