The time of the holidays is always the fastest.

The day before the new term, the students who had gone home returned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the Slytherin common room became crowded and noisy.

For Matthew, this is a bit of a pity.

He could no longer have exclusive access to the huge fireplace in the common room.

I can't play wizarding chess with Miss Lestrange anymore by the quiet fireplace.

The returning students, of course, also include Matthew's roommates......

Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, and Noether had to work all night on their way back to Hogwarts.

They did all their homework for the entire Christmas holidays, or more precisely, copied it.

......

The next day, a new semester begins.

In the first Transfiguration class of the new semester, when Professor Troka appeared on the podium, Matthew suddenly realized that the professor had not attended the Christmas dinner and had not seen each other during the entire Christmas break.

Of course, this is not surprising, not only for the students, but also for the teachers.

With the exception of the teachers who consider Hogwarts their home, the rest of the professors also leave the campus during the holidays and go home to reunite with their families.

It turns out that vampires also have families, which makes Matthew slightly surprised.

In the first class, Professor Troka didn't teach anything new, but walked everyone through what they had learned about Transfiguration last semester.

And, again, he repeated the principles of Transfiguration:

"Observe, imagine...... Decisiveness, but also cautious ......"

......

In the afternoon of the history of magic, Professor Bathilda Bassat suddenly took a quiz in the first class on a whim.

And the difficulty of this test paper is not low.

This temporary test naturally made the huge magic history class continue to wail.

Matthew was no exception, he didn't go through a systematic review, and he felt that he was making a mess of the questions at the front of the test paper.

The exception to this is the last question, which asks you to describe in detail the epic duel between the Grand Magus Merlin and the Black Witch Morgana on Avalon Island in the 6th century.

Matthew was lucky because during the Christmas holidays, he happened to finish reading a book called "The Legend of Merlin".

He felt that he would definitely get a perfect score on this question.

......

Tuesday's herbal class was undoubtedly very unpopular.

Because it meant that they had to walk out of the castle and through the snow and wind to the greenhouse...... At the coldest weather of the year, this journey is undoubtedly very painful.

At the door of the greenhouse, Matthew and the others met the first-year Gryffindor and Hufflepuff students who had just finished a herb class.

Harry Evans looked bruised and swollen and looked like he had fallen on the way to the greenhouse.

Neville Longbottom, on the other hand, looked furious.

"Neville!" Matthew walked over to Neville and greeted, "Long time no see, what's the concern?"

"Yes!" Neville turned his gaze to Matthew's side, and said with an indignant expression, "I never thought that Hogwarts was not responsible at all!"

"Not responsible?" Matthew was stunned: "I'm sorry, I don't understand ......"

"Remember Ronald Weasley!" Neville explained, "the boy who was attacked in the first month of school......"

[Note: The name Ron is just a nickname, the full name is Ronald, and the full name is Ronald Billius Weasley.] In the original book, it has always been from the perspective of Harry Potter, and Harry is Ron's iron buddy, so Ron has always been called by a nickname. 】

"Of course I do. Matthew asked curiously, "What's wrong with him?"

"Hogwarts Hospital did not allow him to go home, and his body has not yet recovered...... Of course, his consciousness had not yet awakened. Neville looked even more indignant: "But at the end of the Christmas holidays, when his family came to visit him at Hogwarts, they discovered something extremely shocking......

“...... Ron had been poisoned by a strange poison, but the Hogwarts Hospital had never used any antidote to him! they had just given him some blood tonic when he was attacked...... Since then, I've been using recovery potions, and I've simply kept him alive......"

“...... Ron's parents were furious, but Madam Pomfrey at the school hospital told them that this was the right course of treatment and told him not to question it. Ron's father naturally didn't believe it, and then their family was blasted out of the school hospital by Mrs. Rozier......"

“...... And the whole family was warned not to divulge the matter to anyone, and Ron's father would be left with his job at the Ministry of Magic. It was also by chance that I heard about it......"

“...... Hogwarts is so irresponsible!If they can't cure Ron, why don't they transfer him to St. Mungo's Hospital for Witchcraft and Wizardry, St. Mungo's side will definitely find a way......"

Neville Longbottom was still there with an indignant face, but soon—

"Neville Longbottom!" a stern voice came from the direction of the castle.

Professor Sinista, the astronomy teacher and head of Gryffindor, stood there, glaring at Neville.

Neville shuddered, and walked over.

......

And on Tuesday night, when Matthew passed by the staircase on the second floor, in front of Mr. Plinger's office.

He saw two familiar figures.

Justin Finchrie and Neville Longbottom, both of whom followed Mr. Plinger in a gloomy manner.

They were carrying large bags on their backs, their hands and feet were shackled in chains, and they were walking down the stairs.

And Mr. Tang stared at them from the back.

Looks...... They are being ...... Confinement?

Matthew thought to himself.

......

All in all, in the first week of the new semester, a lot of trivial things happened.

However, on the whole, there has not been any major chaos in the castle of Hogwarts.

This is not quite in line with Matthew's previous prediction.

PS: I wish Fat Chicken ("A Bite of Hogwarts" author "Cute Feather") a happy new marriage and a good 100 years of marriage!