Soon, it was the first day of school.
Ailey packed her luggage and arrived at the legendary Nine and a Quarter Station.
Of course, as a teacher, Ailey didn't need to wear a uniform like the other students. Instead, she wore a long black robe and a long triangular hat. She looked like a witch.
Apart from that, Aili didn't bring along her luggage like the other students. Instead, she just took a handbag and boarded the train directly.
Unlike modern trains, the train here didn't seem to have a limit on the number of seats. Perhaps due to the suddenness of the incident, Professor Mag didn't reserve a seat for Ailey as a teacher. But even so, she still arranged a box for Ailey at the very end of the coach. For Ailey, this was already quite good.
Ailey entered the box and confirmed her seat. She placed her handbag and hat on the table, then took out a book and started reading. After a few moments, the door to the private room opened and a girl carrying a huge suitcase walked in. She gazed curiously at Ailey and asked.
"Excuse me, can I sit here?"
"..."
Ailey glanced at the girl and nodded slightly. Well... in fact, without asking, this girl was none other than Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter trio.
"Hello, my name is Hermione Granger."
As expected, not long after they sat down, Hermione greeted Ailey generously.
"Are you also a new student going to Hogwarts? What's your name? "
"Just call me Ailey."
"Then, Ailey, you can also call me Hermione.... Is this owl your pet? It's so cute. I also have a cat called Crookshan. Look, isn't it interesting? To be honest, I never thought I would be a wizard.... Did you know? I thought wizards only existed in legends or fairy tales, but I didn't expect there to be so many of them.... "
Perhaps it was because she was about to go to Hogwarts, but Hermione was very excited. She sat beside Ailey and told her stories non-stop. She told her parents how happy they were for her when they went to Diagon Alley to buy things they had never heard of before. She even read many books to learn about Hogwarts, including the history of Hogwarts ….
"I tried a few simple spells at home, just for practice, and they all worked. No one in my family knew magic, so when I received the letter of admission, I was very surprised, but also very happy. I've done some research, and if I'm not mistaken, this is one of the best magic schools in the world. I've memorized all the textbooks. Of course, I hope I can use them … "
"Knowledge on paper is far from enough."
To be fair, she really liked the character of Hermione, so she didn't mind giving her some pointers.
"And you might have a hard time at Hogwarts."
"Eh? Wh-why? "
Hermione was happy to hear that Ailey was willing to talk to her, but she was a little confused about what she was talking about.
"Because you're very smart, which will cause a lot of jealousy. But most importantly, your parents are ordinary people.... Many wizards look down on people like you. They call you 'mudbloods'.... I think you should be able to tell that it's not a good name. "
"Is, is that so?"
Hearing Ailey's answer, Hermione was a little surprised and at a loss. It was no wonder, before she came to Hogwarts, she only had a beautiful vision for this group, but the reality was obviously crueler than she imagined.
"Yes, so you better be mentally prepared. This world isn't as beautiful as you think."
".... Anyway, thank you for your reminder. I'll be careful."
Hermione also revealed a smile at Ailee. Then, she stared at the little girl curiously and asked.
"By the way, what about you? What do you think about wizards? "
".... I hate wizards."
However, Ailey gave Hermione an unexpected answer.
"Eh? Why, why? "
"It's simple. Wizards think they're better than others, but they don't contribute anything to this world. They're just parasites of this society, greedily absorbing nutrients from it while acting recklessly and arrogantly. But apart from that, they don't contribute anything to this society, this world, or the entire human race. They won't make this world a better place, nor will they improve the quality of people's lives.... So in my opinion, the existence of wizards is completely useless. "
"Uhh...."
Facing Ailey's indifferent answer, Hermione didn't know what to say. For a moment, the atmosphere in the room became a little gloomy. After a while, Hermione looked at Ailey curiously again.
"Then.... why do you want to go to Hogwarts?"
"I was invited."
"Invited?"
Hearing this, Hermione wanted to ask more, but at that moment, there was a knock on the door of the room. A fat boy opened the door and timidly looked in.
"Um.... sorry, I want to ask, have you seen my toad?"
"...."
Facing the boy's question, Hermione shook her head, while Ailey silently turned a page of the book without saying anything.
"Oh, how unlucky, I lost it again!"
Seeing that the two didn't give him the answer he wanted, the fat boy suddenly burst into tears.
"It, it always wants to run away from me! Why, why is it always like this! "
"I'll help you look for it too."
Hearing this, Hermione stood up and introduced herself to the fat boy.
"My name is Hermione Granger, what's your name?"
"I, I'm Neville Longbottom...."
Hearing Hermione's question, the fat boy answered his name with a trembling voice. At that moment, Ailey finally moved her gaze away from the book. She took out her wand from her pocket and tapped it lightly at Neville's feet. Soon, a puff of smoke appeared, and the next moment, a toad appeared.
"Ah, my god, my toad!!"
When Neville saw the toad, he screamed and hugged it before thanking Ailey excitedly.
"Thank you, thank you so much...."
"...."
Ailey didn't reply to Neville's gratitude. She kept her wand and returned her attention to the book.
Carrying the lost toad, Neville left happily. Soon, the room regained its tranquility. Hermione sat opposite Ailey and sized her up curiously.
"You're amazing, what kind of witchcraft was that? And you didn't chant any incantations, did you? "
"Just some small tricks."
Facing Hermione's curious question, Ailey answered faintly.
"It's good that I was able to help."
"Is that so.... I thought you were an introverted and cold person, I didn't expect you to be so warm-hearted."
"Depends on the situation."
Ailey didn't say anything else. Hermione just smiled and calmed down. She took out a book from her bag.
"I'll do some revision before arriving at Hogwarts. I wonder which house they will assign me to.... I think Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are good, Gryffindor is fine too, but Slythrin doesn't have a good reputation...."
Not long after, the train arrived at the terminal station with a whistle. Hermione lifted her head from the book.
"Alright, we should get off the train.... Eh?"
However, to Hermione's surprise, there was no one in front of her. Ailey, who was sitting there a moment ago, was nowhere to be found.
What happened?
Although they didn't spend much time together, Hermione was actually very interested in this taciturn girl. After alighting from the train, Hermione searched everywhere and even asked several students. But nobody knew where the strange girl went. Most of them hadn't even seen the girl with white hair and red eyes that Hermione mentioned.
Hermione couldn't find any trace of Ailey even after boarding the boat to Hogwarts. This made her a little depressed.
"No, don't worry."
Looking at Hermione's expression, Neville stuttered as he comforted her. Hermione had asked him before, but Neville naturally didn't see where Ailey went.
"I think that child should be fine. She, she helped me find Toad. She will definitely be fine."
"Mhm, thank you.... I think so too."
Hearing Neville's clumsy consolation, Hermione retracted her gaze from the other boats and nodded to Neville with a smile.
At the same time, Hogwarts was right in front of them.
After walking ashore, the freshmen quickly arrived at the castle gate under Hagrid's lead. They saw Professor Mag with a solemn expression. Professor Mag said a few words to the freshmen and gestured for them to prepare to enter the hall.
Seeing this scene, Hermione hurriedly ran over with her short little legs. There seemed to be a small commotion behind her, but Hermione obviously didn't care.
"Professor Mag, Professor Mag, please wait a moment."
"Oh, what's the matter?"
Hearing Hermione's voice, Professor Mag turned his head to look at her. Hermione panted nervously before speaking.
"Yes, that.... there seems to be a new student who hasn't come. Her name is Ailey. She's a girl with white hair and red eyes. I was in the same box with her on the train, but after the train arrived at the station, I didn't see her again.... I took a closer look just now, she doesn't seem to be among the new students...."
"Ah.... you mean her?"
Hearing this, Professor Mag was stunned for a moment. Then, he smiled and nodded to Hermione.
"Don't worry, that child has arrived long ago. You will meet soon."
".... Huh?"
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