Chapter 15: Banquet

　　 "Come on! Here!" Miss Gama Farley exclaimed very excitedly: "The principal is here!"
　　 is not just her alone, with the appearance of the light blue smoke, the atmosphere in the entire auditorium instantly becomes extremely eager.
　　 Many people around are like Miss Farley, cheering, cheering, and even banging the goblet on the table.
　　 They are like stars holding the moon, welcoming their respected and beloved Headmaster Hogwarts
　　 Gellert Grindelwald!
　　 As the light blue smoke dissipated, a familiar face appeared on the central seat of the main guest seat.
　　Professor Grindelwald and the portrait on his chocolate frog picture are almost identical.
　　 He waved his hand gently, and effortlessly controlled the atmosphere of the auditorium, quieting the whole auditorium.
　　 He stood up, looked at the hundreds of students in front of him with a big smile, and opened his arms. It seemed that there was nothing happier than seeing so many people gathered together.
"Welcome, welcome back to Hogwarts to start your new school year!" A deep voice echoed in the auditorium: "Looking at the faces you can't wait to wait, I only have one word to tell you now, that is— —"
　　 "The party begins!"
　　……
　　 The principal sat down again, and everyone was applauding and cheering desperately.
　　 "Has Professor Grindelwald always been so popular?" Matthew asked Farley hesitantly.
　　 "Of course!" Farley said without a doubt: "He is undoubtedly the greatest wizard in the world, whether in magical ability or personality charm. Would you like some pork chops, Matthew?"
　　 Just as they were talking, the golden plate on the long table was already full of food
　　Roast beef, grilled chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, sausages, steak, boiled potatoes, baked potatoes, potato chips, Yorkshire pudding, pea sprouts, carrots, gravy, tomato sauce...
　　 The Slytherin students next to him have already started.
　　 Vincent Crabbe picked up two sausages, and Gregory Gore grabbed four drumsticks with both hands. It's no wonder they can be so big at a young age.
　　 Matthew poked a piece of pork chop in front of him with a fork, and his eyes swept across a circle of various potatoes.
　　 Honestly, the taste is just average.
　　 Sure enough, one cannot have too high expectations for British cuisine.
　　 But it’s better to be full.
　　 At this moment, the surrounding students screamed.
Most of the 　　 were sent by first-year freshmen, because on the wall behind them, suddenly there were twenty ghosts.
　　 These translucent guys were sliding around in the auditorium, while whispering to discuss something.
　　 Matthew was not surprised, because his gaze had been looking at the main guest seat nonchalantly.
He noticed that when these ghosts suddenly appeared, Professor Grindelwald's face was obviously unhappy... But as Professor Rozier put him half of a grilled sausage, he quickly smiled. Nodded to each other.
　　 "Oh..." Draco Malfoy was suddenly breathless with fright.
　　 because of a terrifying-looking ghost, appeared beside him. Hollow eyes, thin face, silver stains of blood on the robe...
　　 The surrounding Slytherin students took a few steps back, including the prefect Gama Farley.
　　 Matthew slowly raised his head, because he found that this ghost was actually targeting himself.
　　 "Hello, Sir?" Matthew said calmly. If he guessed correctly, the other party was Slytherin's resident ghost: Barrow the Blood.
　　 "Hello." The ghost frowned: "A freshman?"
　　 "Yes, my name is Matthew, Matthew Wickfield."
　　 "Sorry, I almost thought you were a new ghost!" The Barrow's voice was so soft that only Matthew could hear it.
　　 After all, it passed through Matthew's body, which gave Matthew a terrible feeling of just being poured with a bucket of ice water.
　　 "Are you all right?" Jiama Farley asked with some concern.
　　 Matthew took a few deep breaths: "It's okay..."
　　 "It's better to stay away from the ghosts in the future. It's not a comfortable thing to touch them, especially Mr. Barrow's temper has always been very strange." Farley said kindly.
　　 "Well, thank you!"
　　……
　　 The banquet continues.
　　 Most people have opened their belly and filled their stomachs.
　　 The only exception may be Matthew, who seems to have a bad appetite.
　　 The leftover food disappeared from the plate, and the plate became as smooth as ever.
　　 But not long after waiting, the pudding came up again.
　　There are all kinds of ice cream in various flavors, such as apple pie, syrup cake, chocolate muffin, fried jam donut, marmalade pudding, strawberry, jelly, rice pudding...
　　 Matthew took a piece of syrup cake. I have to say that the dessert tastes pretty good.
　　 The classmates around began to chat about family matters.
　　 Obviously, Draco Malfoy became the central figure in this conversation... Many senior students came to him, surrounded him, and even complimented him.
　　 It seems that even in this world, the Malfoy family is still regarded as the leading existence in the wizarding world. UU reading www.uukanshu. com
　　 Of course, not everyone is involved in this topic.
　　 such as Matthew.
　　 And the girl named Lestrange.
　　 She walked towards Matthew, but her goal was a plate of rice pudding next to Matthew.
　　 "Excuse me, do you want to eat this plate of pudding?"
　　 Matthew noticed that she had long, waterfall-like silver hair, almost reaching her waist. Her big blue eyes looked at Matthew, and at the same time she showed a mouthful of neat white teeth.
　　 There are still puddings around here, and indeed only Matthew is alone.
　　 "Well, you can take it." Matthew handed the plate to the girl.
　　 "Thank you, my friends and I like this very much."
　　 She carefully returned to her previous seat with the tray.
　　 Matthew's gaze returned to the main guest seat.
　　 Ten minutes later, the pudding also disappeared.
　　Professor Grindelwald stood up, and the entire auditorium was quiet again.
　　 "Oh, everyone is full now, I think there are some things that must be said." Professor Grindelwald's voice is very gentle, and at the same time it has a somewhat indisputable taste.
　　 "First of all, I am very happy to welcome a new teacher to our team-Professor Troka, who generously agreed to fill the vacancy in the subject of Transfiguration!"
　　 A burst of sparse applause gradually sounded, and it was obvious that after such a banquet, many people had no energy.
　　 The pale-faced Professor Troka also stood up, bowed slightly in all directions, and grinned at the same time.
　　 Matthew frowned.
　　Because he noticed that Professor Troka’s canine teeth were sharp!