Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 319 The Welcome Banquet of the Third Semester

"Of course, what else could it be?"

"Dementors, let this kind of thing station around the school..."

Madam Pomfrey muttered, her tone was full of resentment, she obviously did not agree with this move.

"Yeah! Those scary things... they're going to turn our school into a castle of horrors..."

Professor McGonagall obviously agreed with this statement. Although she couldn't object explicitly, she obviously complained to Mr. Goodman, the wizard representative sent by the Ministry of Magic.

"Bobby, Harry fainted earlier, check to see if he's okay!"

Obviously, Professor McGonagall's extra concern made Harry blush even more embarrassingly.Anyway, in front of so many people, Harry received such a special treatment, and he himself had passed out before, and after this went on...he couldn't stand here.

Madam Pomfrey sighed and said, "It's no wonder the little wizards are affected! Those little wizards with serious trauma...can't bear it..."

"I'm fine!"

Harry said loudly at the top of his voice, and then he reacted again, pointing at McGuffin to change the subject, "Madame Pomfrey... I think you should look at MacGuffin! Look at him..."

"Oh yes."

"This little guy has done something dangerous again!"

This time Professor McGonagall stopped talking, and the corners of her mouth twitched, as if she couldn't think of how to describe the scene she saw.

Pomfrey went over to check it out, with a strange expression on his face.

"Huh?... This is not a symptom caused by a dementor, but rather like the exhaustion of magic power... What is he doing?"

Madam Pomfrey turned her head and asked with a serious expression.

But the professors behind the long table looked away one by one, not looking at him.

In the end, Dumbledore said softly, "Bobby, calm down... This little wizard fought a dementor alone..."

Snape said coldly: "Professor Dumbledore, don't say it's so easy...I've already said that something is wrong with this guy! Madam Pomfrey, let me tell you this..."

"This guy……"

"Just... killed a dementor!"

"To kill?" Madam Pomfrey asked.

"Yes, in the literal sense, there is no false element, a dementor was 'destroyed' by this little wizard under our own eyes!"

Snape pulled out a malicious smile, expressing his surprise at this matter with an expression that was not usually seen, but was about to be dramatic.

— Gollum!
Madam Pomfrey swallowed.

"How did he... the Patronus Charm?"

"No, he stuck his wand straight into the poor dementor's head and beat the poor guy with his fists... and finally..."

Seeing this story made Madam Pomfrey's face even more horrified, and the eyes that looked at the little wizard were full of fear and vigilance.

Professor McGonagall couldn't take it anymore, she coughed twice in dissatisfaction, and stared at Professor Dumbledore coldly.

"Cough cough!"

She was very dissatisfied with Professor Snape's portrayal of all this as a story of black eating black (dark wizards vs. dementors, evil overwhelming evil).And Professor Dumbledore actually listened to this story with relish, and didn't stop it quickly...

Professor Dumbledore finally came to his senses. He hurriedly stroked his beard, then stood up and said, "Bobby! The matter is not as exaggerated as what Professor Snape said... I already have a clue. This little wizard just mastered a rare talent or spell... just to restrain the dementors!"

"See if you can see if this little wizard has anything to do, and if you can attend the banquet, I have something to talk to McGuffin and Harry later..."

Dumbledore obviously wanted to confuse this matter, but only Snape was a little dissatisfied, and Mr. Goodman, the former representative of the Ministry of Magic, just looked at Dumbledore and didn't say much.

"All right!"

Madam Pomfrey was still a little terrified, but she also didn't believe that a little wizard like McGuffin could do such a thing.

"Quick recovery!"

"Revitalization!"

After connecting a few wands, McGuffin opened his eyes.

He was still a little dizzy, and he couldn't tell the situation clearly.

--correct!Dementors!
Gan!
McGuffin looked up at Dumbledore's half-smile expression, and immediately remembered the good things he did before he passed out.

Before he could organize the verbal explanation in his mind, Dumbledore stopped him, "Gentlemen, little wizards, let's talk later!"

"Now that the dementors have been avoided, it's probably okay to confirm that the little wizard is not a big deal. Let's go to the hall first..."

"The little wizard at the banquet can't wait..."

"The most important thing now is..."

"Shut up!"

Dumbledore waved his wand, and a blue-purple band of light appeared in the air, surrounding Harry Ron's wrists one by one, forming another arc-shaped light blue scar on it.

The traces are so subtle that even McGuffin and the others would not have noticed it if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.

"Okay, remember, Potter, Weasley, you guys... I can't tell this secret for now, and you guys will talk to us after the banquet..."

"Ah."

Several people agreed one after another.

"Very good. Let's get out of here first! By the way, Miss Granger, we need to talk about your class timetable..."

Professor McGonagall left Hermione in the room, and Professor Dumbledore invited Mr. Goodman to the welcome banquet. They left here and went to the lobby.

And McGuffin, Harry, and Ron were waiting for Hermione and Professor McGonagall.

It didn't take long before Hermione was quite happy to be out with Professor McGonagall.

McGuffin looked closely at the golden necklace protruding from Hermione's neck.

——He knew it was one of the biggest bugs in the HP world,

—The hourglass of time, almost some kind of time travel device.

However, he has not thought about exploring this thing yet.

Although this thing is powerful, it can almost be said to be the most incredible magic in this magical world.

But judging from the information McGuffin found from Hogwarts' own library, this thing is almost impossible to manufacture, and the methods that can be used are very rare. Any action that affects the timeline will definitely cause a backlash against itself.

This kind of backlash can't be countered by magic at all, so now this kind of BUG item can only be used as a learning tool for little wizards to catch up, and it will also increase the lifespan of the user, which can be said to be a chicken rib.

No wonder the Ministry of Magic simply handed it over to young wizards without any protection.

Even preserved by the Department of Mysteries, it is because such magic items simply cannot be crafted with modern magic.

The time hourglasses that exist today are all excavated from the remains of ancient evil wizards during the vigorous wave of archaeological magic in the Middle Ages in the last century.

McGuffin carefully withdrew his gaze, he knew that it was better for him to focus on the love and hatred between Sirius and Peter Pettigrew.

After all, this time hourglass cannot allow McGuffin to bring back anything from this time travel, so it is impossible for him to get the [Naxi Ya] snake through this.

After gathering his thoughts, McGuffin followed the professor along the corridor to the auditorium.

The auditorium is a sea of ​​black top hats, very happy.

There is not much difference from before. Thousands of candles float in mid-air, illuminating the face of the little wizard. The magic scene in the sky faithfully shows the storm outside...

It's just that the original rocky floor in the hall has become like the dark green wooden floor at the entrance to the fireplace hall of the Ministry of Magic.

The gold thread runes flickered occasionally.

There are also four college symbols (lion, eagle, snake, badger) on the stone wall behind the rostrum
The four stone reliefs are vivid, changing postures around the rostrum on the left and right, and changing positions from time to time, as if they can walk among the stone walls.

There is a disc-shaped golden floor (about one meter in diameter) under the rostrum, on which the Sorting Hat floats.

The little wizards walked down one by one. Unlike Harry and the others at that time, the selection of the Sorting Hat was obviously much faster.

Magic opened the brim of the hat and said something to the little wizard. The longest time was one or two minutes before deciding which college to assign.

A dumpy witch was standing nearby. It was Professor Sprout.

She was talking to Professor Dumbledore who was already sitting.

"Oh, we missed the sorting ceremony."

As soon as Hermione finished speaking, Professor Sprout took out his wand and waved it. The golden disc turned 180 degrees and fell directly into the ground. The Sorting Hat floating on it also disappeared at the same time.

McGuffin and the others watched all this in a daze, until the twins and Percy greeted them, and they came to the long table of Gryffindor along the back of the auditorium.

Jin Guangyuyu's empty dinner plates were still placed on the long tables of the four colleges, surrounded by students from all colleges.

Everyone turned their heads and stared at them, among them DeLS Malfoy laughed at them without thinking.

"I heard that some of you fainted from fright, is it you? Hermione Granger...is it true? The Granger witch who is always No. 1 actually fainted from fright?" Even after Draco turned into a de LS, her complacent look and the malice in her gray eyes remained unchanged.

When Harry heard that LS Malfoy didn't say anything to him, he felt a little uncomfortable.

He watched the short-haired witch and Hermione glaring at each other, and exchanged a not-so-obvious wink with the MacGuffin next to him. They knew each other well, and Ron was quite used to all this, and turned around to block Hermione.

Sure enough, Hermione immediately responded panting heavily: "Even if I'm unconscious... I'll be awakened by that high-pitched scream that almost shattered the train..."

Ron called the two of them in a low voice again and again, and Harry and McGuffin learned from their memories what they did when they encountered such a situation in the past.

The two quickly and Ron pulled Hermione back to the few empty seats behind the Gryffindor long table. (Professor McGonagall has shifted his gaze to them with a very serious expression.)
At this time, the twins also bent down and exchanged actions with others, and reached their side. (Dumbledore has started to speak)
"Where did you go? Did a dementor really attack you? Are you all right? Ron, Harry..."

The twins expressed some concern at first, and then began to tease Chide LS Malfoy for coming.

"You don't know...our carriage was next door at that time, although George's legs were shaking badly after being frightened by the dementors..."

"Don't talk nonsense, Fred is obviously yourself..."

"Ahem, in short, the scream of Miss de LS Malfoy is comparable to the howl of a female ghost..."

"Howl of the Banshee?" McGuffin blurted out.

"That's right, that's right!" George nodded, expressing his agreement, winking with a ridiculous expression.

"We're not afraid of dementors, but that voice almost frightened half of the little wizards on the train..."

The twins vividly portrayed Malfoy's panic, which made Hermione, who was already angry, laugh.

Dumbledore announced the forced stop of the Hogwarts train just now, saying that he was performing official duties of the Ministry of Magic.

McGuffin didn't believe what the old fox said at all... Seeing Goodman here just now made him realize that the Ministry of Magic was completely unable to suppress the dementors.

It seems that the emotions provided by the prisoners of Azkaban can no longer satisfy these monsters.

They are just around the corner, not only testing the bottom line of the Ministry of Magic.

From this point of view, the Hogwarts garrison incident this time is not necessarily a stupid decision of Connery Fudge, but he has made some kind of carefully calculated political calculation to maximize his own interests.

As for little wizards... No one cares about their emotions. In contrast, wizard parents care more about their safety. Fudge just needs to cater to this part of his views.

And the dementors couldn't refuse to come to Hogwarts at all. After all, apart from this magic school, where could they find so much 'food' that they could absorb?

I just don't know what role Dumbledore played in it... There must be some unknown reason for him to allow the dementors to stay here.

"The dementors will be stationed at the entrances of all the grounds in the castle," said Dumbledore. "During their stay, I must make it clear that anyone who leaves the school without permission, especially if not accompanied by the professors..."

"Dementors don't accept any form of camouflage or deception...they don't see the world the same way we do, and they can smell souls...so not even an invisibility cloak."

"Don't give them excuses or excuses to hurt you, prefects, student representatives...you must ensure that students do not find any conflicts with the dementors."

"Especially some of you...I'd advise him not to even go near the gate...Mr. Goodman will do his best to suppress the dementor...in case..."

The corners of McGuffin's mouth twitched. After that old bee Dumbledore finished speaking with meaning, he clearly saw that all the professors on the rostrum were staring at them...the correct staring was him.

This time, Harry and Ron also turned to look at him...

— Gan!

McGuffin raised his head and looked around, looking straight at the eyebrows of everyone who looked at his little wizard... to show that he had no guilt in his heart, and his behavior was upright.

(End of this chapter)