Hogwarts The Dark Arts Awakening

After the official start of the school year, the first trouble that freshmen have to deal with when they take classes at Hogwarts is how to find the corresponding classroom.

There are a total of 140 staircases in the castle, some are wide, some are narrow, and they change their positions and link targets from time to time.

The most troublesome thing is that some of the stairs have hidden mechanisms.These special steps may disappear suddenly, or they may act like traps and stick to those who step on them.

In addition, the doors inside the castle are not easy to deal with. They are equipped with a variety of magic and mechanisms.

Some require corresponding passwords to open; others require tapping the correct location; some are so hidden that it is difficult to find them.

New students must memorize the relevant information about the main stairs and portals in the castle as soon as possible. Otherwise, they will have to follow others every day, and they have to worry about accidentally falling behind.

Frankly, this is not an easy task.

Because there is a lack of stable reference objects inside the castle, not to mention the automatic moving stairs that move from time to time, even the portraits, sculptures and armors are unreliable.

The people in the portraits often visit each other, and sometimes exchange picture frames as 'residences'; the statues and armors sometimes move around.

Relying on the mini-map provided by the system, Jerry saved himself the trouble of finding the way.He has now basically mastered the layout of Hogwarts Castle and can easily plan his travel route.

Whether it is a moving staircase or a mechanism portal, they are all clearly marked on the mini-map.If there is anything missing, it is that the system does not directly mark the hidden secret passages and special rooms, and the host needs to explore them by themselves.

'Once I get the Marauder's Map, I won't be able to hide the movements of people in Hogwarts Castle. 'Jerry thought about this secretly. He had planned to do this before, but he was too busy with trivial matters during this time to implement it.

He has secretly placed a considerable number of [Little Spiders] in secluded corners and hidden places in Hogwarts Castle, especially near the Gryffindor lounge, where he has posted many sentries.

When the time is right, Jerry will hit the Weasley twins and make them understand the 'reason' that students should not sneak out at night.

As for now?

Jerry had to continue to disguise himself, and he backed away from an escalator that led to a wrong road with an expressionless face.

Out of consideration for the current situation, Jerry did not intend to show that he was too familiar with the layout of Hogwarts Castle. There were enough doubts about him.

After going up and down, left and right, Jerry finally arrived at his destination - the classroom of the History of Magic class.

Since he had been reading alchemy books for a long time at noon and deliberately took a detour after setting off alone, he was almost the last student to arrive in the classroom.

Most of the first-year students in Slytherin and Ravenclaw have already chosen their desired positions in the classroom in advance.Most of them chose seats in the middle or at the back. The area in the front row facing the blackboard and the teacher was invariably vacated by the freshmen.

Of course, the situation is not so absolute.

One of this year's embarrassments, Ravenclaw's eaglet Hermione Granger, is sitting alone in this top 'student' area, which is most convenient for bathing in knowledge.

"Good afternoon, Hermione." Jerry greeted the growing academic master very naturally and sat next to her.

"Uh, hello to you, Jerry."

This time, Hermione's response was a little stiff. She was clearly nervous, and not even a little bit nervous.

Jerry knew what was going on, and of course it had nothing to do with the outrageous possibilities of being 'girly' or being tricked with Polyjuice Potion.

The reason why Hermione is so nervous is because she has had such a bad class experience this morning and has not been able to get over it yet.

While the first-year students of Gryffindor and Slytherin were leisurely enjoying their morning break from classes, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were having a hard time in the dungeon area.

Potions Professor Severus Snape was not an approachable and kind gentleman to begin with. He had been in a bad mood recently and was particularly gloomy and harsh during class.

As a result, Justin Finch-Fletchley and Zachary Smith accidentally caused accidents while preparing the potion, which aroused Snape's anger on the spot, causing 'venom' to flow everywhere.

In short, this first class after arriving at Hogwarts Castle left a very deep impression on the new students of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, and many children are still nervous.

There was still some time before class, so Jerry took out the Daily Prophet and continued reading.Last time, he only read the headlines reporting on himself, and there were still a lot of bits and pieces that he didn't read, which he could use to pass the time.

It is a matter of course that there is still no sequel to the murder case in Gaunt's old house. Jerry is sure that he has dealt with the 'murderer'; but Professor Snow of Ilvermorny complained to the British Minister of Magic Fudge. The speculation started again, and the words were quite fierce.

Someone reported that a student at the African magic school Wagado violated the International Statute of Secrecy. The person involved insisted that he did not use a wand at the time, but just waved his hand unintentionally; the ministries of magic of many Eastern European countries collaborated to investigate the case at the Russian magic school Kodo. Storiz held a large-scale Quidditch competition, and the players needed to ride on big trees to compete...

Time just slipped away while Jerry was reading newspapers.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, it was time for class, and the bell rang as scheduled.

Under the watchful eyes of all the first-year students in Slytherin and Ravenclaw, Professor Binns appeared on the stage: he walked across the blackboard silently and performed a great show of turning into a ghost for everyone present.

Frankly speaking, this is almost one of the most exciting moments in the History of Magic course: the new students are in the best learning state at the beginning of the semester, and still have all kinds of fantasies about this course; the ghost professor, who is gray and translucent, It can also arouse students' curiosity.

All the students except Jerry had wonderful reverie because of this unusual scene - the History of Magic course might be very interesting.

Soon, Professor Binns shattered the students' unrealistic delusions with practical actions, just like he had done in the past thousands of years.

"My course is the History of Magic. Just call me Professor Binns." The ancient ghost raised his head and simply introduced himself.

Professor Binns' voice was very cold, as if he had no emotion, and was as calm as stagnant water, which gave some sensitive students a bad premonition.

What happened next confirmed their suspicions.

Professor Binns opened his notebook and read in a dry, low monotone, reciting ancient events that had long since faded.

The content of his narrative is extremely concise, with no exaggerated metaphors or interesting supplements. He just lays out the time, place, characters and processes corresponding to the major events in order.

Even the establishment of Hogwarts, an event so important and highly relevant to everyone, was described by Professor Binns like a towel that had been wrung dry, and its appeal was gone.

There was no passion in the whole teaching process. The sleepiness spread quickly like wings. The monotonous voice of the ghost professor penetrated into the minds of students one after another through their ear holes, causing them to fall into semi-sleep one by one. state.

'Isn't this really magic?Modified version of the group that fainted? Jerry complained silently. Even he was affected by this move, and he couldn't help but feel tired.

Hermione, the top student, persisted, memorizing the names of people and places mentioned by the professor one stroke at a time.However, you can tell by looking at her appearance that she is starting to feel sleepy.

Jerry decided to do something, not only to change the atmosphere of this class, but also to pave the way for his plan.

With this thought in mind, Jerry raised his right hand in front of everyone.