Reborn at Hogwarts - Chapter 96

c96 surprise visit

“Don’t sleep! Don’t sleep! It’s eight o’clock in the morning on September 1st! School is about to start! If you don’t get up, you won’t catch the train!”

When Ivan woke up, the noisy cries were still resounding in the room. The boy frowned, reluctantly opened one eye, and glanced at the place where the sound came from.

Not surprisingly, he saw the strange clock hanging on the wall, and the familiar wooden cuckoo was shouting loudly.

When he opened his eyes to look at the past, it quickly shrank back, as if it had never appeared before.

“Hey! I told you not to look at that damn clock!”

After the time chime disappeared, Ivan heard the same familiar roar coming from the next door, followed by two muffled “dong dong” sounds, and the walls seemed to tremble accordingly.

“This dude still lives here…”

Ivan grumbled, moved a few times under the warm blanket, stretched out his hand to touch the bedside table, and grabbed the wand in his hand.

—In the Leaky Cauldron these days, the wand will be put in a fixed place by him every night before the break, so that he can get it as soon as possible when he needs it.

Taking the wand in his hand, Ivan closed his eyes, took a deep breath under the blanket, gritted his teeth and got out.

After the crucial “waking up” is completed, the follow-up tasks are much easier. Soon, Ivan has finished washing and stuffed a few unpacked things into the suitcase that was almost packed last night Li, sat back on the bed.

Looking up at the time, it was twenty minutes past eight, exactly twenty minutes.

Of course, his irresponsible behavior caused a dizzy commotion. The man next door was furious at the sound of the clock. He beat the wall crazily and threatened that if Ivan dared Take one look at that damn clock and come over and dismember him and the watch yourself.

“…Obviously your voice is loud when you look at your watch.”

Ivan shook his head, wisely, he didn’t argue with him, his policy was to keep a low profile, for this reason, he even deliberately wrote wrong answers during the exam, wouldn’t it be a failure to make an exception for this guy?

The departure time of the Hogwarts Express on the first day of the school day is exactly 11:00 in the morning. Students need to arrive at platform 9 of King’s Cross Station on time to take the train, otherwise they need to choose other ways to get to school.

King’s Cross Station is located in the King’s Cross area of ​​London, on the Camden side of the border between Camden and Islington, and not too far from the Leaky Cauldron in London. If we set off now, we will definitely be able to catch up.

But this year, Ivan is not planning to ride back to school with the other students.

The reason is simple: he doesn’t want to run into Harry Potter.

I met Ron because the Vesemir family has always had a good relationship with the Weasley family. Mr. Vesemere and Mr. Weasley are also good friends in the Ministry of Magic. The two families often have contacts. In this case, Ivan It cannot be avoided.

What’s more, when we first met, Ivan already thought that he was a Muggle who had no connection with the wizarding world. Under such circumstances, he would inevitably drift away from the Weasley family whose family was involved in the wizarding war, so he also It doesn’t matter.

As for Hermione, she met Ivan because he was wandering around in the hospital. Ivan, who considers himself studious and a half-scholar, has a good impression of her, and the two live in the same neighborhood, and each other’s parents have met each other before they can maintain this relationship.

Having established a good relationship with the two people in the Iron Triangle, Ivan thinks this is already a failure.

Last but not least, Harry Potter, I must not have anything to do with him.

So before the break yesterday, he had asked Chang Wei to send a letter to Hogwarts, to the effect that he could not take the Hogwarts Express train on time due to personal reasons, and would go to school by himself afterwards.

As for how to go?

Knight bus is a good choice.

The Knight Bus, which claims to “send passengers anywhere you want”, can also go to Hogwarts, but it does not have permission to enter the school, so passengers can only be placed outside the school and passengers can walk there.

For Ivan, that was enough.

All the things that need to be carried have been packed, but it is obviously too early to start now. After thinking about it, Ivan decided to go downstairs and drink a new drink prepared by the bar owner first.

However, just as he was about to drag his suitcase downstairs, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door.

The sound moved from far to near, and finally stopped at the door of Ivan’s room.

Then there was a regular knock on the door.

Because the “Eye of Insight” had been disarmed when he was packing his luggage just now, Ivan had no way of knowing the identity of the person outside the door. While he was still hesitating whether to open the door, a cold voice came in.

“Open the door, Vesemir, I know you’re inside.”

It’s a familiar voice.

Why is he here?

Ivan was a little caught off guard by the sudden attack. He hurriedly checked the room to make sure that all his personal belongings had been put into the suitcase, and there was nothing shady left outside. Before he could do anything else , The voice outside the door rang again.

“Open the door.”

This time his tone was colder than before, with a hint of impatience. Ivan sighed and opened the door.

Standing outside the door was Severus Snape, Professor of Potions at Hogwarts and Head of Slytherin House.

A vacation disappeared, and he was still wearing the same long robe, with greasy black hair and sallow skin, staring at Ivan with his indifferent black eyes.

“Professor Snape.”

“If you don’t come to open the door this time, maybe I really have to wonder if you are doing something shameful in the room.”

Every sentence of Snape dragged on for a long time. Ivan knew that he was expressing his dissatisfaction, so he didn’t say anything, and simply made way for him, and Snape also walked in unceremoniously. .

After entering the room, Snape saw the unmade bed at a glance. He frowned, and quickly looked away.

Ivan thought he would check the room, but Snape obviously wasn’t in the mood, he looked around casually, and spoke again without looking back:

“Then, Mr. Vesemir… I really want to know, what is the reason why you have to choose to go to Hogwarts alone?”

Ivan opened his mouth and was about to answer, but Snape continued speaking slowly.

“…Although I really want to ask this question, before I came, Dumbledore specifically told me not to ask about your affairs.”

Then you finished speaking in one breath… Ivan was almost fooled by this guy’s panting.

“Did Professor Dumbledore entrust you here?”

Ivan asked.

He didn’t intend to continue following Snape’s pace, and the sudden visit of the Potions Professor gave him a sense of crisis that his plan was broken.

Hearing this, Snape turned around and glanced at him coldly.

“Dumbledore asked me to take you to school.” He said lightly, “Take the train, go.”