Hogwarts from another world

Chapter 120 Semester Banquet

The main volume of Hogwarts in Another World Chapter 120: The door of the banquet car for the new semester was opened, and lightning and thunder continued in the sky.

Hermione covered Crookshanks with her cloak, while Matthew and Neville barely covered their heads with their cloaks; they trudged through the rain.

The rain was pouring down in droves, and the weather was terrible.

Out of the corner of his eye, Matthew saw Professor Kettleburn, the Care of Magical Creatures teacher, greeting the first-year students.

As usual, first-year students have to ferry across the lake to enter Hogwarts Castle.

Matthew suddenly felt lucky. On September 1st last year, the sky was at least sunny. With weather like today, it was unimaginable to go ferry across the lake; it was so miserable.

The three people moved little by little with the flow of people, followed the crowd, and left the dark platform.

At the exit of the platform, there were many carriages parked, although they did not appear to be horse-drawn.

Matthew, Neville and Hermione quickly climbed into one of the carriages and felt relieved; then, Justin Finch-Fletchley, a second year Hufflepuff, also got on the carriage, and the door closed with a bang. .

The long carriage team set off along the path leading to Hogwarts Castle, the axles splashing countless water along the way.

About a quarter of an hour later, the carriage passed through the gate of Hogwarts.

Matthew could see the conspicuous winged wild boar sculptures on the two stone pillars at the gate.

When Principal Gellert Grindelwald dueled with the dark witch Morgana a few months ago, he remembered that these two wild boar sculptures also helped a lot.

Pigs are animals that also have special significance to Hogwarts.

The word Hogwarts is derived from the word warthog.

So there is a story that is widely circulated among wizards: The location and name of Hogwarts were chosen by Rowena Ravenclaw. At that time, she once dreamed that a warthog took her to a lake. On the cliff, this cliff is naturally the current site of Hogwarts.

A few minutes later, the carriage stopped at the gate of the castle.

They quickly jumped off the carriage and climbed up the marble steps.

The embarrassed students came to the auditorium of Hogwarts.

It was already very late. Due to the sudden inspection on the way and the bad weather after arriving at the station, they started the banquet at least more than an hour later than usual.

The auditorium is still as majestic and magnificent as ever; and it seems to have been re-decorated for the new student's banquet.

Hundreds of candles floated above the table, making the gold saucers and goblets sparkle. The wet students took their seats one after another, sitting on the long tables of the four colleges, and then began to greet each other eagerly.

There was a fifth table at the top of the auditorium, where teachers sat facing their students.

Matthew looked at the table at the guest of honor seat, and he saw the face of Principal Gellert Grindelwald.

Normally, Principal Grindelwald would come to the auditorium after the banquet started. However, due to a small accident this year, students were generally more than an hour late, so Principal Grindelwald "arrived" early. .

Principal Grindelwald's expression was serious. He was lowering his head as if he was thinking about something.

Sitting next to Principal Grindelwald is Vice-President Professor Rozier. Her face is still extremely young. She is smiling and chatting with another teacher next to her.

That other teacher is an unfamiliar face

Yes, Matthew soon spotted the face he met on the train earlier

The "stranger" was now sitting at the guest of honor seat, talking to the vice-principal in a somewhat reserved manner.

It seemed that Matthew's guess was correct. When Mr. Longbottom was tested earlier, it was just a small accident. The "stranger" was a real new teacher at Hogwarts.

It's not hard to guess either.

If an Azkaban escapee dared to be so arrogant and take the express train to Hogwarts, Matthew would even wonder if he had damaged his brain by staying in Azkaban for too long.

Only he couldn't point it out to Miss Hermione Granger, because Miss Granger had already gone to the Ravenclaw table.

Matthew also hurriedly walked to the Slytherin table.

On the ceiling of the auditorium, there are no longer twinkling stars and moon, but a dazzling sun.

After sitting down, under the "sunlight", he suddenly felt warm all over his body, all the chills were dispelled, and the damp clothes quickly dried.

"Wakefield" Matthew had just sat down when Agnes Lestrange suddenly came over from the other side of the long table and called his name.

"Long time no see" Matthew smiled and nodded towards this beautiful girl.

"At the beginning of the summer vacation," Miss Lestrange hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "I once saw you at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore."

"Yes, I was working part-time there," Matthew replied calmly.

In fact, he felt a little strange in his heart. When he was working at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, he did meet many acquaintances from Hogwarts, but he was certain that Miss Agnes Lestrange was not among them.

"Later, something happened to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, and it was closed down," Miss Lestrange continued.

"That's right, but I wasn't affected in any way." Matthew answered honestly.

He also said secretly in his heart, in fact, I was the "culprit" of that incident.

"If no one is willing to invite you to his home before next summer vacation, you can come to me," Agnes Lestrange said very fast.

Then, she tossed her long hair, turned around and left, quickly returning to her previous seat.

Matthew was left standing there with some confusion:

"Does my popularity seem so bad? Why do they think no one invited me?"

Soon, Malfoy, Nott, Crabbe and Goyle also arrived at the auditorium.

They all sat next to Matthew, and the Slytherin boys gathered together again after a summer break.

At the same time, they also began to chat enthusiastically

"You look a little unhappy, Draco" Theodore Nott asked in surprise.

"Draco's family is having some trouble over the summer," Vincent Crabbe explained.

And Gregory Goyle added: "There was a bastard who reported Draco's father and participated in a smuggling incident, which cost his father almost a summer vacation."

"That's quite an asshole," Matthew agreed nonchalantly.