The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

After being led out of the auditorium door by Loren's hand, Hermione turned to look back. There was no crazy swordsman standing at the door, and the castle was as quiet and peaceful as ever.

After walking out of the hall and out the front door of the castle onto the path, the sun fell on them warmly, and Hermione knew that he really planned to go home.

"Loren, why are we leaving? Do you really believe Professor Trelawney's prophecy?"

Hermione's common sense and reason told her that this prophecy sounded ridiculous.

Whenever thirteen people dine together, the first person to stand up will be the first to die. This is unscientific. Professor McGonagall's sharp retort showed that this wasn't very magical either.

But Loren seemed to believe this prophecy, and seemed to be frightened, even if he didn't eat, he would take him away. She wanted to hear a reason for looking at Loren.

Loren sensed the area covered by the anti-Apparition magic, and he had to go out for a while before he could teleport. Hearing Hermione's question, he hesitated: "How should I put it? Although Professor Trelawney seems unreliable, her predictions are not all nonsense."

"She once predicted that Harry would defeat Voldemort, and that Dumbledore and I would go to Albania to find traces of Voldemort. Thirteen people would eat together, and the first one to stand up would be the first to die. This is certainly not believable. But When Professor Trelawney said it there, like a magic spell, I thought it was better not to risk it."

Hermione let Loren lead her forward, and she tilted her head: "But she only said that the first person to stand up would die first, and did not say when or what the cause of death was. Although it was not polite to say so, but Dumbledore is 112 years old——"

Hermione slowed down and whispered, "Normally speaking, he would indeed be the first among us to die."

Loren's steps became slower and slower, and finally stopped slowly.

He turned around and looked at the little witch with a strange expression: "What you said seems to make sense..."

He was influenced by the original plot and subconsciously believed that this prophecy was ominous. I never thought that according to Dumbledore's disdain for life and death, if he was still alive after Voldemort was completely eliminated, he would probably choose to retire and travel around the world for a few years before embarking on such a great adventure.

If you calculate it this way, Dumbledore should indeed be the first to die among everyone.

Loren fell into deep thought: "In this case, then let's go back and continue eating?"

"The professors will think you are a fool." Hermione rolled her eyes at him and took his hand and walked forward, "So this prediction is just correct nonsense. I can continue to predict that Professor Keltburn should be The second person who died seemed to be very old and not in good health."

Loren was stunned for a moment.

Hiss, what a true prophecy, I feel like it will probably come true.

"But, but -" Loren's own ideas were shocked.

"I don't have a good impression of Professor Trelawney right now, but we have to wait until the Divination class next semester to find out the specific situation." Hermione was walking and suddenly screamed, "I forgot to ask you about Neville's parents. The treatment situation! Please tell me whether the treatment was successful?"

"It should have been successful. After they woke up, they hugged each other and cried. I was afraid that Dumbledore would cry with them, so I left first."

"That's great." Hermione didn't pay attention to his nonsense to the old principal and walked forward briskly.

Follow the path beside the Black Lake until you reach the edge of the Forbidden Forest and then stop.

Accompanied by loud air explosions, the two people disappeared from the spot one after another.

Suburban Hampstead Gardens.

The space in front of the door was distorted for a moment, and Loren's figure broke through the space and appeared at the door. The next moment, Hermione appeared next to him.

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Loren asked confusedly: "If you don't go back to your own home, why did you come to my house?"

Hermione tilted her head slightly and said confidently: "My parents are in the clinic and there is no one at home. And it was you who made me not have lunch. Shouldn't I look for you?"

The reason was legitimate and sufficient, and Loren could only accept it.

"Grandpa Bates, I'm back!"

Loren opened the door. The house was clean, but deserted, and no one answered. It was obviously lunch time, but there was no smell of food in the house.

"Mr. Bates doesn't seem to be here either." Hermione followed him through the door and whispered.

"Probably going out to play."

Loren opened the refrigerator and found that there were no other ingredients except drinks. It seemed that Grandpa Bates didn't usually cook at home.

On the other side, Hermione also walked into the kitchen. There were some rust marks on the bottom of the iron pot on the gas hood. A small piece of light reddish brown was left by the oxidation of the water left in washing the pot.

Hermione reached out and poked the rust, and reddish-brown rust powder stained her white fingertips. She poked Loren's arm with this finger: "Go to my house first. There should be ingredients in my refrigerator."

Loren nodded helplessly.

After two gas explosions, they appeared in front of Granger's refrigerator.

Loren deftly opened Granger's refrigerator, then looked at the goat's milk ricotta cheese inside and fell into deep thought.

Goat milk cheese, exuding the fragrance of lemon juice.

This is what he taught Grandpa Bates on the mountain.

Loren took out a bottle of Coke from the refrigerator, opened the bottle cap with the bottle opener hanging on the side of the refrigerator, inserted the straw and handed it to Hermione: "I probably know why the pot at home is rusty."

"Grandpa Bates is having dinner at my house." Hermione took a sip of coke and smiled with crooked eyebrows.

Although Loren looked helpless, his heart was filled with gratitude. Fortunately, he met Hermione, and fortunately Grandpa Bates met the kind-hearted Grangers. Otherwise, when he went to school, Bates, who had no relatives or friends, would have to be alone at home.

He breathed a sigh of relief: "Is omelette noodles okay? Your family only has eggs and pasta, and you don't need other kinds of jams."

Hermione obediently retreated to the door of the kitchen, making room for him and gesturing for him to express himself freely.

Fry the eggs in hot oil to create a crispy shell, add water, cover and simmer for a while until the boiled water becomes thick and white, like soup, then add the noodles. When cooked, take it out, run the noodles through cold water, and add salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce.

In less than ten minutes, two steaming bowls of omelette noodles were served.

"Eat quickly, the pasta will not taste good if it has been soaked for a long time." Loren said, turning the forks into two slender wooden sticks, and flexibly picked up the noodles and started eating.

Hermione rolled up the noodles with her fork and put it in her mouth, taking a sip of the soup.

Wow, why can omelette noodles with such a simple process be so delicious?

Hermione sighed and watched with envy as Loren cooked the noodles with two small wooden sticks. She always felt that he ate more deliciously.

After eating, both of them started to feel lazy. Neither of them wanted to clear the table, so they slumped on the sofa and watched TV. They don't care about the content on TV, they just enjoy the comfort of sitting down after eating.

When you surround yourself with the right people, afternoons can be incredibly peaceful and relaxing.

As sleep gradually deepened, Loren listened attentively for a while, and there was an astronomy news on the TV.

BBC News: Two months ago, American astronomers Eugene and Caroline Shoemaker and astronomy enthusiast David Levy discovered a comet at the Palomar Observatory in California, USA... Named comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.

While orbiting the sun, it was captured by Jupiter's strong gravity and became a short-period comet orbiting Jupiter. It was torn into 21 pieces due to Jupiter's strong tidal force. After the comet becomes fragments, it will continue to orbit Jupiter for a long time...

As they listened, their eyes slowly lost focus, and finally they closed their eyes and fell asleep.

Loren had a dream. It was a blurry world, unable to distinguish between day and night, and without any living beings.

In the endless hazy smoke, the bright white clouds were swept up by the white oval anticyclonic storm and spread into a larger tornado. The turbulent storm swept through the entire vast world at high speed, and the blazing rain of fire fell like meteors, igniting the entire sky, and the sea of ​​​​fire boiled and burned...

I don't know how long it took, but when Loren woke up he found that the TV had been turned off. He was leaning on the back of the sofa, Hermione resting on his shoulder, and the aroma of beef stew was wafting in the air.

"Mr. Bates, wake up the two little guys for dinner!" Monica's gentle voice came from the kitchen.

He heard the steady footsteps of Grandpa Bates approaching gradually, and a warm big hand pressed on his hair and rubbed it: "Boy, don't get up even if you wake up!"

Loren slowly came to his senses and saw that the sky outside had been dyed brilliant orange by the setting sun, and the halo of the setting sun was like a burning flame.

In a daze, he recalled the scene he had just seen in his dream.

When Hermione heard the movement, she woke up in a daze and muttered in a sticky voice: "Long time no see, Grandpa Bates."

Bates replied to her with a kind smile: "Long time no see, little Hermione!"

The two of them understood the situation almost at the same time, and their cheeks turned red with embarrassment. Fortunately, it was not obvious due to the light and shadow of the setting sun.

The two of them actually slept on the sofa all afternoon, and were even seen by parents on both sides.

"It's time to eat!" Monica greeted again.

He got up in a panic, ran to the dining table and sat down. Wendell was already sitting in his seat, holding an evening newspaper in his hand. The most dazzling headline was - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, almost The Sword of Damocles that destroyed the Earth.

Loren's eyes paused for a moment when he saw the news about the comet again.

"You said in your letter that you would be back today, but we thought it was at night. After all, the Hogwarts Express has to run all day." Wendell put down the newspaper and handed the forks to them.

Bates sat down in the seat next to him: "I was still at home at eleven o'clock. You haven't come back by lunch time, so I'm even more convinced. I didn't expect you to really come back during lunch time, wow!"

"You must be exhausted, you slept all afternoon!" Monica came out of the kitchen and looked at the two children lovingly.

During the dinner, the table was filled with greetings from relatives. To outsiders, they sounded like lengthy words and nonsense, but to the person involved, they were filled with warmth and stability.

"Grandpa Bates, when did you start eating at Granger's house? It seems that our kitchen hasn't turned on for a long time." Loren asked probingly.

"During the Christmas vacation." Bates sighed pretending to be sad. "Two indifferent people would rather spend Christmas at school than go home to spend time with us old guys."

Hermione straightened up quickly and explained: "It's all Loren's fault! He and..."

The little witch began to tell what happened at Hogwarts this school year. A certain hateful person colluded with the mysterious principal and manipulated the basilisk to panic people in the castle. In order to maintain the peace of Hogwarts, she was forced to stay. Come down and investigate.

Finally, Hermione concluded: "It's all Loren's fault. He even hid it from me. It's too much!"

"That's right! Loren has gone too far!" Bates said in support.

Although he didn't quite understand what the little girl just said, how could little Hermione be wrong? It must be Loren's fault.

Wendell and Monica did not participate and watched with smiles.

Although they did not know who Voldemort, the Basilisk, and the Ministry of Magic existed, or what the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor did, they heard that all risks were under the control of the old principal from the beginning, and they knew that the two children were It's safe, so don't worry.

Loren defended himself for a while, but failed to defend himself against these two unreasonable people. In the end, he was forced to plead guilty and was sentenced to a week of domestic service.

The topics went back and forth, from interesting things about the magic school, to strange patients in the dentist’s office, to the financial products Bates recently purchased...

The Granger family hadn't been this lively for a long time, and the laughter never stopped.

When the conversation was in full swing, Wendell accidentally glanced at the evening newspaper that he had not finished reading, and suddenly had an interesting question: "Did you see what the newspaper said? If it weren't for Jupiter, the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 would have been It will hit the earth and exterminate mankind just like the dinosaurs were exterminated hundreds of millions of years ago.

Suppose, I mean suppose, when our missiles and rockets cannot stop this comet, will the wizards have any way to face this kind of world-wide disaster? "

Wendell almost danced: "Is this how Stonehenge and crop circles were formed?"

The interesting ideas made Hermione's eyes light up, and she began to think about this problem seriously: "Slowing spells, levitation spells... many spells seem to be applicable. But the size of the comet is too large, and there may be no wizard with such powerful magic... …I wonder if Principal Dumbledore can do it?”

This was the third time he heard the news about the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet, and Loren faintly noticed some strange feeling, like... some kind of omen.

Loren's eyes moved. This feeling was very subtle. He had only been exposed to the news about this comet, but some mysterious intuition reminded him that this comet was related to him.

This reminded Loren of a conversation he had with Flamel after a bright Martian night, and he asked Flamel when he would next open the Book of Abraham.

Flamel replied: "You will know when the time comes..."

"Speaking of comets, I think of the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic. One of the mysterious rooms there is said to be the Planet Room." Hermione sighed regretfully, "But last time I didn't see what it looked like inside the Planet Room. , I wonder if there is still a chance? Loren, what do you think of us working in the Ministry of Magic after graduation?"

"Ah! Huh?"

Loren came back from his thoughts about the comet and said, "Just keep working, I'm not interested."

Bates was so angry that he slapped him, what nonsense did this kid say?