Bab 20: Nervous
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Unfortunately, most of the little wizards on the boat did not have time to admire the Hogwarts Castle in the rain. The cold rain made them shiver.
"Why do the first-year students take a boat to cross the river?" Albert retracted his gaze and looked at the three people on the same boat with their teeth shaking.
"No, I don't know, I don't want to know either."
"Me too, it's cold." The twins echoed, now they were almost freezing to death. Who would be in the mood to pay attention to these things?
Albert could not help but shake his head. He still knew a little about the boat crossing ceremony. It was actually to let the first years who came to Hogwarts take the same route that the four founders took when they came to Hogwarts Castle. Why, a group of four people actually represented the original four founders. It was a kind of inheritance ceremony so that the students who came there could feel the excitement and joy of the founders while remembering the hardships of the founders in establishing the school.
But, until now, how many people understood this?
Even Hagrid who guided them across the lake didn't know.
However, few students care about these things.
"Be careful, bow your head!" Hagrid yelled.
The first years quickly bowed their heads.
The small boat carried them through the cliff below, towards the dock below the castle.
"It's so cold, I hate rain." One of the twins sneezed with his hands on his shoulders.
Everyone was soaked and trembling.
"How did you do it?" Lee asked in surprise. He found that the rain did not wet Albert's robe and peaked hat.
"A simple charm." Albert noticed other people's gazes and explained softly.
"Okay, everyone will follow me." Hagrid carried the oil lamp and led the freshmen up along a gravel-paved path to the lawn below the castle. In front of them was a stone step. An oak door led to the castle.
A witch in an emerald robe was standing in front of the oak door. Albert knew her. She was Professor McGonagall who had been to Albert's house.
"Thank you, Hagrid, I will take care of the first years now." Professor McGonagall looked at the embarrassed freshman, and Albert felt the corners of her mouth twitch.
This was not surprising at all. The appearance of the new students was no longer hard to describe. Almost everyone had been drenched in rain, with mud on their bodies.
"First-years, all come with me."
Professor McGonagall led the freshmen into the castle, and Albert followed them, looking left and right at the thousand-year-old castle.
"That's Professor McGonagall, the head of Gryffindor. Percy said Professor McGonagall is very strict." George whispered.
"Oh, I saw her once. My sister really liked Professor McGonagall's trick of turning the teacup into a mouse." Albert's attention was on the stone wall. He always wondered if the burning torches were eternal.
It was said that there was a kind of fairy fire that could burn forever, which was in line with this scene.
"Go, what are you looking at?" Fred gently pushed Albert and urged in a low voice.
"I'm thinking about what kind of magic fire it is, it should not be an ordinary flame." No smoke was seen, it meant that it was not an ordinary flame.
Fred opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while.
Albert was going to figure out these things in the future. There were many secrets in this castle worth exploring.
After Albert had the idea of exploring the castle, a task suddenly popped up on the panel.
[Millennium school: Hogwarts]
[Hogwarts is an ancient and mysterious school of magic. It has existed for thousands of years. There are countless unknown secrets hidden in this ancient castle. As a curious secret explorer, you should not let it go. Opportunity. Explore Hogwarts Castle before graduation and find the hidden secrets]
[Current progress: 1%]
[Reward 1000-100000 experience and 1-10 skill points]
"Shit!" Albert couldn't help but swear in his heart, he was astonished.
This was definitely the most compelling task he had ever seen.
Was this to force him to become a night wanderer?
It seemed that mastering the Phantom Mantra would be put on the agenda in advance. Albert began to think about how to get the spell of Illusion Charm.
The first years were led by Professor McGonagall into the waiting room of the branch hospital. There was not much space inside and everyone was crowded together.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said in the opening remarks according to the annual practice. "The school banquet is about to begin, but before you go to the great hall, you must first determine which one you enter. Houses..."
Like the leadership speech of the previous life: Say a few words here, and then extend it for more than half an hour.
Although Professor McGonagall was not so exaggerated, she still gave a full ten minutes speech.
Professor McGonagall's speech could be summarized into 3 points - houses, accommodation, and the house cup.
After talking about the usual Hogwarts instructions, Professor McGonagall asked all the first years to line up to clean up the water and dirt on their bodies.
As the deputy headmistress of the school, Professor McGonagall could not tolerate the first years going into the hall like this, and this embarrassing appearance would simply lose Hogwarts' face.
First years were squeezing into the line, hoping to dry their clothes as soon as possible. The wetness and coldness made them uncomfortable.
"Is this really necessary?" Albert looked at the group of freshmen with interest, took a step back, and took the initiative to stay behind the group. The rain did not affect him much.
Professor McGonagall moved quickly, using the cleaning charm and drying charm skillfully. It only took a few minutes before it was Albert's turn.
She looked at Albert a little surprised and then cast the spell on him. His clothes immediately became dry and warm, and the dirt splashed on his boots and pants disappeared.
"Now, please keep quiet." Professor McGonagall said loudly, "I will pick you up when everyone outside is ready."
After Professor McGonagall left the room, everyone was whispering and talking about the houses.
"How do we divide ourselves into houses?"
"How can they accurately assign everyone to the appropriate house?"
"Maybe, some kind of test is required."
When the discussion settled on the word 'test', everyone became nervous.
Watching this scene, Albert suddenly wanted to laugh, he kind of understood why other people were unwilling to tell the first years the sorting method.
They were really a bunch of bad guys!
"Are you not nervous at all? I'm Alicia Spinnet." A young girl came over to talk. She was the one Albert gave a hand to earlier.
Of course, the girl came to talk, probably because of Albert's composure. He looked like he knew the secret of the sorting.
In fact, she was right.
"As long as I don't go to Slytherin, I can accept it." Albert shrugged. He didn't reveal the meaning of the sorting ceremony at all. It was actually very interesting to see the nervous faces of the first years.
Well, Albert admitted to himself that he was a bit sadistic at that time.
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