Everyone soon arrived at the auditorium. This year's auditorium was still as magnificent and grand as before. Hundreds of candles were floating above the tables, illuminating the golden plates and goblets.
The four headmasters' tables were filled with young wizards from the four major colleges, while the professors of Hogwarts sat in the teaching seats above. However, there were two empty seats in the teaching seats, which belonged to the professor of Care of Magical Creatures and the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
After the end of last school year, Newt returned to his usual retirement life, while Hagrid resumed his position as professor of Care of Magical Creatures after his suspension for inspection.
Not long after, Hagrid came to the hall with many first-year wizards, and he returned to his seat and sat down.
After the arrival of the first-year students, this year's sorting ceremony began.
After the Sorting Hat finished singing the Sorting Song, which had taken it a year to conceive, Professor McGonagall presided over the Sorting Ceremony and sorted the new students into the colleges that suited them.
After the sorting ceremony, Dumbledore announced the start of the opening dinner.
Countless delicious foods appeared on the table and everyone was eating with relish.
Irina stuffed her mouth full of delicious food, like a little hamster. She glanced at Hermione who was also enjoying the food beside her, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, she and Lynn intercepted the Death Eaters' parade four days ago and informed Barty Sr. of Barty Jr.'s identity in advance. This prevented the scene in the original book where the house-elf Winky was scolded and expelled by Barty Sr. in person from happening in front of Hermione.
Therefore, she did not witness the unfair treatment of house-elves like in the original book, nor was she as nervous about house-elves as in the original book. She even believed that the house-elves raised in Hogwarts Castle were slave labor, and was unwilling to eat the so-called "slave labor" at the opening party.
This also saved Irina from being annoyed by her bestie to the point where she couldn't even eat the delicious food at the back-to-school dinner.
On the other side, at the Slytherin table.
Irving Foley, who was sitting next to Lynn, turned sideways and asked, "Lynn, I heard that four days ago you and Irina teamed up with the Ministry of Magic to kill dozens of Death Eaters?"
Lynn didn't intend to hide anything about the members of his small group. He glanced at the little wizards around him and gently waved his wand: "Close your ears and listen!"
After casting the ear-clogging spell to create a safe communication environment, Lynn said without hesitation: "To be precise, Irina and I teamed up to kill dozens of Death Eaters. As for the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic, they arrived later. If they had arrived later, they would not have been able to see the six living Death Eaters!"
"Wow," Irving's eyes showed longing, "You are indeed the ones! It's a pity that my magic level is not high enough, so I can't help you!"
Hearing this, Lynn chuckled and asked, "What is your current level of magic?"
Irving pondered for a while and said, "Many of my spells can now be cast silently, and the spell I am best at, the weather spell, can barely be cast without a wand. However, compared to the magic you are good at, the weather spell seems a little ordinary..."
The spell that Irving is best at is the weather spell, but unlike the control of various climates, he is better at controlling thunderstorms. He can even use the weather spell to summon thunder on a sunny day!
Lynn smiled and patted Irving on the shoulder, saying, "It's a good thing to be good at certain spells, just like I'm good at fire magic, Irina is good at ice magic, and the so-called savior Harry Potter is also good at the disarming spell. There is no distinction between strong and weak magic. Even the cleansing spell can treat the enemy as garbage after practicing to the extreme, not to mention the meteorological spell that can control the weather?"
Lynn wasn't trying to comfort Irving; what he said was indeed true.
After all, the Foley family's collection of ancient magic books recorded an ancient magic that required the silent and wandless casting of a weather spell as a learning threshold!
If Lynn remembered correctly, that ancient magic was called Thunderfall!
Irving also thought of this. He nodded vigorously and said, "I understand, Lynn. I will try my best to reach the threshold of practicing that ancient magic before the OWL exam begins this year!"
Lynn nodded slightly. He looked at Irving's determined eyes beside him, and an idea popped up in his mind.
"If you were given a chance, would you be willing to..."
Lynn pondered, still a little hesitant.
"What chance?" Irving asked.
Lynn said in a low voice: "An opportunity to face the resurrected Voldemort."
Hearing Lynn's words, Irving's face froze. He looked into Lynn's deep eyes and was sure that Lynn was not joking with him.
However, facing the resurrected Voldemort, the nightmare of countless British wizards...
Irving's body trembled slightly, but his eyes were more determined than ever before: "If there really is such an opportunity, then I think I would like to."
Seeing this, Lynn smiled. He patted Irving's shoulder vigorously and said lightly: "In this case, I require you to master the ancient magic called Thunder before the OWL exam begins! I think you need to have enough strength to protect yourself. I don't want to see my partner die under Voldemort's killing curse in just one encounter!"
Irving nodded and said, "I will do my best!"
While Lynn and Irving were talking, the opening dinner was coming to an end.
As the dessert was swept away by the little wizards, the last remaining crumbs on the plate disappeared, and the plate became clean and shiny again.
At this time, Dumbledore, who was sitting in the teacher's seat, stood up, and the noise in the hall stopped immediately. In the quiet hall, only the whistling of the wind and the pounding of the rain could be heard.
"Well!" Dumbledore looked at everyone with a smile and said, "Now that we are all full and satisfied, I must once again ask for everyone's attention. I have a few announcements to make."
"Mr. Filch, the castle caretaker, wanted me to tell you that this year, a few more items have been added to the list of items that are prohibited from use in the castle. They are Screaming Yo-Yos, Spike Frisbees, and Combo Boomerangs. The entire list includes four hundred and thirty-seven items. You can see it in Mr. Filch's office. Anyone interested can go check it out."
After saying this, the corners of Dumbledore's mouth twitched involuntarily.
Then, Dumbledore continued, "As before, I would like to remind you that students are not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest on the other side of the grounds, and that students below the third grade are not allowed to visit Hogsmeade. In addition, I am very sorry to tell you that there will be no House Cup Quidditch match this year."
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