Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 371 The Untraceable Stretching Curse

The consequences of Hermione taking too many courses finally showed up after the first week of school.

——The burden of schoolwork is about to overwhelm her.

Not even a Time-Turner would give her much time to catch her breath.

Her brain is no longer able to deal with the things that normally require attention.

More than once, McGuffin saw her go out on her front foot, and then returned to the common room with a large stack of books borrowed from the library.

Even Ron, the madman, found something was wrong.

"This week, how is it possible for her to take both arithmetic and divination and protection of creatures at the same time! And half of the time in the arithmetic and divination class conflicts with the divination class, and she has never missed a divination class!"

Ron muttered, staring suspiciously at the hill of textbooks and parchments on Hermione's desk:

It was almost half the size of the library and half empty... various magical dictionaries, arithmetic charts, disassembly diagrams of Muggle electrical appliances, not to mention Snape's pile of papers on undetectable poisons.

The books were stacked precariously, and all they could see was a lock of brown hair that wasn't hidden by the pile of books.

McGuffin was busy with the werewolf suppressor and didn't have time to pay attention to Ron, and Harry, because of Quidditch training, didn't have time to rush to write Snape's poison paper until now, so he wouldn't argue with Ron about Hermione's little secret.

So Ron could only complain a few words, and then buried himself in writing Professor McGonagall's paper on [how to shape water] on transfiguration.

Speaking of Quidditch, although Wood's interview went well, the school's Quidditch competition did not develop according to their ideas.

Slytherin did not lose the game. Instead, he won against Ravenclaw by virtue of his rogue rampage tactics.
This is not good news.

Because of Wood, Harry and the others could also see that the tactics adopted by Slytherin were very unfavorable to Gryffindor.

These guys carried forward their brutal rushing tactics even more during the official game, relying on the excessive speed of the new broom and the lack of flexibility to intentionally foul wildly at critical moments.

While catching the Snitch, their Seeker even knocked Cho Chang off the ground, breaking three ribs and winning the match.

Of course, this also offended Hufflepuff's Seeker Cedric Diggory.

(The twins now and then clamor for Cedric Diggory to avenge his girlfriend,

Was severely reprimanded by Wood...'We are not Slytherin! '.

George complained to everyone in private that not everyone has this kind of morality, and he bet that Slytherin would use all kinds of despicable tactics when facing them.

It was from Slytherin that someone revealed that Qiu Zhang and Diggory were boyfriend and girlfriend.

"I bet! That's Slytherin's dastardly tactics."

He said swearingly. )
The next game is Slytherin vs. Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw is next.

Although depending on the situation, Gryffindor could almost certainly win the next match against Ravenclaw, but for the tactics of the guys in Slytherin, Wood and the others had no good way.

This made Harry and the others very anxious, and Wood stepped up his weekly Quidditch training on his own without saying a word.

For MacGuffin, however, he was at ease.

Apart from nurturing the growth of the world tree with magic power every morning, there is nothing unsatisfactory.

After all, Hogwarts is so safe.

After barely spending a little bit of talent to improve his invisibility, he can visit Hogwarts castle and library at night, not afraid to encounter dark wizards or basilisks.

Not to mention... Sirius is now at Hagrid's place, accompanied by Harry every week, and has food and drink, no need to eat the garbage left by mice and Muggles, and no need to hide XZ...

McGuffin felt that he could be regarded as reluctant to leave, and probably even forgot to avenge Peter Pettigrew.

Ron, who was silly all day long... As soon as that guy found free time, he took Padfoot, Hagrid, and Harry to the edge of the Forbidden Forest to find rare herbs. (McGuffin suspects that it is because of this that Black took Black to find the valuable devil mushroom last time.)
He found that Ron had a special interest in Animagus that turned people into animals as pets. Peter Pettigrew was like this, and Sirius was like this too... I don’t know if this guy will be traumatized when he finally finds out that the two pets he likes are middle-aged men...

Having said that, the dementors are gone, the fire dragon is imprisoned in the Forbidden Forest, and the [Blood Curse] in McGuffin's body has temporarily stabilized. He only needs to work hard to improve his strength, obtain quests, and get talent points... that's all.

McGuffin tried not to think about the bad luck of going to wrest Nagia back from Voldemort himself when the term was over.

It was hard for him to enjoy a peaceful study life in such a safe Hogwarts, and he shouldn't be involved in so many messy things anymore.

— Leisurely and calm!

On the second Sunday of February, McGuffin lazily felt the warm winter sun on his skin and sighed in his heart.

He was floating, lying across the air, below the marble steps outside the oak doors of Hogwarts Castle.

Beside him was a square canned box with raging blue flames leaping out of it, providing heat.

Meow!

Crookshanks kept a straight face, and from time to time he wanted to jump from the ground to the McGuffin, but he hit a thin layer of protective cover, and fell to the steps screaming in pain.

He called anxiously twice, but unfortunately the owner next to him ignored it.

"good!"

Hermione said a few words of comfort, and after she took out her left hand and stroked Crookshanks' head, she took out a reference book of "Basic Divination Formulas Explain the Structure of Magic Power" from her school bag.

Then he scribbled and drew on a parchment on a textbook on his lap, filled with dense forms, which looked particularly intimidating.

During this process, her eyes never left the parchment.

Hermione sighed and sighed from time to time, and the quill scratched across the parchment.

There's a reason they're here, not in the common room, and in the library.

Peter Pettigrew finally couldn't stand Ron, who always smelled like Sirius.

As in the plot, after Ron took Padfoot on an adventure in the Forbidden Forest to find herbs, it left a bed of blood, and a few Crookshanks cat hairs disappeared.

This guy Ron immediately became furious, thinking that Crookshanks had eaten Scabbers, and he held on to Hermione.

Hermione obviously disagreed with Ron's statement, thinking that a few cat hairs were not enough to prove that Crookshanks did it.

And Ron insisted that Hermione get rid of the crazy cat.

This makes Ron and Hermione almost impossible to be friends.

On this point, Harry's position was a bit biased towards Ron, and McGuffin knew the truth, but he couldn't explain it, so he had to side with Hermione.

On the other hand, McGuffin sealed the magic lamp in a box and returned it to Harry in strict accordance with Professor McGonagall's instructions, which also made Ron and Harry very angry with McGuffin.

Think he and Hermione are on the same page.

(Actually, McGuffin mainly feels that Professor McGonagall's attitude towards him these days is a bit wrong, so he can only strictly abide by their rules in this way, hoping to reduce the chance of making mistakes.)
In addition, McGuffin really wanted to enjoy a peaceful and leisurely time without being disturbed, so now the two are hiding here.

Except for a few special times, almost no one comes here.

But for Hermione, the only advantage here is that it is quieter, and she doesn't have to face Ron's painful complaints about the disappearance of Scabbers and the cruelty of Crookshanks from time to time.

But even in this situation, Hermione still worked hard to complete the various subjects.

I saw her with heavy dark circles, writing a parchment scroll, nodding her head after a while and making a slight cry, then suddenly woke up, studying again, and fell asleep after a while...

Three or four times like this, when the rustling sound of writing sounded again, McGuffin finally couldn't lie down.

He sat up, fell to the ground, and said to Hermione beside him, "Hermione! You should rest, the Time Converter isn't that useful, and your body won't be able to bear it."

As expected, Hermione's head was dizzy due to lack of sleep and excessive psychological pressure. She froze for a while, and it took a long time to react and scream.

"Ah! MacGuffin, how do you know that?"

"You're so careless. I've seen you pass by twice in front of me more than once... and your chaotic class schedule. Unless you split yourself in half, I don't know what else can make you appear in two places at the same time, except for a time converter."

"But?" Hermione was a little flustered when she remembered that Professor McGonagall told her to try not to be known by other little wizards.

"There's nothing wrong with it? Although the Time Converter is a secret among most students, it's actually not a valuable thing. In other words, although it's very rare, no one knows how to use it. That's why you, a little wizard, can easily borrow this time-reversing thing."

"Do you know [Heloise Mintab's Time-Turner Incident]?"

Hermione rubbed her temples and tried her best to recall. After a long time, she nodded hesitantly and said, "Is it the Reticent Man from the Department of Mysteries? Professor McGonagall reminded me once when he gave me the Time-Turner... But I couldn't find any books and reports about it in the library, and I was busy with many courses afterwards, so I didn't have time to learn about it."

"Because this matter is too serious, it will cause panic in the entire magical world. You can borrow the issue of "The Quibbler" about [Legends of the Department of Mysteries] from Ginny's friend Luna, and you will know about it."

Perhaps seeing Hermione's disapproving expression when she heard the name of the magazine "The Quibbler", McGuffin said a few more words.

"Although the contents of this magazine seem a little out of character, compared to the "Daily Prophet", at least Luna's father will not deliberately conceal the truth, use news filters or other tricks."

McGuffin went on to explain the incident:

"After Eloise Mintab traveled back from the 14th century, she almost wiped out her entire family from the timeline, and caused a direct lack of an afternoon of that year, and according to rumors, it created a lot of weird time reversal and Muggle shuttle events all over the world."

"Hermione, don't think this is a fake! Let's not mention this, even if you use the time-turner normally, it will greatly increase your physical burden, and it will even make you fall into time disorder symptoms after repeated intensive use. This will give you a wrong perception of time perception."

"Sometimes an afternoon will pass in a blink of an eye... That's not memory loss, but that time is not what you have experienced at all."

"It's like editing a film. That period of time has been cut from your cognition and memory, and you can't get it back by any means."

"What's more, Hermione, the time you use is not free. Your body is still growing after time travel. In other words, your body will mature earlier, and you will become an adult earlier than us, and will age faster..."

"Ah! Stop talking!"

Hermione woke up instantly.

"Don't say anything!"

A cold voice came from behind them, and the shadow covered the two of them.

McGuffin and Hermione shuddered and turned their heads to look.

It was Snape.

He also quickly came to the two of them and stared at them.

"There is no secret that cannot be told."

"What are you two doing here?"

Snape said, pausing to look at the two in turn, "It's odd enough to be here—"

The MacGuffins were terrified. The situation they were in now—with magical flames burning on the marble stairs—was certainly not permissible.

Sure enough, Snape's impassive black eyes were fixed on the magical flame.

"Filch won't be happy destroying the renovated Hogwarts staircase!"

"Confiscated!"

"Five points from Gryffindor!"

Afterwards, Snape was still staring at McGuffin coldly, trying to figure out why he was there.

"What are you guys doing here? McGuffin, you always appear in unexpected places for no reason, causing various incidents. Maybe you...do you have any idiotic adventure plans?"

Snape's tone was harsher than usual.

"Professor...we're...just here to study!" said Hermione.

There was a certain smile on his face, "Really? Study?"

"Don't you think it's a bit cold in here?"

Hermione hurriedly packed all the books in her schoolbag, put them on her back, and prepared to leave.

"Ha! What is this?"

Snape was surprised, he grabbed the schoolbag and snatched it, as if he had discovered some big secret.

He flipped the schoolbag over and poured out everything inside.
But he obviously miscalculated on this point, and he didn't expect how many big books were in Hermione's schoolbag...

In short, these things were scattered all over the floor, and many old library books with hard shells and iron horns fell directly on his feet.

The sound was deep and muffled.

It all hurts.

Snape's originally malicious smile froze on the spot.

His eyes immediately enlarged, his expression twisted.

It seems that it was not lightly smashed.

But looking at the wide eyes of McGuffin and Hermione, this guy could only take a deep breath and squeeze his mouth tightly.

--call!

After a long time, he finally managed to squeeze out a word between his teeth.

"Here, how do you explain it?"

(End of this chapter)