At The Banquet

The freshmen were all amazed by Dumbledore's magic. Although they were amazed, they did not pay much attention to it, they were too hungry to study how the food appeared.

Albert knew how it was done. The food was prepared and laid on exact replicas of the four long tables right below the real ones. Dumbledore simply transported them.

Albert naturally did not forget to take this matter to test the prefect beside him, but seeing the prefect's mouth full of food, he did not ask anything.

The dinner was very rich, it was enough to fill everyone's stomach.

Albert bought himself a steak and sliced ​​it slowly. He was not very hungry. He had been eating all the time on the train.

The others opened their stomachs and ate. Jordan, who was sitting opposite Albert, was chewing on a chicken leg in one hand, looking very happy.

After the banquet began, ghosts appeared one after another, emerging from all over the castle, greeting the freshmen and causing a commotion.

The ghost of Gryffindor was a male nobleman, the legendary Nick who is almost headless.

"Mr Ghost." Albert swallowed the beef and greeted Nick.

"I think I prefer you to call me Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington."

"Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington." Albert finished the long name. Albert could remember Nick's name, he likes his instant memory. "Can you take pictures, I mean, Can you appear in a photo?"

"What? Boy, I don't understand what you are talking about." Nicholas was very happy that someone could pronounce his name. He hated the newcomers calling him "Nearly Headless Nick".

"Photograph." Albert said, "Please take time to take a photo with me another day."

"Oh, if you wanted to take a picture, you can come to me." Nicholas agreed, he had a great affection for this polite little guy.

"Can I ask another question?"

"Ask away, my child."

"What is a ghost? A soul that remains after death?"

"Wizards can leave their mark on the world and they can walk vaguely where they walked before, but only a few wizards choose this path." Nicholas did not answer Albert's question directly.

"Is it a memory? It doesn't look like it, so...is it a soul?" Albert muttered to himself, knowing that the magical world has a concept of soul.

After all, Voldemort had split his soul into pieces and made Horcruxes.

When he finished thinking, he found that everyone was staring at him?

"What's wrong?" Albert asked suspiciously.

"Nothing?" The others quickly retracted their eyes.

"I still think you should be sorted to Ravenclaw," Fred said bluntly.

"Swallow your food and don't talk," Albert said angrily.

"Why are you so curious?" a freshman asked.

"In the world of Muggles, there are no ghosts," Albert said calmly. "Now I have a chance to learn about them, I don't want to miss it. By the way, it will feel very cold to try and touch a ghost. Be careful."

He had just touched Nick with his finger secretly and he felt that his finger was very cold.

This was not a pleasant thing in September.

"Indeed, there are no ghosts in the Muggle world." A girl who was two chairs away from Albert spoke up. Her name was Shanna Wilson.

"To be honest, when I received the letter, my family thought it was a prank. When Professor McGonagall came to visit, they almost kicked her out." Shanna Wilson thought it was funny. "They didn't want me to come here."

"My situation is similar. My mother almost called the police and got Professor McGonagall arrested." Albert said with a smile. "People who live on the scientific side are usually less capable of accepting abnormalities. They wanted me to go to Eton."

"Eton College…. that Eton College?" Shanna was surprised.

"What is Eton?" Jordan asked puzzledly.

"That is one of the best schools in the UK," Shanna explained.

"Hogwarts is the best." George raised his eyebrows.

"Of course I know, because there is only one magic school, Hogwarts is naturally the best." Shanna couldn't help but despise, "Ordinary people, whom you call Muggles, are numbered in billions. There are thousands of schools and Eton College is ranked in the top three."

"It seems to be very powerful," George said even though he didn't understand anything.

"Don't just talk about us, let the others talk too." Albert turned off the subject and looked at the other girl.

"I'm half and a half, my mother is a wizard and my father is a Muggle." Angelina Johnson, who was sitting beside Shanna said, "They confessed to each other very early. However, we have always lived in the Muggle world. I have been exposed to magic since I was a child and my family was not too surprised when I received the invitation."

Alicia Spinnet next to her said, "I was born in a wizarding family and I have been exposed to magic since I was a child. There is nothing novel about it. When I received the letter, the family was very happy and bought me an owl."

Soon, everyone finished eating and the remaining food on the plates disappeared, replaced by desserts.

Albert took a pudding and listened to the students telling interesting things

After the banquet was over, the plates on the table were emptied again.

Dumbledore stood up and announced, "I am very happy to tell you that the school has welcomed a new professor, Professor Bud Brod will become the new Defense Against Dark Arts professor."

There was sparse applause in the auditorium.

Professor Bud Brod was an elderly man.

"There are a few more things to inform everyone." Dumbledore looked at all the students below and said, "Please note that the first-year students are prohibited from entering the woods on campus. Besides, the administrator, Mr Filch, wants me to remind everyone, don't use magic in the hallway between classes. Finally, the review of Quidditch players will be held in the second week of this semester. Anyone interested in joining the house team, please contact Mrs Hooch."

"Why can't you enter the forbidden forest?"

"Probably because there is danger in the forbidden forest," Albert said, glancing at the eager twins.

"If you dare to go to the Forbidden Forest, I will write and tell mom." Percy stared at his brothers fiercely. He knew their personalities too well.

"We won't." The twins quickly promised in the fear of their mom.