Chapter 283: The Library and the Curfew

"More ...... What do you mean?"

Hannah Abbott raised her eyebrows slightly, and glanced strangely at the white-haired ball in front of her.

If she remembered correctly, she had just heard something similar from Elena this morning.

Then, Elena took her to empty the material reserves of the Potions classroom, and used a spell to blow up Professor Snape's office while no one was looking, looting most of the rare potions materials.

And what little Hannah couldn't understand the most was that after doing this series of "appalling" things, judging from the results, Hufflepuff not only got extra points in Potions class for the first time in history, but Elena even became a teaching assistant in Potions class.

"But, well, Professor Binns's office...... I don't know where it is. ”

A look of embarrassment appeared on Hannah's face, and there was some hesitation in her tone, "Besides, Professor Binns has already died once, and he is very tired today, so let's try not to toss this old man again." ”

After this evening history of magic, it was clear to Hannah that the ghostly Professor Binns might be in a more dangerous position than the other formal professors when it came to Elena's tricky questions—and by the time the class was about to end, poor Professor Binns was visibly "distracted" by the naked eye.

"What's going on in your little head? I'm not a demon, how can I provoke someone for no reason. ”

Elena put the book in her hand on the table, pinched the little iron girl's nose lightly, and said angrily.

"Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. I was just thinking about why we couldn't try to reinvent a new set of standards since there was no reliable chronology of magic in the wizarding world today, and that way, if all went well, maybe we would be responsible for revising the future textbook for the history of magic. ”

"Re-establish a magical chronology, we?!"

Hannah's eyes widened in surprise and she couldn't help but snort softly, pointing at herself and Elena in disbelief.

"But we're only in the first grade, so it's too early for whatever we want to do, right? ”

"It's just a rough idea at the moment. It's not as difficult as you think, it's just a whole new timetable. It doesn't take much creativity and knowledge – after all, we stand on the shoulders of our predecessors, and countless pioneers have helped us remove the thorns in the road ahead. ”

Elena shrugged her shoulders, tapped her finger on the cover of "History of Magic" on the table, thoughtfully stroked the gilded name of "Old Ancestor" Bathilda Basshat, and whispered.

"The specific details may need to be consulted before they can be finalized. I think Hogwarts Library should have that in it, but ......" as she spoke, Elena turned her head, looked at Hannah pitifully, and winked obediently.

"Well, I really can't help you. ”

Hannah sighed helplessly, put down the textbook in her hand - this road idiot is really hopeless, think about it carefully, even if it is a vicious demon king, there is no way to go out alone to do evil.

"However, this time it's really just going to the school library to borrow books, right?" Little Iron Girl glanced at Elena with some suspicion, and confirmed again with some unease.

"Of course, of course! I love to learn. ”

Elena nodded quickly, the little hair on her head swaying gently as her head rose and fell.

“......”

After a pause in her gaze on the little derpy's hair, which was dangling happily like a puppy's tail, Hannah breathed a sigh of relief—well, she wasn't lying—and then added again with a serious look on her face.

"Say in advance, if I find out that you lied to me, I'll leave you halfway and go back to the dormitory by myself. ”

"Got it, got it. I swear ......" Elena raised three fingers, gestured at random, grabbed the reserve food and expertly stuffed it into her chest, then took Hannah's little hand and walked eagerly towards the outside of the dormitory.

"Anyway, let's hurry up, there's still an hour before the curfew. ”

......

Without alarming anyone, the two silently passed through the low-ceilinged room with a faint earthy scent, followed the passage out of the Hufflepuff common room, and followed a familiar path (for Elena) towards the Hogwarts Library on the second floor of the castle.

The castle was quiet, and the moonlight scattered through the windows in the corridors filled Hogwarts with an air of mystery at the turn of summer and autumn. The last class had long since ended, and with the exception of a handful of upperclassmen who might have been hiding in pairs in empty classrooms to learn knowledge, the vast majority of the students had already returned to the warm common room.

For Elena and Hannah, at least, they hadn't seen a single ghost, except for the self-talking portraits and creaking armor.

Located on the second floor of Hogwarts Castle, the Hogwarts Library is said to contain a total of 103,000 books related to magic, with thousands of bookshelves and hidden forbidden areas. Hogwarts students can read or borrow books to study for their subjects or just as a pastime.

Librarian Irma Pins is in charge of keeping order in the library, and although she is said to be a powerful witch, she has never been seen to cast spells, and she seems to prefer a feather duster to a wand.

Whether it is a Hogwarts student or a professor, if they want to take books out of the Hogwarts library, they must get permission from Mrs. Pins - according to Dumbledore, the Hogwarts library and the school infirmary are the only two places where even he has to follow the rules.

"Miss Abbot, it's late, come back tomorrow. ”

Mrs. Pince stood at the entrance of the library, holding a feather duster, and looked at Hannah kindly.

Today is the first day of the official start of classes, there is neither homework burden nor exam pressure, and there are very few young wizards visiting the library, less than ten people in a whole day.

So Mrs. Pince was particularly impressed by Hannah and Hermione, who were able to spend an afternoon quietly reading in the library—as a librarian, her favorite student was such a quiet and loving child.

Just then, a white-haired dumpling emerged from behind Hannah.

"Dear Professor Pince, could you please be a little more accommodating and lend me a few books on the history of magic?"

"I said, tomorrow. ”

Mrs. Pince kept a smile on her face and said unmoved, "Also, this classmate, I'm not a professor. Just call me Mrs. Pince,"

Tomorrow?

It's too late, tomorrow is the deadline for tearing up the ticket agreed with the Lovegood family, uh, friendly negotiations.

But speaking of which, the way Mrs. Pince addressed her just now was ......

Elena rolled her eyes and glanced thoughtfully at the smiling witch - it seemed that the lady Pince didn't know much about her deeds, otherwise it would not be the way she was now in the face of ordinary passers-by.

Case......

Almost without any deliberation, Elena's body instinctively shrank slightly, as if she was a frightened innocent little girl, timidly raised her hand, and stammered and whispered in Hannah's extremely complicated eyes.

"I—I'm from a non-wizarding orphanage, and I've missed most of the first week of school because of injuries - I don't understand the stories about Hogwarts and the common sense of the wizarding world, and I didn't even listen to a word about the history of magic tonight. So、So ......"

"Oh, dear, I see. ”

Mrs. Pince's eyes softened, and she turned sideways to make way for the way, "Go, you have a quarter of an hour to choose." But I suggest you start with books like Hogwarts, A History of the School, and A History of Modern Magic......"

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Mutter~

I'm so tired, I went to sleep~

Good night~ Guess why you stuff the reserve food in your chest?

PS: The following is a call for votes.

Question: How long is the refresh and reset period of the leave slip?

A. Refresh once a month.

B. Refresh once a quarter.

C. Reset once every six months.

D. It cannot be reset, but it is automatically accumulated once a month.