Wizard world without savior - Chapter 14
Chapter 14: Mr. Great
There is no shortage of room in the carriage.
There are less than 60 students and professors in Hogwarts, so the dormitories are not divided into four or five people, but spacious two people.
It was not a coincidence that Jon and Neville were assigned to the same dormitory, but Professor McGonagall intentionally.
Except for Lavender, the only girl among the new students, including Jon, there are four boys in total. Two of them were brought back from outside, and two were family members of the Order of the Phoenix who already knew about the magic world.
Whether it is to allow Jon and Justin to integrate into the identity of wizards faster, or to let them get out of the sadness and heartbreak of being left in a familiar family and environment as soon as possible, it is undoubtedly the best to arrange them separately choose.
The student’s dormitory is not big, but it is more than enough to accommodate two people. There are two four-poster beds, two desks and chairs, and a window that cannot be opened.
The bed had been tidied up before they came in, and the daily necessities and a few brand-new robes were also neatly laid out.
Jon sat in front of the window, looking at the scenery outside the carriage window.
After the dinner at the seaside, they got into the carriage and started to continue their journey. Looking out through the window, they could only see the pitch-black outside. Trembling and whizzing by.
“I heard that the magic on this carriage is improved from the magic on the Knight Bus. We can go almost anywhere in Europe on this carriage, but it seems that Professor Dumbledore has never let this carriage leave the UK.”
Neville was sitting on the bed opposite Jon. He blinked and told the history of the carriage.
Jon withdrew his gaze from the window, and looked at the round-faced boy opposite.
“Did your family teach you magic before you came to Hogwarts?”
Neville nodded.
“Of course, even if we weren’t in Hogwarts, our family lived in danger. Both the Longbottom family and the Weasley family where Ron lived were wanted by the Ministry of Magic, so before I came to Hogwarts to study, I Dad used his wand to teach me a few spells, but they were all small spells for help, I don’t have a wand myself, and I don’t have many opportunities to practice it, and I don’t know how to do it too advanced.”
Jon immediately became interested, whether in peacetime or now full of danger, magic will bring him the greatest attraction.
“Can you demonstrate it to me again?”
Neville didn’t refuse, he raised the wand in his hand, as if he hadn’t felt like holding a wand for a long time, he was looking for the feeling, and then he raised and swung lightly.
“Luminescence flickering.”
A faint light shone on the tip of Neville’s wand. The light was not dazzling, but it also illuminated the space in the dormitory.
Jon looked at the bright light, his eyes were shining, and he raised the chestnut wand in his hand.
“Do you have to pick and choose when you chant a spell?”
“Yes, this is a very simple spell. If you are proficient in using it, you can even omit the wand gesture, and cast it when the wand is not in your hand, so that the wizard can easily find the wand that he has thrown away and forgotten where it is.”
Seeing Jon’s eagerness to try, Neville couldn’t help but continued.
“I don’t recommend you try it yourself at this time. Although this spell is simple, beginners who make mistakes when learning can easily ignite the tip of the wand, which will cause irreversible damage to the wand itself.”
Jon stopped what he was doing immediately. He couldn’t wait to try the magic of this world, but if there was a risk of hurting the wand in his hand, he could still suppress his curiosity.
After all, for him and this Hogwarts, the wand in his hand is more than just a wand.
“Anyway, we are in a magic school now, and there is really no rush to learn magic.” Jon put the wand back into the pocket of his robe in front of the bed, “What class do we have tomorrow?”
After the dinner, Professor McGonagall handed out the class schedule, and Jon and Neville also received a copy.
“The first class in the morning is History of Magic by Professor Slughorn, followed by Herbalism class by Professor McGonagall, and a Charms class by Professor Flitwick in the afternoon, and finally in the evening, we were also assigned to The fifth grade seniors who are preparing dinner will help.”
While they were talking, they both changed into pajamas and lay on the soft bed. The two of them were not very sleepy, but they lay on the bed and talked about other things.
“Does the Dark Lord you mentioned have a name?”
“Of course, he is not a real demon crawling out of hell, but no one dared to say his name before. People in the magic world call him ‘You-know-who’.”
“Isn’t he now the head of the Ministry of Magic and the Hogwarts castle? People don’t call him that anymore, do they?”
“You are right. I heard from my father that after the Dark Lord consolidated the power of the entire magical world, his personality seemed to have changed. He was not as cruel and crazy as before. He divided all wizards into different classes according to their bloodlines, but he did not completely eliminate or imprison the Muggle wizards who he had never wanted to kill before. People dare not call them what they are called in the outside world. He is ‘You-know-who’ or ‘Dark Lord’, except for his most core subordinates who call him Master, the rest of the wizarding world call him ‘Mr. Great’.”
“Great sir…ha.”
“why are you laughing?”
“If he came up with this name himself, it would be too boastful. If other people deliberately spread this name to him, then the meaning of kneeling and licking is too straightforward.”
“Actually, think about it, those people also want to survive.”
“Yeah, no one wants to die.”
“But for some people, some things are more important than life or death.”
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When the first ray of sunlight came in from the window in the morning, Jon also opened his eyes from sleep.
After washing up with him, Neville left the dormitory and went to the restaurant on the carriage to have breakfast.
Three meals a day here are prepared by the students themselves, and breakfast is no exception. In addition to the class schedule, Professor McGonagall also arranged a cooking schedule. Students from different grades are responsible for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. If the number of students in this grade is relatively small, some lower grade students will be arranged to help them.
Ron, Justin, and Lavender, who was in the girls’ dormitory, met with them at the dining table. After all, they were all freshmen in the same grade. They attended classes together and had the most opportunities to communicate and come into contact with each other.
After the five of them finished their breakfast, they walked towards the History of Magic classroom together, preparing to start their first class after arriving at Hogwarts.