With the construction of the Great Wall of the Underworld in the Rocky Mountains, the floating city of Hogwarts had also begun to hover in the sky.
Looking down from the parapet of the fortress at the edge of the floating city, one could see the entire Great Wall, especially at night. In the dark night, the lights in the fortresses converged into a long line, setting off the gray and lifeless world in the distance.
In the castle auditorium of Hogwarts, surrounded by clouds and mist, the end-of-term banquet was being held.
The auditorium was decorated with blue and bronze colors that represented Ravenclaw. On the wall behind the main table, there was a huge banner with a picture of the giant Ravenclaw eagle. This also meant that the tables of Ravenclaw Academy were particularly lively, because every eagle was celebrating their seventh consecutive year of winning the School Championship.
Most of the people who were eating, drinking, talking, and laughing with everyone were junior wizards. The seventh-grade wizards who were about to graduate were now on their last day in Hogwarts as students. Although they had not yet left, they were already full of sadness.
Like a ring in the past thousand years, every time these junior wizards, who had experienced seven years of study, basically treated Hogwarts as their new home, they would have to say goodbye to it when it became a habit.
These graduates did not have time to eat today. Instead, they kept strolling in every corner of the campus during the day, exchanging gifts with each other, telling each other about their friendship, and leaving their blessings and photos in their classmates' memorabilia books.
Many of them even ran to the teachers' table to take photos with the staff. Even Snape, who had a sour face, was surrounded by Slytherin like Draco and Pency, as well as wizards like Michael and Simon who had the courage to come over — although this kind of welcoming scene and atmosphere made the Snake Institute professor look a little funny.
This kind of sadness was especially true for Harry. When the crimson steam engine drove him in seven years ago, he was far away from the suffering of his childhood aunt's family, which brought him hope in life. For him, Hogwarts was his home. Hogwarts saved him during his most difficult time. He remembered the fireworks blooming above the castle, explored every corner of the castle, and gained these lovely friends around him. After hearing that he was the savior of the world in the prophecy, Harry secretly made up his mind that when Hogwarts was threatened, he was willing to do anything to protect the school and do his duty for the school.
However, what happened after that was different from what he thought when he was a first-year student. Now, he did not think of himself as the savior of the world.
But now, Harry just felt a little strange about going home.
When Harry was a junior, he would rather live in Hogwarts for the rest of his life than go back and see his Uncle Vernon's purplish face. But now, Aunt Petunia and Big Dudley had both become wizards. In fact, whenever Harry thought of Vernon's transformation into a wizard after Aunt Petunia and Dudley became what he thought was a weirdo, Harry couldn't help but want to laugh. He even looked forward to going home.
At this time, the other Gryffindor students around Harry began to talk about their future plans. Their yearning for the future temporarily diluted the sadness brought by the sorrow of separation.
"I listened to my mother's advice. She asked me to continue to go to college. I told her that when I practiced various kinds of magic, I would explode due to mistakes. She said that Allen had sent her a letter, which showed that I was quite talented in explosion … I can go for further studies. Maybe in the future, I will be suitable to help the Muggle open a mountain." Seamus grabbed his sandy brown hair and proudly hugged Dean Thomas. "Dean, you also want to go to college. Is it true?"
"The result of my divination said that I should do so." Dean shrugged. "And I don't know where my father's confidence came from, but he insisted that I could become an Aura. So I think it's easier to go to college."
"Ron and I will get married in the summer vacation … Oh, sorry, we don't have a summer vacation …" Lavender Brown's whole arm wrapped around Ron's arm and smiled sweetly. "I don't plan to go to college. Professor Trelawney's love divination program lacks an assistant. She thinks that I am very talented and suitable for the characteristics she is looking for."
"I plan to lock up those books after graduation," Ron muttered. "Rest for a few more months and see how things go."
Harry noticed that Ron's ears were red. Whenever Ron felt pressure, it would be like this. He knew that Arthur wanted Ron to help him, and the Weasley Twins also wanted Ron to help because of the expansion of their business.
"Unfortunately, this year's Hogwarts Express has become a circle around the floating city." Parvati held her cheek and said sadly, "They can pave the railway in such a short time, but the time is too short. I don't know if it's enough for me to eat snacks …"
"Now that we are not in the United Kingdom … It's good that they can maintain the traditional ceremony … Anyway, everyone is now living in the floating city. We can't use the door key to return to the wasteland in Scotland, then take a car to London, and then use the door key to return to the floating city, right?" Jenny patted Parvati's shoulder comfortingly. "Ravenclaw's new ghost, Lockhart, has always emphasized the danger of long-distance teleportation …"
Suddenly, there was a few laughter that made the little lions turn their heads. They found that Neville and Freig were holding the certificate and laughing happily.
In fact, it wasn't just them. A very important reason for the atmosphere in the auditorium was that the exam results had come out.
Generally, the little wizards didn't care much about their final exam results, but the fifth-grade Ls exam and the graduate's exam had been rushed out by the Empire's Ministry of Magic overtime. It was still handed out by Director Lunn Harris of the Department of Law Enforcement.
After Allen's educational reform since he became the headmaster, although the exam questions were more difficult than in previous years, both the types of questions and the number of answers had increased. The knowledge involved was broader, and the difficulty had increased. There were even many new knowledge that had been recently innovated.
However, most of these did not exceed the learning and mastery range of the Hogwarts wizards after the educational reform, so almost everyone's results were a grade higher than when he was in Dumbledore.
At this time, Neville excitedly showed the certificate to the people around him and pointed out the results on it. "Herbology, Magic Incantation, and Defense Against Black Magic all got an excellent O, except for Transfiguration … Now, my grandmother and uncle won't have anything to say … She always nagged me that I should protect the honor of the family. My uncle got more good than me, but he didn't get three O's back then …"
"Although Allen and Dumbledore don't like to stay in school … at least he did a great job in improving the standard of education." Fleg flicked his certificate and sighed. "The educational reform has directly improved your results by a grade higher than two years ago … Although I don't have enough magic and practical points, I have a good grasp of the theory … After the fifth-grade exam, I thought it would be good enough if I could successfully graduate and stay in the magic world … Now, it seems like it's not difficult to apply for a copywriter position in the TV station, edit manuscripts on time, and proofread manuscripts and other jobs that don't require too much magic … I got an O in my Muggle research class … Many wizards, like the famous Scamander, don't like office work, but I think this suits me better … My sister also wants to become a wizard and work in Krivat's parents' department."
"Everyone is concerned about their own future. I'm surprised no one thought about why the results were released so early this time, which was out of the norm." The Indian girl, Parvati, who was resting her chin on her hand, sounded a little excited. Her voice was sharper than usual. "The Ministry of Magic wants Harris to see the results of the Hogwarts before he goes down to the underworld … Don't you think this is a bad sign? It means they don't have the information … I really hope everything goes well for Headmaster Harris … Unfortunately, I'm too weak to go down and help … "
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