Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

Not surprisingly, the three of them were kicked out of Professor McGonagall's office.

They completely ignore that no one would believe them without the facts in front of them.

Even they themselves passed the first few discoveries and the next three tests before they were completely sure of Sherlock's crow-mouthed talent.

And now they're not talking about persuading Professor McGonagall to believe them, or even how to persuade her to work with them to determine the truth from Sherlock.

Just when Harry and the others left Professor McGonagall's office in despair, they were all worried about what Hermione would do next.

Hermione suddenly picked herself up again, and said in a firm voice.

"I can't stay at Hogwarts!"

Harry and Ron turned to look at her in shock.

"I, I know you're dangerous, Hermione, but you're not going to drop out of Hogwarts, are you?" Harry stammered.

Hermione shook her head.

"I'm not dropping out, but I can't stay at Hogwarts this Christmas."

Hearing what she said, both Ron and Harry's eyes suddenly lit up, and the previous loneliness and depression were instantly swept away.

Their previous thinking had always fallen into a dead end, subconsciously thinking that Hermione must stay at Hogwarts Castle this Christmas holiday.

But in fact, although she has already signed the list of stay in school, she can return temporarily and take the Hogwarts Express home again to spend this Christmas holiday.

Anyway, the vacation hasn't started yet, and now I go to the professor to go back and say that it's too late to go home.

And as long as Hermione leaves Hogwarts, she won't be at risk of being attacked by monsters in the Chamber of Secrets, even if Sherlock's crow's mouth effect remains.

In the end, Hermione figured it out on her own.

"That's right! What Professor Forrest said is to wish you a happy Christmas holiday, and as long as you leave Hogwarts for Christmas and hide for this period of time, there will be no more danger!"

Harry said excitedly, and a smile finally appeared on Ron's face.

Now the three of them have a feeling of after a catastrophe.

Harry didn't even feel as excited as he was today when he protected the Philosopher's Stone in front of You-Know-Who last year.

Professor Forrest is so scary!

This was the only thought that rose in his mind at the moment.

The matter of changing your mind and choosing to go home for the Christmas holiday is still very easy to solve.

They found Professor McGonagall again, crossed Hermione's name from the list of students applying to stay, and made sure that she would be able to board the Hogwarts train back to London the day before the Christmas break.

After this incident, none of the three Harry dared to test Sherlock for the remaining days before the holiday.

Even when they usually meet and greet, they are frightened, for fear of being greeted and blessed suddenly by Sherlock.

Finally, the day before Hermione left, she warned Harry and Ron seriously.

"You don't need to perform any extra operations on the potion that is being brewed in the bathroom, as long as you make sure that the fuel under the crucible is sufficient every three days, and remember not to talk to Forrest on Christmas Day. Meet the professor! If there is really no way to avoid the meeting, you must interrupt him before he says Christmas wishes to you!"

"If you don't even have time to interrupt, then after being blessed by the professor, hide in the lounge immediately, and don't come out easily until the blessing is over. But none of you will become the Slytherin descendant who opened the secret room. The goal, based on the previous situation, at least not life-threatening."

Hermione explained a lot, the most important of which was to warn Harry that they must not be at Hogwarts during their time,

Go and test Sherlock's crow's mouth.

They were really frightened. They thought it was a fun thing before, but after Hermione's accident, they realized how terrible it was to be blessed by Sherlock.

With Hermione's departure, the Christmas break has officially begun.

And Sherlock, who had written the senior year's workbook before the holidays, finally had time to relax.

But no matter how busy he was before, he did not relax his surveillance of Neville on the Marauder's map.

But after he noticed Neville's anomaly, the castle seemed to be calm.

There have been no attacks for two weeks in a row, and on the Marauder's map, Neville's whereabouts are all normal.

Before the holiday, apart from going to the classroom as usual, there was no other abnormal behavior. After the holiday, except for eating, he stayed in the dormitory all the time, much more honest than other Gryffindors who jumped up and down in the castle every day. .

But the more he did, the more Sherlock didn't lessen his suspicions.

Several times since the holidays began, he made a point of observing Neville who came over to eat at lunchtime.

I found that he seemed to have undergone some subtle changes compared to before.

He may have recovered from his cold, and instead of showing an abnormal pallor, his face turned rosy.

The temperament of the whole person has also become more relaxed, although it still looks very timid, but it does not give the feeling of a bird that was startled before.

Sherlock could feel as if something had happened to Neville to cause his change this time, but he couldn't tell what was the reason.

On Christmas Day, Sherlock woke up early in the morning to find that his bed was full of various gift boxes.

These are basically sent by members of the Order of the Phoenix. As a new member, he will naturally receive a lot of care this year.

Sherlock himself gave only one gift at Christmas, the Christmas candy he sent to Dumbledore every year.

This is a habit that the original owner has maintained for five years after discovering that Dumbledore showed an extraordinary love for sweets.

Sherlock carefully saw this in his diary, and did not interrupt the habit. He also thoughtfully attached a small greeting card to the gift, which read:

Merry Christmas to Professor Dumbledore.

He opened the simple gifts. Most of them contained some books on magic, as well as a hand-knitted sweater from Mrs. Weasley and a knitted hat from Professor McGonagall.

Sherlock put on the sweater under the robe and walked out of the office with a dark blue knitted hat on his head, ready to go to the auditorium to help arrange some decorative furnishings.

As a result, before he reached the corner of the stairs on the first floor, he saw Dumbledore with a grizzled beard in front of him, leaning on the stairs and carefully standing up from the ground.

Sherlock was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that when he was going downstairs just now, he seemed to have slipped accidentally!