"Senior Elwyn, is this Gryffindor's Tower?" Euan Abercrombie asked, looking around curiously.
Along the way, he felt that his eyes were not enough to take in everything. Hogwarts Castle was really big, and there were all kinds of strange things and magic inside. These were all very fresh to him, and the other freshmen were the same.
They crowded around Elwyn and kept asking questions. There was no time to rest.
Ron was already impatient. These little kids were making his head hurt.
Not only did a prefect have the right to punish others, but it was also a responsibility. He was not ready to take on this responsibility, so he needed more training.
Hermione answered dutifully. She was very comprehensive, almost repeating the words in the Central Plains Chinese.
However, she might have been too professional. There were many things that the freshmen did not understand, and they were all confused.
Only Elwyn's explanations were easy to understand, not too deep or too shallow.
In fact, questions about depth could only be understood after experiencing it yourself. You could not just listen to others, or else it would be like a pony crossing a river.
What Elwyn said was very simple and basic knowledge, but it was enough for the freshmen.
They thought that Elwyn was very powerful, so the things he said were also very powerful.
Other than that, the freshmen were also happy to interact with Elwyn.
What surprised Euan the most was that Elwyn had a good temper. He answered almost every question, and his attitude was very friendly.
One had to know that before he came, he had always heard bad things about Elwyn. He had a very bad impression of him.
On the train, someone showed him the Daily Prophet. It was full of articles saying bad things about Elwyn and Harry, telling him to be careful of Gryffindor, Elwyn, and Harry, not to interact with them, and to stay as far away from them as possible.
Look, they actually spread rumors that the Lord Voldemort had returned, trying to create chaos.
In Euan's mind, Elwyn had already become a foolish, lying Magus who studied black magic and had no idea of the immensity of heaven and earth. He took pleasure in bullying others, but when he saw Elwyn with his own eyes, he realized that this was not the case at all. They were two extremes.
Elwyn's attitude said it all. After a short interaction, everyone had a good impression of him.
His strength was especially admirable. Not to mention the magic spell in the auditorium that they didn't understand, they also knew from the others that Mischievous was a troublesome ghost that bullied other students on the third floor. It was a fearless ghost that played pranks on students for fun.
However, after seeing Elwyn, Mischievous actually turned around and ran away.
"Yes, this is Gryffindor's Tower. This is the fat lady. She's the manager of the door to Gryffindor's common room. She's always very responsible and conscientious. You can only enter the common room if you say the correct password." Elwyn said cheerfully, introducing the first years around him. He turned to look at the portrait of the fat lady. "Good evening, Fat Lady, these are this year's new students!"
"Hello, Elwyn. I heard from them that they chose you to be the head boy. Congratulations!" The fat lady said happily, smoothing out the wrinkles on her pink satin dress, as if talking to Elwyn was something to be proud of.
Perhaps it was because of Elwyn's words that she was conscientious, but her attitude became especially kind.
"Thank you. This is the principal's trust in me. Right, the password is Mi Bu Mi Bao! "Elwyn continued.
"Bingo." The fat lady said. Her portrait suddenly opened towards them like a door, revealing a round hole in the wall.
"You must remember the password. If you change it, the prefects will inform you immediately," Hermione said.
"If you forget, you can only spend the night in the corridor!" Elwyn was the first to climb in.
Gryffindor's common room looked as cheerful as before. This was a round room in the tower, filled with worn out, loose and soft armchairs and wobbly old tables. A fire crackled in the fireplace.
Elwyn originally thought that with his performance in the auditorium, the whole of Gryffindor's reputation would soar. Fred and George would definitely not let go of this opportunity and would definitely organize a carnival for the start of school. He could bring the new students back to participate and let them get to know each other.
However, they did not. The atmosphere in the common room was very quiet.
In this quiet atmosphere, there was a trace of tension and uneasiness. Harry, Fred, George, Corin, and Neville stood on the side of the staircase near the boys' dormitory, while the others stood on the other side, facing each other.
"What happened?" Elwyn was startled. "Why are you all standing here?"
He looked around. Only a few people dared to look at him.
Elwyn's past experience and the powerful magic he just used in the auditorium were still fresh in their minds.
"Nothing. Harry and Seamus had a little conflict," Fred said. "We stopped them!"
"It's not a big deal," George said. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
"It's not a small matter," Dean Thomas said immediately, "Seamus's mother almost didn't let him go back to Hogwarts."
As soon as his voice fell, the atmosphere suddenly became very tense.
"But, why?" Hermione said in surprise and walked to Elwyn's side.
"The Daily Prophet. His mother believed the nonsense," Harry said angrily.
Dean and Seamus were his roommates. He did not want to quarrel with them in front of so many people. He did not want to be laughed at and pointed at. Before tonight, he thought that he had a good relationship with them. Even if they were not as good as Elwyn and Ron, they could be regarded as close friends.
But what happened just now had subverted Harry's understanding.
They aggressively asked him about what happened six months ago. Although Harry had told them the truth more than once, no one believed him. They only wanted to know what they wanted to know.
Hermione once said that time would let them slowly accept the return of the Lord Voldemort, but it did not happen.
Everyone had doubts about Voldemort's return. Although they had digested it for a long time last semester, they still couldn't quite believe it. When they returned home during the summer vacation, under the influence of their parents, the people around them, and the Daily Prophet and other media, they suddenly felt that Elvin and Harry were lying and that Voldemort could not be resurrected.
The feeling of distrust was brewing and finally broke out in the silence.
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