Retirement from Hogwarts

On Monday night, when they got together again, Harry, who had once again failed to get Professor McGonagall to agree to go to Hogsmeade, sat listlessly at the Gryffindor table and ate.Not even Malfoy's imitation of falling off his broomstick at the Slytherin table.

After the accident in this game, Professor McGonagall seemed to think that Harry was even more vulnerable.This time she told Harry categorically that if he asked again, he would never want to go again.Faced with such Professor McGonagall, even Jack, who followed Harry to find Professor McGonagall's theory, could only raise his hands and surrender.

"Okay Harry, don't you want to go to Hogsmeade? Don't act like the sky is falling, okay? Let's just stay at school together that day." Jack, who was sitting next to Harry, patted his shoulder vigorously. comforted.

"No need, you have already helped me so much for this matter..."

"Stop talking nonsense Harry, let's leave this matter as is. We need to find someone to unite to protest against Professor McGonagall's dictatorial behavior." Jack said firmly.

"This is like what Martin said: 'At first they persecuted the Communists, and I didn't speak out because I was not a follower of Marx. Then they persecuted the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I am a German. Then they persecuted Catholics. , I didn’t speak because I was a Protestant pastor. Finally, they persecuted me, and I looked around, but no one could speak for me.'"

Jack spoke loudly as if giving a speech to the curious young wizards who came to watch him sitting on the Gryffindor table in Ravenclaw, "Now Professor McGonagall won't let Harry go to Hogmore." If we don’t speak up when we are virtuous, who will be able to speak for us when this ban falls on us in the future!”

"It seems you are in big trouble, McGonagall." Dumbledore, who was sitting on the podium at the end of the auditorium, looked at the excited Gryffindor students and couldn't help looking at Professor McGonagall with some amusement. "I'd say it's not a big deal for Harry to go to the Hogsmeade development."

"Let them make trouble, such a small trouble is nothing compared to the lives of students." Professor McGonagall said with a dark face after hearing Dumbledore's words.

Dumbledore frowned after hearing McGonagall's words. He always felt that there was something bad going on here, but he had no clue what was hidden in it.

It has to be said that even Professor McGonagall, the dean of Gryffindor, underestimated the fighting spirit of Gryffindor, the most 'combatant' house in Hogwarts, even if the other party was his own dean. Don't let them give in.

In the next week, the wave of resistance to dictatorship set off by Jack among Gryffindors has swept through Hogwarts with their impetus.Even the Slytherins rarely stood with them. People from the two houses tried every means to resist Professor McGonagall, intending to use this method to suppress each other.

"It looks like your plan is going well." In the box on the second floor of the auditorium, Claudia looked at the slogans on the Gryffindor and Slytherin tables and looked at Jack sitting opposite her with a smile. .

"This is just the beginning." Jack smiled and shook his head as he looked at Slytherin and Gryffindor, who rarely shared the same enemy. "And this situation is possible thanks to your family's hidden stake in Slytherin, senior sister. Otherwise, how could they have joined forces so easily."

"But do you really think it can be done?

What? Claudia asked after glancing at the podium worriedly.

"It's all down to man, isn't it?" Jack shrugged indifferently. "Even if someone finds out, what can they do to me? Anyway, Hogwarts doesn't have much to teach me. The worst I can do is drop out of school."

"As long as you have some confidence in your own mind." Claudia shook her head helplessly after hearing his words.Then he put down the knife and fork in his hand and looked at him seriously. "If you have nowhere to go then, the Centaur Star Cluster welcomes you at any time."

"Don't worry, I'll just go to the Free Cantilever in the worst case." Jack smiled and shook his head, rejecting Claudia's proposal. "Senior sister, your family's sphere of influence has always been here in the old cantilever, right?"

"I won't worry about it, junior. Our family is not a nouveau riche like the Malfoy family, which doesn't even have a great magician." Claudia stood up with a smile. "Then I'll take my leave first."

Jack looked at Claudia's leaving back and shook his head helplessly, then picked up the letter that she handed to him.

After Jack opened the envelope, he found that there was neither a sender nor a recipient on the whole piece of paper. There was only one sentence written in the middle - See you in the depository at midnight on the third day of Christmas.

"Jack, haven't you guys talked about it yet?" Just when he was debating whether to go or not, Hermione opened the door and walked in from outside.

"What is this?" Hermione asked curiously when she saw that Jack was the only one left in the room, looking at the letter in Jack's hand.

"I don't know." Jack shook his head gently after hearing Hermione's question.Then he handed the letter to her.

"Vault?" Hermione looked at the location on the letter and looked at Jack in surprise. "Isn't that where this is talking about?"

"The only place I can think of is inside Hogwarts. But Ms. Gray has already returned to her own place after the incident last year. I really can't think of anyone who would date us. Where to go?" Jack said with a frown.

"Anyway, it's within the scope of Hogwarts. Why don't you go and see it then?" Hermione said after gently wiping away Jack's brow with her hand.

"That's right. Just go and take a look when the time comes." Jack couldn't help but let out a long breath after hearing Hermione's words and stopped worrying about the content of the letter. "But for the information about rune magic, please leave it to Hermione."

"Are you really not going to Hogsmeade for Halloween?" Hermione asked with wide eyes.

"Since I said I would accompany Harry, I must keep my word." Jack nodded affirmatively.

"Okay, it's up to you." Hermione shook her head helplessly after hearing Jack's words.Then he extended his hand to him. "Give me the book list and I'll borrow it for you."

"I knew Hermione was the best to me." Jack smiled and handed a long book list to Hermione.

"Hmph, if you know it, don't go around messing around with women." Hermione glanced dissatisfied at Claudia's tableware opposite Jack and said pointedly.

"I don't have any, that's business." Jack said aggrievedly.

After hearing Jack's pale excuse, Hermione couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, and walked out of the private room door without looking back.