A day at Hogwarts

On the second night after receiving the letter, Charles sorted out some six-year potion preparation procedures in Snape's office, and went to the kitchen to prepare a midnight snack for the training team of the Potion Championship. After he was done, he planned to go back to The common room started answering letters.

It's just that his plan fell through.

The Gryffindor common room was very lively tonight, almost all the students gathered around a large table, shouts, exclamations and cheers were heard endlessly.

Eleanor has been busy with training recently, and the specific work of developing the simulated Quidditch was handed over to Percy.

Percy's organizational skills are quite strong, and he finally brought this project to the public beta stage.

Tonight, the first public test of Simulated Quidditch started, open to everyone, even Professor McGonagall participated.

Professor McGonagall and several students stood at one end of the simulated court, holding a wand, and controlled the action of the player puppet by moving the tip of the wand, just like using a handle.

She looked very excited to play, and her face was a little red.

But when Percy saw Charles coming back, she told the professor, and she immediately gave up the seat to others, and took Charles out of the common room.

On the way, Professor McGonagall couldn't stop thinking: "It's been a long time since I had so much fun. I thought I would never be able to play Quidditch again. It seems that my eyes are still very sharp, and my reaction is not worse than your young people."

Charles replied with a smile: "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come back so early."

Professor McGonagall made a serious expression, shook his head and said, "That's not okay. If the principal waits too long, he will deduct my salary, and I will have no money to eat."

Charles could tell she was joking, so he smiled and said, "That's all right, you can come... ouch."

Before he finished speaking, Charles covered his head, as if Hermione had been stabbed in his hand.

Professor McGonagall knew what he wanted to say, interrupted and changed the subject: "You know, Dumbledore, Sprout, Flitwick, Snape, Quirrell and I all think you are a very talented kid , everyone is willing to provide you with some extra help, and the Ministry of Magic has approved it."

Charles made a very embarrassed look, but he was thinking in his heart, what kind of fun is Voldemort doing.

Professor McGonagall said words of encouragement all the way until he came to Dumbledore's office.

Dumbledore had already prepared a new refreshment in his office, the latest upgrade to the cockroach pile: the flying cockroach pile.

Charles tried not to let himself look at the cockroaches circling and flying above the plate. Rehabilitation liquid was one thing, and rejuvenation liquid that tasted like popping candy was another.

He looked at the long box in front of the headmaster and looked curious.

Dumbledore asked Charles and Professor McGonagall to sit across the desk, and the teacup and teapot flew over to pour tea in a sensible way.

"Charles," the principal said with a smile, "I won't say much about praise. Now you have too much to learn, and I think your time is very short."

It's just that others thought that Charles was new to magic and was curious about magic, plus he was talented and had some achievements, so he was very diligent and eager to learn.

However, only he himself understands that he first wants to watch the excitement and is afraid of death, and then he loves to cook and play, so he works overtime to learn all kinds of knowledge to improve himself.

Dumbledore pushed the long box in front of Charles to the middle of Charles, and said, "This little thing can solve your problem of not having enough time."

Then his face became extremely serious: "However, if it is used improperly, it will also bring great danger. Charles, I need you to promise me to use it carefully and not tell others."

Charles immediately said very solemnly: "Professor Dumbledore, I promise you, I will use it properly and will not tell anyone else."

"Hmm... Do you want to use that swearing magic?"

Dumbledore shook his head with a smile. Although this thing is precious, it is under the management of the Ministry of Magic, which is different from the Sorcerer's Stone.

The long case was opened, and inside was a golden necklace with an hourglass on the pendant.

Although Charles was prepared in his heart, he was still a little dazed when he actually saw it, as if the opportunity to unravel the mystery of the extinction of dinosaurs was right in front of him.

Dumbledore said to him: "This is a time-turner, which can take you back to a certain period of time."

Charles's heart skipped a beat suddenly, this "some time" gave him a bad premonition.

Dumbledore continued to talk about the dangers of time travel, and things like the grandfather paradox are not unheard of by wizards.

After hearing this, Charles asked curiously, "Professor, have you ever used it?"

He was a little worried that if the time converter used by Lao Deng went back to the past, Hydra and Lan Meng would not be able to hide it.

However, Dumbledore's expression was sad for half a second, and then he said: "Now is the end, and it cannot be changed."

He accentuated the "now" and Charles understood what he meant.

Professor McGonagall asked, "Charles, do you want to go back and do something?"

Charles smiled wryly, and said, "I want to see who threw me into the trash can, and kick me in the past."

Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall froze for a moment, remembering that Jack picked him out of the trash can.

"It's a pity." Dumbledore shook his head, "The Time Converter can only bring people back four weeks at most."

"Ah?!" Charles was taken aback, "Really?"

At this time, Fox flew in from the window, holding a parchment roll in his mouth, and threw it in front of Charles.

Charles opened the scroll, and there was only "true" written on it, and the handwriting was his own.

Moreover, this scroll is still burnt after reading it, turning into ashes in the blink of an eye.

Charles sighed, thinking about catching some extinct animals and selling them back to the zoo.

Dumbledore said: "The Time-Turner is very precise, and it is made with some elements of luck, and there are not many in the Ministry of Magic."

"It used to allow people to go back to the distant past, but it was found that they were all broken ten years ago. At most, they can only go back one year, and this one can go back four weeks at most."

"But we have no way of knowing where they are broken, and there is no way to fix them. We can only use them with caution. The Ministry of Magic's recommendation is to go back to 5 hours a day."

Charles expressed his understanding of this. There are many devices that do not know why they work at all. If there is a problem and you have to repair it, the more you fix it, the more problems you may have. So as long as it is not unusable, don’t worry about it.

He began to think about the use of the time converter. It is not enough to have 5 extra hours a day, because people need to rest in addition to studying, so the allocated time is not enough to take apart.

It’s not okay to use it for too long at a time. If you use it every day, you will grow one year older in two weeks.

After some calculations, Charles decided to allow himself to study and exercise for 30 hours a day, plus rest time, so that the time he spent would not be much longer than others.

Dumbledore approved his plan and gave him an empty professor's dormitory in the castle so that he could study by himself in it, lest the two Charles appear in front of others at the same time.