"Hey, what did I think it was?"
"a piece of cake!"
"… "
The simple Hufflepuff little wizards had no idea that they had become Rolf's shield for concealing his identity. They only knew that they could get Rolf's interesting gadgets with a clear conscience by doing some easy things, so they would be in vain if they didn't do it!
Although they didn't know why the new classmate said that transfer students would be excluded, they all agreed that it was their responsibility to help classmates from the same college.
The little Hufflepuff badger will never let his own people be excluded!
…
So, there was a strange face in the first grade class the next day—
"If my memory is correct, then I don't seem to have any impression of you, the student sitting in the last row..."
A light, greasy voice came out word by word from the thin lips.
In the Potions classroom, which was filled with many animal specimens and looked very gloomy, Snape looked down at the little wizard he had never seen before, with a gloomy expression on his face.
"Professor, I have actually been taking classes here all the time, but because I have a low sense of presence, I have always been ignored by you." Rove opened his innocent big eyes and blinked at the sallow-faced professor.
The loyal Hufflepuff little wizards nearby also expressed their approval.
"Yes, Professor, Rolf is the first-year student who came to Hogwarts with us on the ship!"
"Yes, Professor. You must have neglected him all this time!"
"Scamander has always been too low-key, so it's normal that you didn't find him."
"… "
The Hufflepuff little wizards were talking at once, not noticing that the blue-collared Ravenclaw little wizards in the same classroom were looking at them as if they were idiots.
"laugh-"
A cold sneer choked out of Snape's throat.
He glanced sideways at the entire classroom, and the originally noisy Potions classroom immediately became quiet.
Under the intimidation of Snape's long-standing notoriety, the young Hufflepuff wizards shuddered and subconsciously shut their mouths.
"Mr. Rolf Scamander, right?" Snape looked at Rolf with his deep black eyes and said slowly.
"That's right, professor." Rove also felt the pressure at this time.
He didn't expect to meet such a difficult professor in his first class, who seemed to see through his misleading behavior at once.
"Oh... it turned out to be a Scamander." Snape raised the corners of his mouth with a cold smile on his face, "If your brain is not filled with the feces of those magical animals, you and your friends with troll brains should take a look at how the seats in the classroom are arranged."
It is said that the troll's head is not even as big as a walnut kernel, which is a classic humiliating metaphor in the wizarding world.
After hearing Snape mocking them for having giant heads, the little Hufflepuff wizards glared at Snape angrily, and then timidly withdrew their gazes when the Potions Professor glared back at them...
Rove subconsciously paid more attention to the layout of the potion classroom. Looking at the crucible placed between every two little wizards, his eyes suddenly widened.
He slapped himself on the forehead, knowing that he was completely exposed this time.
Why are the Potions classes at Hogwarts taught in groups of two? If there is just one more person, wouldn't it be obvious whether the number of students in the classroom changes from odd to even
No wonder I was immediately suspected...
"It seems that you are not as stupid as your friend... Although you are not smart at all." Snape sneered, "Oh, Mr. Scamander, whose brain has not been cleaned up by the excrement of the moon beast, please go back to where you should go."
"Um... Professor, I can actually explain it." Rolf still said stubbornly, "I sat in the corner alone in every Potions class because I couldn't find a suitable deskmate, so you didn't notice me."
Snape's face fell.
"You will pay for your folly, Mr. Scamander," he said coldly.
"Five points from Hufflepuff for deceiving the professor!"
"No, professor, you can't do this!" The Hufflepuff little wizards were shocked and retorted.
"For disrupting classroom discipline, Hufflepuff will be deducted another five points." Snape looked at the students indifferently and said lightly.
The Hufflepuff little wizards' angry remarks got stuck in their throats.
Just when the atmosphere became completely awkward and the entire classroom was silent, suddenly a vague voice broke the silence.
"Can't find a deskmate? What a coincidence, I can't find one either. I can be your deskmate!"
Startled, Rolf turned his gaze towards the direction of the sound and saw a little witch with tangled, waist-length dirty blond hair.
The little witch had a pair of bulging gray eyes that looked dazed and her eyebrows were pale. She had a crazy temperament and seemed to take the words of the Potions Professor completely unto heart.
"Ms. Lovegood, this is not a question of whether or not you can find a deskmate." Snape's face darkened again, "This Mr. Scamander doesn't belong here at all. In fact, I suggest that he return to his grandfather's box..."
For some reason, this terrifying Potions professor seemed to know all of Rolf's details just by looking at him.
"But I just happened to be short of a deskmate, so his arrival is just right, isn't it?" The little witch named Luna Lovegood said cheerfully, "Otherwise I will not be able to complete the class assignment assigned by you, the professor."
Because of her madness, Luna has never been very popular in Ravenclaw.
The number of students in this classroom happened to be an odd number, and the excluded Luna occupied a table by herself and took classes in the Potions classroom for almost a semester.
It just so happens that Professor Snape likes to assign cooperative tasks that require two people to complete, and Luna hasn't completed a classroom task in Potions class for a long time.
"Yes, professor, I can take classes with this lady." Rolf said to Snape as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.
As he spoke, he moved swiftly, carrying the cooking pot that he had used as a makeshift crucible and the textbook that he had temporarily copied with the Copying Charm, and ran to the seat on the Ravenclaw side and sat directly next to Luna.
After sitting there, he immediately put on a well-behaved expression and looked at Snape eagerly.
"You should be thankful that someone is willing to help you, Mr. Scamander." Snape said in a cold voice, "Now, stay in your seat and don't do anything to disrupt this class. Do you understand?"
Rove nodded quickly.
…
As soon as the get out of class was over, Snape strode up to the Hogwarts principal's office on the eighth floor with a swift step, dragging his long black cloak behind him.
As soon as he saw the old man with white hair, he said in a cold and drawn-out tone:
"Principal, I think you need to give me an explanation."
"Explain?" Dumbledore put the glass of water in his hand on the table, showing a fake surprised expression, "I'm not sure what explanation you want, Severus."
"You can't be unaware!" Snape gritted his teeth and said, "Or do you think I would believe that a student who shouldn't be here suddenly appeared in Hogwarts without the headmaster's knowledge?"
"Oh! So you're talking about little Rolf." Dumbledore pretended to have realized something. "Well, that was actually a little gadget I made decades ago that allowed Newt to teleport Rolf into Hogwarts."
Dumbledore seemed to have known about Rolf's arrival for a long time, but his attitude towards Rolf seemed a little strange.
"Let me say this, Headmaster, this Mr. Rolf Scamander is not a student of Hogwarts at all." Snape said coldly, "I personally think that you should send Mr. Scamander back to where he should be."
"Oh, Severus, don't be so serious." Dumbledore said with a smile, "I think Rolf is very happy in Hogwarts and has no intention of going back. So we don't have to be so rigid in sending him back."
"Also, I heard that Rolf filled in as a duo in your Potions class?"
Snape's mouth twitched.
He finally understood that Dumbledore, the cunning old man, had been paying attention to his old friend's grandson ever since he came to Hogwarts. The intensity of his attention was quite strong, and he even secretly eavesdropped on the last Potions class.
"I hope you won't be called by the principal of Yin Famo Ni to ask for someone, Mr. Principal!"
Snape's expression was not very good. He flicked his sleeves coldly and left the headmaster's office.
Dumbledore picked up the teacup with a smile, took a sip, and showed a satisfied look.
After putting down the teacup again, he hesitated for a moment, and still notified Professor Sprout, the headmaster of Hufflepuff, and Professor McGonagall, the vice-headmaster, and planned to inform them secretly and let them be prepared to teach Rove.
Just as Dumbledore notified the two professors, but before they arrived at the principal's office, a not-so-pleasant voice suddenly sounded.
"Are you just going to let that little wizard stay in Hufflepuff, Dumbledore?"
The Sorting Hat, which had been cleaned once but had become a little dirty again after a year, asked, "Don't you want me to sort him into a house?"
"There's no need to go through so much trouble. Rolf's grandfather is the representative of Hufflepuff!" Dumbledore said with a smile, "If Rolf is assigned to any other house besides Hufflepuff, Pomona will definitely be unhappy."
"But his behavior... doesn't seem like that of a Hufflepuff at all!" the Sorting Hat questioned, and listed all the things Rolf had done during his one-day stay here.
"You took me to see what Rolf Scamander did before... I won't talk about using magical creatures to climb over the wall. His grandfather often did this, and it can be regarded as a disguised use of magic, so there is no controversy."
"But after entering Hogwarts, this little wizard cheated everywhere and told lies without thinking... In the end, he actually managed to trick his way into a bed in the Hufflepuff dormitory. It's really not easy..."
"You said he was just fooling his classmates, but the key is that he wanted to attend classes at Hogwarts and even tried to deceive the professors... Dumbledore, do you really think this is a Hufflepuff?"
Dumbledore looked at the Sorting Hat on the stool and a smile appeared on his face.
"Why, you're itching to sort the little wizard into a house after not doing anything for a few months?" he asked teasingly.
"Of course I'm itching to do it!" the Sorting Hat yelled, causing the headmasters' portraits who were taking a break to glare at it fiercely. "There's only one Sorting Ceremony a year, and I can only sing one song. How can I possibly get enough!"
"Forget about the sorting. I don't think it's necessary to be so rigid about Rolf. He hasn't even transferred to Hogwarts yet!" Dumbledore said with a smile. "Besides, judging by Rolf's personality, I don't think you will necessarily sort him into Hufflepuff."
So you knew this fact, but you still let him stay in the Hufflepuff common room. Aren't you afraid that the innocent little badger will be corrupted
The Sorting Hat had a thousand complaints in its mind, but in the end, it said nothing for the sake of Dumbledore's face.
"In fact, if you ask me, you don't have to care so much about the Sorting." Dumbledore waved his hand at the Sorting Hat. "Over the years, I always feel that the habit of Sorting has caused the students of the whole school to become somewhat divided."
"What's more, we can clearly see that Rolf's feelings for Hufflepuff are no less than those of others!"
"And this...isn't that enough?"
Dumbledore smiled, his sharp blue eyes sparkling in the candlelight...
…
From then on, Rolf could attend classes at Hogwarts openly.
Thus, the second-year little wizard of Invermorny was completely integrated into the first-year team of Hufflepuff, participating in a variety of courses that were very different from Invermorny's.
Rolf was very excited about the teaching method at Hogwarts and praised the teaching level of the professors.
Even the Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts, which others had always criticized as unreliable, was surprisingly good to Rolf.
Assistant Professor Riddle gave a very good lecture, but it was a pity that Rolf didn't get to meet Dracula, the only Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who survived until the second term.
Before he knew it, Rolf had fallen in love with all the courses at Hogwarts and felt that these teaching methods were much better than Invermorny's courses.
Of course, there are two courses that are exceptions in Rove's mind -
One class was History of Magic taught by Professor Binns.
Legend has it that Professor Cuthbert Binns worked as Professor of History of Magic for many years until one day, when he was old and stood up to go to class, he accidentally left his body in an armchair in front of the fire in the staff room and turned into a ghost.
Poor Professor Binns devoted his entire life, both during his lifetime and after his death, to the teaching of the history of magic.
However, as a ghost, Professor Binns was very stubborn and difficult to communicate with students. His teaching style was always the same, always talking endlessly and reading from the textbook. He also spoke with a breathy and dragging tone, which made it difficult for people to concentrate and they would soon fall into a drowsy sleep.
Therefore, this course is recognized as the most boring course in Hogwarts.
Rolf had no problem skipping all his History of Magic classes.
Anyway, his name was never on Professor Binns's roll call, so it made no difference whether he took the class or not.
As for the other course, it was Professor Snape's Potions class.
Snape seemed to have never been able to stand Rolf, a student who did not belong to Hogwarts. He was always finding fault with him and making verbal sarcasm.
If it were the previous Rove, he might have been driven away by this bad professor.
However, Rolf today did not miss even a single Potions class, and even often arrived in the classroom earlier than usual.
He did this for his new friend Luna. This crazy little witch unexpectedly matched his personality very well, and the two soon became close friends.
Of course, what interested Rolf the most was never the various courses, the sumptuous meals in the hall, the quaint castle and the spacious Quidditch field...
What really interested Rolf was the forbidden forest where students were not allowed to enter and where there were many dangerous magical animals, as well as the small islands in the center of the Black Lake where many magical animals lived.
This is what Yin Famouni really doesn't have, and it is also the biggest bargaining chip that attracts future magical zoologists like Rolf!
Almost every day, Rolf would drag his Hufflepuff classmates, who used to abide by the school rules and regulations, to the Forbidden Forest, visit the Lake Island, and play with magical animals. They lived a very comfortable life.
Because of this, he specially wrote a letter to his grandmother and mother, saying that he wanted to transfer from Invermorny to Hogwarts, and made Tina think that it was the idea of the honest man Newt...
In this way, more than a month passed quickly. Luo Fu was very happy here and could be said to be reluctant to leave.
But his happiness came to an abrupt end a few days before Christmas, and this incident also made Hogwarts experience a different Christmas...
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