The Hogwarts train whistled, seemingly about to depart.
Chen Yu and Harry Potter quickly got on the steam train and found an empty seat.
Harry's luggage was not small, and it took both of them to put all his luggage and bird cage on the luggage rack, and then they both put Chen Yu's luggage on the luggage rack.
After putting away the luggage, both of them were panting with exhaustion.
Harry Potter's hair was wet with sweat, clumped together, obstructing his vision. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and in doing so, pushed his hair to the side, revealing the lightning-shaped scar.
Chen Yu also felt a bit tired; the orphanage's food wasn't good, and his body was truly thin.
The two looked at each other and laughed happily.
"This box is really heavy, Harry Potter. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know how I could have lifted it up by myself."
"You can call me Harry. It's the same for me; without your help, I wouldn't know how to lift so much luggage up by myself."
While the two were chatting, the train had already started moving.
Suddenly, the train compartment door was opened.
A tall, thin child with a freckled face and a head full of red hair walked in.
He pointed to the empty seat and asked, "Excuse me, can I sit here? Everywhere else is full."
The Hogwarts train compartments can seat four people.
Harry Potter nodded: "Sit wherever you like."
The red-haired child sat next to Harry Potter.
He stared in surprise at the scar on Harry Potter's forehead and introduced himself: "My name is Ron, Ron Weasley."
"My name is Harry, Harry Potter."
Hearing the child opposite him say his name was Harry Potter, Ron showed an incredibly shocked expression, like a fan meeting their favorite big star, staring in disbelief at the scar on Harry Potter's forehead: "Are you really Harry Potter?"
Harry nodded.
"That scar, it's amazing," Ron's eyes widened, "That was You-Know-Who..."
"Yes," Harry said, "But I don't remember."
"You really don't remember anything at all?" Ron quickly pressed.
"Hmm..."
"Hello, my name is Chen Yu, a new student at Hogwarts."
Whether you call Ron outgoing or socially adept.
In Chen Yu's opinion, Ron's family had clearly not taught him how to interact with strangers; asking about someone's scar on their forehead was a very rude thing to do.
If he had such a scar on his head and someone kept asking him about it, he would definitely give them a big eye-roll.
After Chen Yu's interruption, Ron realized there was another person in the compartment and awkwardly turned his gaze to the window.
Harry's childhood was rather tragic; The Dursley Family were very cold towards him, even making him live in the cupboard under the stairs. Having no one to talk to for a long time, Harry didn't mind what Ron said, as long as someone didn't discriminate against him and would talk to him.
Harry remembered seeing Ron at the station; at that time, he was with two red-haired twin teenagers, likely his brothers, so he asked, "Are all your family wizards?"
"Oh, yes, I think so. My mum has a distant cousin who's an accountant, but we never talk about him..."
Then Ron began to talk about his brothers, his tone revealing a mix of envy and resentment.
Chen Yu did not interrupt Ron again. From Ron's introduction, Chen Yu also gained some understanding of Hogwarts School.
Ron's brothers were all very capable students; Bill and Charlie had already graduated, but they were once a Head Boy and a Quidditch team captain, respectively.
Currently, the oldest Weasley still at school was Percy Weasley, who was now a prefect, an assistant to the Head Boy, responsible for maintaining school rules and order.
Fred and George, despite being mischievous, had very good grades.
Ron envied his brothers' achievements while complaining that he could only use their hand-me-down items.
Harry empathized, also telling Ron the truth, saying that he always wore Dudley's old clothes and had never received a proper gift.
As they talked, they both looked at Chen Yu, wanting him to share his own situation.
"Me?" Chen Yu said, "My parents are not in this world. I grew up in an orphanage. The orphanage rarely gave us new clothes; most of them were old clothes donated by outsiders. Ten of us squeezed into one room. Everyone cherished food, and not getting enough to eat was a common occurrence."
Chen Yu wasn't lying; his parents were indeed not in this world; they all lived in the real world.
In the memories arranged by the system, he had indeed always worn old clothes from the orphanage.
"Sorry, I didn't know..."
Ron and Harry looked at each other, originally thinking they were miserable enough, but didn't expect there to be someone even more miserable.
Ron had many siblings. Although he was often pranked by Fred and George and always used his brothers' old items, and his family was poor, making him feel his parents didn't value him, he still had a relatively happy childhood.
Although Harry's parents had passed away and The Dursley Family were not good to him, making him sleep in the cupboard under the stairs, not often letting him eat his fill, and getting angry at him as much as possible, they never said they would kick him out or make him leave home to live in an orphanage.
Only Chen Yu, in the identity set by the system, had always been an orphan, living alone in an orphanage.
Before Chen Yu was struck by lightning, he lived with nine other children in one room, and life was very crowded.
Moreover, among so many children, Chen Yu was the only one with black hair and black eyes. His appearance was different from the others, he was isolated by the children, and his life was much more miserable than Ron's and Harry's.
Fortunately, all of this only existed in the setting, and Chen Yu didn't care.
As the three conversed, a smiling woman in the aisle pushed open the compartment door and asked, "Children, would you like to buy some snacks?"
Ron pulled out his sandwich and said, "Thanks, I brought my own."
Harry looked at the snacks on the cart and swallowed, he hadn't eaten anything all morning and now felt very hungry.
At The Dursley Family's house, he had never had pocket money to buy sweets. Now his pockets were full of clinking coins, so he quickly pulled out a handful of gold and silver coins and said to the snack trolley lady, "We'll take them all!"
"Wow~"
Ron looked at the Galleon and silver sickles in Harry's hand, his eyes wide with amazement.
He watched Harry carry a large pile of purchased snacks into the compartment and dump them onto the last empty seat.
Chen Yu looked at the snacks covering the entire seat and curiously asked Harry, "Are you hungry?"
Harry picked up a pumpkin pasty, took a big bite, and said, "Starving!"
Ron opened his sandwich, pulled out a piece, and mumbled, "Mum always forgets I don't like corned beef."
"Then let me trade with you!" Harry picked up a pasty and said to Ron.
"No, you wouldn't like this, it's too dry," Ron said, "She doesn't have time, she's always so busy, looking after five of us at once."
"Come on, have a pasty." Harry handed Ron a pasty, then turned to Chen Yu and said, "You have some too."
Chen Yu shook his head: "No, I'm not very hungry."
"Consider it a thank-you for bringing me to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have found this enchanted platform."
Without Chen Yu leading the way, Harry would have met the Weasley family, and the Weasley family would have guided Harry to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
"We're friends, aren't we? Friends should share snacks."
"Alright then..."
Chen Yu didn't refuse anymore; he was also quite curious about chocolate frog.
He wondered why chocolate frog could hop, and also if chocolate frog tasted like chocolate.
Opening a five-sided paper box labeled chocolate frog, a chocolate-colored frog hopped out.
Chen Yu, quick as a flash, grabbed the chocolate frog and watched it struggle in his hand.
"What is this? It's not a real frog, is it!"
Harry looked at the chocolate frog in Chen Yu's hand with some surprise.
"No," Ron said, "These chocolate frog are all enchanted. The main reason for buying them is for the cards inside. Every pack has Archmage cards, all famous male and female wizards. I've already collected over five hundred. Look at the card inside; is it Agrippa? I'm only missing Agrippa and Ptolemy now."
Chen Yu took out the card, and as expected, it was a picture of Dumbledore.
This was also the first time he had seen a portrait of Dumbledore outside of the movies.
He felt that Dumbledore greatly resembled Gandalf, both with silver hair and silver beards that hung down.
Only Dumbledore wore half-moon spectacles, and his nose was slightly crooked.
"Oh, it's Dumbledore. I already have six of these."
Chen Yu gave the card to Harry: "This is for you, Harry. I'm not very keen on collecting cards."
What was there to collect about a picture of an old geezer? If it were cards of magical creatures or beautiful women, Chen Yu would be interested in collecting them.
When he was a child watching "Harry Potter," Chen Yu greatly admired Dumbledore, believing him to be a wizard of great wisdom and powerful magic.
He treated all wizards equally, showed no prejudice against Muggles and half-blood wizards during his tenure, possessed powerful magic, and was even willing to die with Lord Voldemort for Harry's sake.
But as he grew older and started working, he gradually "came to his senses."
He increasingly felt that Dumbledore was a "black-hearted" boss.
He kept the simple-minded Hagrid working by his side, left Lupin, who had shed blood for the Order of the Phoenix, to wander, only pulling him in to fill the Defense Against the Dark Arts Class position when no other professor could be found.
When Harry was sent to The Dursley Family, Dumbledore only brought a basket and didn't give a single penny for his upbringing. The Dursley Family suddenly had an extra mouth to feed for no reason—who would be happy about that?
If Dumbledore had brought not just a bag of Galleons but a bag of gold when he sent Harry to The Dursley Family, Harry's situation would likely have been much better.
Thinking of this, Chen Yu felt that Dumbledore's actions were sometimes indeed not very honorable.
Perhaps this is what it means that no one is perfect.
Harry took the card, flipped it over, and read the text on the back.
Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts.
Widely regarded as the greatest wizard of his time.
Dumbledore's well-known contributions include:
Defeating Dark Wizard Grindelwald in 1945,
Discovering the twelve uses of dragon's blood,
And his fruitful collaboration with Nicolas Flamel in Alchemy.
Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling.
When Harry flipped the card back to the front, he found Dumbledore's face was gone and exclaimed in surprise, "He's gone!"
Ron took a bite of his pasty, glanced at the picture, and said, "He can't stay there all day, can he?"
Chen Yu "crunch" bit off the head of the chocolate frog, chewed it, and swallowed it.
The chocolate frog was crunchy with a rich chocolate flavor when bitten into.
The texture was delicate and sweet, with a rich aroma, indeed much tastier than chocolate made by Muggles.
Ron finished his pasty, staring at a pile of unopened chocolate frog.
Harry watched Dumbledore return to the card and said, "Take some yourself!"
Ron's interest was in eating the chocolate frog, and like Chen Yu, he gave all the cards he got to Harry.
Harry took out a box of bertie bott's every flavor beans, and just as he was about to eat them, Ron warned him.
"You need to be careful with these; they come in all sorts of flavors—chocolate, peppermint, and also spinach, tripe, pig liver. George said he even tasted booger-flavored ones."
Harry took out a green bean, put it in his mouth, bit it, and immediately showed a pained expression.
"Chen Yu, you try this too."
Looking at the bertie bott's every flavor beans Harry offered, Chen Yu chose a red bean and put it in his mouth.
He expected it to be chili-flavored, but it turned out to be tomato-flavored.
"Tomato-flavored, tastes good."