Soon, time fast forwarded to the enrollment day.

Ellie also packed her luggage and came to the legendary 9 and three quarters station.

Of course, as a teacher, Ellie no longer had to wear a uniform like the students. Instead, she wore a black robe and a long tricorn hat, looking like a witch.

In addition, Ai Li did not carry a lot of luggage like other students, but just got on the train with a handbag.

Unlike modern trains, the trains here seemed to have no limit on the number of seats. Perhaps because the matter happened suddenly, Professor McGonagall did not reserve a teacher's seat for Ellie. However, even so, she arranged a compartment for Ellie near the end of the prefect's compartment, which was obviously quite good for Ellie.

Ellie walked into the box, confirmed her seat, and then placed her bag and hat on the table, then took out a book and started reading. After a while, the door of the box opened, and then a girl carrying a large suitcase walked in. She first looked at Ellie curiously, and then asked.

"Excuse me, can I sit here?"

“…”

Ellie glanced at the other person, then nodded slightly. Well... In fact, without asking, you can know that this girl is none other than Hermione Granger, one of the three main characters in Harry Potter.

"Hello, my name is Hermione Granger."

Sure enough, not long after sitting down, Hermione greeted Ellie openly.

"Are you also a new student at Hogwarts? What's your name?"

"Just call me Ellie."

"Well, Ellie, you can also call me Hermione... Is this owl your pet? It's so cute. I also have a cat named Crookshanks. Look, isn't it interesting? To be honest, I never thought that I would be a wizard... You know? I originally thought that wizards only existed in legends or fairy tales, but I didn't expect that there would be so many people..."

Perhaps because she was about to go to Hogwarts, Hermione seemed quite excited. She sat next to Ellie and talked about her own story nonstop, from when she received the admission letter, her parents were happy for her, and they all went to Diagon Alley to buy things they had never heard of. She also read a lot of books to learn about the history of Hogwarts...

"I tried a few simple spells at home, just for practice, and they all worked. No one in my family knows magic, so I was surprised but happy when I got the acceptance letter. I did some research, and if I'm right it's a top school for magic - I've memorized all the textbooks, and of course I hope it works..."

“Knowledge on paper alone is not enough.”

Ellie turned a page of the book and reminded in a low voice that, to be fair, she still liked the character of Hermione very much, so she didn't mind giving her some advice.

"And you'll probably have a hard time at Hogwarts."

"Eh? Why? Why?"

Hermione was naturally very happy to hear that Ellie was willing to talk, but she was a little confused about what she was saying.

"Because you are very smart, this will cause a lot of jealousy. But most importantly, your parents are ordinary people... Many wizards look down on people like you. They call you 'Mudbloods'... I think you should be able to hear that this is not a good name."

"Yes, is that so?"

Faced with Ellie's answer, Hermione seemed somewhat surprised and at a loss. It was no wonder. Before coming to Hogwarts, she only had beautiful dreams about this group. However, the reality was obviously more cruel than she had imagined.

"Yes, so you'd better be prepared. This world is not as beautiful as you think."

"...Anyway, thank you for your reminder. I will pay attention to it."

Hermione also smiled at Ellie at this time, then she stared at the girl curiously and asked.

"By the way, what about you? What do you think of wizards?"

"…I hate wizards."

However, Ellie gave Hermione an unexpected answer.

"Eh? Why? Why?"

"It's very simple, because wizards think they are superior to others, but they have not made any contribution to the world. They are just parasites of this society, greedily absorbing nutrients from it, and acting recklessly and arrogantly. But other than that, they have made no contribution to this society, this world, and the entire human race. They will not make the world a better place, nor will they improve people's quality of life... So in my opinion, the existence of wizards is completely useless."

"Well……"

Faced with Ellie's indifferent answer, Hermione didn't know what to say. For a moment, the atmosphere in the box was a little dull. After a moment, Hermione looked at Ellie curiously again.

"So…why are you going to Hogwarts?"

"I was invited."

"invite?"

Hearing this, Hermione wanted to ask something, but at this moment, the door of the box was suddenly knocked, and then a fat boy opened the door and looked in timidly.

"Um...excuse me, I want to ask, have you seen my toad?"

“…”

In response to the boy's question, Hermione shook her head, while Ellie silently turned a page of the book without saying a word.

"Oh, what bad luck! I lost it again!"

Seeing that the two did not give the answer he wanted, the fat boy burst into tears.

"It, it always tries to run away from me! Why, why is it always like this!"

"I'll help you look for it too."

Hearing this, Hermione also stood up and introduced herself to the fat boy.

"My name is Hermione Granger, what's your name?"

"I, I'm Neville Longbottom..."

Hearing Hermione's question, the fat boy answered his name tremblingly, and at this moment, Ellie finally took her eyes off the book, then she took out her wand from the pocket beside her, lightly tapped it at Neville's feet, and soon there was a "bang" sound of smoke emerging, and the next moment a toad appeared there.

"Oh my god, my Toad!!"

Seeing the toad, Neville immediately screamed and picked it up, then thanked Ellie excitedly.

"Thank you, thank you so much..."

“…”

In response to Neville's thanks, Ellie didn't say anything. She just put away her wand again and turned her attention back to the book.

Holding the recovered toad, Neville left happily. Soon the box returned to peace. Hermione sat opposite Ellie again and looked at her curiously.

"You are amazing. What kind of witchcraft was that just now? And you didn't seem to cast any spells."

"Just some tricks."

In response to Hermione's curious inquiry, Ellie answered calmly.

"It's good to be able to help."

"Really... I originally thought you were a rather introverted and cold person, but I didn't expect you to be quite enthusiastic."

"It depends."

Ellie didn't say anything else, and Hermione just smiled, then calmed down and took out a book from her bag.

"Then I'll review before I get to Hogwarts. I wonder which house they'll sort me into... I think Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are both good, Gryffindor is also okay, but Slytherin doesn't have a very good reputation..."

Not long after, the train arrived at the terminal accompanied by the sound of the whistle, and Hermione looked up from the book at this time.

"Okay, we should get ready to get off the bus... eh?"

However, to Hermione's surprise, there was no one in front of her at this time. Ellie, who was sitting there before, had disappeared completely without her knowing when.

What's going on?

Although the two sides did not spend much time together, Hermione was actually very interested in this taciturn girl, so after getting off the train, she looked everywhere for her and asked several students, but no one knew where the strange girl had gone - most people had never even seen the girl with white hair and red eyes that Hermione mentioned.

Until she boarded the boat to Hogwarts, Hermione didn't find any trace of Ellie, which made her a little dejected.

"No, don't worry about it."

Looking at Hermione's expression, Neville stammered to comfort her - Hermione had asked him about it before, and Neville naturally didn't see where Ellie went.

"I think the child should be fine. She, she also helped me find the toad. She will be fine."

"Well, thank you...I thought so too."

Hearing Neville's clumsy consolation, Hermione withdrew her gaze from the other boats and smiled and nodded at Neville.

Meanwhile, Hogwarts was within sight.

After walking ashore, the freshmen quickly arrived at the castle gate under the guidance of Hagrid and met Professor McGonagall, who looked serious. Professor McGonagall said a few words to the freshmen and then motioned them to prepare to enter the hall. Seeing this, Hermione hurriedly ran over with her short legs - something seemed to happen behind her, but Hermione obviously didn't care.

"Professor McGonagall, Professor McGonagall, please wait a moment."

"Oh, what's up?"

Hearing Hermione's voice, Professor McGonagall turned and looked at her, and Hermione took a slightly nervous breath before speaking.

"Yes, that... it seems that there is a new student who hasn't arrived yet. Her name is Ai Li, a girl with white hair and red eyes. I was in the same compartment with her on the train, but I haven't seen her since the train arrived... I looked carefully just now, and she doesn't seem to be among the new students..."

"Ah...you're talking about her."

Hearing this, Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded at Hermione.

"Don't worry, the child has already arrived, and you will be able to meet soon."

"……Why?"