A day at Hogwarts

The sign prohibiting Charles from entering was still there in front of the school doctor's ward, but Charles came with dinner, so he ignored the prohibition and walked in.

He left with more scratches on his face than last time, and soon after the sign on the door was even bigger.

"I didn't expect it," Charles thought as he applied the potion on his face, "that Peeves' collection of catnip could be so powerful."

It was getting late now, and Charles wanted to go to the library to borrow some books before closing time, and study Aberforth's animal transfiguration.

He couldn't understand many aspects of animal transformation before, but now with Cat Lady as an example, many aspects were figured out at once.

The castle was as deserted as ever. There was no one in the corridor leaving the school doctor's office, but there was a snake in the middle.

This big black snake with thick wrists straightened up its upper body, spitting out letters in its mouth, and looked at Charles with evil intentions.

Charles didn't know why the snake was here, or whether it was waiting for him. He just thought it was pitiful that it was called out to work overtime when it should be hibernating in the cold weather.

How to say "Follow me" in Parseltongue, he thought for a long time, and kept making "hissing" sounds in his mouth.

The snake's attack movements seemed more obvious, and it kept saying "We can start as friends", "Why don't you listen to me", "If you do this again I will be angry", "I'm really angry" "Something like that, but Charles couldn't understand it.

It seemed that chaos was not enough, so Charles could only raise his hand to put the snake in a bag and take it to the kitchen to warm it up.

Also unable to understand snake language was Malfoy, who was hiding in the armor in the corridor, but this did not prevent him from clearly hearing Charles talking to the snake without being able to see outside. There was no spell or fight during the period. movement.

He remembered his father's letter this afternoon asking him to confirm whether Charles was a Parseltongue, and it seemed that he was.

Charles spent some time in the kitchen, and when he came to the library, it was still more than half an hour before closing time. There were only a few students, and Filch was helping Mrs. Pince clean up and arrange chairs.

Fortunately, he was quite familiar with the bookshelf on transfiguration and quickly found the book he needed.

Not far from this location is the restricted book area. Charles looked over to the rope and found that Eleanor was also looking towards him, and the two of them smiled.

Eleanor will graduate from Hogwarts this year. She is preparing for the ultimate wizard exam this school year, and has much less communication with Charles.

"Want to have a drink together?"

Since the attack on the Slytherin heir, Eleanor rarely used her laboratory, only coming back occasionally to get some materials for refining potions and cleaning it.

Charles felt that she was here mainly to drink.

"Elderberry wine?"

At first, Charles thought the low-alcohol wine was wine.

The status of elderberry in Europe is similar to that of herbal tea in Guangdong and Guangxi. It can cure diseases and maintain health. The fruits and flowers are not only used to make wine, but also made into jams and other snacks.

After taking a sip of elderberry wine, Charles asked Eleanor: "What are your plans after graduation?"

Eleanor laughed and said, "I think someone doesn't want me to graduate."

She is leaving, and the saddest person in Hogwarts is Dumbledore. The donation of tens of thousands of Galleons a year is gone in the blink of an eye. The most important thing is that this money can be freely used by himself, bypassing the school board, and being extravagant. It’s hard to be frugal.

Charles said seriously: "I can understand the principal's idea of ​​letting you repeat the grade."

Eleanor smiled and said, "I want to go to the Ministry of Magic. Do you know any departments in there that are free and can get paid?"

Charles raised his eyebrows and his eyes changed.

Eleanor patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be so smart."

The most idle department in the Ministry of Magic is naturally Charles's Centaur Liaison Office. The director doesn't even know which way to open the door to his office. Lupine has never been there except to collect his salary. The other staff member is even a Muggle.

Charles asked Eleanor a seemingly unrelated topic: "I heard that you organized the senior students who are escorting the junior students in the castle now?"

When he just came back from Australia, he met several senior students escorting a group of newbies passing by. He didn't pay attention at the time, but later he heard that Eleanor organized it.

Eleanor nodded and directly stated the core cohesion of this team: "I hired them with my money. Their salary is the same as that of the staff of the Ministry of Magic. If they are injured, they will receive a large compensation. In case of death, their families will Get a pension.”

Charles thought for a while and asked her in a low voice: "If this incident is over, will you keep this organization?"

Eleanor did not answer, but sat next to Charles holding the wine glass and whispered: "Lend me your shoulder."

Charles felt her body and head softly leaning against him. He looked very tired and wanted to find support. After a while, he asked a question that almost choked her to death: "Are you seducing me?"

Eleanor finally managed to catch her breath, put the empty wine glass away, turned to glare at the guy fiercely and said, "It seems that you have begun to enter puberty."

"Would you like some stronger wine?"

Charles shook his head. Before leaving Australia a while ago, he and Emily drove a car to the beach for a barbecue. As a result, he drank too much and entered the Animagus state...

The biggest reason why I was mistaken for a jellyfish was because of its tentacles.

Charles drank up the remaining elderberry wine in his glass, put the empty glass away, and then asked: "Let's be honest, do you want to use the Centaur Liaison Office as a springboard?"

Eleanor showed a proud smile, as if Charles had said something wrong. She lay down and rested her head on Charles' lap and said, "Massage it for me. Once you feel comfortable, I'll tell you my plan."

Charles did not follow her lead. He just stretched out his hand and flicked her forehead and said, "Whether you go out in person or find an agent, there is a better place in the Ministry of Magic than the Centaur Liaison Office."

"And I will definitely have a new life after graduation, and I will definitely quit this position."

Eleanor shook her head and said: "I won't end up personally. Now I just want to find some agents. I need a place to observe the operations of the Ministry of Magic up close."

"Some things cannot be rushed. I plan to accumulate them slowly over ten to twenty years."

"The first step is that I have agreed with Professor Dumbledore that I will set up a scholarship fund at Hogwarts. Starting from the next school year, students with the highest total scores in the final exam will receive a large scholarship."

Charles raised his eyebrows. Many of the plans for the color revolutions started with attracting students with scholarships. It seemed that Eleanor and the forces behind her were about to begin to penetrate.

"It's up to you." Charles said calmly, "I don't care."

Anyway, he has decided not to care about the magical society after graduation, and just do whatever he likes.

Charles continued: "After you graduate, you can go through the process and apply for a job at the Ministry of Magic, and do a good job on the surface."

Eleanor responded softly, then asked with a wicked smile: "You won't abuse your power and threaten me to do some strange things, right?"

Charles thought for a while and said seriously: "It's okay to help me with my homework."