Chapter 33
While Professor McGonagall was talking with Rei about his use of Lumos on the way to the castle, the table of Gryffindor exploded in cheers, while Charlie noticed something strange.
" Hey Bill, did you see any other boy being sorted into our House this year?" he asked his older brother.
" Well, now that you mention this, no I didn't notice any other boy. There were only three girls. Well, this year is especially low in numbers, so it isn't exactly a surprise. If you were looking at them at the start, then you would see that there were only eleven boys in this batch , " said Bill.
"Eh, that war really took a toll on our world in Great Britain , " said Ashley Spencer, a prefect from the sixth year.
" Well, Charlie, you and Jessica will take these first years, and I, with Ashley, Leah, and Jonathan, will go to the meeting with the other prefects for a plan of the patrols for this month," said Bill, as it was his responsibility as Head Boy this year.
" Understood, brother . By the way, look, Priscilla looks like a little tomato , " said Charlie and started to laugh.
" Well, her little crush is sitting just about a meter away with two people between , " said Bill with a smile of his own.
At the same time, Rei, who had just sat at the table of Gryffindor, was receiving congratulations from his housemates. When they stopped, he looked towards his uncle, who saw him looking and raised his chalice in a toast with a smile. After he saw his uncle's smile, he looked toward his other teachers, but his most anticipated reaction was when he looked towards his teacher of potion making and dueling. Snape looked at him like he was thinking about something, then his eyes drifted behind him, and when Rei looked in the same direction, he saw Priscilla, who jumped in her seat, looked at the other side of the table , and tried to hide her face with her hand, which started to play with her hair. When he saw her, he began to wonder if Snape was looking at them like himself and Lily, but they hadn 't been sorted apart from themselves .
" Well, I don't care ; it would be funny to remind him that. Besides," Rei looked again at Priscilla, " I don't know why, but she really is cute, so spending time with her would be nice. "
He didn't know how much it would complicate his life in the future.
" Welcome, welcome to this new year at Hogwarts. Like every year, I would like to remind students that going into the Forbidden Forest is FORBIDDEN for a reason. If someone goes there , they should prepare themselves for ending up with wounds or even dying there. Then, like every year, our caretaker Mr. Filch asked me to remind you that there is a list of forbidden items to use in school, and all of them are written and posted on the door of his office. Now, I would like to introduce our new teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts. Welcome, Professor Wender , who agreed to come here after retiring from his job as an Auror, where he worked as a front-line wizard , " said Dumbledore and began clapping, which all of the students followed.
" Okay, I've taken enough of your time this evening , and we haven 't even started eating, so let's start the feast," said Albus, and at the same time, all sorts of food appeared on the tables. Rei looked at them and sighed under his breath. 'All of this is British food. No other country's dishes. It seems I will need to go to the kitchen if I want truly varied food choices. And I need to be careful with my diet, so I can't indulge too much , ' he thought, with a picture of Yoruichi giving him a beating if he deviated too much. After eating and meeting Nearly Headless Nick , Rei looked around him and saw that there really weren 't many people who were mentioned in the books or movies. Well, it wasn't that strange because he still had until his fourth year for the start of the plot.
" Well, as we all have eaten and want to go to bed, we will sing our song, and then you can go to your beds. Everyone choose your favorite melody and sing to it," said Albus with a smile while the other Professors had pained expressions on their faces. When Rei heard these words, he hastily took out his wand with his left hand and cast the Silencio charm on his ears to not hear anything. At the same time , the Headmaster created words from fire, took his wand like a baton, and started:
Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something, please,
Whether we be old and bald,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling,
With some interesting stuff,
For now, they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgotten ,
Just do your best ; we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot.
When Rei saw that all of the students had finished singing, he nullified the Silencio charm with a smile. 'Yeah, definitely I don't want to hear it,' he thought when he saw Priscilla 's face, which looked like she had eaten something sour. When he was looking at her, he had a strong desire to pat her head. 'Damn, she really looks cute . I need to be careful; I don't want to break her heart with how it seems to be going in the future,' he thought with a sigh.
" First years will go to their Houses with a prefect, so wait for a second for them. And goodnight to you all," said Dumbledore while he looked at Rei with a smile.
'Goodnight, Uncle, ' said Rei without sound and looked towards Charlie, who was walking with a tall girl with black hair, brown eyes, and olive skin.
" Good evening, everyone! I am Jessica, and this is Charlie . Despite his looks, he is kind-hearted, so don't be afraid," said the girl with a small smile, at which Charlie looked at her incredulously.
" Jess! I don't look that bad, do I?" he said towards her.
" Yes, you do," said Rei with a smile.
" And you too, Rei?" said Charlie with fake tears in his eyes. " You are hurting my feelings, and here I wanted to help you with Priscilla..." he said while looking under his arm towards Rei with fake sobbing.
" Oh, what I hear! You know Charlie, and it seems there is juicy information about you and Bill 's sister, Charlie? This would be fun to know and use in the future," said Jessica with a devilish smile .
" Can we go to the Gryffindor Tower?" asked Rei because he didn't want to talk about it further.
" Hehe, we will talk about it tomorrow, young Rei," said Jessica and looked at the younger girls. " Let's go to our dormitory," and she started to walk towards the door of the Great Hall.
" Hey, did you see that we got points today? It would be nice to know what we did to earn them , " said Charlie to Jessica, at which Rei smiled.
" It is because of me," he said. " Professor McGonagall, when she stopped me at the Sorting Hat, gave me ten points for helping first years on the way by casting Lumos."
Jessica and Charlie looked at him and asked at the same time,
" You can already use spells?!"
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