Chapter 267 The New School Year Begins

"This is where…"

Harry woke up from a coma, feeling dizzy, as if someone was shaking his head.

"Are you awake?"

Ron's voice came from his head, which made Harry open his eyes with difficulty and looked up.

"Well, where are we now? Where's the professor?"

"Now -" Ron opened the curtain of the carriage and glanced down, "now we are almost flying to school."

"Almost to school?"

Harry struggled to get up, but was held down by Ron. Hermione looked at him nervously from the other side of the carriage, "The professor has ordered you to lie down quietly before you arrive at school. If you wake up, eat some chocolate."

"Professor, are they okay?"

"It's okay. The dementors were easily driven away. Sirius Black never showed up. Everything settled down after Dumbledore showed up."

"That's good."

Harry breathed a sigh of relief. He really couldn't imagine how to deal with the dementors swarming past.

"You'll have to be careful this term, Harry."

Ron looked at him with an extremely serious expression - those dementors had taught these fearless children what fear was.

"He must hate you to death, that's why he sent so many dementors to kill you..." Ron shook his head, "Both the strikers and the prefects can't handle those dementors..."

This topic caused a sudden silence in the carriage.

Even Hermione, who likes to talk the most, has no interest in discussing them - for the first time, she knows the shortcomings of those books. Although the relevant books have described the dementors as evil enough, when they surrounded them , Hermione found that the knowledge she possessed was completely useless.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long. Within a few minutes, the carriage stopped at Hogwarts. Ron jumped off first and followed him below, while Hermione helped push it.

'I'm going to be laughed at...'

Harry thought - but he really couldn't muster the strength right now.

But no.

In fact, the students who got off the carriage were not in a very high mood - Dementors are such terrible creatures. Once they are affected, even if they are dealt with in the right way in time and laugh, they still cannot be easily eliminated. Impact.

Harry even saw Malfoy, his old enemy, walking tremblingly towards Hogwarts Castle. In the past, when he saw Harry, he would be as excited as a fighting cock, but today he was as excited as a quail.

'But I'm not much better...'

Harry thought to himself... He felt that his arms and legs were weak now, and he even had to put his arm on Ron's shoulder to help him walk.

'Wait, Malfoy! I trained for a holiday…’

Such thoughts suddenly emerged in his heart, but he was quickly suppressed by himself - if the professor knew that he was training for this small goal during the holiday, he would definitely laugh at him, right?

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"Professor McGonagall, good evening."

When William entered the castle with his students, the first professor he saw was Professor McGonagall.

"Good evening, Professor William," Professor McGonagall nodded, "And you too, Professor Lupin."

"Albus rushed over when he saw the magic. Where is he now?"

"The principal went to the owl loft to reply to Minister Fudge," William said as he walked. "The situation is not good. Black can actually control the dementors..."

"What about him? Did he show up?"

"No, maybe it's because it's too close to Hogwarts..." William shook his head, "Maybe I have to devote two classes to the advanced class to talk about this. Although the Patronus Charm is not a test point, this situation is still the case now. Safety is more important…”

"That's a question," Professor McGonagall nodded, "Is there anything the school needs to provide?"

"Class hours...the original class time is very tight. The advanced classes for sixth and seventh grade students may be able to add one extra class a week, otherwise we won't be able to arrange extracurricular things that don't require exams."

"Then why not start a club, Professor William."

"club?"

"Yes, it's a club that helps students who are capable of studying improve. I personally set up a Transfiguration Club in school..."

Professor McGonagall stopped and said, "You can ask Professor Adams for advice on this. I have to welcome new students here, so I ask you to bring the students to the deans of each school."

"Okay, see you later, Professor McGonagall."

William and Lupine behind him said goodbye to her at the same time, and then led a group of students to the hall.

In fact, their guidance was not needed - only the second-year students didn't understand much, and the others rushed towards their lounges after arriving in the hall.

"Hurry up, come on, kids, new students are coming, you have to show your most serious attitude and your best side!"

Professor Flitwick shouted happily to the children in his college.

"It's still so vibrant, and the tradition of nearly a thousand years has not changed."

Lupine whispered from behind, and William couldn't help but look at this new colleague - he could no longer control his smile at this moment.

"Tradition?"

"Of course, to scare the new students who have not been sorted - as long as the old students dress up seriously enough, those first-year children will involuntarily make various mistakes during the sorting ceremony. This is the tradition of Hogwarts."

Lupine smiled and explained that William was so skilled that he looked like a new employee.

'I can't help it...last year I was so worried about the curse and my incompetence that I didn't pay attention to so many details...'

He opened his hands calmly and said, "This year's freshmen are probably the most miserable class... First it's the dementors, then it's raining across the lake, and finally it's the seniors who do this, tsk tsk."

He shook his head and said, "Let's go, Professor Luping. I'll introduce you to them just in time - although I guess you know most of them."

"It's not that familiar. It was a long time ago that I studied at Hogwarts."

Lupine shook his head and responded with a smile, "It's a pleasure, Professor William."

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"William!"

From a distance, Adams shouted from the table, completely unprofessor-yet there were no students anymore.

The old students have all gone to scare the freshmen. The freshmen are still fighting against the rain and lake water.

"Adams!"

William smiled and walked over, "How's that batch of herbs?"

"They are growing well," Adams responded cheerfully. "I went back to school in the second half of the summer vacation and have been taking care of them. If they are still not good, then I will really be sorry for my hard work during this period."

"This is a new colleague, Professor Lu Ping."

William introduced Lupin to the circle of professors around him.

"Gryffindor student, I remember you were a prefect back then."

"Well, that's right, I was in fourth grade."

"You happened to be sorted into houses the year I graduated, haha, and now you're at Hogwarts too!"

…

In a series of welcoming words, William heard a slight nasal sound and a cold snort.

He glanced in the direction of the sound.

Sure enough, it was that person...

Head of Slytherin.

Ps: There will be a chapter during the day tomorrow...because there are only 800 words left in the manuscript today, why not publish it together?

Hmm... I feel like it would be better to end the chapter here...