While Ye Feng and the others were enjoying the breathtaking speed of the newly upgraded Hogwarts Express, Dumbledore and his staff were in a state of absolute distress, because the first-year students had arrived while the sun was still high in the sky.
According to Hogwarts tradition, newly arrived young wizards were supposed to cross the Black Lake in small boats just like the four founders of Hogwarts had done, and then walk along a slippery, lantern-lit path through the twilight to reach the castle.
In the past, this tradition had never hit a single snag—not even after Ye Feng built a small cottage by the Black Lake and paved a clean, well-lit stone path that stayed bright all night.
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