Hogwarts: This Wizard Is Not Scientific

As a free school, the food at Hogwarts is quite good.

Andy felt that he could earn back the money he spent on three sets of uniforms, wands, and textbooks just from the food for this school year.

Hermione had been chatting with the head girl, Penelope Clearwater, about the freshmen's homework.

She is a proud little girl. Born into the Muggle world, she doesn't want to fall too far behind her peers.

Especially after entering the wizarding world, the first little wizard of the same age she met was Andy, an excellent student who had practiced every type of magic thousands of times.

When all the desserts disappeared, Dumbledore stood up again and the chaotic hall returned to silence.

"Oh! Now that everyone has eaten and drunk enough, I want to say a few words to everyone. At the beginning of the semester, I want to give you a few points of attention..."

"First-year students, please note that no student is allowed to enter the forested area on the school grounds. Some of our senior students should also remember this."

Andy had already learned some information about the Forbidden Forest from the twins. In any case, Andy had no intention of entering it during his first year.

Dumbledore continued, "Also, Mr. Filch, the caretaker, has asked me to remind everyone not to perform magic in the corridors during class breaks."

Andy had a plan for this. There were many abandoned rooms in Hogwarts, and he could practice magic in any of them.

"The review of Quidditch players will be held in the second week of this semester. Students who are interested in joining the house team, please contact Ms. Hooch."

Andy didn't like Quidditch.

"Finally, I must tell everyone that anyone who does not want to encounter an accident and a painful death, please do not enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor."

Andy keenly noticed that Dumbledore's choice of words here was different from that in the Forbidden Forest.

The former means that if you "do not want to encounter an accident or a painful death", you should not enter, while the latter prohibits any student from entering.

Chapter 17 You May Be Beaten to Death Soon

Andy raised his hand.

Dumbledore was a little surprised, but still said with a smile: "Mr. Collins seems to have some questions."

"Principal Dumbledore, if - I mean if I hope to have a tragic accident and die in pain, does that mean I can go in?" Andy said teasingly.

Andy was used to teasing Isabel at home, and he felt that he should change this habit.

There was laughter in the hall, and all the young wizards looked at Andy, as if they wanted to know who was so brave as to challenge Dumbledore.

Hermione glared at Andy fiercely. She had known for a long time that Andy was not a good student.

Professor McGonagall breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at Professor Flitwick with a hint of gloating, yet also a sense of sympathy.

She seemed to be looking forward to how Professor Flitwick would deal with a naughty student.

Dumbledore was stunned for a moment. He looked at Andy and found that he was indeed a perceptive little wizard.

"what!"

Dumbledore smiled and said, "If such a misfortune happens, I can only notify your parents to come to the school to collect your body. I am deeply sorry for this."

Is this a threat?

Andy blinked, hoping someone would notice that he was being threatened.

"If there are no further questions, then - before going to bed, let us sing the school song together!" Dumbledore continued.

Andy noticed that all the professors' faces seemed to freeze at this moment.

School song?

This scene doesn't seem to be in the movie.

Andy was vaguely looking forward to it.

Dumbledore waved his wand lightly, and a long golden ribbon floated out of the wand, coiling like a snake above the hall, forming lines of text.

"Everyone choose your favorite tune..." Dumbledore said like a conductor, "Ready, sing!"

All the teachers and students sang loudly.

The only thought in Andy's mind at this moment was - I didn't bring my camera!

If Andy could capture the scene of all the professors singing the school song, he believed that the Daily Prophet would pay a sky-high price for it.

The second thought that popped into Andy's mind was - if I did this, I would definitely be murdered by the professors at Hogwarts!

Isabel hurt me!

Andy gritted his teeth in hatred. He was so used to teasing this little girl that he wanted to tease her no matter what he saw.

This habit needs to be changed!

After singing the school song, a group of young wizards walked out of the auditorium under the leadership of their prefects.

"Be careful with those spiral staircases. Don't go in the wrong direction, and don't go too close to the side."

Penelope, the head girl, explained: "The ever-changing staircases at Hogwarts were also suggested and designed by Rowena Ravenclaw, the founder of the academy."

Andy exclaimed upon hearing this: "So, Ravenclaw should be the strongest witch among the four founders."

"Why do you say that?"

Hermione looked at Andy curiously, "I have never seen any record about the strength of the four founders in the book 'Hogwarts, A History'."

The other young wizards, including the two prefects, also looked at Andy curiously.

Could it be that Andy knew some inside information that they didn't know?

"It's not enough to just read books, you have to learn to think hard."

Andy pretended to reprimand Hermione, and then explained in Hermione's dissatisfied eyes: "Think about it, Ravenclaw designed the school's stairs like this, but he was not beaten to death by the other three founders. Doesn't this show that Ravenclaw is the strongest!"

Hermione's face darkened. She glared at Andy and said, "I don't know if Ravenclaw will be beaten to death, but I guess you may be beaten to death soon!"

Andy looked at Hermione provocatively, solo?

Hermione was so angry that she almost exploded!

Penelope agreed with Andy. "This speculation makes sense. Every year, there are so many little wizards who want to kill the designer of the stairs."

Following the dynamic staircase, the group reached the top of the Ravenclaw Tower.

On an ancient wooden door, there is a huge bronze ring in the shape of an eagle.

Penelope knocked three times gently, and the knocker made a mysterious sound: "What can be stolen without breaking the law?"

"Snicker."

Penelope answered quickly, "Other colleges have fixed passwords, but we don't. As long as you can answer the door knocker's questions correctly - in fact, there is no standard answer to these questions, as long as you can convince it, you can come in..."

After explaining how to enter the dormitory door, Penelope led the first-year wizard into the Ravenclaw common room.

This is a large round room with elegant arched windows on the wall. Since the Ravenclaw common room is on the top floor of the tower, you can see a long distance through the windows.

The lounge was also hung with a lot of blue and bronze silks, and the ceiling was somewhat similar to that of the auditorium, dotted with stars.

The room contained large tables and chairs, rows of bookshelves, and a white marble statue of Ravenclaw opposite the door.

Penelope stood in front of a group of young wizards and finished reciting the history of Ravenclaw House and the famous wizards who came from Ravenclaw as if she was reciting a book. Then she breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and walked into the girls' dormitory with her companions.

"Well...see you tomorrow!" Andy waved at Hermione.

"Hmph! You'd better not be late on the first day of school." Hermione snorted and followed a group of little witches into the girls' dormitory.

The dormitories have already been divided.

Andy walked into the dormitory, found the bed with his name on it, and discovered that his suitcase had already been delivered.

"Hello, I'm Andy Collins." Andy introduced himself to his roommates.

"I know you! Oh, I'm Anthony Goldstein."

Anthony said excitedly, "You are really brave. Do you really want to go to the corridor on the fourth floor?"

Do you want to go together?

Andy discovered that, no matter whether they were in Gryffindor or not, the young wizards always had a special passion for adventure.

"Of course I'll go and see - but only after I'm fully prepared," said Andy.

After all, bragging doesn't violate school rules.

"Hi, I'm Terry Boot!"

"Oh, I'm Michael Corner, hello."

Andy looked at Michael, "I remember you, we were on the same ship."

"Well, I think we'd better pack up and go to bed."

Andy was very grateful to Hermione for reminding him not to be late tomorrow, otherwise he might have been put in detention by a Potions professor on the second day after arriving at Hogwarts.

Andy picked up the class schedule from the bedside table.

"We have two consecutive Potions classes with Hufflepuff tomorrow morning. I have inside information that Professor Snape is very biased towards Slytherin."

Andy always felt that he had inadvertently slandered all the professors at Hogwarts. "But we are not Gryffindor, so Professor Snape usually won't target us too much."

Chapter 18 No targeted Potions class?

ding ding ding-

At eight o'clock the next morning, Andy's bedside alarm clock rang on time.

"Well…"

Andy didn't even open his eyes. He turned off the alarm clock and prepared to go back to sleep.

ding ding ding-

The alarm continued to ring. Andy grabbed the alarm clock and took a look at it with half-closed eyes.

"Huh? Can't turn it off?"

Andy sat up from the bed in a daze, ready to take a look at what was going on.

The alarm clock suddenly stopped.

Andy looked around and realized that this was no longer his bedroom at home, but the Ravenclaw boys' dormitory.

This alarm clock is a magical item. Its power button is just a decoration. The alarm will only stop ringing when Andy gets up.

"what--"

Andy yawned, got out of bed reluctantly, walked to the bathroom in his slippers and started washing.

After spending five minutes getting ready, Andy returned to the dormitory and found that his three roommates were still sleeping in.

"Terry, Michael, Anthony! Hurry up and get up. It's already past eight o'clock and we have class at nine in the morning."

Andy felt that he had done his best by waking up several roommates.

Without caring about what happened to them next, Andy changed into Hogwarts uniform, picked up his textbooks and left the dormitory.

The auditorium is on the first floor and the Potions classroom is in the basement, which is basically on the way.

Seeing that there was still plenty of time, Andy decided to familiarize himself with the stairs in Hogwarts first.

After all, I'm going to live here for the next seven years. It's impossible that I can't even find the way, right?

Walking down the stairs, and asking for directions if he met a ghost, Andy took about ten minutes to reach the auditorium on the first floor.

When Andy arrived at the long table of Ravenclaw, he found that Hermione had not only arrived early, but also had finished breakfast. She was now flipping through the book "Magical Potions and Medications" and doing the final review.

That's right! For other little wizards it was preview, but for Hermione it was review.

Really hardworking!

Andy sat next to Hermione very skillfully, picked up the pumpkin pie and took a bite, while greeting her, "Morning!"

"Good morning!" Hermione replied while reading a book.

"Haven't you memorized the textbook?" Andy asked casually, "Why are you getting up so early in the morning to read?"

"That's right!"

Hermione looked at Andy formally, "The first class is about to start. I think we'd better review the textbook again."

Andy actually understands Hermione's way of learning.