Hogwarts becomes host

"It's better to stop talking. To be honest, Dobby doesn't look like he's lying. If he's not talking about the Shafik family, I might believe him." Harry hesitated for a long time and finally made up his mind. "Although this troubles me, since he would rather put his ear into the oven to inform me, I can't betray him."

"Maybe he lied to you," Hermione reminded.

"I don't think so"

"Okay, so a terrifying conspiracy is about to begin." Ron said seriously. "But I'm really curious, how Elaine can escape from the surveillance of Daphne and other girls. Look, everyone was staring at her just now."

Harry laughed, even the corners of Hermione's mouth raised slightly, and only Elaine rolled her eyes.

To be honest, she was thinking about this too

Dobby's advice was quickly forgotten by Harry as a result of Ron and Elaine's banter.

On the next journey, Neville, Seamus, Lavender, Parvati and other classmates and friends came to visit the carriage.

After two months of summer vacation, everyone has a lot to talk about, and everyone is extremely curious about what is happening in the news.

Elaine, who was so annoyed by being asked, finally resorted to her ultimate trick: pretending to be dead.

She insisted that she didn't have a good rest last night, so she just lay flat on her seat and pretended to be asleep with her head on Hermione's thigh. No matter how she screamed, she couldn't wake her up. After Hermione tried to dissuade her in vain, she let her go and started to help enthusiastically. Others--mainly Neville--checked on the holiday work.

The behavior of the two people made everyone stay away, and soon no one came, so Hermione, Harry, and Ron, who were idle and bored, played normal poker exploding cards to possibly disturb Elaine.

Since Hermione was inconvenient to move, she simply raised her wand and used the levitating spell to control the movement and flipping of the cards. While playing, she could also practice her magic skills. Seeing her like this, Ron and Harry also tried it, and in the end, somehow, they It became a magic poker battle.

The train moved forward, perhaps because Elaine's destruction of Azkaban was too intimidating, or perhaps because he was frightened by Adair. In short, Malfoy did not bring his little brother to cause trouble, even if Crabbe Even if his father dies.

After a long ride, we finally arrived at Hogwarts.

Elaine, who yawned, saw the skinny Thestrals, while Harry was betting on the dinner dishes with Ron, and he didn't notice the animals in front of the carriage at all.

The Thestral's body looks like a horse, but its head looks like a dragon. It is obviously very large but skinny, and on the bulge between the shoulder bones, a pair of large, black bat wings grows out - this is weird and ugly. The appearance is indeed a bit scary, and they will look back at you with white eyes without pupils. It is no wonder that most wizards think this animal is unknown.

Without staying too long, at Hermione's urging, Elaine got on the carriage and headed to school.

Originally, she didn't want to take the class taught by Haig, but she hesitated after seeing the Thestrals. After all, magical animals are really charming, so she had to think about it carefully.

Entering the restaurant, there were no changes at the staff table, that is, Quirrell disappeared and Lockhart took the place of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

Slughorn was smiling and waving to Elaine and Hermione. Snape, who was sitting next to him, put on a stinky face as if everyone owed him a wife and looked at Elaine's face as usual. His eyes were even sharper and colder.

All Gryffindor, no, at least 8% of the students in all Hogwarts would rather take Slughorn's potions class than Snape's. The problem is that old Slughorn only teaches Students in fourth grade and above──and Harry's class has been secretly scheduled by Dumbledore to be taken to fifth grade by Snape.

This is such a sad and cruel world.

Elaine once curiously asked Dumbledore what he thought of Snape's vicious teaching behavior.

The result was a very subtle answer: Severus Snape was an undercover agent.

She thought long and hard about this vague answer.

Both Voldemort and Dumbledore knew that Snape was a spy, and both believed that they could control him and paid very close attention to him. His every word and deed could become a trigger of death. No matter who was dissatisfied, he would not It will be better.

In other words, he must behave like a Death Eater, being mean, vicious, and vicious in order to gain Voldemort's trust; but he must not exceed the bottom line, and occasionally he must take some sunny and positive actions to satisfy Dumbledore.

He must grasp this limit. If he is too positive, Voldemort will think that he has been influenced. If he is too evil, Dumbledore will also become suspicious.

There are many descendants of Death Eaters among the students. These people have a basic understanding of Snape and what kind of person he is.

Not to mention that last year, Voldemort possessed Quirrell. If Snape's behavior was a little worse or a little gentler, then he would have done his best as a spy.

But then Elaine felt something was wrong. What does this have to do with innocent students?

Why are all the teachers at Hogwarts filled with questionable guys?

Is it hard to find normal wizards? Not to mention Snape, Lockhart, Trelawney, and Hagrid are all teachers with problems.

As a result, before she could question Dumbledore, she was ridiculed by Adair.

There are not many wizards who are normal, and she herself is the same, but she still has the nerve to tell others

Besides, it is difficult to find wizards who can hold teaching positions. The main reason is that the salary is not high, the workload is heavy and boring. Except for those who really like this industry, no wizard is willing to suffer this kind of hardship, and those who are willing don't have the ability... ...Not to mention that the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher has been in trouble for so long. How dare other wizards apply for teaching positions at Hogwarts?

The wizarding circle is small, and there is a shortage of manpower everywhere. The only one that is not lacking is the Ministry of Magic. Since there are places with higher salaries and easier work, why bother to trap yourself in the school? If not for being an undercover agent, with Snape's Strength will always be supported wherever you go.

He was not a good teacher, so whatever, he didn't want to be a good teacher, but Voldemort needed an undercover agent who could be accepted by Dumbledore, and Dumbledore also needed an informant around Voldemort, so Snape became a teacher.

Students are nothing. The weak should make way for the strong. Strength should speak for itself.

The wizarding world is such a place.

Then the two of them quarreled again. Forget it, don't think about it.

The classification ceremony and the opening banquet continued.

Luna──with her carrot-shaped earrings and colorful glasses that made all the freshmen shy away─was also sorted into Ravenclaw.

Ginny got her wish and was assigned to Gryffindor. Also assigned was Colin, an ardent fan who stalked Harry with a camera all day long, and one of the victims petrified by the snake monster in the book.

There are even fewer freshmen this year, with only about 1980 people. This may be because these students were all born in September 9 or September 1981, which was when Voldemort was at his strongest and few were interested in having children.

It was not until October 1981, 10, after Voldemort was defeated, that most wizarding families began to create new people.

Perhaps this is why Ginny and Colin admired Harry so much.

Finally, Elaine was called up to play the school song again.

Obviously there is a music club organized by students in Hogwarts, but the old principal insists on Elaine performing. I wonder if Slughorn is behind it.

Fortunately, compared to last year's rush to put products on the shelves, Elaine was well prepared this time.

At the end of last year, music masters and literature professors from another world rewrote the Hogwarts school song into countless versions and tunes, allowing the majority of the audience to vote for them. Only the song with the highest votes can be presented to Hogwarts by Elaine. The freshmen of Ci.

The barrage can send music scores and lyrics intermittently, but it cannot convey the sound. The actual performance feeling can only be explored by myself. In order not to let down the creators and the audience, Elaine spent a month of free time practicing, just for today. night.

Fortunately, the performance ended very smoothly. Elaine received full applause. Some students even stood up and applauded excitedly. Dumbledore was also one of them. Everyone was very satisfied.

However, Elaine was a little disappointed not to see the barrage response.