Homecoming from Hogwarts

As Hermione had predicted, when she told some of Krum's accusations against Professor Blaine outside the library, both Harry and Ron became extremely indignant. Just like Principal Dumbledore, Professor Braine, who is very popular in the wizarding world, is also a flying flag of Hogwarts.

Now, Krum actually thinks that Professor Blaine may be an admirer of the infamous Gellert Grindelwald, and every little wizard at Hogwarts who hears this should be outraged.

"Who does he think he is!"

When he came out of the warm common room, Harry shouted,

"Professor Brain has killed more dark wizards than he has ever seen!"

As an avid fan of Quidditch, Harry's anger was evident by making such strong remarks against a widely popular international Quidditch superstar. Ron, who is even more obsessed with Klum, also said that when he goes back at night, he will throw the Klum sports model he bought outside the World Cup stadium into the trash can.

Hermione was secretly glad that she didn't tell Harry and Ron the purpose of Krum's conversation with her, otherwise, they wouldn't know what their reactions would be!

"But, having said that—"

Hermione stuffed the notice from Professor Blaine into her pocket and said thoughtfully,

"Krum said that symbol was Grindelwald's mark."

"He's definitely talking nonsense. I bet there's something else to it!"

Ron said immediately.

In the days since he broke up with Harry and Hermione and reconciled, whenever Harry and Hermione expressed some opinions, he always tried his best to agree, and Harry and Hermione could also see that, Ron was there to bridge their friendship.

Of course, neither Harry nor Hermione would resent Ron's indifference during that period, but seeing Ron still value their friendship so much made their hearts warm. At the same time, the two of them also Each reflected on their usual attitudes towards Ron.

"I think you're right, Ron."

Hermione nodded in approval. Before, she rarely seemed to give explicit approval to Ron's conclusions.

"But the question is, what does that mean?"

"Do you think that symbol?" Harry looked around and made sure no one was around before lowering his voice and said, "with the memory we experienced in Ms. Hufflepuff's office, that terrible 'door'. And uh , related to the Hallows, Hermione?"

"Before Krum called me out, I was looking up information in the general books area, but I didn't see Professor Brain. I think he must have been in the restricted book area at that time."

As she passed the corridor, Hermione pressed her messy hair with her palms, her brown pupils flashing with strange light.

"if I could--"

Harry understood what Hermione meant, and something flashed across his face.

The experience in the secret room behind that terrifying corridor was also very bizarre throughout his career of 'making trouble'. It didn't take much wisdom for him to see that there was some great secret hidden behind that illusion. As a 'normal' little wizard, everyone would be curious. Moreover, Professor Blaine only forbade them to tell this matter. Tell others, but don't let them investigate on their own.

"Let's wait and see-"

Ron's suggestion made both Harry and Hermione look at him in astonishment, but under their gazes, Ron still had a grimace on his face.

"Don't forget, Harry and Hermione, because of this, we have to clean the PE classroom until Christmas. I'm fed up with Malfoy's sarcastic look every time after your class ends. At least, until this punishment passes, Can we take action again?"

Well, I have to say that Ron's suggestion is very reasonable.

After walking through a few familiar roads, Harry and the three arrived in front of the physical education classroom. Of course, they came here on weekends not just for cleaning.

Ron faced the physical education classroom with the door sign, a hint of sadness appeared on his cheeks that were white due to the cold.

Ron has used this classroom twice.

The first time was in the second grade. At that time, Professor Blaine was still the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. He turned this place into a terrifying maze, in which were two of the most terrifying dark creatures that the little wizards had ever encountered. Let them deal with the two Inferi, and in the end, only Harry succeeded.

The second time was in the third grade. When Professor Brain was filling in for Professor Lupin, he turned the classroom into an open swamp, where the little wizards of the four colleges competed in a boat race. Looking back now, these two courses were the most interesting among all the magic education courses they had taken.

Because of Professor Blaine's punishment, he became very familiar with this classroom during this period. While Harry and the others were having class inside, he stood alone outside the classroom and waited quietly, quietly savoring his taste in the darkness. Bitter.

He totally deserved this. Even Ron himself felt so. After all, Professor Blaine gave everyone a fair chance.

But fortunately, Professor Blaine was kind enough. Although he insisted on not accepting him anymore, he finally pointed out a clear way for him.

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Harry and Hermione stood behind Ron, and they let Ron open the door of the physical education classroom. They knew very well that this had a special meaning for Ron.

Even though it has an amazing space and no fireplace, this spatially isolated and quiet classroom is still very warm, and the coldness outside the castle cannot invade at all.

Although he was very familiar with it, Ron still stayed at the door when he walked into the classroom, looking at it quietly, with a complicated expression on his face.

Because it was daytime, and the sunlight coming in from the window made the classroom bright enough, the torches on the wall did not light up, but when they sensed someone entering the classroom, the armors standing against the wall still let out a burst of tinkling bangs. The sound of these crisp metal collisions lingers in the spacious classroom, sounding ethereal and mysterious.

Finally, Ron walked in slowly. He stood at the starting line that Professor Blaine had drawn on the ground when the students in the physical education class had practiced avoiding the big dung eggs, and stared blankly at the other side of the classroom.

Harry and Hermione stood behind Ron, keeping quiet. They knew that Ron needed some time to digest his emotions.

"You said-"

After a long time, Ron suddenly turned to face Harry and Hermione, with a trace of hesitation written on his freckled face.

"Am I a little, um, eager for quick success? I mean, you practiced running for a month before practicing avoiding big dung eggs, and I only practiced running for half a month."

"I think there's no problem with you at all, Ron!" Harry looked a little anxious in his consolation, "Because the amount of training during this period is more than what we were doing at that time, so I think you have reached the level to participate in the second phase of training. standards!”

"Physical training is very important and needs to be sustained for a long time, Ron--"

Hermione is better at teaching than Harry. Her serious expression is very similar to Professor McGonagall in class.

"But the second phase of avoidance training pays more attention to reaction and agility, and does not rely entirely on physical strength. Therefore, these two trainings do not conflict and can be done at the same time. Professor Brian asked us to perform running exercises for a month. Our physical strength is only one of the purposes, he is also screening."

Halfway through her words, Hermione suddenly stopped talking.

Professor Blaine did that in order to screen out those students who were not strong-willed and unwilling to suffer losses. It was because of these two points that Ron gave up his persistence at that time.

Ron pursed his lips and fell silent slightly. If possible, he even wanted to apply for a time turner from the Ministry of Magic to give himself a hard punch.

"Ron--"

Ron fell into a long silence, which made Harry very uneasy. Hermione and Ron were both his best friends. Over the past few years, he didn't remember getting much help from them, but there was indeed a slight surprise in being friends with them.

Being with Ron was more interesting, but being friends with Hermione would undoubtedly take away a lot of fun, and at the same time, it would add a lot of time to spend in the library.

Therefore, Harry was happier than anyone else that Ron could make up his mind to enter duel training. He was afraid that Ron would give up again because of fear of difficulties.

"Then, let's start quickly——"

But this time, Harry's worries were obviously in vain. Ron suddenly raised his eyelids and smiled brightly at Harry and Hermione.

"What are we waiting for!"

(End of this chapter)