On the rest of the journey, the four of them get together to talk about the Wizard card.

Albert perfected the rules of the game with the help of a card game he had played before. Of course, this was only the prototype of the wizarding card, and Fred, George, and Lee Jordan listened to it very well and offered their opinions from time to time.

"You say, one day the wizard cards really became famous, how many Galleons is this notebook that originally recorded the rules of wizard cards?" Albert shook the notebook in his hand and asked the three partners in front of him in a joking tone.

"If it were me, I wouldn't have sold it. Lee Jordan said without thinking, "This notebook will become a legend and will be passed down along with the Wizard card." ”

The mood of the group was in a state of euphoria, and the prospect of the Wizard cards and the game that Albert had described to them was too rosy. Moreover, whether it is Fred or George, or even Lee Jordan, you can feel the charm contained in this kind of game.

No way, there are so few games in the wizarding world.

When the Hogwarts Express began to slow down, Albert suddenly woke up and hurriedly changed into his school robes.

Soon after, the train stopped at Hogsmeade Station under the rain screen. It was still raining outside, and both Fred and George tried to cover themselves with their cloaks. Lee Jordan took an umbrella out of his suitcase, looked at Albert suspiciously, and asked, "You didn't even bring an umbrella?"

Lee Jordan felt incredible, with Albert's character, how could he forget to bring an umbrella?

"No, I have this!" Albert recited a spell, raised his wand to conjure an umbrella, and reminded with a smile, "You must have forgotten that I practiced the summoning charm for a long time last semester." Voila, now it comes in handy. ”

"Don't squeeze around. Seeing that Fred and George were actually huddled under their umbrellas, Lee Jordan was speechless.

"Albert, help make a copy of an umbrella. Fred shouted at Albert, the three of them huddled together under an umbrella was too crowded.

"Give me your wand. Albert shouted to Fred, it was too noisy.

"Don't you have a wand?" Fred was puzzled, but when he saw Albert holding his wand, he understood what was going on, and handed his wand to Albert.

"Copy in pairs. Albert took Fred's wand, chanted a spell, tapped on Lee Jordan's umbrella, and helped make a copy of it.

Before returning it to the other party, Albert glanced at the wand again and muttered, "Sure enough, I don't have a good job, and the power of the spell has been significantly weakened." ”

"What are you talking about?" Lee Jordan handed the twins the replicated umbrella and asked them to squeeze one for themselves. When the wizards behind them saw this scene, their faces were full of envy, and there were still a few people with umbrellas after all.

There are even fewer people who can use a summoning charm to create an umbrella like Albert.

The rain fell so hard that it was like buckets of cold water being poured on everyone's heads, and the unlucky ones who didn't have umbrellas were drenched as soon as they got out of the train, and they could only keep their heads down, squint, and shrink their bodies in the pouring rain, trying to resist the rain on their heads.

"First-year students are here!" a familiar voice remembered from not far away, and Hagrid, carrying an oil lamp, beckoned to the first-year freshman who had been drenched in soup.

As is customary, Hagrid will take them on a traditional trip across the lake.

Others pushed each other along the platform.

Albert, Fred, George and Lee Jordan deliberately fell behind the line, gloating at the group of unlucky eggs who were drenched in soup, talking heartlessly, George and Lee Jordan were still discussing what made them reluctant to bring an umbrella.

Of course, Albert is not the only one with umbrellas, and the students who have umbrellas in everything are not in a hurry to follow the back of the line, not wanting to squeeze with everyone, anyway, the number of carriages must be enough.

A few of them followed the other students through a rough and muddy road, greeted by a large number of carriages, each pulled by an invisible Thestrals.

The shivering students hurriedly climbed into the carriage, while the Albert four boarded one, and next door Angelina and Arya were squeezing an umbrella with Shanna, who was still chatting with Albert before getting on the bus, expressing his interest in the Replication Charm.

"I can teach you if I have time!" Albert said to Shanna, "It's not too difficult, if you're willing to put some time into practice." ”

"It's time to go. Fred reminded.

When Albert climbed into the carriage and closed the door, the carriage stumbled off, the long wagon making a splash along the path leading to Hogwarts Castle, its wheels running over the stagnant water.

Albert leaned against the window, feeling the violent jolting in the car.

No one spoke, and everyone leaned around the window to look at Hogwarts in the distance.

Soon after, the carriage passed through the Hogwarts gates with the winged boar sculptures, and finally stopped at the foot of the stone steps in front of the two oak gates.

The men in the carriage in front of them had hurried up the stone steps and ran into the castle in the pouring rain above their heads.

Albert, Fred, George and Lee Jordan disembarked from the carriage with umbrellas and leisurely walked up the stone steps through the hurried crowd.

Halfway through, Albert picked up a slippery unlucky egg, and the other party only said "thank you" and hurried away again.

"That guy is stupid. George muttered.

"What's stupid?" asked Lee Jordan curiously.

"Guess for yourself. ”

Albert ignored the bickering of the two and stood at the doorway, looking back in the direction of the Black Lake, where a faint light could be seen moving towards the dock.

Are all the freshmen still crossing the lake?

"Albert, go!" urged George.

"It's coming. ”

Albert withdrew his gaze and followed the crowd as he walked slowly to the foyer, through two separate doors into the Great Hall.

It is said that every year at the Freshman Banquet, the Great Hall of Hogwarts is renovated to make it look even more magnificent.

Albert walked into the auditorium and looked up at the guest of honor, and sure enough, he saw a strange figure there.

He nodded imperceptibly to Rowanna, and sat down in the seat that Lee Jordan had specially vacated for him, and by the way, he said hello to the ghost of Gryffindor House who was passing by, Nick, who was almost headless.

"Good evening. Albert withdrew his gaze and smiled and greeted his acquaintances.

"You're tanned. Shanna looked at Albert and said, "Went on vacation to the beach for the summer?"

"Basque beaches in France. Albert nodded, "The food over there is really good and evocative." ”

"It's enviable!" said Shanna, with envy on her face, "It's boring to stay at home during the summer vacation. ”

"It's really boring. Fred muttered, "Still, it's basically like this every year, and I'm used to it." ”

"You can at least play Quidditch. Lee Jordan couldn't help but protest.

As soon as they had spoken, Professor McGonagall arrived with the first-year freshmen, and the voices in the auditorium began to fade into silence.

The Gryffindor dean placed a tattered, dirty, patched wizard's hat on a three-legged stool in full view.

Then, under the stunned gaze of the freshmen, the Sorting Hat suddenly sang the song of the new Sorting Hat.

After the singing, the sorting ceremony officially began.

Honestly, it's a lot of fun to watch other people's sorting ceremonies.

Freshmen began to be assigned to various colleges.

Well, Albert would never admit that he was actually interested in Cho Chang's appearance.

After all, in the Harry Potter story, Qiu Zhang is a cute girl with an oriental appearance, however, there is one thing that everyone has to admit is that there are surprises between the aesthetics of Europeans and Asians, no, it should be said that people in every country are surprised.

Probably in the eyes of most Europeans, Africans and Asians are almost the same.

Fortunately, Albert did not have the face blindness that many Europeans have.

Akihari is in the front row, and unlike Europeans, she is more inclined to the face shape of Asians, well, she is indeed a cute girl.

However, what made Albert more concerned than Qiu Zhang was a boy named Zacharith Smith, Albert did not have a special impression of his name, but he himself would pay special attention to the surname Smith.

By the way, this smith was assigned to Hufflepuff.

Gryffindor also welcomed several new students, Katie Bell was one of them, and Albert had a little impression of this girl, who seemed to be one of Gryffindor's three suitors.

"Is that the Rowanna Smith you mean?" Fred looked curiously at the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor and asked Albert beside him.

"Well, it's really him, and it seems that this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts class doesn't need to worry about not being able to learn anything. While Albert was talking, Angelina across the street was talking to George about broomsticks, and she hadn't bought them yet, so she wanted to hear from the rest of the team.

"The Halo 1700 is good, and this series of brooms has been good. Wood interjected.

"What did you buy?" said Angelina, looking at Fred and George.

"Sweep the Seven Star 5. The twins looked at each other and spoke in unison.

"What about Albert?" asked Albert again.

"He didn't buy a broomstick. Fred Ti Albert replied.

"I suggest you get someone on the team to borrow a broom and try it out and then think about what to buy. Albert spoke his offer.

However, this proposal is not good, most people buy Comet and Sweep Seven Stars, and none of them buy Halo, because the broom of this series is more expensive.

"What's your budget?" Wood asked, "If it's not high, I'd suggest you buy the latest Sweep Six Stars." Comet hasn't launched a new broomstick for several years. Of course, the Comet 260 is also a good broomstick, but it is a little slower, depending on how you choose. ”

While the group was talking, the last student entered Ravenclaw. After the sorting ceremony, Professor McGonagall took the Sorting Hat and small stool.

"Welcome to Hogwarts for the new school year!" Professor Dumbledore stood up from the guest of honor, looking at all the students with a smile and a welcome gesture with his arms outstretched.

"This year, I'm excited to welcome a new teacher to our team, Professor Smith, who fills the void in Defence Against the Dark Arts class. ”

There was some applause in the auditorium.

"Alright, I think you're hungry too, so let's start eating. Dumbledore raised his spoon and tapped the goblet in front of him.

The golden plates and goblets in front of everyone were suddenly filled with food and drink, and the auditorium echoed with laughter and the clashing of knives and forks.

Albert wasn't hungry and picked his favorite foods, cutting steaks while talking to Nick about whether ghosts could eat.

Nick said that ghosts' banquets usually serve only rotten food, and when ghosts want to taste the food, they pass through the tables where the food is served.

"I guess they let the food rot to make it smell stronger. Albert said to the man next to him, and it ended up causing a bunch of rolling eyes.

After the final dessert was swept away, Dumbledore stood up again, and the buzz in the hall came to an abrupt end.

"Alright!" Dumbledore said with a smile on his face, "Now that everyone is well fed and drunk, I'm going to make a few announcements." ”

"Mr. Filch, the gatekeeper, wants me to tell everybody. This year, students were forbidden to plant garlic and bring garlic-related items inside the castle. ”

When Dumbledore talked about it, many people couldn't help but laugh, they all remembered the use of garlic to kill Filch before the summer vacation last semester.

Fred and George were kicked by Albert before they could hold back their laughter, and both of them held their breath and felt uncomfortable.

......

After Dumbledore said that everyone should go to bed, the opening party for the new students was over.

"I didn't expect Filch to ban everyone from bringing garlic. After leaving the hall, Fred finally couldn't help but laugh.

"It's a pity, the garlic scrambled eggs taste pretty good. Lee Jordan said seriously.

This made Fred and George want to laugh.

Albert followed everyone to the entrance to the Gryffindor common room.

"Password?" asked the fat lady as they approached.

"," Percy said.

The portrait bounced forward at once, revealing a large hole in the wall.

Everyone climbed in, and the circular common room was still full of familiar furnishings, with a roaring fire burning by the fireplace.

The boys all poured up the spiral staircase to their dormitories.

Four four-poster beds stood against the wall, draped with crimson curtains, each with their chests at the foot of their beds.

"Good night. Fred was so full that he took out his pajamas from his suitcase, changed them for himself, and lay down on the bed without moving.

"Good night. Albert also changed into his pajamas and climbed into bed, their bedding already warmed by a charcoal stove.

Lying on the comfortable bed and listening to the sound of rain outside, Albert closed his eyes and felt that life at Hogwarts was very comfortable.