Roaming the universe, all thanks to your many dark skills!

After all, at this moment, apart from Hagrid, Luo Youwei was the only one holding a lamp in her hand, which made her the focus of everyone's attention.

At first, the light from the lantern was not very strong, but as the sky around grew darker, the light from the eternal fire in the lantern became brighter and more dazzling.

Although its light was not gathered into a beam like Hagrid's lantern due to the convex lens installed, it just naturally scattered in all directions.

But it was brighter than the beam of Hagrid's lantern, and it was like sunlight, easily penetrating the surrounding darkness and illuminating all directions.

Hermione Granger followed Luo Youwei and noticed everyone's gazes. She couldn't help but raise her head proudly.

Hagrid led everyone to the lake and they boarded the boat in groups of four.

In addition to Hermione, Luo Youwei's group also includes Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.

The lake looked especially dark and eerie at night. As the boat glided across the lake, the water surface was slightly surging, as if something was peering up from the bottom of the water.

This situation made most of the freshmen on the small boat feel fear and anxiety.

However, Luo Youwei and the other three are very different.

Because the lantern in her hand was so bright, but the light was not so dazzling.

Rays of light sprinkled all around, as if having extraordinary penetrating power, not only able to disperse the layers of fog on the water surface, but even able to penetrate directly into the water.

Then even the darkness in the water disappeared, and the unknown creatures lurking in the water suddenly became quiet.

As the boat continued to move forward, everyone saw the magnificent Hogwarts Castle. The lit windows seemed like eyes in the darkness looking down at the freshmen who had just arrived.

After the boat reached the other side, Rosen came over and put the lantern in Luo Youwei's hand back into the storage compartment.

Along the way he had discovered the extraordinary features of the lantern, so he no longer dared to let her carry it around.

It's nothing if it's just bright, but the worry is that the property of burning everything will be triggered at some point. If Hogwarts is really destroyed, it will be a big trouble.

After the group entered the castle, the first person to appear in front of them was Dean Minerva McGonagall, who had visited Rosen before.

She was wearing an emerald green gown today and a pointed hat tilted to one side on her head.

Perhaps it was because he felt emotional after seeing so many freshmen that his face was less serious.

"Welcome to Hogwarts. In a few moments you will pass through this door and join your fellow students."

She looked around at everyone and said, "But before you take your seats in the restaurant, you will be assigned to four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin."

"During your time at school, the college is your home. Your outstanding performance will earn extra points for the college, and any violations will deduct points from the college. The college with the highest score at the end of the year will win the college cup."

"Next, follow me in. The Sorting Ceremony will begin soon."

Then the freshmen followed Minerva McGonagall into the dining hall.

I saw countless burning candles floating around, and the sky above seemed to have disappeared, and I could directly see the starry night sky. It was all cool and magical.

"Vivian, which college do you want to go to?" Hermione suddenly asked in a low voice to Luo Youwei beside her.

"Gryffindor." Luo Youwei said with a smile.

"Please wait here first." Professor McGonagall led everyone to a very old hat. "Now, before we start, Headmaster Dumbledore has a few words to say."

Then Albus Dumbledore stood up and said, "I would like to announce a few precautions that must be followed in the new semester."

"First-year students, please note that students are strictly prohibited from entering the Dark Forest." (Note)

"In addition, our administrator Mr. Filch asked me to remind you that if you don't want to die miserably, don't step into the corridor on the right hand side of the third floor. Thank you."

"Whoever's name I call, please come to the front. I will put the Sorting Hat on your head and assign you to a house." Professor McGonagall raised the tattered-looking Sorting Hat and gestured.

"Hermione Granger." (Note 2)

Luo Youwei was stunned when she heard this. She clearly remembered that the first person named in the story her father told was Hannah Abbott, so how come it became Hermione's?

Surprised, she subconsciously looked at Hermione and saw a flash of panic on her face. She immediately comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid. It's not an injection. It won't hurt. Just relax."

"Okay, I'm not nervous." Hermione looked at Luo Youwei gratefully, took two deep breaths, and walked forward.

"Well, very good, very good." The Sorting Hat began to mutter, and after a moment it said loudly: "It's decided, Gryffindor."

For a moment, the Gryffindor students cheered loudly, and Hermione also became happy and looked at Luo Youwei.

Luo Youwei nodded to her immediately, and then she heard Professor McGonagall on the stage say, "Vivian Prince Luo."

Luo Youwei didn't expect that she would be following closely behind Hermione.

But she was not panicked at all. She walked over calmly, sat on the chair and waited for Professor McGonagall to put the hat on her head.

"Are you ready?" Dean McGonagall asked without hiding her admiration for her.

"I can't wait." Luo Youwei replied with a smile, while constantly thinking in her heart: I want to go to Gryffindor.

The Sorting Hat on its head was mumbling to itself at this moment, as if it was in a dilemma and couldn't make up its mind at all.

After five or six minutes, Luo Youwei finally heard the Sorting Hat finally say in a low voice, "Since you are so determined..."

At this point, it suddenly shouted loudly: "Gryffindor."

Then Draco Malfoy was sorted into Slytherin, while Ron Weasley and Harry Potter went to Gryffindor.

Apart from the addition of Luo Youwei among the new students, there were no other changes.

After the sorting, the teachers and students began to feast on their food, while Rosen followed Hagrid out of the restaurant.

"Rosen, Hogwarts never had security guards before, because no enemy had ever been able to break in and hurt the children..." Hagrid led Rosen around the outskirts of Hogwarts and explained in detail what to pay attention to in each place.

When it comes to Rosen's identity as a security guard, Hagrid is quite confused, but he is very proud of the safety of Hogwarts.

"Really?" Rosen looked at him with a smile and said, "Didn't Voldemort break into Hogwarts back then?"

"Hush, be quiet!" Hagrid came over and said in a deep voice, "Don't say that name, otherwise you will get into trouble."

"It seems that you are still afraid of him." Rosen said calmly: "To be honest, I am a security guard specially added to prevent him from making a comeback and disrupting the normal teaching order of the school again."

"You?" Hagrid looked at Rosen twice, with an unconcealable look of suspicion in his eyes.

Note: Some people translated it as Forbidden Forest. I took a look at the English subtitles and the literal translation is Dark Forest.

Note 2: In the original novel, it was Hannah Abbott, and this has become a meme in Harry Potter fan fiction, with all the comments having things like "this is the flavor" and "authentic".

But the first one in the movie was Hermione, so I followed that.