"This thing is really ugly, can't it be replaced with something nicer?"
Malfoy was pointing at the Thestral pulling the cart.
"Damn, it almost bit me."
Retracting his hand, Malfoy was indignant.
Even the Thestrals were so angry that they bit people, which shows that Malfoy is very powerful.
Neville spotted them and came over to ride in the carriage.
Malfoy was so squeezed by Neville that he almost fell out.
"It looks like this semester will be a peaceful one." Neville tugged at the collar that was strangling his neck and said in a daze, "I mean, Voldemort is dead."
"Maybe."
John was noncommittal, it seemed that Hogwarts was finally at peace now.
Getting rid of the haze of Voldemort that lasted for many years, students finally no longer have to worry about seeing a green skull mark on the roof.
Among them, Neville felt the deepest. His parents were injured by Death Eaters and were hospitalized.
It was also he who ended Voldemort's life with his own hands.
The stupid kid who was feared as a squib in the Longbottom family is now a hero in the entire wizarding world.
"It'll only get better, Neville," John chuckled. "You can do whatever you want."
Neville scratched his head sheepishly.
"Actually, I plan to stay after graduation."
"Stay? Are you going to be a professor?" Malfoy said in disbelief. "What can you teach? Swordsmanship?"
"Neville is very good at Herbology," John said without objection to the idea, "He could become a Professor of Herbology."
"I believe Professor Sprout would like to see this happen."
Daphne nodded in approval.
The carriage swayed to the oak gate.
Before the new students arrived in the boat, Malfoy jumped out of the carriage and whistled.
"I thought it would be different."
"The familiar is the best." John stepped out of the carriage and reached out to help Daphne.
The entire castle was restored.
Places damaged by black magic need to be cleared of curses.
Entering the foyer, a water balloon fell from the sky.
Before he was about to meet John, he was blocked by a funny big face.
Peeves took off his hat, wrung out the water on it, and said with a wet face, "Welcome back the King of Hogwarts."
He originally wanted to ambush the students here, but who would have thought that the first person to come in would be John.
Licking his funny smile, Peeves said very doggedly: "My king, forgive me for being rude."
"Peeves."
Peeves was ready to be scolded and was about to pack up the water balloons he had prepared and go back.
"Remember to throw more accurately later." John did not reprimand, but said with a smile: "But before the professor comes, it's best to hide."
Peeves was stunned for a moment, then said happily: "Of course, my king."
He flew to the ceiling and hid furtively, waiting for the next batch of unlucky ones to enter, only to be greeted by a head full of water balloons.
When John entered the auditorium, he heard screams one after another outside, mixed with curses and Peeves' laughter.
But as he cursed, his voice turned into laughter.
The water balloons that greet the students let them know that Hogwarts is still the same Hogwarts.
Nothing changed because of the war.
The depression of the war was completely shattered by Peeves after a holiday.
A group of students with wet hair entered the auditorium. They laughed and talked about their holidays.
This year’s opening party begins.
...
[Ding, start the final mission of the Hogwarts stage and spend the seventh year of the magic apprenticeship. The mission reward is: magic blood +1, any point +3]
Unconsciously, the mission belonging to Hogwarts has come to the last time.
This made John feel a little emotional.
Although this system has a low sense of existence, it is of great help to him.
Just as I was sighing, I heard another sound coming from the system.
[Ding, trigger the challenge mission, find the secret rooms of the remaining two founders before the end of the school year, mission reward, magic blood +1]
Magic blood?
John's eyes lit up.
"The secret rooms of the other two founders."
He had always wondered whether the remaining two of the Big Four had also left a legacy at Hogwarts, and now it seemed that they did.
I thought I was going to spend this year on Hagrid's Care of Magical Zoology, but now it seems like I could be doing something more interesting.
But the secret room is very deep.
Even during the battle with Voldemort, the secret chamber of the two founders did not appear.
This made John curious, where is it?
At the opening party, Slughorn once said that he was not suitable to be a principal.
But John directly sent him a copy titled "Horace Slughorn, the Brave Headmaster of Hogwarts".
Slughorn, who originally thought about abdicating his position, never mentioned the matter again.
After all, who wouldn't want a good reputation?
Moreover, he, the brave principal, almost lay down. Apart from beating up Voldemort with Professor McGonagall and others, he basically made no great contribution.
As a Slytherin, honor is a temptation that almost every one of them cannot avoid.
"By the way, what about the Star Club?"
Slughorn said "Let's eat," and everyone started to feast.
Malfoy stuffed a mouthful of mashed potatoes with meat sauce into his mouth and asked, "Last time we summoned the Star Club, it disappeared after the battle."
"The Society of Stars is with us, I put it back."
John looked at the skinned potatoes in deep thought.
How many years have passed, can't you change your approach?
He put the Star Club back into Slytherin's secret room. The last battle directly released the magic power that had been stored for many years in one breath.
Even after a holiday, it has not returned to one-tenth of its previous state.
"But I made some small changes." John struggled for a while and then peeled off the skin of the potato. "It will appear next to the members of the Star Club."
Taking advantage of the last opportunity to release magic, John carried out a major transformation of the Star Club.
It is no longer fixed in the corridor, but will travel around the school based on the needs of the members of the Star Club.
The entire Hogwarts is filled with the same source of magic left behind after the magic is released, so this can be done.
The only way to summon the Star Club is inside the Room of Requirement.
It also gives the Star Club the ability to move around Hogwarts in disguise.
This also facilitates John, who can use the Society of Stars to find the founder's secret room hidden in Hogwarts.
There are no werewolves among this year's freshman class.
But there are a few familiar faces from big families.
After the sorting ceremony, all students returned to the common room under the leadership of their prefects.
John was lagging behind because he knew someone was looking for him.
In the corridor before entering the Slytherin common room, he greeted Filch as he walked past. ..
Noticing the box of Mapo Tofu ice cream, John had a complicated expression.
Would anyone really like this flavor, or the strawberry mapo tofu flavor?
But if John could taste it now, he wouldn't mind even if it was strawberry mapo tofu.
After a while, the students all entered the common room.
John turned to look at the corner of the corridor, waiting for the two people over there to come out.
Footsteps slowly approached.
From around the corner, two men appeared.
"I think you shouldn't be irrational
The man, Pansy. "John looked at each other calmly.
Pansy tugged at the person next to her.
Surprising.
Theodore Nott.
That Slytherin traitor is still in Slytherin.
And John was waiting for him.
"Tell me, Theodore, what do you want to do?"
Theodore was silent, but his clenched fists told John that he was struggling.
"I want to stay." Theodore said bitterly, "I know I shouldn't be so shameless, but I don't want to leave here."
John glimpsed what was going on in his mind and knew he was telling the truth.
This Slytherin student did a series of things to frame his king last semester.
Pansy begged, "Please John, Theodore is in trouble, he's doing it for his father."
John gave Pansy a look that made her afraid to speak again.
Squinting his eyes to examine Theodore, he thought about how to deal with this guy who overestimated his abilities.
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