The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

In addition to the main structure of Hogwarts Castle, there are several additional towers.

Gryffindor Tower, with the Gryffindor Common Room on the top floor;

Ravenclaw Tower, the top floor is also the Ravenclaw Common Room;

The Astronomy Tower, the tallest tower in Hogwarts. It is the gathering point for late-night stargazing once a week, but Professor Sinistra's office does not seem to be there;

The North Tower is said to be where Professor Trelawney of Divination teaches and works. Divination sometimes also requires the combination of astronomical phenomena. Although it is only an elective course, it occupies a tower alone.

The top floor of the West Tower is a shed for Hogwarts students to rest their owls, although there are also many owls raised by Hogwarts faculty and staff. In order to facilitate the owls to enter and exit, and to fly and relax when necessary, the owl shed has no windows, and cold wind often flows in, mixed with the smell of owl droppings. In fact, it is not a place that students like.

Because owls are the most spiritual and magical animals that are closest to wizards, Hogwarts does not force students to send their owls here. This is a great thing for Gryffindor and Ravenclaw students, because their common rooms are in the tower, so it is easy to let their owls go for a walk.

But it is not so convenient for Slytherin and Hufflepuff students to keep owls in school. After all, their common rooms are underground, and most owls yearn for the sky.

After spending only half an hour in Professor Flitwick's office, Sun Zhu left with full confidence.

The permanent sticking spell was not difficult after all. With Professor Flitwick's personal guidance, she believed that after practicing a few more times, it would be easy to stick the "sunglasses" on the basilisk's head.

Cedric was leaning against the corridor not far away, quietly waiting for her. Of course, he also had the gray forest owl Jerry in his hand.

Seeing her coming, he waved at her gently: "I called Jerry over, but I don't know if Professor Scamander is there now."

Sun Zhu touched Jerry's little head and asked in a low voice: "Did you see a person with short brown curly hair in the Owl Shed?"

"He just fed me a lot of delicious food! But there are too many annoying ugly birds fighting for it, humph."

Sun Zhu smiled with satisfaction and said to Cedric, "Let's go. We are lucky. Professor Scamander is here."

Cedric followed her and looked at his owl, which seemed to be hooting in dissatisfaction, strangely: "I almost forgot, you can understand their speech, right?"

"Yes, but so far few people have taken it seriously."

But not Newt, she thought.

“This is a really interesting ability.”

"Don't you think this is strange? Being able to understand animal speech and stuff... There is a type of wizard with a mysterious bloodline who can understand snake speech, but it is considered ominous by some people."

"Some people feel uneasy because others have abilities that they cannot imagine. In order to eliminate this uneasiness, they can only tell themselves that those are bad abilities." Cedric stepped on the narrow spiral steps step by step and whispered, "People who are confident or smart enough will not make such a mistake."

"Can I understand that Seide-san is bragging? Although he's not wrong."

"No, I didn't mean that," he denied.

Sun Zhu walked to the last step and stopped. Cedric followed closely behind her and stood just behind her. He lowered his head slightly and looked at the top of her head: "I just believe that no matter what ability you have, it won't be a bad thing. You are a Hufflepuff, you have principles and self-control, you won't use it to hurt others, and you have enough wisdom and ability to not let it hurt yourself."

Sun Zhu raised his head, reached out and touched his lips, freezing him in place.

"In Sayid's words, I am omnipotent. Even the principal is not as powerful as me?"

"Ahem..." He lowered his eyelashes unnaturally: "I don't know how powerful Zhu is, but if he wants to deal with me, it must be enough."

There was a loud sneeze not far away. Newt came over, rubbing his nose. He looked at them both apologetically and said, "The smell here is really not very good, right?"

Sun Zhu smiled widely, took two quick steps to him, and gave him a big bear hug like Karina did: "Newt, I finally see you again!"

Newt smiled and patted her on the back: "I missed you too, my friend from the mysterious East."

Sun Zhu tilted his head in confusion: "What does this mean? Although I am of Chinese descent, I have long been a British citizen."

"But the Chinese mark on you is indelible." Newt smiled and looked at Cedric beside him, "I know you, you are Mr. Diggory's son, right?"

Cedric nodded shyly: "I have always admired your talent and character, and today I finally get to meet you in person."

Sun Zhu couldn't help laughing and said, "Yes, he has been looking forward to meeting you for a long time. Newt, you know you are the pride of all of us in Hufflepuff. Whenever someone says, 'Hufflepuffs are good-for-nothings, idiots, and passers-by,' we will use you to refute them!"

Newt put his arm around their shoulders and walked towards the stairs. "I'd be embarrassed if I did that. But let's not stand here in the cold wind for now."

He waved his wand and cast a few silent spells. Sun Zhu felt the surroundings warm up immediately, and the faint smell of owl excrement disappeared. The most amazing thing was that she and Cedric had climbed the spiral staircase for almost five minutes, but under Newt's guidance, they only walked through it in two or three steps.

"Is this... a teleportation taking us?" Sun Zhu looked at the soles of his feet, somewhat unresponsive.

"I just shortened the length of the stairs temporarily. This trick can't be used in Hogwarts." Newt laughed. "I have only used Apparition to move someone who hadn't learned Apparition. He was an old friend of mine, a No-Maj. Oh, that's what we often call Muggles, but when I was in Ilvermorny last year, they forced me to change my name."

It's Jacob! Sun Zhu cheered a little in his heart.

"Do you want to learn?" Newt looked at the two little badgers' sparkling eyes and smiled, "If you do, then grow up well. When you reach my age, you will know everything."

Sun Zhu glanced at Cedric, then nodded with certainty: "Yes, we will also master these powerful spells in the future!"

Newt continued to lead them to his office, while Sun Zhu looked around to see if there were any of the small animals that Cedric mentioned he had brought, but unfortunately he didn't see anything.

"But I have a question for you." She suddenly said, "Why did the principal suddenly invite you to teach here? After all, you have already..."

“Almost a hundred years old?” Newt turned around and laughed heartily. “That does sound old, doesn’t it?”