Change Was Approaching?

Happy times always passed quickly. Happy vacations passed even faster.

In the blink of an eye, summer vacation was over, and the annual start-of-term day had arrived once more.

In previous years, Bell would have been sitting at the Ravenclaw table, watching the little ones undergo the Sorting Ceremony and occasionally applauding to welcome some "outstanding" Little Wizard who had made it into Ravenclaw.

Today, however, Bell sat on a vast, empty platform, gazing up at the boundless starry sky overhead.

By a fortunate coincidence, the Space Battleship completed its final tests and officially entered service on September 1, the first day of school.

Bell naturally would not miss such a historic moment. So, yesterday—the final day before school began—he had gone to Hogwarts in advance and found his "good buddy," Professor Snape. After a round of appeals to emotion and reason, he finally obtained a day-student permit from Snape, becoming the first "Day Student" in Hogwarts's nearly thousand-year history.

At that moment, the wheels of history rolled onward. Hogwarts, which had lain stagnant like a pool of dead water for nearly a thousand years, finally underwent change for the first time. In the foreseeable future, more "Day Students" would be born at Hogwarts.

If nothing else, Shanna would certainly follow in her Gege's footsteps someday.

"Gege, why didn't you get me a day-student permit while you were at it?"

Pouting, Shanna looked unhappily at her Gege.

In fact, she did not need to wait until someday. The little girl wanted to follow her Gege's example right now.

Unfortunately, Gege had not agreed to let her become a glorious "Day Student."

"Because you're still too young. Once you reach seventh year, if you still want to be a Day Student, Gege will go talk to Professor Snape for you then,