Hogwarts Slytherin

Hogwarts Great Hall, opening ceremony.

Something is different this year.

This was the first time that Dumbledore personally led the team directly.

No one paid attention to the sorting ceremony of the poor new students. Reggie looked at the new students who were like frightened birds. Maybe some of them would never appear in Hogwarts again next year.

The upperclassmen were all whispering, and everyone was eagerly discussing what happened on the Hogwarts Express.

The Sorting Hat continued to sing songs that no one was interested in.

With the voice of Professor McGonagall, the first-year students who had their names read out obediently stepped forward, put their dirty hats on their heads, and waited for it to shout out the name of the college that suited them.

Rui Ji devoted his energy to listening from beginning to end, but did not hear the name he was familiar with.

Snape was talking next to them about how they later transported those students away.

Reggie could see that he seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Children who cry have milk to drink, and Snape is undoubtedly a child who cannot cry.

Even though Reggie and him had become friends for a long time, Snape never bothered him for personal matters. For example, when he faced Potter and Black in the first grade, he was always in trouble. Fight back fiercely.

Snape's face now looked very embarrassed. Reggie was not unfamiliar with this expression, as if he was asking for something but couldn't express it.

Until the sorting ceremony was over, Reggie didn't wait for Snape to speak.

There are not many new students in Slytherin this year, and there are no muck wizards. Many mixed-bloods who have heard about the situation in Britain, where the situation is getting more and more serious, choose to send their children to study abroad.

Not all young wizards who receive admission notices will choose to attend Hogwarts. As early as when Regis was 11 years old, Old Lestrange suggested that he go to Durmstrang, Germany, to study.

It's friendlier to both purebloods and dark magic.

"ding ding"

Professor McGonagall returned to her seat and tapped the goblet filled with pumpkin juice with her silver spoon.

Then Dumbledore stood in the stands, and the buzzing auditorium fell silent the next second.

"First of all, welcome everyone back to Hogwarts." Dumbledore spread his hands and smiled calmly. The star robe on his body echoed the stars on the ceiling of the auditorium, which made him look a bit "bright and moving".

"In addition, I believe some of you have noticed that our Professor Macmillan can no longer stay at Hogwarts to teach due to personal reasons. In the new year, Ephias Prewett will serve as your black mentor. Defense Against Magic teacher.”

A middle-aged man stood up and signaled, and the students started to applaud.

Dumbledore also nodded to the other party, then cleared his throat and continued: "I want to announce that Hogwarts will usher in some small changes this year, and our school will welcome some guests from far away."

"As I just said, we are very honored to be the organizers of the Inter-School Wizarding Duel Competition, which will be held at Hogwarts this year."

As soon as Dumbledore finished speaking, there was an uproar among the students.

Among them, the students who knew what the inter-school wizard duel competition was, excitedly started to educate their confused peers.

The inter-school wizard duel competition has a history of more than 500 years. All magic schools in Europe and America can register. Each school can bring up to seven groups for the duel competition.

This kind of competition can promote the establishment of friendship between wizards from different countries. Although there is no clear age limit, there are indeed very few junior participants.

Even if there are, most of them will become cannon fodder in the end.

The inter-school wizard duel competition is held every three years. After joint protests by all lower-level wizards, the competition was finally divided into two groups.

The lower grade group is for students in fifth grade and below, and the upper grade group is for sixth and seventh grade students.

"In half a month, the principals of Ilvermorny, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang will lead their respective dueling teams. During this time, Hogwarts will also elect seven dueling teams. At that time, you will win honors for your respective schools. Finally, the champions of the junior and senior groups will receive a reward of five thousand gold galleons and a mysterious gift provided by Nick Flamel himself. "

Upon hearing this large bonus, the enthusiasm of the students below became even higher.

It doesn’t matter if it’s gold galleons or not, the main thing is to win honor for the school!

In response, Dumbledore had to give himself a loud voice: "Finally, I have to regret what happened to you today, but we'd better not let it affect your enjoyment of the delicious meal next."

The Hogwarts opening party has officially begun!

The freshmen stared wide-eyed at the various rich foods appearing on the empty table, and then excitedly picked up the tableware and shouted "cool" and "incredible".

The same stupidity is repeated every year, and the drama is played out every year.

The food at Hogwarts is indeed very rich. Apart from the evil school directors who are so poor that they only have money, Dumbledore himself is also a very rich wizard.

There was an exclamation from the Gryffindor table, and Regis glanced over to see Nearly Headless Nick performing the "Nearly Headless" trick again.

"Maybe I should do him a favor and get rid of the title of Nearly Headless." Reggie thought to himself.

"Are you interested in participating?" Anthony was unmoved by the food on the table and the noise around him. He had been in an extremely excited state since hearing the news about the duel competition, and his eyes were shining at this moment. asked.

Reggie slowly swallowed a big mouthful of ham, wiped the corners of his mouth and nodded: "Without us, this competition will be eclipsed."

Most students were carried away when they heard the objective gold galleons, but in Slytherin, more people were more interested in the mysterious gift provided by Nick Flamel himself.

Nick Flamel was a famous alchemist in the 14th century. His most well-known achievement is the creation of a magic stone, the Philosopher's Stone. It is said that it can not only turn mercury into gold, but can also be used to make The elixir of life, he himself is 643 years old this year.

After mastering the magic stone, Nick Flamel himself used all the wealth gained from alchemy for charity and built more than a dozen hospitals and a large number of churches in Paris. His prestige in France is equivalent to Merlin in the British wizarding world.

After knowing who Nick Flamel was, no one could underestimate the mysterious gift provided by such an alchemist.

Snape thought carefully for a while and finally gave a negative answer.

Regis was not too surprised. Snape was not only a very talented potion master, but also equally talented in spells. He would often create some small curses of his own.

It's just that Snape has little interest in being in the limelight, and the spells he developed are basically never publicly circulated to others.

Snape enjoys more the fun of the research and development process and the sense of accomplishment after success.

What's more, the duel team is only two people, Anthony and Reggie are both participating. If Snape also participates, they still lack one member.

Reggie and Anthony can always perform at the highest level during actual combat. The combination of the two is indeed the best choice.

After everyone finished eating, Professor Dumbledore stood up and talked about some of the prohibitions at Hogwarts, emphasizing that no students were allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest.

Reggie felt the other party glance in his direction.

Illusions are all illusions.

"At the same time, Administrator Filch asks that you not use magic in the corridors between classes."

"Hey!" The little lions of Gryffindor were angry. They banged the table to show their protest and dissatisfaction.

After their resistance failed, they chose to sing the school song in a ghostly way.

Reggie had to give himself earplugs to listen.

While walking back to the Slytherin basement, Reggie was keenly aware that there were many more portraits along the way.

His eyes darkened. Portraits from the wizarding world could visit each other. For example, Phineas Black could even run back to Black's old house in Grimmauld Place.

In the past, he would try to avoid these portraits as much as possible when he went out at night. In his opinion, these portraits were like the Sky Eye system of Hogwarts.

After experimental speculation, he found that the portraits guarding the secret passages did not seem to be under the control of the principal, because even the principal was not fully aware of some of the secret passages in Hogwarts.

As for the silly Barnabas at the door of the Room of Requirement.

For Merlin's sake, who would argue with a fool?

******

Reggie was lying on the bed, reviewing everything that had happened today.

Why did Dementors raid the Hogwarts Express?It seems that the intimidation is more serious. What is the point of doing this?

If it was Voldemort's plan, why didn't those pure bloods get wind of it...

At first, he didn't see many Slytherins in the carriage, so he thought he knew the news in advance.

Until I saw Regulus Black, and the faintly heard conversations at the Slytherin table during the first-term dinner.

In the end, I had to come up with a dumbfounding answer - Slytherin just ran the fastest when the situation was wrong.

And the prison break from Azkaban was too much of a coincidence.

It seems that Voldemort's soul may have become increasingly unstable.

But according to Reggie's speculation, Voldemort should not have started making the next Horcrux yet.

And the Ministry of Magic arrived very quickly. There is a deeply hidden force within the Ministry of Magic. It seems that they and a group of unknown forces in the Muggle world are secretly capturing some lone wizards.

School level wizard duel competition...

Dumbledore emphasized that the Forbidden Forest was not allowed this year. Although he warned this time every year, this year he seemed to take it more seriously, which also made some adventurers more curious.

Through his understanding of Harry, Reggie could be sure that the frequency of Potter and others' trips to the Forbidden Forest would increase greatly this year.

Another unsettled year.

He buried his face on the pillow and fell asleep slowly.