Chapter 18: The New Transfer Student at Hogwarts
"Welcome!"
Dumbledore's words interrupted Hermione's quest.
"Welcome back to Hogwarts for the new school year, and I hope you have enjoyed the two months of the holiday so that your little brains can be empty enough to continue to store the knowledge of the new school year."
The Great Hall burst into laughter, and Dumbledore cleared his throat, his long white beard glistening silver in the candlelight.
"I have a few things to say before the big dinner begins.
First of all, we are pleased to welcome a new teacher to Hogwarts this year, Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, who will be your Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. ”
"Boom!"
The auditorium burst into thunderous applause, especially some senior female students, who clapped their palms red.
Lockhart stood up, his stomach shy, as if he was happy with the reaction of the little wizards, and the smile on his face was extraordinarily bright.
"Quiet, quiet!" Dumbledore had to shout several times to silence them.
"As for the second thing, this year we will have a distant friend, and he is a transfer student from Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Bruce Stewart."
A sturdy boy with short black hair strode up to the teacher's seat.
Ilvermorny!
As soon as Clark heard where he came from, he immediately perked up and looked at the transfer student.
He looked about the same age as Harry, but he was a bit bigger and very good-looking.
Facing the gaze of the young wizards in the audience, this Bruce Stewart looked unrestrained at all, and naturally showed a smile.
Dumbledore continued, "Although Ilvermorny is also divided into four houses, as a transfer student, I think Mr. Stewart will have to do a sorting ceremony first to determine where he should be sitting. ”
As he spoke, Bruce put on the Sorting Hat, but as soon as the Sorting Hat touched his scalp, he screamed:
"Slytherin!"
There were only a few cold, sparse applause from the Slytherin table, and Dumbledore applauded.
"Ilvermorny is a world-renowned magic school located in the United States and widely regarded as one of the greatest magical educational institutions in the world.
In the face of foreign friends from afar, I hope that the students of Hogwarts will also show your spirit, and become friends with Bruce in a warm and friendly manner, and promote communication between the two schools together. ”
Dumbledore's kind words did not produce any good results, and it was clear that the young wizards present were more interested in looking forward to dinner than in the transfer student from thousands of miles away.
"Alright, that's all there is to it," Dumbledore could only reluctantly declare, "let's have a feast!" ”
Suddenly there was a full load of food and drink in the golden plates and goblets in front of everyone, and the hungry little wizards cheered and began to eat one after another.
It was a delicious feast, and the auditorium was filled with laughter and the clashing of knives and forks, but Clark didn't move his fork, just stared at the back of Bruce not far away, lost in thought.
"Clark," Hermione tugged at him as she sided, "what are you looking at?" Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall left. ”
Professor McGonagall had just returned, whispering in the Headmaster's ear, and the two of them left the auditorium together through the back door of the hall.
"Nothing." Clarke withdrew his gaze, but Hermione noticed his gaze.
"Is that the American transfer student? Is it because of the dragon farm? The clever Hermione immediately remembered what Clark had said to her last semester.
Hogwarts established the dragon farm to target the dragon farm in Romania, but now they are at odds with the Wizarding Congress in the United States because of the defeat of the woolly bear.
Now that Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has sent another transfer student to Hogwarts, it's hard not to connect them.
Clark picked up a piece of roasted potato that had just appeared on the table, peeled off the skin, dipped it in sea salt and black pepper, and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it.
After swallowing it, Fang said: "I don't know, but his name is quite interesting." ”
Hermione didn't understand what he meant, and Clark didn't want to dwell on it, as the sudden transfer student suddenly disturbed his thoughts.
You know, there is no such character in the original book.
Now it's just because of a little unusual behavior last year that caused this butterfly effect. In the days to come, with his participation, I am afraid that the world will become unrecognizable.
But as soon as he thought of the fragment of Godhead in his mind, Clark's eyes became firm again. Change is change, in this world, nothing is unchanging, maybe only the power beyond the mundane can be eternal, after I become a god, who cares about his flood.
Moreover, he came from China in his previous life, and never believed in God's Noah's Ark, what he believed in was only Dayu's control of the water, and man would win the day.
Since the world is going to change, with me, let's make it better!
At a dinner party, the two of them didn't have a good time, Clark was thinking about the meaning behind the transfer students and the changes he would face in the future, while Hermione was worried about the current situation of Harry and Ron.
But after dinner, and back in the Gryffindor common room with Clarke, she knew what was going on.
Because in the common room, the Weasley twins were already holding a copy of the day's Daily Prophet and reading it very loudly.
"The Ford Anglia can fly, and the Muggles are great"
Two Muggles in London were sure they saw an old sedan flying over the post office building...... At noon in Norfolk, Mrs. Herty Bellis was drying her clothes...... Mr. Angus Fleet, of Pibers, reported to the police...... There were six or seven Muggles who saw ......"
"Oh, Merlin's beard! What did they do? Hermione looked at the scene in front of her, her breath shortened, "They're really too naïve." ”
In the last sentence, she addressed the Weasley twins.
The two of them were jumping up and down in the common room at the moment, and they said that his brother had come to the school with Harry in a flying car, and the Gryffindor wizards around him were also very interested in what they had to say.
"It's naïve indeed," Clark sighed helplessly, picking up the Daily Prophet and unfolding it.
The only good news may be that the news is hidden in the cracks of the last page of the newspaper, and perhaps the negative impact of this will be a little smaller.