Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 55: Halloween

The relationship between the dormitories has improved in this way.

At least on the surface.

Matthew, Crabbe, Goyle, and Malfoy all began to address each other by their first names instead of their surnames as before.

At least in the eyes of "outsiders", they are all "friends" with a very harmonious relationship now.

During class, they would sit together; when Draco received the package from home, he would also share the candies and the like with Matthew; I will give them a few to "plagiarize"...

Of course, these are appearances.

Matthew could feel that these "friends" of his often trembled slightly when talking with him.

They are all afraid of themselves, and their behavior is more like "please" themselves.

Maybe they don't understand why this fear comes from... maybe it just comes from their subconscious.

And Matthew knows that this is mostly the influence of that book; how should I put it, it can be regarded as a positive influence.

Nor did he stop the relationship from developing.

At first, he was worried that if he had too much contact with these roommates, would he have another "sickness" like Theodore Knott did back then?

But it turned out that he was over-worrying, and the condition of several roommates has always been pretty good.

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Time flies!

When Matthew Wakefield realized that he had been at Hogwarts for two full months, he felt a little unbelievable.

But I have to say that the castle is becoming more and more like home every day. He never seemed to have this feeling in his previous residence on Wetton Road in Northampton.

Some of the most basic knowledge was gradually mastered by him, and he was able to try some slightly more complicated magic.

However, the weather throughout October has been continuous.

Sometimes it's a continuous drizzle, sometimes it's a torrential downpour, and it never stops anyway. Fortunately, for the first-year freshmen, they only need to leave the castle during the herbal medicine class... But even so, the herbal medicine class three times a week made them suffer a lot.

If Hogwarts were not on the Scottish Highlands, but in some low-lying areas, Matthew would even have to worry about flooding.

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On the eve of Halloween, when they came to the auditorium, they immediately smelled a tempting smell of roasted pumpkin.

And in the transformation class in the morning, Professor Troka announced that they could try to transform some animals. Very simple of course, like turning a mouse into a snuffbox.

Without a doubt, this is a very interesting class.

Although it was very difficult, even after class, there was an obvious mouse tail on the snuff box that Matthew conjured up.

The afternoon class was cancelled, and Matthew stayed in the library all afternoon, reading a few books related to transfiguration, thinking about the mistakes he made in the morning.

And at dinner time, when Matthew arrived at the auditorium—

He found that today there are lights and festoons, and candles are shining; the table is full of gold plates, just like at the opening banquet.

And when you walk into the auditorium, the scene inside is even more spectacular——

Thousands of bats flapped their wings on the ceiling and the walls, and some bats swooped down from time to time. A bat flew to Matthew, and Matthew stretched out his finger to touch it lightly, and it was directly reduced to a mass of ashes... These bats were all created by magic, not real.

And hundreds of jack-o'-lanterns with candles in their stomachs, all over the auditorium, replacing the previous candles, illuminating the entire auditorium.

There are also many orange banners with burning flames, surrounding those jack-o-lanterns.

There were also low, dark clouds hovering over the table, so that the candle flames flickered in the pumpkin's belly.

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After sitting between Draco Malfoy and Theodore Nott, Matthew looked up at the guest table.

What is surprising is that he actually saw Professor Rozier at the guest table. She looked very good, and she was talking to Professor Sprout about something... It's not that Professor Rozier wants at least one Will it take a month to recover? This is less than half a month, Matthew thought to himself.

Professor Grindelwald naturally also attended the Halloween dinner, but his expression was a little tired. He was tilting his head, and seemed to be dozing off.

Soon, the dinner party will begin!

Delicious food suddenly appeared on the golden plate in front of him, just like at the beginning of school banquet.

The taste is great, at least it is richer and more delicious than usual dinner.

"Matthew, you can try this lamb steak!" Draco on the side said with some compliments ~IndoMTL.com~ Okay, thank you! Just as Matthew nodded, he frowned suddenly, because he vaguely heard a very dull voice coming from outside the auditorium.

With a bang, the door of the auditorium was opened.

Then, Professor Silvanos Kettleburn burst in.

The professor of the Protection of Magical Creatures and the guard of the Forbidden Forest looked extremely embarrassed at this moment... He was wet from the rain and very messy. The wand was held on the prosthetic limb of his right hand. The expression is also full of dignity and anxiety, and at the same time it seems very tired.

The entire auditorium suddenly fell silent, and most people's eyes were on him.

Principal Grindelwald, who was at the guest table, also realized that something was wrong and stood up.

I saw Professor Kettleburn walking quickly to the guest seat, and came to Professor Grindelwald's side.

He tilted his body, leaned his prosthetic leg on the table, panted, and whispered these things over there at the same time.

Matthew noticed that there was an obvious change in Grindelwald's expression.

"Prefects." He said in a low voice: "Today's dinner is over early. Please take all the students from each college back to the dormitory immediately."

After speaking, the familiar light blue smoke appeared in the center of the guest seat again.

As the smoke cleared, Professor Grindelwald and Professor Kettleburn disappeared from everyone's sight.

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"First graders, follow me!" Matthew heard the voice of Slytherin prefect Gemma Farley.

Farley seems to be very familiar with this, she forcibly pulled up Crabbe and Goyle who were still eating lamb chops...

Then he led more than a dozen students and hurried to the basement.