Chapter 9: Hold the Hand

The three of them pushed and shoved along the crowd, and finally came to a small and dark platform, followed by a rough and loud voice shouting:

"First-year students! First-year students are here! Harry, come over here, how are you?"

Harry had a look of surprise on his face, and he whispered to the two friends:

"Hagrid! He's Hagrid, Hogwarts' hunting groundsman and key keeper, and he's a nice guy! ”

After speaking, he pulled the two of them and squeezed forward.

Then the light was not bright, Zhang Xiao also saw this big man with giant blood, about 3 meters tall, Zhang Xiao only reached his thighs, wearing an oversized leather coat made of unknown animal fur, unkempt beard, and the chandelier in his hand was almost half a person tall.

Hagrid winked his eyes at Harry and shouted again:

"Come on, come with me, are there any new first-year students? Watch out for the soles of your feet, all right! First-year students come with me!"

Zhang Xiao followed the crowd, stumbling along a path on the slippery road, the first year students need to go to the docks to take a small boat to Hogwarts, the second year doesn't need to, just take the carriage comfortably, and I don't know who made this strange rule.

After turning a corner, a black lake suddenly appeared in front of him, and the people around him exclaimed in unison, only to see a towering castle standing on the high hillside on the other side of the lake, with spires on the castle and windows twinkling under the starry sky.

This is Hogwarts!

Zhang Xiao stared at the castle intently, his heart was full of indescribable excitement, Harry dragged him, and said quickly:

"Zhang, we're going to take a boat."

Zhang Xiao retracted his gaze, and the three of them got on the boat, and an unknown little wizard also followed. Hagrid rechecked that everyone was on board and shouted, "Go boat!"

I saw the boat shake slightly, and without anyone sliding, it quietly rowed across the mirror-like lake and sailed forward.

Everyone was silent, staring at the huge castle that reached into the sky.

I have to say that the scene of "Hogwarts Legacy" is quite restored, Zhang Xiao quietly looked at the approaching cliff, passed through the ivy curtain covering the front of the cliff, and came to the hidden open entrance.

Comparing his heart with the game screen he was familiar with, he couldn't say that it was exactly the same, but it could only be said that it was almost the same, which made him mutter, is this world the world in the book, or an independent world?

But there was no time for him to think deeply, the boat was almost at its destination.

In the game, there is a place similar to an underground dock, and the elevator leads to the entrance of the auditorium.

The young wizard followed Hagrid up a flight of stone steps and gathered in front of a large oak door. Reaching out and knocking, the door immediately opened, and a tall black-haired witch in an emerald green robe stood in front of it, none other than Professor McGonagall.

Harry muttered quietly:

"She looks so harsh."

Ron nodded in agreement, his face growing paler and even trembling with nervousness.

"First-year freshman, Professor McGonagall." Hagrid said.

"Thank you, Hagrid. I'll pick it up here. ”

She opened the door wide open. The foyer was large enough to accommodate all first-year wizards.

The stone walls are surrounded by blazing torches, and the ceilings are so high that you can barely see the roof. On the front is a huge Hogwarts crest, flanked by a lavish marble staircase that leads upstairs.

They followed Professor McGonagall down the stone floor to a small, empty room at the other end of the hall. Everyone rushed in, huddled together, nervously and carefully gazing at everything around them.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said, "the opening party is about to begin, but before you get to the dining hall to take your seats, you should first determine which house you are going to attend. Sorting is an important ritual........"

Professor McGonagall briefly introduced the names and glorious history of the four houses, as well as the scoring rules, and left straight away to prepare for the sorting ceremony.

Harry swallowed and asked dryly:

"How can they assign us exactly which house we are going to?"

Ron turned his head with a swing and showed a smile that was uglier than crying:

"Fred said it hurt us a lot, I guess he was joking, but it's always a test."

The young wizards next to them were obviously thinking of it too, one girl with shaggy hair was talking to the same words, and a large part of them were as desperate as Harry, apparently not knowing anything.

Zhang Xiao couldn't help laughing, Hogwarts was old, and he whispered to the two of them about the intimidation of the new students:

"Take it easy, it's just a passing scene, there is no distinction between superior and inferior colleges, the sorting hat is more about sorting according to your inner thoughts, it is not necessarily accurate, and it is not in the way of which house you are assigned to."

"Sorting Hat?" The two keenly grasped the key point in Zhang Xiao's words.

"Yes, an ancient, magical magic prop, you'll be able to see it soon."

Zhang Xiao didn't explain much, at this time, a group of milky white ghosts suddenly came out of the wall, chatted and flew forward, causing the little wizards to exclaim.

One of the chubby ghosts cheered them on loudly, wishing them a Hufflepuff place.

Harry and Ron were still desperately thinking about how to assign them to the house with a hat, when the three boys suddenly squeezed through the crowd and came together. (Note 1)

The boy at the head was pale, with delicate platinum-blond hair, and he raised his face slightly, looking a little haughty, and he looked at Harry, and said in a slow and methodical tone that imitated that of an adult:

"Everybody's talking about Harry Potter going to school. So that's you. Right?"

"Yes." Harry said he looked at the other two boys, both of whom were short and ugly-looking, standing on either side of the little white face, one on each side, almost like a pair of his bodyguards.

"Oh, this is Crabbe, this is Goyle." The pale-faced boy noticed that Harry was looking at them, casually introduced, and then said solemnly, as if to say something big:

"My name is Malfoy, Draco Malfoy."

Ron lowered his head to cover his mouth so as not to laugh out loud.

Draco Malfoy looked at him. "You think my name is ridiculous, don't you? Don't ask who you are. My father told me that the Weasleys were red-haired, freckle-ridden, and too many to have children. ”

He turned to Harry and said, "You'll soon find out that some wizarding families are much better off than others, Potter. You don't want to make friends with someone else. I can help you at this point. ”

Then he held out his hand, and Harry looked at him coldly and said, "I think I can tell for myself." ”

A faint flush appeared on Malfoy's pale face, and he was about to withdraw his hand, when a long, white, powerful hand reached out.

Holding it made many wonder, "What if Harry shook hands with Malfoy?" "Hands.

But Zhang Xiao understands that Harry and Malfoy will not shake hands no matter what, Malfoy and Dali are too similar, the same arrogant, flamboyant, like a spoiled child.

And just now he insulted Ron, Harry's approved friend.

But like all adults look at children, Zhang Xiao was only amused by the children's careful thoughts, and he shook his hand in Malfoy's surprised gaze, which was a step down the stairs in disguise.

With a faint smile on his face, Zhang Xiao put force on his hand:

"What you just said was excessive, now give you a chance, apologize!"

Malfoy felt the weight of the weight in his hands, the pain distorting his face slightly, and he gasped, immediately carrying forward the Malfoy family's fine tradition of knowing the times as a handsome.

"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have said that. ”

Zhang Xiao let go of him with satisfaction and said softly:

"You didn't make friends like this, it's lonely to have no friends, right?"

Malfoy looked at him in horror and horror, his eyes flashing, and he wanted to say something, but Professor McGonagall's voice interrupted him, and he walked back indignantly.

Harry secretly gave him a thumbs up, and Zhang Xiao patted Ron on the shoulder, and said in his grateful eyes:

"Don't take it personally, it's just a spoiled child, it's not bad by nature, it's just crooked."

Ron nodded, feeling much better than before.

Malfoy is actually quite sad, everything about him is instilled by his parents, he just believes in his parents unconditionally, and a good education may not fail to become successful.

But what's the business with him? According to Zhang Xiao's estimate, either enter Gryffindor, or enter Ravenclaw with his extraordinary brain, Hufflepuff is also possible, but it is impossible to enter Slytherin.

Just kidding, he's a hot-blooded young man who is brave and brave, and he enters Slytherin?

Professor McGonagall walked in with a parchment and said in a loud voice:

"Now line up in a single line and follow me."

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Note 1: In the novel, this plot takes place on a train, and in the movie, in front of the Chamber, the plot of the movie is used here.

Malfoy is a complicated person, I feel very different from Malfoy in the original book and Malfoy in the movie, but they are generally cowardly and bad, but the bad is not complete, I hope I can create this character well.