Chapter 4140 4142【Barty Crouch Jr.】
September 1st, school starts.
On the first day of school, Aileen personally sent Xiang Nan and Lili to school.
?They set off first to the Leaky Cauldron and then rushed to King''s Cross station.
When I arrived at the Leaky Cauldron Bar, I saw that the Leaky Cauldron Bar, which was once bustling and packed with seats, now seemed much deserted and almost empty.
When the boss Tom saw the people coming, he originally wanted to solicit business, but Eileen waved his hand directly, "Sorry, we are just passing by."
?Tom immediately gave a wry smile and lamented that the world was difficult and business was not easy to do.
Happily glad that the journey was uneventful and we arrived at the station safely.
“Mom, you must be careful when you go back.” Xiang Nan warned.
"Don''t worry, when I go back, I will use apparation directly." Irene waved her hand and said.
??If she hadn''t wanted to send Xiang Nan and Lily off, she would have just used Disapparation and brought her son to King''s Cross Station.
Xiang Nan nodded, knowing that Irene was quite capable.
Apparition should not be a difficult task for her.
“Apparition?” Lily didn’t understand.
“It’s a magic spell similar to space teleportation, which allows people to teleport from one place to another instantly.” Xiang Nan explained, “It can be dozens or hundreds of miles away.”
Lily suddenly understood, and then asked doubtfully, "In that case, why doesn''t the school teach it? Wouldn''t it be very convenient if we all learned how to apparate?"
“Apparition is quite difficult, and only sixth-grade students are generally eligible to learn it. Moreover, it is easy to make mistakes. If you are not careful, your upper body will move out, but your lower body will remain in place..." Xiang Nan explained.
?Lily quickly waved her hands uneasily, not expecting that Apparition would be so terrifying.
"Okay, Mom, go back, we''re in the car too." Xiang Nan said to Irene.
Irene nodded.
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Xiang Nan then got into the car with Lily.
?The classmates greeted them one after another.
“Sev, you are so amazing. You actually invented the wolfsbane potion. It’s so amazing.”
“Sev, what does the Order of Merlin look like? Can you let me see it?”
“Sev, you are really amazing. Even my father praised your awesomeness.”
?The students rushed to say.
Xiang Nan smiled and nodded one by one.
After saying hello to everyone, he and Lily went to the prefects'' car to have a meeting with other prefects and the student council president.
It is worth mentioning that in the fifth, sixth and seventh grades of Hogwarts, each house will have two prefects, one male and one female.
In other words, there are a total of twenty-four prefects. Including the male and female student council presidents, there are a total of twenty-six people.
Prefects have certain privileges, such as being able to deduct points from students, having their own dedicated bathroom, etc., but they also require a certain amount of hard work. For example, patrolling the corridors at night, patrolling on the train, helping the school maintain order, etc.
Another fifth-year prefect in Ravenclaw is Olivia Davis. The other fifth-year prefect of Gryffindor is Remus Lupin.
There is nothing worth talking about in the meeting. I just hope that the prefects can take the lead, set a good example for other students, and achieve both study and discipline.
?In addition, the environment outside is quite chaotic. Although the school has principals and professors in charge, the prefects should also take strict precautions to protect the students in their own colleges.
After the meeting, Xiang Nan and Lily began to patrol the corridors to prevent certain students from doing bad things.
You must know that not every student likes to follow the rules. There are many bad boys in Hogwarts. In addition to Slytherin''s pre-Death Eaters, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and even Ravenclaw all like to be naughty and mischievous. of.
“Look, someone is throwing **** eggs in the corridor.” Lily said, covering her nose.
?The dung egg is a magical toy. After being thrown out, it will emit a feces-like odor, similar to stinky bags and stinky water in the Muggle world.
??Many students at Hogwarts like to use it to play pranks and have fun watching others cover their mouths and noses with disgusting looks on their faces.
?There are two dung eggs in the corridor now, exuding a strong stench, making everyone avoid them and laugh at the same time.
Xiang Nan waved his hand and with a flick of his hand, the two dung eggs immediately disappeared out of thin air.
??He waved his hand again, and a strong draft blew rapidly through the corridor, and the stench remaining in the air was swept away in an instant.
He waved again, and the air in the corridor suddenly became fresher.
"Wow~" The students couldn''t help but be surprised when they saw Xiang Nan casting spells without a wand and casting spells silently. In the blink of an eye, he turned a "biochemical disaster" into invisible things.
"Don''t throw big dung eggs in the corridor. Next time if you catch me, I will stuff the big dung eggs into his nostrils." Xiang Nan glanced at everyone and said.
Everyone nodded immediately, no one doubted that he had such strength.
After all, this is a man who once defeated three giants single-handedly.
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?After the train arrived at Hogwarts, Xiang Nan and others organized everyone to get off the train, and then took the bus to the Hogwarts auditorium.
Then there is the annual sorting ceremony and a sumptuous welcome dinner.
Xiang Nan noticed that there were two familiar faces among the new students.
?One is the great liar Gilderoy Lockhart, and the other is Barty Crouch Jr. Both of them actually entered Ravenclaw House.
After eating and drinking, the prefects took the new students from their respective houses back to the common room.
"Sev, my mother almost stopped letting me come to school because she was worried that I would be in danger." Gregory said to Xiang Nan and others.
“If Hogwarts is still dangerous, then there will be no safe place in the entire wizarding world.” Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled.
"Yes, my father said so too." Gregory nodded, "But it''s really chaotic outside now, and my cousin-in-law was killed."
“What? Really?” Benjamin and Joey were both surprised when they heard what he said.
?Although newspapers report news of people being killed every day, they are not familiar with those people, so they cannot empathize with them. Now that I heard what Gregory said, I finally realized the cruelty of the incident.
“Really, my cousin-in-law Larry Allen, who comes from a Muggle family, married my cousin April MacMillan five years ago.
As a result, just last month, when he went to work at the Ministry of Magic, he was attacked and killed in a sneak attack. To this day, we still don’t know who killed him. My cousin is so sad. "Gregory said with lingering fear.
?Joy and Benjamin felt sorry for him after hearing this.
Xiang Nan was also silent for a moment.
He knew that Gregory''s cousin-in-law should have died at the hands of Death Eaters, and that the person who killed him was his colleague or someone he was familiar with.
Because he is not an acquaintance or a colleague, it is difficult to know the time and route he goes to work, so it is naturally not easy to start.
??Moreover, Xiang Nan knew that Voldemort had an undercover agent in the Ministry of Magic.
Not to mention the rich and powerful pure-blood families like Malfoy, Black, Lestrange, and even August Lukewood of the Department of Mysteries, they were all Voldemort''s lackeys and sold a lot of magic to him. Ministry of Information.
This is exactly what is hateful about Voldemort and others. They dare not confront openly and openly, but only dare to do evil things secretly, which is disgraceful.