Chapter 335: Brand New Building, Special Contribution Award Is Late But Arrived
The students present were all old students who had lived in Hogwarts Castle for at least a year, and were naturally very familiar with the appearance of the school.
But today, when we came back after two and a half months, everyone was surprised to find that there was another building in the school.
Where they are now is in front of the oak gate at the main entrance of the castle. As long as they climb the high stone steps, they can enter the main part of the castle.
On the east side is the Whomping Willow, and on the east side to the west is Professor Sprout's greenhouse, where most of the usual herbal medicine classes are held.
Further west, there is the rear of the school. It was originally an empty lawn with nothing, but now there is a five-story Gothic building with an air corridor connected to the main part of the castle. connect.
Although the building seemed to be less than half the size of the castle, looking at the dense windows, one could tell that it was divided into many rooms.
"We are going to have a new classroom?" a student suddenly said happily.
"Maybe a new dormitory."
"Really? I've wanted to change my roommate for a long time. Michael's feet smell bad!"
"You fart, it's obviously Levi's foot odor."
"Shut up, everyone, it's time to eat. Don't talk about such a tasteful topic."
The little wizards were all very interested in the new building that appeared out of thin air, but the heavy rain was still falling at this time, so they could only run into the gate with excitement and curiosity in their hearts.
Wayne was tired of the endless rainy days and deliberately stayed behind, waiting for everyone to go in and then the electric debut from his box was streaming into the sky.
In an instant, thunder rolled and dazzling lightning tore through the sky.
When Wayne entered the foyer, he heard an angry voice coming from inside.
"Peeves! Get down here immediately!"
A big red balloon filled with water fell from the ceiling and exploded above Ronald's head. Ronald was soaked all over, even though he was already wet. Then there were more water balloons, and the little wizards around him screamed. , Peeves laughed happily above his head.
Professor McGonagall ran over angrily, but the ground was too wet and her feet slipped. Hermione's quick eyes and hands helped her avoid falling.
"Thank you, Mademoiselle Tourange."
"It's okay, Professor."
"Peeves! Get down here!" Professor McGonagall shouted loudly, with anger that could not be hidden under his spectacles.
"I didn't do anything." Peeves chuckled, "They are already wet anyway, right?"
As he said this, he was about to scatter all the remaining water balloons in his hand. He saw 457 Wayne who had just come in looking at him with a half-smile. He immediately screamed and ran away through the wall.
"Thank God." Professor McGonagall frowned deeper and glanced at Wayne, "Okay, hurry up and enter the auditorium."
The students walked through the foyer step by step and entered the auditorium on the right. Professor McGonagall left Wayne behind.
"Mr. Lawrence, may I ask why Peeves is so afraid of you?"
Normally she might be curious, but she would never have the shame to ask Wayne for advice, but this year was different.
Just like letting several other school people see that Hogwarts can't even control a ghost, where can she put Zeleva's old face?
No matter what, the hidden danger of Peeves must be eliminated before other schools arrive, and he must be kept honest for at least one school year.
"It's actually quite simple." Wayne smiled warmly, "I have mastered a mental attack spell. Peeves has suffered twice, so he is more afraid of me."
"If you need it, I will write down the spell and give it to you tomorrow."
Professor McGonagall was a little embarrassed to ask for a magic spell from a student, but nodded awkwardly for the sake of the overall situation.
"I've recently gained some new insights into the art of transformation. You can also refer to it."
"Thank you, Professor."
"Come in." Professor McGonagall smiled and looked at Wayne's back as he walked into the auditorium, feeling envious of Professor Sprout again.
What a good kid
In the auditorium, the students were somewhat embarrassed. Many took out their wands to evaporate the rainwater on their bodies, but some made mistakes, like Seamus, who almost got himself dozed.
When Wayne passed by the long Slytherin table, almost everyone lowered their heads subconsciously. The clueless and unhappy person next to Malfoy almost buried himself in the table. Even Malfoy did not dare to look at Wayne.
He knew that his father also participated in the parade that night.
Fortunately, I ran fast and didn't get caught, otherwise...
Thinking of Pansy's father's tragic situation, he felt sick to his stomach now.
As for Pansy Parkinson, she didn't dare to resent Wayne after her father died. Her uncle told him that the most important thing now was to survive and pass on the bloodline of the Parkinson family. Only when she has enough strength can she consider revenge.
If Wayne knew what Pansy was thinking, he would probably just sneer.
You want to pass on your bloodline even when you grow like this?
I can’t even get hard!
Sitting on the familiar dining table, Wayne propped up his chin and waited boredly for the meal.
Toby and Norman were discussing new uses for the building and asked him what he thought.
"It's probably because there are too many students, so we should prepare in advance." Wayne thought for a moment and said, "Didn't you notice? There are more freshmen this year than last year. Compared with our current class, there are already 100% more students. Fifty years old.
"It seems a bit." Toby said in hindsight.
Justin Finch-Fletchley became excited at the side: "It must be possible. All the carriages were full today. I spent a long time searching for a place to go with a few Gryffindors."
Cedric nodded equally: "Even the prefects' box has been given out for the new students."
Speaking of this, Wayne was stunned again, "It seems that I became a prefect this autumn, but I didn't go to any prefect box."
"Don't tell me that you only know?" Cedric looked at him strangely.
"I didn't know until she changed into a school uniform." Wayne shook his head: "The two leaders are not looking for trouble, are they?"
Wayne was referring to this year's Head Boy and Girl.
Cedric chuckled: "Not everyone is Percy. He wants to hold three meetings a day. The two presidents this year are both from Ravenclaw. They don't care about anything at all. Don't worry.
"That's OK.
Listening to the conversation between Wayne and Cedric, some little badgers couldn't help but come over curiously.
They were still curious about what happened at the Quidditch World Cup, but Wayne put it off by saying that the Ministry of Magic asked him to keep it secret.
Wayne looked at the guest of honor seat. Lao Deng was not here, Snape was not here, and everyone else was already there.
Soon, the door of the auditorium opened, and Dumbledore strode in. He sat on the main seat with a smile on his face and seemed to be in a good mood.
Snape, who followed behind him, still had a gloomy expression. He glanced at Harry on the Gryffindor table without saying a word.
Ever since Sirius was safe and sound, Snape found that he hated Harry even more. Even with Lily's eyes and body protection, he couldn't stop this anger.
Then Professor McGonagall led a group of freshmen into the auditorium. They were all wet, and some of them were even soaked, making people wonder if they had just fallen into the black lake.
A thin boy, still wearing Hagrid's moleskin coat, looked extremely excited.
When they learned that they had to wear a strange hat to decide which college they would stay in for the next seven years, the freshmen's faces became even more ugly.
This entertained many sophomores.
I feel much more balanced.
In fact, Professor McGonagall has proposed the idea of restoring the Sorting Hat to its original state more than once.
Even the tattered old hat is better than the current "flowery" one. Unfortunately, Dumbledore and the Sorting Hat both opposed it, so they had no choice but to leave it alone.
At this time, the Sorting Hat began to sing, still praising the four founders, and adding many rap elements, which was well received by many students.
"I have a share of credit for the lyrics." When he clapped his hands, Norman said excitedly: "He really added in!"
"I will bring out the Sorting Hat another day, so you can communicate more." Wayne smiled and clapped.
"Stuart Ackley!"
Professor McGonagall took out a roll of parchment and read the name aloud. 【013704425 Feilu 220572290】
A boy stepped forward and reluctantly put his hat on his head.
"Ravenclaw!" shouted the Sorting Hat.
Immediately (cfcj), Ravenclaw's long table applauded warmly again, welcoming this year's tenth freshman.
The next freshmen were also very fast, but because the number of people increased a lot, it still took nearly half an hour to come to an end.
Many people were already hungry and focused on their empty plates.
Finally, as Kevin Whippet was assigned to Hufflepuff, all four long tables burst into warm applause, and everyone looked eagerly at Dumbledore who stood up.
He looked at all his classmates with a smile, opened his arms in a welcoming gesture.
"I only have two words to say to you." A rich voice echoed in the auditorium, "Eat!"
The empty plate was suddenly filled with food, and then it was time to feast.
In the past, as one of the most sumptuous banquets every year, the elves tried their best to show their best, but this year was a little different.
Although the taste is pretty good, the variety is much less.
Nearly Headless Nick explained the reason, "It's Peeves who is causing trouble. He wants to attend the party, but it's impossible."
"He lost his temper, threw and smashed things, and frightened the house elves in the kitchen. Some of them ate quite well."
Hermione's expression stiffened for a moment: "There are also house elves in Hogwarts?"
After she saw the Crouch family's Winky being beaten and scolded at the World Cup, she became very dissatisfied with the situation of the house elves.
"That goes without saying?" Nick looked at her in amazement: "There is no place in the UK that has more house elves than here, more than a hundred.
"Otherwise, who do you think will do the food and the daily maintenance of the castle, us ghosts?"
Ronald was so envious after hearing this that he wanted to have a house elf so that Jasmine wouldn't let him do the boring work of weeding and driving away goblins.
Hermione was speechless, but she still said: "But I have never seen them."
"They usually only come out at night, clean up, look after the fire and so on... The sign of a good house-elf is that people don't feel their presence, right?"
Hermione glared at him angrily before continuing to eat.
The rain outside stopped at some point, and the only sounds left in the auditorium were the sounds of eating and chatting.
In the end, the leftovers on the plate disappeared and were replaced with desserts.
Another ten minutes passed, everyone was satisfied with their food, everything returned to its original state, and Dumbledore stood up again.
"Okay!" Dumbledore looked at everyone with a smile: "Now that we have eaten and drank enough, I need to make a few announcements."
"Mr. Administrator Filch
Sir, I hope I can tell you that this year there are a few more prohibited items in the castle. They are Screaming Balls, Wolf Fang Flying Saucers, Sexual Transformation Mints and Itching Powder. The entire list includes
It includes four hundred and thirty-nine items. Those who are interested can go to Filch's office to check. "
The corner of Dumbledore's mouth twitched a little, and Wayne, who was looking down at the plate, stopped without leaving a trace, and finally his eyes fell on the twins, which was full of meaning.
Unexpectedly, George and Fred were not only not afraid, but also gave him a harmless smile, and the corners of his mouth twitched even more.
Two more people were led astray by Wayne.
This smile was never too familiar to him.
Dumbledore continued to talk about precautions, still warning everyone not to enter the Forbidden Forest.
Then, he smiled:
Let me tell you something joyful.
He stretched out his hand and said loudly: "At the end of the last school year, Mr. Lawrence, with his outstanding wisdom and amazing strength, discovered the secret of a case more than ten years ago.
There is something hidden.
"He, together with Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley, successfully caught the real murderer and cleared Sirius Black's wrongdoing."
"In order to thank Mr. Lawrence for his great contribution to the judicial fairness of the Ministry of Magic, the Wizengamot Mages have awarded him the First Class Merlin Chapter during the summer vacation!"
Wow!
The auditorium became restless, students were buzzing with discussion, and then, there was thunderous applause.
Dumbledore took the opportunity to announce: "For this, the school will also award him a special contribution award!"
Wayne stood up with a smile and greeted everyone. At the same time, he saw many Slytherin students with dead expressions on their faces, but they were still applauding him.
Finally, he looked towards the guest of honor seat. Snape's face turned black and Wayne's eyes happened to meet his.
Snape understood the meaning.
Why don't you smile?
Creak, creak, creak!
Snape's fist clenched loudly, and he resisted the urge to lift the table and lowered his head.
When the applause died down and Wayne sat down again, Dumbledore continued:
"I would also like to inform you with great regret that the Academy Cup Quidditch Exhibition will not be held this year."
"What?" Harry gasped in surprise. Many people looked at Dumbledore in disbelief, and the twins stared at him silently, but Dumbledore seemed unaware and continued.
road:
"This is because a big event will start in October and last throughout the school year. I am very happy to announce to you that this year at Hogwarts -
At this moment, the door of the auditorium was knocked open, and everyone looked over subconsciously.
A man stood in the doorway, holding a long cane and wrapped in a black traveling cloak.
The bright candlelight illuminated him, he took off his hood, revealed a ferocious face, and limped toward the guest of honor seat, making a hollow sound.
Wayne's eyes suddenly became sharper, and he looked at the person as if they were real.
Feeling the same, the man's big blue eyes rolled around and looked over, and the two met each other's eyes.
Although it was subtle, Wayne noticed it and his body trembled for a moment. .