LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 2 Box
Solim took his own box from the shelf, aligned the ring on his right hand with the card slot on the box and pressed it up. "Click" Then Solim's right hand turned like a lock, and then opened the lid of the box.
"This is...the stairs?" Hermione stared at the scene with wide eyes, she didn't understand why Solim opened the box and there was a downward staircase. It was obvious that this little witch, who had just come into contact with the magic world, could not understand the scene in front of her.
"Come on, Neville, and... well, Hermione." Seeing Hermione making a fuss, Solim almost called out the nickname he gave her again.
Then Solim led the way across the box and down the stairs.
"My God, what is this? How is this done? Why is there such a big space in your trunk? My God, that's a bookshelf, so many books! Oh, there is a door in there." Miss Fuss looked He was stunned by what he saw.
Standing on the stairs, you can see everything below clearly: a space with at least 80 pings, and on the left side below the stairs are four rows of tall bookshelves filled with books. There is a place near the corner that is obviously used to read books. On the right side of the stairs, there is a four-poster bed with gauze curtains, and there is a closed door not far away.
"A permanent traceless stretching spell, well, let's not talk about that for now," Solim interrupted Hermione's question, "Hermione, please don't tell anyone about my box."
Solim led the two down the stairs, to the bookshelf area on the left, because this is the only place where there are tables and chairs.
"Okay, let's all sit down," Solim beckoned the two to sit down, "You're welcome, good black tea."
There were three cups of black tea on the table in front of the three of them.
That's what a good house-elf should be: Prepare everything in advance.
"Neville, I know your grandma wants you to go to Gryffindor, but what do you think?" Solim looked at Neville.
"I...I also hope to be like my parents." Neville wrung his hands - Solim asked Neville to put Toad in the box, and Solim locked the door, and he couldn't escape anyway.
"Neville, I hope this is your own idea, and not the pressure from your grandma to make you make such a choice, do you understand?"
"I know, but... but I, I mean... I'm afraid I won't be able to get into Gryffindor, I know I'm timid, I'm worried..." Neville looked like he was on the verge of tears.
Hermione looked at Solim for a while and Neville for a while, not understanding what the two were talking about.
"Just make sure you want to enter Gryffindor, and just tell the Sorting Hat clearly that you want to enter Gryffindor." Solim took a sip of tea, "Don't worry, you will enter Gryffindor, after all, you meet the requirements."
"Excuse me, Solim, what's the Sorting Hat you're talking about?" Hermione felt like Neville would suffocate herself if she didn't speak.
"The sorting hat, what else can it do? It's for sorting little wizards." Solim looked at Hermione with a natural look on his face, "Wear it on the sorting ceremony, and it will tell you which house you are sorted into."
"Can you just tell the Sorting Hat that you can be sorted into the college you want?" Hermione was a little confused, if the sorting was done according to her own wishes, then why would she need the Sorting Hat? Isn't this superfluous?
"Not quite, the Sorting Hat sorts young wizards into the house that suits them best." Solim began to explain to Hermione and Neville.
Neville wasn't bright, timid and a bit cowardly, and it looked like Hufflepuff was where he belonged. What about the facts? Neville's buried courage led the Sorting Hat to place him in Gryffindor. But don't forget, Neville is also a serious pure-blood, so Slytherin is also possible-after all, Goyle and Crabbe are also fine. It's just that Neville never thought of Slytherin himself. So the houses Neville can go to are Gryffindor and Hufflepuff and Slytherin. At this time, the little wizard's personal wishes are very important. That's why Solim told Neville to make it clear that the Sorting Hat was going to Gryffindor.
"So that's the way it is, that is to say, if a young wizard can choose a college by himself when he has a choice, right?"
"Yes, that's the truth. "A Piece of Hogwarts History" doesn't write all of these things clearly." Solim glanced at the excited Hermione and said.
"Then what house are you going to? Ravenclaw?" Hermione figured it would be a Ravenclaw just by the way Solim showed his hands in the box.
"No, I'll be in Slytherin." Solim knew Hermione would yell at him next, but he said it anyway.
"Slytherin? I heard there are evil dark wizards out there, why do you want to go there?" Hermione's eyes changed when she heard Solim was going to Slytherin.
"Honestly, Hermione, I really want to know, where did you, a little Muggle-born witch, hear such nonsense comments?" Although Solim knew that Hermione would say that, he couldn't help flipping through the pages. A blank stare.
Indeed, Voldemort was too famous, as was Dumbledore. When people mention Gryffindor, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous and well-known head of the International Federation of Wizards, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, the first-class medal winner of the Order of Merlin, and the headmaster of Hogwarts: Albus Percival Wool Frick Bryan Dumbledore. But what about Slytherins? What wizard in Slytherin? Voldemort! Mystery man! Scariest dark wizard ever. Of course, the word "ever" could be dropped, as could the word "scaryest". As the... illegitimate child of a special pure-blood family like Selwyn, Solim was able to know a lot of history and historical figures that ordinary wizards didn't know. He was sure Voldemort was neither the scariest Dark wizard of all time.
Solim knew many wizards who were stronger than Voldemort, or even more powerful. Almost all of these wizards were killed - once they broke through some kind of bottom line, or when they were about to break through some kind of bottom line. As for those who are not easy to kill or inconvenient to kill, they are also sealed up, and a special wizard organization is responsible for guarding them. This is also one of the reasons for the establishment of this school in Schuyler: to train and send manpower for this wizarding organization.
"I don't deny that lunatic's influence on Slytherin, but don't generalize." Looking into Hermione's eyes, Solim organized his words, "It is true that Slytherin produced many bad wizards under the influence of that lunatic, but they are black Wizards? Hmph, you're flattering them too much, they're just ignorant and arrogant wizards." Solim glanced at Neville, and continued: "Slytherin also had many Aurors, in the most chaotic years for A lot of people died for that lunatic. I think, no one mentioned this to you, right? Besides, it’s not like Gryffindor hasn’t had dark wizards before, Hermione, you can’t just hear some hearsay rumors and think All the wizards from Slytherin are dark wizards. Of course, I don’t deny that many wizards from Slytherin are not good people, but don’t generalize.” Solim stood up and walked to the side cabinet, ignoring the stunned Hermione and hearing Neville was stunned by the word "Auror".
"Neville, here you are." Solim took back a slender box from the cabinet and put it in front of Neville, "Open it, you will use this one in the future, cherry wood, unicorn tail hair, it should suit you."
"I... I use Dad's wand," Neville said, looking at the box in front of him, then up at Solim. "My grandma made me use it."
"That's not for you, listen to me, use this one." Solim tapped the wand box on the table with his chin, and continued: "Using a wand that doesn't suit you is a complete waste of time, I know what your grandma means , I hope to exercise your ability with a wand that is not suitable for you, but I think what you need now is not ability, but self-confidence."
Neville tremblingly opened the box, you know, he never received any presents since he was a child. One of his toads was given by his uncle to celebrate his magic riots, and the candy wrappers given by his mother every time he went to St. Mungo's. Neville kept every piece of it. And he has never received such a valuable item as a magic wand since he was a child, and he can really feel the love for him from the "little monster" in the mouth of his uncles and the reliable and responsible cousin in the mouth of his grandmother.
"Thank you, I'll use it well." Neville's eyes were red.
Hermione looked at Neville, then at Solim, not knowing what to say.
"After school starts, come to me every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and I will make sure you don't miss the school curriculum," Solim said as Neville accepted his wand, "When you can keep up with I will give you some 'extra' things depending on the progress of school studies."
Neville always smacked his lips at Solim's submissive temper. Solim is an illegitimate child, so the family will not pay him every month, and he has to rely on himself. Seeing this, Neville's grandma gave Solim a considerable sum of Galleons, and the request was to train her grandson well. As the saying goes, they are short-handed. Although they are relatives, if Neville does not change at all in the future, it is not easy for him to make business with Neville's grandma. Thinking of this, Solim decided to give Neville a hard time.
"Don't forget, Neville, the person who hurt your parents, the culprit who caused your family's current situation is still staying in Azkaban, that madman is not dead yet, your enemy will come out sooner or later , don’t you want to avenge your parents with your own hands?” Solim thinks that hatred is not a good thing, but I have to say that hatred can definitely motivate a person.
Neville looked up, his eyes still red. If it was emotion just now, it is anger now.
"Then it's settled. Remember, come to me every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday night. Now that the things are given to you, let's go up." Solim stood up, "By the way, Hermione, if you want , on the first row of bookshelf on the left, you can take a book to relieve your boredom, of course, you have to return it to me after reading it."
There are four rows of bookshelves in Solim's box, only the books on the row pointed to Hermione are not related to magic spells, and there are no magic restrictions on them.
"Really? That's great!" Hermione stood up excitedly and was about to run to the bookshelves.
"Okay Hermione, come on, we should go up." Solim picked up his teacup and drank it in one gulp.
Take the people back to the box, put the box away, and then lift the lock spell. Solim looked at Hermione who sat down and started reading and...
"Neville! What are you doing with your ass up?" Solim asked, watching Neville stick his butt head under the seat.
"Ray... Raffle is gone!" Neville knocked his head on the table.
"Your toad? Impossible, the door has never been opened." Solim glanced at the window again, "The window is also closed, let's look for it."
To be honest, Solim didn't understand what Neville's uncle meant by giving a toad. You can send an owl. If you don't want to spend money, you can send a few bags of candy. What does it mean to send a toad?
"Really...really gone!" Neville got up from the ground in a panic, "I checked the shelves and the floor. Solim, help me."
"Huh? I locked the door first. When we went down, you left the toad outside. The window was never opened. Why didn't you, toad?" Solim was a little strange. Could this toad be able to pass through walls?
"Okay, Neville, I'll go find your toad with you." Hermione spoke, realizing that Neville wouldn't be able to read in peace until he found his toad. Besides, since we're all friends, it's no big deal to do a favor.
"Thank you, Hermione," said Neville, blushing.
Seeing the two of them exit the door of the box, Solim shook his head and continued to flip through his tome. "Speaking of which, it was the first meeting of the Audio-Technica."
If Solim remembered correctly, Neville couldn't find his toad on the train, and the toad wouldn't be found until he got to school. Rather than being found, it might be better to say that he appeared by Neville's side. After thinking about it, Solim can be sure that the toad was in the box when they entered the box, but the toad was gone when they came out. This aroused Solim's interest, "When will I take it and study it. Is it a special bloodline, or is it like..." Solim narrowed his eyes, "...It's like that mouse."
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