Homecoming from Hogwarts

Chapter 553
Since last week, the deans of each college have released news in the castle, confirming that the two schools participating in the Triwizard Tournament, Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, will arrive on the evening of October [-]th (of course, Sports After the little wizards in the class learned the news earlier), the castle was filled with a mood of joyful anticipation.

Not to mention the little wizards, many professors who have taught at Hogwarts for most of their lives have never seen such a big scene with large-scale personnel from outside schools visiting.

As the day approaches, some unprecedented changes suddenly appear in the castle.

For example, after Hermione's reminder, Harry and Ron discovered that the female classmates in the same grade and senior grades were beginning to be keen on dressing themselves up, and the hair accessories of these girls were much more exquisite than before.For example, most professors are working much harder on their courses than before, as if they are afraid that students from the two visiting schools will judge the students they teach as inferior. In this case, they will feel humiliated.

The temperature at the end of October was already quite cold. Although the sun was not blocked by the clouds, Harry, Ron and Seamus walked out of the warm dormitory and went downstairs to the foyer. They were still shocked by the cold air pouring in from outside the door. There was a swing.

Girls always get up earlier than boys, and Hermione does not need to say that.

Harry saw that the scrambled eggs on the plate in front of Hermione, who had the S`P`E`W badge on her chest, had been emptied, and most of the glass filled with milk was gone.

"Oh!"

Ron sat down opposite Hermione excitedly. He looked at the walls around the auditorium and said excitedly,
"It's different, isn't it?"

Ron was talking about the new layout of the auditorium. The school's auditorium took on a new look overnight.Huge silk banners hung on the walls, each one representing a house of Hogwarts: red with a lion for Gryffindor, blue with a bronze eagle for Ravenclaw, yellow with a The black badger is Hufflepuff, and the green one with a silver boa constrictor is Slytherin.

Behind the faculty and staff table, directly above the auditorium, hung the largest banner, which bore the crest of Hogwarts: a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake joined together, surrounding a large letter H.

The four young wizards at the principal's table were all chatting eagerly, and at this moment, their topics could only be related to the two visiting schools and the Triwizard Tournament.

Ginny and Colin are discussing how the two schools will be visiting.

"How did they get here?"

Colin asked with great interest,
"Take the train? They're going to be here for a school year, so they must have a lot of luggage!"

"Then they have to go to London first before they can get on the Hogwarts train. There are so many of them, I'm afraid they will attract the attention of Muggles."

Harry also listened with his ears pricked up. He subconsciously thought of flying broomsticks, but after thinking about it carefully, he thought it was unlikely.Even Harry, who was passionate about Quidditch, had to admit that traveling such a long distance across a national border on a broomstick was not a good option.

"Professor McGonagall refused to tell me how the warriors were selected -" George said resentfully to Ron at this time. "She just told me to shut up and concentrate on transforming my raccoon."

Ron looked a little disappointed and pointed his head at Harry.
"I bet you don't have to be an adult wizard to complete the competition, right? We have done a lot of exciting things in the past. If we can participate -"

Ron said sadly,
"A thousand galleons can at least make up for our losses in the Quidditch World Cup."

Harry didn't say anything. He knew that Ron had always been worried about the leprechaun gold coins that Bagman gave him. To be honest, Harry himself couldn't believe it. The director of the Department of Magical Sports and Sports of the Ministry of Magic was famous. Ludo Bagman would deceive them for the Midas. Most likely, Bagman might have made a mistake. However, Harry knew that Ron and his twin brother had written to Bagman asking about the matter, but he kept No reply was received, which made the truth of the matter a bit strange.

Hermione, who had been reading a book, trembled her eyelashes when she heard Ron's resentment. She raised her head and was about to say something. Then, the person who walked into the auditorium from the second floor made her look surprised.

"Professor Blaine?"

Hermione's startled breath attracted the attention of a group of people, and Harry also asked softly in surprise,

"When did he come back? Now, in the last class this morning, Snape has to give up his class time, right?"

Surprisingly, Professor Brain did not go to the staff table, but walked towards them. Hermione thought that Professor Brain came to ask about the physical education training situation last Friday and this Wednesday, but it turned out that Professor Brain But he waved to Fred and George,

"Fred and George, come here with me. I need to talk to you about something-"

With that said, Professor Blaine took away the confused twin brothers.

"What trouble have they caused again?"

Ron frowned and stared at Professor Blaine, Fred and George who were walking outside the door.

"Perhaps to give them a warning -" Hermione looked at Ron, her eyes full of meaning, "Professor Brain has probably considered that there will definitely be some young wizards who will ignore the rules and find ways to participate in the selection of warriors."

Fred and George came back faster than expected, and what was puzzling was that their expressions became a little weird. They looked happy, but they also looked obviously disappointed, and George was so pregnant. There was obviously a bulge inside, as if something was hidden.

"What's wrong?" Ron asked immediately after the twins sat down.

"The good news is -" George opened a corner of his robe, revealing the money bag in his arms, and raised his brows and said slightly proudly, "We got Remus' investment, a full thousand galleons!"

pat!

Ron felt like he was struck by lightning, and the spoon in his hand fell on the silver plate with a crisp sound.

"And the bad news is-" Fred sighed, "Remus can no longer cooperate with us to open a store. Professor Blaine said that he has now become the head of a workshop and does not have so much time-"

"Remus became the head of the workshop?" Harry blinked his green eyes and asked in surprise, "Whose property?"

"I asked, but Professor Blaine didn't want to say-" George glared at Professor McGonagall and Professor Blaine at the faculty table angrily, "These adults are always full of secrets!"

"But--"

Harry was thinking hard, looking a bit like Dudley doing math problems.
"Who would hire Remus, I mean. Other than Professor Dumbledore?"

Harry looked at Hermione and found that Hermione was looking thoughtfully at Professor Blaine who was talking to Snape.

"Oh!" Harry came back to his senses, "That's possible!"

"A thousand Galleons -" Ron muttered in a daze, "Can you believe it, Harry, we could have so much gold, oh, Ludo Bagman. I must find him. , maybe, I can ask dad to help ask for money. That’s what we deserve.”

The fact that Remus became the owner of the workshop and Fred and George received a real thousand galleons briefly became a hot topic in Harry's circle. Ron was absent-minded all day, even the Germans who were about to visit Neither Armstrong nor Beauxbatons were interested.

But except for a few of them, the rest of the little wizards are still paying attention to the visiting guests.

Throughout the day, there was a feeling of anticipation in the air.In the classroom, no one paid attention to the lecture. Everyone was thinking that people from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were coming tonight.Potions class was not as unbearable as usual, and in the last physical education class in the morning, there were still many people asking Professor Brain about the events of the competition and the method of selecting warriors.

When the bell rang for the end of get out of class in the afternoon, Harry, Ron and Hermione hurried to Gryffindor Tower. After putting down their schoolbags and textbooks as instructed, they put on their cloaks, then walked down the stairs in three steps at a time. Go to the foyer.

It was a cold, crisp evening, night was falling, and a white, translucent moon was already hanging over the Forbidden Forest.

The deans of the four colleges spared no effort to maintain order. Except for Hagrid, all the staff in the castle were present. They also lined up neatly and stood behind the student queue with solemn expressions. Even Filch For this solemn occasion, he also took out his moldy tuxedo.

Professor Brain and Professor Dumbledore were the only two professors in front of the student queue. They faced the direction of the Black Lake and looked calm.

"Ah, if I guess correctly, the Beauxbatons representative has already arrived!"

When the little wizards were waiting impatiently, Dumbledore suddenly shouted.

Amosta raised his head slightly, his eyes dark.

All this is finally starting






(End of this chapter)