The events of the Quidditch World Cup are a big deal for adult wizards, but for the young wizards of Hogwarts, it's just a vignette, a little spice in their lives.

After all, not every young wizard thinks about his future before he graduates.

For them, this incident is more of a concern than what is going to happen two days later.

Well, Hogwarts will be open in two days.

Now that Harry and the others are in their fourth year, halfway through their Hogwarts house career.

The castle in the valley of Gedric was once again handed over to the two old wizards, Pipiru and Lusisi, who had officially become the stewards of the castle at this time, and decided to spend the rest of their lives in the castle in a semi-retired manner, for them who had been adrift for most of their lives, a stable and good living environment may be a good choice.

After putting away the textbooks and packing the things they were going to carry one by one, the little wizards arrived at the Kingdom Cross platform on time.

This time, the passage was not closed for any reason, there were no house-elves blocking it, and there were no pesky Dementors on the way, and it was very smooth to arrive at Hogwarts Station.

Ride in a carriage that can only be ridden by the second grade and above, and head towards the location of the castle.

This time, in addition to the usual six-person group, there is also a little witch with a trance temperament in the car.

Luna Lovegood.

On the night of Dudley's second year, they met the little witch who was running barefoot around the castle.

Now she has passed the test and is a member of the disciplinary team.

She was discussing something with Hermione.

However, judging by the conversation, it was not very pleasant.

Hermione is a logicist through and through, everything is based on logic and speaks with facts, such as arresting criminals, she will speak with evidence. And Luna belongs to the category of intuition and amazingness, and the outstanding one is that she is unreasonable, and many times she does things that I feel, such as arresting criminals, she will directly name who is a criminal, and leave according to her feelings.

Fortunately, the two have different concepts, but it does not affect the relationship between the two. The same experience at Hogwarts (referring to bullying) laid a solid foundation for the relationship between the two.

They are each other's best friends (referring to the same sex).

The carriage is pulled by a magical creature called Thestrals, which possess a magical property that only those who have seen death can see them. Because of this, it was once considered a symbol of bad luck.

It is said to bring all kinds of terrible calamities to those who see them.

In fact, the ominous and scourge itself has nothing to do with Thestrals, just like the Pokémon scourge Absoru, who is purely a hat.

It is a scrawny, dragon-like black Pegasus with giant bat wings.

To be fair, Dudley felt they had a unique aesthetic.

Despite their skinny bones, their strength is much greater than that of ordinary horses, and even Hippogriffs can't compare to them.

But it's a pity that even Thestrals can't drive Dudley to fly.

Dudley's carriage took five Thestrals to pull. The other carriages were just a Thestrals.

Even so, the speed was a cut slower than other carriages.

By the time several people arrived at Hogwarts, they were the last to arrive in the upper years except for the first year.

The corridors of the castle were wet everywhere, and since they were all made of smooth marble, it was slippery to walk on.

It's Peeves, and this guy is smashing people around with a water balloon.

Regular pranks, he likes to do it the most.

Professor McGonagall yelled at it, but there was no special way to do it.

"Stop! Stop it! In a little while, the first-year freshmen will be here. ”

But who is Peeves? It doesn't give up on pranks for the sake of a new life.

The main thing is that Peeves is really strange in composition, non-human, non-ghostly, non-magical creatures, almost the same age as Hogwarts, one of the most mysterious beings in Hogwarts.

Sometimes you can deal with it with the ghost, a small spell can subdue it, sometimes let alone the way to deal with the ghost, even Dumbledore can't do anything about it, unless it takes the initiative to give you face, otherwise no one can do it, it's like hanging up.

The most troublesome existence in all of Hogwarts is not just talking.

Obviously, Peeves today is the one who has been buffed by invincibility, and Professor McGonagall can't do anything about him.

Peeves makes a perfect water balloon attack that drenches the little witch not far away.

The look of embarrassment made Peeves giggle.

Fortunately, it is not a pervert, and in front of it, both wizards and witches are the same.

Just as Peeves was about to throw down the second water balloon, a voice rang out behind him.

"What are you doing, Mr. Peeves?"

Hearing this sound, Peeves was stunned for a moment, and instinctively hid the water balloon behind him, but unfortunately its body was transparent, and the water ball in its hand was too big to be blocked at all.

"Oh, it's Mr. Dursley."

"Didn't do anything."

Peeves said with a little weakness.

Dudley didn't talk nonsense with it either, and went straight to the point: "That's the end of the prank, is that okay?" Mr. Peeves? ”

"Everybody likes an obedient and sensible Peeves."

"Well, since Mr. Dursley has said so."

A hint of reluctance flashed across Pippi's grimace, but he obeyed Dudley's words.

Dudley's words worked better than Barrow the Bloody to Peeves, and many young wizards wanted to know why, but Dudley never told the second person.

Peeves let go of the water balloon in his hand with regret on his face, and the water balloon fell vertically, just hitting Ron's face as he craned his neck to look up.

The poor child originally just wanted to watch the show, but it turned out to be a soup chicken in an instant.

Ron:???

I'm special.

Didn't you say that it was good not to be a prank?

Peeves promised not to make trouble again, and Professor McGonagall, who rushed over, was relieved, and she chose to ignore Ron's last moment, who made you stand so straight directly below Peeves, only to see her wave her wand to clean up the water stains on the ground, and walked to the gate to wait for the arrival of this new student.

The auditorium is still the same auditorium. Palatial with countless lit candles floating above and a transparent ceiling with a beautiful view from the window.

It's just that there is one more vacancy in the professor's seat, and the teacher of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is not in the position.

Last year, when Professor Lupin told him that he could not teach everyone the second year, many young wizards expressed pity.

After all, he was the most reliable Defence Against the Dark Arts professor in the last three years.

Not. Substitute teacher (Dudley) does not count.

(End of chapter)