Chapter 17 Go to the principal's office and take the bird seat
After a feast, it’s time for dessert, including truffle cakes, chocolate sponge cake, wine-soaked jam pudding, various ice creams, and ice cream assassins that you dare not touch in the store...
Dumbledore stood up again, and the whole 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, talk about a few things to pay attention to in the new semester."
"Students are prohibited from entering the forest near the school. It is very dangerous there. Whether we are old students or freshmen, we must keep this in mind."
Rolf raised his eyebrows. As the saying goes, if you haven't been to the Forbidden Forest, you haven't been to Hogwarts.
Who would go to Hogwarts if not for those cuties in the Forbidden Forest?
Isn't it good for Rolf to go to Ilvermorny?
Just as this thought arose, Rolf keenly noticed that Dumbledore glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally. Although it was just a fleeting glance, it quickly passed by, but he still caught it carefully.
No... he must be looking at Neville. Rolf is an honest child of the Scamander family and won't get any special attention!
"Furthermore, the administrator, Mr. Filch, asked me to remind everyone not to perform magic in the corridors during class time. If found, college points will be deducted."
This time Dumbledore glanced at the Weasley twins.
The two brothers were very self-aware and knew that the principal was talking about them, so they complained softly. In and out of their words, they were dissatisfied with Dumbledore's approach of suppressing the students' nature.
He also said that Dumbledore was a stumbling block to quality education and a stumbling block to happy magic, and that he should have abdicated long ago and made way for the deputy principal... and so on.
After all, how can there be a vice-principal who has been there for twenty years?
It seems that as long as Professor McGonagall gives an order, the twins are willing to lead their horses to the ground, their bodies will be bruised, and they will go to the principal's office...
Seize that bird seat and make Professor McGonagall the principal!
The Weasley brothers' voices are not loud, but they are very loud in the quiet auditorium and can be clearly heard by everyone.
Professor McGonagall's face darkened again and again. This was 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. Any students who are interested in joining the college Quidditch team, please contact Mrs. Huo Qi."
When it comes to Quidditch selection, the Quidditch captains of all the colleges are gearing up to recruit troops and compete in the new semester.
As Hufflepuff's Quidditch captain, Truman has yet to lead his team to win the Quidditch trophy, but they won the runner-up last year. This year's lineup is complete and they are still the favorites to win the championship.
The little badgers also looked at Truman affectionately: "Captain, take us to charge again!" (crying voice)
Gryffindor Quidditch captain Charlie Weasley graduated two months ago and went to Romania to raise dragons. The new captain is Oliver Wood.
Without his big brother, Wood must shoulder the heavy burden, so he is preparing to start special training tomorrow morning.
Captain Charlie used to be too indulgent of his team members, not iron-blooded enough, and not tough enough. These little lions had to whip with little leather whips in order to become tougher.
Although he has not won the Quidditch Cup for five consecutive years, Wood firmly believes that this year is the most promising year!
Targeting the championship!!
Roger Davis, the captain of Ravenclaw, is not so excited. Their academy is a historically weak team, and he is really tired of leading his team to the semi-finals every year.
Davis really wants to transfer to another hospital and join Hufflepuff, the team that eliminated them last year... If you can't beat them, just join, there's no shame in it.
The Slytherin martial arts team is most excited. Captain Marcus Flint’s big elbow has become bigger and stronger during the summer vacation. If you can’t beat it, just elbow it!
"The last thing..." Dumbledore's eyes swept over everyone.
"I must remind everyone one thing. If you don't want to encounter an accident, pain or even death, please do not enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor...it is an absolute restricted area!"
No one laughed, except for the Gryffindor students. Many little lions took Dumbledore's warning as a challenge.
"Okay, before everyone goes to bed, let's sing the school song together!" Dumbledore said loudly.
The smiles of all the teachers froze, especially Professor Snape, as if another three minutes of darkness were about to come.
Dumbledore flicked his wand, and a long golden ribbon flew out of the wand, twisting and coiling like a snake above the high dining table, forming lines of text.
"Everyone chooses the tune he likes." Dumbledore said, "Get ready and sing!"
All the teachers and students sang loudly:
Hogwarts,
Hogwarts,
Hogwarts,
Hogwarts,
Please give us knowledge,
Whether we are a bald old man or a child who injured his knee, our minds are open to some interesting things.
Because now our minds are empty,
filled with air,
Dead flies and trifles,
Teach us some valuable knowledge and take away what we have forgotten,
Give it back to us,
You just need to do your best and leave it to us.
We will study hard,
Until it turns into dung...
Everyone finished singing the school song in full swing, including rock, hip-hop, country, singing and dancing, rap, electronic music, and... dumb language!
There are many kinds of things, competing for the strange and beautiful.
Finally, when everyone had finished singing, only the Weasley twin brothers did not finish and continued singing along with the melody of the "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 and joyful tune!"
Cheerful... Quirrell's face was stiff. Isn't this a funeral banquet?
"Professor Quirrell, I think you have accumulated enough practical experience to handle the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts, right?" The smile on Dumbledore's face became more kind.
"Yes...yes...Professor Dumbledore." Quirrell stammered: "I will...do this job well...not 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 I can sit with you and listen to this music at this time next year.
Music is more charming than anything we do."
"..."
When the song ended, all the students stood up and walked towards their respective colleges under the leadership of their prefects.
Rolf did not follow the little badger's team to Hufflepuff House, but followed 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, but Rolf... doesn't know the way.
Just on the way.
But the Gryffindor team soon encountered big trouble. Peeves, who was unable to attend the dinner, attacked the first-year students on the way to retaliate.
He was floating in mid-air, first using the traps he had set up in advance to prevent the senior students from approaching, and then he kept throwing water bombs and hitting the first-year crowd.
The water bomb exploded and the cold water sprayed out, soaking the clothes of many little wizards and turning them into drowned rats.
"Haha, you big idiot in the first grade, I'll take a shot from your uncle Peeves!"
Several more water bombs came down, and Harry and Ron were dodging frantically. They collided hard and fell to the ground.
Then there was a bang, and the water bomb hit the two people's heads, splashing countless tiny water droplets.
Harry wiped the water from his face. His robe was already soaked, and there were almost enough small fishes in his shoes.
Ron sat down on the ground and said angrily: "Is there no one who can take care of this guy?!
Percy polishes off his broken prefect badge every day, but where does he go at the critical moment?"
Not far away, Hermione raised her wand and tried to cast a spell to drive away Peeves, but it had no effect and instead received a more violent blow.
The little girl was a little frustrated. She found that the spell she memorized during the summer vacation seemed to be of no use!
If Rolf were here, surely he could drive Peeves away, right?
At this moment, in the dim corridor, a blond boy walked slowly against the crowd, carrying a flickering oil lamp.
"Everyone cover their ears!"
Rolf's voice reached everyone's ears, and everyone was confused. They didn't know why, but Hermione quickly covered her ears.
After others saw this, they also followed suit.
"Harsh and strong sound!" Luofu's mouth suddenly emitted a high-pitched neighing sound like an evil bird.
The neighing sound seemed to be whining and whimpering, which made people feel sick and frightened.
Peeves was frightened. He grunted and spun forward in a forward arc like a balloon deflating. Then there was a dull sound of hitting the wall. It was shaped like a top and bounced repeatedly between the walls of the corridor.
Finally, there was a wailing sound like a slaughtering pig, and Peeves cried like a dead father and mother:
"I will definitely come back!"
The little wizards of Gryffindor all looked at the blond boy with fascination, their minds swaying as the light in his hand swayed.
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(PS Regarding the entrance to Dumbledore’s office, there is a bug in the original book.
In Goblet of Fire, it is said that the entrance to the principal's office is on the third floor of the castle. The original text is "Harry climbed the stone steps in three and two steps, passed through the two oak doors, jumped up the marble stairs, and ran towards the third floor. He quickly
Run towards a stone monster standing in the middle of the empty corridor."
In Half-Blood Prince, it is repeatedly mentioned that the entrance to the principal's office is located on the eighth floor of the castle. Considering that the eighth floor is mentioned many times and the Room of Requirement is located on the eighth floor of the castle, Dumbledore said that he accidentally discovered it when he was looking for the toilet.
It becomes a luxurious powder room.
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)