The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 150 The First Day of School (Please subscribe, collect, and recommend)
The free exchange on the second day was similar to that on the first day, except that after the discussion in the morning, everyone visited the important underground cave complex under the garden in the afternoon.

As soon as you enter the cave, you can feel the coolness that is completely different from the ground. The entire cave has a complex structure, and different caves have different functions. For example, there are small caves that are one person high for personnel communication, and there are large caves that are as big as a basketball court for growing fungi. There are also some caves of moderate size that were once used as classrooms for teaching.

There is a clear underground river at the bottom of the cave, which not only provides sufficient water for people in the cave, but also allows them to use a sealed small boat to flow out along the underground river and appear in the river channel dozens of kilometers away without being detected by outsiders.

However, as the school moved above ground after the crisis was resolved, most of this underground system was sealed up as an emergency backup for the school. Now only a part of the cave close to the ground is still in use, one part is used as a classroom for some special courses, and the other part is used as an underground farm and breeding farm to breed some edible and medicinal plants and animals. For example, Ryan saw a large mushroom house with many edible mushrooms.

After all, this place is different from Hogwarts. Castro Brussels, located deep in the Amazon rainforest, is far away from human settlements, and it is not very convenient to purchase supplies. The inconvenient transportation and the special history of the school when it was founded. Therefore, farming has become a major feature of this school. For example, the mushrooms that Ryan and his friends had at the barbecue party last night came from a mushroom garden in this underground tunnel group.

After two days of free communication, it was September 1st, the time for the new semester to start. Ryan and his friends attended the opening ceremony as special guests, and the students of Hogwarts were arranged at a long table representing freshmen. Castrobruchuo has three colleges, the Blood College that is inclined to fighting, the Quetzalcoatl College that is inclined to academics, and the Giant Wood College that is inclined to basics and time operations.

However, unlike the Hogwarts admissions system, Castrobruchuso assigns students to different colleges after the first year based on their strengths in different subjects. Therefore, there are four long tables in the school hall, representing the freshmen and the three colleges. Ryan, as guests from afar, sat at the freshmen long table with the least number of people.

After the principal's brief opening speech, the banquet began. The opening banquets of all schools were equally sumptuous. The banquet of Castro Brussels College displayed a large number of local delicacies, including Peruvian grilled beef and large skewers of Brazilian barbecue. There were also jungle specialties such as fried insects and grilled crocodiles.

In addition, in order to welcome guests from afar, a lot of British-style food was added to the opening banquet, but Ryan felt that whether it was fish and chips or haggis, compared with these delicacies on the table, it was difficult to be called a delicacy.

When the main course on the table turned into dessert, the atmosphere in the hall gradually became lively. During the conversation, Ryan learned that there was also a special ceremony for freshmen to enter the school. However, compared with the ceremony at Hogwarts that mainly felt the heavy sense of history, the freshmen entrance ceremony here seemed more exciting.

The young wizards would ride on giant canoes pulled by golden arowana from the pier of the wizard town a few kilometers downstream from the river next to the school, and then climb hundreds of steps to the high ground where the school is located, arrive at the school gate, and follow the path into the auditorium.

Finally, when everyone had almost finished their desserts, the opening party was over, and everyone hurried back to the dormitory to rest and prepare for the first class after school started tomorrow.

The next morning, Ryan got up early. These exchange students followed the same schedule as Castro Brussels, and there were third-grade classes on the first morning of school.

The courses of Castrobruxo are divided into public courses and elective courses. Except for the first grade, each grade has its own elective courses, and some elective courses are unique to a certain college. As exchange students, Ryan and his classmates are allowed to choose the elective courses they want to study in, without being restricted by the college. Similarly, the two professors sent by Hogwarts will also open an elective course for Castrobruxo students during this period.

Since they had no idea about the teaching situation here, they decided last night that everyone in each grade would take the same course. This way, if there were any problems, they could discuss with each other to avoid falling behind in class due to unfamiliarity. Because of this, after breakfast, Ryan went to the second-floor classroom with Hermione and Daphne Greengrass from Slytherin College at the door of the hall to attend their first class. Along the way, they encountered many palm-sized furry humanoid creatures, which were the unique creatures of Castrobrusho, the Kepola.

When Ryan and his friends were passing through the corridor, a group of Keppola tried to smash a huge mushroom on their heads. Fortunately, Ryan used the disarming spell in time to knock the mushroom down in advance.

The large mushroom fell to the ground and exploded, sending the green slime inside splattering everywhere.

"Oh, them again. Don't they have any other activities besides throwing Stinkers?"

"Confinamient, this is already good luck now. If it was April, the smoke fruit they dropped would be the most troublesome."

Following a spell he had never heard of, a wheat-colored mixed-race girl waved her wand to gather the slime in the corridor and threw it into the trash can. Ryan then discovered that a group of people were walking up the stairs in the corridor, and suddenly a greeting came from among them.

"Good morning, Ryan. What class are you here for?"

Hearing this greeting, Ryan realized that the leader of the group opposite was David, who had a lively discussion with them in the same group two days ago, so he replied: "Good morning! We are here to attend the combat class of the Blood Academy today, and we are walking to the classroom now."

After that, Ryan discovered that there was a symbol on David's school uniform that looked like a drop of blood, a magic wand, and a book. So he asked curiously, "Are you a student of the Blood Academy?"

David was about to answer when the girl who had just chanted the spell answered first: "Of course, David is not only a student of the Blood Academy, but also the third-year class leader of the Blood Academy and the champion of his grade in the wizard duel for two consecutive years."

"Cousin, the championship is a past glory, there is no need to talk about it all the time." David said to the girl helplessly. Then he invited them and said, "I think this is your first time to come to the classroom, it may not be easy to find. It's a good opportunity for us to go there together."

Ryan was very happy that the journey to the first class went so smoothly. It was a good sign.

(End of this chapter)