The moment the pudding and dessert disappeared, Dumbledore stood up from the teacher's chair.
The restaurant returns to silence.
"First of all, I would like to introduce to you our new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor—Professor Claire White!" Dumbledore led the other professors on the teaching bench to applaud.
A slim woman with long burgundy hair stood up and bowed slightly to the students in the audience.
"She will be my goddess from now on!" Eddie's eyes shone, his face flushed, and he stared at Professor White's beautiful face without blinking.
"Eddie, calm down." Joel felt funny in his heart.
"The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts changes every year, so you have to think clearly." There was a smile on Qiu's lips.
"It's okay, as long as Professor White is at Hogwarts, she will be my goddess!" Eddie was already obsessed with Professor White's face.
Not just him, many male classmates in the audience looked obsessed.
Professor White sat down, and Dumbledore at the teacher's desk continued, "It's a cliché that students are not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest."
"I emphasize this every time school starts, but there are still many naughty students who refuse to change despite repeated teachings."
Dumbledore's eyes wandered across the Gryffindor table.
"In addition, the administrator, Mr. Filch, complained to me that there are still many students performing magic in the corridors, which is not allowed in Hogwarts. If you want to experiment with the new spells you have learned, please go back to your
Common room.”
"I hope you will succeed in your studies and progress in the new school year. Fifth and seventh grade students, the OWL and exams are right in front of you. They are related to your future. I hope you are well prepared."
"Okay, before you go to bed on time and be a good baby, let's sing a school song first!" After talking about the serious wizard level test, Dumbledore suddenly became excited.
He took out his wand and flicked it in the air, and a golden ribbon sprayed out from the tip of the wand, bending and wrapping around lines of text in the air.
"Everyone chooses the tune he likes." Dumbledore said, "Get ready and sing!"
Joel sang along with everyone, and one person said that he really liked this kind of free-spirited song, after all, he tended to sing out of tune.
The Weasley brothers are very good at causing trouble. In the middle of the school song, their voices suddenly amplified and led the whole audience to the tune of a wedding march.
A smile appeared on Dumbledore's face, and he waved his wand and conducted a few bars like an orchestra conductor.
After singing the entire school song, Dumbledore clapped vigorously, and then wiped some moisture from the corners of his eyes.
"It's bedtime now. Let's go back to the common room. There is a warm fire waiting for you there!"
"Freshman Ravenclaw, follow me!" A girl with long brown hair tied into a high ponytail stood up.
Joel and the other twelve freshmen followed the girls out of the auditorium, out of the foyer, and walked around to the Ravenclaw Tower.
"I am Caitlin Raul, prefect of Ravenclaw's fifth grade girls," the female voice was clear and sonorous, "Ravenclaw advocates wisdom and erudition, and the representative animal is the eagle, but if the Ravenclaw (w) is separated
Come, it’s the raven’s claw.”
"Although the pattern on our school emblem is an eagle, if you think that the animal that better represents Ravenclaw House is a raven, we will respect your opinion." Caitlin led them to climb up to the Ravenclaw Tower.
spiral staircase.
"We are free-thinking and inclusive, and Ravenclaw welcomes all well-reasoned opinions."
"In addition, entering the Ravenclaw common room requires answering questions set up with an eagle knocker. If you don't want to be locked out of the common room, you'd better use your brains."
Although their newborn legs are short, their steps are very fast and they look silly when climbing stairs.
Panting, everyone reached the eighth floor of the tower. In front of them was a huge wooden door with a bronze eagle-shaped door knocker.
Caitlin stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door.
The eagle-shaped door knocker sings, "What's the difference between ignorance and stupidity?"
Caitlin thinks very quickly, "Ignorance can be learned but stupidity cannot be saved."
"That's right." The knocker hesitated for two seconds and agreed with Caitlin's answer.
The wooden door made a sound as it opened and the door made a dull creaking sound. Catelyn stretched out her hand and pushed it open, revealing the Ravenclaw common room in front of them.
This is a large circular room. The white marble statue of Ms. Ravenclaw, the founder of the college, is in the alcove opposite the entrance of the room. As soon as you enter the door, you can see this beautiful and intelligent woman smiling at you.
The ceiling of the room is vaulted, with many stars painted on it in blue.
There is also a huge crystal lamp suspended below the ceiling, rotating quietly under the support of magic, providing light to the common room.
The windows are also arched, with blue and bronze silk curtains hanging above them.
There are many tables, chairs and bookcases around the common room, and many students are sitting on the chairs and reading various books.
This reminded Joel of those study rooms in his previous life, except that the Ravenclaw common room was more luxurious and dreamy.
"There is one more thing I want to give you." Caitlin went to the table in the middle of the lounge and picked up a stack of soft badges. "This is the badge of Ravenclaw House. You put it on the standard robe."
"It's best not to sew with needle and thread. Our dean, Professor Flitwick, will inspect it after a week. If you perform well, you may get additional rewards." Caitlin distributed the badges to each new student.
Joel carefully looked through the palm-sized badge. It had a sky blue background and a black raven in the center, with its light yellow claws grabbing the dirt on the ground. There was a golden streamer below the badge, written in black fonts.
"RAVENCLAW".
(You can look at my avatar, that’s the one!)
The detail of wearing college badges is not reflected in the original book and the movie. When sorting into colleges, he still wears a black robe without decorations. When class is in class, the badges of each college appear on the chest.
So that’s it.
Joel's curiosity about the magical world became more and more intense, and he was eager to find out the details that were hastily mentioned or ignored in the original novel.
This makes this magical world seem more real.
"Other than that, there is nothing special to pay attention to," Caitlin thought for a moment, "Gather here at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. I have to take you around the castle, otherwise you will get lost."
"The boys' dormitory is on the left, and the girls' dormitory is on the right. Your luggage has been placed next to your beds," Caitlin said quickly, "Go to bed early tonight, otherwise you may not be able to attend class tomorrow."
Come in spirit."
Joel and other four boys climbed up the stairs on the left side of the common room. There was a long row of rooms there. The second room on the left read "First Year Ravenclaw, Alan Bott, Eddie Camiche"