Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

"Hey, man, you really don't understand girls' hearts. Although you won beautifully just now, you still have to save some face for Hermione~" Seamus put his arm around Dean's shoulders and said in a familiar tone. .

"What did I just do?" Dean looked confused.

"I saw clearly that Hermione obviously wanted to ask you for advice on the Flying Curse, but when she called you twice in succession, you ignored her, so she got angry and ran away." Seamus sighed. He said it with deep sympathy, and he didn't know who he was sympathizing with.

"I, I didn't notice..." Dean broke into a cold sweat. He was completely attracted by the system's prompts and completely ignored other people. I hope Hermione has a broad mind and won't go crazy because of his neglect. Reduce favorability.

"Believe me, Hermione was probably just about to arrive at the station, so she went back to pack her luggage." Dean guessed casually.

He noticed that Hermione's favorability level in the system had not changed at all, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

"Tch~ you really think of yourself as a prophet!" Seamo obviously didn't believe it.

At this time, Neville let out another scream: "Why is Leif missing again?"

The two of them looked for a sound and found that Neville, who had just been holding Leif tightly, was now empty-handed and crying.

"Neville, what exactly have you done to Leif, and why is he so keen to escape from you?" Seamus felt very speechless.

Dean, on the other hand, showed an unsurprised expression. He knew that Neville's days at Hogwarts were almost a history of Rifle's escape. The magical thing was that whenever Rifle disappeared for a period of time, he would miraculously be found. turn up.

"Don't worry, Leif is definitely still on the train. We'd better pack our luggage quickly, the train will be pulling into the station soon." Dean pointed to the window and reminded.

There are mountains and woods under the deep purple sky, and a small, black platform appears outside the window.

Seamus soon learns how foolish he was to question Dean's prophecy: after the Hogwarts Express finally arrives, Hagrid finds Lyfe the Toad and returns it to an ecstatic Neville.

Dean didn't know that Seamus had become his loyal fan, insisting that Dean would be an excellent prophet in the future.

Dean was thinking about another thing entirely: when he saw Hagrid, he remembered that he seemed to have missed something. Maybe when Hagrid took Harry to Diagon Alley for shopping, he should also go with him. Have the opportunity to see the famous Magic Stone.

It's a pity that Dean hadn't come out of his mental exhaustion during those days and didn't dare to run around, so he naturally forgot about it.

Dean was so lost in his thoughts along the way that he ignored Ron who was greeting him from a distance, which made Ron feel a little disappointed.

Soon Hagrid took the new students into Hogwarts and handed them over to Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall took the first years to a small empty room at the other end of the hall.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The opening banquet is about to begin, but before you go to the restaurant to sit down, you must first confirm which house you are entering. Classification is a A very important ceremony..."

Professor McGonagall briefly left the room after introducing the sorting ceremony and matters related to the four major colleges and the College Cup.

When she opened the door, Dean, who was on the edge of the door, noticed with sharp eyes that Professor Snape seemed to be waiting outside the door.

"Severus, what are you doing here? I thought you were already seated at the dining table." Professor McGonagall frowned subtly.

Gryffindor lost miserably to Slytherin in the House Cup competition for several consecutive years, which made her slightly hostile to Snape.

"Professor McGonagall, I found that a new student did not register his wand, so I came here to make up for this procedure." Snape said expressionlessly.

"Who? How could there be such an omission?" Professor McGonagall asked sensitively, and the name "Harry Potter" blurted out almost subconsciously.

Fortunately, she woke up in time. Everything about Harry was arranged by Dumbledore himself, so there should be no problems.

"Dean Thomas." Snape said calmly.

"It turns out to be Mr. Thomas." Professor McGonagall breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, she was overly worried.

Then she seemed to remember something and said with a hint of confusion, "I remember..."

"Yes, you once entrusted me with the job of persuading his Muggle parents to let him come to Hogwarts - a job that did not originally belong to me." Snape curled his lips and said.

A trace of apology appeared on Professor McGonagall's tense face: "Sorry, Severus, there happened to be another more important thing that tripped me up that day, so..."

"About the savior, right?" Snape's dark eyes flashed with complicated emotions.

"I think if it is necessary for you to know, Dumbledore will explain it to you personally; if he doesn't tell you..." Professor McGonagall said with a straight face again.

"Yes, Harry, the savior, is above all else - but with all due respect, this is not a good thing for the savior himself." Snape said mockingly.

"If you have any opinions, I suggest you go to Dumbledore." Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and said.

"I think so too. Now let me complete the wand registration procedures for Mr. Dean Thomas first." Snape raised his head and looked into the room and found Dean looking at him.

"Honestly, I don't think there should be such an omission. If those at the Ministry of Magic knew about it, there would be a lot of trouble." Professor McGonagall followed Snape's gaze and noticed Dean.

"So - we are all trusting others, right?" Snape said with a double entendre.

"No, Snape, I insist that it is the right decision to let you solve Mr. Thomas's admission problem on my behalf." Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and said.

In the room where the freshmen were, Dean's attention was always on Snape and Professor McGonagall outside the door.

After they chatted for a few words in a low voice, Dean couldn't help but feel a little worried when he saw the two of them turning their attention to him: shouldn't the focus of their attention be on Harry Potter?Why does it feel like he is taking the spotlight?This definitely doesn't fit in with Dean's plan to keep a low profile first.

At this time, Snape tilted his head slightly and gave Dean a follow-him look.

Dean swore that he never knew Snape's thoughts through Legilimency, but clearly interpreted the look Snape gave him to mean this.

Seeing that the freshmen were anxiously waiting for the sorting ceremony, no one noticed him. Dean quietly walked out of the door and came to Snape; Professor McGonagall just glanced at Dean lightly and said nothing. "Hurry up, the sorting ceremony is about to begin" and left first.

"Professor..." As soon as Dean started to speak, he was interrupted impatiently by Snape.

"Shut up! Mr. Thomas, come with me." With that, Snape took Dean to a smaller room nearby - just enough room for the two of them to face each other.