The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

Cold sleet and snow were blowing in the cold wind, beating on the frozen window lattice, and it was Halloween in a blink of an eye.

Hermione stood outside the door of the Muggle Studies professor's office. Before knocking on the door, she subconsciously glanced at the little follower behind her.

The house elf named Wheat stood quietly next to him, holding a gift for the professor. His posture was polite but not overly respectful, which was very different from other house elves.

His figure is thinner than in previous years. His neatly ironed black and white tuxedo hangs loosely on his slender bones. There is no flesh at all. There is no flesh under the skin that is not tight, as if he is a doll made of firewood.

However, no one would think he was weak. His slightly protruding eyes were surprisingly bright, clear and full of energy.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Please come in."

Hermione immediately sat down at the desk after entering the door. She moved briskly and looked at the paper that Caredi Bubbaji was reviewing without raising her head. There was no sign of restraint on either side. In the past few years, they had Have communicated here hundreds of times.

“Trick or treat!”

"Wizards don't have this custom."

"But you are the Muggle Studies professor."

"But you didn't even put on makeup."

"I play a witch."

"That was a true performance."

"Then give me candy quickly..."

"After being together with Mr. Morgan for a long time, it turns out that the dignified Miss Granger has also learned to be naughty."

The blond Caredi Bubbaji smiled and put the quill into the ink bottle, closed the student papers that were sandwiched together, took out a few treasured Muggle hardcover chocolates from the drawer and handed them over. From the corner of his eye, he saw something behind him. There was a house elf. It was the first time she saw a house elf's eyes so bright, and she subconsciously showed a somewhat surprised expression.

"In my impression, Miss Granger is not someone who would instruct elves..." She looked at Hermione with searching eyes.

"I didn't instigate Xiaomai, he wanted to see you himself."

"He wants to see me?"

Realizing that the professor's eyes were on him, Xiaomai bowed slightly to greet him. It was not the courtesy of a slave to his master, but more like a human gentleman's salute to an equal lady. He placed the lunch box in his hand on the table and tried to be as sharp as possible. The thin voice is less harsh and the speech rate is steady:

"Hello, Professor Bubaji, I am Xiaomai."

Hermione saw the professor glance at the gift and explained in time: "This is a pumpkin grown by Wheat, Dobby and Winky. They opened a vegetable patch in the Forbidden Forest where the Eight-Eyed Spider used to be. The pumpkin seeds were obtained from Professor Hagrid." Yes…this is the biggest pumpkin ever harvested.”

"The steamed pumpkin is sweet!" Wheat added a little anxiously, and his voice became similar to that of other house elves.

Bubbaji glanced at the lunch box, looked at Hermione, and then at this special house elf: "Mai, I have heard of you. Hermione has mentioned it to me many times...from the time you brought it to Judging from my pumpkin, you did understand the books they left you, which is a great thing!”

Mr. Morgan and Miss Granger didn't lie to him. Professor Bubbaji was really kind...

"I...I don't understand, Professor."

Xiaomai heard his heart beating like Peeves, as if it would burst out of his chest at any time. He suppressed his joy and tried his best to control his nervousness, but his trembling voice still revealed, "Those maritime trades in the book , the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution and so on, I don’t understand many of them.”

"Those details are not important, or they are not important to today's house elves. What you understand is the most important."

"Thank you, Professor Bubaji."

"Why did you come to me specifically?"

"I have some questions I'd like to ask."

"We still have a few hours until Halloween dinner, so I think we have plenty of time."

"..."

Caredi Bubbaji is a very patient professor, and Xiaomai is a good student who loves learning. It happens that they both understand Muggle civilization from an outsider's perspective. In some aspects, their views are even better than Miss Granger's. In tune.

A great new chapter in history.

Hermione made up her mind in a historical tone and quietly exited the office.

…

The origin of Halloween is difficult to verify, but most of this spooky holiday has something to do with wizards.

Hogwarts does not have the custom of dressing up in disguise to ask for candy, but the castle has changed its clothes. The torches on the walls have been replaced with dark blue phosphorus fire, and jack-o'-lanterns are suspended in the corridors.

Loren leaned on the railing of the stairs, looking at the bats flying together like dark clouds in the dark corner. Human ears could not hear the cries of the little guys, but watching the movements of their wings, he could feel the lively chattering. atmosphere.

They are obviously animals that symbolize gloom and fear, but together they have an inexplicable sense of stupidity.

After leaving Professor Bubbaji's office, Hermione went to the girls' bathroom with light steps. When she came out, her lips were pressed into a tight line and her beautiful eyebrows were slightly wrinkled.

Walking along the corridor, turned right, and soon saw Loren guarding the stairs to watch the bats. Then he took his arm and walked to the common room upstairs.

"Why don't you just go downstairs? The auditorium is so busy. There's a Halloween party!"

As Loren said this, his head hadn't turned back yet, and his eyes were still staring at the bat group. Just now, a stupid bat hit the wall. It looked like it was stunned and was flying around in a hurry. It might hit twice.

That’s interesting!

Hermione kept walking: "Go back to the common room to find Parvati and tell her to go to the girls' bathroom to arrest someone."

This is more interesting.

Loren immediately became interested: "Catch who? Why?"

"Someone is plotting to add aphrodisiacs to tonight's food."

"Oh, I know about this!"

Hermione turned her head silently and stared into his eyes: "What happened in the girls' bathroom, how did you know?"

"George and Fred told me, just last weekend, we were discussing the craftsmanship of anti-curse clothes, they said that many girls ordered aphrodisiacs from the magic shop, and told me to be careful."

"But Filch banned all the products of the magic shop--" Hermione paused, she also realized that no one at Hogwarts cared about what Filch banned, and the headmaster took the lead in breaking the school rules.

She was silent for a moment and asked, "But all owls have to be checked. How did George and Fred get the love potion in?"

"It must not be marked on the label. The bottles of perfume and cough syrup are special services noted on the owl order."

"Those girls should be put in detention, and George and Fred should also go back to school for detention!"

Hermione recalled the relevant provisions in the school rules. There were a lot of parchment files, but unfortunately there was no school rule that could recall students who had graduated and impose punishment.

I can only wait until I join the Ministry of Magic in the future to propose the issuance of relevant education orders.

It's okay to pour the love potion into the cups of those Quidditch players, but how come there are girls plotting against Loren?

Go back and inform the prefects quickly, and arrest them all and put them in detention!