In a few moments, the rickety carriage stopped beside the stone steps of the oak gate, and Ivan stepped out of the carriage and followed the flow of people into the castle.

Harry, who was in the back, looked behind him from time to time, looking worried.

"What's wrong? Harry? Ivan noticed Harry's strange appearance and asked puzzled.

"Did you see Hagrid just now? In previous years, he would come to greet the new students. Harry said strangely.

"His lessons last year were so bad, maybe there were too many people complaining, Headmaster Dumbledore fired him, right? I just saw Professor Grapeland at the station, and she probably came to the top shift. Luna guessed.

"It can't be!" Harry glared at Luna and said with certainty that Professor Dumbledore would not fire Hagrid,

And he thinks Hagrid's lessons are pretty good, and everyone likes him very much......

"So you're going to raise a few more snails this semester?" Luna asked lightly.

Harry's words suddenly froze on his lips, and the expression on his face became uncertain at the thought of what had happened when Hagrid had asked them to raise snails last school, and the scene when they were chased and killed by a group of snails......

Hermione was also worried, and she was worried that Hagrid would be captured in Azkaban for keeping and modifying dangerous creatures without permission......

While chatting about Hagrid's strange appearance, several people walked through the foyer and stepped into the auditorium.

Hogwarts is brightly lit, with hundreds of candles floating in the air, and the bright lights of the stars illuminate the surroundings.

The room was filled with four academy tables, and many of the young wizards who had arrived early had already sat down first.

The new Hogwarts students stood neatly next to the high platform and waited for a new round of Sorting Houses, and several silver-white ghosts floated nearby, scaring some of the timid freshmen enough.

Ivan glanced briefly around the Great Hall, then turned his gaze to the teacher's seat, where the golden high-backed chair in the center was empty, and Dumbledore was not in his place.

Next to that seat sat a witch in a pink cardigan.

She had short, curly gray-brown hair, was short and fat, had a sweet smile on her face, and was chatting enthusiastically with Snape.

But Snape apparently didn't want to pay attention to her, and stiffened his face, responding with a blank answer.

Several of the professors around them had slightly uncomfortable expressions on their faces after seeing the witch.

"Umbridge, she's here." Ivan narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself.

Hermione followed Ivan's gaze and noticed the disgusting figure as well.

But what surprised her even more was that at the end of the professorship, there was another person sitting in Hagrid's place, Professor Graplan.

Harry, who noticed this, gasped, worried about Hagrid's situation......

"Look, that's what I thought...... He was not fit to teach, and he must have been dismissed. Luna said, shaking her head.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron glared at her.

Ivan also thought that Luna's words were too blunt, but he didn't mean to stop them.

Strictly speaking, Luna didn't say anything wrong, just something out of place.

Because Hagrid's teaching level is really sparse, he always likes to bring some huge and hideous "cuties" to class, and tries to make everyone fall in love with them.

As for Hagrid's whereabouts, Ivan felt that he should follow Dumbledore's orders to negotiate with the giants as he had done in the original plane.

After all, Hagrid is not Harry, and there is no value in being targeted by Voldemort and the Death Eaters......

After telling her conclusions, Luna seemed to be unaware of the anger she had caused, and said goodbye to the others and walked to the Ravenclaw table alone.

Ivan and the others also hurriedly sat down at the long table in Gryffindor.

As soon as they were seated, the Sorting Hat placed on the stool suddenly moved, cracked its mouth, and sang loudly.

"I was a new hat a long time ago, when Hogwarts was not yet built, and the four founders of the Noble School thought they would never go their separate ways......"

The Sorting Hat's singing voice has changed from its previous humor and lightness, telling the story of the founders of the four houses in a deep, magnetic tone, and using these past events to warn the wizards present to unite and work together and abandon the house view.

After waiting for the sound of the Sorting Hat to cease, the auditorium burst into applause, but there was also a slight whisper.

Many people wondered why the House was about to be sorted out, and Headmaster Dumbledore was not there yet.

Ivan kept an eye on every professor in the faculty chair, trying to see something from their reactions, but the professors probably received the news in advance and did not wonder about it.

Only Umbridge had a very unhappy look on her face, she thought that the headmaster's absence on such an important occasion was a very dereliction of duty, so she vigorously questioned Professor McGonagall, who was sitting next to her.

Professor McGonagall casually mumbled a few words, then walked straight onto the stage to preside over the sorting ceremony.

As McGonagall pronounced their names, the freshmen nervously stepped up to the platform, buttoned their hats over their heads, and nervously waited for the Sorting Hat to make a decision.

Every time the hat made a choice, the audience remembered a burst of cheers and applause.

When the last student stepped down from the podium and took his seat, the door to the auditorium was slammed open.

The sound of the door clicking drew everyone's attention, and the noisy auditorium fell silent for a while.

The next moment, Dumbledore, dressed in a dark purple robe and wrapped in a scarf, walked through the door.

Ivan narrowed his eyes, staring at Dumbledore in front of him with a pair of eyes, according to his previous speculation, the other party should be in a bad state now.

After all, it has been a full year since Dumbledore was injured by the dark magic on the Horcrux, and even if he is not dead, he should be in a state of serious injury, as evidenced by the fact that the other party has not shown up all summer.

However, under Ivan's perception, this is not the case, Dumbledore's condition is amazing, his pace is very steady, and even the oppressive force is stronger than before!

When he confronted Voldemort next to the English village before, he had felt that Dumbledore's momentum was far less than now.

At that time, Dumbledore was like the setting sun, powerful but twilight, but now it is like the scorching midday sun, so hot that it makes people's hearts palpitate......

How is this possible? Could it be that Dumbledore found a way to heal his previous injuries this summer?

Ivan was stunned, and looked at Dumbledore carefully, only to find that the other party's right hand was still hidden in his sleeve, and he couldn't see it at all, and he couldn't confirm the other party's status......

But Dumbledore is still alive anyway, and alive and well......

This made Ivan somewhat relieved.