Hufflepuff never works overtime

All of a sudden, various thoughts flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern. Even though Hermione had subconsciously reached into her robe and touched her wand, she couldn't keep up in this situation anyway.

Just when she was feeling desperate, a trembling male voice suddenly shouted, "Wingardium Leviosa/Wingardium Leviosa/"

Ron narrowed his eyes slightly, almost not daring to see if his spell was successful. He took a few breaths, and in his blurred vision, he was sure that the wooden stick had really stopped, and he fell down in fear. on the ground.

The stick that was about to be smashed just stopped in the air, wobbly and a little unstable. The troll didn't seem to be able to react to what happened, and tried to reach his disobedient weapon with his hand.

Hermione didn't give it this chance, and pointed the wand in her hand at the huge figure, her tone was furious,

"Petrificus Totalus/"

The giant monster who just jumped up and wanted to reach his own stick, his hands and feet seemed to be bound by an unknown force, lost his balance in the air and fell down, making a loud noise that shook the sky.

And the weapon it was thinking about, after a while, broke away from the control of Ron's spell, fell suddenly, and hit its small forehead.

Not paying attention to the monster that fell and cracked the floor, Hermione rushed over it and hugged Faise tightly, her body trembling all the time, "What are you in a daze for! "

"I……"

There was no time for the other party to speak, and Hermione's voice was full of anger and fear, "Why did you appear here suddenly? If you can't fight, you should run away. Standing there stupidly will really scare me to death!"

After she finished speaking, she realized that the two boys were still on the side. She restrained her excitement a little bit, turned her head and said sincerely to Ron who was on the side, "Thank you, Ron."

Ron touched the back of his head embarrassingly, "My mind was blank at the time, but I suddenly thought of this spell..."

Harry, who was standing aside, didn't make a sound. He was still holding the staff in his hand, and looked at the fallen troll with some vigilance, for fear that the other party would suddenly wake up and catch them off guard.

A burst of chaotic footsteps came from far and near, and Professor McGonagall's iconic voice, "My God, what happened here?"

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The author's words:

Everyone has been waiting for a long time!

In the end, I resolved this farce in the most reasonable way in my mind. After all, everyone has their own shining points, and Faise cannot be forced to do something she is not good at~

It should be early tomorrow!The last exam in the morning, it will definitely be updated before [-]:[-] p.m.

Chapter 52

Professor McGonagall saw the four ashen-faced little guys and the giant monster lying next to them at a glance. She widened her eyes and couldn't help but help her forehead.

"You two better explain!"

Without doubting the two girls at all, Professor McGonagall pointed at the two boys with a serious face.

"Actually, this matter is..."

Harry put down his wand with a hesitant expression on his face. He carefully looked up at the professors, his mind spinning rapidly.

Hermione, who was on the side, put down her hand holding Faise, stood up and said, "Professor McGonagall, it's actually all my fault."

"Miss Granger?"

The professors looked at each other puzzled, and Snape casually glanced at Faise who was still standing with her back to them, and secretly covered the wound on his foot with his robe.

Professor McGonagall's tone was a little gentle, and she looked at her lover with some doubts, "Can you explain it to us?"

"I was the one looking for the troll..."

"Professor McGonagall...it's not their fault," Faise said with a choked voice as she turned around and covered her face with her long wizard robe, "Hermione wanted to go to the bathroom in the middle of the party. , Professor Quirrell rushed in and said that there was a troll. I was really worried about her, so I dragged Weasley and Potter to find her, but... I met this monster at the door. "

"Miss Orest..." Seeing that she seemed to be crying, Professor Sprout squatted down softly and asked softly, "You must be terrified."

"I, I panicked all of a sudden," Faith took off her glasses, rubbed her eyes vigorously with her sleeves, revealing the red eye sockets, and grabbed Professor Sprout's robe with one hand, " Thanks to them for saving me, professor... please don't punish them, please, punish me if you want to punish..."

"God, poor child..." Sprout hugged the frightened child in front of her round body, and said lovingly, "No one will be punished, the three of Gryffindor A student would be rewarded with five, no, ten points for their heroic deeds."

"You have no objections, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape?"

Professor Quirrell on the side didn't ask for his opinion, so he stood aside with an embarrassed smile and didn't speak.

"Your impulsive behavior can easily put you in a dangerous situation. Don't think that your luck can be so good every time." Professor McGonagall looked at the three little guys with their heads down.

Seeing that they all nodded honestly, she eased a bit, and still showed a satisfied smile, "But your behavior of standing up for your friends is very commendable, you are all qualified Gryffindor students , these 30 points are the rewards you deserve."

The two boys showed extremely excited expressions. They looked at each other, and found the same excitement and secret joy of escape from each other's eyes.

And Hermione's attention was still on Faise, who was being protected by Sprout. She didn't know that the other party was so frightened, and hoped that it wasn't because of her agitated appearance that frightened her just now.

Although Snape's expression was somewhat dissatisfied, he glanced at Faise who seemed to be still sobbing, and frowned in disgust, but he still didn't raise any objections, he just shook his robe and looked at the three of them impatiently. The group said, "Go back quickly, we will deal with the next thing."

"Yes, yes, go back quickly, children, this giant may wake up at any time, just leave it to us."

Professor Quirrell finally found his chance to speak. He waved his hands and said with a smile. If he hadn't passed out in the auditorium just now, his words might be more convincing.

After receiving the instruction to retreat, the three little guys didn't stay long, and the two boys ran to the corner in a hurry—a place where the professors couldn't see, waiting for the remaining two.

Hermione stood beside Faise, and carefully tugged at Faise's sleeve, "Faye?"

Sprout handed Faise to Hermione, touched her little head, and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Hogwarts is safe, go back with your little friends."

"Well, thank you."

Faith showed a forced smile to the professors, and got gentle nods from the two female professors, and a cold snort from Professor Snape. She took Hermione's hand and left together.

When the four of them were far away from the incident, Ron finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Great, this is the first time I got extra points. Looking at the faces of Professor McGonagall and Snape, I thought we will be fired."

"Yeah." Harry nodded in agreement.

He was still thinking about the injury on Snape's foot that he inadvertently left just now, Harry frowned, but considering that Faith was still there, he didn't share this matter with his two friends immediately.

Hermione squeezed the hand of Faise, who was silent at the side, with some concern, and turned her head to the two boys, "No matter what, thank you for coming to me today, and thank you for saving Faise."

"It's fine……"

Ron cleared his throat, shifted his gaze to the patterns on the floor, and pretended to say casually, "And Hermione, what happened last time, I'm sorry..."

"I hope you think about it before you do that next time..."

Hermione smiled as she watched Ron subconsciously want to refute herself, but had to swallow the words because of excuses, "It's easy to make your friend sad."

"Hmm," the red-haired boy instantly understood the meaning of the other party, and realized that the matter had finally been resolved, his expression relaxed a lot, "Then you should restrain yourself a little in class."

"I know, but I have to say that my teaching is still very useful, isn't it?"

"Yes, our brightest Miss Know-It-All."

Harry looked at the two who started to tease each other, and also showed a reassuring smile.

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The author's words:

When I was watching this part of the movie, I actually didn't quite understand why Hermione would stand up and accuse herself directly.

Although it's not incomprehensible to want to express her bravery as a Gryffindor...but it's just strange, even if the truth is told, the three of them did nothing wrong?

Faith: I'm not good at dealing with giant monsters, but I know a lot about the teacher (*/ω＼*)

Chapter 53 Night talk

"I'll take Faith to the Hufflepuff common room, and I'll be back later." At the side entrance where the corridor connects to the atrium, Hermione waved to the two boys, signaling them to go first.

"Then let's go first," Harry waved his hand at her, not forgetting to tell her, "The curfew time should have passed by now, be careful not to be caught by Filch, that old guy doesn't care what reason you have, he was caught by Filch." If you are caught, you will be scolded all over your head."

"And Professor Snape!" Ron added with a stinky face. Both he and Harry had a lot of say in this matter.

After the two boys left, they walked along the corridor back to the entrance of the auditorium.

Hermione really felt a little uncomfortable with the weird atmosphere between the two of them. She wanted to speak several times, but she didn't know what to say.

The book didn't teach her what to do at such a time...

"Well, Faith?"

"uh-huh."

The other party looked as gentle as usual, and there was nothing strange in the answering voice, which made Hermione break away from that cautious state.

"Just now, why did you suddenly cry in front of the professors... I mean, why did you suddenly become so emotional? Did that troll scare you? Or was it me..."

"Well, that," Faith tilted her head nonchalantly, "I didn't cry, I just thought the matter would be resolved more smoothly that way, so I just let the professors misunderstand it."

"what?!"

Hermione couldn't believe what she heard, her hands were shaking in the air, and she held back for a long time before she could say, "I thought people in your academy wouldn't lie..."

"This doesn't mean we are fools, okay? You are only allowed to judge the situation and hide in the cubicle, and I am not allowed to give in to the dean a little bit?"

Faith looked at the other party with some amusement, "It's not like you haven't seen Tarsila copying homework before, and I'm a little tired tonight, and I really don't want to let this matter go any further..."

Hearing this reply, Hermione nodded thoughtfully.

Faith's mood tonight is indeed not very high-pitched. Although it doesn't look too obvious on the surface, the sense of disobedience is revealed from everywhere. For Hermione, who is used to the usual way of getting along, it feels like a A tiny wooden thorn stuck into her fingertips, which was impossible to ignore, but it couldn't be pulled out.

"Are you really okay? If you get hurt anywhere, just tell me..."

"It's really okay. You and Weasley moved very quickly. Basically, by the time I realized it, the big guy had already fallen to the ground."

Although she didn't really want to continue talking about this matter, the little lion obviously had no intention of letting her go until she figured out what was going on.

"I didn't say it, you really need to reflect on this matter, that stick is bigger than the two of you! I don't even know what you think when you stand there blankly, it's just a little bit worse , A little later, and you will be beaten! Just like Professor McGonagall said, people will not be so lucky every time..."

Sighing silently, Faise did not choose to interrupt the other party's chanting, but she really couldn't concentrate, and her eyes wandered around while listening.

"Ah...they haven't been taken away yet,"

She suddenly looked at the plate on the window sill, and touched her belly with some regret, because she hadn't eaten since noon, and she was really hungry now.

"You……"

Hermione's stern face couldn't hold back any longer. She watched the other party run to the window sill, tiptoed to pick and choose among the piles of desserts, and said helplessly, "Face, what are you doing tonight?" What's the matter, it's not like you usually..."

"Maybe it's because I was really scared," said Rarely without looking back at the other party as she spoke. The small piece of cake that Faith held in her hand was destroyed because of her unconscious force, "After seeing When that troll came out of the women's bathroom."

"Why?" Hermione frowned her slender eyebrows, "although it would be shocking to see that big guy...I mean, you can't just stand there like that and wait to be beaten, you Where's your wand? Why don't you run away?"

"Because you said you were going to the bathroom, but you never came back..."

This time the tight eye circles didn't come from a show, but under the dim light, Faise concealed it very well. From Hermione's perspective, it seemed that the other party was still concentrating on picking and choosing.

"Me?" Hermione shook her head puzzled, "I hid in the compartment in advance when I realized that the troll was coming in, you can't just think that the troll locked me in the toilet, right? ...It's not some old-fashioned TV drama plot."

"I thought……"

Faith paused for a while, rubbing her eyes by taking out her glasses from the cloak, "I thought something happened to you, you haven't come to the auditorium, you are not seen in the crowd, nor in the corridor, Plus that giant monster came out of the bathroom."

"So, you think I was beaten up in the bathroom by a troll, uh...?"

"Ah."

Faith moved the desserts on the upper layer aside, even though they looked the same as when she took them, she always felt that there would be some dust inadvertently.

Hearing this answer, Hermione felt a little dumbfounded, "Couldn't it be me who drove it out?"

"If it were you, you would definitely come out full of pride after winning the battle."

Hermione blinked her eyes with some thought in her brown eyes, then nodded, "Well, that sure looks like something I would do."

"But I'm usually not that impulsive, I still have the ability to judge danger,"

Hermione scratched her face guiltily. Since Faise didn't know about the three-headed dog, she seemed to have no problem with what she said.

"Although you are worried about me, I am very happy... But next time, don't stand around and get beaten up. My heart will stop beating when I see that ugly thing is about to hit you."

"I see, you have repeated it several times."

Faith handed Hermione the chocolate pie she had selected in her hand, and smiled as usual at the other party, but sighed softly in her heart.

Chapter 54 Christmas Holidays

In mid-December, the heavy snow last night made the whole of Hogwarts wrapped in a layer of winter clothes, filled with various Christmas elements everywhere, used to decorate this magnificent castle.

It's a pity that most of the children didn't care to appreciate it. They dragged suitcases, big or small, and hurried around, preparing to catch the Hogwarts Express train today, to reunite with their families whom they hadn't seen for a semester, and to spend this time together. Christmas holiday.