Hogwarts and the Atypical Wizard

Chapter 352: Receiving New Students 1

Perhaps to celebrate Mr. Sai’s new job, the clouds were considerate and it rained heavily.

In the rain, the dim light on the platform became even dimmer.

Sainz raised his hand and released a flare into the air, illuminating the entire station as bright as day.

At seven in the evening, the Hogwarts Express stopped at Hogsmeade Station.

"Oh my god, what happened?"

Sainz noticed that many students were looking out through the windows, "Why is the platform so bright today?"

"Don't block the door, Neville, let us go first," Hermione and Ron appeared at the door of the car that had just stopped, "Please, I need to go down first to maintain order."

"What's going on? Have new lights been installed on the platform?"

"It doesn't seem to be. It seems to be a ball of light." After adapting to the bright environment, Hermione noticed a certain Sai standing next to the pillar. "It's Sainz. Oh~ I understand. That's Sainz's magic."

The doors of the carriages were all opened, and students got off one after another. Sai began to speak, "With a loud voice, first-year students, first-year teachers, please come to me. Students from other grades...all prefects, please guide the other students in your grade to leave by carriage!"

"It's Professor Autumn!" the students whispered, "Hagrid should have been replaced long ago..."

"Yes, look at Professor Autumn. With him here, the entire platform is bright. We no longer have to grope our way into the musty carriage."

"Look, Professor Autumn has a lot of umbrellas there, right?"

"Yes, yes," a student said jealously, "This is so unfair. I was walking right through the rain, so why did they get umbrellas?"

"I don't know, but I think you're right..."

"Those in front, don't block the road, or I will deduct your school points!"

"Humph! What's so great about that..."

"Yes, yes!"

"Ron," said Hermione angrily, "you shouldn't abuse your authority!"

"Oh, yes, I shouldn't abuse my power, and Malfoy certainly wouldn't abuse his power!"

"Ron, when did you lower yourself to the same level as him?"

"Okay, okay, I'll go over there and take a look. It seems that someone is needed to maintain order over there."

Sainz used magic to mark a very conspicuous "Freshman Assembly Area" above his head. With clear signs, the freshmen quickly came to his side.

"Let's wait here for a while," Sainz said, "in case there are other students who haven't caught up.

By the way, let me introduce myself, my name is Sainz Autumn, and I’m the professor of Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts.”

The freshmen tactfully addressed him as "Professor Autumn."

The other people on the platform gradually left, and Cedric and another female student union president got off the car, "Professor... Autumn, there is no one on the car anymore."

"Well, it seems that all the freshmen this year are here. By the way, Professor McGonagall told you in advance about the luggage."

"As I said," Cedric said, "the house elves will help carry the luggage back, and we will assist the professor in checking it."

"Okay, get in the carriage, I'll take them to the boat."

Sainz greeted the freshmen, "Here are umbrellas, one for each person, take them yourself, no need to fight for them, line up to take them, if you don't have enough, tell me, everyone has one."

All umbrellas are the same. There is no need for everyone to choose. Everyone gets one and lines up to use one.

"Sorry, professor, we have two more."

"Okay, it's okay." Sainz waved his magic wand, and the two umbrellas disappeared, causing the freshmen to exclaim, "Wow~"

"Okay, everyone follow me." Sainz led everyone forward, "Watch your step."

After opening their umbrellas, the students made a new discovery. One student exclaimed, "Wow, one side of this umbrella is transparent. It's amazing..."

A student said disdainfully: "Huh, it's just for viewing the road, what's so surprising about this! How ignorant..."

"You are so knowledgeable, why don't you create one yourself?"

"You are such an uneducated person..."

Sainz turned his head expressionlessly, "If no one wants to be sent back, I don't want to hear any more quarrels!"

His threat was effective, and everyone was quiet for the rest of the journey until they arrived at the Black Lake.

Although blocked by heavy rain, the little light from the castle on the top of the mountain across the lake still attracted their attention, "Wow~"

"Alright," Sainz adjusted the position of the overhead flare so that everyone could see the situation at the lakeside clearly, "Now, everyone get on the boat, in groups of four."

The students had already gotten to know some of the other people during their short time together, and soon everyone was on board.

Sainz noticed that only one student came out alone, a little boy with unusually large ears. He sat alone in a boat nervously, looking panicked.

From time to time, there were laughters from other people around.

"What is your name, sir?"

"Euan Abercrombie, Professor," the boy answered miserably, as if he were about to cry.

"Don't be nervous, Mr. Abercrombie, this is normal. You can't expect the number of new students every year to be exactly a multiple of four," Sainz comforted him.

"Thank you, Professor. I understand."

Sainz wanted to ask him if he had the courage to start first, but then he changed his mind and thought that the kid might be even more isolated, so he gave up the idea.

"Alright," Sainz also boarded a boat, raised the flare to a higher place, and adjusted it to be brighter so that everyone could have a wider field of vision. "Everyone is on board, so let's go!"

Following his command, the fleet began to move towards the center of the lake. Not to mention the freshmen, even Sainz was seeing Hogwarts from this direction in the rain for the first time.

Hogwarts in the rain adds a sense of heaviness and mystery.

When we reached the center of the lake, some students shouted in fear, "What is that? It's in the water. I saw it. It's huge. It's a monster! There is a monster!"

When the other students heard about the monster, they began to panic.

"Calm down!" Sainz's thunderous voice echoed over the lake, "Don't panic, you have entered the territory of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's not like there are no monsters. Even if there are monsters, they belong to Hogwarts and they won't hurt you.

In fact, the student just saw a giant squid that lives in the Black Lake. It is actually the friendliest creature in the lake. If you accidentally fall into the water one day, it may be the first one to come and save your life. "

"So that's a giant squid, cool~"

Sainz continued, "When the weather is nice, the giant squid will come to the shore to bask in the sun, and you can see it and even touch it."

The students were very ignorant and exclaimed, "Wow~"

Saiens smiled in his heart but said nothing. It was normal for children to be surprised. Wasn't he the same as them when he first came to the magical world? Although he never showed that kind of surprise at that time.