At the edge of Gryffindor's long table, the air seemed to freeze.

If there is any college that hates writing the most, then the active and energetic lion cubs are definitely the first, except for a very few students like Hermione and Percy, most of them are most afraid of handing in paper assignments.

"It's just the beginning of school, and this can be considered a gift?"

Ron Weasley looked at the pile of books under his chair with a constipated look on his face and said incredulously.

Ever since he went through the summer "Big Sister's DingTalk Course Tutoring", Ron Weasley has been a little allergic to this kind of carefully wrapped pile of books, and he can't understand why anyone would send books on such a happy day.

"Oh, wait! Gilderoy Lockhart, I know him—"

George Weasley glanced at the smiling wizard and turned to his brothers.

"I think Mom seems to be very fond of his books, doesn't she? Fred, when I went to Diagon Alley this year, Mom seemed to go out of her way to buy a set of this guy's, and by the way, Ginny seems to have brought a few to school—"

"It's not that guy, it's Professor Lockhart. ”

Percy Weasley frowned, correcting in a serious tone.

"If you take a look at the books and spend less time playing Quidditch and wizarding chess, you will understand that Professor Lockhart is not like those mediocre people, he is a great, respectable wizard. Besides—"

Percy casually pulled out a book and looked at the corner mark on the back of the book, a look of admiration appeared on his face.

"These books aren't cheap at all, they add up to about a dozen gold Galleons, and if you think about how many students there are at Hogwarts, to be honest, it seems to me that he would probably be a better fit to be the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. ”

"That's right, as a full professor at Hogwarts, Professor Lockhart had the right to put these on his list. ”

Bill Weasley nodded, glanced at the "A-class" standing in the faculty seat, and said in a complicated tone.

"In fact, when you graduate from school, you will understand that the art of speech and a certain ability to understand words are the most needed and scarce abilities in a wizard's society when the magical strength is close. ”

As a "Gringotts Wizarding Bank - Senior Researcher - B-Class", Bill Weasley understands the importance of "A-Class" personnel in the organization, and the meaning of the rank itself - irreplaceable, strategically important, and powerful.

Especially when Lockhart is still a containment expert, it can reflect the strength of this young wizard even more.

As for the cost issue mentioned by Percy Weasley, Bill was not so touched and shocked.

As an extremely important A-class member, Gilderoy Lockhart didn't need to think about money at all, since the Gringotts Wizarding Bank was completely absorbed into the power of Her Majesty the Empress, money was only a number for their level.

"Oh, no—"

Hermione Granger looked at the pile of books under her chair and said with some distress.

Knowing that Gilderoy Lockhart would be teaching at Hogwarts this year, she didn't beg her parents to exchange her birthday present for a complete collection of Lockhart's works, she could have used the opportunity to buy other books, or her favorite magic quill.

is different from several other girlfriends who have made a small profit by playing the "Black Devil Defense Year-end Assessment".

Hermione Granger's only income came from that playthrough reward, as well as the income from publishing articles on Hogwarts and Contradiction over the past year, most of which were now in her Gringotts Wizarding Bank account - she had already negotiated with her parents that she would pay for the miscellaneous expenses after that.

"It's okay, Granger, so you can have two signed books. ”

Fred Weasley winked at Hermione and grinned comfortingly.

"As far as I know, Professor Lockhart has a lot of fans in the wizarding world - I'm sure many witches are willing to pay for a complete set with his autograph, and with your grades, it should be a no-brainer to get the professor to sign for you. Or you can give me and George when the time comes, and we'll sell it for you, and then we can share the money together......"

"Don't even think about it, I won't sell it!"

Hermione Granger glanced at Fred Weasley, who was smiling evilly, and said angrily.

"I've already figured out that one will be at home and one in the school dormitory. Or wait until next year to take out a set from it and give it to new students. I don't think anything like this can happen once a year. ”

"By the way, Sister Hermione, ...... speaking of which"

Ginny Weasley looked up, looked at Lockhart not far away, touched Hermione's elbow lightly, and whispered.

"Do you think that Mr. Lockhart is more handsome in real life than in the books......

"Indeed, it seems to have a little more poise and depth than on the previous cover—"

Hermione stole a glance at the smiling wizard and met Lockhart's eyes.

The girl's cheeks flushed slightly, but I don't know if it was an illusion, the two looked at each other for less than half a second, and the kind smile on Lockhart's face suddenly froze, and she quickly took the initiative to look away from Hermione and look at Ravenclaw College.

Unlike the worries of Gryffindor House, the atmosphere on the Ravenclaw side was clearly much more relaxed.

Looking at the handsome new professor, there was an excited discussion among the girls of Ravenclaw College, who quietly and excitedly looked at the young professor with brilliant blond hair, exchanging stories about him.

And in the crowd, Elena, like the other girls, glanced nonchalantly at Lockhart.

With the girl's eyes, Lockhart's ears rang with a devilish whisper like a mosquito.

"Mr. Lockhart, remember what I said...... Otherwise...... Hmph......"

“！！！”

Gilderoy Lockhart swallowed a little nervously and nodded helplessly.

Sometimes it's not all a good thing to have a lot of book lovers—you know, he's just trying to make sure what the dangerous targets to avoid look like, so that they don't end up stuffed into the reactor of the Hyperion.

Hopefully, when he guesses next year, he'll beat Xenophilius Lovegood once.

After all, according to the rules set by Elena, the next time it will be a win in three games, as long as he wins one game, he will win.

In this way, Mr. Lovegood could take over as the professor of language and literature at Hogwarts, and he could sit at home and work on Contradiction while he refreshed his books.

......

All in all, Gilderoy Lockhart is clearly much more popular than the first two professors.

Not only the little witches, but as an adventurous hero in the wizarding world, many boys will also worship and yearn for those magical experiences like saviors after reading the books written by Lockhart.

So, after a brief pause, there was finally a round of applause in the auditorium.

Among them, the applause from the long table of Ravenclaw College was particularly enthusiastic, and Elena looked around at the excited little witches, narrowing her eyes slightly playfully, and the intriguing expression in her eyes became clearer and clearer.

At the same time, Gilderoy Lockhart, who had been paying attention to the movement here, became more and more nervous.

The young wizard looked at the curtain of the academy hanging around the Great Hall with distraughtness, as if he were on a hot oven, and for the first time in his holy life, he had a strange wish that it might be safer if everyone had been colder.

At this moment, he wants to hide in the dark, as he did a few months ago, and control the situation in an orderly manner.

"Finally, there's one more thing—"

Thankfully, Professor Dumbledore was able to speak again, and Lockhart was relieved.

"I think you've probably noticed that this year's Hogwarts has seen a number of familiar faces return to class. Regardless of the class you are in, you will all be in the same class for the following year – and I, Professor Apocalis, and Professor Newt Scamander will be your advisors for the following year. ”

Dumbledore turned his head and winked at Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, and a dozen or so other handpicked Hogwarts "Graduates" and smiled.

"But...... Your classes start in the second week - partly because Professor Scamander has other things to do, and partly because you have to go through a training session with the new students before the official course begins. ”

“...... Training?We, together with the freshmen?"

Charlie Weasley repeated with some confusion.

At the same time, Fred Weasley and George Weasley glanced at each other and smiled maliciously.

"yes, that's a new Hogwarts feature—"

"If you need fruit or drinks, don't forget to exchange the album you treasured—"

"Well, what an atlas? Looks like we brothers need to have a good talk with each other. ”

Charlie Weasley glanced thoughtfully at his smiling brothers, rubbing his fists as he prepared to ask.

Judging from Fred and George's expressions, it was obvious that they had secretly flipped through his "study book", otherwise they would never have shown such a narrow expression—this kind of behavior could not be connived at, and his mother would have beaten him to death when she found out.

"Well, that's all for the important things. ”

At this moment, Dumbledore clapped his palms lightly and said in a pleasant tone

"I think you're already hungry, aren't you?

Immediately after, the golden plates and goblets on the table were suddenly full of food and drink.

Amid the aroma of steaming food, the students' attention instantly shifted from the inconsequential content of the professors, the new curriculum, and the new textbooks, and threw themselves into the delicious food that they had been thinking about for the whole summer.

If nothing else, this may be the biggest dinner at Hogwarts this school year.

As was the tradition from last year, all four academies' exclusive vegetable gardens will be reactivated from next week, and the dishes that appear on the tables of each academy will still be processed according to the list of raw materials provided by each academy.

The only difference is that, at least this time, you will be much more experienced when it comes to seed selection.

......

Needless to say, it's a delicious feast.

The auditorium reverberated with laughter and the clashing of knives and forks.

However, as time went on, there was a sense of discord around the Ravenclaw table, and it all started with a "taboo question" accidentally raised by a first-year freshman.

"Sister Qiu Zhang, I saw in "Hogwarts, A School History" that each house at Hogwarts has a unique access control method, so what is the access control method of our Ravenclaw House? is it similar to some kind of password?"

Danilova Alexei asked curiously as she cut the sausage.

Click-

With the girl's casual question, the knife in Qiu Zhang's hand, which was originally smiling, suddenly hit the golden dinner plate, making a somewhat abrupt impact sound, and the students around who heard this question also stopped.

By the way, I almost forgot - Eagle Ring!

Since today is the first day of school, there is not a single person on duty in the lounge!

The smiles on the smiles on the faces of the Ravenclaw seniors looked at each other, and for a moment, they were reminded of the fear and humiliation they had felt at the Bronze Eagle Ring issue after the opening party a year earlier.

Cho Zhang took a deep breath and said with a solemn face, as if he was telling some terrible ghost story.

"Well, Dani, you may need to be mentally prepared......"

"Ravenclaw's knocker? well, it's a talking bronze eagle ring. ”

Luna Lovegood explained vaguely as she munched on a veal steak.

"The questions are not very difficult at first, and generally the difficulty increases as the semester progresses. I heard that the problem on the first day of school last year seemed to be a very interesting math problem, such as putting a rabbit and a raven in the same cage, telling that there were 38 heads and 96 legs, and then asking how many the ravens and rabbits were......"

"Oh, is that all? Ten and twenty-eight, that's pretty simple......"

Danilova was slightly stunned, then breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to concentrate on the sausages on the plate.

This simple system of binary equations could be calculated in ten seconds when she was six or seven years old.

At first seeing everyone's expressions, Danilova thought that it would be some headache of advanced mathematical problems, or very brain-burning philosophical speculation, if it was just these simple mathematical problems, it would be a little reluctant to even have a break time.

"Dani, you're happy too soon, it was only a year ago......"

At this moment, the prefect Miss "Peach" shook her head solemnly and said in a deep voice.

"Do you know what a question the Bronze Eagle Ring posed during our last week out of school, the week the Ravenclaw common room was about to close? It wanted us to help answer a question from a stubborn barber—"

Since that day, the questions in the common room have not been answered. ”

"It's the only way we can do it by taking turns and then opening the door once every hour to put people out......"

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Chapter 2!