Starting Over from Hogwarts
Chapter 22

Do You Think This Is Your Home!

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The witch speaking to the young wizards...

was none other than Minerva McGonagall, the Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts.

Because she had just been questioned by the gray-haired youth, Professor Minerva McGonagall had formed a slight impression of him. This child seemed like he would be quite restless at school...

As everyone knew.

Restless children most often ended up in Gryffindor.

And since Professor Minerva McGonagall was also the Head of Gryffindor, she thought about noting down the appearance of this gray-haired youth. In the future, when he caused trouble at school, a more difficult educational problem would arise.

It was a great pity.

This year's batch of new students wasn't short of troublemakers.

Soon, someone among the young wizards began to raise their own questions. Two voices, almost identical, asked the same question in unison.

"Can we set up traps at school?"

"Can we set up traps at school?"

"..."

Why were there so many problem children in this year's new student intake!

Such an obvious question was definitely impossible!

"Of course... not."

Professor Minerva McGonagall refused while following the gaze, and she saw two identical twins. Both little ones had striking red hair.

No need to think further.

Redheads were definitely children of the Weasley family.

Professor Minerva McGonagall didn't need to ponder further; she knew that wizards from the Weasley family would 100% enter her Gryffindor House.

The only hope...

was perhaps that the twin young wizards would be like their brothers?

Whether it was Bill Weasley, who graduated the previous two years, Charlie Weasley in his sixth year, or Percy Weasley in his third year, they had all been children who caused her little trouble.

It was obvious.

The twin brothers were completely different from their older brothers.

"We can't? Professor..."

Fred Weasley blinked his eyes and glanced at his brother George. The twins raised their heads together and questioned in unison, "But we like setting up strange traps at home..."

"Do you think school is your home?"

Professor Minerva McGonagall felt her blood pressure surge from their antics. After speaking, she immediately felt deep regret. Wasn't she just contradicting herself?

These were still just children...

Professor Minerva McGonagall couldn't help but spread her hands and earnestly explained, "School is, after all, school. It's a place for you to learn. I was just using an analogy... because you will spend a very long time at school in the future, longer than you spend at home."

After speaking, Professor Minerva McGonagall immediately moved past the topic. She didn't want to go back and forth discussing one sentence, as it was easy for the group of little ones to lead her astray.

"Alright, let's get back to business."

Professor Minerva McGonagall rubbed her forehead and continued in a deep voice, "Which House you are sorted into is very important for you, because your actions at school will earn points for your House or lose points. At the end of the year, the House with the highest total score will win the House Cup, which will be the greatest honor for a House."

After speaking, Professor McGonagall waved her hand and gently instructed, "Wait here for a moment and don't wander around. The Sorting Ceremony will begin shortly."

As the words fell.

The female professor turned and walked into the Great Hall doors.

This was because Professor Minerva McGonagall needed to confirm if all the students from other years in all the Houses had arrived before arranging the Sorting Ceremony for the new students.

"What a shame..."

Vinson Light couldn't help but sigh and shake his head regretfully after watching Professor Minerva McGonagall leave. He looked at the Weasley twin brothers, "I originally had an excellent reason to escape any punishment from school rules, but now it's been ruined by others..."

"..."

Wait...

Why hasn't the Sorting begun yet...

And you're already thinking about escaping punishment for breaking school rules!

Cedric looked at his friend speechlessly, extended his palm, and patted Vinson's shoulder as if to comfort him. He also felt a slight sense of relief in his heart, "Then we can just quietly focus on our studies..."

"...What a pity."

Vinson Light was still lamenting the loophole in Professor Minerva McGonagall's words that he had caught, but it was disrupted and resolved by the Weasley twin brothers.

Who knows...

What these two brothers were thinking...

However, at this very moment, Fred Weasley and George Weasley, the twin brothers, were completely indifferent to what had just happened.

The twin brothers paid no attention to Professor Minerva McGonagall's gaze just now, completely unaware that their future Head of House had taken notice of them.

Of course.

Neither the twin brothers nor Professor McGonagall knew that they had actually relieved Hogwarts of a huge problem.

Vinson Wright watched the twin brothers, feeling as if his future campus life had encountered its nemesis, possibly delaying his reign over Hogwarts.

He could only hope...

...that they could be utilized properly in the future!

Fred Weasley seemed to notice Vinson Wright's gaze. He patted his brother George's shoulder, and George Weasley immediately understood his meaning.

The twin brothers simultaneously winked at Vinson, with an expression that said, "I see right through you." "Hey, Vinson, were you thinking the same thing we were just now!"

"..."

Vinson Wright shook his head speechlessly.

Who was thinking the same thing as this lively pair of brothers!

Vinson had just managed to exploit a loophole in Professor McGonagall's words to get a table meant for dining dismissed, only for these twin brothers to immediately flip the table over!

And they had the nerve to talk about it!

The twin brothers were oblivious to this, and began to tease their classmates with playful winks and nudges. The young wizards around them were drawn in by their antics and burst into laughter.

It seemed no matter where they were...

...the twin brothers always brought joy to those around them.

However, such behavior was clearly a nuisance in the eyes of Hogwarts' professors. When Professor McGonagall returned, she saw this scene and felt her eyelids twitching.

Professor McGonagall, the Head of Gryffindor, scowled, her eyes quickly turning serious. "Mr. Weasleys, could you please behave yourselves for a moment?"

"...Yes."

The twin brothers' bodies quickly drooped.

However, just as those around them thought they were dejected, the brothers straightened their torsos and slowly lowered themselves, their movements extremely slow and steady, as if they wanted to sink into the floor...

"Hoo..."

Professor McGonagall took a deep breath, calming her emotions, and said gravely, "All first-years, follow me inside. The Sorting Ceremony is about to begin."

This pair of twin brothers...

were bound to cause a lot of trouble at school.

However, Professor McGonagall's attention was captured by the Weasley twins, and she completely forgot about the grey-haired young man who had been the first to speak.

"Vinson, I'm still a little nervous..."

Cedric said softly, walking close beside his friend. "Will anything go wrong during the Sorting Ceremony? What if I'm not sorted into Hufflepuff..."

"Don't worry, you'll be even more nervous in a little while."

Vinson kindly prepared Cedric for what was to come.

The Hogwarts first-year class of 1989 was truly full of character!

Happy weekend, I believe you will be satisfied with Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday's...

Monday and Tuesday will be updated at midnight.

Other dates and times will remain at 8 AM as usual.

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