Life at Hogwarts began.

For Matthew Wakefield, these few days have been very fulfilling, as if returning to the middle school days of his previous life.

From the common rooms in Slytherin, to the auditoriums, to the classrooms, to the library...... A stable life at four points and one line.

This time also made him forget about the bad things before.

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The teachers at Hogwarts, though many of them are a bit eccentric, are almost always good people (at least the few that Matthew has come into contact with).

If there was one exception, it was Apollion Pringer, the caretaker of Hogwarts Castle.

Pringer was a big man with a bad temper and a penchant for corporal punishment of students who made mistakes. Rumor has it that the ceiling of his office hangs from his polished chains, handcuffs, and leather whips. All the students were disgusted with him.

In addition, Pringer has a dog named Mr. Tang...... Matthew almost burst out laughing when he first heard the name, because it was clearly the name of a duck.

This stout golden retriever roams the corridors of Hogwarts Castle like a proud bullduck every day, and if he finds a student breaking the rules, he will stop them and prevent them from leaving until the arrival of his master.

It is familiar with the terrain of Hogwarts, and no student knows the secret passages of Hogwarts better than it.

However, as long as you stay away from Pringer and Mr. Tang, the rest of the memories are not bad.

The professor of the History of Magic is a witch named Bathilda Basshat, who is also the author of the History of Magic textbook.

The witch was very old, it was said that she was almost two hundred years old, so she didn't even bother to attend the sorting ceremony and the opening banquet. Even in and out of class, she needs two house-elves to support her before she can move.

However, her memory is still clear, and she can easily understand any past history, and the content of the lectures is also vivid and interesting, and she describes the boring historical events as interesting stories...... Therefore, the history of magic course is quite popular with everyone.

The man who taught the spell was Professor Flitwick, a wizard of surprisingly short stature, who had to stand on a stack of books to reach the lectern during class.

Professor Flitwick is a good-natured professor, and the Charms class is very light-hearted.

Legend has it that the now-relaxed and easy-going Charms professor was also a grumpy old man when he was younger, he participated in many dueling tournaments, won many championships, and was a well-known figure in the wizarding world before coming to Hogwarts.

Three times a week, they were led by Professor Sprout to the greenhouse at the back of the castle to study herbs, to learn how to cultivate the exotic plants and fungi and to learn what they were used for.

In the first session of the herbology class, they learned to discern if a mushroom is poisonous or not.

The mushrooms that were not poisonous were picked out by the students and taken to the kitchen by Professor Sprout after class and became the mushroom soup that night.

And every Tuesday night, they had to go to the Astronomy Tower.

Under the guidance of Professor Sinista, observe the starry sky with a telescope and learn the names of different stars and the trajectories of the planets.

This course doesn't require the use of any magic, and Professor Sinista is by far the most demanding of the course.

She also gave a lot of homework assignments, a paper on the orbits of eight planets, at least two and a half feet long.

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There were two Potions classes on Wednesday afternoon, and the only classes Slytherin had to take with Gryffindor.

Potions classes are held in an underground classroom.

It's theoretically colder than the one in the main castle building (like the Slytherin common room), but a few bubbling cauldrons in the classrooms make it warm.

Twenty or so Slytherin and Gryffindor students streamed in, seated in the classroom.

Matthew entered the Potions classroom, glancing at the bubbling cauldrons, and at the soaked taxidermies, botanicals, and lesions in the glass jars that lined the walls.

But when he sat down, he seemed a little lonely.

Of the five Slytherin boys in a dormitory, Crabbe and Goyle were both Malfoy's loyal followers, and Nott had a good relationship with them, but Matthew was alone, becoming a little unsociable, and he was quietly "isolated" by the rest of the people.

Matthew didn't know why, and he didn't really care about it.

He took out the two textbooks "A Thousand Magical Herbs and Mushrooms" and "Magical Potions and Potions", as well as tools such as crucibles, brass scales, and crystal bottles, and put them all on his desk.

Before Professor Horace Slughorn could show up, his big belly had already pushed through first. His walrus beard fluttered in his smiling mouth as he greeted the students.

This was also the first time Matthew had met the head of Slytherin House in class.

Like Professor Troka, he took out the roster and began roll call.

However, when it came to Neville Lombard of Gryffindor and Draco Malfoy of Slytherin, he paused for a moment and smiled warmly at the two boys.

Matthew suddenly sounded Farley's assessment of Slughorn -

"He only prefers students from prominent backgrounds or who are gifted. ”

It seems that Neville and Malfoy both belong to the former?

The basement classroom was filled with steam and a variety of strange smells

Professor Slughorn stood in the midst of the many hot vapors, his large figure looking fluttering: "Students, please take out the scales, medicine bags, and of course, don't forget to take out your Magic Potions and Potions textbook......"

There was a sparse sound of fetching.

"Before class, though......," Professor Slughorn said with a sudden and somewhat mysterious look, "I've prepared a few potions to open your eyes...... Before you actually start making potions, let you feel the magic in advance!"