Chapter 23: Room Mates
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"Well, before everyone goes to bed, let us sing the school song together!" Dumbledore raised his wand and tapped it lightly, and a text formed by a gold ribbon floated in front of everyone.
The members of the Hogwarts Choir also appeared, and the prefect next to Albert was also one of them. The choirs in the front row were still holding big toads.
As Dumbledore waved his magic wand, all the teachers and students began to sing the school song to their own beat.
Albert had to sing too, so he just gave lip movement, pretending he was singing.
No way, the song was very lame, and the professors on the teacher bench were all a little stiff, obviously a little reluctant.
Forget the kids, but a group of adults were singing this school song, feeling shameful!
Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling,
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot.
Beside Albert, the funny Weasley brothers are singing with the melody of a Funeral March. The beat couldn't keep up with the others. The few first years around them were done one after another.
After the song was finished, the two were still singing slowly, and Albert suddenly had the urge to cover his face, pretending that he didn't know them.
After the end of the song, Dumbledore asked everyone to go back to rest.
The entrance banquet was finally over, everyone rushed forward, causing traffic congestion in an instant.
Now, Albert somewhat understood why the first years were seated at the front of the tables.
If they followed by students of other houses, they might end up in the wrong place. Think about it, if the students of Gryffindor accidentally followed the wrong group and ran to the common room in Hufflepuff, only to find out that they were walking in the wrong place. The scene would not be too beautiful.
"First years, follow me." It was the prefect who led the way for the new first years in Gryffindor, who was just on stage.
He led everyone through the noisy crowd, walked out of the dining room, and separated from other houses' first years after climbing the marble stairs.
The Gryffindors walked through the corridors and circled the castle instead of walking the legendary moving stairs.
There were many portraits hanging in the corridor. The characters on them were whispering when the new students passed by, and there were portraits that greeted them.
The prefect led the new students through the castle.
There was a closed wooden door in front of them, but they passed through the stone door on the opposite side. Some doors would only open if you touched them at the exact position. Some doors were hidden behind curtains or pictures. However, this was not the worst, because there was a staircase, which obviously looked like a normal staircase, but when you reached a certain step, you needed to step over, or if you stepped in, your feet would sink inside.
For the first years who had just arrived here, it was simply a disaster.
"Are you all right!" Albert reached out and pulled Lee Jordan out.
"Not good." Lee Jordan said irritably. "I was just taken aback. I really don't know what the school does with so many weird things?"
"I think it's funny, right George."
"I feel so too."
"These are the defensive facilities left over from the past. Now they have become a major feature of Hogwarts." Albert explained, "Come on, I don't want to get lost."
They didn't know how long they had been walking. When Albert felt that his legs were a little sore, they finally reached the eighth floor and walked through a long corridor to the end. There was a portrait hanging there. It was a very wealthy woman. Undoubtedly, this was the legendary fat lady, the gatekeeper of the Gryffindor Tower.
"Password?" she asked.
"Nonsense." After the prefect finished speaking, the portrait opened like a door, revealing a circular hole in the back.
He did not rush in, but turned to the new human, "You must remember the password, and you can only enter the common room by giving the password to the fat lady.
The current password is nonsense. "
After speaking, the prefect led everyone in through the hole in the wall, which led to the Gryffindor common room.
This was an old round room with many sofas. In the corner of the room, there was a roaring flame burning in the fireplace, and a lot of wood was placed next to it. Several people were sitting on the sofa and chatting. After the first years came in, they looked over there and waved to the first years.
"You are lucky. Tomorrow is Saturday, which means you don't have to go to class. This is a rare opportunity. I suggest you get familiar with the castle during these two days. The environment of the castle is more complicated than you think. If you don't want to get lost, it's best to find out the location of the classroom as soon as possible." After the prefect said this, he pointed to two doors, "The girls go over there, the boys follow me."
After greeting another female prefect, he led the male first years into another door and walked down the narrow spiral staircase. On the way, he encountered many doors. The prefect introduced them to the first year's room, toilet and bathroom.
Of course, the toilet and bathroom were shared. Fortunately, the bathroom had cubicles, thank goodness.
As for, their respective rooms, they needed to find them on their own. There was a special name mark on each door.
Albert, the twins and Lee Jordan got the same room, there were only four people there.
The room was not too big, there were four beds with curtains, with their own luggage beside the bed.
Albert found his suitcase easily, took out his pyjamas from it, clutching a yawn, and putting on himself.
"In the future, please advise me." Albert greeted the other three with a smile.
"A lot of advice." The four of them looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.
"Tomorrow, I'm going to explore the castle, are you going?" Albert took the camera out of the suitcase, came back to the door and took a picture of his bedroom.
"Of course. Remember to call me in the morning." The twins looked at each other and said in unison.
"How about you?" The three of them all looked at Lee Jordan.
"Of course, let's go together." Lee obviously didn't want to be alone.
"Good night."
Lying on the bed, Albert was already very sleepy, but he still couldn't sleep. Every time Albert went to a strange place, he always suffered from insomnia.
The other people obviously didn't have his troubles. They were full and sleepy, and fell asleep deeply after lying in bed.
Albert turned sideways and opened his task panel. The original exploration progress had reached 3%.
He didn't know how much he would have go around the next day to finish the task.
He flipped through his skill list, which contained several pages. Most of the magic was only level 1, while a few had not yet been mastered.
Looking at the skills that were still at level 0, Albert suddenly had the urge to spend experience to upgrade them to level 1.
These were all broken habits left over from playing games before, when he would always habitually fill up his skills.
Albert took a deep breath and turned off the panel, lest he accidentally spent all his hard-earned experience, which could affect his future life.
In a daze, Albert fell asleep. He had a dream of himself in his previous life and was reading a book. He still remembered that it was his first contact with Harry Potter.
"Are all these dreams?"
No, this is not a dream, as long as he reopened his eyes after death, it had already been confirmed again and again.
This is not a dream.
He always felt like the author of a fanfic, creating another Harry Potter fanfic of his own.
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