I, Hogwarts Second Week

"This is reality," Kingsley said.

Then he continued, "There is news that the Ministry of Magic is about to set up a new department."

"New department?" Hermione looked at him.

"Muggle-born registration." He said, "The Ministry of Magic is investigating the so-called "Muggle-born" to find out how they have the secret of magic.

They lied that the Department of Mysteries found that magic can only be inherited through the reproduction of wizards. From this, it is concluded that all "Muggle-born" people are robbers who steal the magical abilities of wizards.

The Ministry of Magic will eradicate these people who steal magical abilities. To this end, every so-called Muggle-born person will be invited to the newly appointed Muggle-born Registration Committee for an interview."

"Absurd!" Hermione shouted. "According to the ancient bas-relief of the Canadian God-given Tower, magic was brought by a star from the universe. In ancient times, all living things had the ability to cast spells, and everyone was a wizard. It was only later that some changes occurred, which led to the reduction of this power, and Muggles appeared."

She did not tell Kingsley about the gods.

In fact, it was because the power of individuals in the [Age of Gods] was gathered in one person, which led to the decline of the overall magic power in the world, which made some people lose their ability to cast spells.

"This is just an excuse." Kingsley said, "No matter what the truth is. The Death Eaters will not stop their decision to purge Muggle-born wizards."

"Then" Harry on the side suddenly thought of a rather terrifying thing, "What about this year's freshmen?"

"There must be eleven-year-old Muggle-born little wizards, what about them?"

"Don't worry." At this time, Professor Sprout and Lupin walked into the living room.

It's called a living room, but it's actually a chapel.

Thornfield Castle is indeed very large, its area is one-fifth the size of Buckingham Palace.

But compared to the needs of everyone, it is not big enough.

Expansion is necessary. But there is still no time.

So Owen proposed a more convenient way-if we don't have time to repair it, we can just move other castles and manors that have been built for a short time. There are at least tens of castles and manors that no one wants on the European continent, and these are some of the larger ones. If you count those small manors, it's really countless.

Wouldn't it be better to just dismantle those castles without people and move them here?

Although it's a bit troublesome - but the advantage is that the people who do this are the elves - dozens of elves who came to Thornfield Castle from Hogwarts are very willing to help them.

Owen certainly didn't steal it, he didn't care about that little money.

He might feel bad about the gold galleons - just pounds - to him, it's just paper. Besides - the queen still lives in the castle, and they have specially allocated a small manor as the queen's palace and government office - they can just ask her for reimbursement in the future. It's impossible to lose money, maybe they can even make a profit.

The building where everyone is now was once a small church in Europe.

Thornfield Castle naturally doesn't have a large auditorium like Hogwarts, so the auditorium can only be set in this chapel.

Speaking of which, the current Thornfield Castle is more and more like Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Unlike Hogwarts, which is an independent castle, Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a few manors nested together.

"Professor!" Harry looked at Professor Sprout worriedly.

The professor was still wearing her thick hat full of patches. But compared to the dirt on her body before, it was now covered with dust.

Her flowing gray hair began to turn white, and the wrinkles on her face became deeper.

Although she still looked optimistic and kind, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the huge pressure during this period had made her heart suffer.

"Don't worry-" Professor Sprout said gently: "I brought the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance. We will find those children faster than the Ministry of Magic."

"The Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance." Hermione was shocked when she heard the voice.

She naturally knew about these two legendary magic props.

It is rumored that this was made by the four founders.

It is the most important treasure of Hogwarts.

It is far more valuable than the founder's relics.

The Book of Admission is a large book with a black dragon skin cover and made of parchment. It and the Pen of Acceptance have been stored in a locked small tower in Hogwarts that has never been visited by students.

Its pages have never been touched by human fingers since the four founders of Hogwarts placed it there when Hogwarts Castle was completed.

Only a few wizards have ever observed the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance at work, but some headmasters like to spend hours quietly in the tower, hoping to see them in action.

Although some wizards may know the secrets of the book, no one has ever revealed it.

According to Albus Dumbledore, this saves the staff from having to give lengthy explanations to parents who are furious that their children have not been accepted to Hogwarts.

The decisions made by the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance are final, and no child has ever been accepted to Hogwarts without his name in the yellowed pages of the Book of Admission.

Wizards who have had the good fortune to witness the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance at work all believe that the Pen of Acceptance is more lenient in its judgment than the Book of Admission: even the slightest sign of magic is enough to tempt the Pen of Acceptance, but the Book of Admission will not allow the Pen of Acceptance to write its name on it unless it finds sufficient evidence.

In fact, the strict standards of the admission book make sense: it can perfectly prevent Hogwarts from accidentally admitting a Squib to the school. Children born in wizarding families who have no magical talent occasionally have some faint magical auras left over from their parents, but once the magic from their parents gradually fades, it will be found that they obviously have no ability to cast spells. The sensitivity of the acceptance pen, coupled with the strictness of the admission book, has never made any mistakes.

The admission book will record the name and date of birth of every wizard child.

This tells people when the little wizard should enter Hogwarts to study.

Hogwarts can be independent of the Ministry of Magic, in large part because the Ministry of Magic does not have similar means to detect the birth of wizards, and they have no right to view Hogwarts' birth records. So they set up the Muggle Birth Registration Committee to identify Muggle-borns.

"Oh my God - these are the two most important treasures of Hogwarts. This is the first time they have left the school since the castle was built." Hermione said in shock.

"You are the treasure." Professor Sprout looked at the young wizards with burning eyes, "This is just a book and a pen. It can neither defend against enemies nor fill the stomach. The most important treasure of Hogwarts is always the students."

"Thank you, professor." Hermione said sincerely.

"No - I should thank you, Hermione." Professor Sprout said, "Your plan can save many young wizards. Especially those children who are exposed to magic for the first time and have a bright future. It is you who saved them from the tragedy of being captured by the Ministry of Magic and imprisoned in cages."

"This is what I should do." Hermione said seriously, "I think this is what Professor Dumbledore wants to see."

"Albus -" Hearing the voice, Professor Sprout's figure shook slightly. She said in an unspeakable tone: "I still can't imagine that he would-"

"We should hold a memorial service for him." The professor continued: "He is a great man and should not be buried hastily. And I believe there will be many people who want to send him off for the last time."

"I think so too." Hermione said, "We plan to hold the memorial service on September 1st."

"September 1st?" Professor Sprout said sadly. "Yes-school has started-its principal will want to see it."

The chapel suddenly fell into silence.

Everyone was silent in grief.

After a moment, Lupin, who came with Professor Sprout, said with difficulty: "This is the best ending."

"Hermione, you are a smart witch, do you have any suggestions for the new Hogwarts?"

"Suggestions?" Hermione wanted to say that everything should be the same, but this idea only existed for a moment before he broke it.

"Yes-" Lupin nodded. "There is an old saying in the Ming Dynasty that there is no construction without destruction. Since we are going to build a brand new Hogwarts, we must make appropriate changes."

"How about canceling the Sorting?" Hermione said subconsciously, and then she realized that this might not be so easy to be accepted, after all, this tradition has been maintained for more than 1,400 years. Immediately, she said again: "Maybe we can start with this year's freshmen."

"No--" Professor Sprout rejected it outright: "The Sorting really shouldn't exist. It has caused constant disputes in the school. The root cause of the existence of this system is the conflict between the four founders, and this conflict should have been cut off long ago. And the little wizards who can return here to continue their studies are on our side. This is an unprecedented opportunity.

The Sorting Ceremony should be abolished. All little wizards are students of Hogwarts. They should not be students of Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor or Ravenclaw."

"Yes--that's right." Lupin nodded, "I came back from Sweden this time, and Owen and I talked a lot. He also has this idea."

"When will Owen come back?" Hermione asked.

"He is responsible for collecting the bas-reliefs brought out of the Tower of Divine Providence. We must not let these things fall into the hands of the Death Eaters. Professor Bathsilda Barbling will assist him."

"Well - there are not many things, they should be back soon."

"Before that, we have to discuss some rules and regulations and class arrangements for the new school." Professor Sprout said.

Since there is no house division. Then there are too many young wizards in one grade.

They have to be divided into classes.

"We can ask Prime Minister Mr. Harker for help in this regard." Hermione suggested: "There are thousands of schools in the UK. The Ministry of Education must have rich experience. We can work together to come up with a perfect system."

"Let's do it." Professor Sprout nodded.

Then several people left the chapel.

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In the next few days.

With the help of the smartest group of people in the UK, the rules and regulations of the new Hogwarts were quickly improved.

The first is about personnel appointments.

Professor Sprout became the acting headmaster of the new Hogwarts.

Although she herself was very resistant, there was really no suitable candidate now. The deans of the four major colleges, Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, were unwilling to leave the school. They wanted to protect the remaining young wizards.

And Snape was now considered a member of Voldemort's side in the eyes of others.

Only Professor Sprout left Hogwarts at the request of the other two deans, and she could only agree helplessly.

But the professor just said that he would only help Minerva look after her for a while.

She prefers staying in her greenhouse to managing the school.

The second is the new school board members, including Her Majesty the Queen, the Prime Minister, and several professors who have made great contributions, including Slughorn.

Among them, the Rosier family, because of their secret efforts, also got a seat on the school board after evaporating more than 100,000 Galleons.

Then there are some professors who are absent from the school.

Lupin returned to the school as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. His position as the director of the Federation's Excavation Committee has made it difficult to carry out his work because of the drastic changes in the current situation.

Excavations around the world have been suspended because the Federation has to accumulate strength to deal with Voldemort, so he himself has been idle.

Of course, his department has not been disbanded, and his position is still there.

The second is the course of alchemy - Victor chose to stay in Hogwarts.

Professors McGonagall, Binns, Flitwick and Witt who are staying in Hogwarts are not safe now. In the future, they will have to maintain order in Hogwarts and resist the persecution of students by Death Eaters, and may even be attacked - Victor is their last guarantee. If something unexpected happens, he has the ability to take the professors and young wizards away from Hogwarts.

The new alchemy professor is Celsus Kunrat.

Celsus Kunrat: Chief reviewer of the newspaper "Alchemy Today", an outstanding alchemist, his book "Natural Alchemy" is praised as the greatest alchemy book in the 20th century.

He is named "Sage" and is a world-renowned master.

He is a good friend of Dumbledore.

He is also the alchemist who awarded Victor and Owen the Philosopher's Stone trophy.

Originally, Hermione wanted to ask Roy, Owen's aunt, to be the new alchemy professor.

She and Victor are both students of Wenda Rosier. She must have worked hard in alchemy for a long time, but her reputation is not prominent.

But in the end, Theseus Scamander chose Celsus Kunrat.

Because of his fame and influence.

Winning over Celsus Kunrat will greatly boost the morale of the anti-Voldemort alliance.

In addition, there are professors of Transfiguration, Charms, History of Magic, and Arithmancy.

Among them, Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, and Professor Witt chose to stay in Hogwarts, while Professor Spence of Magic, because he is a ghost, cannot leave.