Chapter 509: The Last Opening Banquet

Michael Owen, who followed Hagrid to complete "Revisiting the History of the Revolution", was seventy percent excited, two percent nervous, and one percent nervous, and got out of the tunnel with his classmates who had just met on the train, and then suddenly saw a brightly lit castle appear in front of him.

"This is Hogwarts Castle." As he walked along with the new students, Hagrid pointed to the castle and said, "We're going to spend seven years together. ”

"Professor Hagrid, is that the basilisk?" Michael asked, pointing to the basilisk fountain in front of the castle, which looked a little eerie in the dark red light.

"That's right." Hagrid replied, "It took a lot of effort for the students to solve this big problem. ”

Hagrid noticed that many of the curious students were starting to walk towards the fountain, and he hurriedly shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, you can come back during the break, or you will miss the sorting ceremony." ”

When Hagrid knocked on the castle gate, the heavy gate opened, but everyone noticed that there was no one behind it.

If Professor Flitwick hadn't coughed and let everyone spot him, he might have been trampled to the ground by the students who were in a hurry to enter the castle.

In the small room waiting for the sorting ceremony to begin, several young wizards from ordinary people asked Michael, "Michael, do you know what the sorting ceremony is like?" ”

Because Zhang Xu told Michael a lot of things about Hogwarts before, and when he was on the train, he kept showing off these little knowledge to several friends in the carriage who were also ordinary people, so that now everyone asks him about the sorting ceremony.

At this time, Michael turned into a bitter melon face, and he said: "The content of the sorting ceremony is different every year, and this year we should be asked to use magic to cook." ”

The friends around him were all confused.

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"Alright, Michael, don't be offended, after all, it's a Hogwarts tradition for the sorting ceremony to be kept secret from new students. Wait for dinner more, you first-year students haven't even reached the time for supper. ”

After the sorting ceremony, Zhang Xu smiled and said to Michael, who was sitting next to him a little sullen. This position was originally his aunt's, but now that his aunt graduated and the position was vacant, he called Michael, who was assigned to the Eagle Courtyard, over.

At this time, Professor McGonagall was doing her first Reckonagall address.

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"Now, we must deploy according to the most severe situation and make the most adequate defensive preparations."

"In the next work, we must first strengthen our ideological understanding. Each college should deeply practice the concept of "not afraid of rejuvenating the people, not afraid of 'working the people and losing money', and not afraid of ten defenses and nine emptiness", each dean should take overall responsibility and personally grasp it, and the professors and prefects in charge should grasp it specifically and in place, resolutely overcome the paralyzing and careless thinking, tighten the string of absolute safety, and minimize the impact of the Death Eaters on Hogwarts. ”

"Secondly, we must implement work measures. It is necessary to strictly abide by the bottom line of safety, comprehensively investigate all kinds of potential safety hazards, and focus on the castle's outer defense system, the transfer of junior students in wartime, and daily inspections. ”

"The third is to improve the timeliness of response ......"

In the current complex and dangerous situation, the students did not find Professor McGonagall's speech lengthy and long-winded, but listened attentively. If someone takes notes at this time, then it will be no different from a normal class.

The students who chose to stay at Hogwarts in the current situation knew what they were up against.

Professor McGonagall's speech ended quickly, and then it was time to introduce the new Hogwarts professors.

When Professor McGonagall becomes Vice-Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor is required to choose one of the four Deans. Slughorn of the Snake House is older than Professor McGonagall, Professor Sprout of the Badger House is not interested in the position, and Lupin, the new director of the Lion House, is not qualified enough, so Professor Flitwick of the Eagle House becomes the new Vice Chancellor.

When Professor McGonagall announced that Lupin would be the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor again, the students who had taken his class erupted in cheers.

When it was announced that Blake would take over as Professor of Transfiguration, there was a burst of laughter from many of the older students, some of whom had seen him almost turn into a hot pot at Hogwarts.

In the end, it was the appointment of Zhang, who made the new students stunned and the old students cheered, to reappear in the rivers and lakes.

Michael wanted to congratulate Professor Zhang next to him, but when he saw that Professor Zhang's face was as black as the bottom of the pot, he cautiously asked, "Are you unhappy about this appointment, Mr. Zhang?" ”

"Just call me Zhang." Zhang Xu said, "You must know that it is very hard work to change homework for people. ”

At this time, dinner appeared on the long table, Zhang Xu quickly filled himself with a plate full of meat, then took two glasses of pumpkin juice, and handed one of them to Luna.

Michael originally wanted to ask Zhang Xu about Hogwarts, but when he saw Zhang Xu there, he found that he couldn't interject.

After chatting for a while with the freshmen sitting on the other side, Michael suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the cafeteria was getting strange.

First, when he was taking a piece of lamb chop, he saw a senior prefect sitting diagonally opposite him holding something and looking at it, and then the prefect raised his head and looked at Zhang Xu who was sweeping the steak, and then also sped up the speed of eating.

Immediately afterwards, the prefect whispered a few words to the classmate sitting next to him, and the classmate was stunned for a moment, and finally sped up the pace of eating.

This scene was constantly playing out in the cafeteria, and for a while, the students eating in the cafeteria were like pressing down on fast forward.

Taking advantage of the opportunity that Zhang Xu was drinking pumpkin juice after eating a piece of grilled ribs, Michael, who intuitively told him that something was not right, asked, "Did something happen?" ”

"You can eat as long as you are full, and you must listen to the command later." Zhang Xu said to Michael.

Michael just wanted to ask again, but found that Zhang Xu had already turned his head to the other side and was talking to the girl sitting next to him.

Just then, a Patronus glowing with a silvery white light suddenly ran to Professor McGonagall's side.

The next moment, Professor McGonagall put down the utensils in her hand, and the dinner on the long table in front of the students suddenly disappeared at the same time.

"Students in grades 1 through 4 all return to the common room of their respective houses, and first-year students follow their prefects."

Professor McGonagall ordered as she rose from her seat.

And Zhang Xu followed the evacuated students out of the cafeteria, and then came to the roof of the Astronomy Tower alone.