Opening the envelope, he saw that it was from his mother, which was nothing. One of them was that he was happy that Hope was interested in alchemy, and recommended some alchemy books and a general learning route to him.
He also told Hope that letters from unregistered owls would not be sent to the Department of Mysteries. This owl was registered and allowed Hope to keep it as a pet and use it to deliver letters in the future.
Hope looked at the sleeping owl standing on the bedside, which was inexplicably kept as multiple pets.
After squinting for a while, he was woken up, and he felt like he couldn't sleep, so he simply went to the library to borrow some books and read them. His mother said in the letter that these books are available in the Hogwarts library.
Watching Teresa sort out the learning route for him, it turns out that someone still needs to get you started.
Unknowingly, lunch break time passed. Mateo and Caleb were having a good time recently. They didn’t see anyone every day, and he was the only one left in a dormitory with only three people. Hope frowned and thought: Could it be me? Isolated?
The little wizards were very excited when they came to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. Although the professor of this course changes every year, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is so interesting. You can always learn about various magical creatures and countermeasures against black magic. A class that I can really try.
Of course, there is a premise that this year's black magic teacher will not be so unprofessional.
Just as class was about to begin, Mateo and Caleb finally arrived, and they walked right past Hope after seeing her.
Hope was about to ask the two of them what they were doing at noon, but Mateo made a preemptive strike: "Hope, what were you doing at noon? I can't find you after lunch."
What else can I do, sleep, there are three full hours from 11 o'clock at noon to 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
"I've gone to bed in my dormitory, where are you two?"
Mateo looked around carefully, but no one came, and then whispered to Hope mysteriously: "We found a very old walnut tree at the edge of the Forbidden Forest!"
Hope: @_@? What's wrong with the walnut tree? You two need to plate walnuts.
Mateo looked at Hope's confused eyes and explained: "That walnut tree contains high magic power and is very suitable for making a wand."
Hope then remembered that Mateo's surname was Ollivander.
Hope whispered: "You two are very brave, you dare to go to the Forbidden Forest. Principal Dumbledore said that the Forbidden Forest is very dangerous."
Mateo said nonchalantly: "I heard from the senior that there is no danger in the Forbidden Forest as long as you don't go deep into it."
Hope looked at the two people with empty hands and asked, "Where are the broken walnuts? They were put back in the dormitory."
The two of them shook their heads. Mateo sighed and said regretfully: "Originally, I wanted to break a branch, but unfortunately there was a Bowtruckle living on it. As soon as we got close, they would throw things at us. And we We met the big guy who picked us up at that time, who was he? He was patrolling anyway, so we ran away."
"The name is Rubeus Hagrid, the keykeeper and gamekeeper of Hogwarts," Hope prompted.
"Yes, it's Hagrid. I wonder if he has noticed us. Originally, we wanted to go with you. You are so smart, you should be able to get the branches from the Bowtruckle."
There really is a way. The Bowtruckle is an animal that protects trees. It has small brown eyes and a small body made of bark and twigs. However, they are gentle and very shy. They usually feed on insects and are not interested in humans. There is almost no harm.
Unless you want to destroy the trees they live in and Bowtruckles are also useful, they are great at picking locks.
Hope thought for a moment and said, "The Bowtruckles are gentle and like to eat insects. You can appease them with some small insects, such as bugs, and they will probably let you fetch a branch."
Caleb rubbed his head, which was still a little bumpy, and said, "I don't think they have a gentle personality."
Hope smiled and said, "You must have broken the branches directly, so they mistakenly thought you were destroying the trees."
The two did not refute. The bowtruckle was too small and they did not notice it.
The class bell rang, and the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor stepped into the classroom. This was the second professor at Hogwarts to step into the classroom. No need to guess that the first one was Professor Snape.
The Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts was a middle-aged man with a beard. He was holding a thermos cup in his left hand and pulling a tall car covered with red cloth in his right hand. Hope looked at the thermos cup in the professor's hand with some suspicion. I thought kindly, is there wolfberry soaked in it? When middle-aged people have no choice but to soak wolfberry in a thermos cup.
The professor walked to the podium, looked at the little wizard under the podium, and said loudly: "Although Principal Dumbledore introduced me at the opening banquet, after all, I am new here and I believe some people don't remember me. I'd better re-self first." introduce."
"My name is Keilan Emerson. You can call me Professor Emerson. However, due to some reasons that everyone knows, I estimate that I can only teach you for one year, but I will still try my best to teach you."
Professor Emerson tapped the car covered with red cloth with his wand, and suddenly there was a sound of hitting the iron railing, which made the little wizards feel nervous.
"This is what we are going to study in this class." After saying this, Professor Emerson pulled down the red cloth, revealing the appearance of the cart. Inside was a large iron cage with seven or eight iron-blue animals in it. small creature, about eight inches long.
This creature immediately aroused the curiosity of the little wizards. Professor Emerson was very satisfied with the student's state. He asked: "Can anyone tell me what this is?"
Hope looked around. This class was with Gryffindor. Without Ravenclaw, it would be his world. There were so many Ravenclaws raising their hands that it was rarely his turn. , Hope raised her hand decisively.
Seeing Hope raise her hand, Professor Emerson motioned for Hope to answer.
Hope said: "These are Cornish elves, professor. They are very naughty and like to play all kinds of tricks and pranks."
"Very good, five points for Hufflepuff." Professor Emerson took a sip of tea from the thermos cup and said: "This is the Cornish elf. As Mr. Lloyd said, they like to play tricks very much. If you If you're not prepared, he'll lift you up and hang you on a tree or roof."
"It's very distressing, so I'll teach you how to deal with them next."
Professor Emerson opened the iron cage and released one of them. The freed Cornish elf immediately flew around the room like a joy. From time to time, he wanted to sneak attack the little wizard in the classroom, causing everyone to panic. Bewildered.
Professor Emerson held a magic wand on the podium and signaled everyone not to panic, "Don't be afraid, everyone. Although the Cornish elves are not good-looking, they are not dangerous, and there is only one now."
"Actually the hardest ones to deal with are a bunch of Cornish elves, they keep you busy and hang you up when you're not looking."
"But one is easy to deal with. There is a spell that is very suitable for dealing with lonely Cornish elves, and that is..."
