I earned 100 million Galleons at Hogwarts

Chapter 32 The Strange Door Knocker
"Please follow me this way." Penello said walking ahead.

After the opening ceremony, Dumbledore asked the prefects of each college to lead the freshmen back to the dormitory.

John walked at the back of the line, following the freshmen slowly.

They entered a tower and climbed round and round of stairs.

When John was dizzy, an old wooden door appeared in front of him.

It's just that there is no handle or keyhole on it, only a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle.

After quieting everyone, Penello said: "Compared with the other three colleges, our college is special. We don't have a password."

"To get into the lounge, you have to answer a question correctly from the door knocker."

A little girl with blond hair weakly raised her hand: "What if the answer is wrong?"

She was the little girl who had been shopping in John's store in the first place, and John remembered her name as Anne.

"Then you have to wait at the door until someone else answers correctly." Penello said with a smile, "This will allow us to maintain the habit of learning and learn more knowledge. If you sometimes encounter some very difficult problems, you can also Go to our dean, Professor Flitwick, who will be more than happy to answer our questions."

"Today, I will show you how to use the door knocker."

Seeing that everyone had almost understood, Penello turned around and tapped lightly on the wooden door with his fair hand.

The bronze ring on the door seemed to be alive, the eagle's beak opened, and a gentle and pleasant voice came out from inside. I don't know if it is the legacy of the founder of Ravenclaw - Rowena Ravenlaw sound.

"What's Dumbledore's favorite pastry lately?"

"Look at this question, you are asking Dumbledore."

Penello spoke halfway, with a surprised expression on her face. She looked at the door knocker with the eagle's mouth open, and was a little suspicious of life.

What the hell is this?

How would I know what Professor Dumbledore likes to eat these days?
From the holiday until now, I have only seen him today!

Why does this kind of accident happen when I bring new students?

Knocker had never asked such an outrageous question!
Penelope maintained the elegance on the surface, but roared like a dragon who had stolen gold coins in his heart.

She wanted to show off her knowledge reserve as a prefect in front of the freshmen, but she didn't expect to be stymied by a strange question.

If no one else was there, she would have raised her wand, and a thunderclap blast knocked the door down.

"Sister Penelope"

Seeing that Penello did not answer for a long time, Annie shouted cautiously.

"Ah." Penello came back to her senses, and she said to Anne, "Come up and try knocking on the door?"

Penello wondered if something had just gone wrong with the door knocker, so she wanted someone else to try.

Annie nodded, and tapped lightly on the door with her little hand.

"What's Dumbledore's favorite pastry lately?"

The sound of the knocker was as sweet as ever, and the question was just as irritating.

Penello suppressed the roaring anger in his heart, and said with a smile: "There may be something wrong with the door knocker, so I can only let you wait here. I will go to Professor Flitwick to solve this problem."

"Ahem." John standing behind the line coughed twice and raised his hand, "Senior Penello, I may know the answer to this question."

"Oh?" Penello frowned, looking at John behind him in surprise, "You really know?"

John scratched his head and said, "I can't guarantee it's correct either."

"It's okay, you come up and try first, please make way for John." Penello said quickly.

John walked through the passage that everyone gave up, and under the gaze of everyone, he walked quickly to the bronze door knocker.

He whispered the answer: "Toulouse sugar cake."

The corridor was immediately quiet, only the sound of everyone's breathing remained.

After a while, the bronze door knocker verified the answer, and the pleasant voice came out again: "The answer is correct!"

At last the door with the knocker opened.

"Yeah!" Penello cheered with all the freshmen.

"Thank you." Penello hugged John and said softly, "If it weren't for you, I would have become the first prefect in history who couldn't lead freshmen into the lounge. It's embarrassing to think about it."

"I was also lucky, and I happened to know the answer." John replied politely.

"How do you know?" Penello asked curiously.

John replied with a smile: "Because Professor Dumbledore bought all the pastries from me recently."

When the door knocker said the question, John suddenly had the feeling that this question was prepared for him.

Because Dumbledore often ordered Toulouse sugar cakes from him during this time.

And only he knows the answer, oh no, there are two other people, Fred and George.

But it was a pity that the two of them were in Gryffindor and could not fly over to answer this question.

"Oh"

Penello nodded in disappointment. She originally thought that John and Dumbledore had some ulterior relationship, and today she could reveal a shocking secret!
But the source of the answer to the question is not so simple!
"Everyone come in with me"

Penello, who didn't get the gossip, turned around and greeted everyone into the Ravenclaw common room.

John walked beside Penello and asked, "Sister Penello, is the knocker a living thing or a dead thing?"

"Huh?" Penello glanced at John, not expecting him to ask this question.

Penello thought that John was examining her advanced philosophical questions, and she was going to use this to restore her image just now.

"It should be regarded as a dead thing." Penello thought about it carefully: "Although the door knocker can move and speak, it does not have thinking. It can only act according to the originally set rules. If you answer the question correctly, it will let you in. If it is not right for you You can only be locked out of the door, just like the alarm clock sold in Brock's magic props store. When the set time is up, the alarm clock will ring. You have to tap it to stop it, otherwise it will ring forever. , it cannot freely decide to open and close, so I think it is a dead thing!"

"Oh" John nodded blankly, he was a little dazed by Penello's narration.

He asked that question literally: Is the knocker alive or dead?
Because he had just finished answering the question, he clearly saw Menbai wink at him, which was mischievous, so he asked this question.

But looking at Penello with a serious face, John felt that she might be wrong.

"John, how about my answer?" Penello looked at John expectantly.

"Very good, easy to understand, and contains extraordinary wisdom!"

John's flattery blurted out, living with Ian for so long, he is too familiar with this routine.

A satisfied smile bloomed on Penello's face, and he said, "Let's go, I'll show you the most beautiful common room in Hogwarts!"

　Ask for a ticket! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)