Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 243 School Song: "White Dragon Horse Hoofs Facing West"

Finally, the principal and several professors arrived.

It's just that their complexions don't look very good.

Even Dumbledore had his eyes drooped and Professor McGonagall had a frosty face, not to mention Snape - in the eyes of many young wizards, Snape was now more terrifying than the Dementors.

"I'm sorry, I was delayed by some things." Dumbledore said standing in front of the long table.

"Let's quickly sort the houses so that everyone can eat early."

As he spoke he waved his hand, and a high-backed chair and the Sorting Hat appeared.

Professor McGonagall took out the list of freshmen and started calling out the names of the houses, without even giving the Sorting Hat a chance to sing.

Apparently the Sorting Hat singing is not part of the ceremony, at least not a required part.
Sorting Hat: I'm offended! I spent a year writing this song!
Professor McGonagall's face was cold and she spoke very quickly.

The freshmen whose names were called hurried forward as if there were Dementors chasing them, not daring to delay at all.

Speaking of which, the freshmen were lucky enough not to be chosen by the Dementors.

If you were sent to St. Mungo's by Dementors on the train in your first year of school, it would be the worst bad luck in decades.

The sorting went very quickly and was completed in seven or eight minutes.

Ted noticed that there were quite a few new students this year, or rather, the number of new students increased by a few each time since he enrolled.

There are 91 little wizards in Ted’s class of 38, 42 new students last year, and a total of 49 new little wizards enrolled this year!
The number of young wizards from other races has also increased a lot, but it is definitely not because the number of young wizards from other races has increased that there are more new students.

Ted noticed that there were more young wizards who were obviously from Muggle families and were encountering the wizarding world for the first time.

Professor McGonagall also mentioned it in the letter, saying that this year's enrollment was very busy, and many young wizards needed her and other professors to personally introduce them to the wizarding world.

Ted vaguely felt that some kind of change had occurred, but it was still very slight and not very obvious.

But he couldn't say exactly what the changes were.

After the division, the principal gave a speech: "Everyone has been waiting for a long time, and I believe you are hungry. Let's have a feast!"

Dumbledore: I have finished speaking. Let's go!
I have to praise Principal Deng for his concise speech.

Before you know it, you're still wondering: Has it started? It's already over.

The little wizards couldn't wait any longer. As soon as the principal and others arrived, all kinds of delicious food began to appear on the plates.

Ron didn't hear what Dumbledore said at all and kept swallowing his saliva, which made Ginny feel ashamed in front of her good friend!

Now, at the command, he attacked left and right.

Ron: I eat eat eat eat~~~
……

After all the eating and drinking, the whole place was a mess.

Maybe because they had been waiting for too long, the little wizards were really hungry.

It may also be that he was frightened on the train before, and now his grief and anger are converted into food appetite.

In short, the little wizards showed amazing fighting power and ate until their bellies were full.

At least the house-elves were very satisfied, which showed that their craft was appreciated.

Dumbledore tapped the cup, and the scraps of food on the table disappeared. The plate was as shiny as if it had been licked by a dog.

Ron silently stuffed the two chicken legs in his hand into the prepared brown paper bag, saving them for dinner.

Fortunately, he was quick and grabbed the two chicken legs when Dumbledore knocked on the cup for the first time. If he was a second late, he would have missed out on eating them.

Dumbledore began to speak: "There are some things I must tell you in advance. Please abide by the school rules this school year and do not leave the school without permission. Because the dark wizard has not been caught."

"Also, the injured students have been sent to St. Mungo's and will be back to class in a few days. Don't worry."

"Finally, our new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is also in hospital because he was affected by the battle. The first week's Defense Against the Dark Arts class will be postponed temporarily..."

Many students noticed an empty seat on the professor's desk.

Then it was time to sing the school song.

Dumbledore was probably in a bad mood, so he waved his hands and conjured up golden lyrics in the air, but he didn't have the interest to conduct the singing like in previous years.

No one spoke—except the first years—and all eyes turned to Ted.

The twins also moved to the sides, giving up the most conspicuous position: We would like to call you the king of school song!

Ted: Still coming? I knew it...

Ted thought he should do something drastic so that they would never dare to let him sing the school song again.

Otherwise, what am I going to gain from all these years?
Well, it’s decided to be you—“White Dragon’s Horse Hooves Facing West”!
Ted reached into his palm-sized bag and pulled out his old guitar and began to play and sing:
"Hogwarts~
In the Scottish Highlands
Gryffindor Slytherin Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff
I took the train to study and studied until the seventh grade! What history of magic and what transfiguration puzzles~
What kind of magic potion, herb, magical animal, weird ~
Can't stop Avada just one shot~
I'll put you in solitary confinement after you finish singing!"

Everyone was stunned, especially the first-year students.

When they heard the song, a picture involuntarily appeared in their minds - four little wizards took the train to the castle, then had class, and then were put in detention.

It was not until I had listened to the song for a long time that I suddenly realized that I seemed to be dreaming.

Everyone was in a trance for a moment, even Snape was no exception.

He was suddenly shocked: I was also tricked? This kid's voice can even bewitch me now! How could he become so strong? !
He glanced at Dumbledore and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was not affected.

Then Professor Snape, who was the first to recover, shouted: "If you change the school song without permission, you will be put in detention for a week!"

The head of Eagle House had already hidden under the table in shame, while Professor McGonagall was glaring at Ted like a lioness.

For this year's freshmen from Muggle families, the wizarding world is too mysterious.

Being attacked by monsters on the way to school is fine, but singing the school song is also so... magical~
It was a real lesson.

……

The next morning, everyone had breakfast in the auditorium and copied the class schedule to each other.

Then there was the sound of flapping wings, and a large number of owls flew in.

After all, such a big thing happened yesterday, so it is normal to receive more letters today.

In addition to letters, there are also various magazines and newspapers.

Especially the Daily Prophet, which published the whole story of the Dementors' attack on the Hogwarts Express.

First of all, let’s talk about the initial reason - a dark wizard fled to Great Britain and was ordered to be arrested by the Wizengamot. Considering his danger, they even mobilized Dementors to assist Aurors in hunting down the dark wizard.

How should I put it? It's all true. But this narrative method always feels like it's trying to get rid of Minister of Magic Fudge and put the blame on the Wizengamot.

Although it was the Wizengamot who ordered the arrest of the Dark Lord, the Dementors were also dispatched to help.

But your people in the Ministry of Magic couldn't control the Dementors and attacked the Hogwarts students. As the Minister of Magic, you cannot escape blame!
It can be said that the person who wrote this report is also a skilled writer.

It's like fighting and being defeated over and over again and fighting again and again. Just a simple change can make the feeling completely different.

Ted glanced at contributing writer Rita Skeeter.

This woman has something!
Continue to look down, the report did not mention myself, only said that the students of Hogwarts resisted tenaciously and minimized the loss-only 11 little wizards were treated in St. Mungo's, and they could be discharged within a week.

It seems that Fudge is very concerned about his "ungratefulness" - not only did he not hand over his magic, but he also used Dumbledore to pressure him.

That’s fine, but being too high-profile isn’t good either.

Besides, even if he didn't report it, it would spread quickly.

The wizarding world is too small to have secrets.

Continuing to flip through the pages, he found another report that contained information that interested Ted - the story of the legendary dark wizard from another world.

According to the reporter's inquiry, this black wizard first appeared in Spain. There is no earlier origin.

This man had a conflict with the local Ministry of Magic for some reasons and then fled to France.

Due to the lack of information among the Ministries of Magic in various countries, he was not hunted down by the Ministry of Magic in France.

After investigation, it was found that he was indeed very low-key during that period of about one and a half months.

Later, people from the French Ministry of Magic asked a divination expert to confirm that this person was not from this world. They speculated that he might have been adapting to and observing this world during this period.

But the reason why he was called a dark wizard was certainly not because he had a conflict with the Spanish Ministry of Magic.

It was the crime he committed in France - he killed an adult wizard and three child wizards.

Moreover, the newspaper stated that "an unknown black magic was used, causing the deceased to become like a shriveled corpse, with no trace of magic power remaining."

The reporter who wrote the article said that he had found out that the dark wizard might have drained the magic power of the three victims.

And judging from the way he did it, he was more interested in the little wizard!

After the incident, the French Ministry of Magic dispatched more than a dozen wizards to hunt down this vicious dark wizard, and even ordered the use of the Unforgivable Curse when necessary.

However, this man killed one, seriously injured two, and then escaped.

Escaped all the way to Great Britain.

(End of this chapter)