The train sped up, and the houses outside the window flashed past them. They stood still and swayed.
"What does the president of the Student Council want to do?" Harry asked curiously.
"Professor Meg told me last night that the main job is to maintain order, manage the prefects, participate in the formulation of specific school policies, plan activities, and so on. Actually, there's not much work," Elwyn said.
In his opinion, most of the things could be left to the prefects. He didn't want to care about those trivial things.
He didn't have enough time to begin with, so the symbolic meaning of being the student council president was more important. When he wanted to do certain things, he would have a good excuse and a good reason to do it, rather than actually doing the actual work.
"We can't just stand here …" Ginny reminded.
"Yes, we should find a private room," Harry nodded hurriedly.
"It's like this, Harry. Elwyn, Ron, and I should go to the prefect's coach," Hermione said awkwardly.
"Before the semester starts, we should meet up and talk about guiding the new students," Elwyn said.
Ron didn't look at Harry. He seemed to be very interested in the fingernails on his left hand.
"The prefect's coach?!" Harry said. He immediately reacted, "Oh, okay, okay."
"I don't think we'll be there the whole way." Hermione said quickly, "The letter says that the prefects have to receive instructions from the president of the Male Student Council and the president of the Female Student Council, and patrol the corridors from time to time."
"If you didn't mention it, I would've forgotten that I still have to lecture the prefects …" Elwyn said. Hermione looked at him with dissatisfaction.
"Okay, you guys go. We'll see you later," Harry said again.
"Okay, see you later, Harry, Ginny!" Elwyn waved his hand.
"You know, I really don't want to go there. I'd rather …" Ron said hesitantly. He glanced at Harry with a fearful and evasive gaze, as if he had betrayed him. "But we have to go. I mean, I don't want to go at all. I'm not Percy. I don't care about the prefects or the president of the Student Council."
His last sentence was resolute and his attitude was firm.
"I know you're not." Harry grinned. "Let's go. Remember to support Elwyn."
Even so, when Elwyn, Hermione, and Ron walked towards the locomotive, Harry still felt a strange sense of loss. In the past, every time he took the Hogwarts Express, he was always with Ron.
"Let's go!" Ginny said. "If we hurry, we can still get seats for them."
"Okay," Harry said. He lifted Hedwig's empty cage with one hand and grabbed the handle of the box with the other.
After separating from Harry and Ginny, Elwyn and the other two walked straight to the locomotive. The one in front was the class captain's carriage.
"The president's main task is to manage the prefects. Elwyn, as the youngest male president in centuries, the others may raise objections …" Hermione said worriedly, reminding him of the things he needed to pay attention to later. "The others are fine, but Slytherin's prefect, Fred Grierson, needs to be extra careful."
"Fred Grierson?!" Elwyn recalled a tall, sturdy boy.
He didn't have much contact with this guy before. He only knew that he was Slytherin's prefect and was three years older than him.
"Like the other Slytherin students, Grierson is an annoying guy." Ron said, "Do you remember two years ago, when all the Slytherin students boycotted Professor Lupin? He was one of the leaders at that time. "
If Cedric Diggory was still here, he would have been the president of the male student union this year. After he became a vampire and transferred to another school, the most promising candidate to become the president of the male student union was Slytherin's seventh-year student, Fred Grierson.
In fact, even Grierson himself thought so.
Among all the seventh-year students, no one was better than him and more qualified to become the president of the male student union!
Compared with the prefect, the president of the student union not only symbolized one's identity and status, but also represented great honor. This was the highest position that Hogwarts could give to a student. After graduation, he would be highly regarded and given preferential treatment when he worked in the Ministry of Magic.
Before the news of Cedric's transfer came out, he never thought that he would be so lucky.
However, after a whole summer vacation and waiting until school reopened, he did not receive the news that he had become the president of the male student union. Then, last night, he learned from others that a fourth-year boy named Gryffindor had become the president of the student union.
Elwyn Mason, the little wizard from the Muggle family, the guy who caused a lot of trouble every year.
At the thought of this, Grierson felt extremely angry. In his opinion, it was Elwyn who had used dishonorable means to steal the position of the male student union president that should have belonged to him. After Cedric's accident, this position should have belonged to him.
Although he could not go against Dumbledore's wishes, Grierson did not intend to listen to the orders of a fourteen-year-old wizard.
He was even prepared to teach Elwyn a lesson to prove himself. Although he knew that Elwyn was very strong, he was not sure how strong he was. After all, Elwyn's strength had always been the hottest topic in the school.
However, when he thought of the age gap between them, he more or less had some confidence in himself.
Needless to say, he had the support of those powerful old pure-blooded Sorcerer families.
During the seven years in Slytherin, Grierson had fully understood the power and influence of these families.
His parents were just ordinary wizards. If he wanted to develop after graduation, he could not do without their help.
In fact, as a prefect, he even noticed the abnormal behavior of the most powerful students in the school during the last period of the last semester. Coupled with the things that Dumbledore said, he was sure that the mysterious man had returned!
Grierson was not opposed to relying on Lord Voldemort, although this kind of thing was crazy enough to think about …
Malfoy was just as worried as him. He was the first to know that Elwyn had become the president of the male student union.
Most of the members of the Hogwarts board came from pure-blood wizard families. Although they did not necessarily support Lord Voldemort, they had close ties with other pure-blood wizard families. The news of Elwyn becoming the president of the student union was immediately known by the upper echelons of the magic world.
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