Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 17 Ghosts and Spirit World Creatures

The dinner is still going on, and the ghosts of Hogwarts are joining the party. They keep popping up in front of new students, trying to scare them.

A ghost with a wheel-shaped wrinkled collar floated in front of Harley. He watched Harley cut the steak and said sadly: "It looks really good."

"Are you spiritual creatures?" Harley looked at the pearly white, translucent ghost in front of her and asked subconsciously.

"Spiritual creatures? What is it? Is it what Muggles call us?" The ghost frowned, and then introduced himself,

"I am the Ghost, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, the resident ghost of Gryffindor Tower.

You may just call me Sir Nicholas. "As he said that, Ghost adjusted his collar.

Harry also remembered at this time that while waiting in the small room before sorting, it seemed that a new student had indeed shouted the word "ghost".

However, she closed her eyes and rested her mind at that time, and did not pay too much attention to the sounds from the outside world.

Harry suddenly became interested in ghosts, put down the knife and fork in his hand, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and started talking to Sir Nicholas:

"Dear Sir Nicholas, may I ask you a few questions?"

"Of course!" Sir Nicholas replied happily, "Child, you can ask whatever you want! As long as I know something, I can tell you!

You are such a lovely little wizard. Other little wizards would only call me Nick or my nicknames, and they didn't like chatting with me. "

"That's really unfortunate." Harry lamented casually, took out his notebook and Muggle pen, and then began to ask questions,

"Sir Nicholas, how did you become a spirit...'ghost'?"

"Oh, this is a long topic." Nick seemed to want to have a long talk, starting from his own birth.

However, Harry stopped the topic quickly: "Sir Nicholas, I think the dinner is not long enough. If the topic is too long, we will have to discuss it at another time."

Nick seemed disappointed, but he could only choose to keep the story short: "Okay, let me get straight to the point. Wizards can leave a mark on this world.

And when they die, if they are afraid of death, they can choose to become ghosts and continue to walk in the places where they once lived and left their mark.

If you choose to become a ghost in this way, you can only live as a ghost forever and cannot continue on the journey after death.

Of course, if a person dies abnormally and still has very strong emotions, especially resentment, before death, it may also form a ghost.

And they still have the opportunity to choose to continue, but they need to meet certain opportunities. "

"What is the opportunity?" Harley quickly took notes and asked a new question.

"I don't know." Nick shook his head. "Not many people have explored this issue. After all, there are too few such ghosts."

Harley nodded thoughtfully, and after learning a lot more information, she ended the conversation and expressed her gratitude to Nick.

By this time, the dinner had come to an end, and all the staple food and desserts on the table had disappeared.

Professor Dumbledore stood up, put forward a few points of attention, and asked everyone to sing the school song together before going to bed.

However, the singing is really indescribable, and it is still two ocean singers away from Yard Hat.

The fifth-year prefects began to take the freshmen back to their dormitories in their colleges.

The entrance to Gryffindor's dormitory is located in a corridor on the eighth floor. There is a portrait in the corridor, which shows a very rich woman in pink.

According to Prefect Percy, the entrance to Gryffindor Tower is behind this portrait, and the "Fat Lady" on the portrait is the Gryffindor guard.

Only by speaking the correct password to the Fat Lady can you enter Gryffindor Tower.

After entering the Gryffindor Tower, you will find the Gryffindor common room. Students who usually study in Gryffindor can choose to study here.

After a brief introduction, Percy guided the girls into a door, which was the girls' dormitory.

But Percy didn't follow, just stood outside the door. The rest of the work was done by the previously insignificant female prefect.

She held a roll of parchment and pointed out their beds to the new students.

Harry shared a dormitory with the very arrogant Hermione who impressed him so much on the train. They also shared a dormitory with Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown.

Harley's luggage was already on the bedside. After the roommates briefly introduced themselves, Harley quickly arranged the bedding and set up the tent.

After washing up, Harry ignored Hermione who was still chattering, quickly lay down on the bed, and performed a simple tranquility ritual to isolate Hermione's voice.

It was getting late, and Harley was lying on the bed, thinking about what she had seen and heard today, especially the ghosts.

After all, ghosts exist in an almost spiritual form, but they cannot interfere with reality, which is slightly different from spiritual bodies.

Does this prove that there is also a spiritual world or a place similar to the spiritual world in this world?

Harley was very curious now and wanted to perform a small ritual to let her spirit body directly enter the spirit world.

But Harley is not so reckless. With Harley's current strength, she didn't dare to enter directly.

If the spiritual world of this world is as dangerous as the spiritual world of the sequence path world, then Harley may be obliterated by a behemoth at any time after entering.

Forcibly suppressing her inner curiosity, Harley chose to go to bed quickly, so as not to start a ritual because she couldn't stop her curiosity.

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In the principal's office, the Sorting Hat was forcing the principal to have an awkward chat.

"Albus, that little girl Harley is so interesting." The Sorting Hat was saying enthusiastically,

"It's been a long time since I've seen someone who can fit into three academies at the same time. The last one was more than ten years ago."

"Indeed," Dumbledore looked at the "Transfiguration Today" in his hand without raising his head, "That is a child with extraordinary talents, isn't he?

And there are many secrets hidden in him. But I guess she doesn't even know the secrets she carries. "

"Yes, he is indeed a good boy. It would be better if you don't dislike me so much." At this point, the Sorting Hat simulated sobbing.

"I originally wanted to put that child in Slytherin House, after all, that child is more suitable for Slytherin.

But you insisted that I put her in Gryffindor. "

Speaking of this, there was even a hint of resentment in the Sorting Hat's voice.

"It's not my fault, old man." Dumbledore turned a page of "Transfiguration Today" and replied casually,

“That kid said something to me when I picked her up that really stuck with me.

If I'm not mistaken, the fact that the child described refers to some of Tom's qualities possessing her.

Now those qualities are destroyed for some unknown reason, or they are merged with Harley.

So now she has mastered a lot of special magic, and they are all somewhat evil in nature, leaning towards black magic.

I had to make sure that Hallie was in an environment full of courage and love and that the child would grow up healthy.

This is my obligation as the principal, and it is also my duty as an elder to atone for the mistakes I have made.

It was my mistake in the beginning, and I decided to hire the wrong person, which resulted in the death of Harley's parents. "

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