"Howler letter?"
Dracula was stunned for a moment, thinking of the red envelope with an exploding effect that Ron Weiss received at the beginning of this semester.
'Speaking of which, the culprit who caused the two to drive to school has now become their teaching assistant. This is really interesting.' Dracula thought happily.
When the skinny owl was only a few feet away from Newt, it finally couldn't hold on and fell headfirst from the air.
The vampire bat covered its face with its wings in annoyance, then flew quickly downward, trying to catch the bird that was several times larger than itself.
Fortunately, even under the oppression of the Howler, Newt did not forget to care for animals.
He took the initiative and used a retarding spell to slow down the owl's fall, then caught it and held it in his arms.
"It's really hard for you, my dear child, to look for me for so long."
Newt smoothed the owl's wrinkled feathers soothingly, and then looked nervously at the red envelope with bulging corners that seemed about to explode.
"What do you mean, do you want me to help you destroy it?" Dracula asked casually. "It's simple, just a spell."
"Forget it." Newt sighed and shook his head. "I just forgot the time. It's normal for Tina to send me a howler letter."
As he spoke, his frustrated look turned into a smile, "Besides, I've been out alone for so long, I still want to hear Tina's voice and what she wants to say to me."
Is it possible to show affection even in such an emergency situation
Dracula looked at Newt strangely and silently stepped back a few steps.
Newt quickly stuffed the owl in his arms into his suitcase to prevent the weak owl from being frightened by the howling letter again, and then he opened the wax seal on the red envelope with trembling hands.
The next moment, a voice that sounded a little old but full of energy rang out in Newt's room -
"Newton Artemis Fido Scamander, look what you have done!"
The voice Tina recorded in the howler letter directly called out Newt's full name, and it can be seen that she was very angry.
"Your son asked you to help take care of the child, but look at what you did! You left Rolf alone in Hogwarts?! I now suspect that you did it on purpose! When Rolf first started school, you didn't want him to come to my alma mater, Invermorny, and insisted on sending him to the Hogwarts that expelled you."
"I don't know what's so good about that school. The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor changes every year. Can he teach the students well? Only the headmaster Dumbledore gives them an advantage. But isn't our old friend Professor Eulalie Hicks at Invermorny good enough?"
After hearing the words in Tina's yelled letter, Newt showed a somewhat embarrassed expression.
Ever since he sent Rolf back to Hogwarts with the portkey, he really forgot about his grandson...
This is because in Newt's opinion, as long as Dumbledore is there, Hogwarts is the safest place in the world.
So he was 100% confident about letting Rolf stay in Hogwarts!
But Tina doesn't think so:
"I think you did it on purpose, letting Rolf experience life at Hogwarts on his own. I don't know what kind of love potion this school gave him, to make him write to me on his own initiative to say he wants to transfer!"
Hearing this, instead of feeling embarrassed, Newt showed a happy smile, which was unusual for him.
"It's worthy of Hogwarts, well done!" Newt said with a proud expression.
Dracula in the distance: "..."
I think you really want Rolf to transfer to another school...
"Newt, I'm sure you must be very happy now?" The next moment, Tina understood Newt's mood very well, "But don't be too happy too soon, Rolf has caused trouble at Hogwarts and caused an assistant to have an accident."
"I don't care about you two anymore. You can do whatever you want. Let's see how you give an explanation to the teaching assistant at Hogwarts!"
As the bulging red envelope gradually shrank and burned up, Tina's voice finally stopped.
Newt stood there blankly, not knowing what to say.
Dracula didn't know when he appeared next to Newt again, and looked at the howling letter that was slowly turning into ashes with a strange expression.
"So... my teaching assistant had a teaching accident caused by that little wizard Rolf, so he had to rest for a while?" He said in a strange tone.
Dracula couldn't quite believe that the Horcrux diary, which inherited almost all of Voldemort's memories when he was young, would fall into the hands of a little wizard who was only in the second grade.
You know, when Tom Riddle first came to Hogwarts to study, because of his orphanage background and Slytherin house, he was often ostracized and targeted by those troublesome pure-bloods.
Therefore, Riddle should be quite skilled in playing tricks among students, so he shouldn't have been tricked by Scamander's grandson.
Dracula glanced at Newt's dull and stiff face, and always felt it was incredible that this good old man had such a grandson.
"So that little bastard Rolf hurt the assistant professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Newt's face became even stiffer. "Don't worry, Professor Dracula, I will go to Hogwarts right away and teach that brat Rolf a lesson!"
"There's no need to jump to conclusions before the truth is revealed, Mr. Scamander." Dracula raised his hand to stop him and chuckled, "Maybe it was just an accident?"
A possibility suddenly emerged in his mind, and he thought of the curse that Voldemort had placed on the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
Could it be that during his time as acting Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Riddle personally experienced a curse placed on his own soul
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Time goes back to more than a month ago, the day when Rolf Scamander was sent back to Hogwarts from Mount Olympus by his grandfather.
Luo Fu appeared on a tall marble bridge, holding the tie-shaped portkey embroidered with gold patterns.
The bridge is surrounded by an endless deep lake. The temperature is very low in winter, and most of the lake surface is covered with a thick layer of ice, without a single ripple.
When Luo Fu looked up in bewilderment, his heart was suddenly filled with boundless shock.
A tall and majestic castle stood under the sun, with rays of light spilling out from behind the clouds in the sky. The sun was half hidden behind the clouds, casting red, orange and gold colors, adding a touch of glittering golden light to the largest main tower.
The buildings and spires all have an ancient and majestic atmosphere, and against the clouds and sunlight in the sky, they seem to weigh on Rolf's heart.
He looked in amazement at the end of the bridge where he was, and saw a square rectangular courtyard surrounded by a connected corridor.
Where the bridge connects to the courtyard is a huge oak door.
When Rolf saw this amazing scene, he couldn't help but recall the magic school in Scotland that his grandfather would often mention to him every time he went on an adventure with him.
Hogwarts!
Newt would tell him about the towering and majestic main tower of Hogwarts, the magnificent hall, the spacious and open Quidditch field, the kitchen next to the Hufflepuff common room, the forbidden forest full of magical animals, and the island on the Black Lake...
Perhaps after decades, even Newt had forgotten some places, but these scenes of Hogwarts had already left a full impression in Rolf's mind.
"I can actually visit Hogwarts in person!" A hint of surprise appeared in Rolf's eyes.
Then, he started running happily towards the entrance courtyard of Hogwarts, wanting to enter the school that his grandfather had praised so much and that he had been dreaming about.
However, as it was normal school opening time, the oak gate connecting the marble bridge and the entrance courtyard was firmly closed, with no signs of opening.
After all, this is not the main gate of Hogwarts. It can only be regarded as a side door to welcome new students, and it is rarely open.
However, this is not a problem for Rolf Scamander, who aspires to become the greatest magical zoologist of the future!
Rolf first looked around carefully, and after making sure that his grandfather did not come to Hogwarts with him, he reached into the inside pocket of his clothes and took out a green sphere.
The sphere looked like a green, thorny cocoon, but it was actually a curled-winged demon that Rolf had secretly brought out from home.
"Leave it to you, little guy." Rove touched the green cocoon-like sphere in his hand affectionately and whispered to it.
The next moment, the sphere suddenly unfolded, stretching out a pair of wings that were blue inside and green outside.
When it spreads its spiky wings, it looks like a strange big bird, or a giant butterfly.
The Winged Demon flapped its wings and flew up, circling above the lake on the side of the bridge.
Seeing this, Rolf made a rather bold move—
He climbed up the marble railing of the bridge, stood on the narrow railing, and stood quietly facing the corridor window on the side of the oak door.
The Winged Demon was still circling, flying past Rolf's eyes from time to time.
Luo Fu took a deep breath, suddenly jumped up from the railing, and leaped straight into the air, as if he would fall from the sky in the next moment, and fall into the hard ice on the winter lake. If he didn't die, he would end up seriously injured...
However, this scene did not appear.
Even though the Winged Demon was hovering in the air, it was able to appear at Rolf's landing point very accurately at the moment he jumped, providing him with support.
Then, Rolf used this power to jump into the window of the corridor in the entrance courtyard of Hogwarts.
"Well done, little one!"
Rolf gave a thumbs up to the curled-winged demon for its great contribution, then walked out of the corridor happily and entered the entrance courtyard.
He has now officially entered Hogwarts!
In fact, under normal circumstances, entering Hogwarts is not as easy as Rolf said, just jump to the side of the bridge.
He was able to enter Hogwarts because of the golden patterned tie in his hand, which was the door key made by Dumbledore.
In fact, as early as the late stages of the Global Wizarding War, as Dumbledore continued to fight against the dark wizard Grindelwald, his reputation also rose.
Therefore, during the period when Armando Dippet was the headmaster, Dumbledore became the deputy headmaster of Hogwarts early on and had partial authority over Hogwarts Castle.
Whenever Dumbledore made portkeys for the team members who were rebelling against Grindelwald, he would use the relevant authority of Hogwarts Castle so that the portkeys could directly enter the range of Hogwarts' protective spell, thereby reducing the danger to the members.
The door key in Rove's hand directly led him through the outer protective magic and teleported him into the protective spell.
So, Rolf entered Hogwarts Castle with just two jumps.
However, even after entering Hogwarts Castle easily, Rolf was once again in the dark...
He had no idea of the castle's geographical structure, nor did he know which direction to go, so he could only pace around the entrance courtyard in a panic.
Just then, Rolf saw three young wizards who looked about his age walking towards him, and his eyes lit up.
"Hello, I'm a second-year student, and I'd like to ask how to get to the Hufflepuff common room." Rolf lied without blushing.
He thought carefully for a while, and finally decided to go and visit the common room that his grandfather often mentioned.
"Are you really a second-year student?" The little witch with messy hair and long front teeth questioned among the three little wizards, two boys and one girl. "You have been in Hogwarts for a year and a half. How come you still don't know how to get to the common room?"
"Maybe... I'm a little forgetful." Rove's eyes rolled around and he found an excuse very quickly.
The two little wizards beside the little witch are easy to identify. One has messy hair, round-frame glasses and green eyes, while the other has fiery red hair and freckles all over his face.
After hearing Rove's explanation, they both showed a look of sudden enlightenment.
"Hermione, what are you doubting about? It's normal for Hufflepuff students to be forgetful, right?" The red-haired boy said carelessly, "Look at Neville, he often forgets, and he was almost sorted into Hufflepuff."
"So I guess what I said was right? Are Hufflepuff wizards really prone to forgetfulness?" Rolf said with a surprised expression.
But his grandfather isn’t forgetful either, right
At this time, another green-eyed boy wearing round-frame glasses couldn't help it first. He stepped forward and was about to point the direction of the Hufflepuff common room to Rolf.
However, it was the little witch with buck teeth and messy hair who grabbed the boy.
"Wait a minute, Harry, I always feel like something is wrong." Hermione frowned and stared at Rolf, "We are also in the second year, and we often take classes with Hufflepuffs, so why don't I have any impression of him? And he's not wearing the Hufflepuff uniform yet!"
"Are you a student from another house who wants to sneak into Hufflepuff?" she asked suspiciously.
Luo Fu was a little nervous when she stared at him, and he quickly explained: "My presence has always been relatively low, so it's normal that I don't get noticed by others."
“As for not wearing the hospital uniform…” He put his entire arm into a small bag he carried with him, searching patiently for something.
After a moment, Rolf finally pulled out a black and yellow scarf, which was a gift from Newt on his birthday.
"Found it! I have Hufflepuff's scarf, so it should be fine!"
Fortunately, the style of Hogwarts' school uniforms and scarves has not changed for hundreds of years, so there is no possibility that Rolf will be exposed when he takes out Newt's scarf.
"Is that so?" Hermione still looked a little doubtful.
However, because they were about to be late for the next class, the studious Hermione quickly told Ron the approximate location of the Hufflepuff common room, and then dragged Harry and Ron towards the teaching area.
Although the little witch was indeed very smart, she could never have imagined that a student of Invermorny would suddenly slip into Hogwarts, let alone that this student of Invermorny had a grandfather who was once a loyal student of Hufflepuff!
…
After getting the specific location of the public lounge, Rolf happily walked in from a staircase on the side of the entrance courtyard and went to the basement of the castle.
Then he walked along the long corridor to a pile of large wooden barrels standing on a dark stone trough.
This is the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room.
Then, Rove was in trouble...
In everything Newt had told him about Hogwarts, there was no mention of how to get into the Hufflepuff common room!
In view of the fine virtues of loyalty and diligence of Hufflepuff students, no Hufflepuff student would reveal the method of entering here to others, not even their own descendants!
Because there is no evidence that a Hufflepuff child will definitely enter Hufflepuff House.
Because of this, the Hufflepuff common room is the only one that has not been seen by anyone outside of Hufflepuff House in over a thousand years, making it the safest of all the common rooms.
However, Rove didn't believe it. He aimlessly tapped the barrel a few times, trying to listen to see if there was any hollow space, and to find the entrance by himself.
At the same moment that Rolf's hand hit the wooden barrel, the lid of another barrel next to him suddenly exploded.
In an instant, Rove was covered in vinegar.
Rove: “…”
Why is there a punishment for knocking on the wrong barrel here
This anti-intrusion magic stopped Rolf from trying to enter on his own.
He couldn't think of any other way, and didn't want to miss the wonderful lounge that his grandfather had mentioned, so he gritted his teeth and sat aside with a sour taste in his mouth.
Rolf has to wait for the other Hufflepuff wizards to come back and open the door for him!
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