Chapter 032: Morning at Hogwarts

The fog was so thick that visibility was less than 10 feet, and the old walls were really not much to look at, but Hogwarts Castle was so big that Catherine ran for nearly five minutes before she reached the corner, and in order not to get lost, she continued to jog along the wall, this time it took her more than ten minutes to see the end of the wall, which was the cliff she had seen last night.

Catherine looked carefully down the cliff, but the fog was still too thick to see anything, so she began to jog along the edge of the cliff.

It didn't take her far to get off the cliff before the height of the cliff began to drop, but it took Catherine nearly twenty minutes to reach the lake, where the visibility was relatively high and she could see farther away, but the lake was quiet, because most of the creatures were still asleep.

The meadows around the lake are not wide, and soon you will see a dense forest, which is even more visible due to the water absorbed by the plants, and Catherine can even see nocturnal creatures returning to their nests, jogging along the meadow next to the forest, and soon she will see a "hut".

The reason why it is called a cottage is relative to Hogwarts Castle, but in fact it is not small at all, the height is enough twenty feet, and as soon as she saw the giant crossbow in the corner of the wall, which was half her body high, Catherine immediately understood who its owner was, and seemed to hear the girl's footsteps, and there was a dog barking in the cabin, followed by Hagrid's angry shouts before he was awake, and then the dog stopped barking.

As the fog began to dissipate, Catherine was able to pick up the speed of her jogging, and within ten minutes she saw the school wall, which had a stone pillar at intervals, and at the top of which was a winged boar. Not long after running along the wall, a pair of magnificent cast-iron gates appeared, and a long lane ran through them from the grass on the slope to the castle.

Just then, a ray of sunlight pierced through the fog and landed on the steeple of the castle, followed by more sunlight that dispelled the fog and dyed the castle golden.

Catherine had a sudden urge to make a pilgrimage, and she did not hesitate or hesitate, and ran along the long lane towards the castle as she felt it, until the sun shone into her eyes, and she suddenly woke up.

Realizing that she had the urge to make a pilgrimage, Catherine couldn't help but wonder, she stopped and looked carefully at Hogwarts bathed in sunlight.

The four tall minarets, flanked by large and small towers, looked like they were eight stories high, but considering that this was the wizarding world, Catherine felt that she would have to walk through it herself to figure out the exact size of the castle. To the northwest of the castle was a greenhouse, and beyond that was a vegetable patch, and the forest that Catherine had just seen occupied almost the entire west side of the school.

Hagrid's cottage was located at the edge of the forest, and in the meadow between it and the castle was a huge willow tree stretching its branches, as if it had just woken up. On the grass to the east of the castle, there is a huge oval court, with six large columns with iron hoops at the top, which should be the venue for the most popular game in the wizarding world, Quidditch.

Outside the east wall of the school is a dirt road, which starts at the gate and ends at a small platform on the northwest shore of the Great Lake, which is so vast that it occupies at least a quarter of the school's area, and the entire Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is surrounded by lofty peaks, except for the entrance to the sea at the back. A wooden bridge stretches from the back of the castle across the entire lake to the top of the estuary, suspended between two nearby peaks.

"It's really spectacular!" Catherine looked at the wooden bridge that seemed to float in mid-air and sighed, "I just don't know how safe it is!" ”

The existence of the wizarding world has broadened Catherine's horizons a lot, allowing her to learn more magical things, especially when combined with what she has learned in the Muggle world, there are always many unexpected effects, but in the same way, the wizarding world has also made her experience many unexpected dangers.

Now, for example, when Catherine was running down from a cliff and passing by the lake, about to see the Quidditch field, a white shadow suddenly appeared from the lake, and Catherine quickly looked down to avoid it, and found that it was actually a short arrow formed by the condensation of the lake.

Seeing that the water arrow was dodged by Catherine, three more water arrows immediately appeared on the surface of the lake, and seeing the direction they were attacking, the girl did not hesitate to pounce on the grass, and the water arrow flew over her head, but the sneak attacker did not stop attacking, and a series of water arrows appeared in the lake, and the girl who had no time to get up rolled on the spot, and the water arrow smashed into the ground behind her, splashing a series of water splashes.

The grass by the lake was flat, but it was not flat, and it turned into a slope not far from the shore, and the unfavorable terrain did not alarm Catherine, she just reached out and slapped it on the ground, and the whole person flew out of a section, and when she landed, the wand was already in her right hand.

"Armor protection!" The water arrow that followed him slammed into the invisible barrier that suddenly appeared, shattering into a cloud of water.

After a month of research, Catherine had already understood that without Tracey, she would only be able to use magic in a critical moment, and although Tracey's help allowed her to cast spells smoothly, the magic she could mobilize in a unit of time was still very limited, so this more mana-consuming armor spell quickly disappeared due to exhaustion, but fortunately, the sneak attacker also stopped attacking temporarily.

"It's you!" Catherine couldn't help but smile at the sight of the green hair sticking out of the water.

I don't know if this smile irritated the other party, or for some other reason, the mermaid let out a piercing scream, and then the pair of gray thin hands slapped the surface of the water hard, and a curtain of water splashed from the surface of the lake, and suddenly condensed into hundreds of water arrows in mid-air, whistling towards Catherine.

Although Catherine is not experienced in a hundred battles, she has experienced a lot, but as a modern person, she really has never seen this kind of arrow rain that can only appear in sieges, and for a while, she couldn't help but be stupid. Because the area covered by this rain of arrows was so large that she couldn't escape them before she got close, the only way was to defend passively. But just as the girl decides whether to use magic or find something to block herself, a voice shouting a spell interrupts her movements.

"Armor protection!" Snape's angry voice suddenly rang out to her left, followed by a rain of arrows crashing into a large, invisible barrier, dousing it into a curtain of water.

The mermaid seemed to understand Snape's ability, and turned her head back into the lake, leaving only the silver fishtail crashing on the waves.

"Should I say admiration?" Snapley ignored the fleeing merfolk and glared at Catherine in a very unkind tone, "You provoked the merfolk as soon as the sun came out!" ”

"Actually, I caught her hand last night when I crossed the lake," Catherine said calmly in a very innocent tone, "and then she tried to take revenge, but I avoided her." ”

"Am I supposed to say it's incredible?" Snape's tone was cold enough to freeze the morning dew into ice slag.

"I don't know!" Catherine answered honestly.

Snape glared at her in displeasure for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed, "What are you doing there?" ”

Catherine was stunned for a moment before lifting the hem of her robe and running to Snape with a smile.

As soon as he reached Snape's side, he grabbed his right hand, and then he dragged him towards the castle, without thinking about whether she could follow.

"You are not allowed to go outside the castle without being accompanied by anyone else."

"Do you mean to stay in the castle even for morning exercises?"

Thinking of the "danger" of this castle, Snape couldn't help but skip a beat.

"I'll keep an eye on you myself while you're exercising in the morning."

“At－6:00－am?”

"Are you suspicious of me?" Snape stopped abruptly and stared down at her.

Catherine looked at him for a moment before she smiled and said, "I just can't believe it." ”

Snape glared at her and dragged her back, Catherine put away the wand still in her right hand and held his left hand tightly, the strange sensation in his hand made Snape slow down, and a smile appeared on his lips.

But this expression was not suitable for Snape's face, and on the way from the castle gate to the Slytherin common room, all the students who saw him first avoided in panic, then stared at the smile on his face with wide eyes and shock, and followed Catherine, who was a little disheveled as she rolled on the grass to avoid the mermaid's water arrows, and when they found their hands shaken, they all turned into stone sculptures, staring at their backs in disbelief. The look was so substantial that the girl didn't even dare to turn her head.

When Catherine changed her clothes and took care of her appearance and came to the door of the auditorium, she found that the rumors seemed to have spread all over the world, because everyone in the auditorium, except Snape, actually stopped and looked at herself, which made the girl want to find an empty seat to sit down immediately.

But when she glanced at the Slytherin table, Catherine was saddened to find that the Slytherin seats were arranged by grade, and the first year was specially placed in the place last night, and it was on the other side of the long table, which meant that she had to be surprised, curious, and confused by everyone...... Eyes walked through the Great Hall, and had to maintain the calmness and composure that Slytherin had to have.

"It's quite a challenge!" Catherine couldn't help but smile confidently, and walked slowly towards her place, as if she were wandering in the garden, and did not deliberately avoid anyone, and the people who met her eyes had a feeling like a spring breeze.

Catherine's face made Snape's tense face relax, and when he met her gaze looking at him, a smile even appeared on the corner of his mouth again, and this smile also made Catherine's smile warm.

Catherine was quietly relieved to see the empty seat reserved for her between Pansy and Daphne, at least her classmates hadn't deliberately embarrassed her, but as soon as she sat down, she heard Draco across from her whispering.