"Sorry, it looks like we didn't end it at the right time?"

Luna glanced at Hermione, who was holding Elena under her, and raised her eyebrows and whispered.

Noticing that the wall of light next to her was cracking, Hermione's original courage quickly receded like a tide, and the girl let go of the hands that held Elena down, sat up from the white-haired ball in a panic, and began to grope for the unfinished books beside the bed.

However, before Hermione could pick up the Book of Potions again, Elena's voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"No, you're done at the right time—"

Elena shook her head, frowning at them, her tone sinking slightly.

"Perhaps, we need to talk about it, eh? Why is this happening, I mean, using the magic of binary rewinding to create a separate space in the room...... Three areas in one room, is this necessary, Hannah?"

Her gaze crossed over to Luna Lovegood to the ironclad who was packing up the chessboard.

Compared to the other three witches who only have the potential to lie, Hannah Abbott is obviously more suitable as a breakthrough.

"I-mm-hmm, well, I don't think that's right, but ......"

Hannah said in a panic, glancing at Hermione, who was sitting next to Elena, "Hmm-Granger said, since we don't want to listen to her advice, and we make a lot of noise from time to time, why don't we think of a way where everyone can be quiet." Anyway, that's all. ”

"Well, that's exactly what I said, because you're completely fooling around-"

Hermione said calmly, and without waiting for Elena to turn around, she continued with Hannah's words.

"Obviously, wizard chess is actually a moving chess, but if you read a few related chess books, you will also understand that your game is not even a beginner - woo - it hurts -"

"Okay, I see, let's say a few words!"

Elena withdrew, expressionlessly, withdrew the death knife that had slashed at Hermione's head, and glanced at Luna, who was silent.

"So...... Luna, you're going to do what these two fools want, cast illusion magic, and create a quiet little space around the three of you to play chess, so that Hermione can read a book alone in bed out of sight and out of mind?"

"That's pretty much it," Luna said, pouting at Elena's gloomy face, "at least that way, we won't quarrel." Besides, Elena, don't you sometimes do the same, like when you were doing your homework—"

"So, you're still on a consensus? Uh-huh, how many of you-"

Elena's gaze slowly swept across the room, narrowing her eyes and sneering and humming.

If you think about it carefully, in addition to Hannah Abbott, Hermione Granger and Luna Lovegood already have some autistic children's personalities, if it weren't for the "sympathetic" Danilova, maybe there would have been more cubicles just now.

As for Xiao Key, who was born in a scientific family, it is impossible to expect her to have any outgoing and lively personality.

Elena resisted the urge to suppress it directly, hugged her arms, and said softly.

"This logic is fantastic! Of course, one person won't quarrel! It's wonderful!"

"Actually, I know Hermione has a point, after all, she keeps winning...... But we just want to play casually, just know a little bit about the rules and start two or three steps, if we have to memorize too many things, it's like we are in class. ”

Hannah looked nervous and anxious, knowing full well that a certain volcano seemed to be about to erupt.

"And besides playing chess, we have other things to talk about, like Quidditch – you know, tomorrow is all Quidditch. Whether it's Danilova, Luna's freshman team, or our Hufflepuff House team. But she is not interested in these topics, she is not good at flying...... Not...... That's why I decided to ...... it."

Hannah Tiehanham Abbott glanced at Hermione apologetically, and explained in a flustered voice.

"Who says you can't participate in Quidditch if you can't fly?

Elena raised an eyebrow, stood up and walked over to the trunk and rummaged through it.

"Hey, what nonsense are you talking about, I'm not- Elena, what is this?"

Hermione looked at the stack of magazines that Elena handed her in a little bewilderment, both moving and immoving, judging from the title and cover, it was clear that it was not only a wizarding magazine, but also a mix of non-magical magazines.

"If you don't think chess is challenging for a while, do you want to consider Quidditch—"

Elena pointed to the stack of sports magazines in the wizarding and non-magical worlds and smiled slightly.

"As a full-fledged sport, don't you notice that the teams at Hogwarts are a little bit off? In any team competition, in addition to the hard work of the players on the field, the head coach and tactical coach are very important pieces of the puzzle. ”

"But I don't know, and Wood won't listen to me no matter what I think, will he?"

Hermione hesitated, she understood what Elena meant almost immediately.

However, she didn't have much confidence in the feasibility of this event, and the actual results, as Quidditch was unlike any other non-magical sport, and there was almost no description of a tactical coach in the books she had read.

"No, of course it won't be the Gryffindor House team!"

Elena said without thinking, snorting at Luna and Danilova.

"Since I promised Professor McGonagall to join the Gryffindor House team, I would like to ask Hermione for you to succeed me as the coach of the team tomorrow for the new Hogwarts Freshman Team, and to develop the relevant tactics and training plans. ”

"Wait, Lu- I mean, Hermione is going to be the head coach of the freshmen?!"

Hannah's eyes widened in surprise as she looked at the white-haired ballooth sitting on the bed, her eyes full of confusion.

Except for Danilova, who had just taken a flying lesson and didn't know much about Quidditch, Luna Lovegood, who was standing next to Hannah, and even Hermione Granger, had the same look of surprise on her face at this time.

"That's right. Elena said lightly.

"Why me?"

Hermione Granger frowned, looked at the stack of magazines and books in her hand, and did not refuse at the first time.

Obviously, judging from the information carefully gathered, Elena's proposal was by no means improvised, and naturally it would not be a response to tonight's situation...... At least, that won't be the whole reason.

"It's like playing chess – there's no one better than you. ”

Elena earnestly explained that this was not really the reason.

She didn't want a rift in Hermione's relationship with the other girls, which Elena had prepared for her future teaching, but she found that there was more to it than to help Gryffindor win.

"Well, I think you should—"

Hannah was interrupted by Luna, who had been watching them thoughtfully until she had come back from sleepwalking, and suddenly spoke softly as if she had come back from sleepwalking.

"If the coach was Hermione, I don't think there's too much to question it, she would have wanted to win more than any of us. I don't know how much of a manager he plays in other teams, but in a team of freshmen, it's important. ”

There is nothing wrong with those information, those statements...... It sounds like the kind of thoughtful plan that Elena would do.

The only problem is ......

Miss Lovegood's silver-grey eyes swept across Elena's face, and although there was no evidence, she knew in her heart that some fairy queen had lied in a small place—that it wasn't for Hermione.

"Friend......" Luna's eyes flickered, and she whispered in her heart.

"Okay, that's it, anyway!"

Elena clapped her hands happily and got up from the bed.

"I'll be going to the Quidditch pitch tomorrow to watch, in addition to the Gryffindor team assessment, as the sponsor and founder of the new team, I also reserve a veto on the selection of personnel, tonight we will rehearse first, and then-"

"Hey, white-haired dumplings!"

At this moment, Hannah suddenly frowned and looked at the roommate standing on the bed.

"You're just putting on your dirty socks and stepping on the bed again, and you're still standing on the side where I slept! I'm not going to let you get fooled this time, you sloppy guy get me down!"

"Uh...... Me, it's not a special case, and it doesn't stink. ”

Elena blinked, and quickly jumped off the bed, taking off her socks and throwing them aside.

"Why don't we go take a shower first?" and talk while washing, and then go to bed early today to prepare for tomorrow......"

She rubbed her hands together with interest and looked at the little witches in the room.

"Granger, come, help me pick up these little girls who won't play with you before-"

"Elena, don't mess around, ......"

"Hermione, come over and help, this white-haired ball has too much strength-"

Hermione was stunned for a few seconds, then pursed her lips and quickly stepped forward to join the battle.

"Whoa, hey, hey, Hermione, you actually sneaked up, how could you do this!"

"Who makes you so fond of making your own decisions, huh-"

With the sound of the girls fighting, the discordant atmosphere that had previously haunted the bedroom quickly dissipated.

......

The next morning, Hermione was the first to wake up in the dorm.

She lay on the bed for a moment, watching the magical fireflies on the ceiling dance in the sunlight that filtered through the cracks in the four-poster bed's curtains, and then remembered that it was Sunday, the day of the Quidditch teams.

The first week of the new semester is too long, and it seems like there will never be an end.

There was a sleeping silence all around, and the rays of sunlight seemed to have just been created, and it seemed that it was just dawning.

Elena hugged Hannah like a koala, and the girl's long silver hair was buried in Tie Hanhan's chest, and she was sleeping soundly at this time—since she came out of the bathroom last night, the two witches with strange powers had been fighting, and they were obviously very tired.

On the other side, Luna and Danilova slept on the edge of the bed leaning against each other, almost falling off.

Hermione pulled back the curtains around the bed and began to get up and get dressed.

Everyone in the bedroom seemed to be sleeping deeply, and apart from a few unexplained dreams from Hannah, the only sound was the slow, even breathing of the four sleeping little witches, who would have been waiting for a while to wake up.

She cautiously opened her bag and pulled out the stack of magazines Elena had given her.

On the other side of the room, there were fluffy armchairs beside the long-extinguished fire, and next to them were two standing desks side by side, with a soft magic lamp on the side of the desk, just enough to see clearly without being too bright.

It's really an enviable room, I don't know if the professors' bedrooms are so comfortable, and it seems that the books never mentioned it.

Hermione thought as she opened the biannual edition of World Football at the top, and read it carefully in the soft light, then her gaze rested on the messy annotations on the blank space of the title page.

"English Premier League, Lancaster Gate, Profit, Sports ......"

The small, animal-like handwriting was all too familiar to her, one of Elena's hallmarks.

Judging from the footers of some of the curls on the edge of the magazine, it is clear that the book has been turned several times before, and a few pages back can be seen with similar annotations, some of which are strange words that cannot be understood, and some of which are sentences commenting on certain tactics.

Crucially, there are Quidditch words such as Seeker and Chaser.

Even if Hermione doesn't know much about Quidditch and English football, she can see the pertinence of those comments.

Hermione only now understood what Elena said before going to bed last night, as long as she studied this stack of materials carefully, she would definitely be able to be the head coach of the freshman team easily-that white-haired ball directly copied the "homework" written for her! If she guessed correctly, these should have been Elena's own tactical experience notes, right?

She sat motionless for a moment, staring intently at the annotations on the margins of the pages.

In the margins at the end of the book's pages, there is a detailed analysis of the Quidditch teams from the four Hogwarts houses, including even speculation about the best positions for last year's freshman team.

“...... Harry will most likely become a Seeker, while Ron will be a goalkeeper substitute and chaser. If you play against the Gryffindor team in the new season, the two-man target Harry can make the Gryffindor house system lose most of its combat effectiveness. ”

“...... Goyle and Crabbe are not in a period of rapid development for the time being, and stamina and stamina will be the breakthrough points, but be careful that Draco, as a Slytherin Seeker, is very suitable for finding opportunities......"

“...... Hannah is unsteady with the ball and is easily distracted during the accumulation phase......"

“...... The overall mentality of Ravenclaw College is fragile, and off-court pressure can directly defeat ......"

With the exception of Luna Lovegood, who has never played, Elena in this booklet predicts in advance the possible lineups of each academy this year, as well as the tactical flaws and the tactical core of the likely victory.

Although she had no talent for flying, Hermione had read a lot of books about Quidditch.

Glancing at the tactics briefly, she quickly assembled in her mind what the Quidditch pitch of Hogwarts looked like, and the broomstick men who looked like chess pieces—if it were to be dealt with in a targeted manner, even the freshman team of the new people did not seem to be completely out of the box when it came to the various houses.

"Do you use the sky as a chessboard and every player as a pawn...... It seems to be fun......"

Hermione nodded thoughtfully, gently closing the copy of "World Football - Bi-Annual" in her hand, which she had quickly skimmed, and there was a faint sound of turning over from the bed behind her, if nothing else, the girls who had played crazy last night were about to wake up.

Just now, she suddenly figured out something else.

The words "Investment", "Alliance", and "Sponsorship" written at the forefront, and in some margins, may represent another ongoing chess game, a huge project run by the Gringotts Elven Empress herself.

Perhaps, when she finishes this game of chess in school, she will be qualified to stand next to Elena and see the bigger world, right?

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