r18novel Chapter 97 Remodeling Hogwarts
Chapter 97 Remodeling Hogwarts
Chapter 97 Remodeling Hogwarts
The stressful exams were finally over, and all the students breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of their results, they had studied very hard in the last month, and for that alone, they had done their best.
The express train won't arrive until tomorrow. Today, organized by department, they need to find out what their punishment will be for the next academic year.
After learning of their punishments for the next academic year, the students from the four colleges were not disappointed or even dissatisfied. On the contrary, they were eager to see the castle have a new attraction added before they graduated.
If they built this new attraction themselves, then they'll have something new to talk about in the future, won't they?
After seeing the students off, the professors relaxed, but Owen, along with two-thirds of the house-elves in the castle, began moving the dormitories.
First, there was the construction of Slytherin's dormitories. First-year students all had four-person rooms, even if they weren't full. Second-year students and above had three-person or two-person rooms depending on the number of students. Seventh-year students all had single rooms.
The number of rooms had been planned in advance. The house-elves are extremely capable, and in less than three days, not only were all the rooms ready, but all the beds and tables from the old dormitory were also moved to the new dormitory.
The tower has many floors, each of which has been expanded by the Seamless Extension Charm. Therefore, the next few floors also need to be utilized and transformed into various functional spaces, such as potion practice rooms, spell practice rooms, entertainment rooms, and so on.
In general, after this relocation, Slytherin students can meet all their needs in this tower without having to wander around the castle in the middle of the night anymore.
Snape was very satisfied. As the Head of Slytherin, he also had a place in the Tower. Owen arranged a Head of Slytherin's lounge for him on the top floor of the Tower, and even moved the potions workshop from his office there.
Then, Mama McGonagall became unhappy. It wasn't that she wanted the headmistress's treatment; she just hoped that Owen could give Gryffindor the same treatment. If Gryffindor also had such a tower, then she, as the headmistress, would no longer have to worry about those overly energetic young wizards.
Mama McGonagall didn't come alone; Professor Sprout and Professor Flitwick came with her. Their request was simple: the same treatment enjoyed by Slytherin should also be given to the young wizards in their house. They were all Hogwarts students, and there should be no favoritism.
So the original plan was changed again, and all four towers of the castle were turned into dormitories for the different departments.
With this relocation, the castle gained a lot more space. Owen, along with his house-elves, began various renovations inside the castle. The professors also joined in, and each subject now had its own large classroom, the kind with tiered seating that could fill all the students.
As for the various small classrooms, they have all been further refined. For example, the first floor of the castle is the spell classroom, the second floor is the transfiguration classroom, the third floor is the defense against the dark magic classroom, and so on. Students only need to go to the corresponding floor to find the classroom for the corresponding grade. They no longer need to be like before, when the whole castle is full of people just before class, and some confused students really can't find the classroom for a while.
After the entire castle was renovated, two floors were completely empty!
The sixth and seventh floors were empty. Originally, they hadn't decided what to make them, but considering that the Triwizard Tournament would begin soon after the start of the semester and that people from the other two magic schools would be coming and staying for quite some time, Owen simply decided to turn the entire sixth floor into guest rooms, so that no matter which school's students came, they would have a place to be entertained.
When it came time to get started, the house-elves were so enthusiastic that they turned the entire sixth and seventh floors into guest rooms, just like a hotel, except that they were all suites and presidential suites, with not a single standard room.
While the major renovations were underway, the Quidditch World Cup began, but Owen and the professors had no time to go. Hundreds of house-elves were divided into ten teams. Apart from one team staying behind each day to take care of daily meals, the other five teams followed the professors to do the final touches on the interior decoration.
Meanwhile, Owen led four teams of house-elves to expand the kitchen, and various Muggle kitchen utensils were continuously being brought into the castle.
What? There's no electricity in the castle?
That's all in the past. Now, candles are no longer used in the Great Hall; instead, light bulbs have been installed. As for the source of electricity, a simple set of electrolytic gold products is sufficient to provide lighting for the entire castle. As for electricity for the kitchen, we simply need to make another set.
Dumbledore never returned, so some decisions were made jointly by Owen and Professor McGonagall.
For example, improving teachers' living environment —
There's no reason to let guests stay in a better place than the host, is there?
Besides, the school received a large sum of money from various sources last academic year, and there's no reason not to spend it. If it's left over, it can only be used for next year's teaching expenses. There's no need to save money for the board of directors or those well-meaning pure-blood families.
flower!
After taking photos of the flowers!
Irving, unusually, indulged his own desires a little. His lounge, comparable to the vice-principal's lounge, was a seven-star presidential suite.
Even the big cat almost got lost in this huge room.
Milov also liked the big room, but it preferred to place itself at the little wizard's bedside.
Little White is even simpler; its resting place is always the little wizard's bedside, and that has never changed.
The professors were satisfied. They looked at the little wizard standing at the castle gate, hands on his hips, laughing heartily, and their eyes shone with hope.
But just then, a flock of owls flew in from afar at lightning speed. As they flew into the castle, countless letters rained down from the sky, scattered yet orderly, and landed in the hands of the professors.
The professors were quite curious, but after opening the letter and reading it quickly, their expressions turned sour.
Something's happened at the Quidditch World Cup!
Owen also received letters, not just one, but several. One of them was from Fudge, and it was about the Quidditch World Cup. The Death Eaters had appeared, killed people, and openly cast the Dark Mark in the sky.
Minister Fudge wasn't angry, or rather, he didn't even have time to be angry before he was overwhelmed by immense panic. His intention in writing to Irving was very clear: he wanted to ask Irving how to suppress the news.
Honestly, if this person weren't so useful, and there wasn't a suitable candidate to promote in the short term, he would have no choice but to appease him for now.
My good mood vanished in an instant.
Using the Floo Network from the Headmaster's office, they arrived at the Ministry of Magic in no time, and then, familiar with the way, went to the Minister's office. As soon as they pushed open the door, they saw Fudge pacing back and forth like an ant on a hot plate.
"Minister, I've arrived."
"My dearest Irving, you're finally here! Come help me figure out how we can press the message button."
Irving smiled confidently: "Why press it?"
Fudge was taken aback: "Huh?"