Chapter 281 Gryffindor, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher
After instructing Neville, Bruce still felt uneasy, so he pulled Neville directly to his own compartment.
Good friends should sit together.
He really didn't understand why Neville had to find a cubicle to sit by himself before.
"The magic crow told me."
Neville lowered his head and explained, "It told me that if I am destined to become the best among wizards, I should show my uniqueness from the beginning."
Bruce almost laughed out loud: "You mean by being different, you mean sitting in a cubicle by yourself?"
That's not called being different, that's just being excluded.
However, perhaps it was precisely because of Neville's unique way of thinking that he was not really bewitched by the evil crow.
……
After a few more hours, the train finally arrived at its destination.
Hogsmeade Station was now completely dark, and as the doors opened there was a rumble of thunder in the air.
Hermione covered Crookshanks and the magic doll Muin with her cloak, and Bruce held Katoom above his head to keep out the rain, and they got off the train.
The rain was falling so fast and hard, like buckets of cold water being poured down on their heads.
As per tradition, the first-year students were ferried across the lake by Hagrid and into Hogwarts Castle.
Senior students will travel to the castle in a Thestral carriage.
Bruce moved slowly along with the crowd, walked across the dark platform, and got on the carriage pulled by the Thestrals, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.
"Phew—what a horrible weather!"
Hermione muttered, looking down at her cat and doll, "Crookshanks, Muun, you guys aren't wet, are you?"
Bruce actually likes this kind of rainy weather. The rainy night is suitable for Batman to come out and move around.
He held Katum in his hand and shook it continuously, trying to shake all the water droplets off the owl.
"Remember this for me."
Katum said in a daze, "People who offend the owl will not have a good end!"
"Okay, okay, I understand."
Bruce ignored him and continued swinging.
When he had swung the water almost completely, the carriage door closed automatically. With a violent jolt, the long convoy of carriages rumbled off along the path leading to Hogwarts Castle, splashing water all the way.
The carriage passed through a gate with sculptures of winged wild boars on either side and drove along a wide driveway, shaking violently due to the strong wind.
Hogwarts is getting closer.
The carriage stopped, Bruce, Hermione and Neville jumped out, ran up the stone steps and entered the warm Hogwarts Castle.
Passing through the familiar wooden door, the castle hall appeared before them.
The hall was still magnificent, and had been decorated for the new term banquet, with hundreds of candles hanging over the tables, making the golden plates and goblets sparkle.
It's much warmer here.
Bruce separated from Hermione and the others here and entered the Hufflepuff table. Cedric was already sitting there, extending his hand to Bruce in greeting.
……
After Bruce sat down, the dinner began soon after.
It was the same familiar process. First there was the sorting ceremony, and then a group of young wizards joined Hufflepuff House.
Bruce looked at those little wizards and didn't find any particularly strange ones. They were all normal wizard children. There was no old woman from thousands of years ago in disguise hiding among them.
thump—
Suddenly, Bruce felt something hit him on the head and then fell into his arms.
It was a ball of paper.
Bruce looked up and found that Ravenna at the next table was looking at him viciously, and pointed at the paper ball, motioning Bruce to open it and have a look.
The current Ravenna is actually Ravenclaw herself. She no longer uses the identity of Lockhart, but instead becomes a schoolgirl to reminisce about her lost youthful years.
"Being with those girls makes me feel a thousand years younger." These are the words Ravenclaw once said to Bruce.
At this time, beside Ravenna, some Ravenclaw girls were covering their mouths and laughing.
Ravenna turned around with a puzzled look on her face and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, nothing!"
The girls immediately turned away and said nothing, but the smiles on their faces revealed their eagerness to watch the show.
The same thing happened to Bruce at this time.
"You and Raven seem to have a good relationship." Cedric said to Bruce with a smile, "Everyone is guessing when you will really confess to each other."
"Confess what?" Bruce asked doubtfully.
"Nothing!" Cedric smiled and said nothing more.
baffling.
Bruce really couldn't understand why Cedric started laughing like these little girls.
He slowly unfolded the paper ball, and Ravenna's beautiful handwriting appeared before him, which was much better than Bruce's.
The content was simple: "I have decided to put your name into the Goblet of Fire later. You know what the Goblet of Fire is, right?"
what?
Bruce looked up suddenly. Could Ravenna be serious?
As someone who knew the original plot, he certainly knew that this year's Hogwarts would be the venue for the Triwizard Tournament.
But what does this have to do with him?
He doesn't care about the honor of the championship at all!
Bruce wanted to stand up and rush to the Ravenclaw table to tell Ravenna to give up this idea.
However, unfortunately, the party had just reached the stage where the principal was giving a speech.
Dumbledore had already stood on the podium, and the other young wizards had all fallen silent. At this moment, if Bruce wanted to make any move, it would be too conspicuous.
Helplessly, he could only sit down and go find Ravenna later.
"All right!"
Dumbledore on the stage looked at everyone with a smile and said, "Now that we are all full and satisfied, I must once again ask for your attention. I have a few announcements to make."
They were all the same old notices, with just a few more school rules and no one was allowed to enter the forbidden forest.
But in reality, these notifications never had any effect.
Bruce was very skeptical. In fact, Dumbledore also knew that those adventurous little wizards would never listen to him. These notices were actually equivalent to a disclaimer.
Look, I've already told you in advance that if you break the school rules later, don't blame the school for not notifying you in advance. Bruce's ears were callused from hearing the previous few notifications.
But it doesn’t matter, he knows that the real highlight is coming next!
Sure enough, Dumbledore's next words directly set off the whole audience.
"I would also like to inform you with great regret that the Academy Cup Quidditch Tournament will not be held this year."
The whole auditorium was instantly filled with chattering sounds.
Even across the table, Bruce could hear Harry's surprise.
"what?!"
Harry was almost out of breath.
He turned to look at his Quidditch teammates, Fred and George, who were both staring at Dumbledore with their mouths open.
Dumbledore continued, "This is because a large event will begin in October and continue throughout the school year, occupying a lot of teachers' time and energy - but I am sure that you will all get a lot of fun from it. I am very pleased to announce to you that this year at Hogwarts -"
At Hogwarts -
Everyone was waiting for Dumbledore's next words. If his answer could not satisfy the classmates, Fred and George could pat their chests and swear that Dumbledore would have to be careful about his long white beard in the next year and would not let it disappear due to an accident.
But at this moment, there was a deafening thunder and the door of the auditorium was slammed open.
A man stood in the doorway, wrapped in a black traveling cloak.
Everyone in the auditorium turned to look at the stranger, and suddenly a forked bolt of lightning flashed across the ceiling, illuminating the stranger.
"Oh wow! Sorry for scaring you!"
The man took off his hood, revealing his face.
At that moment, the entire hall fell into deathly silence, and then someone shouted, "Godric Gryffindor!"
The scene suddenly became restless like a boiling oil pan.
"Quiet!!!"
Dumbledore put his wand to his throat and shouted loudly to suppress the students' voices. The deans of each college also stood up and began to maintain order at the scene.
They could certainly understand the students' restless hearts. After all, who wouldn't be excited when a legendary figure from thousands of years ago appeared in front of them?
But now is not the time to get excited, the principal is still speaking!
"Mr. Gryffindor."
After finally maintaining order at the scene, Dumbledore came up with a wry smile and said, "You've come at a perfect time. I was just about to announce some important news."
"I will reflect on this." Gryffindor also said with a smile, "I will pay more attention to the atmosphere around me in the future."
There was no way. Dumbledore originally wanted to announce the news of the Goblet of Fire, but since Gryffindor was here, he might as well introduce him first.
"Classmates, please allow me to introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher,"
Dumbledore said cheerfully, "Professor Gryffindor!"
"Wow!!!"
This time, the students could no longer suppress their excitement. They clapped enthusiastically, cheered and whistled, and some students even stood on their chairs.
Bruce turned his head and looked in one direction. Ravenclaw was pouting there. She was looking at Gryffindor and muttering something. From the shape of her mouth, it seemed that she was saying, "You are so awesome."
Huh?
Bruce suddenly thought of something.
Strictly speaking, Ravenclaw also served as a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, but her treatment at the time was not as good as that of Gryffindor.
After all, her identity at the time was Lockhart Gilderoy.
Only little girls like her, and boys all look down on her behind her back.
But this time Gryffindor was different. He was welcomed in all aspects. Even Slytherin House, which was the most incompatible with Gryffindor, was extremely excited.
It took a long time for the students to quiet down. Their faces were still full of excitement as they found it difficult to digest the news.
Gryffindor becomes their Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher?
Then this class must be renamed!
Now it's not them defending against the dark magic, but the dark magic defending against them!
At this time, Gryffindor had already sat down in the teacher's seat and was talking in a friendly and low voice with Professor McGonagall next to him.
Dumbledore cleared his throat and continued to announce what he had just left unfinished.
"It's just like I said."
He smiled at the many students in front of him and said - the students were still staring blankly at Mad-Eye Moody, "In the next few months, we will be honored to host a very wonderful event, which has not been held for more than a century.
"That is the Triwizard Tournament!"
The students were numb tonight, a series of bombshell news hit them in the face, leaving them not even knowing which one to be excited about.
Triwizard Tournament?
That is an important event that can only be seen in storybooks!
"Not only that!"
Dumbledore cleared his throat, "And this time, there will be more schools involved, not just three schools like before.
"I am very happy to tell you that the Seven-Power Tournament will be held at Hogwarts this year!"
boom--
The hall was in an uproar again. Bruce looked over at the Gryffindor table and saw that one of the twins had already jumped onto the table in excitement.
Ginny deadpanned as she grabbed her brother's legs and yanked him hard, causing him to fall off the table.
Dumbledore watched all this with a smile on his face.
"All right!"
"Some of you may not know what this Tournament is all about, so I hope those of you who do will forgive me for explaining it briefly.
“The Triwizard Tournament was created about seven hundred years ago as a friendly competition between the three largest magic schools in Europe.
"The three schools are: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang.
“Each school selects a warrior, and then the three warriors compete in three magical events.
"But because the Triwizard Tournament was too dangerous and too many people died, it had to be cancelled. But this time it's different. We have several powerful wizards joining us—"
At this, Dumbledore bowed slightly to Gryffindor.
Bruce also saw that Ravenna on the other side raised her chin towards him, her little face almost tilted up to the sky.
“——So we decided to hold the competition again, and this time, there are four other schools joining!
“They are: The Magic House from Japan, Ouagadougou from Uganda, Castrobus from Brazil, and Ilvermorny Magic from the United States!
“In October, the principals of other schools will lead their carefully selected competitors, and the ceremony to select the warriors will be held on Halloween Eve.
"The contenders for Hogwarts will be decided by an impartial referee, so you can all wait and see!"
Bruce knew what that referee was, the Goblet of Fire.
Thinking of what Ravenclaw had just said, Bruce felt a headache.
I have to think of a way to make her give up this idea!
(End of this chapter)
