In the evening, Maca was still in his office to put the finishing touches on the preparation for the new semester, and when the setting sun slowly fell through the gap in the curtain to the right of his desk, he finally closed the notebook that was spread out in front of him.

“…… It's almost time, go and check with Professor McGonagall for the final few parts of the game, and then you can go to the back door to get ready for the new students. ”

After a casual stretch, Maca stood up and was about to walk around her desk to the door, when she inadvertently caught a glimpse of what seemed to be a dark shadow flashing outside the window.

"What...... Carriage? ”

He stopped in his footsteps, then took two steps back and opened the curtains a little wider.

As it turned out, he was not mistaken. From him, he could see that a black carriage dragged by two flying horses was gliding towards the castle, and Maca could tell the identity of the latter at a glance from the "handful of earth" family crest on the carriage.

"It turns out that the genius girl of the Hohenheim family has arrived," he said, putting down the curtains, turning and walking down the corridor outside the door, "since it's the little girl, let me go!" ”

Maca thought as she made her way down the stairs to the foyer. But when he went out of the main gate of the castle to the lawn of the vestibule, he found that the carriage did not come directly inside, but had fallen to the ground outside the school gate in an orderly manner.

"Miss Hohenheim, why are you so polite? Didn't I say that last time? On weekdays, when we come to Hogwarts, we usually have the carriage parked on the lawn in the vestibule......" He rushed to the door, waved off the defensive charm on the door, and then opened the door to welcome him out, "Oh, isn't this Mr. Davide?" Last time Beauxbatons said goodbye, we hadn't seen each other for a while! ”

That's right, the one who sat in the driver's seat today and commanded Pegasus to drive was still the same Mr. Ghost who followed the fat man at the beginning.

"Haha, yes—" Davide the Ghost stood by the carriage, nodded at Maca, and smiled cheerfully, "Mr. McLean, from today onwards, our young lady will ask you to take care of you." She was able to learn magic under the tutelage of your renowned wizard, and that's a blessing for us at Hohenheim! ”

"Where can we talk about taking care of it!" Maca waved her hand and said, "Miss Hohenheim is not only smart and clever, but her knowledge of alchemy is extraordinary, and in the end, this must be a blessing for me and the whole of Hogwarts!" ”

Like this kind of mutually touting social rhetoric, both sides are very skillful, you lift me, I lift you once, but this living person and a ghost do not change their faces, their hearts do not beat, and their faces are thick to their hometowns.

And just as the two were talking happily, the door of the carriage was gently pushed open from the inside, followed by a lovely little girl who went down to the side of the road.

"Professor McLean, Sarah's greetings......" she leaned over slightly, and said with full demeanor, "In the past few meetings, Sarah has been rude, and I ask the professor to forgive Sarah for her mistakes." From today, Sarah will be studying at Hogwarts, and Sarah will definitely study hard with the professor. ”

As she said, this little girl today is indeed much more honest than the previous times, and for a while Maca didn't know what kind of ghost idea she was thinking about in her heart.

"It's okay, it's okay, what to forgive or not—" Maka laughed, "Come on, come in!" In a few moments, it's almost time for the other new students to arrive, and you'll be ready to join them for the Hogwarts Sorting Ceremony, and then you'll be able to have a good dinner! ”

"Oh, no...... No, Mr. McLean. The ghost Davide hurriedly refused, "I have to go back immediately, and the head of the family will let me do something else early tomorrow morning!" Sorry, sorry......"

"This ...... Really don't stay and sit down? ”

Maca, of course, this is fake politeness, but people are ghosts, floating all day long, even in the carriage, where can they "sit down"? What's more, even if Davide stayed to attend the welcome dinner, he could only watch others eat and drink, but he couldn't even smell the smell himself, so how bad it felt!

After seeing Vader "drove" the carriage back into the air and gradually drifted away, Maca returned to the main entrance of the castle with the extraordinarily polite Miss Hohenheim. Behind the two of them, a small, beautifully decorated suitcase floated smoothly under Maca's control, moving forward little by little.

Although the trunk had not been cast with the Traceless Stretching Charm, it had undergone alchemical transformation, unlike Alexander's, which had the same volume and capacity on the outside and inside.

"Miss Hohenheim, before your classmates arrive, take a break in the side hall next to the auditorium! Hungry? Would you like to eat something......" Maka asked as she walked, "There are snacks and desserts on the train, and it's customary for us at Hogwarts to sit in the carriage and share them with our classmates...... When I arrived, it was the small hall here. ”

"Thank you...... But no, Professor McLean. Sarah followed him and turned into the side hall, "If you have anything else to do, you can leave first—Sarah herself can wait here." ”

"How can this work!" Maca sat down in her chair first, and then said, "Oh, don't get me wrong, I didn't stay here because of you, and the same goes for other freshmen. You think, as a professor, how can I leave a student who has just entered the school here alone? ”

After that, Maca sat with her in the side hall for a short time, and although the two of them did not stop talking from beginning to end, all they said was some unnutritious nonsense. Whenever Maca wanted to ask something about her thoughts and opinions on something, no matter how trivial it was, she would avoid it without a trace.

But as she talked, Maca gradually tasted something - Sarah's attitude of "near but not near, seemingly far away but not far" when facing him now was not like the feeling he had when he faced Dumbledore?

This is a state in which you know that the other person is strong and treat it carefully, but you want to get something out of the other person. So much so that when dealing with the distance between the two sides, there is always a little embarrassment, because she is not sure whether such a distance is enough to keep her secrets.

"Oh, I think I should go to the back to meet your classmates," although it was actually a little longer, but since Maca sensed the reason why she deliberately maintained her sense of distance, she naturally stopped embarrassing her, "You wait, you will see them soon......"

After leaving the side hall, Maca couldn't help but chuckle.

When I first met Dumbledore, the situation was actually similar to what I had just done. He was so preoccupied with his guard that he even deliberately emptied his mind, and now that he thought about it, Dumbledore must have seen it a long time ago. It's no wonder that Dumbledore later bluntly mentioned his magical rampage, indirectly letting himself put aside some unnecessary guards.

Remembering her ignorance, Maca made her way down the hallway to the back door, leaning against the wall and waiting for Hagrid to bring the young wizards from the lake to the castle.

After another moment, the sky outside had completely darkened. When he heard the sound of messy and dense footsteps mixed with the hum of soft conversation coming from outside the door, he knew that today's batch of freshmen had finally arrived.

"Bang bang bang-"

Hagrid's fists were as strong as ever, and even the back door wasn't much thinner than the front door, but he could still bang on the thick door.

With a wave of her hand, Maca opened the door and took two steps forward to the steps outside.

"Professor McLean, first-year freshman."

In order to maintain the dignity of the professor in front of the students, Hagrid called Maca once with a rare surname and position. Somehow, popping out of his mouth always made Maca feel a little uncomfortable.

"Yes, Professor Hagrid." Maca nodded and said, "Leave it to me - everyone come with me, keep up, and be careful not to fall behind!" ”

When these little ones saw Maca, most of them looked left and right in amazement. In fact, with the exception of a small number of Muggle-born students who had come into contact with Maca, those who had not met him were hesitant.

No way, Maca's face is really a little too "tender". Now in the wizarding world, he has a reputation for being a lot less troublesome, but these freshmen may not all be clear.

Of course, a freshman is a freshman after all, and there is still awe of this seemingly magnificent and mysterious Hogwarts castle. Even if they were somewhat suspicious of this surprisingly young professor, they were still more honest when they followed.

After Dermaca led them down the long hallway to the small hall where Sarah was, he beckoned to Sarah, who was coming this way.

"She, like you, is also a freshman enrolled this year, so let's get along well in the future!" "And then...... Yes, welcome to Hogwarts! Hopefully, some of you have already heard of it—before you have a delicious dinner, help you find the house you want to enter. This is the custom of Hogwarts and the rules of Hogwarts. ”

"You will go to class, do your homework, eat and sleep with your classmates from the same house, and if the school is a big family, then the college is the families within that family. There are four major houses at Hogwarts, and they are......"

Maca stood in front of the hall and calmly recounted the Sorting House, sending a little warning to the young wizards.

In the crowd, Alexander and Enns, the two children who had the most contact with Maca, also raised their heads, and although they looked at Maca with different eyes, they both carried a similar longing and longing.