Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it’s time to start school. He has not been idle during the past two months at his grandfather’s house. The family heritage that has been passed down for thousands of years is very rich, and the rich library cannot be bought outside. It is a rare commodity, and with its unique advantages, the Luoman family accounts for half of the entire wizarding world's business related to magical creatures.
There are breeding bases of the Luoermann family all over the world. Didn't Hope recently get obsessed with refining magic potions? There is no need to buy any materials, there are plenty of them in the warehouse.
However, nature's favor was much more reserved, like you are already mine and I won't tolerate you anymore. After that, Hope experimented with many other spells. Well... the lighting spell is indeed the foundation. The magic spell is so malleable.
Currently, the Ivy is closed and cannot enter the natural world. It is commonly known as cooling down, and I don’t know when the cooling will end.
But it’s still important to go to school.
Hope did not go directly to the train station but went back home first. His textbooks were still lying at home. He had not read any of them in the past two months except for the first day. They were in his grandfather's library. Yes, and then I went to visit my grandparents.
What's sad and infuriating is that his grandparents also know about the wizard, but he is the only one who doesn't know about the whole family.
Hope then went to King's Cross Station. His father hurriedly dropped him off and left. He listened to Joey's complaints all the way, and Fudge's series of magical operations successfully alerted the smugglers, and none of the smugglers were caught. He even let a group of smuggled magical animals break into the Muggle community. He has been putting out fires for the past two months.
What's even more infuriating is that Fudge said in front of the media that he had caught the smugglers and the recovered magical animals were evidence. He secretly asked them Aurors to search quickly, in the name of maintaining social stability.
He was so busy that he wanted to kick Fudge's ass hard.
Passing through a stone wall, we came to platform nine and three-quarters, which was full of little wizards. Hope was about to get on the bus when he was stopped by a familiar voice.
"Hey Hope! Long time no see!"
Hope heard the sound and looked over, surprised and said: "Cedric, long time no see!"
In addition to Cedric, there were a bunch of red-haired people around him. Cedric explained: "This is my neighbor, the Weasley family. My parents are busy, so they came with Aunt Molly."
Molly looked at Hope alone, and rubbed his little head with motherly love, "What's your name, kid? Where are your parents?"
Hope said politely: "Hello Aunt Molly, my name is Hope Lloyd. Dad is busy at work, so he dropped me and left."
Molly heard that Hope's last name was very familiar. After asking, she found out that he was really Joey Lloyd's son and was very surprised. "Joy has a son, I didn't know about it." She became even more concerned about Hope.
Hope then learned that Aunt Molly was also an Auror and Joey was in the same team. Later, after Molly married Arthur and gave birth to their first child, Bill, she quit her job to become a full-time housewife.
After Aunt Molly told her children to take good care of Hope and warned the twins George and Fred not to mislead Hope, they got on the train together.
After getting on the bus, they separated. Hope and Cedric shared a box, while George and Fred went to sell their great prank invention, Quick Skip Candies, saying that they would cause nosebleeds after eating them.
Cedric was astonished as he watched Hope skillfully put the luggage away using the levitating spell.
"You are so skilled at using the levitation spell."
Although Hope felt a little proud, he still said modestly: "Thanks to the books you recommended."
"Have you seen it?" Cedric was even more surprised. After seeing Hope saying that he had finished reading, Cedric sighed: "You will definitely be sorted into Ravenclaw."
When it came to sorting, Hope wanted to complain. His mother told him before that he was tricked into saying that the sorting ceremony was to defeat the fire dragon. Later he asked his grandfather, and his grandfather actually said that it was to hold on to a werewolf for five minutes. He had read the original novel. Okay.
So Hope complained: "Speaking of sorting, you know what my mother told me. She said she had to defeat a fire dragon. I've seen "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and even five adult wizards may not be able to solve it."
Unexpectedly, Cedric did not laugh, but said with a serious face: "Hope, unfortunately, your mother did lie to you. The sorting ceremony is not that exaggerated. You only need to survive five minutes under the hands of the fire dragon." , that’s what our branch did back then.”
Hope: つ_つ
Are you serious? Did I remember it wrong?
Seeing the doubtful expression on Hope's face, Cedric raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but he quickly suppressed it.
"Is there any room here?" A crisp female voice came from the door. The girl looked at the strange atmosphere in the box and regretted opening the door.
"Didn't I disturb you?"
Hope ignored it while recalling the past memories. Cedric hurriedly said: "There is still room, you can sit down. We are discussing the issue of the sorting ceremony."
Although she wanted to leave, the girl heard about the sorting ceremony and stayed because she was also a new student.
Cedric helped the girl put her luggage in a very gentlemanly manner. The girl looked at the two of them and found that she was still thinking that Hope was more handsome. She decisively sat down next to Hope. If Cedric knew about this, he would probably I regret helping the girl put her luggage.
"My name is Yulin Slughorn, this year's freshman, please give me your advice."
"Cedric Diggory, second year."
Only then did Hope realize that there was someone sitting next to him, and he turned around and glanced, "Wow! White-haired lolita."
When Yulin heard Hope's voice, she raised her eyebrows and said, "It's impolite to comment on a lady's appearance in front of her. My name is Yulin Slughorn. What's your name?"
Hope blushed, wondering why she had expressed her feelings, and said awkwardly: "Hope Lloyd, you are also a freshman. Your hair is very beautiful."
"Thank you for the compliment. You are the first one to compliment me on how beautiful my hair is."
Yulin asked: "Are you just discussing the sorting ceremony? My mother told me that there is a black lake in Hogwarts. We only need to go to the black lake to catch a squid, and then we will be sorted according to the squid we caught. "
Hope instantly returned to his serious look, as if he was not the one who was embarrassed just now. He figured out that these people had a surprisingly consistent idea about the sorting ceremony, that is, they should deceive them if they can.
He suddenly had an interesting idea and said very cooperatively: "No, no, no, Miss Yulin, the sorting ceremony involves surviving five minutes under the hands of the fire dragon. This is what Cedric told me. He has experienced the sorting ceremony. of."
Youlin laughed and said: "Impossible, how could the little wizard deal with the fire dragon!"
Hope argued: "If you don't believe me, ask Cedric, is it Cedric?"
Cedric, who was holding back his laughter, was stunned. He knew about the squids in the Black Lake. They were bigger than fire dragons. He couldn't let them find out the flaws, otherwise it wouldn't be fun. He had to think of a good reason.
Cedric racked his brains and said: "The sorting ceremony is different every year. It depends on the principal's ideas."
Hope despised Cedric's lame excuse, and was surprised that Yulin actually believed it, and began to discuss two solutions to the sorting ceremony. Cedric, who thought he had gotten through, breathed a sigh of relief and put forward his own suggestion.
