The fleet rowed across the mirror-like lake, carrying the little wizards through the ivy curtains covering the front of the cliff, and headed down a pitch-black tunnel, and finally arrived at a place similar to an underground pier.

Everyone got off the boat one after another, and Neville also found his lost toad.

Hagrid continued to lead the way with the lantern, but this time he turned around and started climbing up.

Fei Xu was too lazy to waste this effort, so he turned back on Hagrid's shoulder and shook his calf comfortably.

"Why can he ride on that stupid guy, but I need to rush my own way."

Draco Malfoy muttered unhappily that even with the help of Gole and Crab, the young master still made him look a little embarrassed along the way.

Feish, who had sharp ears, heard Malfoy's complaints, turned his head to look at the light-blonde boy, remembering Minerva's advice to him...

Have to get along well with other little wizards.

So Fei Xu moved his butt and turned his body over.

He sat down on Hagrid's shoulder and waved his arm at Malfoy, "Hey! Do you want to sit on it, too?"

Malfoy, who was suddenly named by Fei Xu, was stunned for a moment. He felt the strange gazes coming from all around him, and his pale cheeks couldn't help but turn red.

"No, no need."

Malfoy waved his hand quickly and then took the initiative to lower his head.

"Are you okay? Malfoy."

Crab asked with some concern. As one of Malfoy's followers, this was the first time that Crab saw him as easy to talk to.

Although Crab himself also had an inexplicable favor for the little boy, his limited IQ could not clarify the relationship between the two.

"What can I do?"

Facing his follower, Malfoy immediately returned to his original style. He proudly raised his head and pointed his nostrils at Crab.

In fact, Malfoy himself was also a little puzzled. He originally wanted to mock the little wizard, but for some reason he could not say it, and then he fooled it inexplicably.

However, before Malfoy could come back, the freshmen had already arrived in front of a huge oak door under the leadership of Hagrid.

"Are you all here? Look, your toad is still there?"

Hagrid finally confirmed the number of people and cared about Neville's Toad, then raised his huge fist and knocked on the castle gate three times.

The door in front of her immediately opened, and a tall witch in an emerald green robe stood behind the door, her black hair was tied high, and her serious expression made the group of already nervous little wizards even more nervous.

Just then, a voice broke the tense atmosphere.

"Minerva! I'm hungry, when will I start eating?"

Fei Xu, who was sitting on Haig's shoulder, looked relaxed. After seeing Professor McGonagall, he waved his arms excitedly and shouted at her.

Professor McGonagall looked at Feish sitting on the shoulder of Hagrid, and his originally serious expression immediately became much softer, but the words in her mouth were still stern.

"Get out of Hagrid quickly! Also, I'm going to call me Professor McGonagall at school."

"Okay, Minerva, no problem, Minerva."

Feish jumped off Hagrid's shoulder and replied with a smile.

Professor McGonagall did not continue to talk to Fei Xu, and she nodded at Hager, "Thank you, Hager. I'll leave it to me to pick it up here."

A group of young wizards followed Professor McGonagall into the castle gate, and they all consciously kept a short distance from her.

Only the restless Feish ran to Professor McGonagall and reached out to pull her sleeve, but Professor McGonagall knocked on his forehead with his backhand.

"Go back to the team."

Professor McGonagall's mouth moved slightly and he whispered to Feixu.

"oh--"

Fei Xu covered his forehead with both hands and pouted and returned to the crowd. His aggrieved expression caused the little witches to exclaim, "so cute" and "I really want to hug him".

Even among the boys, Harry could hear similar sighs vaguely.

Professor McGonagall brought the first-year freshman to a small empty house, and then briefly mentioned the branch ceremony to be held for a while and the four colleges in Hogwarts.

"Where is the supper?"

The branch ceremony doesn’t matter, Fei Xu’s focus is on food.

"After the branch ceremony, we will naturally arrange supper for you."

Professor McGonagall glared at Fei Xu and answered his question seriously.

Without the temptation of food, it was a delusion to make this boy Fei Xu stay here peacefully.

"I'll pick you up when you're ready there." Professor McGonagall looked at Feish and showed a warning look, "Please keep quiet while waiting."

After saying that, Professor McGonagall left the room, and a group of little wizards immediately began to whisper.

The ones they talked about the most were the branch ceremony, Fei Xu, a obviously very special student, and Harry Potter, the famous savior, had only a limited number of people who knew he was there because his scar was covered by his hair.

After Professor McGonagall left, Feish ran to the door as if no one was around and looked out through the crack of the door.

"Do you know what happened to him?"

After talking to Ron about the branch ceremony and making himself even more nervous, Harry thought it would be better to change the topic and relieve his mood.

"I don't know, he is probably the child of Professor McGonagall just now?"

Ron shook his head and said a guess that everyone could tell at a glance.

"Mileva McGonagall, dean of Gryffindor College, master of transforming, one of the seven Animagus of the century, she has no children."

Hermione Granger, who was originally chanting the spell in a low voice, suddenly interrupted.

"I saw her introduction in "Important Magic Events in the Twentieth Century."

"That's the nephew or something." Ron's cheek twitched twice, as if he felt that his knowledge was not as embarrassing as a witch from a Muggle family. He interrupted impatiently: "This is not the point at all."

"What is Animagus?"

Before Ron and Hermione had a dispute, Harry raised his questions.

"Animagus is a very, very difficult magic," Hermione seemed particularly excited when she mentioned this. "This spell can turn a wizard into an animal that suits him best. It usually takes several years to practice Animagus. Since the 20th century, there have been only seven registered Animagus in the Ministry of Magic!"

Hermione's words were filled with admiration for Professor McGonagall.

"It should be eight now," Ron disliked Hermione's "good student" attitude very much. This reminded him of his outstanding brothers, so he choked without hesitation. "I remember two or three years ago, a news published in the "Prophet Daily" said that a natural Animagus was discovered."

And very coincidental, Draco Malfoy, not far away, also talked about this.

"I think I know who he is," Malfoy showed off in his slow tone to the people around him: "He is the little wizard adopted by Minerva Mag several years ago, a natural Animagus."

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Chapter completed!