"Jon, what are you smiling at?" asked Zacharis-Smith curiously shaking his knife in front of Jon's eyes during dinner.

"Nothing!" Jon quickly lowered his head and closed his eyes.

I remembered the afternoon scene again in my mind—

"She snuggles up in your bosom, and lies together under the willow tree by the pond;

Little hands clasped together, looking up at the dying sunset;

The tree guard stood on them, dancing and singing joyfully......

Everything is so beautiful, as if the whole world is in your hands!

I hope time stops here......"

Until a fierce-looking black hound appeared out of nowhere.

It excitedly jumped in front of the two of them and licked Jon's shoes enthusiastically.

Then, in the distance, Hagrid's call was heard:

"Tooth tooth...... Dental ...... Tooth ......"

The girl quickly got up like a frightened bird, and then blushed and ran to the castle.

Jon tried to catch up, but he tripped over the hounds and then collided with Hagrid......

Professor Hagrid grabbed Jon and greeted him eagerly, "I didn't fall anywhere, don't be so afraid of teeth, it's actually very kind and timid......"

“...... By the way, Hart, do you know a lot about Fantastic Beasts......"

“...... Welcome to my cottage in the future, and I will invite you to eat rock skin cakes......"

Finally escaped Hagrid's clutches and ran to the castle, but Astoria's shadow could still be seen.

"What are you doing?" Zacharith poked Jon's arm with a fork, waking him up from his memories......

"It's nothing, I just want to eat dog meat hot pot!" Jon said hatefully.

......

After dinner, there was a commotion in the hallway.

It started when two fourth-year Gryffindors and three fourth-year Slytherin students got into an argument.

One of the Slytherin students lost the argument and became so angry that he pulled out his wand and attacked a Gryffindor student from behind.

As a result, the sneak attack was unsuccessful, but he was caught by Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Alastor Moody.

An angry Professor Moody said he was most disgusted with people who attacked others behind their backs......

He then used a rather clever transfiguration technique to turn that Slytherin student into a stoat, and then forced the stoat to do the high jump!

It wasn't until Professor McGonagall arrived that Professor Moody's excessive discipline of the students was stopped.

and transform the fourth-year Slytherin back into a humanoid form.

Of course, Jon was only hearsay, and did not witness the incident with his own eyes. However, those Slytherin students have always behaved arrogantly and domineeringly, and Professor Moody's behavior has also earned a lot of prestige among Hufflepuff students.

At the same time, Professor Moody's Defence Against the Dark Arts class seems to have a good reputation......

Moody's ...... He's so cool, isn't he?"

"It's not just cool, it's cool!"

Jon was back in the Hufflepuff common room when he heard Cedric Diggory talking to another Hufflepuff 6th grader.

"What's going on?" Zacharis, who was beside him, couldn't help but ask.

"Professor Moody really understands!" Cedric said meaningfully, "he knows what dark magic is, and how to combat it......

"We'll have a Defence Against the Dark Arts class in two days!" Zacharis said, glancing at the schedule, a little disappointed.

......

The first class on Tuesday morning was Potions, and Jon was in the Potions classroom early.

Professor Severus-Snape looked thinner and worse than ever.

It could be that he didn't succeed in throwing Lupin and Blake into Azkaban a few months ago, which hit him a little hard, or it could be because of Moody's "Auror", or maybe there were other reasons......

Slytherin and Hufflepuff students also arrived in turn, grouped according to their previous two years.

Astoria sat down beside Jon with her head down, and she didn't dare look up into Jon's eyes.

Snape watched as the students arrived, and began to talk about the lesson:

Today they need to make a new potion: the shrinkage solution.

For Jon, the potion wasn't difficult at all.

But Astoria was in a bit of an unusual state, first cutting the roots of daisies of different sizes, then wasting a lot of juice by stabbing the paring knife into the fruit several times while peeling the figs, and then handing the leech juice to Jon as the bile of a mouse......

"What's wrong?" Jon asked, looking down.

"Jon......" she stammered a little, "I ...... yesterday Sorry ......"

"It's nothing, it's me who should say I'm sorry!" Jon hurriedly said, "I was trying to catch up with you yesterday, but I was stopped by Professor Hagrid, who forcibly pulled me to say a lot of things, and then I couldn't find you." ”

"Well...... Astoria seemed relieved, her mood seemed much better, and she whispered, "Actually, Jon...... Yesterday, I ......"

"This is the Potions class!" a gloomy voice suddenly sounded from behind him, "It's not a hallway or a break room, a place for you to talk!"

......

Jon and Astoria had to both stand up and face Severus Snape's gloomy face.

"Hart!" Professor Snape growled, "have you made your shrinking potion?"

"I ...... I'm sorry, Professor Snape!" Jon looked down, "Not yet. ”

Due to Astoria's multiple mistakes just now, the preparation of the shrinking potion was actually quite a failure, and there was only a puddle of orange potion in the crucible.

"Humph!" Snape glared coldly at the pot of failed potion, "Then you still have the heart to talk to Miss Greengrass?"

Jon lowered his head, not daring to refute anything.

"Shut up! Hufflepuff gets twenty points!" Snape said unceremoniously.

"But...... Professor Snape ...... Astoria couldn't help but speak, her voice a little crying.

Jon quickly kicked her in the shin to prevent her from talking.

"Shut up and sit down!"

They had to sit down again, drain all the orange potions from the cauldron, and start making them again.

Astoria's eyes were red, and she carefully cut the daisy root there......

Jon was boiling the figs in the cauldron as he stole at Snape and pondered.

He always felt that something was not quite right with Snape today!

。 m.