Chapter 211 Female Literary Youth
Harry woke up in a daze, and the first thing he saw was Neville's bed, which didn't even have bedding. Soon, he remembered that this was originally Chen Bin's bed, and it had been vacant since the second grade.
"What's wrong?" Ron looked at the empty bed while changing his clothes.
There were only two of them in the dormitory, so Harry didn't need to hide it.
"I had a dream about my previous life. Maybe I read the prophecy book for too long before going to bed."
Ron asked in surprise: "Oh my God! Prophecy book? What happened?"
"Let's go downstairs quickly and talk to Hermione all at once!" Harry quickly changed his school uniform.
When the two came to the common room, there were still some little wizards looking at the notice board, on which a large notice was posted.
"A lot of Galleons!
Is your pocket money not enough?
Want to make more money?
Please contact Fred and George Weasley in the Gryffindor common room,
Looking for a simple, almost painless extracurricular part-time job.
(Sorry, all jobs are at the applicant's own risk.)"
Harry and Ron looked at each other.
"Prefect, shouldn't you take care of it?" Harry joked.
Ron shrugged and asked, "Prefect Hermione must have seen it, but did she take care of it? This proves that they didn't break the school rules."
"I think she is too focused on studying and has no time to pay attention to this notice. Try to show it to her, I bet she will make trouble for your brothers."
Ron shook his head and said, "Then don't let her see it, let's go!"
In the hall, Hermione was about to finish her breakfast. The sound of her flipping through a book and eating bread was really weird.
The three of them sat together. Harry first asked Hermione to cast an immobilizing spell to prevent the sound from leaking out, and then told her about the meeting with Dumbledore that night, and continued to talk until he read the second half of the first book before going to bed.
[Note: In the future, before telling important secrets, the friendly forces will also use a spell to prevent the sound from leaking out as long as the situation permits, and will not repeat the speech link in every plot. It is annoying to write and disgusting to read. ]
After briefly telling this, Harry saw that Ron was so surprised that his mouth could not close, and he did not eat a bite of breakfast at all, but Hermione had been calmly reading the seventh grade books, and there was no change.
"Hermione, you knew it a long time ago?" Harry was not sure, but Hermione had secretly read Sirius's prophecy book last year, but she had never told the details.
"Know some, guess some, but no one told me." She frowned and understood the theory in the book, and then turned to the next page.
"Aren't you interested?" Ron asked puzzledly.
Hermione closed the textbook, stared at the two of them for a while, and then asked seriously: "You won't hide it from me after reading the prophecy, right?"
"Of course not." Ron promised.
"How is that possible? You are my best friend." Harry said seriously.
"That's good." Hermione sighed, rubbed her eyebrows and said: "I will be very busy this year, so I don't have time to analyze those prophecies bit by bit, so you just need to summarize the important events and tell me."
The two looked at the seventh grade textbooks on the table, and their expressions became very exciting.
"Hermione, you really have to..." Harry was stopped by Ron halfway through. "Harry, wait for me."
Ron turned his head to look at Hermione and said seriously: "We know you are a genius, but this path is not suitable for you. Didn't you promise us not to pursue Bin? Don't interrupt me, listen to me first."
Seeing Hermione shut up obediently, Ron continued: "You also admitted that you are not suitable at all, and Bin has married Kate. Therefore, no matter how hard you try, you can't move Bin, but make him feel guilty and unable to respond to your feelings. If you force him to get closer now, it will only destroy the friendship of the five of us, and in the end, you will only be hurt..."
"Ron, I understand all the reasons you said, and I have thought about it more than once." Hermione looked at the clouds on the ceiling and murmured: "So, I don't plan to pursue him anymore... It's good to stay by his side quietly... Being a brother and sister is not bad... Since the sister can't be too much worse than the brother..."
(ω):...
(ω`):...
The two didn't believe that she suddenly became a female literary youth, but they didn't know how to respond.
Harry communicated with Ron with his eyes.
(_`): Emotional issues are your strong point.
Ron also answered with his eyes.
(ω): I don’t have a girlfriend yet, how can I answer?
Hermione saw them flirting with each other and said unhappily: "Stop making eye contact. Anyway, I am not interested in dating for the time being. I just want to concentrate on preparing for N.E.W.T.s. You can talk to me if you have anything, but I really don’t have time to study anything other than exams."
"Oh."
"Okay."
When the two of them felt relieved, they suddenly heard Hermione whispering to herself: "I finally understand Professor McGonagall's feelings... In fact, it's not bad to live like her for the rest of her life... Never get married for the rest of her life... You can always stay by his side... Quietly... Plainly... Caring..."
"Σ(⊙⊙*)!!" Ron said in surprise: "Hermione, Professor McGonagall has been married for a long time, but her husband died early, and all the children born in wizard families know it."
Harry:! ?
"(﹃)!!?" Hermione asked in confusion: "Why does everyone know that her husband is famous?"
"That's not the reason." Ron explained in a low voice: "Many Hogwarts graduates also cursed her to be an old maid, so someone deliberately checked her marriage record and finally found out that she was really married, and married a senior official of the Ministry of Magical Enforcement, and also set up a love nest in Hogsmeade. Therefore, the news quickly spread from the students' parents, and children from pure-blood families also heard about it."
Harry and Hermione: (⊙⊙)! (⊙⊙)!
"Hello." A female voice suddenly came from behind Harry: "How was your summer vacation?"
"Hello, Angelina." Harry smiled.
She couldn't wait for Harry's answer and said excitedly: "You know, I was elected captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team."
"That's great." Harry said, grinning at her.
"Oh, by the way, Oliver is gone, and we need a new goalkeeper. The tryout will be held at five o'clock on Friday afternoon. I hope all the team members can be there, okay? This way we can see if the newcomer can cooperate well with everyone."
When she left, Ron whispered: "How about I go to the goalkeeper selection?"
"You?" Hermione glanced at him in confusion. Although she didn't understand Quidditch, she saw that Ron only did everything half-heartedly. Could she have confidence in him?
"Great!" Harry encouraged: "You are very good as a goalkeeper in the shabby house on weekdays. Sister Isha secretly told me the night before that if you pass the selection, she will lend you her Firebolt for the next three years. If you can win the championship for the Gryffindor team this year, she will give you the Firebolt."
Ron said excitedly: "Really?"
"You can write to her and ask her." Harry replied.
Hermione didn't understand the attraction of the flying broom, so she continued to immerse herself in the book.
Suddenly, hundreds of owls flew in from the window, landing everywhere in the hall, and also sprinkled water droplets on the students who were eating breakfast.
Hermione immediately moved the orange juice aside to make room for an owl.
She took the Daily Prophet from the owl's mouth, and Harry asked angrily: "Why do you still subscribe to that thing? I don't spend time reading this garbage."
Since the day the Triwizard Tournament ended, the Daily Prophet has completely changed its nature and become Fudge's mouthpiece. It has been vilifying Dumbledore almost every day, and even hinted that Harry is one of the accomplices in the resurrection of Voldemort.
Hermione put a copper Knut postage in the small leather purse on the owl's feet and let it fly away with its wings flapping.
"See what the enemy is saying." Hermione said seriously.
She buried her head in the newspaper until Harry and Ron finished breakfast, then she showed her face again.
"Nothing." She concluded while rolling up the newspaper and placing it next to the plate. "Another vilification of you and Dumbledore, and criticism of the current security measures as a complete martial law society, without any new policies."
At this time, Professor McGonagall distributed the class schedule to each student along the table.
"Look at today!" Ron sighed with a frown: "History of Magic, two classes of Potions, Divination, two classes of Defense Against the Dark Arts... Binns, Snape, Trelawney, and that woman named Umbridge, all on the same day! I hope Fred and George will speed up and get those quick-acting skipping candies out..."
"Did I hear that right?" Fred said. He and George had just arrived and squeezed in next to Harry. "Wouldn't the prefect want to skip class?"
The three brothers discussed this unfortunate class schedule, and then said that nosebleed nougat might help skip class, but they hadn't yet developed an antidote.
"Hey, Hermione." Harry whispered.
"What's the matter?"
"You've changed." Harry stared at Hermione's eyes and said seriously: "Normally you would definitely stop them from researching these things, especially when they posted advertisements to recruit test subjects. But now you are indifferent."
Hermione thought for a few seconds and nodded: "You are right, I have changed, but I think this is a good change. The prefect only assists the school in maintaining basic order and cannot stop genius criminals from committing crimes. If I also keep an eye on them every day, I don't have to study at all, and I can't stop them. On the contrary, if an accident really happens, the school will investigate and punish them. Now the school has no reaction, why am I anxious?"
Harry was stunned for a few seconds after hearing this, and felt that this made sense, just like when he was angry with Hermione before, Chen Bin would comfort him: "Hermione often plays tricks on others, don't be serious with her."
He didn't expect that Chen Bin was no longer in school, but Hermione would actually come to her senses!
Meanwhile, the topic had shifted from skipping classes to O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s. George shrugged. "We already have O.W.L.s. Do we really need N.E.W.T.s? Mum definitely won't let us leave school early. She already thinks Percy is a successful person. She often compares us to him. She even said Charlie's new job has a bright future..."