Chapter 148: The First Day of School (Ask for Subscriptions, Ask for Collections, Ask for Recommendations)
The second day was much the same as the first day, except that after the morning discussions, the afternoon group visited the important underground cave complex beneath the garden.
As soon as you enter the cave, you can feel a completely different coolness from the ground, the whole cave structure is complex, and different caves have different functions, such as a small cave with a height of one person for personnel exchange, and a large cave as big as a basketball court for planting fungi. There are also some well-sized caves that were used as classrooms for teaching.
At the bottom of the cave there is also a clear underground river, which can not only provide enough water for the people in the cave, but also use a kind of sealed boat to follow the underground river, and appear in the river dozens of kilometers away without outsiders detecting.
However, as the school moved to the ground after the crisis was resolved, much of this underground system was sealed away as an emergency backup for the school. Only a part of the cave near the surface is still in use, some of which is used as a classroom for some special courses, and the other part is used as an underground farm and breeding farm for edible and medicinal plants and animals. For example, Ryan saw a large mushroom house with a lot of edible mushrooms in it.
After all, unlike Hogwarts, Castro Brusus, located deep in the Amazon rainforest, is far away from human settlements, so it is not very convenient to shop outside. The lack of transportation and the special history of the school when it was founded. Therefore, farming has also become a major feature of this school. For example, Ryan's mushrooms from last night's barbecue party came from a mushroom garden in this underground tunnel complex.
After two days of free communication, the time has come to September 1, and the time for the new semester to begin. Ryan and the others were invited to the opening ceremony, and the Hogwarts students were placed at the long table representing the new students. Castro Brushuo has three colleges, the Blood Academy, which is inclined to combat, the Quetzalcoatl Academy, which is inclined to academics, and the Giant Wood Academy, which is inclined to basic and temporal operations.
However, unlike Hogwarts Admissions, Castro Brushuo is assigned to different houses at the end of the first year according to the strengths of students in different subjects. So in the school's auditorium there are four long tables representing the freshmen and the three colleges. Ryan, they sat at the least crowded new table as guests from afar.
After the principal's brief opening speech, the banquet began. The opening party at each school is just as lavish, and the banquet at Castro Brus College showcases a lot of local cuisine, from Peruvian roast beef to Brazilian barbecue on large skewers. There are also bush specialties such as fried bugs, grilled crocodiles, etc.
In addition to this, in order to show the welcome to guests from afar. There were also a lot of British-inspired foods added to the opening party, but Ryan felt that neither the fish and potato fries nor the haggis could be called a delicacy when compared to the delicacies on the table.
When the main dishes on the table turned into desserts, the atmosphere in the auditorium slowly became lively. During the exchange, Ryan learned that there is also a special ceremony for the entrance of new students. It's just that compared to the Hogwarts ceremony, which feels the weight of history, the entrance ceremony for new students here is a little more exciting.
The young wizards would climb the Wizard Town dock a few kilometers downstream from the river next to the school, ride a giant canoe pulled by Arowana, and finally climb hundreds of steps up the high ground where the school is located to the school gate and follow the path into the auditorium.
Finally, when everyone had eaten the dessert, the opening party was over. Everyone hurried back to the dormitory to get some rest and prepare for the first class after the start of school tomorrow.
The next morning, Ryan woke up early. The exchange students attend classes according to the same grade schedule as Castro Brushu, and the first morning of school has a third-year class.
Castro's Bruce Masters program is divided into public courses and electives, with the exception of the first year, each age has its own electives, some of which are specific to a particular college. As an exchange student, Ryan is allowed to choose the electives he wants to take in the classroom, regardless of the academy. Similarly, the two Hogwarts professors will also offer an elective course for Castro Brushuo students to study during this time.
Since I didn't know what was going on here, we discussed last night that everyone in each grade would choose the same subject. In this way, if there are any problems, everyone can discuss them with each other to avoid not being able to keep up with the progress of the class because they are not familiar with it.
Because of this, after breakfast, Ryan went to the second-floor classroom with Hermione and Daphne Greengrass from Slytherin House at the door of the auditorium to attend their first class. Along the way, they encounter a number of palm-sized, furry humanoid creatures, such as Castro Brush's unique creature, Keborah.
As Ryan and the others made their way through the hallway, a group of Keboras tried to smash a giant mushroom into their heads. Luckily, Ryan used the disarming charm in time to knock the mushroom down in advance.
The big mushroom fell to the ground and exploded, and the green slime inside splattered everywhere.
"Oh, it's them again. Don't they have any activity other than throwing stinky mushrooms?"
"Confinamient, this is good luck now, if it's April, the smoke fruit they lost is the most troublesome. ”
With the sound of a spell like never heard before, a wheat-skinned half-breed girl waved her wand to gather the slime in the hallway and threw it in the trash. Ryan then noticed a group of people coming up the stairs in the hallway, and suddenly a greeting voice came from among them.
"Good morning, Ryan. What are you here for?"
Hearing this greeting, Ryan realized that the leader of the group on the other side was David, who had a good discussion with them in a group two days ago, so he replied, "Good morning! We are here for the combat class of the Blood Academy today, and we are now walking to the classroom." ”
After speaking, Ryan found that on David's school uniform, there was a symbol composed of a drop of blood, a magic wand and a book. So he asked curiously, "Could it be that you are a student of the Blood Academy." ”
David was just about to answer, but the girl who had just chanted the spell preemptively replied, "Of course, David is not only a student of the Blood Academy, but also the prefect of the third year of the Blood Academy and the champion of the Wizard Duel Grade Group for two consecutive years. ”
"Cousin, the championship or something is a past glory, so there's no need to talk about it often. David said to the girl helplessly. After that, he invited them and said, "I think it's your first time in the classroom, so it may not be easy to find." It's just so good that we can stop by and go together. ”
Ryan was glad that the first class went so smoothly, which was a good sign.