Entering Hogwarts Castle for the First Time

"Turn this corner, and you'll be seeing Hogwarts for the first time soon."

After walking for about 20 minutes, Allen heard Hagrid, the leader in front, turn around and remind them loudly.

Sure enough, when they reached the end of the path and made a turn, the dense woods on both sides that originally blocked their sight disappeared. What appeared before their eyes was a huge black lake.

On the high hillside at the end of the lake, a majestic medieval castle with a mysterious atmosphere stands there quietly. There are many spiers in the castle, and windows flicker under the starry sky.

Especially against the backdrop of the Black Lake, the castle looked extraordinarily huge, which made all the little wizards, including Allen, look amazed.

When I watched movies in my previous life, although I felt that Hogwarts Castle was quite spectacular, after all, it was just trapped in a small TV.

Just like the universe you see on TV, the planets you see are different from what you feel when you are actually in the universe. To be more popular, looking at the beauty on paper is completely different from seeing the beauty in real life.

Now when Allen stood by the Black Lake and witnessed the mysterious Hogwarts Castle, he understood why Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is so famous in the wizarding world.

Presumably, every wizard who has studied at Hogwarts will never forget the shock when he saw Hogwarts Castle for the first time.

"No more than four people in each boat!"

At this time, Hagrid pointed to a group of boats with magic lamps moored by the lake and told the little wizards that they needed to take these boats to cross the Black Lake to Hogwarts. So, the little wizards began to team up and board the boat.

There are a lot of small boats, so it is not required that each one is fully loaded, and many little wizards are two or three together. And Allen, Hermione and Neville sat in the same boat naturally.

"Set off!"

After all, the little wizards successfully formed a team. Hagrid, who was sitting alone on the boat, let out a soft drink.

All the small boats carrying the little wizards quickly drifted in the direction of Hogwarts Castle under the impetus of the waves of the Black Lake without any manipulation.

"Indeed, rowing doesn't use oars, it's all about waves!"

Allen looked at the boats lined up neatly and advancing automatically, and couldn't help but secretly complain.

"Allen, do you know why we took the boat to the castle?"

At this moment, Hermione who was sitting beside him suddenly raised her small chin and asked Allen.

Hermione's characteristic of "showing off" her knowledge had begun to flare up again.

People of the same age may be bored by this, but Allen, as an adult, will only feel that someone gives him popular science knowledge for free, isn't this a great thing?

"I don't know about this!"

Allen replied very truthfully.

He didn't know why the little wizards went to Hogwarts by boat, because that's how he acted in the movies, but it seemed to be replaced by a carriage in the next few movies.

However, at that time, all his attention in watching movies was on those magic, and who would care about the problem of riding in a carriage and boat?

Seeing that Allen was not clear, Hermione regained her spirits and began to explain to Allen:

"I saw in "A Piece of Hogwarts School History" that the first-year students took the boat to the castle, which is a kind of inheritance ceremony in memory of the founder of the school!

You see, the boat has four positions, which symbolize the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the route we are moving forward is the route that the four founders used to find the location of Hogwarts Castle! "

"It turned out to be like this, I learned from life to age!"

After hearing Hermione's explanation, Allen found that it was true, but what surprised him, even more, was how many extracurricular books Hermione, a little girl, read in a month of summer vacation.

It can only be said that she deserves to be Miss Know-it-All, which is very unattainable!

In this way, while listening to Hermione's various science popularization in his ears, he admired the special scenery of the Black Lake.

Allen crossed the Black Lake in a boat, passed through a dark tunnel under the cliff, gradually slowed down, and stopped at the underground pier of Hogwarts Castle.

"Okay, everyone follows me, we are going to the gate of the castle soon!"

Hagrid walked ahead with the magic lamp, and Allen waited for the little wizards to get off the boat, and they gathered together to follow behind him.

After climbing up and down for half an hour along a path paved with gravel and small cobblestones, they finally came to a flat, wet meadow in the shadow of the castle.

And in front of them is a huge oak door, which is also the gate of Hogwarts Castle.

Hagrid stepped forward and knocked on the door three times, and the door opened immediately, and a tall black-haired witch in emerald green robes appeared behind the door with a serious face.

It was the one Allen was familiar with, the dean of the Gryffindor - Professor McGonagall.

"Freshman, Professor McGonagall."

"Thank you, Hagrid. Let me pick you up here."

After Allen heard the conversation between the two, Hagrid left first, and Professor McGonagall led them to move on. After stepping over the steps under the oak door, everyone entered the foyer on the first floor of the castle.

"big!"

Allen nodded in agreement when he heard Harry and Ron approaching beside him sigh.

Although it's just a hallway, I don't know if it has been enlarged by casting the Untraceable Stretch Curse. It looks unusually spacious, especially the roof, which has a strange illusion that you can't see the end at a glance.

The stone walls around the foyer are filled with blazing torches, illuminating the entire foyer brightly. Directly opposite it is a luxurious marble staircase, which should lead to the second floor.

The buzzing voices of hundreds of people could be faintly heard from the door on the right side of the foyer. Allen estimated that it should be the auditorium on the first floor, where the sorting ceremony will be held later.

There is a hut on the left side of the foyer. At this time, Professor McGonagall is leading them to step on the blue stone slabs on the ground of the foyer and walk towards that hut.

"Welcome to Hogwarts! The opening banquet is about to begin, but before you take your seats in the auditorium, you must first."

In the hut, Professor McGonagall first greeted the little wizards and then began to give a general explanation of the sorting ceremony, the four colleges, credits, and the school cup that will start soon.

However, she did not explain in detail what the sorting ceremony was based on, and the specific process of sorting, because these little wizards would know in a while.

After the lecture, she asked the little wizards to tidy up their clothes in the hut, waited for a while for the sorting ceremony, and left temporarily to go to the auditorium.

That's all for today....

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