harry potter book of crimes

During the last period of summer vacation, everyone finally lived a relatively peaceful life.

Since the failed attack on Bones' house, the movement on Voldemort's side has become much smaller. Although various abnormal events in the magical world are still continuing, they are obviously much less than before.

Voldemort seems to be brewing something.

Because of this, the members of the Order of the Phoenix feel a lot more relaxed. At least, daily patrols and explorations are definitely much safer and more free than fighting Death Eaters.

As for the children who still live in Blake's old house, their little life was more relaxed and happy.

Of course, during this leisurely life, Hermione and Ron, who were full of urgency, did not relax much.

Not to mention Hermione, who has always been studious and very self-conscious, this time Ron was obviously working harder than before. The two of them would often sit in the reception room and learn all kinds of magic knowledge, and they would also be supervising each other.

Bar!

Oh! But in most cases, Hermione is the one who urges Ron to study more.

This situation continued peacefully until the last day of the holiday, which was the day when I received the Hogwarts opening notice and book list.

That morning, Hermione and Ron, who had just had breakfast, were in the reception room guarding piles of books and materials, studying and practicing endlessly.

Just when Ron was agonizing over a certain textbook from last semester, his sister Ginny suddenly ran in from outside, holding several envelopes in her hand.

"The books are here!" Ginny placed the two's letters on the long table, and then ran out happily.

"Is it finally here?" Ron complained casually while handing one of the letters to Hermione, "I thought they had all forgotten about it! The words from previous years have come a long time ago, right?"

Hermione gently put down the quill in her hand, then reached out to take the envelope and carefully opened it along the seal.

As usual, there were two pieces of brand new parchment inside the envelope: one was to remind the little wizards that school would officially start on September 1st, and the other was the specific books that would be added this school year.

"There are three new books this year... Huh?" Hermione looked at the book list and suddenly read strangely, "...'Please purchase this book at the librarian's counter after arriving at school. The book fee is 1 galleons.'

And, why is this book——"

"Snapped!"

After a sudden explosion, Fred and George suddenly appeared next to Ron and Hermione, interrupting Hermione's soliloquy.

Everyone has actually gotten used to the fact that the twin brothers use Apparition wherever they go, and at least they won't be startled every time.

"We were wondering - who ordered Slinka's book?" Fred shrugged.

"This means that Dumbledore has found a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." George continued.

"Yes! It's almost time to find it..." Fred nodded.

"What are you talking about?" Hermione turned around and asked doubtfully.

"Look!" Fred spread his hands and explained, "Defense Against the Dark Arts professors change every year, and it has been even worse in recent years, especially after the mysterious man attacked Hogwart twice in a row.

From now on..."

"...It's not easy to find a teacher who is willing to come to Hogwarts to teach!" George continued.

"Oh - that being said, it seems to be true." After hearing this, Hermione couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

"I just hope I can have an interesting teacher!" Fred said with a smile.

"Ron, what's wrong with you?"

When Fred showed a sly smile, George found Ron sitting motionless on the chair, staring at the parchment with his mouth half open.

"Huh?" Fred put away his evil smile and turned back to look at Ron, "Hey! What are you doing?"

Seeing that Ron still didn't respond, Fred walked around behind him impatiently, bent down and looked at the parchment in Ron's hand.

Then, Fred's eyes widened in surprise.

"Prefect... Prefect?" Fred repeated in an incredibly high tone.

George on the side heard this and immediately snatched the envelope from Ron's hand, then turned it upside down and shook it. Hermione, who had just turned around, immediately saw a small gold and red object falling into his hand.

.

"How is that possible?" George muttered with his mouth twisted.

"There must be something wrong!" Fred simply snatched the letter, held it high and looked over it over and over, "Although Ron did work very hard during this holiday, it was only during this summer vacation?

"

"I thought it must be Harry!" George followed up. "Killing the fire dragon, winning the Triwizard Tournament...what's one thing that can't make him become the prefect?"

As the two of them spoke, they put their hands on Ron's left and right shoulders at the same time, looking at him with contempt.

"Prefect? ​​Mom's little Ronnie has become a prefect?" Fred said, rolling his eyes.

"Oh - Mom must be talking about it again!" George also sighed.

George picked up the prefect's badge with his little finger, and stuffed it back into Ron's hand as if to keep it away from something dirty.

At this moment, Hermione said softly "Hey".

Fred and George immediately focused their attention on her, and then they saw Hermione pouring out a badge from her envelope.

Just now, Hermione read the books first because she thought the school start notice was just a general reminder that students should go to school!

"That's ridiculous!" Fred shouted loudly.

"No one is more suitable than you, Hermione!" George also shouted deliberately.

The two Gryffindor House prefect badges were so concentrated in this reception room, but it looked so touching.

They were two exquisite badges with the Gryffindor lion on them. There was also a big "P" on the lion's body, which was exactly the same as the one Percy often wore on his chest to show off.

"You should have it, unlike Ron..." "That's really baffling."

Fred and George continued to shout and irritate their brother, as if they would be really happy when Ron was unlucky.

But Ron was not angry, or even retorted. He just carefully placed his prefect badge on the table, and then sighed depressedly.

"You are right, I really shouldn't get it... Dumbledore must have sent it by mistake, right?"

"Dumbledore would never make a mistake like this -" Hermione hurriedly said, "Look, aren't you working hard now? Moreover, being able to become a prefect means that Dumbledore also thinks that there must be no problem with you.

!”

"Uh... when did you become so honest?" Fred couldn't help scratching his head in embarrassment when he saw his brother's appearance, "Hermione is right. During this summer vacation, you did... well, you worked really hard.

of."

"Yes, yes, you worked really hard!" George also patted Ron on the back.

At this time, Mrs. Weasley also walked in from the door and said while wiping her hands: "Ginny said the book list has arrived. Give it to me. I will go to Diagon Alley to buy the books in the afternoon..."

"... You guys are packing your bags at home... Ron, I have to buy you another pair of pajamas. This one is at least six inches too short now... I can't believe how you grew up so fast... What do you want?

color?"

"Get the gold and red one," laughed Fred, "to match his badge!"

"With what?" Mrs. Weasley didn't seem to hear clearly.

"His badge!" George said with a strange expression, "His shiny, round, gold and red prefect badge."

Mrs. Weasley seemed to be having trouble turning her mind. She subconsciously looked at the table in front of Ron, where there happened to be a small gold and red object.

"Ron...could it be...but...yours? Really?"

Mrs. Weasley screamed and ran to Ron's side, pushed away Fred who was in the way, and held the prefect badge in her hands like a treasure.

"I really...can't believe it! Merlin! Ron...that's great! Prefect! Every one of my children is a prefect!"

"What are George and me?" Fred said angrily.

"Maybe it's the neighbor next door or something?" George hummed dully.

Mrs. Weasley paid no attention to the pair of treasures. She hugged Ron's head excitedly and smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth.

When Mrs. Weasley kept kissing Ron with a smile on her face, Hermione put the book list in front of her eyes again, showing a confused expression again.

There are three new books to buy on the book list for this school year. They are "Standard Spells, Level 5" by Miranda Gorshak, "Theory of Magical Defense" by Wilbert Slinka, and a

The author of this book is "The Mystery of Ancient Magical Texts".

Moreover, the last book was specifically informed that it needs to be purchased from the school library.

As far as Hermione knew, Hogwarts never provided textbooks, and the required books had to be ordered from the bookstore, but this year it seemed a little different.

"Is Professor Barbling going to teach anything new?" Hermione couldn't help but murmured.

"Mom! Don't do this! Control it quickly!"

On the side, Ron blushed and tried to push his overly excited mother away. In front of Hermione, his mother kept kissing his face, which really made him very embarrassed.

"So, Ronnie - what do you want? We bought Percy an owl then, but of course... you already have a piggy."

"Wha, what?" Ron could hardly believe his ears.

"You deserve a reward!" Mrs. Weasley gave Ron a rare look of doting.

"Oh! A new sweep -" Ron blurted out almost subconsciously, but then paused, "Um... no, I want to say - Mom, can I ask you a favor?"