Chapter 7: Welcome to Hogwarts!
Liu Jiecao, Bai Ya'er, Gu Yueling, and Lihua Juan, sat together in groups of four, while Yang Chengji, Jiang Qing, Qingjing, and Xianpai sat together in groups of four, and then because there was nothing to do, everyone still habitually cultivated.
In a short time, there began to be a large number of buzzing voices and the cacophony of dragging heavy luggage, and owls also chirped in a shrill voice.
Then, the train whistle sounded, and before you knew it, the journey began.
The Hogwarts Express is gradually leaving London. On this track, hidden beyond the reach of Muggles, trains were speeding along fields full of cattle and sheep.
Hogwarts is located in Scotland, in a secluded and remote place, and the train travels more and more remotely, going to places that ordinary people can't reach.
When the train had been running for nearly an hour or so, Liu Jiecao and the others heard a loud noise in the aisle, and a woman with a smile and dimples pushed open the door of the compartment and asked, "Honey, do you want to buy any food on the train?" β
Gu Yueling asked with great interest, "What kind of food is there?" β
The woman who sells food laughs, "There are Bibi flavored beans, Blowing Treasure Super Bubble Gum, Chocolate Frog, pumpkin pie, pot cake, licorice magic wand, ......"
"Okay, except for Bibi Duowei Beans, I'll have one for each of the other foods." Liu Jiecao saw Gu Yueling's smile, and knew what she was thinking, so he directly interrupted the woman's words and said directly, "In addition, bring a copy to the next room on the right." β
After paying more than 20 silver Xike, and saying that there was no need to give change, the woman took out the food, and then according to Liu Jiecao's words, she sent a piece of food to Yang Chengcheng, Jiang Qing, Qingjing, and Xianpai in their carriage.
"Why not Bibi Duowei Beans?" Lihua asked curiously.
Without waiting for Liu Jiecao to answer, Gu Yueling said with a smile: "I happen to know this." There are all kinds of flavors in the bibi multi-flavored beans, and if you are not careful, you may eat a terrible taste that you can't even imagine, and I heard that it has a smell of snot, earwax, and so on. Do you want to eat? β
As soon as Lihua heard this, he waved his hand in disgust, and directly stopped mentioning this terrible topic.
Liu Jiecao glanced at those foods and said directly: "It seems that I really didn't guess wrong, these foods really seem to be made with magic techniques." Of course, only a small percentage of them also had spell effects, and the rest were made using magic, but the result was that it was not much different from Muggle food, except that it was more delicious. β
Originally, Liu Jiecao wanted to say something, but he only saw that Gu Yueling and Lihua had already started to eat. And he stopped talking.
Liu Jiecao also ate some casually, these are real foods, and the taste is as strange as imagined. The taste of wizards is really different from normal people, maybe this is also partly because these are Western foods, as he is used to Chinese food, even in the face of these snacks and ordinary food, in fact, he is not so used to it.
At some point, the crow also ate some food.
At this time, several people happened to eat chocolate babies. Got the cards from it.
The card shows a man's face, wearing a pair of half-moon glasses, a long, crooked nose, and silver hair and beard draped.
The name on the bottom of the card is: Albus. Dumbledore.
Text on the back of the card: Albus. Dumbledore. He is currently the Headmaster of Hogwarts and is widely regarded as the greatest wizard of his time.
Dumbledore's most well-known contributions include the defeat of the Dark Wizard Grindelwald in 1945. Discovering the twelve uses of dragon's blood, working with his collaborator Nicolame in alchemy, Professor Dumbledore enjoyed chamber music and the Ten Pillars of Rolling Ball.
Turn the card back to the front. You will notice that Dumbledore's face is gone.
That's the magic of wizards' daily necessities, even if it's just a character in a card or a newspaper character. They will also carry out their own activities as if they had their own thoughts.
Of course, compared to those more magical portraits, these cards can be said to be weak.
Although this is not the creation of real life, it is already an artificial intelligence capable of logical calculations.
Time passed slowly as several people tried different food items.
At this time, the fields that were speeding by outside the car window seemed even more barren, and a neat field of farmland had disappeared. A grove of woods, meandering rivers, and dark green hills followed.
There was another knock on their door, and a round-faced boy walked in, his eyes full of tears.
"I'm sorry." He said, "I want to ask, did you see my toad?" β
Liu Jiecao shook his head, and none of the other three women paid attention to the boy.
The round-faced boy burst into tears and said, "I lost it again!" It always wants to run away from me! β
Then, he went straight and sadly.
"That's Neville, right?" Gu Yueling asked.
"Yes, it's Neville. Longbottom. Liu Jiecao said.
Then, there was no follow-up to the conversation. Because Neville is only a minor supporting character in the eyes of the two, a person who has no talent at all except for herbalism, and he doesn't need to pay attention to it at all.
However, Liu Jiecao occasionally has a little sympathy, at least he thinks that maybe sometimes he can help Neville to see if he can solve this guy's trouble.
Neville's lack of talent is largely due to his amnesia. If you can't remember it all the time, how can you successfully practice magic?
Neville's forgetfulness stems from the fact that he was subjected to "forgetfulness" as a child to forget to witness the torture of his parents. It is a common argument that the oblivion curse damages the human mind.
Even so, Neville is also in the tenacious study in the original plot, although his strength is weak, but he never gives up.
Based on this, although Liu Jiecao doesn't care too much about Neville, for such a supporting role that still has a certain role, if he can help out, he is willing to give it a try.
A short time later, the door was opened again, and Neville, the boy who had lost the toad, came to them again, only this time a little girl accompanied him. She has changed into a new Hogwarts robe.
"Did any of you see a toad? Neville lost a toad. She said, her tone struck with arrogance, no one in the day. She has thick brown hair and a pair of front teeth.
This is the heroine of the plot, Hermione, one of the future trio. Granger.
Perhaps, because this is a world created for the movie version. Liu Jiecao felt that Hermione was not as exaggerated as the original plot, and her front teeth were not so conspicuous, and she still looked very cute.
Of course, there were a few cute Loli sitting next to Liu Jiecao, and he didn't show too much enthusiasm for Hermione, but just said casually: "I haven't seen it." β
Then, Hermione left with Neville in a hurry, not even saying hello before leaving.
Liu Jiecao was thoughtful, no wonder Hermione had no friends for a long time in the plot, if it wasn't for that accident. Maybe the trio won't take shape. Hermione's personality in the early stages of the plot was really unpleasant, and now I can see it directly.
Seeing Hermione's arrival, Liu Jiecao suddenly remembered something and reminded the girls to hurry up and change into school uniforms, and the school should be about to arrive.
Under the gaze of several women, Liu Jiecao snorted and ran out helplessly.
By the way, he ran to the next door and reminded Yang Chengcheng and the others to hurry up and change into school uniforms.
Yang Cheng and Xian Pai received the same treatment. The trio stood in the hallway, discussing their thoughts on wizard food. Then I was called back by the Lori who had changed their clothes.,It's their turn to change their clothes.γ
After changing into his school uniform, Liu Jiecao glanced out of the car window. It's already getting dark. He saw mountains and woods under a dark purple sky, and the train seemed to slow down.
A short time later, a voice echoed through the train, "The train will arrive at Hogwarts in five minutes, please leave your luggage on board." We'll send you to school for you. β
Liu Jiecao's children called all the friends, and they rushed forward with the flow of people in the aisle. Be ready to get out of the car.
The train slowed down and finally stopped. The children pushed and shoved, rushed to the door, and descended to a small and dark platform.
Then, a lamp flickered above the students' heads, and Liu Jiecao heard a loud voice shouting: "First graders! First-year students are here! Harry, come over here, how are you? β
Liu Jiecao squinted and saw directly that the black-haired boy with lightning scars was standing there, very close to Liu Jiecao and other children.
With Harry. Potter, then the red-haired mortal standing next to him was naturally Ron. Weasley.
In the midst of a sea of people, Hagrid's bearded face smiled at Harry. Potter said, "Come on, come with me, are there any freshmen?" Watch out for the soles of your feet, all right! First-year students come with me! β
They followed Hagrid, stumbling and stumbling, seemingly descending a steep and narrow path. It was pitch black on both sides of the path, forcing Liu Jiecao and the others to use "condensation" to strengthen their eyesight, making Hagrid look back at them.
"Turn this corner, and you'll soon see Hogwarts for the first time." Hagrid shouted back.
Then there was a loud "Oh!" At the end of the narrow path, a black lake suddenly unfolded. On the high hillside on the other side of the lake rises a majestic castle with spires and windows twinkling under the stars.
"No more than four people per boat!" Hagrid exclaimed, pointing to a group of small boats moored to the shore.
Liu Jiecao and other eight children, according to the previous arrangement in the carriage, took two different boats, ready to go to the opposite side of the lake.
A group of small boats immediately rowed across the mirror-like lake. Everyone was silent, staring at the huge castle that reached into the sky. As they approached the cliff on which the castle stood, it seemed to rise above them.
"Keep your head down!" As the first boats approached the cliff, Hagrid shouted.
Everyone bowed their heads, and the boat carried them through the ivy curtain that covered the cliff front to the secluded open entrance. They followed a pitch-black tunnel that seemed to lead to the castle underneath, and finally reached a place that resembled an underground pier, and then climbed up to the ground of gravel and small pebbles.
"Hey, look at it! Is this your toad? The students disembarked, Hagrid said as he counted the empty boats.
"Thank God!" Neville shouted in ecstasy with his arms outstretched.
Afterwards, the students climbed a tunnel in the rocks under the light of Hagrid's lantern and finally reached a flat, damp meadow in the shadow of the castle.
They climbed a stone staircase and gathered in front of a large oak door.
"Are you all there? Look, your toad is still there, right? Hagrid raised a large fist and slammed it three times on the castle gate.
The door opened immediately. A tall dark-haired witch in an emerald green robe stood in front of the gate. She looked serious, and the first thing that came to the students' first impression was that this person was not easy to deal with.
"First-year freshman, Professor McGonagall." Hagrid said.
"Thank you, Hagrid. I'll pick it up here. β
She opened the door wide open. The foyer was big enough to put Harry. Potter's relative, the Dursleys, moved into the house. Like Gringotts, the stone walls are surrounded by flaming torches. The ceiling is so high that you can barely see the top. The faΓ§ade is a lavish marble staircase that leads upstairs.
They followed Professor McGonagall down the stone floor, and could faintly hear the buzzing of hundreds of people coming from the door on the right, presumably from the rest of the school's class.
Professor McGonagall, however, led the first-year students to a small, empty room at the other end of the hall. Everyone rushed in, huddled together, nervously and carefully gazing at everything around them.
"Welcome to Hogwarts." Professor McGonagall said, "The opening party is about to begin, but before you get to the dining room, you should first make sure which house you are going to. Sorting is an important ritual because during your time at school the house is like your home at Hogwarts. You will attend classes with other students in the college, live in the dormitory of the college, and spend your free time together in the common room of the college.
"The names of the four houses are: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own glorious history and has produced outstanding witches and wizards. During your time at Hogwarts, your outstanding performance will earn extra points for your house, while any misconduct will result in a loss of points for your house. At the end of the year, the college with the highest score receives the House Cup, which is a high honor. I hope that no matter which house you are assigned to, you will be able to bring glory to the college. β
"In a few minutes, the sorting ceremony will be held in front of all the teachers and students of the school. I suggest that you get in order and be refreshed while you wait. (To be continued......)