Chapter 4 The Beginning of the School Journey
After all, Xiwen still didn't spend all his time practicing spells.
Sandrine forcibly took him to various social events, to a dinner party at Malfoy Manor; Dinner at Black's house, 12 Grimmauld Place; went to the courtyard of the Selwyn house to confess relatives; Take a tour of the Greengrass family's mansion......
Sandrine also invited people from other families to come from the attic of her home, which she called "normal socializing."
"It's good to make friends with peers from other families, and you can take care of each other when school starts. And there are so many pure-blood families, maybe if you look at the right girl, you will become your little girlfriend! Sandrine said.
"Mom, I'm only 11 years old!" Xiwen reluctantly stated this.
"What's the big deal about being young, people of your grandfather's generation have given their fiancΓ©s since they were young." Sandrine was unimpressed. "Look at that Greengrass's Elciona, the little girl looks very cute and has a good personality......"
Xiwen couldn't listen to his mother's words, so he could only run back to his room to silently preview the textbook.
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In the midst of all sorts of socializing and constant magical practice, two months passed in a flash.
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"When you arrive at Hogwarts, remember to study hard; If there is anything you don't understand or any danger you can't do, you can go to Professor Slughorn, and he will be happy to help our little wizard of the pure-blood family; If there are young wizards from other families who are embarrassed, you can tell me directly, and I will go to their parents to ask for guilt; Use the owl to keep in touch with the family, don't forget me just about studying......" Sandrine became a rare nagging and kept instructing.
Xiwen nodded his head in understanding, reassuring his mother.
Suddenly, Sandrine said solemnly: "Don't get too close to Dumbledore, the head of Gryffindor, he had a close relationship with the Dark Lord Grindelwald when he was young, and he is an untrustworthy dark wizard, be careful not to be used by him!" β
Xiwen glanced at his mother in surprise, but nodded anyway.
Finally, the two made their way to the position between platforms 9 and 10 at King's Cross Station. There were already a lot of adults and children in robes, pushing small carts full of luggage, lining up and crashing into a partition wall. Xiwen looked at the cat cage he was carrying in one hand and then at the luggage of the others, fully feeling the convenience of the Traceless Stretching Charm.
Finally, he waved his hand to his mother, and Xiwen also accelerated towards the metal partition wall.
He felt his eyes darken for a moment, then brighten. When I looked back, I saw that I had passed a cast-iron arch with the words "Platform Nine and Three-Quarters" written on it. Above the smoke of the Scarlet Steam Train is a sign announcing that the Hogwarts Express will depart at 11 o'clock.
"Xiwen!" Suddenly, someone called his name behind him.
Shivin turned around and saw a pale-skinned young man with long platinum blond shawl hair walking towards him.
"What a coincidence, Abu." Xiwen beckoned at him. He and Abraxas Malfoy met at what Sandrine called normal social activities before the start of the school year, and Abraxas was very friendly with Xiwen, who was also a pureblood, and the two got along fairly well.
"Didn't you bring a package? Bringing only one cat cage to school? Abraxas asked, confused.
Xiwen took out his pocket watch and shook it at him: "Traceless Stretching Spell." β
Abraxas looked at Shivin's pocket watch enviously and said, "That's good, I should ask my dad to buy me one." β
Xiwen said: "Let's get in the car first." Shall we sit in a carriage? β
Abraksas said, "No problem. β
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Both of them arrived relatively early, and it was easy to find an empty car to sit into. Abraxas was a little bored, chatting with Shewin without words, and Shewin also answered without a match.
Not long after, there was a knock on the box door.
"Please come in." Xiwen said.
A little girl with freckles on her face pushed the door and walked in, and when she saw that the two young boys inside were obviously in good spirits, she asked in a low voice, "Are you also freshmen in the first grade?" β
Xiwen glanced at her and replied in the affirmative.
"I... My parents are ordinary people who don't know much about this school, can I sit in the same car with you and ask some questions? β
Xiwen was about to agree, but when Abraxas heard her say that her parents were ordinary people, he frowned and said in disgust: "You are not welcome here, Mudblood." Stay away from us! β
The little girl's face turned red with fright, and she covered her face and sobbed and ran out of the carriage.
Abraxas fanned the air, then closed the door, and said in disgust, "It's bad luck that I just came here and ran into a mudblood." β
Although Sven was aware of pure-bloods discriminating against Muggle-born wizards, he had always believed that all of humanity was no different, and had always disliked the insulting term "mudblood". He frowned, and was about to tell Abraxas what he thought about the matter, when the door opened.
Outside the door walked a girl wearing black-rimmed glasses, a tunic with a blue collar, and a blue badge pinned to her left chest with the word "Prefect" written on it.
She said very seriously, "I'm Randa Goshawk, the prefect of Ravenclaw, and I just saw a first-year girl running away from you crying, presumably being bullied by you. β
Abraxas looked away and snorted without leaving a trace. Seeing that the female prefect's expression was getting deeper and lower, Xiwen had no choice but to defend Abraxas. "Senior sister, my friend doesn't like to get along with strangers very much, so he spoke a little more heavily to the girl who just came in, and I apologize for him."
Miranda Goschat's face looked a little better, and said, "For the sake of you not yet enrolled in school, I won't pursue your questions this time." But I must seriously warn you that the term 'Mudblood' is forbidden at Hogwarts, and if you are caught saying such words again, you will be punished by the professors! β
Xiwen said: "Okay, we know, thank you senior sister for the reminder." β
After Miranda left, Xiwen looked at Abraxas and said, "Abu, I suggest you don't use the forbidden word 'mudblood' on your lips. β
Abraxas looked at him in surprise and said, "It really doesn't look like this sentence came from the mouth of the heir of the Rozier family. β
Xiwen said: "I don't think there is any benefit in violating the school rules just to take advantage of some painless little advantages verbally. β
Abraxas muttered disapprerovingly, "My dad is a school director, and I don't believe they can do anything to me if they break such a little school rule." β
Xiwen finally lost interest in talking, and took out "Theory of Magic" and read it.
At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door.
The door opened to reveal a boy wearing a Slytherin prefect's badge, who seemed to have known Abrazas for a long time, and said hello very well.
"Abraxas, I just saw Goshawk coming out of you, so I'll come over to see what's going on. Who is this? β
"Shivin Rozier, the only son of the Rozier family, he doesn't like to go out very much, so you haven't seen him." Abu introduced. "Xiwen, this is Ignatius Prewit, it looks like he's our future prefect."
"Hello, Prefect Preservat. Sit down for a bite to eat? Shivin gestured to the seat next to him.
"Hello, Rozier. The prefect or something is too outward, just call me by my name. Prowett was not polite, and sat down next to Rozier. Just saw Ravenclaw Goshawk go out of you, did you have a conflict with her? You know, her face wasn't very good just now. β
Abraxas said dismissively, "It's nothing, she wants to give a mudblood a head plant." β
Ignatius said: "It's a trivial matter, if she still wants to trouble you in the future, she will come to me to help you support." β
Listening to the conversation between the two of them, Xiwen sighed silently, it seems that the discrimination against non-pure-blood families has been deeply ingrained in pure-blood families.
Not thinking so much about it, he looked at Abraxas and asked, "Are you so confident that we're all going to be sorted into Slytherin?" β
Abraxas said, "My whole family has been Slytherin for generations, and I remember yours as well. I can't imagine what my family would think of me if I hadn't been assigned to Slytherin. β
After chatting casually for a while, Ignatius left the carriage first because he still had to patrol the car, and Xiwen was about to continue reading when the carriage door was opened again.
A girl with blond hair and a pretty face walked in.
"I asked Prefect Pwitt to find you here, and I've finally found you, Xiwen!"