Chapter 167 Tonks's Arrival

The appearance of the boy who could help Bajir perfectly learn the killing curse did not attract his attention.

Because, at the moment when the sorting ceremony ended, the familiar voice sounded again.

[Zila. Zila, the number of gems exceeded 500,000, the [Near World Shuttle] component can be upgraded, whether to upgrade?]

At the same time, a stream of information also flooded into his mind.

Originally, the [Near World Shuttle] component only consumed 30,000 gems to start, and there was no CD.

But after the upgrade, there will be a 6-month CD time.

At the same time, the screening world will be more accurate.

Like Bajir before, it was just luck to find the [Society Component] in the world of the Good Demon Law School.

Normally, it is very likely to encounter another situation, where the worlds are too similar to each other, which is greater than the attraction between the system and the system components.

That is, traveling to another Harry Potter world where Bajir Granger survived.

Or traveling to a world with only the smell of system components.

But now, the upgraded [Near World Shuttle] component will not have this defect.

Moreover, the upgraded crossing method is safer.

Without entering the passage, as long as the [Near World Shuttle] component is activated, the information about the world to be crossed can be received.

If the world is too dangerous, Bajir can temporarily seal the passage and spend gems to select the next target.

Moreover, Bajir does not have to wait for the CD time.

If he is brave, he can also choose to cross the world in the form of non-upgrade.

"Yes."

Bajir chose to upgrade.

But in this case, he will have to wait until December to cross again.

However, this is no loss for Bajir.

In fact, after having the [Society Component], he almost gave up crossing through the [Near World Shuttle] component.

Because, the chat group created by the [Society Component] can also obtain the coordinates of the new world, which is safer and cheaper.

But now, the upgraded [Near World Shuttle] component does not seem to have to be abandoned.

Thinking of this, Bajir smiled.

In reality, after the last day of the students were sorted into Gryffindor, Professor McGonagall rolled up the parchment, picked up the sorting hat and left.

"It's disgusting. They all followed Bucky to Gryffindor." Fleur wrinkled her nose.

In her opinion, the sorting mechanism of the Sorting Hat - based on the students' own wishes, is really stupid.

"Bucky?" Hermione narrowed her eyes, but she didn't dwell on it too much. "Don't those foreign students know that the Philosopher's Stone is in Dumbledore's hands?"

"It's so obvious to him."

Indeed, most of the foreign students looked at Dumbledore.

He stood up, smiling, and stretched out his arms.

"Welcome!" he said, "Welcome everyone to Hogwarts to start a new school year!"

"But before that, I would like to introduce two new members to you."

"The first is Professor Lupin, who generously agreed to fill the vacancy in the Defense Against the Dark Arts course."

Applause broke out from the audience.

Clothes make the man, and the saddle makes the horse.

Lupin, who was supported by Sirius and no longer in poverty, was now received a warm welcome that was different from the original world line.

"Look at Snape!" Ron whispered in Harry's ear.

Snape, the potion teacher, stared at Professor Lupin along the long teacher's table.

"Is it because Lupin took away the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher that he wanted to take?" Harry himself couldn't believe it.

The twisted expression on Snape's thin, grayish-yellow face was more than anger, it was hatred.

Harry was not surprised.

Because the next second, he remembered that Lupin was also a member of the robbers.

This is normal.

Harry was more nostalgic.

During the first period of school, Snape's eyes fell on his face every time.

But he hasn't experienced this kind of look for a long time.

After he knew the truth, expressed his affection to Snape, and took the potion class seriously, Snape's eyes on him were only disgust and entanglement.

Only the frequency of deducting points from him did not change.

And Basil was even more surprised that Dumbledore would speak before the banquet.

According to the past, and in movies and novels, Dumbledore always gave a long speech after the banquet.

Is it because the sorting took too long? Just eat later?

"As for the second one," Dumbledore continued after the perfunctory applause for Professor Lupin faded away, "I've noticed for a long time that you might want to come by yourself."

"Thank you, Professor Dumbledore," Tonks said happily, almost jumping up, "Hello everyone, I'm Nymphadora Tonks."

"I think everyone should know me this summer. Crime nemesis, evil catcher, genius Auror. Balabala and so on."

She paused, took a deep breath, then raised her hands and stretched her body, "Wuhu! I must say, it's great to be back at Hogwarts!"

She winked mischievously, leaning on the table with her hands, her eyes swept over almost every head in the hall, "It's great to see you from this angle!"

"In fact, I thought about applying to stay on to teach, but Professor Dumbledore rejected me, because I don't understand Muggles as well as Quirinus."

Ron frowned, "Muggles? Who knows Muggles better for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"

"Isn't Quirrell a dark wizard? Will he understand Muggles? If true, then he should be like my father. How could he be possessed by Voldemort?"

Hearing Voldemort's name, the students around him who wanted to explain shrank their necks.

Only Harry looked normal, "You didn't know? Quirrell was once a Muggle Studies professor."

On the stage, Tonks also touched her chest with her hands and expressed regret, "It's really unfortunate. It is said that not a single piece of his body was left intact."

"Okay, so as not to disturb everyone's meal time, I will get to the point now."

After saying that, she started to groping around, "Where is it?"

"Aha, found it!"

She pulled out a piece of parchment, "This is what our Minister for Magic, Connery Fudge, wants to preach to everyone."

"The Ministry of Magic has always believed that educating young wizards is a very important matter."

"Some of the valuable gifts with which you are born may be fruitless if they are not cultivated and exercised under careful and careful guidance."

"The ancient skills unique to the magical world must be passed down from generation to generation, otherwise they will disappear. The precious treasure trove of magical knowledge accumulated by our ancestors must be protected by those who are fortunate enough to engage in the noble profession of education. Supplement and complete.”

She frowned and looked down, "This is too long, skip, skip."

"Let me summarize, the teachers led by Dumbledore have done a great job, and Minister Fudge has done a great job to make Hogwarts as popular as it is now. Students from all over the world come from thousands of miles to study. "

"Well, that's it."

In the audience, Ron retched, "Gee, this Fudge is so shameless. Is he doing well?"

The approving looks from the people around him.

Bagir was also a little surprised, how could Fudge be so shameless.

When Peter Pettigrew escaped from prison because of his own incompetence, he regarded these 'students' who gathered because of the Philosopher's Stone as his political achievements.

But it seems that Fudge is still very worried about Dumbledore.

Even if he is bragging, he does not forget to bring Dumbledore with him.

Tonks threw the parchment into the air, pulled out her wand with the speed of a professional Auror, and hit it with precision.

The parchment turned into a festive firework.

There was warm applause from the audience.

Fred and George started cheering again, "Great! Do it again!" "Use Professor Flitwick's cushion!"

The short Professor Flitwick awkwardly adjusted the pile of soft cushions under his butt, which was almost as tall as him.

Professor McGonagall's two black eyebrows were tightly knitted together, making her look like an eagle. Under her gaze, the Weasley twins ceased their activities, and the auditorium instantly returned to calm.

Tonks stuck out her tongue.

He clasped his hands and bowed to Professor Flitwick, "I'm sorry to involve you."

Then she straightened her back and faced the audience.

“I really got down to business this time.”

"I was assigned to be stationed at Hogwarts. I patrol the corridors, gardens, and any place where dark wizards may appear."

"Temporary term of one year."

Bagir paid attention when Tonks said this.

Almost all the foreign students' expressions darkened slightly.

Tonks looked at Dumbledore, who was still standing, "Professor, what is the name of my position?"

"If you haven't taken it yet, can you be a little cooler?"

Dumbledore smiled and said, "Okay, how about the tourists?"

Tonks jumped with joy, "Cool! It seems like you are not only getting younger in appearance!"

"My introduction is over, you can-"

Dumbledore put his index finger to his lips and hissed.

Tonks' words stopped.

Dumbledore winked at her mischievously and said, "Please forgive me for being an old man."

"In this case, I still want to do it myself."

"Whether you are a new student or an old student, please enjoy the delicious food and eat it to your heart's content!"

There was appreciative laughter and enthusiastic applause in the auditorium. Dumbledore sat down upright, as did Tonks.

Delicious food suddenly fell from the sky, and the five long tables were suddenly filled with all kinds of delicacies, and the tables seemed to groan due to being overwhelmed.

Ron looked at the turbid liquid with black particles beside him.

"This is bubble milk tea."

Ron followed Bagir's previous example and bit down on the straw, taking a deep sip.

“Delicious!”

After letting go, he rarely reached out for the food in front of him.

The staple food is more rice.

In addition to the usual chunks of beef, pies, plates of vegetables, bread, jam and jugs of pumpkin juice, as well as the previous milk tea, there are also many foreign flavors.

Many of them cannot be identified by their appearance.

Some are just a ball of yellow mixed with red paste.

Some were more like milk desserts than dishes, but clearly they weren't because dessert time hadn't come yet.

Some are like a bowl of water with a root of cabbage in it.

"Curry!" Hermione's roommate Parvati picked up the bread and dipped it directly into the plate of paste.

Ron quickly tried and said, "Hmm~, beef! Harry, this is good!"

He nudged Harry with his elbow.

But seeing Harry drinking water with a spoon, he picked up a piece of cabbage and said vaguely: "This is not bad. It tastes good."

Harry learned it from Bagir.

He was peeking at Furong's face at first, but then he saw Bagir directly reaching out to bring the basin of clear soup and cabbage in front of him.

Hermione naturally discovered this, in fact, she was sharing a plate of bouillabaisse with Fleur at the beginning.

Most of the mid-to-high-end cuisine in the British Muggle world is French cuisine.

Hermione, who came from a middle-class background, naturally had food to eat.

Looking at the unfamiliar food around her, she naturally stretched her spoon towards the slightly familiar ones.

Then she saw Bagir's movements.

"What is this? Which country is it from?"

Suddenly, she found a trace of nostalgia flashing in Bagir's eyes.

"Boiled cabbage. One of the representatives of Chinese Sichuan cuisine."

He unconsciously recalled that in his previous life, the twins came from Wudu Mountain City.

"What about this?" Hermione noticed what looked like a dessert on Bagir's plate again: a dish that was as white as cream and sprinkled with nut powder.

Bagir took a spoonful and said, "Yes, this is the taste."

"It is hibiscus chicken chowder. It looks like clouds, like piles of snow. It is soft and tender in the mouth. You can't see the chicken when you eat it."

“It’s also Sichuan food.”

"So, that An Feng should be from Bayu."

He saw a lot of Sichuan food.

Mapo tofu, fish-flavored shredded pork, garlic white meat

His gaze shifted to the kitchen.

The house elves were still working overtime to make the desserts that had been prepared in the past.

Perhaps this is the real reason for the long speech before the banquet.

Bagir's newly added milk tea, as well as the dishes from various countries that were originally prepared, made the house elves in a hurry.

Bagir smiled, flicked his index finger, and a small portion of shredded fish-flavored pork flew onto Hermione's plate.

"This should suit your taste, sweet and sour."

“A masterpiece among the eighteen flavors of Sichuan cuisine.”

"You can have it with rice."

Hermione took a small taste and said, "It's delicious."

Students from other countries also tasted their own delicacies.

In their childhood, Kobayashi Masaru and Suzuki Junko were holding sushi and eating raw fish fillets.

Mary Skotlova of Russia sips beetroot soup.

Germany's Erich von Manstein cuts a large elbow with a knife and fork.

Twenty minutes later.

Everyone in the auditorium was almost full.

The experienced ones also left a small part of their stomachs for dessert later.

But what was different from the past was that the auditorium was no longer buzzing with conversation.

Almost everyone's eyes were on Badir and Fleur at the end of the Gryffindor table.

Fleur's charm shouldn't be so exaggerated.

Only the boys who meet her would be like this.

But the existence of [Dream Kingdom] really played a big role.

Non-club members have chosen to become fairy tale magicians.

Among the group members, only Madison and Zoe were not present.

I can only say that Alice, Rosalie, and Fleur, their otherworldly beauty made everyone excited.

The beauty magic of the School of Good and Demonic Law really fascinates girls.

Even Ariana, who has thick eyebrows and big eyes, is secretly understanding.

Zoe and Madison also begged Bargeer to translate the beauty magic into a version that the Salem witches could learn.

The group members and [Dream Kingdom], namely Alice and Rosalie, did not study.

They think that they are already as beautiful as they can be, and no matter how beautiful they are, they will be troubled.

But obviously, Fleur didn't think so. She didn't practice martial arts and learned beauty magic.