Chapter 17 Go to the principal's office and take the bird's place
After a feast is over, it’s time for dessert, truffle cake, chocolate trifle, marmalade pudding, and various ice creams, as well as ice cream assassins that are not easily touched in the store...
Dumbledore stood up again, and the entire auditorium gradually became quiet. He looked around and said with a smile:
"I know that everyone is a little sleepy and eager to get back to the warm bed, but I still hope that you can concentrate and listen to me, an old man, nagging a few things to pay attention to in the new semester."
"Students are strictly prohibited from entering the forest near the school. It is very dangerous there. Whether it is our old students or freshmen, we must keep in mind."
Rove raised his eyebrows. As the saying goes, if you haven't been to the Forbidden Forest, you haven't been to Hogwarts.
If not for those cuties in the Forbidden Forest, who would go to Hogwarts?
Wouldn't Rove go to Ilvermorny?
It was only when this thought arose that Rove keenly noticed that Dumbledore glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally. Although it was only a superficial sight and quickly passed by, he still caught it carefully.
No...it must be looking at Neville, Rove is an honest child of the Scamander family, and won't be paid special attention to!
"Besides, the administrator, Mr. Filch, asked me to remind everyone not to cast magic in the corridor between classes. Once discovered, the house points will be deducted."
This time Dumbledore glanced at the Weasley twins.
The two brothers were very self-aware, knowing that the principal was talking about themselves, so they complained in a low voice. They were dissatisfied with Dumbledore's way of suppressing the nature of the students.
He also said that Dumbledore was a stumbling block to quality education, a stumbling block to happy magic, and he should have abdicated to the vice principal long ago... and so on.
After all, how could there be a vice-principal for twenty years in the world?
It seems that as long as Professor McGonagall gives an order, the twins are willing to lead their horses, lose their minds, and go to the principal's office...
Take the bird seat and let Professor McGonagall be the headmaster!
The Weasley brothers' voice was not loud, but it was very ear-piercing in the quiet auditorium, and it could be clearly heard by everyone.
Professor McGonagall's face turned dark again and again, this is really not what she taught!
These two little bastards! !
Dumbledore smiled as usual, and continued:
"The review of Quidditch players will also be held in the second week of this semester. Anyone who is interested in joining the college's Quidditch team, please contact Mrs. Hooch."
When it comes to Quidditch selection, the Quidditch captains of all the colleges are gearing up, preparing to recruit troops in the new semester and do a big job.
Truman, the Quidditch captain of Hufflepuff, has not yet led the team to win the Quidditch trophy, but they won the runner-up last year. With a complete lineup this year, they are still the favorites to win the championship.
The little badgers also looked at Truman affectionately: "Captain, lead us to charge again!" (crying)
The captain of Gryffindor Quidditch, Charlie Weasley, graduated two months ago and went to Romania to raise dragons. The new captain is Oliver Wood.
Without Big Brother, Wood has to shoulder the heavy burden, so he plans to start the iron-blooded special training early tomorrow morning.
Captain Charlie used to indulge his team members too much, he wasn't strong enough, and he wasn't tough enough. This group of little lions had to whip their little leather whips to be tough╭∩╮.
Although it has not won the Quidditch Cup for five consecutive years, Wood firmly believes that this year is the most promising year again!
The sword refers to the championship! !
Roger Davis, the captain of Ravenclaw, was not so excited. Their academy is a historically weak team. He led the team to the semi-finals every year, and he was really tired.
Davis really wanted to transfer to join the Hufflepuff who eliminated them last year... If you can't beat them, just join, no shame.
The Slytherin martial arts team is the most excited. Captain Marcus Flint's big elbow has been trained bigger and stronger during the summer vacation. If he can't beat it, he will elbow it!
"The last and last..." Dumbledore's eyes swept over everyone.
"I have to remind everyone that if you don't want to encounter accidents, pain or even death, please don't enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor...there is an absolute forbidden zone!"
No one laughed, except for the Gryffindor students, many lion cubs took Dumbledore's admonition as a challenge.
"Okay, before we all go to bed, let's sing the school song together!" Dumbledore said loudly.
The smiles of all the teachers froze, especially Professor Snape, as if they were about to usher in another three minutes of darkness.
Dumbledore flicked his wand lightly, and a long golden ribbon flew out of the wand, twisting and coiling lines of words above the high dining table like a snake.
"Everyone chooses a tune they like," said Dumbledore. "Get ready, sing!"
All the teachers and students sang loudly:
Hogwarts,
Hogwarts,
Hogwarts,
Hogwarts,
Please teach us knowledge,
Whether we're a bald old man or a kid with a broken knee, our minds can accommodate some interesting things.
For now our minds are empty,
filled with air,
Dead flies and trifles,
Teach us something worthwhile, and what we have forgotten,
give it back to us,
As long as you do your best, leave his to us,
We will study hard,
Until it turns into dung...
Everyone sang the school song in a random manner, including rock, hip-hop, country, singing and dancing, rap, electronic music, and... mute language!
There are all kinds of flowers, competing for splendor.
In the end, when everyone sang their voices, only the twin brothers of the Weasley family continued to sing along with the melody of "Funeral March".
"Professor Quirrell, it seems that George Weasley and Fred Weasley like you very much!" Dumbledore showed a kind and kind expression.
"They welcome you back with a cheerful, cheerful tune!"
Cheerful... Quirrell's face was stiff. Isn't this a funeral feast?
"Professor Quirrell, I think you have accumulated enough practical experience to deal with the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts?" The smile on Dumbledore's face became more and more kind.
"Yes... yes... Professor Dumbledore." Quirrell stammered, "I will... do this job well... I won't let you down..."
"Don't be nervous, I'm optimistic about you too." The old man waved his hand, smiled, and wrote lightly: "I really hope that this time next year, I can sit with you and listen to this song.
Music, more glamorous than anything we do. "
"..."
At the end of the song, all the students stood up and walked towards their respective colleges under the leadership of the prefect.
Rove didn't follow Badger's team to Hufflepuff, but followed behind the Gryffindor team.
The entrance to the Gryffindor lounge is on the eighth floor, and the entrance to the principal's office is also on the eighth floor, and Rove... doesn't know the way.
Just on the way.
But the Gryffindor team soon ran into big trouble. Peeves, who failed to attend the dinner, attacked the first-year students on the way in order to retaliate.
Floating in mid-air, he first used the traps set up in advance to prevent the senior students from approaching, and then continuously threw water bombs, hitting the crowd of first graders.
The water bomb exploded, and the icy water sprayed out, soaking the clothes of many little wizards, turning them into drowned rats.
"Haha, you idiot of the first grade, take a shot from Mr. Peeves!"
A few more water bombs fell, Harry and Ron frantically dodged, bumped into each other hard, and fell to the ground with a thump.
Then with a bang, the water bomb hit the tops of the two of them, splashing countless fine water droplets.
Harry wiped the water from his face, his robes were already soaked, and his shoes could hold a few small fish.
Ron even sat down on the ground, angrily said: "No one can take care of this guy?!
Percy wiped his broken prefect badge every day, where did he go at the critical moment? "
Not far away, Hermione raised her wand and tried to release the spell to drive away Peeves, but it didn't work, and instead she was hit harder.
The little girl was a little frustrated. She found that the spells she had memorized during the summer vacation seemed to be of no use!
If Rove is here, surely Peeves can be driven away, right?
At this moment, in the dark corridor, a blond boy walked slowly against the crowd, carrying a flickering oil lamp.
"Everyone cover their ears!"
Rove's voice came to everyone's ears, and everyone heard it ignorantly. They didn't know the reason, but Hermione has already covered their ears.
After other people saw this, they also followed suit.
"Sharp and strong sound!" From Rove's mouth, a shrill neigh like that of a wicked bird suddenly came out.
The hissing sound seemed to be mourning and whimpering, which made people feel sick and scared.
Peeves was frightened. It let out a muffled grunt, as if a balloon had deflated, and spun forward in an arc, followed by a dull sound of hitting the wall. It was shaped like a top, bouncing repeatedly between the walls of the corridor.
In the end, there was a burst of howls like killing a pig, and Peeves cried out with a mournful cry as if his parents were dead:
"I will definitely be back!"
The little wizards of Gryffindor were all staring at the blond boy dazedly, as the lamp flickered in his hand, their minds swayed accordingly.
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(ps Regarding the entrance to Dumbledore's office, there is a bug in the original book.
In the Goblet of Fire, it is said that the entrance to the headmaster's office is located on the third floor of the castle. Run to a stone monster standing in the middle of the empty corridor."
In the Half-Blood Prince, it is repeatedly mentioned that the entrance to the headmaster's office is located on the eighth floor of the castle. Considering the number of mentions of the eighth floor, and the fact that the Room of Requirement is located on the eighth floor of the castle, Dumbledore said that he once accidentally found it turned into a luxurious bathroom when looking for a toilet.
Therefore, in this novel, it is uniformly determined that the entrance to the principal's office is located on the eighth floor of the castle)