The relationship between the dormitory improved like this.

At least on the surface.

Matthew, Crabb, Gole, and Malfoy began to call each other by names, rather than calling each other's last names as before.

At least in the eyes of "outsiders", they are now "friends" with very harmonious relationships.

During class, they would sit together; when Draco received the package from his home, he would share the candy and other things inside with Matthew; and Matthew's homework and papers would also "plagiarize" them...

Of course, these are all appearances.

Matthew could feel that his "friends" often trembled slightly when talking with him.

They are all afraid of themselves, and their behavior is more like "pleasing" themselves.

Perhaps they don’t understand the reason why this fear comes from...it may just come from their subconscious.

And Matthew knew that this was probably the impact of that book; how to say it could be considered a positive impact.

He did not stop the relationship from developing either.

At first he was worried that if he had too much contact with these roommates, would the situation of "coming sick" again like Theodore Nott?

But the facts proved that he was too worried, and several roommates were in good condition.

...

Time flies fast!

When Matthew Wickfell realized that he had been in Hogwarts for two full months, it felt a little unbelievable.

But it has to be said that the castle is more home day by day, and he never seemed to have felt this way in his previous residence on Wedton Road, Northampton.

Some of the most basic knowledge gradually became controlled by him, and he was able to start trying some slightly more complicated magic.

However, the weather has been continuous throughout October.

Sometimes it was drizzling, sometimes it was pouring rain, and it never stopped anyway. Fortunately, for the first-year freshmen, they only need to leave the castle when taking herbal classes... But even so, the herbal classes three times a week also made them suffer.

If Hogwarts were not in the Scottish Highlands, but in some low-level areas, Matthew would even be worried about flooding.

...

On the eve of Halloween, when they arrived at the auditorium, they immediately smelled a tempting smell of roasted pumpkin.

And in the morning's transformation class, Professor Troca announced that they could try to transform some animals. Of course it was very simple, such as turning mice into snuff boxes.

There is no doubt that this is a very interesting class.

Although it was very difficult, even after class, Matthew created a very obvious rat tail.

The afternoon class was cancelled. Matthew stayed in the library for an afternoon, read several books related to metamorphosis, and pondered the mistakes he made in the morning.

And at dinner, when Matthew arrived at the auditorium—

He found that there were lights and candlelights shining here today; the table was filled with gold plates just like when the school banquet was held.

When you walk into the auditorium, the scene inside is even more spectacular-

Thousands of bats flapped their wings on the ceiling and on the walls, and bats were swooping down from time to time. A bat flew to Matthew, and Matthew stretched out his finger and touched it gently, and it turned into a ball of ashes... These bats were all transformed with magic, not real.

And hundreds of pumpkin lanterns with candles lit in their belly, the auditorium was filled with candles, replacing the previous candles and illuminating the entire auditorium.

There are also many orange banners burning with flames surrounding the pumpkin lanterns.

There were also a bunch of low dark clouds hovering above the dining table, so that the candle flames in the pumpkin's belly flashed.

...

After sitting between Draco Malfoy and Theodore Nott, Matthew looked up at the host's seat.

It is surprising that he actually saw Professor Rozier in the guest room. She looked great and was talking about something with Professor Sprout... Didn't it mean that Professor Rozier would take at least one month to recover? It was less than half a month, Matthew thought to himself.

Professor Grindelwald naturally attended the dinner on Halloween Eve, but his expression was a little tired. He was tilting his head, as if he was dozing off.

Soon, the dinner began!

The delicious food suddenly appeared on the golden plate in front of me, just like it was at the school banquet.

The taste is great, at least more hearty than usual dinners and much more delicious.

"Matthew, you can try this lamb steak!" Draco said with some compliment.

"Okay, thank you!" Matthew just nodded, and suddenly he frowned because he vaguely heard a very dull sound from outside the auditorium.

With a "bang", the door of the auditorium was opened.

Then Professor Sivanos Keitelborn broke in.

This professor of protecting magical animals and guarding the Forbidden Forest looked extremely embarrassed at this time... His whole body was wet by the rain, and it was very dirty. His wand was held on the prosthetic limb in his right hand, and his expression on his face was full of solemnity and anxiety, and he seemed very tired.

The entire auditorium suddenly became quiet, and most of the people's eyes were focused on him.

Principal Grindelwald in the guest seat also realized something was wrong and stood up.

Professor Kettleborn quickly walked to the host's seat and came to Professor Grindelwald.

He tilted his body, leaned his prosthesis on the table, gasping, and whispered something there.

Matthew noticed that Grindelwald's expression had a very obvious change.

"Princes," he said in a low voice: "Today's dinner ends early. Please take all the students from each college back to the dormitory immediately."

After saying that, the familiar light blue smoke appeared in the center of the guest seat again.

As the smoke dissipated, Professor Grindelwald and Professor Kettleborn disappeared from everyone's sight together.

...

"First-year students, come with me!" Matthew heard the voice of Slytherin Chief Gemma Farley.

Farley seemed to be familiar with this, and she forced to pull up Crab and Gole, who were still gnawing lamb steak...

Then he led more than a dozen students to the basement.
Chapter completed!