Snakes at Hogwarts

Hermione Granger was in a good mood.

After being sorted into Ravenclaw House, she quickly made her first friend in her life, senior Penello, who was mature, generous, and exuded intellectual beauty.

The latter is a sixth-year student at Hogwarts and a prefect of Ravenclaw.

She seemed to be very optimistic about herself. Not only did she enthusiastically answer her questions, she even hoped that she could answer the question when the magical eagle-beaked knocker asked the question.

Yes, that magical eagle-beak door knocker

The girl's thoughts suddenly drifted to last night. After the dinner, she and a group of freshmen walked up the ever-changing stairs under the leadership of Penello.

Their common room is located at the highest point of the school, in the Ravenclaw Tower.

It must be said that this is definitely a physical job. For Ravenclaw and Gryffindor students, just climbing the stairs every day already consumes a long time.

Not to mention, the stairs in the castle are constantly changing. They are wide or narrow and vary in size, and they operate among the castles according to certain rules.

Sometimes, the stairs you walked yesterday will disappear when you wake up today, or as you walk, a step will suddenly disappear.

"You can also find the rules of movement of these stairs on the bookshelf of the library in the lounge, where there are notes recorded by Ravenclaw students in previous years about the rules of movement of the stairs in the castle.

Unlike other houses that will tell you the answer directly, Ravenclaw prefers that you get the answer from books. "While walking, Senior Penello was also telling the freshmen about the college where they will live for seven years.

Like Slytherin, Ravenclaw or the other two houses also have their own unique welcome words.

"Ravenclaw appreciates those students who are smart, wise and knowledgeable. Since you can be sorted into this college by the sorting hat, I believe that you must have qualities that Ravenclaw approves of." Senior Sister Penello stopped. , took a closer look at this group of young eaglets.

"The symbol of our house is an eagle soaring in the sky, which symbolizes the wisdom that others cannot achieve. Our representative colors are blue and bronze, which Ms. Ravenclaw believes are the colors of wisdom.

Just as an eagle should perch on the top of a mountain, our house's lounge is also located at the highest point of the castle. Believe me, it has the best view in all of Hogwarts.

Whether it's the vast Black Lake or the Quidditch pitch, you can have a panoramic view of it all. "

This is really cool with Merlin on top.

Hermione fell in love with the house immediately.

It's a pity, it would be great if Ander came here too, the girl thought with some regret.

Under the leadership of Penello, they came to a tower with a pointed top on the eighth floor of the castle. After walking along the spiraling stairs for a long time, they finally arrived at the top of the Ravenclaw Tower. .

"Next, I want to introduce to you how to enter the Ravenclaw lounge. Unlike other houses, the Ravenclaw lounge does not have a fixed password.

I think you've also noticed that there is no handle here either, just an enchanted eagle-beak knocker. "Standing in front of a door at the end of the corridor, Penello stopped.

"If you want to enter the lounge, you only need to knock on the door gently, and the hawk-beak knocker will ask you a question. If you can answer it correctly, you can enter the Ravenclaw lounge. How about, who Want to try it”

Unlike the freshmen who were still hesitating, Hermione was the first to raise her little hand. The girl could not wait.

"Very well. Come over here, Hermione. The questions asked by the knocker aren't difficult, but they might be a bit mind-numbing, like those Muggle brain teasers."

Hermione nodded slightly, then stretched out her hand and knocked on the door in front of her.

"Why do people go to bed?" An ethereal voice came to mind from the mouth of the eagle-mouthed door knocker.

why people sleep

What's the problem?

Hermione's little face suddenly wrinkled, and she understood that this problem definitely could not be explained by the Muggle world's set of scientific theories.

So what is the answer?

Do you want to guess? I will send out the answer tomorrow.

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"Come back to your senses." Penello's voice brought the girl back to reality.

"What were you thinking about just now? You were so lost in thought that I called you several times but you didn't answer. I must remind you that every morning when the owl is delivering the letter, you can't be as dazed as you were just now. Otherwise, you might end up like that. A few guys suffered the same fate."

Senior Sister Penello said this as she looked at a few unlucky guys who were hit on the head by packages, or had their robes hit by splashes of porridge or jam.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Senior Penello, I was distracted just now. I'm still thinking about what happened yesterday, that door knocker."

"Anla, your performance yesterday was already great. You know, when I first entered school, I couldn't answer the door knocker question. At that time, I had to stand outside the door of the lounge every day, waiting for others. Go back to the break room, or someone happens to come out of it.”

"I can only say that I was lucky to be able to answer yesterday. Why did the door knocker ask such a strange question?"

"Well, according to my understanding, door knockers always make us think about problems from a different perspective, which prevents us from becoming nerds who only know how to read."

What Ravenclaw appreciates is wisdom, the thirst for knowledge, and the extraordinary creativity that results from it.

Especially creativity, which is what Hermione in the original book lacks. Although she has memorized every book and memorized how to release every spell, many times she will get into trouble and not know what to use. Mantras to solve problems in confusion.

Ravenclaw did not share this wisdom.

"Stop talking about this, I suggest you eat something more in the morning. You will go to the underground classroom for class soon."

"Thank you, Penello-senpai. Why do you have to take care of me like this?"

"Because I admire your thirst for knowledge, Hermione, and also your inquiring spirit. This is a quality that a qualified Ravenclaw needs to possess."

"Okay, Hermione, don't think about this. Look over there. Your little boyfriend is coming this way." Seeing Andros walking this way, Penello raised the corners of his mouth and joked with a smile. road.

She found that she particularly enjoyed teasing Hermione, and she felt extremely happy every time she saw the latter's cheeks turning red with embarrassment.

"Yeah, he's not my little boyfriend. We just have a good relationship." Hermione's face suddenly turned red.

"How were you yesterday, Hermione?" Andros walked over and was very surprised to find that Hermione's face was as red as a big red apple.

This made him a little confused again.

Why is Hermione's face so red?

Obviously it was fine just now