"A must go. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Hermione said, "Have you ever heard of the Screaming Shack, you've heard that it's 'the scariest haunted place in all of Britain'." Hermione, who was sorted into Gryffindor, also had an adventurous heart, and she was curious about the haunted cabin.

Leah recalled, "Dad let me look at it from a distance, and he didn't let me look closer, and according to him, 'children shouldn't go there'. ”

"Are there really ghosts there?" Hermione asked, expectantly.

Liya thought for a moment and said, "Probably not, I remember that Dad's expression at that time was not particularly serious, but a little banter, as if this screaming shack was a very ridiculous thing." ”

"Oh, that's right." Hermione was a little disappointed, there were indeed a lot of rumors in this world, and this screaming shack might be one of them, but in this case, there was one less place to explore.

Just then, the wicker basket at Hermione's feet shook, and her new pet, a large cat with ginger hair and a face that seemed to be flattened, was already restless.

"Ah, I almost forgot about you." Hermione said apologetically, trying to untie the straps on the basket.

"Don't put this thing out!" Ron shouted loudly, this pesky cat had been slapping his spotted attention, by the way, Spotted was a pet mouse, I really don't know what that cat wanted to do with Spotted, did he want to eat it?

But it was too late, and Crookshill easily jumped out of the basket, stretched, yawned, and jumped onto Ron's lap, and the drum in Ron's pocket trembled, and his spots were hidden in his pockets, and he looked already shaking with fear.

Ron said angrily, "Get out of here!" Directly slapped Crookshan to the ground, and the cat fell heavily to the ground, with a muffled sound, and its head hit the table leg.

"How can you do that?" Hermione said angrily, picking up the cat and gently rubbing its head.

"Keep an eye on your cat, you know what it's been doing." Ron's voice was a little sharper.

Leah looked at the two of them a little dazedly, not knowing what was going on, and Harry was starting to have a headache, because the cat and the mouse, the two good friends had been arguing several times.

"Let's go." After a few fiery conversations, Hermione stood up directly, hugged Crookshan, and pulled Leah out, "We're not welcome here. ”

Looking at the slammed slam door, Harry said, "She seems to be really angry." ”

Ron also felt that his attitude just now was indeed a little inappropriate, it was common sense that mice were afraid of cats, and he would naturally be scared when he saw Crook Hill coming, maybe the ugly cat didn't mean to embarrass his pet mouse. But the stubbornness and rebellion peculiar to the little boy flare up at this point, and Ron turned his head and said, "Be angry when you are angry, who is rare!" ”

Hearing this obviously insincere remark, Harry could only sigh.

After stepping out of the carriage, Hermione didn't know what to do, she hugged Crookshan, and stood in the corridor of the carriage blankly.

Seeing her like this, Leah said, "Go to my car, there are no people in there, and there are plenty of empty seats." ”

"No one, how could it be?" Hermione quickly adjusted her mood and said, "All the classmates are on the bus, how can there be an empty carriage?" ”

Leah said helplessly: "Believe me, no one dares to enter that carriage." ”

By the time Leah opened the door, Hermione understood why. Leah also looked at the carriage in surprise, just a short time, Phyllis's discipline elf Amy had cleaned the carriage seriously, and the seat was covered with an orange-yellow chair cover with blue flowers, Professor Kate also changed his clothes, and changed the casual clothes into a light purple wizard's robe, his posture did not change, he was still leaning against the window and reading a book, the wooden floor was smooth and visible, as if even the wax had been applied.

Leah looked at the ground, not knowing if she could step on it, when Phyllis looked up and saw Leah and Hermione standing in the doorway, and said, "It's you, come in." ”

With Professor Kate's permission, the two girls walked in, and I don't know if it was their own delusion, Hermione felt that the temperature had dropped a few degrees after entering this room, and Professor Kate's cold aura made her shiver.

The girl sat on the chair and didn't dare to say a word, for fear of disturbing Professor Kate's reading, and at this time Hermione finally understood why Leah went to her carriage, the atmosphere here was so cold, she regretted it now, it was better to stay in that carriage and fight with Ron.

It seemed that she was a little tired from reading, Phyllis put down the book "The Legend of the Werewolf", and saw the two girls sitting upright, with serious faces, as if they were attending some important meeting, Phyllis laughed and said, "Why are you so serious." ”

Seeing that Professor Kate spoke, the atmosphere in the room was much better, and Leah's mood eased up, and she said with a smile, "Professor, you ...... today." How to put it, it feels very serious. The word "serious" is used very politely, coldly and gloomy to be precise.

"Really?" Phyllis coped with vaguely, and she knew what was going on as soon as Leah said that. After absorbing the huge amount of negative emotions accumulated in a dementor's body before, Phyllis was a little "holding on", she had not fully digested those dark emotions, and in this case, some dark aura would come out, making people feel that her whole person was very gloomy.

Phyllis touched the ruby pendant on her chest, and a faint but certain power of light dipped into her. Phyllis needed to use the power of the Holy Maiden's Heart to reconcile the dark emotional power in her body, and took the initiative to lead the topic, asking, "Is there anything new lately?" ”

At this point, Hermione asked, "Professor, have you heard about Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban?" ”

Phyllis said, "I saw this in the newspaper, what's wrong?" ”

Hermione said worriedly: "I heard that the reason why Blake wants to escape from prison is because he wants to come to Hogwarts to kill Harry, and to be mysterious for his master...... Avenging his master, Lord Voldemort, would Harry be in danger? "Anyway, Harry is also a good friend of his, and Hermione is still very worried about his safety.

Phyllis said: "You don't have to worry about this, there are so many powerful professors in Hogwarts, and Headmaster Dumbledore, the most powerful wizard in the world of the British Rubik's Cube today, Blake doesn't want to make anything happen at Hogwarts, don't forget, even Voldemort didn't dare to invade Hogwarts, the defense of this ancient castle is very strong." ”

Hermione's worries eased a lot after listening to Professor Kate's reassurance, and although she knew that Hogwarts was the safest place in the wizarding world, one of the professors' personal assurances that nothing would happen to Harry still reassured her a lot.

Leah didn't pay much attention to the boy who didn't die compared to Hermione, and she talked about another topic: "We just saw a wizard named R.J. Lupin in Harry's carriage, could he be the teacher of our new Defense Against the Dark Arts class?" ”

Phyllis nodded and said, "I've heard about this matter, Headmaster Dumbledore did find a new teacher for you in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, it is said that he was a student before, and he is still an excellent student, you can also learn something with him, it just so happens that you are also in the third grade, and you have some knowledge of magic, you can understand how a wizard fights." ”

Hermione asked, "What is the key to determining a wizard's combat effectiveness?" As a brave Gryffindor, she was still very interested in the issue.

Phyllis said: "The final outcome of a battle between wizards can be affected by many factors, the most basic is the amount of mana, which takes time to accumulate and is also related to the individual's physique. ”

Speaking of this, Phyllis glanced at Hermione and continued, "But there is no evidence that the so-called pure-blood wizards have great magic and half-blood wizards have less magic.

"In addition to the amount of magic, the environment at the time of the battle, the state of both sides, including the physical and psychological states, and the combat skills, will affect the final outcome. You will learn this slowly during your school years, but there is one more thing that no one will be able to teach you, and this is extremely important - and that is the mind!

"War is completely different from what you see in knightly novels, and it is also different from other novels and film and television works, because all art forms cannot reflect the true cruelty of war. Girl, I know it's useless for me to emphasize it here, people who haven't really experienced war can't experience that kind of cruelty, and people who can't experience this kind of cruelty can't have a heart of war, without a heart of war, the fighting skills you have learned are like duckweed in water, which looks luxuriant, but in fact it is just rootless. ”

Seeing that Professor Kate said so seriously, Leah asked cautiously, "Professor, are you saying that we are going to face a war?" ”

"You are at war, and don't forget," said Phyllis, "that the war of twelve years ago was only suspended, not over, and you are now in a truce of war, and the flames of war will be ignited again, and it will not be long." ”

Speaking of which, Phyllis does have some emotion, according to her understanding, the British wizarding world is still at war, and there are few who can really be at war, Dumbledore and Voldemort are there, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, and Barty Crouch Jr. are also there, but there is one person - the best relationship with Phyllis among the professors at Hogwarts, the head of Ravenclaw, and Philius Flitwick who teaches Charms - but there are some exceptions, Phyllis always feels that this small powerful wizard is not at war, Although he used to be a duel champion, the battle in the dueling arena is not the same as the battle in the war, he does not have the sensitivity and sense of attack in the middle of the war, he may think that the war is really over. In addition to him, Lucius Malfoy, a cunning fellow, is not in a state of war, he is just a speculator, he has succeeded in his previous speculations, and the Malfoy family has grown stronger and stronger, but the speculation of war is extremely dangerous and uncontrolled, and once the speculation fails, his end will not be much better.

In comparison, Phyllis has a great advantage in this regard, as a trialist of the seventh space, she struggles to survive in one mission world after another, in terms of mentality, she is the most in line with the state of war, and her rich combat experience also gives her extremely high combat skills.

Seeing that both girls looked thoughtful, Phyllis said, "Hermione is doing a good job in this regard, but Leah, you need to pay more attention." ”

Leah's face flushed, and the incident was a lifelong shame for her. Last semester, Hermione and Drake met to duel outside the Forbidden Forest, and both were defeated, and Hermione had no choice but to inform Leah to get them back, and when Leah arrived, she couldn't stand the bloody battle scene and vomited directly. Hermione and Drake, who are also members of the historical research team, have the kind of cruelty towards others and themselves, but Leah doesn't even have the courage to look at them. Because of this, Leah's position in the historical research group has been shaken, and Hermione has completely solidified her position with this duel. Afterwards, Leah also realizes how cowardly she behaved at the time, and deeply remorseful for it.

Hearing Professor Kate bring it up again, Leah said firmly, "I'll have a heart for war like Hermione." ”

Phyllis nodded, and said, "Very well, you all come to study with me because you have great ambitions, and since you have this ambition, you should not hold yourself to the standards of your peers, but take the best wizards - note, not the best peers - as a benchmark and learn from them." ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little serious, Phyllis clapped her hands and said, "Okay, it's almost time, it's time for lunch." Coincidentally, the sound of a food truck passing by came from outside the door of the carriage, and Phyllis said, "Go buy something to eat, buy whatever you like, I will invite this meal." ”

"Okay, thank you, Professor." Hermione and Leah walked out, picked up a few cakes, and bought a large box of candy, with Amy following behind, with a small money bag in her hand to pay.

After lunch, it began to rain lightly, and the light rain was hazy, covering the mountains and rivers in the distance. Slowly, the rain became heavier and heavier, and the thick clouds completely obscured the sun, as if it had come to night.

Leah looked out the window and said, "The weather is terrible today. ”

Hermione also said, "yes, we might have to brave the rain to get to Hogwarts again." (To be continued.) )