Homecoming from Hogwarts

Chapter 579 Sirius' Reply

Hermione had tried her best to estimate how much ridicule and eye-rolling she would receive for becoming a warrior, but when the new week arrived and classes resumed, she found that the situation was much more serious than she had expected.She thought that all conflicts would be directed at herself, but this was obviously a bit taken for granted. After a few classes, she realized that the entire Gryffindor House was involved in this matter.

The last thing Hermione wanted to face right now was Hufflepuff, but on a bad day, the first lesson on Monday morning was Herbology with Hufflepuff.

The atmosphere in the classroom was extremely tense. Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs were divided into two distinct groups. They neither spoke nor cooperated with each other. When Finch-Ray pretended not to catch his jumping bulb and let it hit After reaching Hermione's nose, many Hufflepuff classmates who were secretly paying attention to her burst into laughter.

Professor Sprout criticized Finch-Fletchley a few times, but her tone was lukewarm, as if she didn't take it seriously. Moreover, she was not so keen on asking Neville or Hermione to answer questions in class.

Perhaps because of Hagrid's insistence, Tuesday's Care of Magical Creatures class with Slytherin was unexpectedly uneventful. However, the Slytherin girls kept pointing fingers at Hermione, and when Malfoy approached him After Pansy Parkinson in front of her muttered something, Pansy immediately held her belly and laughed.

This incident affected more than just the students of Hogwarts itself. Beauxbatons and Durmstrang also protested in their own way.

To them, all of Hogwarts is untrustworthy.

In order to express their dissatisfaction, the eye-catching girls of Beauxbatons stopped eating in the auditorium. After each class, they hurriedly left the castle and returned to their carriage.

Fred inquired from the kitchen that the Beauxbatons people asked the goblin in the kitchen to deliver the food to the carriage.

The people of Durmstrang were unwilling to let Viktor Krum fail. When they met Krum in the auditorium, he was surrounded by a group of students from this school.Just as Harry was afraid that someone would attack Hermione in the castle, Professor Karkaroff was also worried that there would be some conspiracy against Viktor.

"If they are so scared, why don't they just give up the game and go back to their own territory!"

On Wednesday morning, when Harry discovered that the Beauxbatons students still hadn't shown up at the Ravenclaw table, he shouted angrily.

"Stop it, Harry--"

Hermione said as calmly as possible,
"Their concerns are justified. After all, the person who threw my name into the Goblet of Fire has not been found. If that person really wants to bring Hogwarts into disrepute, attacking their warriors is the best way. .”

Harry frowned, and he instinctively wanted to refute, but after thinking carefully for a while, he found that what Hermione said was not completely unreasonable, so his shoulders dropped, looking a little frustrated.Ron, who was sitting opposite Harry, raised his head and glanced at him, but when Ron realized that Hermione was also observing him, he immediately looked away.

There was a sound of flapping wings above the auditorium. It was morning, when the owls concentrated on delivering mail.

A letter fell from the air and landed slowly in front of Harry, which immediately cheered him up.

"Oh, it's Sirius!"

After glancing at the name on the envelope, Harry shouted excitedly. He couldn't wait to tear open the envelope, unfold the letter and read at a glance, "Sirius wants to talk to us personally about the warriors!"

Hermione and Ron were both paying attention to the letter, so Harry unfolded the letter and put it on the table for them to read, while he continued,

"Sirius said that it was not convenient to tell everything in the letter. He wanted to talk to us in person, and he must also think that this matter is very urgent, so he hopes that we can go to Hogsmeade this Saturday. He You'll be waiting for us at the Three Broomsticks!"

"But it's not Hogsmeade Open Day this week?"

Hermione took Sirius' letter and read it. When Harry said this, Hermione instinctively retorted.

"Oh, Professor Brain didn't seal all the secret passages leading to Hogsmeade, did he?"

Harry said happily.He hadn't seen his godfather since the start of school, and since he was happy for them to go there on non-open days in Hogsmeade, he must have known there was a way they could do it, and that seemed to mean that Sirius There's a certain level of approval for him to do something risky.Sirius's letter seemed to help Harry find a backbone. He was looking forward to this meeting, and the depression of the past few days was gone.

Although Hermione was not as optimistic as Harry, she did not think Sirius could solve any practical problems.

However, at this time, any insignificant help was precious to her. What's more, she knew that Sirius had been very busy after entering the Ministry of Magic and serving as an Auror. Now, he was willing to Hermione was very grateful for going alone for this matter.

Because of Sirius's supportive attitude, Harry and Hermione were in a much better mood today, and even the strange looks from other houses in class were no longer unbearable.

Hermione was not with them in the afternoon classes. After finishing the day's classes, Harry and Ron went down to the auditorium together. Before dinner, Harry had to complete his daily training on the playground, and more than half an hour later, when he When he returned with Hermione, Ron had already left the Great Hall.

"Did you notice something didn't seem right about Ron?"

Harry didn't find Ron when he returned to the auditorium. He sat down and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a napkin, pulled off his collar, and then frowned and asked.

Hermione, who was also wiping her sweat, paused. She avoided Harry's gaze and asked as casually as possible,
"what's wrong?"

Harry didn't answer immediately.In the past few days, most of his energy had been focused on Hermione being selected as a warrior, but even so, he still noticed something was wrong.Harry frowned and thought carefully about Ron's changes in the dormitory and in class, but he couldn't use accurate words to describe this change.

"Well, he seems to have something on his mind and is not willing to talk."

Hermione quickly shoveled the food into her mouth, hoping that Harry would automatically skip the question, but Harry kept looking at her, seemingly determined to get an answer.

"Well, he's probably worried too."

Hermione said vaguely, grabbed a glass of pumpkin juice and drank it, no longer paying attention to Harry who seemed not satisfied with her reply.

After dinner, Harry and Hermione did not return to the common room because they had to attend Professor Blaine's class later. If they returned to the common room now, they would have to spend half the time on the way back and forth, and the dining table Neville, who was in class, and several girls from the Quidditch team a few seats away also took the time to complete their homework.

After the people in the auditorium were almost gone, Gryffindor and the little wizards who needed to go to class hurried upstairs together. They found the physical education classroom by familiar means, outside the corridor dozens of meters away from the classroom. Harry and Hermione heard a burst of cheerful laughter coming from the inner classroom. Harry immediately frowned because Malfoy's voice was among them.

Harry frowned, and the good mood brought to him by Sirius' letter suddenly disappeared. He glanced at Hermione subconsciously and found that her expression looked a little dark. Obviously, she probably had the same problem as him. speculation.

When the Gryffindor group entered the classroom, the happy laughter suddenly disappeared. In the classroom, after seeing them entering, the Slytherin people stared at Harry and Hermione with playful eyes.

"Hey!"

The disgusting-looking Pansy Parkinson walked out of the crowd, with a proud look on her face, pointing to the badge she wore on her chest and pointing at Hermione,

"Do you like this, Granger?"

Hermione pursed her lips, and when Harry saw what the badges on the chests of the Slytherins were, Harry's face turned pale. He stepped out of the crowd, his voice extremely gloomy,
"Take that stupid thing off, Parkinson, or I'll make you pay!"



(End of this chapter)