Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

Trace silk...

Les narrowed his eyes.

This method used by the Ministry of Magic to monitor underage wizards may be some kind of long-lasting magic that can be effective for several years, but contract magic is more likely.

But no matter what kind of magic it is, it requires a caster, whether the caster is human or not.

Les patted Astoria on the shoulder and told her not to panic. She would definitely be able to enter the college she wanted to go to.

"Really?" A smile appeared on Astoria's pale face: "Then I must go to Slytherin."

"Why don't you consider Gryffindor? There are a lot of fun things there!" A male voice suddenly sounded behind several people.

Several people looked back and saw two identical red-haired boys looking at them with smiles.

"Fred, please stop teasing your children. Little Astoria will not go to other houses - why not let your sister Ginny come to Slytherin? I will give her all my notes from last year!"

Faced with Les's words, the smiles on Fred and George's faces froze.

Put yourself in my shoes, if your little sister Ginny went to Slytherin... No, this scene is scary just thinking about it!

So they changed the topic directly.

"Remember the bet at the end of last semester? You just called me Fred? I'll give you another chance. Are you sure you want to stick to your choice?" Fred winked at Les.

But to Les, the difference in magic power between the two was obvious, so he was not swayed by Fred's words at all.

"What the hell." Fred sighed after seeing that he had not deceived Les.

"You're lucky. If you need anything from Hogsmeade, just tell us." George put his arm around Fred's neck and took away the guy who was blocking the aisle of the carriage.

"Two weird Weasleys."

This is what Astoria said about Fred and George.

"They just like to play pranks. People are not bad." Les excused Fred and George for a while, and then came to the platform with Daphne and the others.

Since then, Astoria was separated from them and was led by Hagrid to cross the Black Lake by boat. Rice and other sophomore "old students" followed the flow of people and came to the outside of a forest.

There are hundreds of carriages parked in the woods. The cabins of these carriages look empty to ordinary people, but they are not really undrawn livestock, but are occupied by a creature called Thestrals.

They can only be seen by those who have seen and understood death.

"So are these carriages enchanted? Can they move on their own without horses?" Hermione looked at the empty carriage shafts and couldn't help but ignite her desire to explore magic.

Could this be the automatic navigation curse? If you could put such a spell on your car...

Hermione even came up with the idea of ​​a driverless car.

"The answer is wrong. Just reach out and touch here to find out." Les interrupted Hermione's thoughts ruthlessly, pointed to a location and motioned for her to touch there.

He could see clearly that when Hermione spoke, the Thestrals pulling the cart all turned back and stared at her with their white eyes without pupils.

Thestrals are so smart that they can even understand human speech.

Hermione obeyed and carefully stretched out her hand towards where Les was pointing, and then she touched a hard object that felt like bone, but it seemed to be covered with a layer of skin.

"There is indeed something!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Eh? What does it look like? Can I touch it?" Daphne, who was standing aside, also became very interested in the creature named the Thestral from Les' mouth.

When Daphne asked, Les realized that she couldn't see the Thestral either.

Perhaps Daphne did not see Quirrell when he died, or maybe it was because when she saw Quirrell, Quirrell could no longer be considered a living person.

"Of course, come here..." Les patiently guided Daphne and put his hand on Thestral's back.

The Thestrals give the witches the feeling of being skinny, as if there is no other tissue between their bones and fur.

"Hey!"

Perhaps because it tickled the Thestral, the Thestral raised its tail and slapped the back of the girl's hand, causing her to scream in surprise.

But even after receiving a small warning, Hermione had no intention of stopping. This is a magical animal that she has never seen before. She must pet it carefully, because she may not have the chance in the future.

"Okay, it's time for us to get in the car. There is a community of Thestrals living in the Forbidden Forest, and Hagrid has raised them very well. You can go to Hagrid another day and ask him to take you to play with the Thestrals." Si looked around and found that the other carriages had basically set off, so he urged them.

Daphne nodded. Not only did she want Hagrid to take her to see the Thestral, she also wanted to see her own nightmare.

She was not at Hogwarts during the summer vacation, and the Nightmare had been fostered by Hagrid. Daphne felt that she should go and see it, in case it had not seen her for too long and became alienated from her.

She boarded the carriage first, followed by a reluctant Hermione, and Les followed behind Hermione. Just as he was about to close the carriage door, he heard a shout.

"Please, please wait a moment -" He stretched out his head and found Neville holding the toad Leif in his hand, panting and running towards them.

"I was looking for Leif just now and wasted time. Phew...fortunately you are still here." He climbed onto the carriage and took a few deep breaths.

Les smiled and shook his head: It seemed that working at Lupert's place for the whole summer could not help Neville get rid of his forgetfulness.

"How was your vacation?" After Neville got into the car, the carriage creaked and drove away. Les and Neville, who was sitting next to him, started chatting.

Neville nodded: "Sister Lupet took good care of me and later taught me how to make desserts. I wonder if there is a place to cook in the castle. If so, I can try to make some."

"That's really nice."

While a few people were chatting and laughing, the carriage drove into the gate of Hogwarts.

Since several people had already entered the second grade, they went straight to the auditorium. At the door of the Great Hall, they saw Snape talking to Professor McGonagall.

"Potter...Weasley..."

"Severus, I have to preside over the sorting ceremony. You go and inform Professor Dumbledore first."

When the four of them approached, they had just finished speaking. Professor McGonagall walked away in a hurry, and Snape walked into the auditorium.

"It seems like Harry and Ron got into some trouble again?" Daphne started to make up her mind based on the few words she heard.

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