Chapter 20： at the banquet

Chapter 20 At the Banquet

The freshmen are all amazed by Dumbledore's magical magic, but they are already starving and they are more concerned about the delicious food in front of them, rather than studying how the principal did it.

Albert knew how this was done. Dumbledore was transported from the kitchen below the auditorium through the magic left by Hufflepuff, and the Hufflepuff Gold Cup, which was used as Voldemort's Horcrux, was The first Hogwarts vessel to assist house-elves in transporting magical food.

Albert naturally didn't forget to test this matter with the prefect beside him, but the other party's mouth was full of food, and he obviously didn't intend to answer this question.

The dinner was rich,

Although it can’t be said to be fine, it will definitely fill everyone’s stomach.

Albert got himself a steak and began to cut it slowly. He wasn't very hungry. He had been eating along the way.

The others all opened their stomachs and started eating. Lee Jordan, who was sitting across from him, was gnawing on a chicken leg in one hand, looking delighted.

After the banquet started, ghosts also appeared one after another, coming out from all over the castle, greeting the new students, and causing a commotion.

Gryffindor's ghost is a male nobleman, who should be the almost headless Nick in the legend.

"Mr. Ghost." Albert swallowed the beef and greeted the almost headless Nick.

"I think I would prefer you to call me Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington," said the ghost.

"Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington." Albert finished the long name and could remember Nick's name. He still admired his instant memory, "Can you take a picture, I mean , can you appear in the photo?"

"What? Boy, I can't understand what you're talking about?" Sir Nicholas was glad someone had his name pronounced, he hated newcomers calling himself "Nearly Headless Nick".

"Take a photo." Albert said, "Please be sure to find time to take a photo with me some other day."

"Well boy, if you think about that day, oh, if you want to take a picture, you can come to me." Sir Nicholas agreed, and he had a good impression of this polite little guy.

"Can I ask one more question?"

"Ask, kid."

"What are ghosts, souls after death?"

"Wizards can leave their marks on the world, and they can walk in the places they walked in their lifetime, but only a few wizards choose this path." Sir Nicholas did not answer Albert's question directly.

"Is it a memory? It doesn't look like it, so...is it really a soul?" Albert said to himself, he knew that there is a soul in the magical world.

After all, Voldemort cut his own soul to pieces.

When he recovered from his thoughts, he found that everyone nearby was staring at him?

"What's wrong?" Albert asked suspiciously.

"Nothing?" The others quickly withdrew their gazes.

"I still think you should be assigned to Ravenclaw." Fred said inarticulately.

"Swallow it before you talk." Albert said angrily.

"Why are you so curious about ghosts?" a freshman asked.

"In the world of Muggles, there is no such magical existence as ghosts." Albert said calmly. "Now I have the opportunity to find out, so I don't want to miss it. By the way, it will feel very cold to be passed by ghosts. It's better in the future." Be careful."

He just secretly poked Nick with his fingers, feeling that his fingers were icy, passing through them might be equivalent to being drenched in icy water.

This is definitely not a pleasant thing in winter.

"Indeed, there are no ghosts in the Muggle world." A girl who was two chairs away from Albert said, her name was Shanna Wilson.

"To be honest, when I received the letter, my family thought it was a prank. When Professor McGonagall came to visit, they almost kicked her out." Shanna Wilson thought it was funny, "Actually, they didn't think much of it. Let me come here."

"My situation is similar. My mother almost called the police to arrest Professor McGonagall." Albert said with a smile, "People who live on the science side usually have poor ability to accept abnormalities. They want me to go to Eton study."

"Eton, is that Eton?" Shanna Wilson was surprised.

"What is that?" Lee Jordan asked puzzled.

“It's one of the best schools in the UK,” Shanna Wilson explains.

"Hogwarts is the best." George raised his eyebrows.

"Of course I know, because there is only one wizarding school in England, and Hogwarts is naturally the best." Shanna Wilson couldn't help but contemptuously said, "Ordinary people, what you call Muggles, have thousands of Ten thousand schools, and Eton is in the top three, what does that mean, I don't need to say!"

"It seems very powerful." George didn't take it seriously. In fact, he really didn't understand.

"Don't just talk about us, but also talk about your affairs." Albert changed the subject and looked at another girl.

"I am half and half, my mother is a wizard and my father is a Muggle." Angelina Johnson said, "They confessed to each other very early. However, we have always lived in the Muggle world. I have been exposed to magic since I was a child. The family wasn't too surprised when the invitation came."

Alia Spinnet next to her said, "I was born in a wizard family, and I have been exposed to magic since I was a child. There is nothing new. When I received the letter, my family was very happy and bought me an owl."

After everyone was full, the remaining food on the plate disappeared, replaced by desserts.

Albert took a pudding and listened to the freshmen tell interesting things

After the banquet, the plates on the table were emptied again, like the plates Tom had licked.

Professor Dumbledore stood up again and announced to everyone, "I am very glad that the school has welcomed a new professor. Professor Bud Brod will become the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

Sparse applause began to resound in the auditorium.

Professor Bud Broad is an elderly man.

"There are a few things to inform everyone." Dumbledore looked at all the students below and said, "First-year students, please note that students are prohibited from entering the woods on the campus. Besides, the administrator, Mr. Filch, also wants me to remind you Everyone, don't cast magic in the corridors between classes. Finally, the Quidditch player review will be held in the second week of this term, and anyone interested in playing for the house team should contact Mrs. Hooch."

"Why can't you enter the Forbidden Forest."

"Probably there is danger in the Forbidden Forest." Albert glanced at the eager twins and said.

"If you dare to go to the Forbidden Forest, I will write to mother." Percy Weasley glared at his younger brother, he knew their characters too well.

"We won't." The twins promised quickly.

(end of this chapter)