Chapter 16： Eagle Academy who loves mathematics

Seeing the expressions on the faces of the freshmen, Robert was very satisfied. As a Ravenclaw, he enjoyed the thrill of sharing knowledge.

"Okay, everyone, let's eat quickly."

The plate in front of them was suddenly full of food: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, sausages, steaks, boiled potatoes, baked potatoes, crisps, Yorkshire pudding, pea shoots, carrots, gravy, tomatoes sauce, and even mint hard candies.

Although the method is simple, all kinds of meat are roasted, smoked, marinated, and fried, but it is already very rich in British cuisine.

Tom took a few pieces of roast beef, and then took a few sausages and bread, and then he ate it up. The other little wizards were obviously very hungry. They stretched their knives and forks to the plates in front of them and took their favorite food. The food seems to be inexhaustible, and even if the plate is empty, it will be filled in the next second.

There were not many people talking in the first half of the banquet, and everyone was concentrating on eating. By the time everyone had filled their stomachs, the rest of the food disappeared from the plate—even if there were a lot of plates that were only touched once or twice. But the little wizard never thought about where the food came from and where it was going.

The plates and forks have become as clean as ever. After a while, desserts came up: ice cream of all flavors, apple tarts, pulp cakes, chocolate muffins, fried jam doughnuts, marmalade pudding, strawberries, jelly, rice pudding…

At this time, everyone was in the mood to chat.

"There's so much to learn, and I'm particularly interested in Transfiguration. You know, it's very difficult to turn one thing into another—"

"You should start with small things, like turning matches into needles or something—"

This is Hermione's experience of transfiguration with her senior.

But more people are discussing family background.

"My parents are Muggles, and I was going to Eton College." Tom heard a boy with curly hair at the Hufflepuff table next door say loudly.

Everyone just ate, drank, chatted, and the relationship was quickly getting closer.

Finally, when the dessert disappeared, Professor Dumbledore stood up again, and everyone quieted down to listen to him.

"Before everyone is sleepy, I would like to tell you a few more precautions. First-year freshmen pay attention, students are prohibited from entering the woods on campus, and old students should also keep this in mind. Second, the administrator, Mr. Filch, also I would like to remind everyone not to use magic in the hallway between classes. The Nassin of the various House Quidditch players will be held in the second week of this term. Students who are interested in participating in the House team please contact Mrs. Hooch. Finally, I must Tell everyone, those who don’t want to suffer an accident and die in pain, please don’t enter the corridor on the right on the fourth floor.”

Dumbledore had finished saying what he was about to say, then he blinked and said loudly, "Before everyone goes to bed, let's sing the school song together!"

As soon as these words came out, the smiles of the other teachers froze. If there's anything Hogwarts can't compare to other schools, it's the school song - and of course, the grants to students aren't as high as Beauxbatons. Newt Scamander, an outstanding graduate of Hogwarts, was once run on the school song by a pair of sisters from Ilvermorny.

The singing sounded in a strange tune:

Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts!

Teach us the knowledge that our minds can accept some interesting things, whether we are bald old people or children with broken knees.

Because now our minds are empty and full of air, dead flies and trifles.

Teach us some valuable knowledge, and give us back what we have forgotten.

You just do your best and leave the rest to us. We will study hard until it turns into dung.

The lyrics are actually good, the key is the accompaniment, Professor Dumbledore chose "Funeral March"...

Judging from everyone's reaction, the little wizards at Hogwarts really didn't like their school anthem. Everyone sang it in various ways, only the Weasley twins sang the whole time, and Professor Dumbledore always sang it all the way. Command for two people, highlight one as long as I am not embarrassed, the embarrassment is others.

After the song was sung, Professor Dumbledore announced that the opening banquet was over, and the prefects of each college took the students back to their dormitories to sleep. Prefect Robert, who had just done science with the freshmen, stood up and asked all the freshmen to follow him, and he was going to take them to the Ravenclaw common room.

Instead of calling freshmen eagerly like Percy, the prefect of Gryffindor, and then squeezing them out of the auditorium, he asked the freshmen to gather in a line to ensure that everyone had arrived before following the flow of people. Densely congested exits go out.

The new Ravenclaw followed Robert out of the dining room and up the marble staircase. Novelty watching the people in the hallway portraits pointing and whispering at them as they passed. Prefect Robert obviously knew a lot of secret passages and shortcuts in the school. UU reading Many times it was just baffles and curtains that looked ordinary, but he was able to remove them all at once, revealing the behind. portal.

Finally, they reached a tower of the castle, and a spiral staircase appeared in front of them.

The stairs are very steep, and the turn to the back makes people dizzy. The last thing that appeared in front of the freshman was a wooden door without a handle. The door was a bare plank with neither handle nor keyhole, but a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle.

Prefect Robert stretched out his left hand and knocked lightly on the door, the hawk on the knocker immediately opened, and a gentle, musical voice came out: "There are 98 students in Ravenclaw and Slytherin. People, there are 6 more people in Slytherin than Ravenclaw, how many people in each house?"

Tom: ? ? ?

Isn't this knocker just asking some philosophical questions? How can you study mathematics so deeply?

Hermione gave a thoughtful expression.

Robert Hilliard showed a cheerful smile: "Entering the Ravenclaw lounge is very simple, we never use anything like a password, we just need to answer a question on the door knocker. As long as the answer is correct, even people from the outer court can can enter."

"That's why Ravenclaw is better at thinking than the other three," he said earnestly to the freshmen. Students who take arithmetic and divination as an elective. It is also a test for you. If you can't answer the question on weekdays, you can only wait outside and wait for others to take you in. "

"I think Slytherin has 52 people and Ravenclaw has 46 people." Tom has already figured out the answer in his mind.

"Correct." After the voice said, the door opened.

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