"Bang!"

Snape stepped down from the podium and slapped the desk with a loud bang. Suddenly, the classroom, where no one was talking, immediately became silent.

Luna, who was sitting behind the desk, however, only looked up in a daze, and then squinted at Snape, who was standing beside her, with a puzzled expression.

"Oh, Professor Snape......" she greeted inarticulately, "good morning?" ”

Maybe it was because Luna's performance really hit everyone's laugh, and even though it was still in Snape's class, many people couldn't help but laugh secretly.

"Quiet!"

Snape looked around coldly for a week before lowering his eyes to look at Luna again.

"Miss Lovegood, since you think it's still morning...... After class for a while, you don't go to lunch, stay in the classroom and copy the part of the Imperius Curse in Chapter 9 of "Encounter with the Faceless Monster" three times! ”

"That's not going to work, is it?" Luna pursed her lips and said pitifully, "There's crème brûlée for lunch today!" I saw it all on the bulletin board at the entrance of the auditorium in the morning......"

"Hmph."

Snape ignored Luna and turned to walk towards the podium. Luna looked at his back and winked at the classmate next to her, her eyes showing a little confusion.

"What should I do?"

As soon as she said this, the laughter that Snape had just stopped rang out again, causing Snape to jerk back again.

"I said, quiet!" He snapped, "If anyone wants to stay with Miss Lovegood, raise your hand and tell me, and I'll agree!" ”

Snape, who hadn't slept all night, was clearly much better than Luna—not only was there no change at all on the surface, but even the words of warning to his students were as powerful as usual.

That's right, Luna also spent the night in London last night, and was not sent back by Aberforth until before dawn.

To be honest, she hadn't been able to find Maca's location anytime soon last night. But thanks to Aberforth's help, she avoided the Aurors who were also searching around London several times, which was already a blessing.

Otherwise, if Luna had been wandering around London alone, she would have been discovered by the Aurors long ago. In that case, she would have to be sent back to Hogwarts to Professor McGonagall or directly to the Ministry of Magic.

"Looks ......," Luna muttered at last, "the crème brûlée is leaving me." ”

……

Compared with Luna, who searched all night but found nothing, Hermione, who faced the rune array under the ground of Black's old mansion, finally had certain results.

Well, no! Maybe you can't say that yet.

Right now, while Luna was lamenting the pudding at noon in Snape's Defence Against the Dark Arts class, Hermione was in a rare silence during Slughorn's Potions class.

She's about the same as Luna, and she hasn't attended much of a class today.

Of course, this wasn't to make up for the missing sleep last night—under Lu Ping's care, she still had some time to rest before breakfast when she got back to school.

The reason why Hermione didn't speak as actively as she used to, and even kept her head down, was actually silently looking through one of her own notes.

Based on Maca's rune array, Hermione collected and organized a number of magical symbols that resembled the Phoenician alphabet. After that, she compared the symbols with the ordinary Phoenician alphabet, trying to find a connection between the magic script and the Phoenician alphabet.

And now, she's found three sets of characters that can correspond to each other.

Suddenly, the sound of the class bell suddenly sounded in the corridor outside the classroom, which made Hermione, who was still immersed in the artistic conception of the magic text, suddenly come back to her senses.

"Hermione, class is over!"

"I hear you."

After looking up and nodding at Ron, Hermione and the others gathered up and stood up and left the Potions classroom together.

In the hallway, Harry suddenly turned around and asked softly:

"It's Hogsmeade Day the day after tomorrow, Hermione...... You're going to the old mansion then, right? ”

"Well," Hermione nodded immediately, "I've finally made some progress, I'm definitely going, sorry." ”

"No, no, why are you apologizing?" Harry said, "I just wanted to ask - do you think we should all go to London when you're gone?" ”

Honestly, Hermione could actually understand Harry's feelings. If she hadn't joined the Order of the Phoenix by now, she would have been even more anxious than Harry.

Maybe they will take advantage of the night to sneak out of the secret passage!

But......

"I don't think so," Hermione said, shaking her head, "you should know that - there are quite a few Aurors searching in London right now, and if you go, you won't meet them." What's more, tomorrow is the apparition class, and when the time comes, ......"

As she spoke, Hermione glanced behind her, and she looked at Ron, who was discussing potions with Neville.

“…… I'm worried that Ron will be under a lot of pressure then, after all, he's the only one of the three of us who hasn't learned to apparition in advance. ”

Apparition is a difficult spell, and its characteristics make it difficult for young wizards to practice without the help of an experienced professor.

However, with the support of Maca's potion, the danger of splitting caused by the failure of manifestation is no longer a problem.

However, it is not enough to have the ability to practice but not the place to practice.

Since the entire space of Hogwarts has been firmly fortified, no one can practice the Transfiguration Charm here without the Headmaster temporarily lifting it.

Yes, not to mention Harry, who had learned from Sirius a long time ago, even Hermione and the others had practiced in the last period of the previous Christmas holidays.

There is no doubt that although this spell is difficult, it will naturally add a lot of convenience to everyone's actions when you learn it.

It's a pity that Ron didn't succeed until the beginning of school.

"So, if Ron still can't do it tomorrow, you and Neville will bring potions on Hogsmeade Day and help Ron continue practicing!" Hermione whispered, "This is the ...... I was supposed to go to."

"It's all right," Harry said, "I see. You're right, it's better to let Ron learn to say it again, so that we can later-"

"What are you talking about?"

Coldly, Ron's voice sounded from behind the two, startling them.

"Oh, no...... It's nothing," Harry said with a dry smile, "I'm asking Hermione to lend me the notes from the Potions class just now, you know, how the Elixir works......"

"Huh?" Ron suddenly wondered, "Hasn't Hermione been studying ancient magic texts in Potions class?" And I said, you didn't listen well in class, did you? The Elixir has already finished in the last class! ”

"Oh, yes...... Is it? ”

Harry turned his head awkwardly, trying to ask Hermione to help him pick up Ron's words, but Hermione had already taken the first step and went to the Great Hall.

Seeing this, he had to turn around again and squeeze out a stiff smile at Ron.

"Hmm...... Look, no wonder Hermione is angry again, ha......"

"What are you laughing at, then hurry up and apologize!"

Ron threw Harry on the shoulders and pushed him towards the side door of the Great Hall. It was only when he passed the bulletin board in the foyer that his gaze lingered on a notice for a few seconds before silently looking away.

It was a large notice posted on the bulletin board since the beginning of the semester. The content of the notice was, of course, the twelve-week apparition course, with instructors dispatched by the Ministry of Magic's Phantom Transfiguration Test Center.

In fact, even though he had been talking to Neville just now, he had heard a few words from Harry's conversation with Hermione.

Although he hadn't heard it all, the words "apparition" and "Ron" alone allowed him to guess what the two of them had said.

But even though Ron was frustrated that he hadn't been able to achieve apparition, he wasn't as stressed as Hermione had imagined.

How so? Is it that I'm used to being a beat slower than both of them?

Shaking his head, Ron pushed Harry into the Great Hall and took his seat at the old Gryffindor table.

At this moment, on the faculty chair at the other end of the auditorium, Slughorn was looking with some curiosity at the empty seat on the edge of the long table.

"What about Severus?"

"I don't know," Professor Sprout said, "probably still in the office, right?" ”

Unbeknownst to them, Snape wasn't actually in the office right now, but was still in his Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom.

With Luna.

……

"Miss Lovegood, it's all right, stop writing!"

Luna, who was immersed in copying her textbook, heard Snape's voice in front of her, and suddenly stopped the tip of her pen, and then looked up in confusion.

"What's wrong, Professor Snape?" She looked at the professor who was still standing on the podium, and said in a daze, "I haven't finished copying it for the first time!" ”

"I know," Snape said calmly, "you answer me a question, and if you get it right, you can just copy it once." ”

Luna immediately nodded again and again, as if she saw the crème brûlée that had been gone away reappeared in front of her, and at this moment she was twisting her smooth and sweet body, waving to herself!

"Oh! That's great! She hurriedly said, "What's the problem?" ”

Snape waved his hand and asked succinctly:

"Quite simply, I just want to know - what did you do when you left Hogwarts so late last night?"

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