Chapter 490: Welcome (Cooking Wine for the Alliance Leader, Konishi Tianjia)
The students had eaten and drunk their fill, and the voices in the Great Hall grew noisy as Dumbledore stood up again. The voices immediately stopped, and everyone turned their faces to the headmaster.
"Alright, now that we are digesting yet another sumptuous meal, I ask you to be quiet for a moment and listen as I speak as usual about the do's and don'ts of the new term......," Dumbledore said of the rules such as not being allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest.
"Mr. Filch, the Administrator, begged me, and he told me that this was the forty-twenty-sixth time, and begged me to remind you all that no magic was allowed in the hallway between classes, and many other rules, were listed on that long list and affixed to the door of Mr. Filch's office.
"I'm glad to have good news to share that this year's Defence Against the Dark Arts class will be taught by Mr. Remus Lupin, who was a substitute teacher last semester. As soon as Dumbledore's words ended, the auditorium erupted in applause and cheers, especially at the Gryffindor table.
Professor Lupin stood up and greeted everyone with a smile on his face, and Professor Snape on the other side of the faculty table stared at him coldly, his thin yellow face twitching, his expression full of disgust and hatred.
Alan saw Harry slap himself desperately, Ron banged the table and cheered loudly, and the Gryffindors were the last to stop clapping, at which point Dumbledore began to speak again.
"We are equally pleased to introduce Ms. Umbridge, who will be stationed at Hogwarts as a special observer for the Ministry of Magic to advise our teachers on how to teach and learn. ”
There was a polite, but not very welcoming, applause in the auditorium.
Dumbledore continued, "The selection of new Quidditch players should be completed by the end of the first month of school. Okay, that's all there is to it, the senior students can go to Hogsmeade on Saturday, and the junior wizards can consider asking the seniors to bring you some snacks, sour lollipops, weird beans, I think the cockroach pile is very good. ”
Dumbledore smiled and waved his hand, signaling for the prefect to take the young wizards back.
Suddenly, he jerked his head and looked at Umbridge inquiringly, and she raised her hands high, tilted her head, and looked at Dumbledore with a smile on her face.
Professor Dumbledore's voice rang out again, "Ah, please wait a moment, it seems that Observer Umbridge has something to say to all of us." Professor Dumbledore made a gesture of invitation, and he sat down smartly.
The young wizards, who had already gotten up to leave, sat back in their seats and looked at Umbridge in surprise.
"Thank you, Headmaster," Professor Umbridge said with a smirk, "thank you for such a warm welcome. Her voice was high, high-pitched, and breathy, and it was disgusting to deliberately imitate the combination of a little girl's voice and her tender pictogram.
"The Ministry of Magic has always believed that educating young wizards is a very important thing. Some of your innate and valuable talents may be fruitless if they are not nurtured and exercised under careful and meticulous guidance. Ancient skills unique to the wizarding world must be passed down from generation to generation, or they will be lost. The precious repositories of magical knowledge accumulated by our ancestors must be protected, supplemented and perfected by those who have had the privilege of pursuing a noble profession of education. ”
At this point, Professor Umbridge stopped talking and bowed slightly to the other teachers, none of whom returned the salute. Professor McGonagall's two dark eyebrows were tightly twisted together, making her look like an eagle. As Umbridge continued her speech with a gentle "cough, cough" twice, Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout exchanged meaningful glances.
Umbridge began her stinky, long speech, the young wizards lost their attention, Dumbledore was silent as he spoke, and now the students were talking to each other, whispering, giggling, and the Great Hall was noisy.
"Of course, I'm here to look at the good traditions that need to be maintained in education, and to find the old habits that are outdated, need to be changed, and even need to be abandoned. I will summarize the results of my observations to the Ministry of Magic and report back to the Honourable Professor Dumbledore. Umbridge grinned, revealing the sharp teeth in his mouth.
"Fake look, I really hate this person, is she the one you are talking about at trial?" asked Hermione, bowing her head, leaning over Harry.
"It's this witch! She was so arrogant before the trial showed her the picture, and now she didn't dare to do it. Lupin told me that Fudge had wanted to send someone else this time, but she insisted on coming over, saying that she wanted to make up for it. Fudge and Dumbledore talked for a long time before Dumbledore agreed. She didn't dare to act rashly now, or Dumbledore might get rid of her if she made a mistake. Harry glanced at Umbridge.
"It's probably the most boring speech I've ever heard, and I grew up with Percy. Ron looked stunned, he sat up straight, but he was only pretending to listen carefully in order to live up to the new, glittering prefect badge on his chest.
"Why did Snape keep staring at Professor Lupin?" Harry's gaze slid over Snape, and he felt that Snape's gaze at Lupin was like a knife, colder than his own.
He had always wanted to be offered a position in Defence Against the Dark Arts class, but this year his application failed again and Lupin got the position, which made him angry. Hermione told Harry what she had heard at Alan's house.
There was a clash of tables, chairs, and benches, and it was clear that Dumbledore had announced the disbandment of the entire school as everyone stood up and prepared to leave the Great Hall.
Hermione jumped to her feet, looking panicked, "Oh no, I should be going to show the way to the first-year!"
"First-year students!" Hermione called majestically to the table, "Meet here!"
Alan looked over to the Slytherin side and saw Pansy holding Emily's hand warmly, apparently not something to worry about.
Alan and Padma beckoned the Ravenclaw freshmen to gather in front of them, these eaglets seemed to be very well-behaved, Ellen's mind was on Emily, seeing that these freshmen were gathered behind him, he beckoned Luna who was waiting for him and led the team out of the auditorium.
After they climbed to the eighth floor, they continued up from a certain place, and after walking up the spiral staircase for a long time, they saw an old wooden board with an eagle-shaped knocker hanging in the distance, which was the entrance to the Ravenclaw common room.
But what he didn't expect was that after making sure that there was no professor staring at them, these little wizards who had suppressed their excitement and kept making eye contact before suddenly became restless and surrounded Allen together, asking the world's best Seeker to sign autographs for them, and some of them asked Alan some bizarre questions, and thought that Ai Ethics, who had performed well in the wisdom level of the tournament, should know all the answers.
Completely unprepared, Alan had to patiently soothe the fiery-eyed, adoring little wizards by signing them and selectively answering "normal questions" to avoid questions such as the magical effects of monster eggs or egg divination, which is a method of divination using eggs.
Except for Luna, who was still waiting for Ellen, the old Ravenclaw students saw this and went back to the common room first.
But the questions of the new students seemed to be endless, surrounding Allen, chattering.
Parvati tried to step forward and disperse the fanatical little fans away from Alan, but she couldn't get in at all.
At that moment, a huge raven patronus flew over with a silvery glow and landed among the young wizards who were panicked by the sudden magic.
Then, the Patronus spoke: "Extraordinary ingenuity is the greatest treasure of mankind. ”
Luna's singing voice came from the Patronus's mouth, "Congratulations! I'm Luna Lovegood, and I'm delighted to welcome you to Ravenclaw House. Our emblem is an eagle soaring high above the pinnacle of no other's reach, our colours are sky blue and silver, and our common room offers a panoramic view of the Hogwarts campus through the arched windows of the circular common room: the Great Lake, the Forbidden Forest, the Quidditch pitch and the conservatory. No other college is blessed with this view than us. Ravenclaw students, you must be intellectually superior - and apparently curfew is approaching now. ”