Soon after, all the desserts disappeared from the table, and the plates became as smooth as new again.
Dumbledore stood up again, and the auditorium gradually fell silent.
"Now that everyone has eaten and drank enough, I want to say a few more words to you. At the beginning of the semester, I want to put forward a few things to pay attention to."
"First-year students, please note that the wooded area on the school grounds is off-limits to any student, and upperclassmen should remember this as well."
When he said this, Dumbledore looked at the Weasley twins emphatically, obviously as a warning.
"In addition, Administrator Filch also asked me to remind everyone not to cast magic in the corridor. The review of Quidditch players will be held in the second week of this semester. Anyone who is interested in joining the cadet varsity team should contact Ms. Hooch."
"The last thing I want to tell you is that anyone who does not want to suffer an accident and die in pain should not enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor."
After hearing this, Draco couldn't help but ask Marcus: "What's in the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor? Did they bring something dangerous into the castle?"
Marcus shook his head: "I don't know, there was no such ban last year."
Female prefect Gemma Farley puzzled: "In the past, whenever a ban was issued, the reason would be specified, such as the Forbidden Forest, where there are many dangerous beasts, even werewolves and vampires. But this time there is no explanation, so this Then the ban is suspicious."
Kyle glanced over here. This female prefect was very good-looking and did not look very domineering. He had no impression of her. It seemed that this person was not mentioned at all in the original work.
"Now, before everyone goes to bed, let's sing the school song together," Dumbledore said loudly.
Then, all the teachers and students in the school started singing together.
Kyle heard clearly that few people on the Slytherin side really spoke up, and many even didn't speak at all.
At the teacher's desk, Professor Snape opened and closed his mouth, but his face looked like he was constipated, and he was clearly suffering from holding it in.
Kyle didn't speak either. He felt that this situation was extremely embarrassing.
Afterward, Dumbledore announced that the dinner was over and asked the prefects to lead everyone back to the dormitory to go to bed.
The Slytherin dormitory is behind a stone wall in the dungeon area of Hogwarts Castle. To enter, you need to speak a password, and then a stone door will appear in the stone wall, leading to the common room.
Kyle, like other freshmen, followed Gemma obediently, surrounded by senior students, to the Slytherin common room.
The Slytherin common room is a long, narrow dungeon with a round chandelier chained to the ceiling. The chandelier shines orange, but part of the dungeon is connected to the Black Lake.
The light of the chandelier shines into the black lake through the window, and then reflects back and turns green. This green light illuminates the entire lounge particularly eerie.
There are carved chairs in the middle of the common room for students to rest, and some skulls as decorations.
The walls and ceiling were made of rough stone, and a fire burned beneath an intricately carved mantel.
Still, the common room seemed dark and cold.
"Everyone, wait a minute. I have something to say before going to bed. This is our Slytherin tradition - every year the prefects of Slytherin give a speech to welcome the new students, and this year is no exception."
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Gemma Farley said in an impassioned tone: "Congratulations! I am Gemma Farley, prefect. I am very happy to welcome you to Slytherin College. Our emblem is the snake, the most intelligent creature; our college The colors are emerald green and silver…"
"There are a few things you need to know, and a few things you should forget. First, let's clear up some nonsense. You may have heard rumors in Slytherin House that we are all into the dark arts. This is wrong. Cognition…"
"Our academy ghost is Bloody Barrow. If he likes you, he will sometimes agree to scare you. It's best not to ask him how he got so bloody. He doesn't like to be asked this question... Finally, I wish you all a sweet dream."
Gemma's prefect speech was long and impassioned, and it was definitely a carefully prepared speech. After she finished speaking, she asked everyone to return to their dormitories to rest.
"Hey, Kael'thas." But Marcus stood in front of Kyle. He looked at Kyle with oppressive eyes, "From today on, you will be responsible for cleaning the common room."
Kyle chuckled when he heard this, already realizing that he had encountered a school bully.
And it is the simplest, most direct, and most substandard form of school bullying.
Most students in Slytherin are like this. They bully their classmates straight away and regard this kind of thing as a change from the boring student life.
The most typical one is the trio of Draco, Goyle and Crabbe. In the original book, they often bully the Gryffindor sword master.
In fact, there are many such bullying incidents, but the original work does not show them all one by one.
"What's the reason?" Kyle looked at Marcus indifferently, "Why do you ask me to clean the common room all the time?"
Marcus was irritated by Kyle's attitude. He said coldly: "Because you are a mudblood, is this reason enough?"