Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

The roar of the whistle gradually covered up the noise on the platform and in the carriage, and the slowly moving train headed towards an unplottable location.

Andre took advantage of the fact that most people were still chatting in the aisle and found an empty cubicle.

Lifting the slightly heavy box and placing it on the luggage rack above the seat, he could finally sit down and rest for a while.

To be honest, whether I was catching a train in China in my previous life or looking for platform nine and three-quarters at King's Station in London, it was not a comfortable experience.

Especially now that he is only an 11-year-old child who has not yet fully developed. Even thanks to the excellent genes of the parents he has never met in this life, he is already five feet and six inches tall. (about 1.7 meters)

He took out the wand he bought from Ollivander two months ago from the inner pocket of his coat, and Andre gently rubbed the smooth body of the wand.

An ebony wand, thirteen and a quarter inches, this jet-black wand wood has an impressive appearance and reputation, making it ideal for all forms of magic and transformation. technique.

The wand core is made from the tail feathers of the thunderbird. Although wands using this core are difficult to master, they are usually very powerful and are highly valued by shapeshifters.

According to Ollivander, this wand is his only wand with a thunderbird tail feather as the core.

This powerful magical animal native to North America is rarely seen in Europe, so generally speaking, only American wandmakers like to use it.Ollivander got this tail feather from Newt Scamander many years ago.

Speaking of which, Andre was still shocked when he received the admission notice from Hogwarts two months ago. He always thought that he was traveling through London in 1991, but he didn't expect that it was actually the mysterious magical world. .

But there's nothing bad about it, at least he no longer has to struggle to survive in the gangs of East London, and pursuing the mysterious magic is also his childhood dream.

In fact, Andrei traveled to this world for only half a year. He was formerly a Belarusian orphan. When he was young, he followed his brother from the Soviet Union to London and joined the local Slavic gang. Unfortunately, his brother died one year ago. Died in a fight before.

Andre, who was only ten years old at the time, also had to do some petty theft under the arrangement of the gang to maintain his survival.

But a flu half a year ago prevented this unfortunate child from getting through it. It was at that time that Andre traveled through time.

Andre, who went to college in China in his previous life, had never tried this kind of life at the bottom of society. He spent a lot of time looking for opportunities to escape from this environment.

But before he succeeded, he received the admission notice from Hogwarts. Maybe this was fate.

After getting the notice, Andre basically spent the remaining two months in the Leaky Cauldron pub in London.

With his height of [-] feet [-], he successfully found a job in the wizarding world where ID cards were not checked - as a night waiter at the Leaky Cauldron.

Old Tom gave him a salary of twenty gold galleons a month, which to be honest was not even as high as Dumbledore's salary to Dobby, although the house elf only accepted a weekly salary of one galleons.

However, for a newcomer to the magic world with an unknown identity and basically zero spellcasting ability, the low salary is undoubtedly the only advantage that can impress Old Tom.

Fortunately, the Leaky Cauldron provides food and accommodation, and Hogwarts does not require tuition. For orphan students like Andre, there is even a subsidy to help them purchase the books and equipment they need for admission.

So Andre has saved forty gold galleons. This amount of money is already a huge amount of money compared to most young wizards. After all, except for the rich second generation like Malfoy, there are very few young wizards. Wizards have so much pocket money.

Although most of the two months were spent working at the Leaky Cauldron, Andre still took advantage of his free time during the day to preview all the first-grade textbooks.

Of course, he didn't memorize all the textbooks like Hermione did.Just remember most of the key contents and make a complete plan for the next year of study based on your own understanding.

Many of these are his conjectures about magic theory, and the answers must be obtained through a lot of research and study.

By the way, Andre's talent in transfiguration is indeed extraordinary, just as Mr. Ollivander said about his wand.

"Did you see a toad? Neville lost his toad." While Andre was still deep in thought, a crisp female voice sounded, and the compartment door was opened.

The person who asked the question was a little girl wearing a brand-new Hogwarts robe. She had thick and curly long brown hair, which made her look a bit cute, but her defiant tone always made the person being questioned a little bit. uncomfortable.

Another little boy with a round face stood beside her. From his nervous expression and the glint of light in the corners of his eyes, he could tell that this boy was the Neville who had lost his toad.

There is no doubt that the person who appears in front of Andre at this moment is the absolute heroine who runs through the entire Hermione and Her Useless Men series - Miss Hermione Granger.

Andre shook his head: "Sorry, I didn't see it. You can look elsewhere."

Before meeting Hermione, Andre actually knew that he would be at the same level as her.Although he had long forgotten the details of what year the trio entered school, he had heard that the famous Mr. Harry Potter had returned to the wizarding world when he was in the Leaky Cauldron.

Unfortunately, because he was a night shift waiter, he never had the chance to meet her.

In fact, when Andre was a teenager in his previous life, he was crazy about the Harry Potter series. He dreamed that one day he would receive an admission letter from Hogwarts, so he even bought the entire Harry Potter series. I have read this novel countless times.I just didn’t expect that this wish would actually come true after traveling through time.

"Okay," Hermione glanced at the wand Andre was playing with, but she suddenly became interested. She sat down and asked a series of questions: "Are you a senior student? Are you casting Is it magic? Can it open our eyes?"

"Actually, I'm a first-year freshman. I'm just a little taller." Andre was not angry. He knew Hermione's character very well. This little girl didn't have any bad intentions, she just had a natural desire to express herself.

Hermione's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Really? I thought you were a senior student. Well, I mean if you are the same age as us, you are indeed a bit too high. Are you trying some spell? I I've tried a few simple spells at home, just for practice, and they all work. My parents don't know much about magic, so when I got my acceptance letter, I was stunned and of course extremely happy. You know, this is the best magic school. By the way, I have memorized all the textbooks, I hope this can be used - my name is Hermione Granger, by the way, what is your name?"

The little girl's little mouth that kept opening and closing made Andrei a little funny, and he answered: "Andrei, Andrei Jovanovich Ivanov."

"Are you a Soviet?" Hermione asked curiously upon hearing Andre's distinctive name: "I thought Hogwarts only admitted British students."

"I think Hogwarts' admissions targets have only been determined, and are not limited to nationalities." Andre nodded, indicating that he was indeed from the Soviet Union, and then waved his wand, turning the table in front of him into a Became a yellow cat.

The orange cat jumped up from the ground and got into Hermione's arms.

Hermione looked astonished. She hugged the cat, who bore a striking resemblance to her future pet Crookshanks, and asked, "How did you do that, I mean how did you turn the table into a cat? I also tried transfiguration when I was at home, but it was very difficult. Are you from a wizarding family?"

"No, like you, my family doesn't know magic. I just practiced it for a while during the holidays." Andre said with a smile.

"Really?" At this time, Hermione didn't understand how amazing it was for a first-year freshman to be able to perform animal transformation so easily, so she just responded slightly cheerfully: "By the way, you Do you know which house you will be sorted into? I hope it is Gryffindor. They say that is the best house. I heard that Dumbledore graduated from there. Of course, Ravenclaw is also good."

Just as she was talking, Hermione suddenly noticed Neville who had been standing uneasily at the door. Then she remembered her original goal, put down the cat in her arms, stood up and said, "By the way, I think I still need to help." Neville is looking for his toad."

Andre watched the two of them walk out, released the transformation spell from the orange cat on the ground, and returned it to the table in the box.

The difficulty of transfiguration actually ultimately depends on the wizard's spatial imagination.

First, the wizard must construct the transformed object or creature in his mind. The more detailed the construction, the easier it will be to complete the transformation.Secondly, you must know enough about the object being transformed, at least you must know whether to turn the head into a head or the butt into a head when casting the spell.After completing these two steps, wave the magic wand and firmly believe in the transformation, "Bang!" The magic will appear.

It doesn't sound difficult, but most little wizards don't have this ability.Even many adult wizards have a headache when performing transformation spells. They prefer to use magic that can be released by chanting a spell and waving a wand, and stay away from transformation spells that do not require magic spells.

It just so happened that Andre was a student at the School of Architecture and Design in his previous life. His years of drawing career gave him a strong spatial imagination, which undoubtedly gave him a great advantage in the art of transformation.At the very least, there would be no problem sweeping through the first-year students.

"The train will arrive at Hogwarts in 5 minutes. Please leave your luggage on the car and we will take you to school." The notification sounded in all the carriages, and Andre hurriedly removed the luggage from the suitcase. I took out my robe and put it on, and waited for a while to get off the bus.