Hogwarts from another world

As the Christmas break comes to an end, the new semester is about to begin.

The students of Hogwarts returned to the castle one after another to start their new lives.

To be honest, this seemingly "massive" centaurs riot has had minimal impact on the vast majority of students...

Like the wizards outside the school, they had almost zero contact with this incident. In a sense, they are all spectators.

The vast majority of students have never seen the cruelty of centaurs (as soon as the riot started, all students were evacuated and left Hogwarts)...nor have they seen the "wrecks of centaurs" in the castle. "(Except for students like Matthew who returned to school immediately, all the remaining traces were cleaned up by Pringle when he returned to the castle later).

Their knowledge of the Centaur riots, apart from the daily headline news in the Daily Prophet, was limited to the damaged portraits and sculptures on campus and in the castle...

Seeing the portraits and sculptures they had spent time with in the past being so desecrated, coupled with the instigation from the Daily Prophet, many young boys were filled with indignation at this centaurs riot.

Some extreme remarks, such as that all the centaurs should be killed, also emerged one after another.

But other than that, normal life at Hogwarts has not been affected in any way——

The classes that should be taken still have to be taken, and there are no teachers or students missing; except for the castle briefly changing hands during the Christmas vacation, nothing seems to have happened.

……

As for where the remaining centaurs went, Matthew Wakefield was actually very curious.

There is no doubt that there are no traces of centaurs in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts or even around Hogsmeade... According to records, this centaur has lived in the Forbidden Forest for more than a thousand years ( The community, which was almost as old as Hogwarts (the history of Hogwarts is even longer), has completely come to an end.

A large part of the centaurs died in the riots, as can be judged from the burnt manes, broken horse hooves and bright red blood stains that could be seen everywhere in the previous castle.

Compared with modern wizards who are armed to the teeth, magical creatures like centaurs who are in a state of eating blood and cannot use any magic except prophecy have no possibility of confrontation. They are too fragile... let alone The prophecy magic that they are so proud of is no match for Gellert Grindelwald...

All the previous tragedies at Hogwarts can show that it was definitely a one-sided massacre!

As for the other centaurs——

Matthew believed that there were definitely many wise centaurs who would not be stupid enough to break into Hogwarts and "send death"...

There were rumors that they were migrating deeper into the Scottish Highlands; some Aurors tried to track them, but the centaurs were so scattered that the Aurors were too few in number and ultimately lost their target.

The British island is too big, and the number of wizards is too small... The surviving centaurs are scattered in every corner of tens of thousands of square kilometers of the Scottish Highlands, and only ten Aurors want to dig them out. , it is really an impossible task.

What's more, the remnants of the Order of the Phoenix may also be with the centaurs...

Whether it is the hybrid giant Hagrid who colluded with the people from the mouth of Professor Kettleburn, or the big black dog that suddenly appeared in the depths of the Forbidden Forest... Matthew believes that the "dark wizards" of the Order of the Phoenix, and the It's true that the centaurs are colluding.

……

The entire Hogwarts fell into a superficial calm.

Behind this calmness, something terrible was definitely brewing, Matthew could feel it.

He is not alone in holding this view.

On the last day of the Christmas holidays, Matthew saw Draco Malfoy again.

According to rumors, Malfoy's knee was hit by a centaur's arrow, but it is completely invisible now... With wizards' methods, it can be said that it is a piece of cake to treat such "flesh wounds"; Malfoy's parents are both He is a very good wizard.

"Hey, Matthew!" Malfoy greeted weakly.

"Have you had a good Christmas?" Matthew asked.

"That's it," Malfoy shrugged. "Except for a day and a night in the centaurs' cave, the rest of the time is fine!"

Matthew couldn't help but smile.

"Waiting until this summer vacation, I think I need my father to take me to find some experienced old witches to take a look..." Malfoy sighed, "It's really unlucky... I have been here since I enrolled in September last year. Injured for various reasons... I suspect that I am possessed by something bad..."

Matthew blinked and chimed in casually.

The two chatted about Christmas.

"By the way, Matthew," Malfoy suddenly lowered his voice and said a little seriously, "my father was not prepared to let me come back..."

"Aren't you going to let you come back?" Matthew asked with some vigilance.

"Yes..." Malfoy nodded, "He told me that something big will definitely happen at Hogwarts this year... Many wizards from pure-blood families have felt this, and they are unwilling to let their children return to school... …”

Matthew couldn't help frowning.

Even at this time last year, when the black witch Morgana was wreaking havoc on the Hogwarts campus and causing many vicious attacks...at that time, no parents considered not letting their children go back to school...

"Then why are you back again?" Matthew asked curiously.

"Because Headmaster Grindelwald did not allow it," Malfoy sighed, "My father received a notice, and some of his friends also received it, a notice from Hogwarts... No student You are allowed to drop out of school midway, and you are not allowed to transfer to Durmstrang or Beauxbatons. This was allowed before, otherwise you will be severely punished..."

Matthew froze there, seemingly lost in thought.

"So...my father suggested that I should be as careful as possible in school for the remaining half of the school year..." Draco Malfoy said mysteriously, "If I don't want to waste my life..."

……

The next day, school started.

They once again braved the cold wind and arduously headed to the greenhouse.

Fortunately, the temperature in the greenhouse is still normal, not unbearable... but I can smell some weird plants from time to time.

But for most of their class, they need to work outside the greenhouse... Staying outdoors for more than an hour on a cold January morning is something no one is willing to do.

In fact, the content of this lesson was supposed to be the work of last semester; they needed to transplant the Flor flowers outside the greenhouse...but due to the heavy snowstorm at the end of last semester, the class was postponed.

But the Flor flowers in the greenhouse could not continue to grow for too long. At the beginning of the new semester, Professor Pomona Sprout in the Herbal Medicine Classroom took them to complete this work.

Wearing dragon skin coats and thick masks, they carefully dug out the almost-grown Flor flowers from the soil... After keeping them in sealed bags, they took them with them. garden.

You must be very careful during the journey, because the pollen of the Flor flower is highly toxic... Not only can the students themselves not smell it, but once it leaks during transportation, it may have catastrophic consequences.

Professor Sprout carefully checked all their sealed bags to make sure everything was safe before taking them away.

The gardens of Hogwarts are rarely open. Professor Sprout took the key and opened the big rusty lock... Everyone looked around curiously...

"Please don't fall behind!" Professor Sprout reminded kindly.

Five minutes later, they came to the fountain in the garden... Except for an empty dirt field, there was a small light yellow flower planted everywhere else.

"Can anyone tell me what these are?" Professor Sprout asked.

Because she was wearing a mask, her voice was a little unclear.

Matthew quickly raised his hands.

"Okay, Mr. Wakefield!" Professor Sprout called Matthew's name.

Agnes Lestrange on the side glared at Matthew angrily and put down her half-raised hand.

"These are Highland daisies," Matthew replied calmly.

"Exactly correct!" Professor Sprout nodded towards Matthew with great satisfaction, "Very good...then can you tell me why Highland daisies need to be planted here?"

"The pollen of Highland daisies has the same properties as the pollen of Flor flower. It can remove the toxicity of Flor flower..." Matthew said calmly.

"Great!" Professor Sprout gave Matthew a thumbs up.

"Then can we take off the masks?" A Hufflepuff student couldn't help but said, "I'm almost suffocated..."

As he spoke, he reached out to take off the mask.

"Of course not!" Professor Sprout severely stopped the student's behavior.

“Although the pollen of Highland daisies can remove the toxicity of Flor flower pollen, it takes a long time...” Professor Sprout then explained, “So, this behavior is undesirable... …”

"We can only do this because the garden is usually closed to the public... After Christmas, the flowers will stop secreting pollen; we let them stay with the Highland daisies for more than a month, and their toxicity can be completely eliminated... …”

"...Wait until more than a month later, on Valentine's Day, when the gardens reopen, you will be able to appreciate the beauty of Flor flowers...and, of course, their various wonderful uses..."

"But we're only second years, Professor," one of the Hufflepuff girls corrected, "we can't celebrate Valentine's Day this year."

Valentine's Day at Hogwarts is an annual orthodox holiday...but it is limited to students in third grade and above.

"Is that so..." Professor Sprout said with some embarrassment, "Okay, I almost forgot... Then in February next year, you can come to the garden and appreciate the fruits of your labor a year ago."

As if to ease the embarrassment, Professor Sprout shouted loudly: "Okay, kids, let's start working now... pick up the small shovel next to you and transplant these Flor flowers in... Finished After this step, the lesson about Flor flowers is completely over!”

Everyone started working quickly——

This seems like a simple step, but a small problem arises.

The garden is not a greenhouse. Because the temperature is too low, the soil is almost frozen and cannot be shoveled with a small shovel... Theodore Nott even almost broke his shovel.

Matthew came up with a good idea. He took out his wand and pointed it at the lumpy mud in front of him:

"Incendio!"

After roasting on an open fire for a while, the frozen soil gradually softened.

Matthew waited patiently for a while. Because the temperature was very low and the warm earth was baked, the temperature quickly dropped again.

Taking advantage of this moment, he quickly planted his Flor flower.

By the time Matthew had finished all the work, many other students were still swinging their shovels vigorously.

……

The long herbal medicine class is finally over.

They were almost exhausted.

But the Slytherin students have no time to rest now, because they have another course on the first day of school.

Professor "Severus Snape"'s Transfiguration class took place ten minutes after the Herbology class ended.

Dragging their tired bodies, they rushed to the Transfiguration classroom.

The classroom door was closed, and there seemed to be a notice posted on the door.

Several students came forward, and they immediately showed very excited expressions.

"Professor Snape has not returned to school for some reason..." Malfoy and the others celebrated happily, "This Transfiguration class has been temporarily postponed, which is great!"

This is naturally a good thing, even Matthew is taking a good rest at this time.

but--

That professor "Severus Snape" has not returned to school for some reason?

Matthew couldn't help but frowned.

What is the reason?

He suddenly remembered that when he was at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies, he once had a "fate" with Professor "Snape"!

Could it be related to that?

Matthew was lost in thought.