Chapter 36 Opening Ceremony

Because of their stance, there was a gap of trust between the two. Perhaps that gap was nothing when Dumbledore was young, but it is different now. He is burdened with too many secrets, and there is a whole Huo family behind him. Gwartz.

But no matter what, Xing Ze wants to give it a try. He needs a strong and trustworthy ally and someone who can give him advice.

The old wizard pondered for a long time, and it was not until Xing Ze drank the small cup of green tea that he spoke: "Excuse me, Xing Ze, did he not mean to do that? The matter is about school."

"If it had been him, he would have done the same thing." Xing Ze shrugged, "That's no big deal, you don't have to blame yourself."

"He admired my noble character." Dumbledore said sincerely, "He has never doubted my character, Xing Ze. Because few people are willing to sacrifice themselves to save them, and now, there is someone in that room. There is one."

But he saw someone. Xing Ze said in his heart.

"He is not an upright and kind person, principal, nor is he the hero in your speech. He has done many despicable things, but he rarely regrets them."

"It seems that he has to change his speech again." Dumbledore blinked, took out a small bottle of potion from his sleeve and handed it to Xing Ze.

"Then he and Professor Snape prepared a curse that can temporarily suppress the fragments." He explained, "The effect is not as good as the one at the Magic Research Institute, but at least it can be used for emergencies. They shouldn't have sent me to investigate such a dangerous situation. task.

They really shouldn't. Xing Ze secretly thought in his heart.

Before he walked out of the principal's office, Dumbledore thanked him: "Thank me, Xing Ze, about Snape..." He did not continue talking.

Xing Ze nodded to him and walked out of the office quickly.

He did not go to the cafeteria for dinner, but asked the house elf to send him to his dormitory. There were too many clues to sort out, and time was always elusive.

"The church wants him to live, the Key Hall wants him... ah, no, Mr. R wants him to die." Xing Ze touched Dongba with his leg, "It's really interesting, what does he want from him? Benson’s legacy?”

While Xing Ze was deep in thought, a black cat crawled on his legs, and then quickly jumped on the table.

"Don't be naughty, Blue Beak, he is thinking about something." Xing Ze said with some dissatisfaction.

He didn't know when the blue beak swallowed the black cat, or whether it was when the church injected him with the blood of the saints. The blood more or less affected him, and it cut off Xing Ze. Connection with Blue Beak.

Fortunately, this was not permanent. After half an hour, the contact was lost. The black cat was lying on the table licking leftover food. Xing Ze gently scratched its head. He thought of the three standard wands.

Xing Ze took out the wand from the brass ring, and Blue Beak's attention was immediately attracted. After getting Xing Ze's permission, it turned into black mud and swallowed the three wands.

"Is the magic power malleable?" Xing Ze felt a small change outside Blue Beak's body. Most of the magic power of the three wands was absorbed by it, but a small part was retained in Donglai.

That small amount of magic power was just enough for a low-level spell. Xing Ze thought about it for a while, and finally reserved a magic missile outside Blue Beak's body.

…

The school's opening ceremony was held as early as eight o'clock. Xing Ze came to the auditorium half an hour early. The teachers had basically arrived. Principal Dumbledore was discussing some matters with the deans of each college.

Xing Ze, who had nothing to do, found his boss, Caredi Bubaji, the director of Muggle Studies.

She was a talkative woman, and she talked with Xing Ze about a lot of wizards and Muggles. Xing Ze asked her for a class schedule, and he was scheduled to have classes on Wednesday at noon and Friday at noon.

After a while, Ben Macmillan also joined in. They were the only three Muggle Studies teachers in the whole school.

"Professor McAdam retired early. He heard that he was unwell. May Merlin bless him." Ben introduced a previous Muggle Studies teacher to Xing Ze, "So, I am really lucky."

"He thinks so too." Xing Ze smiled slightly, "During the interview, they didn't make it difficult for him. He heard that it was difficult to select teachers at Hogwarts."

"That's not true, just like what he told me before..."

Ben originally planned to tell me again how he got into Hogwarts, but was interrupted by Professor Bubbaji: "Okay, Ben, they have all heard my story, there is no need to ask him to keep talking about it." . Go shopping with Xing Ze, he has to make some new friends."

"He doesn't mind." Xing Ze said. He had no intention of getting to know more people, and he would probably have very little time at school.

After the opening ceremony, the school will hold a banquet, and then the deans of each house will take the new students to visit the entire Hogwarts. Taking this opportunity, Xing Ze plans to go to Knockturn Alley to have a look.

"Don't indulge him, Xing Ze." Professor Bubaji said, "If you let him take me for a walk, just do it as a favor to him."

The two walked around the auditorium, and Xing Ze saw many familiar faces, such as Professor Sprout, Professor Flitwick, Professor Huo Qi, etc. Of course, there were also some unfamiliar faces.

"Let's take a rest, McMillan." Xing Ze suggested.

Ben, who was in high spirits, felt a little unfinished. He leaned against a stone pillar and said cheerfully: "Look, Xing Ze, what about Ali Shafiq, the director of Defense Against Dark Arts? He heard that She qualified as a teacher at Hogwarts at the age of twenty, and got the position of director of teaching the next year. It’s really amazing.”

Isn't it because the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts won't stay long? Xing Ze thought to himself.

"Go say hello, Xing Ze?" Ben suggested, "Maybe you can get close to the Shafik family."

"He doesn't need it." Xing Ze waved his legs, "She doesn't like him very much."

"We know each other?" Ben turned his head in surprise.

"It's not about knowing each other, we just go to school together."

"Hey, she's here." Ben called softly.

"Bad afternoon." Xing Ze muttered softly. According to the memory of his previous life, Miss Ellie Shafik, who graduated from Slytherin, was his deskmate. It's not an exaggeration to describe their relationship as a nightmare.

"Good morning, gentlemen." Miss Shafik wore a relatively simple black wizard robe tomorrow, but judging from the material, the price must be not cheap.

Ben smiled silly the moment she approached, and even forgot to respond.

"He wants me to read the college brochure, Xingze." Miss Shafik said coldly.

Xingze replied awkwardly: "Not at all."

"He is not surprised, is the brochure too difficult for me?" She said sarcastically, "Oh, he forgot that my grades were among the best in the past, and he may not understand it."

"Sorry, miss, he is very busy." Xingze pulled Ben away in a hurry.

After walking away, Ben whispered: "Aren't we friends?"

"There was a chance." Xingze smiled bitterly, "Until he put a stink bomb in her cauldron."

"Uh, he didn't expect it to be like that."

"He didn't expect he would be so stupid before."

Thanks to Xuemeng, Xiao, Liufeng Bailie, and Xuemeng, Xiao for the recommendation votes