The disappearance of Rubeus Hagrid made Hoffa feel uncertain about the future, where he had gone, and whether there was any danger that his father would come back later?

History seems to be moving in a completely alien direction.

He thought of the meeting he had with Hagrid during the summer holidays, and if he had promised Aglaia to take Hagrid with him, maybe he would have been here by now......

Before Hofardo could think about Rubeus Hagrid's whereabouts, Dumbledore ended the conversation and walked into the Great Hall with the four prefects.

Compared with last year's solemn and solemn environment, this year's auditorium environment is much more lively. In the past, the auditorium was only a brazier with a little light, and it was only lit up when the headmaster, Armandor Duppet, spoke.

But now, thousands of candles float in the air to illuminate the auditorium. Four tables are lined with glittering gold plates and goblets. At the top of the auditorium was a long table with the teachers' seats.

It's already a bit close to the romantic feel of the original.

Students from other grades in the academy were already sitting around four long tables.

Upon entering the Great Hall, Dumbledore gave Hoffa a signal to wait for his signal, and led the student to the Sorting Hat.

Hoffa saw an empty seat next to Marvellaw Table Miranda and Aglaia, and was about to sit down.

But then, the prefect of Ravenclaw, Sherlock Bohan, quickly stepped forward, passed by Hoffa, sat down in that position, and glanced at him with his peripheral vision.

Hoffa was slightly stunned.

Aglaia bowed her head in silence, and Miranda frowned slightly.

Before Hoffa could say anything, he heard someone shouting to him.

"Hoffa, this way. ”

When he turned his head, it turned out to be his roommate William.

He excitedly waved his arms at Hoffa, pointing to an empty seat beside him.

Huo Fa nodded and sat down, still looking at the uninvited prefect out of the corner of his eye, what kind of medicine is this guy selling in his gourd?

William pulled Hoffa to sit down, patted him on the shoulder excitedly, and said to the people around him: "This is my roommate, Hofa Bach who released the shield spell, how is it, he usually doesn't like to talk, but he is a real master of transformation......"

He talked to a few Ravenclaws next to him like a salesman, and all kinds of private exposures emerged one after another, and he looked like he was very familiar with Hoffa and had the best relationship, as if he had become his iron buddy.

Then look at the other roommate, Antonio, who is sitting in the corner, with a look of envy and admiration in his eyes, but he does not dare to approach.

Hoffa hoped that Principal Armando Duppet would step up and calm down the somewhat flirtatious roommate.

But no, the headmaster, Armando Dupet, sat in his seat and looked at the golden cup in front of him, his eyes a little distracted.

He had completely lost the energy of last year, and now he was completely an old man in his twilight years. Sylby's marriage last year made him suffer a lot, and he quickly exhausted his passion for life.

He stopped chatting with the students, and there was a lot of whispering in the auditorium, and no one even took a serious look at the sorting ceremony.

Finally, in the whispering voices of the four courtyards, the sorting ceremony, which not many people cared about, ended.

Headmaster Dumbledore stood under the statue of the giant eagle, coughing twice and talking a little quieter. He clapped his hands again, and the surroundings finally fell silent.

Dumbledore: "It's been a very difficult year, and needless to say about the war outside, I think the people who are still coming to school at this time have extraordinary courage. ”

The Gryffindor table nodded thoughtfully.

Slytherin just looked at him coldly.

Neither Ravenclaw nor Hufflepuff were expressionless.

Dumbledore on the podium glanced at Hoffa, who felt a little twisted in his stomach, should he come?

Sure enough, Dumbledore said, "But before the banquet begins, I would like to ask the outstanding student who once protected this school to release the legendary shield charm, Hofa Bach." Let's read for us about the changes and arrangements in the school this year. ”

At this moment, everyone's eyes pierced the Ravenclaw table like a spotlight.

Have a third-grader speak at the opening party. It's something that has never happened before, and it's something that has never happened. In previous decades, this kind of thing was done by the principal. But this year, the principal has been completely reduced to a decoration. He just glanced up at Hoffa, and then lowered his head again.

Hoffa stood up silently, he had no room to refuse.

The Ravenclaw table erupted in applause.

The applause led to the other tables and at the same time began to applaud.

It's not loud, but it's somewhat sincere.

He stepped forward, not looking at the eyes on either side, he knew that everyone around him was looking at him, but he tried not to think about it.

He stood under the statue of the giant eagle, Dumbledore gave him the place to speak, his hands naturally drooped, stood next to Hoffa, and gently chanted the incantation: "Mirror of the Shadow." ”

Several rays of light shot from under Hoffa's feet, shining on the ceiling and walls on all sides.

His face appeared on all four walls, like a projector of the future, even clearer and more magical than that. Even the sound of his somewhat disordered breathing was amplified exponentially.

There was no running away from it anymore, and Hoffa had the courage to make eye contact with them, trying to understand their desires.

That moment.

Hundreds of faces staring at him were like flickering lanterns. The ghosts also mingled with the students, shimmering with a hazy silver light. He saw Aglaia with his head down, Miranda with a worried face, Tom Riddle in a wheelchair with sharp and gloomy eyes, and ......

All kinds of things.

He was speechless.

Although he had instructed others when he opened the store in London, it was basically two people facing each other. In front of so many people at the same time, he has almost never done it before. Never done it in two lifetimes.

He was speechless for about ten seconds.

Dumbledore bent down and whispered in his ear, "This is the Mirror of Shadows, you don't have to worry about it, just say it." ”

Reminded of it, Hoffa reacted.

He reached into his arms, pulled out the piece of parchment, and read it word for word: "In the past year, we have experienced crazy mobs, horrific wars, and economic collapse. Gossip, we are afraid of cracks in society, afraid of the future being eroded by darkness.

But we are still working hard, continuing to learn, and will make breakthroughs in many areas. Now, the most important thing for us is to have self-confidence, to trust in our own strength, to trust in our school, and to trust in the glorious ...... of humanity."

After reading these scenes dryly, Hoffa turned a page of parchment, saw the row of ink, and was slightly stunned, and after two seconds, he slowly read it.

"This year, the Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts will be Jacob Bohan, the director of St. Mungo's Hospital for Witchcraft and Wizardry. ”

Dumbledore took the lead and began to applaud.

An elegant, middle-aged man wearing a purple scarf slowly walked out of the doorway behind the classroom desk. He smiled, bowed on all sides, and had impeccable manners.

The students in the underground also burst into regular and rhythmic applause.

He bowed and shook hands with Principal Dippet, who shook his hand angrily.

After shaking hands, he greeted Dumbledore, stretched out his hand and pressed it weakly, and the applause subsided.

He sat down, straightened his wizard robes, and looked intently at the two on the podium.

Hoffa didn't know what to say, he continued to spread out the parchment, and then a message made him stare at him for a long time: "Due to the resignation of Victor Carlo, the teacher of the Magical Biology class, due to injury, the teacher of this year's Magical Biology class will be the legendary half-elf, ...... from the Drazes family."

Hoffa paused, his eyes widened, and he read word by word: "Fatil Drashes is in charge." ”

As he read this, he involuntarily looked at Aglaia at the Ravenclaw table, and she stared at Hoffa with wide eyes, and they both saw the other's shock.

Obviously, she didn't know anything about it.

The parchment came to an end. Dumbledore, who was standing on the sidelines, immediately began to applaud, and the students below also began to applaud.

Hoffa looked around to find Aglaea's father,

The other students in the audience were also looking around, trying to find the teacher who shared the same surname as Ravenclaw. However, no matter how they searched, there was only one new teacher at the teaching desk, Jacob Bohan, and there was no second person at all.

Dumbledore gave Hofa a slight nudge on the shoulder, and he frowned as he put away the parchment and stepped off the podium.

Dumbledore took Hoffa's words:

"Let me make it clear here that Mr. D'Drageth is not allowed to come, but he will invite the best students of the school from the third year onwards to the Castle in the hills of the Hebdili Islands on a certain day of the semester.

These are the original words of Professor Drazes, this year's Fantastic Beasts class will be very exciting and very dangerous, I hope everyone will participate in it if you are mentally prepared. ”

After saying that, he flicked the cup with his fingers, and various foods appeared on the banquet table, and the banquet began.

This time, the vast majority of students didn't care how the banquet went. They gathered to discuss the school's two new professors.

Hoffa looked at Aglaia as he passed by her and noticed that she had her head bowed, not saying a word, unheard of the inquiries around her.

Back in his seat, everyone around him was talking about the new teacher and the war, paying too much attention to his absence. Hoffa was much more relaxed, he pulled the plate, took some food, and began to eat.

Of course, due to the war, the food at Hogwarts this year is far worse than in previous years. Although I have tried my best to make it rich, the level of refinement is incomparable with the past.

The most popular dishes are potatoes, mashed potatoes, salt-baked potatoes, potato beef, potato salad, potatoes, ...... Of course, there are other dishes, which are mainly vegetarian.

Hoffa didn't care about the food, and to be honest, he didn't ask for anything when he had enough to eat in this era. You know, in many parts of the world, because of the mass death of the labor force, many people can't even fill their stomachs.

He was absentmindedly cutting vegetables, and the topics that people around him were talking about, to be honest, he was not interested, whoever was a professor was a professor, and he had to fight a war for seven or eight years.

He thought that when it was over, he would ask Dumbledore about the strange spirit in his head.

But Dumbledore helped Headmaster Armando Duppet out less than three minutes after the banquet began.

After eating for a long time, I didn't see him come back.

Hofa began to feel uneasy in his heart, and he thought of the strange smoking boy he had met on the train, and began to look around.

But after looking at it for a long time, it turned out that he was not among the students at all, not Ravenclaw, not Gryffindor, not Slytherin, and not Hufflepuff, the largest number.

It made him feel a little inexplicable.

Could it be that the ghost I encountered on the train was not possible?

After eating, Dumbledore still didn't come back.

The plan to consult fell through.

Hoffa had to follow the new prefect up the Ravenclaw Tower.

The magic staircase turns in circles to help students climb towers and cross narrow bridges in the sky. Hoffa returned to the common room after a two-month absence.

The knight in the portrait sees the wizard coming, and the sword kneels down on one knee.

As faithful as ever, the Eagle Ring spread its bronze metal wings and asked:

The one who invented it didn't want it,

The person who bought it doesn't need it,

The people who need it don't care about it.

This question is quite difficult, and perhaps Eagle Ring wants to give the freshmen a disadvantage. For a while, no matter whether it was a new student or an old student, he couldn't answer.

Even Hoffa, who had answered the Eagle Ring question so many times, didn't know the answer. He turned his head to ask Miranda, "Will you?"

Miranda shook her head, "Guessing isn't my forte. ”

Hoffa was about to ask Aglaia, but found her standing three meters away from him, looking sideways and whispering something to Sherlock.

Then the female prefect stood up and said lightly: "Coffin." ”

Eagle Ring lowered his head and folded his wings. The sword-wielding knight spun around and opened the doorway to the common room.

Hoffa walked into the doorway, thinking to himself bad luck. On the first day of the new semester, can't the Eagle Ring come up with an auspicious riddle?