Chapter 17: Magicians Can't Eat Chocolate Frogs
It was a long journey, and everyone had a great time, except for Fred and the poor sniffer.
To celebrate Gryffindor's great victory over Slytherin (Lee Jordan), George decides to take a portion of the stolen money and use it to buy snacks.
In William's words: The consumption of the whole audience tonight is paid by Zhao Gongzi!
Although the whole audience is limited to six people in the cubicle, a rabbit and a sniffer, and the consumption is only a few snacks.
Bobo tea doesn't count, it's a very picky eater, almost exclusively eating the high-priced cat food and various canned treats that William buys.
People don't eat as delicately as a cat, and it is easy to have psychological imbalance.
Cho proposed again: "Just starve it for a few days!" ”
Bobo Tea squinted her eyes and stared coldly at Qiu's little white rabbit, the claws in the meat pad popped out, and the girl was so frightened that she immediately changed her words.
On the table were all kinds of Bibi flavored beans, Blowing Treasure Super Bubble Gum, Chocolate Frog, pumpkin pie, pot cake, licorice wand, and some bizarre food items that William had never seen before.
Today George was bleeding profusely, and he bought some of each.
After a while, the relationship between Autumn and several people has also become much closer, which makes Cedric very happy.
The joy of licking a dog is sometimes as simple and boring as it gets.
Fred handed William a chocolate frog, but the latter looked at the chocolate, hesitated for a moment, and still didn't eat it.
As a magician, how can you rely on eating chocolate frogs to renew your physical strength, isn't this a great death?
When Fred saw that William would not eat it, he took it apart himself, and when he opened it, he took out the picture.
The picture shows an old man wearing a bowler hat, black-rimmed glasses on his face, and his silver hair and beard hanging down. The name on the bottom of the picture is: Nicol Lemay.
Through the back of the picture, William looked at the text: Nicol Lemay is now recognized as the greatest alchemist of all time.
His well-known contributions include the creation of the only Philosopher's Stone, the creation of the alchemy system from the Middle Ages to modern times, and the trend of using toads as pets for 600 years!
"Oh, it's Nicolame, that's great, I've got a complete set of pictures!" Fred excitedly announced.
A complete set of chocolate frog pictures, up to several hundred, is usually difficult to collect, so it is expensive.
Fred collects these, not to like them much, but to prepare to sell them to other wizards at a high price.
Seeing that Fred has collected all the pictures, George, Cedric, and Lee Jordan also join the army of dismantling the chocolate frogs.
In the process of eating frogs like crazy, time passed very quickly, as if it had been taken away by a force in the dark, and it didn't take long for it to be evening.
William glanced out the window, it was already dark, mountains and woods under the deep purple sky, and the train had slowed down.
"In five minutes, the train will arrive at Hogwarts, please leave your luggage on the train and we will take you to the school."
The sound echoed through the train, and everyone got up and rushed forward with the flow of people in the aisle.
The train slowed down and finally stopped. The students pushed and shoved, rushed to the train door, and descended to a small, dark platform.
Then, a lamp flickered above the students' heads, and William heard a familiar voice shouting, "First-year freshmen, first-year students come here!" ”
In the sea of people with his head crowded, Hagrid's height of nearly five meters stood out extraordinarily.
He smiled and said, "Come on, come with me, are there any first-year freshmen!" Watch out for the soles of your feet, all right! First-year students come with me. ”
After separating from Cedric, William and Cho stumbled towards Hagrid.
Led by Hagrid, the first-year students broke away from the group and walked downhill along a steep, narrow path with slippery ground and various vines stumbling.
It was pitch black, except for Hagrid's dim oil lamp.
William sighed, Hogwarts is really backward, and it doesn't have a street lamp or anything.
William raised his wand, waved it, and whispered, "Fluorescent burst." ”
A soft white light hung over the tip of the wand, and then the light burst out, erupting like fireworks, illuminating the path of nearly fifty meters.
Hagrid's rough laugh came from afar: "Thanks, William, you know, I can't use magic!" ”
Cho stared at William's face, as if she had just met him.
"You're already able to cast magic?"
William was reading the second-year spellbook before, and Cho thought he was just pretending, but now it doesn't seem to be the case......
William shrugged, "Isn't that simple?" ”
Hey, when this sentence came out, William was suddenly stunned.
In his previous life, when he asked about those esoteric math problems, the top students also smiled slightly, and said easily with caring eyes: "Isn't it very simple? ”
Merlin's beard! William can actually say this kind of thing with peace of mind, is this the realm of the legendary middle school bully?
But William soon regretted it, and after he used his wand to release the light, the young wizards of the first year seemed to have found their backbone and rushed towards him.
William once again experienced the feeling of crowding when making a car for the Spring Festival, and he roared: "Don't crowd...... Huh! Whose groping pig hands, don't touch them! ”
Hagle exclaimed, "Turn this corner, and you'll soon see Hogwarts for the first time." ”
Sure enough, after a loud sound of surprise, a black lake suddenly unfolded at the end of the narrow path.
On the high hillside on the other side of the lake, stands a majestic castle with spires and windows twinkling under the stars.
"No more than four people per boat!" Hagrid pointed to a group of small boats moored to the shore and shouted as if there were more than four people, and the boats would sink.
At this time, there was another pushing, and everyone wanted to sit in the same boat with William.
This kind of boat is not safe at first glance, and it has to cross a large lake, what if it falls!
William knows magic, and staying in a boat with him is at least somewhat safe.
"Line up!" Hagrid used his broad body to block the human wall and motioned for William and Autumn to hurry aboard.
After that, he randomly picked two little wizards from the crowd and threw them up, and the noise gradually subsided.
"Are you all on board?" Hagrid shouted, and he was in a boat by himself.
"Then let's go!"
A group of small boats began to sail across the mirror-like lake without wind, heading forward.
Everyone was silent, staring at the huge castle that reached into the sky.
As they approached the cliff on which the castle stood, it seemed to rise above them.
"Keep your head down!" As the first boats approached the cliff, Hagrid shouted.
Everyone bowed their heads, and the boat carried them through the ivy curtain that covered the cliff front to the secluded open entrance.
They followed a dark tunnel that seemed to lead to the castle underneath, and finally to a place that resembled an underground pier, and then climbed up to the ground of gravel and small pebbles.
Illuminated by Hagrid's lanterns, the group climbed a tunnel in the rocks and finally reached a flat, damp meadow in the shadow of the castle.
They climbed a stone staircase and gathered in front of a large oak door.
Hagrid raised a large fist and slammed it three times against the castle gate.
Bang bang bang!
The door opened, and a wizard came out.
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