Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts

"莱福!"

Seeing Padma Patil holding the toad, Neville couldn't help but burst into tears of joy.

After taking it, he thanked the Patil twins repeatedly.

The twins didn't seem to care about Neville's gratitude, as if they had done it effortlessly.

Padma Patil handed the toad to Neville, then looked at Sherlock with her big eyes, asking with a hint of curiosity:

The twins showed expressions as if they had expected it, and then simultaneously gave Sherlock a thumbs up.

Parvati Patil smiled at her Ravenclaw twin sister, "What did I tell you? I said Holmes would guess it, right?"

Padma Patil nodded repeatedly: "Prefect Clearwater and Cho Chang also said that if you encounter something you can't solve, it's always right to come to Mr. Holmes!"

The Halloween case allowed Sherlock to show his talent for the first time.

The Christmas case allowed Sherlock to stand out.

The Easter case made Sherlock famous.

By the final stage of this school year, guarding the Philosopher's Stone with the savior Harry and thwarting the evil professor's conspiracy made him even more famous.

This was still under the circumstance that the inside story of the Greek Interpreter case was not made public—mainly because, apart from Harry and others, no one else had the opportunity to contact Hagrid, the Keeper of Keys and Grounds.

Otherwise, Sherlock's reputation would be even louder.

The Patil twins did not ask Sherlock how he deduced the result, praised him enthusiastically, and then left.

However, before leaving, both sisters suggested that Sherlock strengthen contact with them during the summer vacation.

After the two left, Sherlock looked at Hermione:

"What's wrong with you?"

"Ah? What's wrong?"

Hermione's gaze hadn't returned from the Patil sisters' backs, and she couldn't help but appear flustered when Sherlock suddenly called her name.

"From the moment these twins asked me just now, your gaze has been fixed on them."

Sherlock stared at Hermione, "Until they left, you still didn't take your eyes off them—this shows that you care about them very much, why?"

"No, nothing..."

Being exposed by Sherlock, Hermione became even more flustered.

However, she quickly used her clever little brain to find a reason.

"I just think the two sisters are very beautiful, so I took a few more glances."

"Is that so?"

"Of course! Everyone has a love for beauty, don't think that only you boys like to look at beautiful women, we girls are the same!"

Hermione said in a firm tone.

"Granger is right, Dean also said they are the most beautiful girls in the whole grade!"

Neville, who was originally excitedly comforting his recovered toad, couldn't help but interject when he heard Hermione praising the twins for being beautiful.

"Dean? Dean Thomas? The boy who lives in the same dormitory as you?"

Hearing Neville's words, the image of the black-skinned boy immediately appeared in Hermione's mind, and then her heart stirred.

She seemed to have thought of something and suddenly turned to Sherlock:

"What about you, Sherlock? Do you also think the Patil sisters are the most beautiful girls in the whole grade?"

Even though it was already midsummer, Neville suddenly felt a chill and couldn't help but shrink his neck.

Sherlock's expression was calm, and facing Hermione's gaze, he said in a tone that seemed devoid of any emotion:

"My dear Hermione, I think you should know that whether or not someone is beautiful is originally a relatively subjective evaluation.

The Patil sisters may have attractive features in their appearance, but I am more concerned with their behavior, words, and the essence they show in various events.

Simply describing them as 'the most beautiful' is too one-sided, because it doesn't consider their intelligence, courage, or other more important qualities."

Hermione was very satisfied with Sherlock's answer.

Sure enough, intelligence and courage are more important than appearance.

She then made a request: "You must write letters and call me during the summer vacation!"

Before Sherlock could answer, Harry and Ron, who had separated from the Weasley twins, walked over with their arms around each other's shoulders.

As soon as Ron heard Hermione's words to Sherlock, his eyes lit up:

"Don't worry, Hermione, although I can't make phone calls, I will definitely write to you!"

Harry also nodded and said in Ron's tone:

"Me too!"

Strangely enough, although he came from a Muggle family, he was now more accustomed to contacting others using owls than making phone calls.

He was surprised at how quickly he had adapted to being a wizard.

Another reason was that he wasn't sure what kind of reaction the Dursleys would have if he used the phone to contact his friends in the magical world.

After all, magic was a terrifying monster in their eyes.

Better safe than sorry, so forget it.

Because of this, he didn't take the initiative to ask for Sherlock and Hermione's home phone numbers.

"Harry is okay."

Hermione squinted at Ron and said, word by word:

"Ronald, I only hope that when you write to me, it's not just to borrow my homework to copy."

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But I was looking for you to copy homework!

Being exposed, Ron's face flushed red, the veins on his forehead popping out, and he argued:

"Borrowing homework doesn't count as copying... Borrowing homework... is just borrowing your summer homework for reference, reference! Does that count as copying?"

Then came incomprehensible words, such as "Gryffindor's courage lies in facing homework challenges directly", "Fellow students should share what they have, this is the magic way", "Borrowing is just an expedient measure, to seek knowledge advancement", which made everyone laugh, and the surroundings were filled with a lively atmosphere.

This incident was just a small interlude in the farewell ceremony of the little wizards before leaving school.

What surprised and pleased Harry was that Cho Chang actually found him again before leaving school.

However, this time, the clear-as-water prefect from Ravenclaw didn't come with her.

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Instead, it was her roommates, Lucy and Alicia.

Alicia, like Hermione, was also a Muggle-born witch.

She was lively and, after Cho Chang introduced her to Harry, kept asking Harry what methods he used to thwart Quirrell's conspiracy.

Lucy seemed much quieter, only listening from beginning to end, and only answering a few simple sentences when others took the initiative to ask.

"I also asked Marietta to come with us, but she didn't want to."

Speaking of this, Cho Chang couldn't help but look a little frustrated.

Marietta Edgecombe was originally her best friend.

Even after the Easter incident, Cho Chang quickly forgave her.

Unfortunately, Cho Chang forgave her, but she refused to appreciate it.

This also made Cho Chang realize that her relationship with her could never go back to the way it was before.

"Cho, I don't think you should have called her!"

Alicia said with a displeased face, "She's the one who did something wrong, but she's acting like we're sorry for her, who is she showing this to!"

Lucy also nodded lightly, expressing her agreement.

Harry already knew the ins and outs of this matter from Sherlock, and upon hearing this, he also advised:

"Cho, I don't think this is your fault..."

"When did Harry become so familiar with Cho Chang?"

Looking at Harry, who was chatting happily with the three Ravenclaw girls not far away, Hermione and Ron exchanged glances, both showing surprised expressions.

Hermione felt strange because she and Sherlock had clearly solved the Easter case together, so why did it feel like Cho Chang was now more familiar with Harry, who hadn't participated in this matter?

Ron's attention was focused on the three Ravenclaw girls, especially Cho Chang, and he secretly glanced at her several times.

"My brother has good taste..."

To be fair, Cho Chang was really beautiful.

Hermione didn't know that not only little blackie Dean, but even Harry and Ron, who were in the same dormitory as him, agreed with his statement.

The Patil twins were indeed the most beautiful girls in the whole grade.

But even so, they were still a bit worse than Cho Chang.

Ron glanced at Harry again, thinking that if this situation continued to develop, his good brother might go on a date with her in a few years!

This scene couldn't help but remind Ron of his previous bet with Sherlock.

He won't find a girlfriend before he's twenty...

Hey, Merlin, I was just joking, you can't take it seriously!

Who would have thought that Sherlock would actually stab Quirrell!

Thinking of this, he glanced at Sherlock again, feeling a little relieved.

It's okay, even if I really can't find a girlfriend before I'm twenty, isn't there still Sherlock to back me up?

With his personality that offends people as soon as he opens his mouth, and his attitude that treats girls and boys the same, don't even think about finding a girlfriend even before he's thirty!

Thinking of this, Ron was about to joke with Sherlock.

Just then, a breeze floated by, and Ron smelled a fragrance in the air.

Immediately afterward, a tall, delicate-looking witch suddenly appeared in front of them.

Although she was wearing the disgusting Slytherin robes, she didn't give people an unpleasant feeling.

Ron recognized her at a glance.

Gemma Farley, a fifth-year witch from Slytherin, and also a prefect.

Even someone as rigid as Percy had praised her more than once, saying that she was the least Slytherin-like Slytherin.

In Ron's opinion, this was already the greatest praise.

At the previous end-of-year banquet, her performance was even more impressive among the Slytherins, as if she were a Diricawl that had broken into a nest of poisonous snakes.

But the problem was, what was she doing here, was she also here to find Harry?

My brother is too awesome!

However, the next moment, this beautiful prefect nodded slightly to Hermione and Ron, and then turned her gaze to Sherlock:

"Mr. Holmes, can I talk to you alone?"

Ron: ( ; Д ` )