demon hunter at hogwarts

When they heard the term "Traceless Stretching Spell", the two girls didn't have any special reaction.

It's no wonder that even wizarding families rarely mention this spell in front of their children.

But Cedric showed a strange look and said with some embarrassment: "Sir, but the Traceless Stretching Spell is..."

"...Illegal spells. That's right, Diggory." Regulus showed a sly smile, "So you won't report me to the Ministry of Magic, right?"

After several people hesitated for a moment, they shook their heads in unison.

"Okay, I'm going to sleep... No one is allowed to wake me up before arriving at Hogwarts, otherwise the consequences will be serious." Regulus suddenly straightened his face and said seriously.

After saying that, he cast an ear-blocking spell on himself and fell asleep.

Obviously Cedric and the others did not realize the effect of this spell. This was reflected in the fact that in order not to wake up Regulus, they tried their best to make eye contact along the way, and even if they had to speak, they spoke in whispers.

After sleeping until dark, when Regulus woke up, the train had arrived at the station and most of the students had gotten off the train. Only Cedric stayed in the carriage, trying to wake him up.

"Thank you, Mr. Diggory. We must hurry or we will miss the carriage."

The two of them ran all the way and caught up with the student team.

According to the school's tradition, new students have to take a boat across the Black Lake, then go through a tunnel and climb the stone steps before entering the Great Hall of Hogwarts.Others require a horse-drawn carriage ride.

It was the first time for the second-year students to ride the carriage. Most of them could not see the Thestrals pulling the carriage, so they were very novel and excited that the carriage could move on its own. Cedric was obviously very popular. He was pulled into the car by several of his friends.

In the distance, on a high hillside, the majestic Hogwarts Castle towers above, with its towering spiers pointing to the sky.

Regulus sat alone in the carriage, silently looking at the Thestral pulling the carriage.

In their generation, almost everyone could see them, but it was clear that parents who had experienced the dark times did not want their children to be exposed to those years again.

Soon the carriage drove through the rugged mountain road and arrived at the entrance of the castle.

The blazing torch casts mottled shadows on the stone wall, and the huge stone door opened to welcome its students, just like a thousand years ago.Thousands of candles floating in the air illuminated the magnificent auditorium, while stars twinkled on the enchanted ceiling.

Regulus passed through the chaotically seated students and went straight to the teacher's seat.

"Welcome, Arcturus." Dumbledore came forward. "I heard what happened on the train and I am so happy for these children."

"All qualified professors would do this." Regulus said noncommittally.

Following Dumbledore's guidance, Regulus took a seat at the teacher's seat and politely greeted Professor Aurora Sinistra on his left.

Thanks to the Black family's special habit of naming their offspring, Regulus has always been interested in astronomy.

Professor Sinistra did not find many abnormalities. In order to better observe the starry sky, her classes were basically arranged at night. The environment was also a dark astronomy tower, and there were not many opportunities to clearly see the faces of the students.

The position on the right is empty.

The students were seated, and the short Professor Flitwick took on the role of conductor, using his wand as a baton. The student choir each held their toads and opened the opening dinner with a strange spiritual song. the prologue.

Although he has attended the opening dinner six or seven times, sitting in the teacher's seat is a completely new and completely new feeling for Regulus.

Many of today’s colleagues are familiar faces from more than ten years ago, such as Professor McGonagall who is still serious, Professor Sprout who has a few extra patches on his wizard robe, and Professor Kettleburn who is missing half of his leg. .

Of course, there are also some young blood joining in, such as Sybill Trelawney who wears huge glasses and weird shawls.In Regulus's impression, she was a talkative Ravenclaw girl who was keen to tell everyone around her that something bad would happen next.

As for another acquaintance who was supposed to be here...

The answer was quickly revealed. The door to the auditorium opened. Snape, who looked like a big black bat, floated through the middle of the auditorium holding the Sorting Hat. The place he passed by was immediately silent.He walked quickly onto the stage and placed the Sorting Hat on the four-legged stool.

The Sorting Hat grinned and sang.

I can't compliment the tune, but Regulus admitted that it was quite fun to hear the Sorting Hat sing again.

But obviously, some people don't think so, such as Snape, who stood in front of the Sorting Hat with a pale face.It seems that he is very dissatisfied with the job of presiding over the branch.

As soon as the Sorting Hat finished singing, he said coldly to the new students: "Anyone who hears the name, come here and put on the hat. Do you understand?"

The freshmen were obviously frightened by him. Only a few of them whispered, "Understood." Most of them just nodded stiffly.

"Hans Allen!"

A round-faced boy came out tremblingly, and Snape casually placed the Sorting Hat on his head.

"Hufflepuffs!"

Cheers erupted from the first table on the right, Cedric welcomed Alan with a smile, and Tonks, whose pink hair was very conspicuous among the long Hufflepuff tables, was also clapping hard.

"Brendan Avery."

Snape's expression was unfathomable, and Avery moved onto the stage step by step, staring at the ground, seemingly unwilling to make eye contact with Snape.

It took the hat about a second to make a decision: "Slytherin!"

This time it was the people at the second table on the right who applauded collectively.

The sorting result was no surprise. Regulus was very familiar with the surname Avery.

As members of the 28th pure-blooded family, the Avery family strongly supports Voldemort's "career". Both generations of father and son are Death Eaters.

However, looking at Brendan Avery's appearance, he is obviously living a good life. It seems that his ancestors also escaped the crime through some means and escaped the fate of being thrown into Azkaban.

"Marcus Belby!"

A thin boy walked onto the stage with stiff steps.Under Snape's cold glare, he sat on the chair tremblingly.

It took the Sorting Hat about half a minute to sort him into Ravenclaw.

Next, Katie Bell became the first new student in Gryffindor, while John Caravallard was sorted into Hufflepuff.

"Autumn Zhang."

It didn't take long for the Sorting Hat to sort her into Ravenclaw.

At the Hufflepuff table, Cedric looked a little disappointed.

Marietta Acme was also sorted into Ravenclaw. She ran over and sat down with Qiu Zhang, whispering to each other.

As the freshmen were continuously sorted into their respective houses, the look of impatience on Snape's face became more and more intense. This sorting ceremony was simply a torment for him.

The remaining freshmen were infected by Snape's aura and became even more frightened. Even the pampered Cormac McLaggen kept whispering words to cheer himself up.

Finally, with Robbie Savage being assigned to Hufflepuff, there was only the last person left in the freshmen team. He was a tall boy with blond hair and always had a proud expression.

"Hyperion Yaxley!"

The boy walked onto the stage with his head held high, as if he was participating in an investiture ceremony.Before the Sorting Hat even touched his hair, he was screaming: "Slytherin!"

He seemed to have anticipated this outcome and walked straight to the Slytherin table.

Snape hurriedly rolled up the parchment, picked up the Sorting Hat and walked out of the Great Hall quickly.

Dumbledore knocked on the goblet in front of him, stood up, and looked at the students with a smile.

The auditorium suddenly became quiet.

"Welcome to Hogwarts, everyone, to start the new school year!" Dumbledore's voice was not loud, but everyone heard it softly. "But before the banquet begins, I am happy to announce to everyone that this year will Two new teachers have joined us to accompany us through the new semester."

"The first is Professor Charity Bubbaji. She is very willing to fill Professor Quirrell's vacancy and come to teach the next Muggle Studies class."

There was sparse applause in the Great Hall, mostly coming from the direction of Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, and Regulus noticed that no one on the Slytherin table was applauding at all.

Professor Bubaji was a gray-haired witch, but she still looked young. With a friendly smile on her face, she stood up and waved to the students in the audience.

"The second one is our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Everyone welcomes Professor Arcturus Reinhardt!"

When he heard his pseudonym being called, Regulus stood up and bowed slightly to the audience.

Compared to the previous indifferent response to Professor Bubbaji, the students' discussion of the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was much more lively.

"We have a new professor again. How long can he teach?"

"It's a pity that I only passed the OWLs exam and can't enter the advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts class."

"He looks very young! Can he take good classes?"

"I saw it with my own eyes. He subdued more than a dozen people on the train with just one spell! He also turned them all into frogs!"

"The new professor will turn into a frog!"

"The new professor is a frog!"

"..."

As if he couldn't bear to interrupt the students' increasingly irrelevant discussions, Dumbledore knocked on the goblet again and said with a smile: "I have nothing more to say, let the banquet begin!"

With his order, sumptuous food immediately appeared on the plate.

Regulus put some steaks and roast meat on his plate, and put aside the peppermint candies in disgust. He deeply suspected that there was only one person in this auditorium who liked these things and was using his power for personal gain openly.

Snape had returned to the seat to the right of Regulus, but did not move the knife and fork, staring directly at Regulus with his dark eyes.

"Long time no see..." Snape's thin lips twisted into a weird arc, "...Mr. Reinhardt. I'm curious, where have you been vacationing all these years?"

To others, this was just Snape's daily hostility to the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

The fake smile that had always been on Regulus' face also disappeared.

"Trust me, you won't like it."