The Little Superman of Hogwarts

The two people currently on a date didn't feel awkward with each other, but they also felt it was very strange.

The feeling was—although they had known each other before, they had never considered each other as potential life partners. Now, for the first time, they were considering each other in that light, and upon closer inspection, hey! It seemed like a pretty good fit!

But a sense of regret inevitably arose in their hearts, namely: It felt like settling for a relationship with him (her) so hastily was a bit unsatisfactory.

So, the slightly stubborn young man and woman were drinking their coffee while contemplating these thoughts.

While lost in their thoughts, they chatted aimlessly, but as they talked, they seemed to run out of common topics, and a silence fell between them, making the scene even more awkward.

Although the scene was a bit awkward, neither the young Harry Potter nor the girl Luna across from him wanted to end this awkward date so soon.

Finally, after Harry's coffee was finished, he gently said to Luna, "I remember this coffee shop has a very delicious dessert. Would you like to try it?"

"Sounds good! If it's convenient, I'll have one… Let me see if I'm exceeding my calorie limit today. I'm on a diet!" Luna took out a very strange object from her pocket—a round cylinder with strings of beads on it.

Harry Potter had never seen anything like it. He looked at the gadget curiously and was about to ask Luna about it when he heard the girl across from him say, "I bet you're going to ask what this is."

Luna preempted Harry Potter's question.

"This thing is called an abacus. You see, each column has ten beads. Each bead represents a number. You can perform simple calculations by moving the beads.

Each vertical axis represents a digit, for example, this is the tens place, and this is the ones place.

The shortest one in the middle represents the decimal place, representing 1/4, which is 0.25, and the following digits represent 1/10, 1/100, and 1/1000. That is, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd digits after the decimal point. There are twelve columns here, so you can calculate up to eight integers and three decimal places."

The girl moved the beads while performing simple calculations.

Harry Potter looked at the strings of beads and felt a headache coming on. After all, he was just a mediocre student, while the girl across from him was a top student from Ravenclaw. Ever since elementary school, Harry Potter's math scores had been directly proportional to his height—the taller he got, the worse his math became.

Of course, it wasn't just him. His damned cousin had the same pattern. Perhaps it was just a family trait.

But speaking of which, this abacus is really complicated and astonishing! To hell with this damned abacus!

Just as Harry Potter was marveling, the girl across from him gently opened her mouth and continued, "Actually, I also have a Chinese abacus, which is different from the one I have in my hand. They have upper and lower sections. Each string has only seven counters.

China is the country that invented this calculation tool, but the abacuses they invented have very complicated formulas that I can't remember at all. Seriously, how did the Chinese use this thing before?

The one I'm holding now is a Russian abacus, which is very simple and intuitive, but the calculation speed is very slow. My calculation speed is only slightly faster than paper calculations. If it were a Chinese abacus, my calculation speed would be at least ten times faster than it is now!

Ten times!

Oh, I've almost calculated it. I should still be able to eat two more desserts today!

Um… if you're buying, please buy me one! Thank you!"

Harry Potter didn't reply but nodded and walked towards the bar. In the end, he ordered two desserts and two more juices.

While waiting for the desserts, the young man and woman ran out of topics to talk about again. The sunset outside was very beautiful, and under the afterglow of the sunset, the windows became bright red.

At this moment, Harry suddenly noticed the two special earrings on Luna's ears—two small carrots, obviously handmade.

A thought arose in Harry Potter's mind: Perhaps I could also weave two and give them to this little girl.

Almost at the same time, Luna suddenly noticed the glasses on Harry's nose. A thought also arose in her mind: Perhaps I should make lighter glasses for this young man.

The two noticed each other's characteristics, and there was finally some tacit understanding between them.

The gossip spirit of the students at the magic school is definitely one of the best in the world. The news of Harry and Luna's date spread throughout the school in no time.

"Unbelievable, Harry would actually go on a date with Luna! What's so good about that loony girl!" This was what some jealous girls said.

Harry Potter was, after all, a savior and very handsome. In the original story, he had very good relationships with people, and it was normal for some girls to have a crush on him.

This matter quickly became a very famous piece of gossip, and even Snape became concerned.

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During this young man and woman's first date, in the distant Azkaban prison, a dark figure appeared in the afterglow of the setting sun.

His body was still hidden in the dark corner of the wall. Occasionally, some Dementors passed by, but it seemed that the wizard had a concealing ability, and these Dementors turned a blind eye to him.

This wizard was Harry Potter's godfather—Sirius Black!

【The layout of the prison is different from before!】 Sirius Black pondered in his heart:

【Something I don't know about must have happened. If these changes were only caused by my escape, I think it would be neither reasonable nor correct.】

【If they were afraid of people escaping, there should be more manpower than this. Why is the number of Dementors on the innermost side reduced instead? There must be a big problem!】

Sirius Black walked step by step towards the deepest part of Azkaban prison, where the most severe felons in the entire prison were held—most of whom were Death Eaters who had killed people.

But Sirius was extremely surprised. The further he went inward, the fewer Dementors there were. He didn't even have to hide his figure to walk inward easily.

Before he reached the deepest cell, he heard a noisy voice: "We can't make plans like this, we should do it this way!"

Inside, the voices of several male and female wizards were arguing noisily, seemingly formulating a battle plan...

【Battle plan?】 Sirius frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

Sirius Black re-concealed himself, peering inside through the crack in the door.

Unexpectedly, the prison door wasn't even locked!

There were five or six Death Eaters inside, all wearing black wizard robes, with a blackboard in front of them and some strange maps scattered on the table.

From the crack in the door, one could vaguely see words like Ministry of Magic, Vault, Storage Area, etc. written on the blackboard...

Seeing these words, Sirius felt an extreme sense of foreboding. He suddenly realized what was wrong—those Death Eaters were clearly free!

They had been released! These people had even turned the depths of the prison into a command center!

What were they planning?! Sirius was incredibly nervous. He felt like he had stumbled upon a terrible secret.

Just then, another door opened in the distance, and a Dementor poked its head out.

Sirius instantly concealed himself, hiding his figure in the wall.

This Dementor was clearly different from the others. Its eyes gleamed with a green light, a light of intelligence, suggesting that this Dementor had a nobler character.

After coming out, the Dementor slowly moved down the corridor. It stopped in front of the room where the argument was taking place and pushed the door open.

"A bunch of idiots!" The Dementor's angry roar echoed throughout the corridor, causing the Death Eaters inside to shiver and instantly prostrate themselves on the ground.

"Look at you fools, not even realizing you were being followed here!" The Dementor's voice was sinister and terrifying.

Hearing this, Sirius immediately felt a sense of dread and wanted to rush out.

Unfortunately, he felt a kind of viscous fluid on the wall, a magic that hindered movement, preventing him from moving outwards.

"【Obstructing charm!】" The Dementor raised its wand and fired at the hidden Sirius.

"【Protego!】" Sirius turned to face the enemy.

At that moment, the wizards arguing in the room rushed out, and the next instant, colorful spells flew towards Sirius. Sirius's Protego only lasted for a second before it shattered instantly. Immediately afterward, he felt as if a current of electricity had struck him, and he lost consciousness.

"It's Black! How could he be here? He's been escaped for a long time!" a Death Eater shouted.

"Idiots! He's not a Death Eater at all. He has always belonged to the Order of the Phoenix and has never betrayed it!" another woman scolded.

The speaker was a tall woman with thick, shiny black hair. She had a strong jaw, thin lips, heavy eyelids, and thick eyelashes.

She was Bellatrix Lestrange, one of the few female Death Eaters, and also the most dangerous and brutal of Voldemort's many followers.

Like many members of the Black family, Bellatrix's name comes from a star.

Bellatrix is the third brightest star in the constellation Orion. It is also known as the Amazon Star and is one of the seven brightest stars in Orion. In fact, it is the 27th brightest star in the night sky. The Amazonian warrior is a female warrior in Greek mythology, which may imply that Bellatrix is one of the most dangerous Death Eaters.

In the original story, she had an adoring infatuation with Voldemort, but because she was born into the ancient and "forever pure" pure-blood family Black, she married Rodolphus Lestrange, the eldest son of the Lestrange family, a man she didn't know well, according to her parents' wishes.

In some extra chapters, she even bore a child for Voldemort, which occupies a pivotal position in the Harry Potter series.

At the same time, she is also one of the few under Voldemort who truly has leadership abilities. In the original story, she should have escaped during Harry Potter's sixth year, but now it seems that this has happened ahead of schedule and has produced unknown changes.

After Sirius Black fainted, several Death Eaters hurriedly dragged Sirius into a cell, seized all his belongings, and confined him to a chair.

After everything was dealt with, a bucket of cold water was poured on Sirius. He woke up groggily, and the first thing he saw was that special Dementor.

"Who exactly are you? You're not right!" Sirius's first words after waking up.

"Hahahaha... Who am I? What do you think? Look at the people standing in front of you, I think you should have guessed who I am..." The Dementor's voice was very dull.

Sirius turned his head and glanced at the Death Eaters standing beside him. Their bodies unconsciously formed an arched circle, guarding the Dementor in the middle.

The only answer for someone who could cause them to have this subconscious behavior was that the Dementor was Voldemort!

"That's impossible!" Sirius said incredulously. His newly awakened eyes were filled with blurry afterimages, but this did not prevent the excitement that arose in his spirit.

This sentence had two meanings. The first meaning was that Voldemort was clearly dead, and it would be extremely difficult to revive him, but now a living Voldemort was standing in front of him.

The second meaning was that Dementors and humans were clearly two different things, but Voldemort had actually revived as a Dementor, which was unreasonable no matter how you thought about it.

"Sirius Black, godfather of the savior Harry Potter!" The Dementor's voice was extremely terrifying. Finally, the green light in its eye sockets flashed again and again, saying: "This man cannot provide us with any information. Any interrogation would probably be in vain.

Send this guy downstairs! I think our experiments need, need such a living person!"

Sirius's face did not show any fear, only deep incomprehension—he was puzzled, and he very much wanted to pass on everything that had happened, just like before, to his comrades in the Order of the Phoenix.

Unfortunately, he was soon sent to the basement. Sirius was placed in the very center of a large magic circle.