Chapter 620: The long-lost sting
For the vast majority of fifth- and seventh-year students, the entire Easter break this year was like sitting in a Muggle cinema watching an old movie that wasn't well received. While lamenting that it stinks and is long, you have to sit in your seat and read it because you are not willing to waste ticket money.
After all, a holiday is a holiday after all, and it will be a little more relaxed than the usual days of class. Even the likes of Harry and Ron, who were so tormented by Hermione's schedule, at least had plenty of time to get a good night's sleep.
But no matter what, people who have something to do will always feel that time flies. When the Easter holiday came to the last day, everyone suddenly looked back and realized that the whole holiday had come to an end.
"Harry"
The next morning, as everyone was in the auditorium for breakfast, ready to welcome the last part of the school year with a new look, a voice full of joy suddenly came from the side porch doorway.
Harry, who was spreading jam on his bread, heard the familiar voice and immediately looked back.
"Oh, Ginny?" He put down his knife and beckoned to the shadow who was running towards him, "Good morning, I'm so happy early in the morning, what good things happened?" β
"Harry, I have good news," I don't know where her ladylike gestures have gone, and she said excitedly as she ran, "Great news! β
"Good news?" Harry wondered, "I think I should have congratulated you first...... But what exactly is the good news? β
Ginny sat down beside him, first to the right and left, and then cautiously approached him. The cautious look on her face made Harry even more curious.
ββ¦β¦ Harry, Angelina said that I will make my debut in the upcoming finals! After she said this, she smiled happily again, "This is amazing! I think I'll keep it in my heart for the rest of my life! β
"Oh! Is this true? It's just so cool! Even though Harry clapped his hands, he put on a look of surprise, but in the blink of an eye, he said in confusion, "So, who did you replace?" Why haven't I heard Angelina mention it? β
"She said it was to be kept secret," Ginny whispered, "no wonder that in addition to your official player training, the training for several of our substitutes has not been interrupted, it turns out that Angelina has been preparing to adjust the team. As she said just now, I'm the secret weapon I picked out of the three substitutes! β
"So?" Harry nodded.
"It's Andrew, and Angelina thinks he's probably not going to be able to handle the final, because he's always worried about whether he'll lose the Quidditch Cup because of his mistake." Ginny quietly explained, "But no one would have thought that I would be the player who replaced Andrew!" β
Harry shook his head in surprise when he heard this.
"Yes! Who would have guessed? He looked at Ginny in amazement, then lowered his voice and said, "You're going to be the goalkeeper of the Gryffindor team?" Even I was taken aback! β
"What were you taken aback by?" Ron, who was munching on the grilled sausage opposite, asked vaguely, "What are you talking about?" β
When Ginny saw that it was Ron who spoke, the smile on her face immediately disappeared. She glanced at Ron, then quickly turned her head away and put on a look of unobsession.
As for the farce that Lavender and Neville tossed up that day, Ginny always felt that it was Ron's problem. Although she didn't like Ron and Lavender together, when Ron asked Neville to cheat on Lavender once, she went back and blamed Ron.
This girl's mind is always difficult to guess, and if it is her own sister, it is even easier for people to understand.
Across the table, Ron looked at Ginny in confusion before swallowing the food in his mouth and glancing at Harry in confusion.
"Lavender."
Harry lip-sucked Ron a few times before shrugging helplessly. After Ron understood, he first blinked, then raised his hand and scratched his scalp, but finally picked up the fork again and forked the last piece of roast sausage on the plate, and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Well, I have to admit, that does...... Not...... It's my fault. Again, he mumbled, "But even if I were to apologize, it would be Neville, not Lavender......"
While Ron and Ginny were once again at odds with each other, Hermione was still flipping through her new issue of the Daily Prophet. Whoever Ron would apologize to was not her concern, but what she cared about most at the moment was an inconspicuous article in the newspaper.
Yes, Maca's name is in the newspapers again.
Since Voldemort was defeated again, as time went on, there was no more fuss about the Makadon newspaper.
Even at the height of the pandemic, every day when you opened the newspaper, you could see at least two large stories about maca. From business to gossip, everything is all-encompassing, and the real and the fake are mixed together, so that these friends who know Maca want to laugh and tear up the newspaper in their hands while reading it.
Until recently, even if the fire has finally receded a little, Maca's name is still very common in the newspapers.
However, the little text that Hermione was reading at this time was very different in nature from the blind reports that were extremely exaggerated. If I had to pick one of the biggest points of difference, it would be a small article based on letters from readers of the Daily Prophet.
In that passage, a question that has been overlooked by many people is very keenly pointed out: after Maca's transfer period is over, will he end his exchange teaching mission and return to Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
This can be said to be a very real problem.
Traditionally, professors from other schools usually return to their schools after the assignment expires, because they are already affiliated with the sending party. It was only Maca, a special case, that would be transferred directly to Hogwarts when he was just named in Durmstrang.
At the end of that little article, the reader who wrote the letter added that he was actually a student of Durmstrang and that he was looking forward to Maka coming back to teach them.
The information contained in this short text is undoubtedly quite eye-catching, and it is a rare topic. But the Daily Prophet is a newspaper in the British wizarding world after all, and although the editor-in-chief of the newspaper is extremely reluctant to write such an attractive article, he still has to put it in an inconspicuous position.
Anyway, Hogwarts is also the pride of the British wizarding world, and Marka, the hero who destroyed the Dark Lord, had better stay in the UK, right?
After reading the little text a few times, Hermione folded the newspaper and tossed it aside, taking a long sip of milk.
Although she was sure that Maca would not leave Hogwarts, this matter was related to the decision of the International Confederation of Wizards and Wizards' Education Department, and theoretically speaking, it was not something that Maca could do as she wanted.
"Hermione? What happened to you? β
Probably noticing her thoughtful look, Ginny suddenly asked.
"Huh?" Hermione was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "No, it's nothing...... I'm just thinking about a question I might get on an exam. β
She dealt with it casually, and secretly shook her head in her heart Yes, it must be no problem, since Maca can find a way to get herself to Hogwarts to be a professor, will she not be able to let herself stay?
But although she comforted herself so much in her heart, her eyes involuntarily glanced at the newspaper again.
"Was that letter from a reader really just one of Durmstrang's students?"
There is no evidence to answer this question of hers.
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There were less than two months left before the exam, and with Hermione's habitual pre-exam anxiety, no matter how good her grades were, she couldn't get rid of it. Now this inexplicable worry was interspersed with constant revisions, which made her feel like she was out of shape all day.
So, it was Ron and Harry who were unlucky.
Next Saturday is the Hufflepuff vs. Slytherin Quidditch match, the final second match of the tournament. If Slytherin loses to Hufflepuff, Gryffindor will have a much better chance of winning, and there will be less pressure on Ginny.
Unfortunately, Harry didn't have time to cheer for Ginny, because Hermione's urging had left him exhausted, and all his spare time was wasted in the pile of textbooks. And when he thought that he had to play in the final, he couldn't help but feel that his pressure might be greater than that of Ginny who made her debut!
In the past few days, he has had several nightmares about exams and Quidditch in a row. You know, since he practiced Occlumency, he hardly dreams at night!
Seriously, he's really grateful to Maca for that. Because after that, no matter how busy the day was, he was able to recover his spirits with a good dreamless sleep.
Lately, however, the sheer amount of exhaustion seems to have made it difficult for him to maintain Occlumency in his sleep.
In the early hours of one morning, Harry in bed suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, and in a cold sweat, he touched his forehead with a confused expression. There, a lightning-shaped scar throbbed with a pain for the first time in a long time, silently irritating his nerves.
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