I, Hogwarts Week Two

"That's the 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.

"The Muggle-Born Register," he said, "The Ministry of Magic is investigating so-called 'Muggle-borns' to see how they came to possess magical secrets.

They lied that the Department of Mysteries had discovered that magic could only be inherited through the birth of wizards, and therefore concluded that all Muggle-borns were robbers who stole the magical abilities of wizards.

The Ministry of Magic will root out those who misappropriate magical abilities. To this end, every so-called Muggle-born will be invited to appear before the newly appointed Muggle-Born Registration Committee."

"That's ridiculous!" Hermione shouted. "According to the ancient bas-relief in Canada's Grant 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 something unexpected happened, which reduced this power, and that's when Muggles appeared."

She didn't tell Kingsley about the gods.

In fact, it was because in the [Age of Gods] the great powers of individuals were concentrated in one person, causing the overall magic power of the world to decline, which caused some people to lose the ability to cast spells.

"That's just an excuse," said Kingsley. "Whatever the truth is, the Death Eaters will not stop their purge of Muggle-borns."

"Then" Harry at the side suddenly thought of something rather horrifying, "What about this year's freshmen?"

"There must be some eleven-year-old Muggle-born wizards out there. What about them?"

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

It is called a living room, but in fact it is a chapel.

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

But compared to what people need, it is not big enough.

Expansion is necessary, but there is still not enough time.

So Owen proposed a more convenient solution - if we don't have time to repair it, we can just move other castles and manors that have been around for a while. There are at least tens of castles and manors that no one wants on the European continent, and these are the larger ones. If you count the smaller ones, the number is really too numerous to count.

Wouldn't it be better to just tear down those empty castles and move them here?

Although it was a bit troublesome - but the good thing was that the people doing it were elves - the dozens of elves who came to Thornfield Castle from Hogwarts were very willing to help them.

Of course, Irving didn't steal it. He didn't care about that little money.

He might feel bad about the gold galleons - they are just pounds - they are just paper to him. Besides - the queen still lives in the castle, and they have set aside a small manor as the queen's palace and government office - they can just ask her to reimburse them later. There is no way he will lose money, and he might even make a profit.

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

Thornfield Castle naturally did not have a great hall as big as Hogwarts, so the great hall could only be set up in this chapel.

Speaking of which, Thornfield Castle now looks 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 collection of several manors nested together.

"Professor!" Harry looked at Professor Sprout worriedly.

The professor was still wearing her thick hat covered with patches, but instead of being covered with mud, she was now covered with dust.

Her flowing grey hair began to turn white and the wrinkles on her face deepened.

Although she still looked optimistic and kind, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the tremendous pressure during this period had caused her to suffer deeply.

"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."

"Book of Admission and Pen of Acceptance." Hermione was startled when she heard it.

She naturally knew about these two legendary magic items.

Rumor has it that this was made by the four founders.

It is the most important treasure in Hogwarts.

The value far exceeds the founder's relics.

The Book of Admission is a large book made of parchment with a black dragonhide cover. It and the Pen of Acceptance are kept in a locked tower at Hogwarts that no student has ever visited.

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

Few wizards have ever observed the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance at work, but some headmasters enjoy spending hours quietly in the tower, hoping to see them in action.

While some wizards may know the secrets of the book, none have ever revealed them.

According to Albus Dumbledore, this was just the right thing to do to save the staff from having to make lengthy explanations to parents who were furious that their children had not been accepted into Hogwarts.

The decision made by the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance is the final one. There has never been a case where a child was admitted to Hogwarts but his name was not 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 Book of Admission make sense: it perfectly prevents Hogwarts from accidentally admitting a Squib. Children born into wizarding families who have no magical talent may occasionally have some faint magical aura left over from their parents, but once the magic from their parents gradually fades, it will be discovered that they have no ability to cast spells. The sensitivity of the Pen of Acceptance, coupled with the strictness of the Book of Admission, has ensured that they have never made a mistake.

The Book of Admission records the name and date of birth of every wizarding child.

This tells people when young wizards should enter Hogwarts to study.

Hogwarts can be independent from the Ministry of Magic, in large part because the Ministry of Magic does not have similar means of detecting the birth of wizards, and they have no right to view Hogwarts' birth records. That's why 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 protect you from the enemy nor fill your stomach. The most important treasure of Hogwarts will always be 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 save them from the tragedy of being captured by the Ministry of Magic and imprisoned."

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

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

"We should hold a memorial service for him," the professor continued. "He was a great man and should not be buried hastily. And I believe there will be many people who want to see him off."

"That's what I thought," said Hermione. "We're planning to hold the memorial service on September 1st."

"September 1st?" said Professor Sprout sadly. "Yes - term starts - the headmaster will want to see it."

There was a sudden silence in the chapel.

Everyone was silent in sorrow.

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

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

"Suggestions?" Hermione wanted to say that everything should remain the same, but this thought only lasted 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, 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. She immediately said: "Maybe we can start with this year's freshmen."

"No——" Professor Sprout rejected it outright, "The divisions really shouldn't exist. They cause constant disputes in the school. The root cause of this system is the conflict between the four founders, and this conflict should have been cut off long ago. Moreover, the little wizards who can come back here to continue their studies are on our side. This is an unprecedented opportunity.

The Sorting Ceremony should be abolished. All young wizards should be students of Hogwarts. Not Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. "

"Yes - indeed." Lupin nodded. "Owen and I talked a lot about this when I came back from Sweden. He thought the same thing."

"When will Owen be back?" Hermione asked.

"He is responsible for collecting the bas-reliefs brought out of the Tower of Ascension. They must not fall into the hands of the Death Eaters. Professor Bathsheda Babbling will assist him."

"Well - not much stuff, should be back soon."

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

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

They have to divide 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."

"That's it." Professor Sprout nodded.

Then several people left the chapel.

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The next few days.

With the help of the smartest people in Britain, the rules and regulations of the new Hogwarts were quickly perfected.

First, it is about personnel appointments.

Professor Sprout becomes the new acting headmaster of Hogwarts.

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

And in the eyes of others, Snape is now on Voldemort's side.

Only Professor Sprout left Hogwarts at the request of the other two deans, and she had no choice but to agree.

But the professor just said that he was just helping to look after Minerva for a while.

She prefers being in her greenhouse to running the school.

Next were the new members of the school board, including Her Majesty the Queen, the Prime Minister, and several professors who had made great contributions, including Slughorn.

Among them, the Rozier family made a lot of efforts in secret, and after losing more than 100,000 Galleons, they also managed to get a seat on the school board.

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

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

Excavations around the world were suspended because the Federation wanted to accumulate strength to deal with Voldemort, so he himself had some free time.

Of course his department was not disbanded and his position still exists.

The second was the Alchemy course - Victor chose to stay in Hogwarts.

Now Professors McGonagall, Binns, Flitwick and Witt who stayed in Hogwarts were not safe. In the future, they had to maintain order in Hogwarts and resist the persecution of students by Death Eaters, and they might even be attacked. Victor was their last guarantee. If something unexpected happened, he had the ability to take the professors and young wizards away from Hogwarts.

The new alchemy professor was Celsus Kunrat.

Celsus Kunrat: Chief editor of the Alchemy Today newspaper, an outstanding alchemist, whose book Natural Alchemy is regarded as the greatest alchemical work of the 20th century.

He is known as the "Sage" and is a master renowned throughout the world.

He is good friends with Dumbledore.

He was 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 were both students of Wenda Rosier. She must have worked on alchemy for a long time, but she was not well-known.

But in the end Theseus Scamander chose Celsus Kunrat.

Because of the other party's fame and influence.

Winning over Celsus Kunrat would 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 Whitfield chose to stay in Hogwarts, but Professor Spence, the magician, was unable to leave because he was a ghost.