Harry Potter: The Age of Magic

Chapter 329 Branching

Author: Sissi who listens to stories

Chapter 329 Branching

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"It seems that Peter Pettigrew got in touch with Voldemort, three years earlier than in the original book. Is it because of the butterfly effect caused by my appearance?"

Looking at the clearly displayed clues behind "Mission Two: Destroy Voldemort's Conspiracy", Rossi silently made a judgment.

At this moment, the door of the box was opened from the outside.

The leader is Draco Malfoy, who is thin, has slightly lighter blond hair, and has pale facial skin.

His big and alert eyes swept across the box. He was startled for a moment, and then said: "Professor Rossi, are you here too?"

With a slight "hmm", Rossi asked in a calm voice: "Isn't your carriage at the other end? Draco, what are you doing here?"

"The whole train was talking about Harry Potter being in this box, so I came to meet him."

As if he learned the way of speaking from his father, Draco drawled his voice and looked at Harry, "So, it's you, right?"

"Yes." Harry's answer was simple and his tone was a little cold, as if he didn't really want to talk to him.

"This is Crabbe, this is Goyle."

He introduced him casually, then straightened his robes and said solemnly, "My name is Malfoy, Draco Malfoy."

When Draco said his name, Ron, who thought his name and way of speaking were ridiculous, suppressed a laugh and coughed, catching his attention.

"You..." As soon as he uttered the word, he suddenly remembered that there was a professor sitting in the box, so he changed his words temporarily, "You are one of the many children of the Weasley family, right?"

The right corner of his mouth raised slightly, and he continued: "My father once said that although the Weasley family is not in a good financial situation, they are very determined to contribute to the growth of the bottom population of the wizarding world."

Hearing this, Ron looked a little confused, while Harry's eyes looking at Draco became even more alienated.

Is this silly kid confused as to why Draco praised their family?

Seeing Ron's incomprehensible expression, Rossi couldn't help but sigh, and turned to look at Draco:

"Draco, if you have nothing serious to do, you can go back to the box and rest."

"Well! I have business."

In response, Draco stretched out his right hand towards Harry, "Harry, this is not the first time we have met. With such a fate, I think we can become friends."

Harry had no intention of reaching out and only said coldly:

"I think I know better than you what kind of people are more worthy of being friends with."

Draco's face instantly turned red after being rejected. He glanced at Rosie next to him and retracted his hand with a sneer:

"Potter, after you are sorted and you understand the wizarding world better, you will know who the real friends are worth keeping."

With that said, he turned around and left with his two followers.

"Tch! No matter which house you are assigned to, you wouldn't want to be friends with someone from the Malfoy family who might turn to Death Eaters, right?"

Ron looked at Harry expectantly.

"Of course." Harry nodded, "And I will definitely not be assigned to the same house as him. I remember he said that he would go to Slytherin."

"You don't want to go to Slytherin either?"

Ron's eyes suddenly looked like he was looking at his confidant, "Me too, actually I want to go to Gryffindor. My parents and two of my brothers graduated from there."

"What did your brother do after graduation?" Harry, who knew little about the wizarding world, wanted to know what wizards could do after graduation.

"Charlie is studying fire dragons in Romania, and Bill is working for Gringotts in Africa."

Speaking of this, Ron suddenly remembered something and lowered his voice and said, "Did you know that someone sneaked into the underground vault of Gringotts, but didn't take anything away. Although the goblins in Gringotts said afterwards that it was the underground vault.

The precautions were so tight that the man couldn't do anything. But my father said that the man actually didn't find what he wanted there."

"Clues found: Gringotts vault infiltrated."

Hearing the sound of the system, Rosie was in a daze. In the original book, Quirrell sneaked into Gringotts after Harry went to Diagon Alley to buy things. Therefore, in order to find traces of him, she specially visited Gringotts in those days.

I crouched outside and kept watch, but I didn't find the other party.

She had thought that he would not care as he was wanted by the Ministry of Magic, but she did not expect to hear the news from Ron again at this time.

"Oh! If I had known better, I wouldn't have gone shopping to buy clothes. I would have stayed with him for a few more days!" Rossi couldn't help but feel annoyed.

Nothing much happened on the rest of the way.

It was not until around seven o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was gradually setting, that the Hogwarts Express finally arrived at Hogsmeade Station.

Instead of rushing to squeeze in with the students, Rossi got out of the car slowly after everyone left.

"Come here, first-year students!"

Hagrid's unique loud voice was calling. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw Harry and others following him along the flow of people. The direction they were traveling was towards the Black Lake.

Turning his eyes back, Rossi followed the senior students to the outside of the station, and then took the Thestral carriage towards the castle on the top of the cliff in the north.

Because of the large number of students, the carriage did not pull her to the courtyard, but stopped outside the castle.

Go up the stone steps, pass through the oak door, and enter the spacious and deep foyer.

McGonagall, Snape, Flitwick, and Pomona stood at the bottom of the marble stairs, arranging for the returning students of their respective colleges to enter the auditorium.

"Good evening, Professor Rossi."

Seeing her coming in, Mag said in a gentle tone, "You can go and sit at the guest of honor seat. The principal is already there."

Rosie, who was tired from traveling and traveling, naturally took good care of herself and said hello to several professors. She walked into the auditorium and came to Dumbledore's side.

"Would you like some sizzling bees?" Dumbledore handed her a jar of candies directly.

Rossi immediately shook his head and refused: "Professor, if you eat too much sugar, you will age easily."

Hearing this, Dumbledore laughed: "Look, I don't have to worry about this anymore."

"Well...but you are still a little girl, so you do need to take care of yourself."

Judging from your age, I am indeed just a little girl.

Muttering in his mind, Rossi bowed and saluted: "Professor Dumbledore, thank you for hiring me as a professor at Hogwarts."

Although she had been to Hogwarts some time ago to look for Grace, she had not met Dumbledore in person, so she had not had the opportunity to say her thanks until now.

Dumbledore smiled and replied: "No, I should be the one thanking you for your willingness to come to Hogwarts to teach."

After chatting for a while, Rossi glanced at the many students in the auditorium and the professors sitting around, and a bold idea suddenly flashed in his mind.

She took a deep breath, activated the temporary skill - Occlumency, and whispered:

"By the way, Professor Dumbledore, I once heard a revenant say that before the four founders of Hogwarts arrived at this castle, this castle was inhabited by many magical creatures, including centaurs.

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"Well, that's true." Dumbledore said with a smile on his face.

"Then do you know that the centaurs left a magic book in the castle before they were expelled?" Rossi asked again.

"The magic book left by the centaur?" Dumbledore's eyes flashed with suspicion, "I don't know about that."

Looking at the freshmen lining up and walking in one by one, Rossi hesitated for a few seconds and then said: "I heard from the dead soul that it is a book called a script collection. It is very powerful, but it is easy to backfire."

Pretending not to see the solemn flash in Dumbledore's eyes, she asked with a very interested expression:

"I don't know if this is true. If it is true, if I find it, Professor Dumbledore, can you let me use it for a while?"

At the same time, the Sorting Hat began to sing a song.

"Of course, if you find it."

Hearing this, Rossi nodded as if he had achieved his goal, then left McGonagall's seat and sat back in the empty seat next to Snape.

At this moment, Professor McGonagall walked forward with a roll of parchment, pointed to the stool in front of her and said:

"Whoever's name I call puts on his hat and sits down to wait for the sorting."

After pausing for a moment to make sure that the new student heard this sentence clearly, she finally called out the first name:

"Hannah Abbott!"

(End of chapter)