Chapter 152: The Day of School
"It must be the elves of the Malfoy family," Hermione deduced, "they don't want you to go to school and continue to fight against Malfoy." Don't pay attention to him, they don't dare to do anything with us. ”
Harry was much calmer, or else he remembered something else, and whispered mysteriously, "I just used Floo powder to get lost in Diagon Alley to Tumbledown Alley, and I saw Malfoy and his dad in the Borgin Burke shop. ”
"Oh, I've heard of that shop," Ron remembered, "my dad said it specializes in dark magic items!" ”
"Did Lucius Malfoy buy anything?" Hermione asked warily.
"No, he's going to sell."
"He's scared," Ron grinned, "he's been checking so hard lately, he must be trying to sell his dark magic items......"
When the day of school started, Charon and Hermione arrived at King's Cross early, crossed the platform nine and three-quarters, and when the train arrived, they easily found a compartment and reserved seats for Harry and Ron. To their surprise, however, Harry and Ron were not seen until the train started slowly starting with a long whistle.
"Where did these two guys go?" Hermione couldn't sit still, "I'll look for it." ”
"What is there to find," Charon lay lazily, "Harry came with the Weasleys, and must have been with them, as if Ron's sister Ginny had also reached her age this year, and was a first-year freshman. ”
Hermione was still a little uneasy, she searched down the aisle, and soon found the happy Weasleys, Ron's brother and sister were there, but Ron and Harry were nowhere to be seen. These so-so guys didn't even realize that Ron and Harry were missing. According to them, Ron and Harry were still following them at the station, and they didn't know about it later. Fred and George grinned, "Maybe they want to go to school in a more exciting way." ”
Hermione had no choice but to go back to the cubicle and tell Charon. Charon didn't think it was much of a problem, it was just that he missed the car, and there were many ways to get to Hogwarts, maybe they really went to school in other ways, such as Floo powder, as Fred and George said. And even if there is any accident, you have to go to the school and tell the teachers that there is a way, so it's better not to worry about it now.
It wasn't until they entered the Great Hall that Hermione and Charon couldn't find Harry and Ron. Hermione couldn't help herself and asked Professor McGonagall about their whereabouts. At the mention of them, Professor McGonagall's face immediately turned bad, and she told Hermione not to worry, Harry and Ron had arrived.
Hermione didn't dare to ask again, and told Charon the news. Charon smiled and said, "Look, don't worry about it, they will always have a way to solve such a trivial matter." He himself leaned back in his chair and watched the first-year freshmen walk into the auditorium in a long line of fearful sight, a scene in which he had been in the middle of the year and now stayed out of the way.
Beyond the dense black peaked Hogwarts hat, Charon spotted Ron's little sister Ginny, whose Weasley-like red hair stood out.
Meanwhile, Professor McGonagall, who wears glasses and has her hair tightly tied up in a bun, places the famous Hogwarts Sorting Hat on the stool in front of the freshmen.
Each year, this patched, dirty, torn old hat sorts new students to four Hogwarts houses (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin). Charon couldn't help but tease Hermione: "Hey, I remember last year you were so scared that you almost cried when you put on your hat. Hermione blushed and kicked Charon hard.
A very skinny gray-haired boy was called to the front and put on the sorting hat. Charon's gaze shifted to Headmaster Dumbledore, who was sitting in the teacher's box watching the sorting ceremony, his long silver beard and half-moon-shaped glasses glittering in the candlelight. A few seats further across, Harry spotted Gilderoy Lockhart in an aqua green robe. At the top sat Hagrid, with a bear's back and a thick beard, drinking with a glass in his hand.
"Well, there seems to be a vacant seat, that's Snape's place, where is he? Could it be that Harry Ron is going to be cleaned up? He is always the most positive in every time it happens. Charon thought irresponsibly. Even though he was a good friend of Harry and Ron, he didn't approve of their reckless behavior, which always put them in danger.
"It's better for them to suffer a little." Charon gloated a little.
The ceremony went on without any shock, and Ginny was rightfully assigned to Gryffindor, where she was warmly welcomed by everyone. Gryffindor has added another beautiful and lovely little beauty, which is also a happy event.
Then came the sumptuous welcome dinner, and just as Charon was feasting, whispers were heard all around. Hermione said to Charon with some anger, "These two idiots, do you know what good things they did? They actually drove their own flying cars to school, and they were stupidly seen by Muggles. ”
Knowing that these two would do stupid things, Charon thought so in his heart, but he let out a "wow" in his mouth, pretending to be surprised, "Too bad, how do you know?" ”
Hermione threw over a newspaper, the Prophet's Evening News of the day. The headline in the newspaper: The Ford Anglia will fly, and the Muggles are shocked.
"Two Muggles in London were sure they saw an old sedan flying over the post office building...... At noon at Mrs. Norfolk Hettybellis drying her clothes...... Mr. Angus Fleet, of Pibers, reported to the police ......"
"These two idiots, they could be expelled!" Hermione had a look of hatred on her face.
"Don't worry, he won't be expelled," Charon replied meaningfully. What are you kidding, Harry. Potter was Dumbledore's most important pawn, and he would never let him leave Hogwarts.
Hermione took this as a comforting word, and she sighed, "I hope so! ”
As it turned out, despite Professor Snape's insistence on expelling Harry and Ron, Dumbledore protected them and not only did not expel them, but also did not even deduct points. They went back to the common room and were even treated like heroes by everyone, which everyone thought was cool.
Charon sighed, he had been able to read Dumbledore's mind since he had stepped out of that revered frame. Dumbledore's blatant favoritism towards Harry Potter is nothing more than to make Harry more daring and adventurous, so as to expose more flaws and attract Voldemort to attack.
The last time Voldemort's doppelganger was completely settled, it is estimated that he still has not understood why he failed. He may lie lurking, or he may try again. Dumbledore was trying to give him a chance. Anyway, he couldn't kill Harry, but Harry could easily kill him and let him die one at a time. Death once is weaker.
Charon can only do his best to control this dangerous game, so as not to let Dumbledore play with fire and set himself on fire and cause Harry to have an accident. What's more important is not to let Ron and Hermione have an accident, they don't have the aura of the protagonist on them, and if they don't get it right, they will die.
Of course, Dumbledore could only favor Harry within his jurisdiction, and beyond that, he would be beyond his reach.
The next day, while having breakfast in the Great Hall, Ron receives a roaring letter.
At that time, bowls of porridge, plates of pickled herring, mountains of bread, and plates of eggs and bacon were on the long tables of the four colleges. Harry and Ron sat down at Gryffindor's table, next to Hermione. Hermione was still unhappy with the way they had come to school, and hadn't given them a good look. Charon greeted them with a smile and went to the Slytherin table. It was a schadenfreude grin, because he knew that this guy was about to be unlucky.
Sure enough, when Ron first started drinking porridge, he heard a commotion above his head. Hundreds of owls swarmed in, circling the auditorium, dropping letters and parcels into the conversational crowd.
A big gray guy fell into Hermione's pot. Suddenly, milk and feathers splashed all over them.
"Errol!" Ron shouted, taloning the wet owl out. Errol collapsed on the table, legs in the air, and a wet red envelope in his mouth.
"Oh, no—" Ron cried out.
The envelope seemed normal, but Ron seemed to think it would explode.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked.
"She-mom sent me a yelling letter." Ron said weakly.
"You'd better open it, Ron," Neville whispered shyly, "it's worse not to open it." Grandma sent it to me once, and I ignored it, and it turned out—" he gasped, "it was horrible. ”
Harry looked at their horrified expressions, and then at the red envelope.
"What is a howl letter?" He asked.
But Ron's attention was all on the letter, and the corners of the envelope were already smoking.
"Open it up," Neville urged, "only a few minutes ......"
Ron reached out with a trembling hand and carefully removed the envelope from Errol's mouth and tore it open. Neville plugged his ear with his finger, and Harry knew why right away. At first he thought it had exploded, and a loud bang filled the auditorium, shaking the dust off the ceiling.
“…… I wouldn't be surprised if they fired you if they stole the car, and I will see how I clean you up then. You probably didn't even think about how your dad and I felt when we found out that the car was gone......."
It was Mrs. Weasley's shouting, a hundred times louder than usual, rattling the plates and spoons on the table, and the echoes of the stone walls on all sides deafening. The entire auditorium turned to see who had received the shouting letter, and Ron cowered in his chair, only a reddened forehead.
"Receiving Dumbledore's letter last night, your father was so ashamed that he almost died. We worked hard to bring you up, but I didn't expect you to do such a thing, and you and Harry almost lost their lives......"