The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

Night, principal's office.

"...Hermione and Professor McGonagall are currently discussing some specific regulations in the library. This is what happened." Loren leaned back on his chair, looking very tired.

He told Dumbledore the process of clearing out books from the Room of Requirement and establishing a book corner.

Dumbledore smiled: "I have looked through some of the manuscripts and books inside many times, but I never thought of using them to help students who want to learn. Loren, you have a precious heart that is willing to share."

Loren reached out and slapped her hand: "Stop, this is Hermione's idea, don't brag about it."

Facing Loren's frivolous tone, Dumbledore didn't care at all. He wore crescent glasses and smiled with his eyes looking like crescent moons. "Miss Granger also has a heart like gold. In fact, most people discover wealth, There is always a preference for exclusivity rather than sharing.”

"Just a little sorry Miss Granger, I may have to write in the report that a friend of mine donated the books."

Loren didn't care about these false reputations, and I believe Hermione wouldn't care either. He turned to another matter, "Do you need me to remove any trace of Harry? He is very unhappy about going back to the Dursleys for the holidays."

It might be much easier for Harry if he could cast spells.

"The Dursleys..." Dumbledore said the name, his smile fading.

"You know, when I fostered Harry to his aunt, I enclosed a letter." Dumbledore's eyes were deep. "There was nothing hidden in the letter. It explained what happened to Voldemort, but they still adopted Harry." "It's a big risk and I'm sure they have some affection for Harry."

Dumbledore's tone gradually became firmer, "Keep the trace. I hope Harry can understand the true meaning of relatives."

"Okay." Loren nodded.

That's right. When it comes to the family ties between the Dursleys, Loren thinks there may be some, but not much.

Now that Dumbledore has made a decision, he certainly won't be meddlesome.

The next day, the little wizards from various colleges found new notices posted in the lounge as soon as they got up.

【notify

Dear classmates:

I hope you have had a school year full of magic and miracles. Summer vacation is coming. The library has a new book corner, and some books can be borrowed and taken home to read.

Students who are interested in borrowing books can register with Mrs. Pingsi in the library.

Note: Limited to three books per person, please do not damage the books.

I wish you all a fulfilling holiday!

Hogwarts Library]

Ron looked at the notice and frowned, "I can't figure out who would torture themselves during the summer vacation."

Harry was not in high spirits. Although he did not speak, he deeply believed what Ron said.

Then he thought that he was going to spend a summer vacation at the Dursleys' house, a long and boring summer vacation. Maybe he should borrow some magic books, it would be more interesting than curling up in the storage room and listening to Dudley playing games.

"There are always people who want to read books." Hermione said in a cheerful tone. Unlike defeating the troll and Quirrell, this was the first major thing she had accomplished.

She prefers this kind of thing, instead of fighting and killing, she helps her classmates in another way.

She looked around and couldn't find Loren.

"Have you seen Loren?" Hermione asked.

Ron shook his head.

"He got up early and went out." Harry slept very lightly because he was in a bad mood.

Loren got up before dawn and went out. Although he moved lightly, he still noticed.

When they went to the Great Hall for breakfast, Hermione still didn't see Loren.

Only the decoration of the auditorium has been renovated, with blue and bronze representing Ravenclaw as the main colors, and patterns of eagle wings and talons are all over the auditorium.

There is a banner hanging on the wall behind the guest of honor seat, which reads "Extraordinary wisdom is the most precious wealth of mankind", with two eagles spreading their wings at both ends.

This was to celebrate Ravenclaw's victory in this year's House Cup and to prepare for the end-of-year banquet in the evening.

Harry looked at the brand new decoration of the Great Hall and felt so embarrassed that he couldn't eat. Just a little bit, Gryffindor was the winner of the House Cup.

Ron's mouth was full, "If you want to be more open to Harry, at least the champion is not a Slytherin."

Most of the little wizards in Gryffindor have this idea, and so do the little wizards in Hufflepuff. Although they did not win the House Cup this year, they were happy to end Slytherin's six-year reign.

So now in the auditorium, except for the little wizard from Slytherin House, everyone else is very happy.

Hermione had breakfast and went to the library.

Compared to the empty library yesterday, there were obviously more people today, most of whom came to borrow books or accompany friends to borrow books.

Hermione saw a familiar figure.

It was the little Muggle witch whom Angelina had asked to wear a dress before. She was standing in front of a brand new bookshelf in bright clothes.

The little witch saw old and broken books on the bookshelf, and her beautiful eyebrows knitted together, very tangled. After struggling for a while, I finally plucked up the courage to take out a slightly less old book and read it.

After turning a few pages, she discovered the precious notes inside. The little witch's eyes sparkled with joy. No longer dissatisfied with these old books, she quickly picked two more and happily went to Mrs. Pince's place to register.

There were many people borrowing books, and there was a long queue in front of Mrs. Pingsi, most of them with happy expressions.

Hermione sat by the window and read the whole process of the little witch choosing books. Although she didn't know the content of the book, seeing the little witch and other people borrowing books, she felt that her heart was filled with inexplicable things. A joy that I have never experienced before.

She couldn't wait to share this joy with Loren, and she couldn't even read the book. She put away her books and walked out of the library.

It happened that Loren was about to enter the library, and the two of them met in front of the door.

Hermione took Loren's hand and sat by the window, pointing out to him the queue for borrowing books, "You don't know, many little wizards have come to borrow books, and they seem very satisfied..."

With some nervousness and trepidation, Loren stretched out her hand and showed a small bag made of simple purple linen. "Originally, there should be some small beads, sequins, etc. on it, but I can't get it so fine."

Hermione's eyes widened, she took the small cloth bag from his hand, flipped it back and forth, and said thoughtfully: "Seamless Stretching Charm?"

"Well, it can hold 13 cubic yards of stuff." Loren introduced in a low voice, "If you dare to mention the Ministry of Magic, I will put you in a cloth bag and throw you into the lake."

Exactly 10 cubic meters, which is larger than the suitcase Loren made for the first time. As his understanding of magic texts improves, and the progress of the traceless stretch spell, he can make it even bigger in the future.

Looking at the purple linen, Hermione fell into memories. She thought for a moment and said, "Is this why you asked me what color I like before?"

"Um."

Hermione's smile bloomed like a flower, stretching from the corners of her mouth to her eyebrows.

In the morning, the midsummer sun has not yet fully risen. It is golden and warm but not hot. The shore of the black lake is filled with water vapor, which makes it a bit cool.

"So you went to the Room of Requirement early in the morning to make this cloth bag." Hermione and Loren walked side by side by the lake, the small purple cloth bag slung around their bodies, jumping up and down.

Last night, Loren came back from the principal's office and immersed himself in the book of fantasy to practice drawing magic words on linen. After the test was successful, I immediately got up and went to the Room of Requirement. This time, because the unicorn hair was fresh and free of impurities, it was completed smoothly.

"If you're moved, I'll leave it to you for my stargazing report next school year."

"What a beautiful thought." Hermione bounced with her hair loose and said in a cheerful tone, "Where's yours? What color is it?"

"I haven't had time to do it yet. It's better for boys to make a small cloth bag." Loren kicked a small stone under his feet, kicked his left foot forward a few steps, and then switched to his right foot, as if practicing for a ball.

He planned to make a ring or pendant or something, but he couldn't draw such a detailed circle yet. Maybe it can be combined with magic spells such as the Expansion Charm and the Shrinking Charm, but I don't know if the magic spell will have any impact on the magic circle. I can try it during the holidays.

If that doesn't work, it would be a good idea to make a slightly larger object like a locket.

"What a pity. If you also had a cloth bag, I could put beads and sequins on it." Hermione wanted to put anything in the small cloth bag when she saw it, a green leaf, a good-looking stone, and walked a few steps Pour it out again.

It's rare to see Hermione so childish, so cute.

"You said that the small cloth bag with the Seamless Stretching Charm on it will leak when it contains water?" Hermione had just put a stone in and raised her head to look at Loren with bright eyes.

Loren was stunned when he heard this, and then became eager to try, "Shall we try?"

"No, what if it breaks."

"I'll just make another one."

"That's okay, I just like this one."

…

In the evening, the long-awaited year-end banquet finally began.

The entire auditorium was filled with the rich aroma of broth, the sweet aroma of stewed pumpkin, and the salty aroma of barbecue. There are all kinds of delicacies on the table, lamb chops, roast chicken, meat pies, Roosevelt apple pie.

Loren and Hermione hurried in just before the banquet started. The auditorium was already full of people.

"It's all your fault, we were almost late." Hermione gasped, small beads of sweat hanging on her nose.

"How can you blame me?" Loren was also panting. "I just wanted to try to see if the cloth bag could hold water."

Hearing this, Hermione put the small purple cloth bag in her arms to protect it, "If you break it, I won't let you go."

They put the wizard hats on their heads. All the little wizards wore black pointed wizard hats with no brim.

George and Fred are imitating a bullfight, with pointy wizard hats as their horns. I don't know what magic tricks they hid, the two of them screamed "moo", and the sharp corners collided with each other, making the sound of swords clashing.

Lee Jordan explained in an emotional voice: "George the Bull made a powerful attack, but Fred the Bull was not afraid at all. He went up, up!"

"Fred the fierce bull pushed the horns of the opposite bull! Oh, one fell out of the hat - ugh!"

Before Lee Jordan had time to reveal the secret, George covered his mouth and pinned him down on his seat. They formed a circle and began to discuss the simple prop.

There was a similar scene on the long tables in other colleges. The auditorium was like an explosion. The little wizards in Ravenclaw were especially excited. Each of them was talking loudly.

A moment later, Dumbledore arrived, and the noise in the auditorium gradually subsided.

Dumbledore wore a gold and red dress with phoenix and flame patterns embroidered on it, and a small felt hat with a raised brim on his head.

"Another year has passed. Before you indulge in these delicacies, I must trouble everyone to listen to an old man's cliché..."

Loren looked straight at the pig head meat and salivated wildly. "Dumbledore has changed. He is no longer the good leader who spoke briefly at the opening banquet."

"We must first conduct the Academy Cup award ceremony. The specific scores of each academy are as follows. The fourth place, Gryffindor, has 332 points."

Although the little Gryffindor wizard didn't care about scores, he still wasn't happy about being publicly executed like this. There was an obvious sneer from the Slytherin side.

Professor McGonagall was sitting at the guest of honor seat with a very serious look on her face.

Loren temporarily turned his attention away from the flesh and signaled to George and Fred, "Bah!"

"Bah!" The twins said the code, indicating that they understood.

"Third place, Slytherin, 362 points."

"oh!"

"Woo!"

"oh!"

The twin brothers and Loren cheered one after another, as if it caused a chain reaction. The three houses except Slytherin all responded one after another. The whole auditorium erupted with thunderous cheers and stampings, and the little wizard used a fork. The goblet was banged hard, making a jingling sound, which was very lively.

There was dead silence on the Slytherin table. Snape's face at the guest of honor was horribly ugly, but Professor McGonagall showed a faint smile.

"Second place, Hufflepuff, 392 points. First place, Ravenclaw, 416 points."

Polite cheers rang out in the auditorium, which raised the atmosphere of the banquet.

"I think everyone has done well in the past year," Dumbledore said. "However, the recent events must also be taken into account."

Come on, come on, operate in secret, collude and collude...

Loren straightened up.

The auditorium became very quiet. Quirrell's matter was too big, and everyone more or less guessed it.

"Well, uh," Dumbledore cleared his throat, "I still have points to distribute at the end."

"First, Mr. Ron Weasley. He played the most exciting game of chess at Hogwarts in many years, played in the spirit of Gryffindor, and won 50 points for this!"

Ron's face turned red and he smiled from ear to ear.

The Gryffindors cheered, and Percy was showing off loudly to the other prefects, "He passed Professor McGonagall's giant chessboard array and seriously injured Quirrell with this chessboard!"

The cheers rang out for a while, and everyone understood that they had four warriors, and with so many extra points, the Academy Cup must belong to Gryffindor.

"Second, Mr. Loren Morgan, he helped his partners, never left, and saved his friends from danger. He earned 50 points for this!"

Loren spat a little, he actually only had 50 points. Although he didn't participate in the breakthrough or anything, Dumbledore was definitely suppressing him.

332+50+50

432 points! ! !

The little wizards in Gryffindor went crazy. They got the House Cup and stood up from their stools to cheer.

"Third, Mr. Harry Potter, he showed fearless courage and extraordinary courage. For this, I award him 60 points."

"Finally, Miss Hermione Granger, faced the fire, she reasoned calmly. Faced with the powerful enemy, she was not afraid of danger, and wielded a gorgeous sword that I have never seen before. For this, she won 100 point."

Hermione was so embarrassed that she buried her head in her arms. Her neck was red from her neck to her ears, and she didn't dare to look at anyone.

In fact, Hermione might not be able to get such a high score just for the Sorcerer's Stone incident. Loren guessed that Dumbledore took the credit for the book corner into account.