Chapter 269: Hogwarts History of Magic (20)
After the Sorting Hat had assigned the first-year freshmen to the various houses, Old Headmaster Dumbledore had a few words and the banquet began.
In the professor's chair, a plate of steamed dumplings appeared on the plate in front of Phyllis, as well as a small plate of dipping sauce, and a glass of red wine next to the drink.
In the eyes of pure Orientals, this combination is quite strange, but after all, this is the United Kingdom, and the Kate family is Chinese, in the eyes of many professors and students, eating dumplings with red wine is a normal pairing, and there is no problem at all.
"Harry Potter was assigned to Gryffindor, just like his father." Flitwick couldn't help but talk about the boy, "I knew, I knew he was going to be like his father......"
Phyllis pulled out a pair of jade chopsticks. This is what she turned out in the ancestral house of the Kate family, very beautiful, the whole body is subtle and round milky white, there is no cumbersome pattern, but there is a "Gu" character and a "shot" character respectively. These two words are carved with silver, filled with silver, the aged silver does not shine, just complement the already restrained white jade, demure and appropriate, very much Phyllis's like.
Phyllis picked up a steamed dumpling, dipped it on a plate, and asked, "What do you think of Harry Potter's father?" ”
"James Potter, of course I do!" Flitwick said immediately.
Phyllis took a bite of half of the steamed dumpling and tasted it, it was not bad, quite authentic, it seemed that it was necessary to let Amy instruct the house-elf cooking skills of Hogwarts Castle. Whether the house-elves who prepare the meals for the banquet have improved their cooking skills, Phyllis doesn't know, but at least the dumplings they make are a lot more authentic and to their tastes - of course, in fact, this plate of steamed dumplings is made by Amy.
After a small sip of red wine, Phyllis asked, "What kind of person is he?" ”
"Who?"
"James Potter, that's what you just said, Harry Potter's father."
"Why did you suddenly remember to ask this?" Flitwick looked at Phyllis with some confusion.
There are many people who are curious about Harry Potter and even scream with excitement when they see him, but there are very few who are curious about his parents.
"We can always see the shadow of their parents in the children." Phyllis said, "This is what I saw in a magic notebook, and I think it makes sense. ”
"Oh." Flitwick thought for a moment and said, "There is some truth to it. ”
"And what kind of person is James Potter?"
"......Uh," Flitwick was about to answer, but suddenly stopped, and said with some embarrassment, "As far as I know, James is a very lively student. ”
Phyllis smiled slightly and said, "A 'lively' Gryffindor, this is not a compliment. ”
Gryffindor has always been brave, and for these teenage children, their bravery is often reflected in the challenge to school rules, which almost every Gryffindor has violated, and more than once. Gryffindor, who was already very brave and rushed, added the word "lively", it was not just as simple as being naughty, it was definitely a troublemaker.
"Of course, it's just in my opinion, and for others, maybe it's a compliment." As she spoke, Phyllis glanced at Dumbledore, who was sitting in the middle of the professorship.
"Uh......" Flitwick didn't know what to say.
Flitwick knew that Phyllis admired wisdom and sanity, so he liked Ravenclaw, but he was a little disdainful of the reckless Gryffindor.
Phyllis was a good Ravenclaw, and Headmaster Dumbledore was also a good Gryffindor, a great wizard who shared Gryffindor's bravery spirit. It can be seen from many things that compared with the rigid school rules, he attaches more importance to whether the students have the insistence on love in their hearts and the pursuit of justice.
This is a collision of two ideas, and it is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong. It's just that Dumbledore has achieved too much, his reputation is too great, and he is respected by the entire wizarding world. In this case, Phyllis, who makes it clear that she does not appreciate Gryffindor's bravery, stands out.
Unlike the gentle Flitwick and Sprout, because of her childhood experience, Phyllis's personality is a little perverse, and she will not restrain her edge just because Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and a great wizard.
In fact, in Flitwick's opinion, Dumbledore was by no means a narrow-minded person, and there were four houses at Hogwarts, and it was all too normal for different ideas to collide with each other. Besides, Phyllis wasn't a vicious person, and she shared Dumbledore's friendship. On the contrary, some of Dumbledore's supporters, although they did not report it with malicious intent, still labeled Phyllis as "eccentric".
Powerful wizards tend to have keen perceptions, and Dumbledore, who was chatting with Professor McGonagall, was keenly aware of Phyllis's gaze. Seeing that it was the professor of the history of magic that he had personally recruited, Dumbledore raised his glass full of butterbeer and smiled gently at Phyllis.
Phyllis also raised her red wine glass and gestured in a friendly gesture.
After the feast, Dumbledore stood up again, and explained what he needed to pay attention to for the next school year, and in particular, this year he made an extra emphasis on not being allowed to enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor.
The corridor on the right side of the fourth floor? Phyllis thought back that her office and bedroom was on the fourth floor, but she hadn't heard anything special about the hallway on the right side of the fourth floor. Maybe it's because I went out on a trip some time ago, and the news is a little lagging?
After saying a few things that needed attention, and directing the students to sing a messy school song, Dumbledore announced that today's banquet was over, and the students could return to their dormitories under the leadership of the prefect.
The Ravenclaw students live in the tower on the west side of Hogwarts Castle, and the prefect leads them up to the tower to demonstrate in person what to do if they enter the common room by answering questions.
The common room in Ravenclaw is a large, ethereal, circular room with tasteful arched windows on the walls and blue and bronze silks. The ceiling is a dome with stars on top and stars on the dark blue carpet below. The room has a table, chairs, bookshelves, and a white marble bust of Rowena Ravenclaw in a niche opposite the door. A door next to the statue leads to the dormitory above.
In the girls' dormitory in Ravenclaw, Leah was lying on the bed, tossing and turning and unable to sleep. Even though she was born into a prominent wizarding family, she was still thrilled by what she had experienced today.
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