A sharp Hogwarts

"It's over there, look."

"Which side?"

"Next to the tall blonde girl."

"The one with the glasses?"

"Are you talking about his scar?"

"Scar? I mean that girl! Don't you know?!"

"what do you know?"

"I'm on probation at the beginning of the school year. Listen to me -"

"What's the point? It's just a formality. She is Harry's cousin anyway."

"Cousin?! Harry Potter actually has relatives?"

"You didn't know until then..."

The next day, these whispers followed Harry and Dahlia as they walked out of the common room.

It's hard to judge which of the two is more famous, or whether the two together make the rumors more topical.

The students lined up in a long line outside the classroom, all standing on tiptoes, trying to see the two of them up close.

In the corridor, people walked past the two people and then turned back, staring at the two people as if they were visiting some strange creatures.

Harry hoped that everyone would not do this, but Dalia felt that this was not a good thing, at least it saved her a lot of trouble finding her way to the classroom.

There are a total of 140 staircases in Hogwarts.Some of them are wide and large; some are narrow, small, and rickety; some will change directions at regular intervals; some will suddenly disappear halfway up a step. You have to remember where you are. The place should be skipped.

Besides, there are many doors here that won't open for you if you ask them to open them rudely, or poke them in the right place;

Some doors are not real doors at all, just solid walls that look like doors, while others are invisible doors disguised as walls.

It’s hard to remember what is where because everything seems to be constantly moving.

The people in the portraits will continue to visit each other, and Dalia is sure that the armor will also move around quietly.

In addition to the castle itself, those ubiquitous ghosts are also a big problem.

Just as there are far more students in Hogwarts than the names in the original books, there are more ghosts wandering in the castle than the few described by JK Rowling.

In fact, often when you are about to open a door, a ghost suddenly jumps out from behind the door and scares you.

Of course, Nearly Headless Nick is happy to guide the new Gryffindor students; but if you are already late for class and you happen to run into the prankster Peeves, it is better than running into two locked doors plus one. Stairs with many traps are even more difficult to navigate.He will put a wastebasket on your head, pull out the carpet from under your feet, throw pieces of chalk at you, or sneak up behind you and grab your nose when you can't see him and scream: " Grab your nose!"

And if there's anything that troubles freshmen more than Peeves, it's the castle keeper, Argus Filch.

Oddly enough, Dalia seems to be the exception...

On the first morning of school, Ron and Harry had a bad relationship with Filch.

Filch found that they had to break through a door, which happened to be the entrance to the restricted corridor on the fourth floor.

Filch insisted not to believe that they happened to get lost, thinking that they deliberately broke in, and threatened to lock them in the dungeon.

However, when he saw Dalia coming out of the corner to defend herself, his attitude suddenly changed. After a few symbolic reprimands, Filch, for the first time, let Dalia and the three of them go, and was even kind-hearted. He pointed out the correct way to the classroom for them and told Dalia to study hard in class.

Those arguments in the staff room were supposed to be secret.

however……

Secrets tend to spread like wildfire.

In less than two days, everyone knew that Dalia was on probation, and her low magic power was no secret.

Many students secretly called Dahlia a "squib", believing that her status as "Cousin Harry" was the reason why she was admitted to the school.

However, no one dared to say it in public. Once Filch heard this word, he would run over like a shark that smelled blood.

What followed was all kinds of difficulties and punishment decisions... As the castle administrator, Filch had too many reasons for punishment.

Dalia also reciprocated by purchasing some canned cats and cat toys, and gave them to Mrs. Norris, Filch's thin gray cat, for some random reason.

In short, with the help of a crowd of onlookers and Argus Filch, Dalia successfully passed the most difficult "path-finding" stage of her freshman year.

Then, once you find the classroom, it's time to face the course itself.

Dahlia soon realizes that Hogwarts is much more than just some magical version of a cooking school.

In addition to wielding kitchen knives and reciting various recipes, they also have to learn a lot of advanced and complex knowledge.

Every Wednesday night, they use telescopes to observe the starry sky and learn the names of different stars and the paths of planets.

From celestial phenomena and climate change to solar terms and the magical positions of the sun, moon and stars, Hogwarts Astronomy covers a wealth of knowledge about nature.

At the same time, this knowledge quickly came in handy.

Three times a week, Professor Sprout would take them to the greenhouse behind Hogwarts Castle for herbology classes.

Everyone learns how to cultivate those strange plants and fungi and understand their uses. In addition to magic plants, every freshman has to go to the vegetable garden of Hogwarts every week to weed and sow seeds, and learn about various kinds of plants. Crops, spices, fruits and vegetables, so that they will not make dark dishes due to mistaken ingredients in subsequent studies.

Probably the most grueling course was History of Magic, the only one taught by a ghost.

I heard that Professor Binns fell asleep in front of the fireplace in the staff room and forgot to take his body with him when he went to class the next morning.

During class, Professor Binns kept reciting various magical delicacies in a monotonous voice. The ghost's nonstop speaking speed made "History of Magic" particularly scary.

The students endured their hunger while scribbling down names and dates, and of course the names of various magical dishes.

The Charms class that the freshmen are most looking forward to will not start teaching everyone magic until the third week. Before that, Professor Flitwick teaches everyone the correct posture of holding and wielding a knife, and the relationship between magic swords and magic spells. some basic theoretical knowledge.Due to his short stature, Professor Flitwick stood on the podium most of the time, holding a kitchen knife high and observing each student closely. Once someone accidentally cut his finger, Professor Flitwick would immediately wave the magic knife to let the wound heal. Heals instantly.

Professor McGonagall is different from all professors. She is strict and smart, and she gave everyone a showdown in the first Transfiguration class.

"Transfiguration is the most complex and dangerous spell you have in Hogwarts." She said, "Although this class does not involve many spells, it has the most derivative changes and possibilities. If he is naughty in my class, I will ask him out and never allow him to come back. I warned you in advance!"

Then, she pulled out her magic knife and waved it around, turning her desk into a pig and back again.

The students were immediately fascinated and eager to start learning right away.But they soon understood that it would take a long time before the furniture could be turned into animals.

After everyone took down a lot of complicated and difficult notes, Professor McGonagall gave each of them half a winter melon and began to let them try to cut it into cubes.

By the end of the get out of class, only Dahlia and Hermione had managed to cut into fine, uniform dices that were suitable for cooking;

Professor McGonagall then showed how to decompose a winter melon. With just a light touch, the huge winter melon disintegrated into hundreds of uniformly sized cubes.

The course the class was really looking forward to was Defense Against the Dark Arts, and everyone wanted to know how dark "dark magic" really is.

Professor Quirrell's lesson almost became a joke: the classroom where he taught was filled with the smell of garlic, and he told everyone that it could effectively drive away vampires. Then they focused on learning the habits and habitats of various dark magical creatures. However, there was no useful information about dark cuisine. When Seamus Finnigan impatiently asked Professor Quirrell why he didn't put garlic in the vampire's "Dark Cuisine Duel", Quirrell suddenly said... He spoke vaguely about the weather changes.

But Dalia finally figured out one thing. The so-called "dark cuisine" was by no means an unpalatable failure.

For example, the "dark power" of vampires mainly comes from the associated magic power of "bloody magic food", and bloody magic food is actually a delicacy in the dark magic world.

The reason why garlic is disgusted by vampires is mainly because some small molecular substances in garlic will enter the blood circulation through the digestive tract, thus deeply contaminating the vampire's own magic power. Therefore, vampires extremely hate all kinds of garlic-containing dishes. People who have consumed large amounts of garlic in a short period of time will not smoke it as a last resort.

That's right!Dalia was particularly shocked that there was even a small amount of chemistry involved in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classes.

Of course, in the magical world, this knowledge is included in the category of "alchemical materials science". These contents will be explained in detail in the third-year elective course. Professor Quirrell only briefly introduced it in class, and there are more. In terms of vampire habits and habitat.

There are many similar strange little bits of knowledge, and Dalia has never noticed that time flows so fast.

Whether it's the knife skills practice after Transfiguration, or the crop identification paper after Herbology...

Dalia gradually realized that, regardless of the foresight in the plot, she did not seem to have much advantage among the freshmen.

Hermione Granger has shown super memory and learning ability in most classes, whether it is knife skills training or knowledge point recitation... The degree of Hermione's "involution" exceeds Dalia's imagination. ——She just barely managed to get past Miss Know-It-All.

You know, in Dalia's original vision, she should have easily crushed all the little brats.

This made Dalia feel a little frustrated and stressed...

until……

on friday.

The arrival of the first Potions lesson for the first years of Gryffindor House.