The Ancient Wizards of Hogwarts

Under the leadership of Hagrid, the freshmen walked along the stone pavement and passed through an open iron door. There are no trees blocking the view, and the view suddenly opens up. You can clearly see the towering castle built on the mountain across the lake, brightly lit, with many turrets and spires!

"Wow!"

The crowd roared, and the freshmen who saw such a stunning scene for the first time in their lives were very excited.

Hagrid did not give the children time to admire the castle, and took them along the winding path down to the lake, where there was a simple wooden pier with dozens of small boats parked on the pier.

Hagrid shouted:

"Okay, kids, come over here."

"Remember, a boat can seat four people."

Under Hagrid's serious instructions, the future little wizards lined up and boarded the same boat with the friends they met on the train.

When Ash and the others arrived, they were the only ones left without boarding the ship.

But luckily there are still several empty ships, so there is no need to worry about being left at the dock.

Ash led Harley onto the ship, put away the wand, and let the light go out, because there was no need for additional lights for the rest of the journey.

Seeing Ash, who was at the end, and the four others boarding the ship, Hagrid, who was riding alone in a small boat, asked just to be on the safe side:

"Is everyone on board?"

After confirming that nothing was missing, Hagrid smiled and said loudly:

"Very well, kids, let's get going!"

At Hagrid's loud reminder, the boats docked at the dock began to automatically sail towards the castle on the other side of the lake.

The lake rippled around them, sparkling in the bright lights of the castle. But Harley was not in the mood to appreciate the beauty of the lake. Her eyes were attracted by the larger and more beautiful scenery - when she took the boat, the castle full of spiers and turrets fully demonstrated its majestic grandeur. , shocking!

"Will we dock there?" Hermione asked softly, pointing to the only building in the middle of the lake.

The building was right next to the castle, and she could even see the stone stairs leading up the cliff next to the building.

"That's the houseboat."

Ash said softly, "There is a road leading to the auditorium, but we won't necessarily dock there."

"Why?" Harley asked confused.

"Because there is more than one way to Hogwarts from here."

Ash pointed to a cliff completely shrouded in darkness on the right side of the houseboat and asked:

"What can you see?"

"A waterfall," Kassandra replied.

"right."

Ash nodded slightly and continued: "There is a secret waterway under the waterfall, which can lead to the underground harbor covered by ivy, and from there you can reach Hogwarts."

"You know so much." Hagrid turned around in surprise, but quickly said:

"But we won't be coming from the underground port, we'll be docking at the boathouse."

"Why?" Harley asked curiously.

Along the way, there were so many things that she had never been exposed to. She felt that Hogwarts should publish a book "One Hundred Thousand Whys" to prevent new wizards from being ignorant of everything here.

"Because there's an elevator installed there."

Hagrid explained: "There used to be a rugged mountain road there, the kind that was difficult to walk, and the new students would go to the auditorium from there. But a hundred years ago, the hero Black used magic to transform that road into an elevator. He could have gone directly to the Great Hall from there, but this move almost got him expelled from Hogwarts."

"Why?" Hermione asked confused.

Isn't this a good thing?

Hagrid shook his head and said:

"Because this destroys the tradition of Hogwarts, some people think that Muggle things will pollute Hogwarts. From then on, the admission of new students will no longer go through the underground port, but will start from the boathouse, from our It’s been like this for a generation.”

Harley asked puzzledly:

"But if they don't like it, why can't they just change it back?"

Hagrid didn't answer. He was organizing his thoughts and thinking about how to answer this question better.

But before that, Ash said softly:

"Because they reject all changes, no change in any aspect is acceptable. So when it becomes an established fact that the road is changed to an elevator, they will not try to change the elevator back to the original road, but will keep it as it is. "

"In fact, the environment in Hogwarts has been changed far more than this, but no one has ever tried to change them back. On the one hand, those arrangements are small details that are not worth mentioning, on the other hand That’s what I just said, they hate change.”

"Even if they don't like it?" Hermione asked confused.

Ash nodded slightly:

"Yes, even if they don't like it. All in all, most wizards are like this. They want everything around them to remain the same, and it is best to never change. For example, the teaching method of Hogwarts has been from the very beginning. It has never changed since one day. Although the textbooks are still updated, the last update was half a century ago."

"I don't understand," Harley muttered.

It sounds like wizards are old fogies.

She doesn't like this, why can't she accept new things?

Although magic is amazing, Muggles' technology is also very advanced! Why not combine the advantages of both?

They soon arrived at the boathouse, where dozens of boats nearly filled the water.

The little wizards, led by Hagrid, walked out of the boathouse and walked along the road paved with bluestones towards the stone staircase that wound upwards.

Hagrid shouted:

"Okay, kids, be careful!"

He was the first to step onto the stone stairs, making dull footsteps as he stepped on them.

Harry looked at the stairs that were at least dozens of meters high and complained softly:

"I hate stairs."

She will be exhausted after walking up such a long staircase!

Ash asked with a smile:

"Do you want me to carry you up?"

"No, just walk up there by yourself! Don't bother Ash all the time!"

Just as Harley was about to wave her hand to refuse, Cassandra angrily interrupted her speech, took her hand and followed the group.

Harley felt a little aggrieved:

"I didn't agree to it at first."

"Where's Hermione?" Ash looked at the brown-haired girl who was still slightly lost in thought.

Hermione shook her head shyly. Although she did not object to contact with Ash, it was still too intense for her.

And, it’s embarrassing.

Everyone else took the stairs, and she was the only one being held. She would definitely be laughed at!

Just as Harry thought, Hagrid didn't consider the physical strength of these children at all, and didn't even give them any rest time.

So by the time they walked up the entire flight of stairs, most of them were out of breath and dripping with sweat.

The same was true for Harley. If Cassandra hadn't supported her, she would have almost fallen to the ground from exhaustion.

Cassandra was actually not much better. There was sweat on her forehead, her legs were sore, and she even felt like she was spinning. But she still gritted her teeth and forced herself to stand up straight, so as to stand out among the freshmen who were bent over and gasping for air.