Deceiving Hagrid, in fact, this matter is still done by Van Lin with peace of mind.

Otherwise, with Hagrid's emotions, it is really difficult to accept being completely abandoned by his friends......

The class was a bit bleak, most of them didn't choose the Fantastic Beasts Conservation course, and while it was true that you could meet some of the usual guys in Hagrid, more than that, it was kind of torture.

If the four of them went, Van Lin was skeptical that Hagrid would lead Grope out of the Forbidden Forest, or take them in.

There weren't a handful of students anyway, so it was still quite possible for them to teach Glop to tie his shoes, and Hagrid would definitely make shoes the size of Glopp's feet.

With Hagrid dealt with, there was only one problem left for Van Lin.

Where had Dumbledore gone, and what was he doing? Over the next few weeks, Van Lin had only seen the Headmaster twice.

He showed up almost absently at mealtime, and there was a great deal of progress there was Nicolame? but...... Van Lin now feels a little abandoned. Like Harry in the past, he's now placed in Hogwarts, and then smeared?

Harry was visibly even more upset, as Dumbledore had promised Harry some personal counseling, but in fact, it was just a reading of memories.

Mid-October was the first weekend in Hogsmeade for the semester.

This made Harry wonder why they were allowed to go to Hogsmeade now, which undoubtedly made the security around the school tighter, but he was glad to go, after all, it was a pleasure to get out of the castle for a few hours.

Harry woke up early on the day he went to Hogsmeade, and it was stormy outside, so Harry had to watch Advanced Potions Preparation to pass the time before breakfast. He didn't usually lie in bed and read, and that kind of behavior was considered normal by Ron if it only happened to Hermione or Van Lin, because the two of them were so weird in the first place.

But then again, Harry didn't think the Half-Blood Prince's Advanced Potions Preparation was a good textbook either. The more Harry delved into the book, the more he discovered that there were so many things hidden inside, not only the potion-making tips and handy shortcuts that had earned him a reputation at Slahhorn, but also the many small inventions that had been scribbled in the margins of the book, which Harry was sure had been invented by the prince himself, as there were many deletions on it.

In fact, Harry had already experimented with spells invented by several princes. There's a spell that makes toenails grow surprisingly fast (he's already tried it on Kra and it's been a lot of fun), there's a spell that sticks to the roof of the mouth (he's used it twice on the unsuspecting Filch to everyone's applause), and there's perhaps the most useful spell - Whispering, which fills the ears of anyone nearby with an unrecognizable buzz so that they can chat for long periods of time in class without being heard.

The only one who wasn't interested was Hermione, who kept her expression of resolute disapproval throughout, and refused to talk to Harry if he used the Whispering Charm on the people around her.

Van Lin was very interested in these spells, in fact, Harry was surprised to find that Van Lin knew most of the spells on them, which greatly facilitated Harry's experiments with spells, and in Van Lin's explanation, this was probably the effect of the touch bypass.

Harry sat on the bed and turned the book around in order to take a closer look at the book's scribbled spell description, which seemed to be bothering the prince. It was deleted and changed many times, but eventually, a few scribbled words were barely cram into the corner of the page: the wind and rain outside the upside-down Admiralty (silent) were beating relentlessly on the window, Neville was snoring loudly, and Harry was staring at the words in parentheses.

Voiceless...... That must have meant a silent spell. Harry was skeptical that he would be able to master the spell, he was currently having some difficulty with silent spells, and Snape was speaking too quickly in every Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson. On the other hand, as things stand, the prince has proven himself to be a better teacher than Snape. He flicked his wand aimlessly upwards and said in his head, 'Hang the bell upside down!'.

"Ah——!h Harry panicked and put aside Advanced Potions Preparation, and Ron was wobbly upside down, as if an invisible hook had hooked his ankle.

"I'm sorry!" Harry exclaimed, Dean and Seamus laughing maniacally, and Neville had just fallen off the floor from his bed and was now back on his feet.

"I'll ...... you after hanging for a while"

"Stop......," Van Lin pointed with his wand, another flash of light, and Ron fell back to the bed.

"I'm sorry," Harry repeated quietly, while Dean and Seamus were still laughing maniacally.

"Oh, that's a good way to get up, but my head is a little congested......" Ron collapsed on the bed in a daze.

"You're experimenting with your spell again, Harry......" Van Lin said with some reluctance before trying to get out of his bed, but it was obviously not an easy task.

Thunderstorms are really just for sleeping.

"Oh, I'm just some...... Some small experiments. Harry said embarrassedly, but experimenting with Ron, although it was an unintentional move, it also made Harry feel guilty.

Maybe next time with Van Lin?

"Oh, well...... Van Lin stretched, "but I think we should go to Hogsmeade, it's already clear outside." ”

......

“...... Then there was another flash of light, and I was back in bed!" Ron grinned and gave himself a few more sausages, Ron found Harry's new spell very interesting and useful, didn't it......

Hermione hadn't smiled, her expression was cold, and she looked at Harry disapplauded.

"This spell happens to be in your potions book again?" she asked.

Harry frowned at her. "You're always going to come to the worst, don't you?"

"Is it really?"

"Hmm...... That's right, yes, so what?"

"So you want to put this unknown handwritten spell to the test and see what happens?"

"What if it's handwritten?" Harry was reluctant to answer the rest of the questions.

Because it most likely didn't have the approval of the Ministry of Magic, Hermione said. "And," she added.

"Oh yes, it's illegal, but the spell is safe, and in fact, nothing can happen to it. Van Lin said

"You know again?" Hermione squinted at Van Lin.

"It's a joke!" Harry hurriedly took it, "Just a joke, Hermione, that's all!"

"Lifting someone's ankle makes people hang upside down?" Hermione said. "Who would bother to invent a spell like that?"

"Fred and George," Ron shrugged, "that's the kind of stuff they do." And, uh-"

"My dad," Harry said. He just remembered.

"What?" asked Van Lin.

"My dad used this spell," Harry said. "I- Lupin told me. ”

The last one was a lie, in fact, Harry had seen his father use the spell on Snape, but he had never told anyone else about his experience in the meditation basin. And now he thought of a wonderful possibility. Could this half-blood prince be ——?

"Maybe your dad did, Harry," Hermione said, "but he's not the only one. We've seen a group of people use this spell, if you haven't forgotten it. Hang people upside down in the air. Let them float helplessly while they are still asleep. ”

Harry stared at her. He remembered what the Death Eaters had done at the Quidditch World Cup.

"That's different," Ron said rudely. "They're messing around. Harry and his dad were just joking. You don't like that prince, Hermione," he continued, pointing harshly at Hermione with a sausage, "just because he learned Potions better than you—"

"It's okay with that!" Hermione blushed. "I just think it's irresponsible for you to cast spells when you don't know what they do, and don't keep 'prince' 'prince' like he's a prince, I bet it's just a stupid name, and I don't think he's a good guy at all!"

"I don't know how you think that," Harry said angrily, "if he was a Death Eater seedling, he would boast of his 'pureblood', wouldn't he?"

As he was saying this, it occurred to Harry that his father was a pureblood, but he had put that idea out of the blue, and he didn't have time to think about it now......

But Van Lin looked at Harry in amazement, and it was clear that Harry had misunderstood something.

But in fact, Harry's words were infinitely closer to the truth.

Snape was a Death Eater, something Snape had never denied, if not for Lily......

"Death Eaters can't all be pure-bloods, and there aren't many pure-blood wizards left right now," Hermione said stubbornly. "I think most of them are half-blooded, just pretending to be pure-bloods. They only hate Muggle-born people, and if you and Ron join, they're welcome. ”

"There's no way they're going to make me a Death Eater!" Ron said angrily, as a small piece of sausage flew off the fork Ron was waving, hitting Ernie McMillan in the head. "Our whole family is a traitor of blood, and to Death Eaters this is just as hateful to Muggle-borns. ”

"They were more than willing to ask for me," Harry said sarcastically. "We'll be best of friends if they don't keep thinking about killing me. ”

"If it weren't, I think Tom's face would be ugly. "Anyway, Hermione and I don't need it. ”

"Oh, that's a lucky thing. Hermione concluded, "After all, no one wants to be crazy. ”

Then, before Hermione could pick up the book again, Ginny's arrival completely disrupted the rhythm of Ginny's criticism.

"Hey, Harry, I'm here to give this to you. It was a roll of parchment with Harry's name written on it in a familiar slender and slanted font.

"Thanks, Ginny...... It's Dumbledore's next lesson!" Harry said, unfolding the parchment and quickly scanning the contents. "Monday night!"

He suddenly felt a burst of relief and happiness. "Want to come with us to Hogsmeade, Ginny?"

"I'm going with Dean—maybe I'll meet you there," she replied, waving at them as she left.

"Wait, there's no you up there. Hermione frowned, "Dumbledore only let Harry go by himself. ”

"Really?" Harry glanced at Dumbledore's note again, and sure enough, Vanlin's name didn't appear on it.

"Maybe Dumbledore has something else to do. Van Lin thought for a moment, "Maybe I'll be out of Hogwarts for a while." ”

"Where are you going?"

"I don't know, maybe it's Nicola May. Van Lin thought about it, Dumbledore didn't let him continue to go to his office with Harry, obviously, Nicolame had made a lot of progress, maybe he would be able to get to Nicolamay soon?

"Still, I think we can go to Hogsmeade for a while now, Hermione......"

Filch stood at the oak gate as usual, checking the list of people allowed to go to Hogsmeade. The process was longer than before, as Filch had to search everyone three times with a sniffer.

"What does it matter if we take the dark magic stuff out?" Ron asked, staring worriedly at the slender crypto.

"You should definitely check what we're bringing in. ”

Ron had been stabbed in the face a few more times by the probe for the words, and he still looked a little cowering as they set out to walk into the raging storm.

It's a terrible thing indeed, and within half a minute of walking out of the door, it started to rain again, and the setting looks like a joke, maybe a thunderstorm......

Well......

The journey to Hogsmeade was not pleasant.

Hermione covered the bottom half of her face with a scarf, and the exposed part was immediately numb.

This was a terrible thing to do, and for this, Van Lin had to help Hermione maintain her body temperature all the time, however, it turned out that the effect of the warming spell was really limited in the cold environment.

Van Lin had to use his body to block Hermione, as for Harry and Ron......

The road to the village was full of students who had almost folded their bodies in half to escape the biting cold wind.

This reminded Harry more than once of the warmth of the common room, especially after seeing Van Lin abandon them completely, and the thought grew wildly in Harry's mind.

"Why don't we use Yeqi's carriage?" Harry opened his mouth, and then a cold wind poured in.

"If only there were now. Van Lin said helplessly, "It doesn't seem like a good decision to come out today." ”

When they finally arrived at Hogsmeade Village, they found that Jokowi's joke shop had been sealed with wooden sticks, which was a bolt from the blue for everyone.

There was only a few places Hogsmeade could go, and thankfully, not all of them were closed.

Van Lin pointed at Duke Honey (still mercifully open) with thick gloves, and several men hobbled after Van Lin into the crowded shop.