Magical Studies at Hogwarts

The dance was undoubtedly a success.

Of course, this is not to say how good it is or how much fun everyone has, but since the dance, there have been many more pairs of men and women in Hogwarts.

Ever since, a world where only Harry was injured was achieved.

Every time he saw Cedric and Cho walking together, Harry felt like a knife had been stabbed in his heart. But somehow, the pain stopped after a while.

Maybe I'm used to it...

As for Ron...it's still the same, nothing has changed at all.

Of course, neither Harry nor Ron noticed that after the ball, their reputations were much worse.

After all, a person who neglects his partner at a dance will not have a good reputation.

In January, classes at Hogwarts resumed.

Ike, who has rarely had any free time in the past few years, now rarely even goes to the Room of Requirement. There is basically a "Hermione" in there at every moment.

Probably the only person in the school who still has the right to use the Time Turner, and after some guidance and inspiration from Ike, Hermione is simply busier than Ike last year.

Ike was so happy. He had believed that there was no harm in learning more things since he was a child, and after studying hard, Hermione was undoubtedly much better than she was at the same time in the original history.

The suitcase filled with copies of forbidden books and Ravenclaw manuscripts has been in the Room of Requirement for several months, and it is strange that there has been no progress.

Calm days are good, but they are getting less and less with each passing day. Ike knows this very well. Hermione also seems to have noticed something. Even if she is extremely busy every day, she still has to spare a few hours to stay with Ike.

.

Maybe it’s walking in the snow next to the Black Lake, maybe sitting in the library and reading a book, or maybe enjoying a delicious meal in the kitchen before curfew.

Now it was not Ogilvy who served the two of them. After Hermione tried to give her wages, Ogilvy never appeared in front of Hermione again. Only when Ike came alone, would he come out and serve the food at the same time.

Delicious food, while complaining about the "terrible Miss Granger".

The person who took over Ogilvy's position was Hermione's acquaintance Dobby, and Hermione would give Dobby a Nat every time.

Although in Hermione's opinion, the value of Dobby's work is far more than one Nat, it is a pity that this is the only one Dobby accepts. Hermione is very satisfied. There is a house elf who accepts the salary. Even if there is only one, it is a domestic elf.

The success of the Elf Rights Promotion Association.

It's a pity that Dobby is indeed a free house elf, but he is still a house elf...

"Strider, come to my office."

One day in February, just before Valentine's Day, when Ike and Hermione left the library, Moody stopped Ike with his wooden crutch.

Looking at Hermione, Hermione urged in a low voice: "Go quickly, it may be about the tournament. Harry just got some news from him a few days ago."

"Okay, then I'll go."

Saying goodbye to Hermione, Ike followed Moody into his office.

Compared with the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office in previous years, Moody's office is much messier. A large number of magic props shining with various weird lights can be seen everywhere. Parchments and books are piled together randomly, and there are also piles in the corners.

There was a large pile, and the corner of a black iron box was faintly exposed underneath.

Ike didn't hesitate and sat directly on the only chair in the office that was probably still intact. Moody didn't care and said directly: "I need your help."

"You did a good job, what else do you need me to do?" Ike replied casually.

"This is not the time for joking, this is an urgent matter!" Moody...no, Barty Jr. said eagerly.

"Tell me about it."

"I need African tree snake skins, a lot of them." Little Barty lowered his voice and whispered.

Ike did not refuse and stood up directly.

"It will be the same classroom as last time in three days, and you will get what you need."

After saying that, he left directly.

After dinner the next day, Ike, who had used the Disillusionment Charm, quietly came to Snape's office. As soon as he opened the door, Snape, who didn't know how much warning magic had been released in his office, discovered Ike.

"You didn't knock on the door, Mr. Strider." Snape, who was marking T's on his homework like an assembly line, didn't even raise his head.

"What I want to say is not suitable for knocking on the door, Professor." He closed the door and cast a silencing spell before saying, "I need some African tree snake skins."

"Polyjuice Potion?" Snape put down the quill in his hand, glanced at Ike, and without asking anything, took out a small bag of African tree snake skin from the storage room.

But he just held it in his hand and didn't hand it to Ike.

"The answer, Strider."

"Bang! Bang!"

Ike didn't speak, just stamped his feet on the floor vigorously, took the bag and left. Snape, as if nothing happened, sat back down and continued to draw "t" on the parchment.

After placing the bag in the abandoned professor's room on the fifth floor, Ike returned to the common room.

These are all trivial matters. The top priority is to get a gift for Hermione on Valentine's Day. It is undoubtedly difficult to choose a gift for the two of them on their first Valentine's Day, especially now that there are so many couples in Hogwarts.

Even more so.

Fortunately, Ike still had an idea. After asking Roger, Terry, Stewart and Michael one after another and eliminating all their choices, the range of options available was undoubtedly much smaller.

To be more specific, Ike had no choice. On other holidays, Hermione would be satisfied with just a book, but this was Valentine's Day, and a book would definitely not do.

Although in the end, Hermione was not very satisfied with the gift Ike chose.

"I think books are pretty good." Hermione said casually, holding a silver-white women's watch. Ike was very satisfied, because Hermione put it on her wrist directly after receiving the watch, which made him very happy.

happy.

"This is a pair." He exposed his wrists, shook the silver-white watch a little, and then put down his sleeves.

"By the way, haven't you always wanted to know what the second project is?" Ike came forward with a mysterious smile on his face, "I can tell you now."

Hermione, who was still looking at her watch, didn't even raise her head and replied angrily: "I already knew it. Do you think Harry won't tell me when he unlocks the golden egg?"

"I forgot about this." Ike patted his forehead, as if he had really forgotten. Hermione didn't take it seriously, but she also showed a bright smile.

She enjoyed her time with Ike...

Enjoyed it very much.