Chapter 163

The disappearance of ruber Hagrid makes Hoffa feel uncertain about the future. Where on earth has he gone? Is there any danger that his father will come back later?

History seems to be moving in a completely unfamiliar direction.

He thought of his meeting with Hagrid in the summer vacation. If he had promised aglia to take Hagrid away, maybe he should be here at the moment...

before Hoffa could think more about ruber Hagrid's whereabouts, Dumbledore ended the conversation, and he took the four prefects into the auditorium.

Compared with the solemnity and strictness of last year, this year's auditorium environment has been quite lively. In the past, the auditorium was only a brazier with a dim light. It was only when the principal, Armando dipert, spoke that the lights were bright.

But now, thousands of candles floating in the air shine brightly on the auditorium. On the four tables were glittering gold plates and goblets. At the top of the auditorium was another long table for teachers.

This is a bit close to the romantic feeling of the original.

Students of other grades in the college have been sitting around four long tables.

After entering the auditorium, Dumbledore gave Hoffa a sign to wait for his signal, and then led the students to the position of the branch hat.

Hoffa saw the Ravenclaw table, an empty seat next to Miranda and aglea, and was about to sit there.

But at this time, Sherlock Bohan, the prefect of Ravenclaw house, quickly came forward, passed Hoffa, sat down in that position, and gave him a glance with his remaining light.

Hoffa was slightly surprised.

Agraia bowed her head in silence, and Miranda frowned slightly.

Before Hoffa could say anything, he heard someone calling for him.

"Hoffa, this way."

It turned out to be his roommate William.

Excitedly, he waved his arm at Hoffa, pointing to an empty seat beside him.

Hoffa nodded and sat up. The corner of his eye still looked at the uninvited prefect. What kind of medicine does this guy sell in the gourd?

William took Hoffa to sit down, patted him on the shoulder excitedly, and said to the people around him: "this is my roommate, Hoffa Bach who releases the shield curse. How about that? He doesn't like to talk much, but he is a real deformation master..."

he talks with several ravenclaws like a salesman, and all kinds of privacy exposures emerge in an endless stream, like a pair of friends with Hoffa Bach FA is very familiar with him. He seems to be his best friend.

Another roommate, Antonio, was sitting in the corner with an envious look in his eyes, but he did not dare to approach.

Hoffa hoped that President Armando dipert would step forward and calm down his ostentatious roommate as usual.

But no, the headmaster Armando dipert sat in his seat, looking at the gold cup in front of him, his eyes a little lax.

He has completely lost the energy of last year, now he has become an old man. Last year, sylby's blame not only made him suffer a lot, but also made him quickly consume his passion of life.

He stopped chatting with the students, whispered constantly in the auditorium, and no one even went to see the branch ceremony seriously.

Finally, in the whispering voice of the four courtyards, the branch ceremony that not many people care about ended.

Dumbledore, the vice president, stood under the statue of the giant eagle, coughed twice and talked a little less. He clapped his hands again, and it was quiet.

Dumbledore: "this year is a very difficult year. There is no need to say much about the war outside. People who can still come to school at this time, I think, have great courage."

The man at Gryffindor's table nodded solemnly.

Slytherin just looked at him coldly.

Ravenclaw and hechpatch have no expression.

Dumbledore on the stage took a look at Hoffa. Hoffa felt a little cramped in his stomach. Is it time to come?

Sure enough, Dumbledore added, "but before the party starts, I'd like to invite Hoffa Bach, who once protected the excellent students of this school and released the legendary shield curse. Come and read us the changes and arrangements of the school this year. "

At this moment, everyone's eyes like a spotlight stabbed at Ravenclaw table.

Let a third grader speak at the opening party. This has never been arranged and never happened. In the past decades, this kind of thing was done by the headmaster. But this year, the headmaster has become a decoration. He just looked up at Hoffa and dropped his head again.

Hoffa stood up in silence. He had no room to refuse.

There was applause at Ravenclaw's table.

The applause led the other tables and started clapping at the same time.

Although it's not brilliant, it's more or less sincere.

He stepped forward without looking at both sides. He knew that everyone around him was looking at himself, but he tried not to think about it.

He stood under the statue of the giant eagle. Dumbledore gave him the place to speak. His hands naturally drooped and he stood beside Hoffa. He gently recited the mantra: "mirror of the shadows."Several rays of light were projected from Hoffa's feet and fell on the ceiling and the four walls.

His face appeared on the four walls, like the projector of the future, even clearer and more magical than that. Even his disordered breathing sound was magnified.

There was no escape. Hoffa had the courage to make eye contact with those people, trying to understand their desires.

That moment.

Hundreds of faces staring at him were like flashing lanterns. Ghosts also mingled with the students, flashing a hazy silver light. He saw aglia with his head down, Miranda with a worried face, Tom Riedel in a wheelchair with sharp and gloomy eyes, and all kinds of things.

He was speechless.

Although he told others when he opened a shop in London, they were basically two people face to face. Facing so many people at the same time, he has almost never done it. I haven't done it in my life.

He was speechless for about ten seconds.

Dumbledore bent down and whispered in his ear, "this is the mirror of the shadow. You don't have to worry about it. Just say it."

Hoffa was reminded to respond.

He reached into his arms, pulled out the parchment, and read it word for word: "in the past year, we have experienced crazy thugs, terrible wars, economic collapse. Rumors, we are afraid of social cracks, afraid of the future being eroded by darkness.

But we are still working hard, continuing to learn, and will make breakthroughs in many areas. Now, the most important thing for us is to have self-confidence, trust our own strength, trust our school, trust the brilliance of human nature....

after reading these scenes, Hoffa turned a page of parchment, saw the row of ink, and was stunned. After two seconds, he slowly read it out.

"This year, Hogwarts's metamorphosis teacher will be James Bohan, the dean of St. Mungo's magic hospital."

Dumbledore took the lead in clapping.

A refined, middle-aged man wearing a purple scarf slowly came out of the door behind the classroom table. With a smile on his face and a bow on all sides, his manners were impeccable.

Underground students also heard regular and rhythmic applause.

After bowing, he went forward to shake hands with headmaster dipert, who seemed to be useless and gave him a false shake in anger.

After shaking his hand, he said hello to Dumbledore, reached for a virtual press, and the applause subsided.

He sat down, straightened his wizard's robe, and looked intently at the two men on the stage.

Hoffa didn't know what to say, so he continued to spread the parchment down, and then a message made him stare for a long time: "because Victor Carroll, the teacher of magical biology, left his post because of injury, this year's teacher of magical biology will be a legendary half elf from the drassez family..."

Hoffa stopped and opened his eyes, word by word Read out: "fatil delasese."

When he read the passage, he couldn't help looking at agraia at Ravenclaw's table. She also looked at Hoffa with wide eyes. They saw each other's shock.

Obviously, she didn't know anything about it.

The parchment is at the end. Dumbledore standing on one side immediately began to applaud, and the students below also began to applaud.

Hoffa looked around, trying to find aglia's father,

other students were also looking around, trying to find the teacher with the same surname as Ravenclaw. No matter what they did, there was only one new teacher on the desk, Jacob Bohan, and no one else appeared.

Dumbledore gave Hoffa a slight push on the shoulder. He frowned, folded up the parchment and walked down the stage.

Dumbledore took over Hoffa's words:

"here I would like to make it clear that Mr. drassez can't come, but he will invite the best students of grade three and above to attend the special training in the mountain castle in the hebdiri islands one day of the semester.

This is the original words of Professor dreises. This year's magical animal class will be very wonderful and dangerous. I hope you will participate in it with good psychological preparation. "

With that, he flicked the cup with his fingers. All kinds of food appeared on the banquet table. The banquet began.

This time, most of the students didn't care about the party. They got together and talked about the two new professors.

Hoffa looked at her as he passed through aglia's position and found that she lowered her head, did not say a word, and did not hear the questions around her.

Back in his seat, people around him were talking about the new teacher and the war, and they didn't pay too much attention to him. Hoffa relaxed a lot. He pulled the plate and took some food to eat.

Of course, it is also because of the war that the food in Hogwarts this year is far inferior to that in previous years. Although we have tried our best to be rich, we can't compare the delicacy with the past.Most of the dishes are potatoes, mashed potatoes, salt baked potatoes, potato beef, potato salad, potatoes... Of course, there are other dishes, mainly vegetarian.

Hoffa didn't care about the food. To be honest, he didn't want anything to eat in this age. You know, in many parts of the world, because of the death of a large number of labor, many people can't even feed themselves.

He is absent-minded in cutting vegetables. People around him talk about topics. To be honest, he has no interest. Anyone who is a professor is a professor. He has to fight for seven or eight years.

What he wanted to do was to ask Dumbledore about the strange spirit in his mind when it was over.

But Dumbledore helped president Armando dipert out less than three minutes after the party began.

After eating for a long time, I didn't see him come back.

Hoffa began to feel uneasy in his heart. He thought of the strange smoking boy he met on the train and began to look around.

But after looking at it for a long time, I found that he was not among these students at all. Ravenclaw didn't, Gryffindor didn't, Slytherin didn't, and so did hechpatch, who had the largest number of students.

It made him feel a little confused.

Is it the ghost you met on the train?

After dinner, Dumbledore still did not come back.

The plan to consult failed.

Hoffa had to follow the new prefect up to Ravenclaw's tower.

The magic ladder turns in circles to help students climb the towering tower and cross the narrow bridge in the air. Hoffa returned to the common room after two months' absence.

The knight in the picture sees the wizard coming and kneels down on one knee with his sword.

The eagle ring is always dedicated to its duties. It spreads its bronze metal wings and asks:

the people who invented it don't want it,

the people who bought it don't need it,

the people who need it don't care about it.

This problem is quite difficult. Maybe Yinghuan wants to give the freshmen a bad impression. For a moment, neither the new nor the old can answer.

Even Hoffa, who has answered the eagle ring question so many times, does not know the answer. He turned his head and asked Miranda beside him, "would you?"

Miranda shook her head. "Guessing is not my strong point."

Hoffa just wanted to ask agraia, but found that she was standing three meters away from her, and she whispered something to Shylock.

Then the female prefect stood out and said, "coffin."

The eagle lowered its head and folded its wings. The swordsman whirled open the door to the common room.

Hoffa went into the door and thought bad luck. On the first day of the new term, can't Eagle ring give a riddle of auspicious point?