International students at Hogwarts

Chapter 247 Awe of Time
"What about you, Miss Granger?" She looked at Hermione.

"It wouldn't hurt to take a few more courses, right? And I think since Hogwarts didn't explicitly prohibit them, you can take them all." Hermione said, looking into Professor McGonagall's eyes.

"Well, the school can't stop students from thirsting for knowledge. But let me remind you again, don't choose courses indiscriminately because of personal emotional factors. Taking so many courses in one semester will make you overwhelmed." Professor McGonagall stared at Lu Ren Said.

"Students from the Central Plains, are you still afraid of suffering? I'm from Shandong." Lu Ren is not afraid at all. As far as the intensity of these classes in the magic world is concerned, Lu Ren is really not afraid.

Professor McGonagall stared into his eyes for a while, and the latter stared straight back without dodging or backing down.

Finally, Professor McGonagall sighed: "Young people nowadays..."

She took out her wand, tapped it on the office, and the desk drawer popped open, and she took out an hourglass hanging from a gold chain.

"This thing is called a time converter." Mag's expression became very serious, "It can make people go back to the past. But it can only go back to the past."

"One of the highest achievements of alchemy, the current magic world can no longer make time converters." Professor McGonagall gently rubbed the hourglass.

She looked at the two people in front of her, "For this, I have a word to tell you, you can go back to the past, but you can't change the future, you must respect time!"

"Besides, time-turners have limits. Its effect is smaller than you imagine, but the negative effects may exceed your imagination. In order for you to have a time-turner, you must apply for special approval from the Ministry of Magic, and you Excellent grades from both of you ensure your approval."

She walked up to Hermione and hung the Time-Turner around her neck with her own hands.

"Miss Granger, I hope you will take care of this time-turner. Don't misuse it, I trust you!"

Hermione hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.

"Very good." Professor McGonagall still had confidence in Hermione.

After handing the Time Converter to Hermione, and explaining the use and precautions to them, Professor McGonagall seemed relieved, she looked at Lu Ren and Hermione and said, "You two don't know, in order to apply for a Time-Turner, I wrote a full three-foot application form! You have to write me a guarantee that you will not use it for anything other than study. You two, you have made Hogwarts history. It is the first time that two people have obtained this qualification at the same time."

She pulled out a chair and sat down, "Anyway, you are already late for the sorting ceremony, why don't you listen to me tell a story and a principle."

"There is a physicist in the Muggle world. He proposed a principle called Novikov's self-consistency principle, that is: Our world is the final outcome that has been changed. Understand this sentence well, for you Both of them are helpful. Of course, you'd better not make any fools, and honestly use the time-turner to attend classes, which is the best choice for you."

Then she told Lu Ren and the others the story of a silent man named Heloise Mintab.

Héloise Mintab was a silent figure in the Department of Mysteries who died in 1899.She participated in experiments using a time-turner to travel back in time.But she reversed for more than five hours, causing her to be trapped in 1402 for five days.When she finally returned to the present, the age of her body was increased by five centuries, eventually causing her death at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Wounds.

Her experience has had horrific consequences, changing the trajectory of everyone she encountered in the past, with at least 25 descendants disappearing from modern times and becoming "never born".In addition, there are some unexplained effects: the Tuesday after her return to modern times lasted a total of two and a half days, while Thursday only had four hours left.

After the narration, Professor McGonagall asked the preoccupied Lu Ren and Hermione to leave her office.She also got up and went to the auditorium first.

"Never try to play with time!" This was Professor McGonagall's advice to the two of them.

The two left Professor McGonagall's office together and went to the auditorium to attend the opening ceremony.

The air was a little heavy along the way.Obviously, the two listened to what Professor McGonagall said.

The two remained silent all the way until they met Harry who came out of the infirmary.The three of them descended the marble staircase and returned to the auditorium.

Every academy table in the auditorium was full of students, but fortunately the plates were still empty—at least they didn't miss the opening banquet this year.Professor Flitwick was struggling out of the auditorium with the Sorting Hat and a three-legged stool.But this time they didn't have to worry about not being able to get a seat, and Ron had a seat for the three of them - what a shame for him.The three of them quickly sat down next to Ron.

"You missed the sorting ceremony," Ron said softly.

"I know."

At this moment Dumbledore stood up and began to speak: "Welcome back to Hogwarts! Before you get confused by enjoying the delicious meal, I have to make a few important things clear to you..."

Dumbledore was as energetic and playful as ever.

Dumbledore cleared his throat and continued: "This year, due to some special reasons, Hogwarts welcomed several dementors from Azkaban. They were sent by the Ministry of Magic to perform official duties. You all already know, because they searched the Black Lake Ferry and Thestral wagon."

It can be seen that Dumbledore is not very happy about sending dementors to guard the school.His eyes swept over Lu Ren's face. He had heard about Lu Ren's previous experience: "They will be stationed at every entrance of the school. No disguise can fool the dementors. And due to security concerns, everyone is prohibited from leaving the school without authorization."

"Dementors, don't have human emotions, so they don't understand what excuses and what it means to beg for mercy, and your spells can hardly harm them, they can only irritate them and give them excuses. So I seriously remind Everyone here, don't run afoul of the Dementors, don't give them a reason to hurt you. I hope the newly elected Head Boys and Girls will take responsibility."

Percy puffed out his chest, showing his badge. It had been a challenging year at work for him - but he loved it!

Looking at the almost stagnant air in the auditorium, Dumbledore smiled and blinked, "Let's change the topic to something more pleasant. Three teachers will join us this year!"

Lu Ren:? ? ?
(End of this chapter)