Hogwarts and the Atypical Wizard

The crowd walked down the stairs and entered a stone underground corridor. It was very spacious and not cramped at all. The walls of the corridor were covered with illuminated torches.

After turning the corner, the freshmen followed the two prefects and continued walking, passing a large still life painting of a bowl of fruit, and continued forward, stopping in a corner.

"Everyone come here, do you see these big wooden barrels, these are the ones on the stone trough.

Now let Sheila demonstrate it to you, since none of you want to see me anyway."

At the location Kenneth pointed to, there was indeed a dark stone trough with many large wooden barrels stacked horizontally on it, the kind of large oak barrels used to make wine.

Sheila agreed with this suggestion and did not refute Kenneth. "Yes, to enter the Hufflepuff basement you need to have the correct operation, which is this barrel, the second barrel in the second row from the bottom up.

Here you tap the bottom of the barrel with your wand in the exact rhythm of Helga Hufflepuff, like this, Helga Hufflepuff."

As Sheila knocked, the bottom of the barrel suddenly opened, revealing a slightly upward sloping mud passage inside the barrel.

Kenneth added: "It is important to note that the rhythm of the knocking should not be wrong. If you knock the wrong rhythm or knock the wrong barrel, the barrel next to you will spray vinegar all over you. Don't ask me how I know."

"Yes, just like he said, but it's simple, isn't it? Our rhythm rarely changes. If there are any adjustments, the prefects will tell you in advance, so don't worry."

Climbing through the passage in the barrel - the dirt path is not long - you will come to a round, low, comfortable space that is easily reminiscent of the burrow of the Hufflepuff representative animal - the badger.

Entering the common room, it seems like you have arrived at a botanical garden. The colorful plants and flowers seem to make the atmosphere here full of interest. Various cacti are placed on wooden shelves that fit the curve of the wall, swaying and dancing at the passing students from time to time.

Ferns and ivy grew on copper-bottomed plant racks hanging from the ceiling, and as people walked through them, the tendrils of the vines gently stroked their hair like little hands.

The design style of the basement continues the characteristics of the academy itself. The main colors are yellow and black. Looking around, the design elements are mainly reflected in circles. Wizards believe that this shape symbolizes nature.

Although the public lounge is underground, it is not dark at all. There are circular windows arranged in an orderly manner on the top of the wall. Through the circular windows, you can see the swaying stars outside the window. I believe you can see grass and dandelions during the day, and there will be plenty of sunlight indoors.

Sainz speculated that the existence of the window was because the hillside where Hogwarts Castle was located was not flat. Although this was an underground building of the castle, some parts were not completely buried underground.

Opposite the door of the common room is a brass fireplace designed in a round shape. On the wooden mantelpiece above the fireplace hangs a magical portrait of a smiling witch, who is holding a small double-handled golden cup and toasting her students.

She is Helga Hufflepuff, one of the four founders of Hogwarts.

The wooden mantel is a glossy honey-yellow and is carved with dancing badgers.

The rest area is furnished with many soft sofas decorated in yellow with black as a secondary color, creating a warm atmosphere.

In fact, most of the wooden decorations in the entire space are honey yellow, and the other copper decorations are also very smooth. Combined with the plants dotted around, people's mood will naturally relax.

The two class leaders led the freshmen on a tour of the lounge, and then the male and female class leaders took the boys and girls to their respective dormitories.

The entrance to the dormitory is divided by a fireplace and is on both sides of the lounge. The entrance door to the dormitory is also a round wooden door.

After entering the dormitory area, there were seven boys in total and they split into two groups in the corridor.

"Rob Dane, Franco Henriques, Joshua Cadwallader, Cedric Diggory, the four of you will share a dormitory.

Sainz Autumn, Ben Stebbins, and Adam Summers, the three of you are sharing a dormitory.

Your luggage is already in your dormitories."

Seeing that no one had any other questions, Kenneth turned around and went back to his dormitory.

The students from the two dormitories said goodbye to each other at the door and walked towards the dormitories with their names hanging on the signs.

After Sainz and the other two entered the dormitory, they found that the style of the dormitory was the same as that of the lounge. It was also a circular room with three four-poster beds placed in three directions against the curved wall.

The bed was covered with warm velvet curtains and was very soft. The sheets were yellow and black patchwork similar to the sofa in the lounge, and it was very comfortable to lie on.

Each bedside is equipped with a copper lamp that emits a warm light, and there is also a very practical copper bed warmer, so it won’t be cold in winter.

There is a closet on the wall for luggage. Each bed and its accessories are warmly labeled with the individual's name, and each person's luggage has been placed in the closet.

After not seeing each other for two hours, Speed ​​was a little excited to see Sainz, and he called out to him a few times with great difficulty, his voice very clear.

The two roommates were attracted by his voice and gathered around Sainz.

"Can I touch him?" Stebbins had become familiar with Sainz on the train, so the request was not too offensive.

Adam Summers was still a little reserved, so Sainz took the initiative to greet him.

"Hello Adam, let me formally introduce myself. I'm Sainz Autumn. You can call me Sainz. We'll be roommates from now on. I hope we can get along very happily."

"Hello, Sainz, you already know my name. Let me formally introduce myself. I am Adam Summers."

"Hello, let me introduce myself formally. I am Ben Stebbins. You can call me Ben." Stebbins also introduced himself solemnly.

The three of them looked at each other and laughed at the same time, "Hahaha..."

"This is Speedy, an Asian Peregrine Falcon. According to the owner of the Magical Creatures Shop, he has the bloodline of the Golden Snidget and is very good at flying."

"Wow, so you call him Speed?!"

"Yes!"

Sainz released the peregrine falcon from its cage and let it fly around the dormitory.

The two roommates rushed to take out their snacks to feed him, but he ignored them.

"He's a bird of prey, he doesn't eat cakes and biscuits, he only eats meat."

"Wow" x2, the two children were amazed, as if they couldn't understand why there were people who didn't eat cake. The cake was delicious, okay.

Sainz took out some dried rat food for them, and they fed Speed ​​the pet food themselves to satisfy their curiosity, but they still had a long way to go before they could touch the animal with their own hands.

He changed into pajamas, washed up, and went to bed. Today was the first day of school, and Sainz was ready to give himself a day off.

I won’t roll it up for now.