Chapter 7 The Wall of Content
He followed Ayres out of the city of Mecca, and had barely gone far when he saw a huge lake. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, on the other hand, is already on the other side of the lake.
The whole lake was so empty that not even a single boat could be seen. This made Wright wonder, "Grandpa Ayres, that's Hogwarts, right?
"Don't worry, just follow me, don't be too surprised later!"
As he walked to the shore of the lake, Wright noticed a flat piece of ground made of stone slabs. Ayres walked across the stone pavement and continued to walk forward without stopping.
"Grandpa Ayers, Grandpa!"
Wright was stunned by what he saw, and Ayres walked smoothly directly on the surface of the lake, without falling into the lake as Wright had imagined.
"Don't be afraid, come on!" Ayers stopped as he stood on the surface of the lake, calling to Wright to follow his footsteps.
Wright mustered up the courage to take his first step. The solid feeling made Wright take his second step, and when the whole person stood on the surface of the lake, Wright was still a little incredulous.
"Grandpa Ayres, what is this?"
"It's a transparent bridge, it's invisible, but it's there, and we usually go in and out of school from here. Keep in mind that flying is not allowed in the skies above Hogwarts. ”
Even so, Wright was close behind Ayres. Because Ayers told him that the width of the deck was not fixed, but narrow in some places and wide in others. Wright, who was afraid that he would step on the air conditioner and enter the lake, immediately put away his curiosity and followed Ayers honestly.
Looking at the moss-covered stone wall, even a person like Wright, who has not been washed by time, can feel the long history of this wall. I couldn't help but touch the wall, and a cold feeling came from my fingertips.
The earth trembled, and a man in dark yellow clothes with a difficult face floated in mid-air, his hands shining with yellow light. Suddenly arched in the middle of the shaking ground, and a wall of earth slowly rose from the ground until it was as tall as a man. Then, one after another huge magic arrays appeared out of thin air, engraved on the earthen wall.
"Ahh
"Grandpa Ayers, when was this wall built?"
"This wall, that was a long, long time ago. It is said that the school originally did not plan to build a wall, but later a few graduating students funded the construction, and it was not in the way anyway, so let it be left as it is. ”
Ayers didn't seem to care about the wall, it seemed to him that it was something that could be destroyed by magic, and that the decorative effect was clearly greater than the actual effect. In fact, if Ayers had tried it that way, he would have found that not one, even ten, would be useless.
"How is it different from what I see?" Wright muttered under his breath.
"What did you say?" Ayers didn't listen to Chiang Wright.
"Nothing, nothing!"
When I finally walked to the gate of the school, a huge stone arch stood firmly, and I don't know how many years have passed, and how many students and teachers have come in and out. People have changed, time has changed, but some things have not changed. There is no decoration on the stone arch, only a few plants climbing up to add a touch of color to it.
The campus is built in such a large way that the wide road, large enough for five horse-drawn carriages to travel side by side, runs straight ahead, and trees are planted at equal intervals on both sides of the road. Maybe these trees are not all precious species, but the long life gives them great value, but no one dares to touch them.
The long stone path divides into left and right sides a short distance ahead, and at the end is a lawn with a huge stone lying across it. There are four big words "Hogwarts" engraved on the stone, I don't know what color it was used to paint at the beginning, Wright looked at the already dark red and felt a little uncomfortable.
Behind the stones is a wide square, and the floor of the square is not known to be paved with stones. The whole looks like a whole stone slab, and there are no gaps at all, and it even shines a little in the sunlight.
Five humanoid statues are erected in each of the five directions of the square, one of which is a woman and the others are all men.
These five men are the five most powerful magicians who founded the school, and five sculptures have been erected here in their honor, so that future generations can admire their heroic appearance. Seeing Wright notice the statue, Ayres took the rare opportunity to explain.
"Is it the most powerful, it's just a few poor people!" Wright's voice revealed a vicissitudes of life, and after saying that, Wright quickly covered his mouth, "How could I say such a thing?"
Fortunately, Ayres didn't know what to think and didn't hear Wright's words.
Continuing along the path on the right, Ayers led Wright into a room. There were already a lot of children about the same size as Wright waiting in the room, and Ayers found a place for Wright to sit down, "Wright, you just stay here, someone will come and lead you around the campus later, you will follow her then, don't lose it! I still have some things to deal with, leave first!"
"Well, Grandpa Ayers, you go about yourself, I can take care of myself!"
Watching Ayres leave, Wright had time to look around. Maybe it's the first time you've come to this place, and everyone is unfamiliar with it, or maybe it's because it's a famous magic school, and everyone feels a different atmosphere here. In short, no one spoke in the room, and the whole room was quite quiet. In this case, Wright did not dare to speak at will, so he could only sit and wait quietly.
I don't know how long I waited, until Wright felt a little hungry, and a very beautiful girl was late.
"Hello ladies and gentlemen, I am Linda, a second-year student, and I am responsible for leading you to visit the campus today. Linda's tone was a little hurried, she was in a hurry. Originally, it was Linda's roommate who was in charge of receiving it today, but she had something to do temporarily, so she had to ask Linda for help. It's just that Linda was a little late when she found out, so she hurried over.
"Now, please line up and follow me for a tour of the campus and then to the cafeteria for lunch. ”
Everyone lined up casually and followed Linda out of the room where she had been staying. Wright came late and was too embarrassed to go to the front row, so he had to be the last one.
"As we walked, being here today means that you will be full students at Hogwarts when school starts. Hogwarts is a university with a long history, a strong faculty, and a financial subsidy from the Kingdom, and the only school on the continent that can teach magic.
From the day you came to this school, your destiny has changed. What you aspired to and worshipped before will be the people you will become. There is no tuition at Hogwarts, and all food and clothing are free. Not only that, but you can also receive a monthly subsidy, of course, the amount of the subsidy is not the same for everyone, and the stronger the talent, the more the subsidy. ”
Linda's tone was full of pride, and yes, as a member of this school, Linda, who had been successfully promoted to a second-level magician, did have the capital to be proud of.
"Look, this is our school library!" Linda pointed to a very large, two-story building that looked down from above and looked like an open book.
"Since it's a holiday and the library is not open to the public, we can't take everyone inside to see it. The library has an extremely rich collection of books, including customs, biographies of celebrities, history and literature, etc., as long as there are books outside, you can find them here. Of course, there are some books that are not available outside, and there are them here.
Once you have your student ID card in school, you will be able to enter the library and borrow books. It's just that at the beginning, you can only read in the library, and only after reaching the strength of a third-level magician will you be allowed to borrow books from the library. ”
The next thing you see is the teaching area, with a total of six buildings, arranged in the shape of scattered stars. The six buildings are marked with numbers from one to six, and there is also a flame symbol on the second building, a wind symbol on the third building, a soil symbol on the fourth building, a water symbol on the fifth building, and a light beam on the sixth building, representing the five magic systems of fire, wind, earth, water, and light.
"Sister, what does that sign in Building One mean?" Hearing Linda explain the meaning of the signs in the other buildings, only the one that was missing Building One, a slightly more daring boy mustered up the courage to ask.
"You really want to know?"
Although there was something wrong with Linda's tone, everyone really wanted to know what was going on, and they all said they wanted to know.
"The sign in Building One is a bird, which we usually call a rookie. It means that the people who study in this building are a group of rookies, and of course, you will have to study here after the school starts. ”
"Hahaha!" After saying that, Linda covered her mouth and laughed, leaving a group of people stunned and didn't know what to say.
Linda laughed alone for a while before realizing that she was a little out of shape, and cleared her throat, "Ahem, don't worry too much about it, everyone here has studied in this building." You'll spend one or two years in this building before you'll be assigned to the building according to your talent. ”
"Okay, don't worry about this for now, we still have a lot of places to see! Move quickly, or you won't be able to make lunch!" Linda easily diverted everyone's attention with a little trick.