Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 11: Chocolate Frog
During the subsequent trips, Hermione Granger was always wary of Neville Longbottom.
Her words suddenly became much less.
On the other hand, Matthew has been chatting happily with Neville.
From his mouth, he "probing" some news about the magic world.
It's a pity that Neville Longbottom is an eleven-year-old boy after all, and he doesn't know much about many things.
The information I know is not too much.
While they were talking, the train was leaving London. They galloped along the pastures full of cattle and sheep, heading north.
Around 12:30 noon, a loud noise suddenly came from the aisle outside the box.
Then, a fat witch pushed the trolley and opened the door of the box, and she asked, "Honey, do you need some snacks?"
"Yes!" Neville suddenly regained his energy, and directly took a bunch of snacks such as Bibi multi-flavored beans, chocolate frogs, and cauldron-shaped cakes from the trolley.
"What about you, dear?" The witch looked at Hermione and Matthew.
Hermione walked over with some hesitation: "Are these also free?"
"Of course..." The witch nodded: "But don't waste too much."
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"Hogwarts is awesome!" commented Hermione Granger a few minutes later, a licorice wand in hand.
"Hogwarts paid for our tuition, books and living expenses. Where did the money come from?" Matthew asked curiously from the side, and at the same time he took a big bite of the pumpkin pie .
"The school itself is very rich." Neville stuffed more flavored beans into his mouth: "Not to mention the principal..."
And Hermione's eyes turned to a pack of chocolate frogs: "Can this frog move by itself?"
"That's right." Neville nodded: "So you have to be careful, don't let it get away... Also, the pictures in it are quite interesting, I'm almost done collecting them."
Hermione opened the Chocolate Frog and took out the card.
"It's Morgan Le Fay (leFay)!" Looking at the picture on the picture, she exclaimed, "I've heard of her in the Muggle world!"
"That's her name in the Muggle world, and she's called 'Morgana ()' in the wizarding world!" Neville seemed to have eaten a bad-tasting Bibi Bean, and his face became weird De: "She is probably the most powerful dark wizard in British history, a witch of the same generation as Merlin... This card is quite rare, I suggest you keep it safe!"
At the same time, Matthew also opened a chocolate frog.
His picture shows the face of an old man, a very handsome old man, at least this face makes people look very comfortable. Neat short silver-white hair and mustache, and a gentle smile on his face.
The name under the card is: Gellert Grindelwald.
"It's Grindelwald!" Matthew said softly.
"Don't tell me that you have never heard of Grindelwald, he is the greatest wizard of this century!" Neville said, "Although I already have eight of his chocolate frog pictures."
Matthew slowly turned the picture over and read the text on the back:
"Gellert Greenwald, current Headmaster of Hogwarts
Recognized as the greatest wizard of our time
Greenwald's well-known contributions include:
Defeat the dark wizard Dumbledore in 1945
Promoting the reconstruction of the Ministry of Magic after the First Wizarding War
Discover eleven uses of dragon blood
Working with Cassandra Trelawney on divination works well
Professor Grindelwald loves sweets and boules"
Matthew quietly turned the picture to the front again, and saw Greenwald on the picture smiling at him.
For some reason, this smile made him shiver.
……
The rest of the journey seemed rather boring.
Because Matthew obviously became quieter, and Hermione was not willing to communicate with Neville too much.
No other wizards broke into the carriage.
Such a dull trip lasted about half a day.
A voice suddenly began to echo on the train: "The train will arrive at Hogwarts in five minutes. Please leave your luggage on the train and go to the assembly at the same time."
The train slowed down at the same time, Matthew, Neville and Hermione formed a small team, squeezed into the crowd of people pushing and shoving, and rushed to the door.
They got off the train on a brightly lit platform with a sign that said: HOgsmeade.
"First-year freshman, come to my side!" An old man holding a lamp with his prosthetic limb shouted loudly from one side of the crowd.
"This is Professor Kettleburn!" Neville and Matthew explained softly, "He is the professor of the Protection of Magical Beasts class at Hogwarts, and the guard of the hunting grounds."
A group of little fellows squeezed in front of the old man~IndoMTL.com~ Only then did Matthew realize that except for the left arm, the rest of the old man's three limbs were composed of magical prosthetic limbs.
After counting the crowd and counting the number of people, Professor Kettleburn continued: "Very well, come with me! All freshmen come with me!"
They did not take the main road where the main force was, but followed Professor Kettleburn to a steep and narrow path.
Both sides of the path are pitch black, which looks a bit gloomy.
As they reached the end of the path, what appeared in front of them was a black lake, and on the other side of the lake, a majestic castle stood there...
The crowd began to cheer excitedly.
Moored by the lake is a row of small boats.
"No more than four people in each boat!" Professor Kettleburn exclaimed.
Matthew, Neville and Hermione boarded the nearest ship first.
The follow-up crowd is also pushing in.
The two girls came to Matthew's boat.
"There is only one place, let's change one, Daphne!" said the girl walking in front, "not to mention that the Longbottom family is also on this ship."
After speaking, she took another girl's hand and left.
Matthew couldn't help turning around to look at Neville curiously.
"My parents... had some conflicts with her parents..." Neville explained softly.
Soon, the boat ushered in the last passenger——
A short, disheveled, bespectacled imp with his head bowed.
"Hello!" Hermione took the initiative to greet him.
The thin boy just looked up at them timidly, and quickly lowered his head again.