The years of welding at Hogwarts

Mrs. Weasley has always regarded Harry as her own son in her heart. It would be perfect if Ginny could end up with Harry.

Seeing through her daughter's little thoughts, Mrs. Weasley no longer forced Ginny to eat more meat. She just stood up from the chair with a smile, washed an apple and placed it in front of Ginny.

"Then eat some fruit."

Seeing Ginny nodding obediently, Mrs. Weasley suddenly remembered something, "Speaking of which, Ginny should have entered Hogwarts this year, but why did her admission letter arrive so late?"

Mr. Weasley put down the newspaper in his hand. "Lovegood asked me the same question a few days ago. His daughter Luna also entered Hogwarts this year, and she also did not receive an admission letter."

Mrs. Weasley felt relieved after hearing what Mr. Weasley said.

Since no one else has received the acceptance letter, this proves that it is not Ginny's problem alone, but that Hogwarts may have delayed the delivery of the acceptance letter due to some incident.

After all, there have been too many messed up things happening in the wizarding world this year.

First there was the disaster in London, then the Minister of Magic resigned, and not long after that Dumbledore, who had cleaned up Cornelius Fudge's mess, also resigned...

The former vice-headmaster, Professor McGonagall, succeeded Dumbledore as the new headmaster, and the Order of Merlin awarded a total of more than 200 medals at one time, unprecedentedly.

From the founding of the Order of Merlin to the present day, the total number of medals awarded may not be as many as this time.

The Hogwarts admission letter was just delayed in delivery. Compared with all the mess mentioned before, it was not a big deal at all.

After swallowing the food in his mouth, Percy also spoke, "We haven't received the list of teaching materials yet. I heard from Mr. Diggory that this year's

There will be big changes at Hogwarts?"

"What changes? Why haven't I heard about it?" Mr. Weasley asked curiously.

"He also heard it from his son Cedric. He himself is not very clear about the changes in Hogwarts."

As he spoke, Percy turned his gaze to the twin brothers who were in the same grade as Cedric, "George and Fred, you should know more than me."

The twins looked at each other, and saw a hint of confusion in each other's eyes, "We haven't heard Cedric talk about this either?"

The two of them spoke in unison, as if the same brain was controlling their actions.

Mr. Weasley, who had already eaten and drunk his fill, picked up his newspaper again and said, "School will start in two weeks anyway. You will understand what is going on when you go to Hogwarts."

Just as a few people were chatting, there was a sound of flapping wings suddenly coming from outside the restaurant window, gradually getting louder as it got closer.

Ginny jumped off her chair excitedly, "It should be my acceptance letter that has arrived!"

She ran to the windowsill and opened it, looking at the four black spots gradually approaching in the distant sky. The excitement on Ginny's face became more and more obvious as the owl got closer.

Under the gaze of the crowd, the four owls formed a neat formation like dive-bombing Stukas, whizzed in through the restaurant windows, and threw the missiles hanging under their claws accurately to where they should go.

Seeing this scene, Errol, the Weasley family's overage owl, just slumped on the windowsill and turned over lazily.

Ever since the Weasley family became rich, it has been living a leisurely retirement life. From now on, it no longer needs to worry about delivering letters with its old bones.

“Letter of acceptance!”

She had guessed it as soon as she saw the owl, but when Ginny saw the Hogwarts badge on the envelope, she couldn't help but scream in surprise.

She couldn't wait to tear open the envelope and pull out the parchment she had been longing for.

Percy, George, Fred and Ron also received a list of textbooks they would need this semester from Hogwarts.

There's nothing surprising about this.

But why would Charlie, who has graduated for more than a year, receive a letter from Hogwarts?

Charlie looked at the envelope in front of him with some confusion. After confirming again and again that the recipient's name was indeed written on the envelope, Charlie frowned and opened the envelope in confusion.

"It's so strange, why did I still receive a letter from Hogwarts?" Charlie raised the parchment in his hand.

Bill, who was sitting next to him, took the parchment from his hand curiously, "Oh? Let me see."

The parchment still had the familiar emerald green ink and Professor McGonagall's handwriting -

"Dear Mr. Charlie Weasley:

We are pleased to inform you that from this academic year, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will begin to implement a new nine-year education system. As an outstanding graduate of Hogwarts, you have been allowed to attend the first undergraduate advanced course opened by our school at the Hogwarts School of Continuing Education.

We have contacted your work unit in advance and reached an agreement on your training plan. The Romanian Dragon Farm has agreed to our on-the-job training plan. All your salary during your training at Hogwarts will continue to be paid by Hogwarts until you complete your studies and return to work.

Attached is a list of required books and equipment.

The term is scheduled to start on September 1st. We will be waiting for your owl letter with your reply before August 25th.

Headmistress, Minerva McGonagall."

After reading the content of the letter, Bill's questions exploded in his mind like fireworks. He stood there for a moment, not knowing where to start talking to Charlie about this.

So he chose to silently hand the letter back to Charlie, indicating that he should go and read what was written in the letter himself.

The next moment, the strong man who had wrestled with a fire dragon in Romania was also stunned for a moment.

What the hell?

Nine years of compulsory education at Hogwarts?

Continuing education for graduates?

Full-time undergraduate advanced course?

Charlie turned his head with a dull expression and looked at his eldest brother, and they both saw confusion in each other's eyes.

Then, he turned his attention to Percy, who had heard some inside information from Cedric's father a long time ago, but Percy obviously had no intention of paying attention to them at the moment.

After reading the books listed on the textbook list over and over again, Percy took the textbook list from Fred beside him and compared it carefully with his own list. Only then did he confirm that this was not an illusion.

【textbook】

Depending on the NEWTs advanced course you apply for, you need to prepare the following books:

1. Advanced Mathematics and Calculus

2. Physics principles

3. Feast of Elements

4. Gray's Anatomy

5. History of World Wars

6. Ordnance Technology

……

Not only the sixth grade students need to use these six strange textbooks, but even Ron, who has just entered the second grade, also needs to use them.

I saw the names of these six books in the textbook list.

Except that the first book, Advanced Mathematics and Calculus, was replaced by another book called Introduction to Mathematics, the rest are basically the same.

Moreover, these six textbooks are separated from other books by a dividing line, and it is noted in brackets that these books are not available at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.

It was only sold in a Muggle bookshop on Charing Cross Road, just outside Diagon Alley.

The letter also thoughtfully included a map with the name of the designated Muggle bookstore marked on it.

"Kama-Taj Books?"

Percy scratched the back of his head. "I heard from Mr. Diggory that the biggest change at Hogwarts this year seems to be Muggle Studies, which will be changed from an elective course to a compulsory course..."

Hearing Percy's words, Mr. Weasley immediately became interested, "Is Muggle Studies going to be made a compulsory course?"

"This should be related to what happened in London some time ago, right?" George put down the list of books in his hand.

"I heard about it, too," Fred also spoke up. "Cedric told me that the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, where his father works, secretly captured two lizardmen and took them back for research."

Hearing his two sons mention this topic, which is still considered a taboo in the wizarding world, Mr. Weasley unconsciously lowered his voice.

"The Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes sampled and analyzed the rainwater at the time. Later they discovered that the rainwater that could transform wizards and Muggles into lizardmen was not simply a magical creation."

"Although many people cannot believe this result, or are unwilling to believe and accept it, according to the final investigation results of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, the initial cause of the incident was indeed a Muggle technology product."

"It's just that this statement has never been confirmed by Minister Bones himself. It is only circulated in a small circle within the Ministry of Magic. I don't know whether it is true or not."

Mr. Weasley's words made Percy and others feel a little incredible.

Bill, who had been working for several years and had the broadest horizons among the young people, was the first to react.

"So now the Ministry of Magic intends to actively promote wizards to understand everything about Muggles and promote the integration of the two worlds?"

"Oh my God!" Percy exclaimed, "But the International Statute of Secrecy is not..."

The words had barely left his mouth when he realized what was happening and abruptly stopped the subject.

Everything that Grindelwald did to the wizarding world back then is still an extremely sensitive topic. Even at home, they cannot talk about the International Statute of Secrecy so openly.

Chapter 277 The Blank Thirty Years

The matter of Grindelwald is still a topic that cannot be touched in the wizarding world to this day.

The thoughts he spread were too terrifying for the world, whether it was the magical world or the non-magical world, and they also had a fatal attraction to the pure-blooded nobles.

To this end, the International Confederation of Wizards adopted the approach of sealing up Grindelwald's history, even at the cost of leaving a "blank thirty years" in the history of magic.

Of course, this approach cannot completely erase the traces of Grindelwald in the wizarding world. Except for those Muggle wizards who have just entered the wizarding world, basically all the older wizards have heard of Grindelwald's famous name.

After all, the Chocolate Frog cards still have Grindelwald's name on them, albeit promoted as a villain defeated by Dumbledore.

But now the Ministry of Magic has allowed Hogwarts to make drastic reforms to Muggle Studies, a course that is not usually taken seriously. What exactly do they want to do?

In the shabby dwelling, several adults with a broader vision all had a vague guess in their hearts.

Bill looked at Charlie and tapped the parchment in Charlie's hand with his dinner knife. "So you're going back to Hogwarts?"

When Charlie heard the question from his big brother, he looked like he had a toothache.

"Although life at Hogwarts is good and I have always missed it after graduation, if I really want to go back to Hogwarts, I still have to think about it carefully."

Mr. Weasley's expression was a little serious. "If the Ministry of Magic really intends to make some changes, returning to Hogwarts is the best choice for you."

"Okay, I'll think about it carefully."

Charlie didn't agree immediately. "The letter said that I only need to reply before the 25th. I still have ten days to consider it."

Mr. Weasley did not dwell on this matter, but took the textbook list from Percy and took Ron and Ginny's as well.

"In addition to the new Muggle textbooks, let me see, it also says that two sets of uniforms need to be specially customized at the clothing store next to Kamar-Taj Bookstore for a month-long activity before school starts?"

Ron raised his hand enthusiastically, "I know about this! When Professor Dumbledore was still in school, he announced to us long ago that Hogwarts would have a special event before the start of the next school year, which is this semester!"

He described it with great excitement, "We can have a whole month without classes!"

Mr. Weasley was stunned for a moment. "No classes for a month? Why didn't we encounter such a good thing when we were in school?"

As soon as he said this, he received a stern warning from Mrs. Weasley with a death gaze. She changed her words in an instant and taught Ron in a stern tone, "Don't just think about playing all day long."

"You should learn more from your brothers. Bill got certificates for 12 subjects in the OWLs exam. Charlie is the best seeker in the Gryffindor Quidditch team in the past forty years. Percy also got straight A's in 12 subjects."

Mr. Weasley's praise made his three sons lower their heads in embarrassment.

Molly took over her husband's words at the right time, "George and Fred are even better. Although they are a little naughty, this is a manifestation of their creativity."

Ron looked at his parents speechlessly, before the twins received the Order of Merlin, your two opinions of them were not the same as they are now.

What does "Although he may be naughty at ordinary times, it is actually a manifestation of creativity" mean?

Didn't you always scold these two guys for doing useless things all day long, not doing their jobs and not focusing on their studies?

Before he could object, Mrs. Weasley continued, "Ron, you must behave well next year and try to set a good example for Ginny. Don't cause Gryffindor to lose hundreds of points like you did last year."

Ron, who was inexplicably scolded, looked as wilted as an eggplant hit by frost. He responded weakly with "Oh" and lowered his head to eat again.

The delicious meal turned out to be tasteless, and even Harry beside him was affected.

Although Mrs. Weasley did not mention his name directly, Harry was very self-aware. He knew that he was also one of the culprits who caused "Gryffindor" to become "Gryffindor" in Mrs. Weasley's words.

But he didn't know where he had offended Snape, so that the hateful big black bat always targeted him in the Potions class.

As if it was a mistake for him to even be able to breathe.

You would never imagine what outrageous reasons for deducting points he would hear from Snape.

"Harry Potts will be deducted one point from Gryffindor for entering the classroom with his left foot first."

So the next day, Harry stopped for a while before entering the classroom, and then stepped into the classroom with his right foot first. As a result, he heard Snape's cold and ruthless voice again.

"Harry Potts was deducted two points from Gryffindor for entering the classroom with his right foot first."

Of course this is just a slight exaggeration.

Even if Snape hated James Potter so much that he extended his dislike for James to Harry, who inherited James's appearance, he would not cause trouble for Harry because of the issue of which foot should step into the classroom first.