After saying goodbye to Nicol Lemay, Dracula couldn't wait to return to Hogwarts Castle.

Ever since he had the idea of going back in time and killing himself, the idea of getting a time turner himself and trying to see if he could really succeed has been hovering in Dracula's mind for a long time.

So, he turned his mind to the little wizard with the time turner.

……

Dracula thought for a moment and then decided how to trick ...... No, outsmart the time converter.

He first returned to his office, took out a packet of blood-smelling lollipops from Dumbledore from a drawer, took out one and stuffed it into his mouth, and stood the parchment of the Hogwarts title on his desk, staring at the image displayed on the title deed.

At this time, there are still two figures of Hermione appearing on the picture of the title deed at the same time.

One Hermione was still studying in the library, while the other had quietly come to practice spells on the lawn outside the castle.

"Is this a young wizard who is willing to study seriously? That's a lot of hard work."

Looking at Hermione's hard work on the title deed, Dracula couldn't help but sigh, "It's just that the way of working hard is not too right, and making yourself mentally depressed will have the opposite effect on your learning state."

Dracula first spotted the two Hermiones on the title deed around nine o'clock in the morning, when he had just finished a fight and was about to use the title deed to find the trace of the hooded man, but he discovered the secret of the time turner.

Now that I think about it, the hooded man must have used the time turner to go back to himself.

Thinking of this, Dracula's mind jumped out of the way somewhere else.

"If I keep myself from going back in time and fighting my old self, won't I ever meet the Hooded Man and discover the secrets of the Time Turner?" He thought with interest.

If you do this, isn't it also a kind of alternative change to the past?

Dracula pondered whether or not to go back in time as he stared at the image on the title deed.

In the middle of this, Dumbledore also used the Patronus to send a message inviting him to the Headmaster's Office for discussion, but Dracula decisively refused.

Soon after, Hermione in the title deed screen suddenly had something else.

Hermione, who was studying her homework in the library, looked up at the hanging clock hanging on the wall, was stunned for a moment, then jumped up from her seat, hurriedly packed up the books in her hand, and returned them to Mrs. Pince, the librarian.

Then Hermione hurried out of the library to the entrance courtyard in front of the Great Hall, and found a small nook and cranny near the cliff.

At this moment, there was another Hermione standing in the middle of the middle of the courtyard at the entrance.

Hermione had finished practicing the day's spells on the deserted lawn and had lunch with Harry and Ron in the Great Hall, before heading to the remote corner and pulling a necklace from her bosom.

The former Hermione cautiously hid behind the stone pillars in the entrance courtyard, watching as the latter Hermione flicked her necklace before disappearing into a mottled spot of light.

She breathed a sigh of relief and walked out from behind the stone pillar. ….

"Hermione, you just had a good meal, and what did you suddenly run out of?" A little wizard's voice suddenly rang out from the entrance courtyard, startling Hermione.

Harry and Ron approached from the direction of the auditorium, Ron still holding a chicken leg in his hand, nibbling on a chicken bone as he walked.

Hermione hurriedly stepped out of the corner and looked at her two friends with some unnatural expressions.

"Oh, I'm tired of eating just now, and I want to come out and blow the wind." She said without confidence.

"Blowing?" Harry was stunned for a moment, "Does Blowing Wind need to travel so far to the edge of the cliff?"

"Harry, you don't understand!" After a brief period of sluggishness, Hermione gradually found her state, and immediately retorted, "The cliff wall here at Hogwarts is close to the Black Lake, and the wind on the lake will blow against the cliff wall, which will be cooler than the wind in other places."

"Is that so?" Harry nodded in understanding.

"Now that we're here, we can just go down from here, and we should be able to find a lawn by the Black Lake where there aren't many people." Ron finally finished his chicken legs, rubbed his grease hands on his clothes, and prepared to lead Harry and Hermione up the next steps.

This staircase is the first way for first-year students to come to Hogwarts Castle, connecting the houseboat on the shores of the Black Lagoon to the oak gate of the entrance courtyard.

Every year, Hagrid would take the new students up the stairs and hand them over to Professor McGonagall.

"Wait, Ron, what are we doing with the lawn?" Hermione asked as she watched Ron's movements, a little confused.

"Huh?" Ron stopped, turning his head to look at Hermione suspiciously, "Didn't you bring it up just now?" You said five minutes ago that after dinner, you should take the two of us to an open lawn to practice spells."

"Yes...... Really?" Hermione smiled awkwardly and immediately changed her words, "Oh yes, there was such an incident, I almost forgot about it......

……

Dracula watched the exchange between the three little wizards, thoughtfully chewed the blood-flavored lollipop in his mouth, and tossed the candy stick aside.

He then apparitioned himself to the stone steps that connected the houseboat to the entrance courtyard, and walked nonchalantly up the steps.

Within a few moments, Dracula and the three little wizards were confronted head-on.

"Ah, what a coincidence, Professor Dracula." Seeing the silver-haired figure strolling down the stone steps, Harry thought of the fear of being dominated by the Dueling Club last semester, and his face turned pale as he hurriedly greeted Dracula.

"It's a coincidence," a meaningful smile appeared on Dracula's face, "I happened to be on a trip to the houseboat."

"Strange why Professor Dracula would go out in this weather." Ron glanced up at the sunny sky and muttered in some confusion.

With Dracula's hearing, it was easy to hear Ron muttering, and his face couldn't help but freeze.

He didn't want to be exposed by Ron before he could achieve his goal......

"Ahem...... Dracula shifted the subject without a trace, "What are you doing away from the castle when you don't rest in the common room at noon on the weekend?" ….

Of course, he knew what the three little wizards were going to do, but in order to pretend to meet by chance, Dracula still asked the question that he already knew the answer.

Hearing Dracula's question, Ron no longer wondered about Professor Dracula's problem of going out in this weather, only to see him proudly raise his head.

"We're going to go to the Black Lake and find a lawn to practice spells." Ron exclaimed.

When he finally got the time to study hard with Hermione, of course, he had to try to show himself in front of the professors and give them the impression that he was a good student.

"You've worked hard." Dracula chuckled and nodded, turning his gaze to Hermione, who was a little tired, "It just so happens that I have something to do with Miss Granger, so I don't need to call someone else to help me convey it."

[In view of the general situation, "Potter and Wes, you two should go and practice spells first."] Miss Granger came to my office." He said.

……

Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor's Office.

Dracula sat behind his desk, staring at Hermione, who was standing in front of her desk in a bit of a panic.

"Miss Granger, there seems to be something wrong with your attendance lately." He gently shook a goblet and said softly, "Distracted in class...... This shouldn't happen to you."

"I'm sorry, Professor Dracula." Hermione tugged at the corner of her clothes guiltily and confessed her mistake to Dracula with an aggrieved expression, "I will never make such a mistake again."

"It's not a mistake you don't want to make." Dracula shook his head and chuckled, "You don't even sleep well, so how can you make sure you don't get sleepy during class?"

Hermione lowered her head and stopped talking.

But Dracula didn't let her go, and pressed unrelentingly.

"I heard, you signed up for all five electives?" He asked, "With the addition of the seven normal required courses, you'll have to complete a total of twelve courses this semester, right?"

Hermione nodded, and said, "Professor, I think I'm capable of completing twelve subjects!"

"Actually, I want to believe that you have this ability." Dracula waved his hand and continued, "But your mental state is clearly not like you can complete all the subjects, and you are putting too much pressure on yourself."

"But I ...... it"

"Don't rush to refute just yet." Dracula interrupted Hermione with a raised hand, then smiled intriguingly and whispered, "The time-turner has exhausted you, Miss Granger."

Hermione's eyes widened suddenly.

"Professor, how do you know I have a time-turner?" She was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Professor McGonagall told me that only she and Headmaster Dumbledore would know about it, and they wouldn't even tell the average professor......

"But I'm not your average professor," Dracula chuckled, "I naturally have my own source of information."

"Of course, the point now is not how I know you have a time turner, but to solve the problem of your mental state!" ….

Dracula's face gradually became serious, and he said to Hermione, "You don't even know how to rest on weekends, and you have to use the time turner to study homework and practice spells at the same time, how can you not have a problem with your spirit under such high pressure?"

"But the more I learned, the more I felt that I was still far behind, and I couldn't spare any other time to do my homework...... "What could I do with the extra hours of time I saved up with the time converter?"

"You've learned well enough, Miss Granger." Dracula comforted, "What you lack now is a complete relaxation and rest, so that you can learn new knowledge better."

"If I don't stop you, are you going to use the time turner this afternoon and tomorrow?"

Hermione pursed her lips and hesitated for a long time, but finally nodded.

"For your mental sake, Miss Granger, you'll have to listen to the professor this time." Dracula said seductively, "In order to prevent you from continuing to use the Time Turner, I have decided to confiscate it."

As he spoke, he held out his hand to Hermione, "Hand it over, Granger, I'll keep it for you for two days. You go back and have a good rest in the past two days, and don't stretch your mind too hard. You should be able to understand the truth that it is too much and too much steel is easy to break, right?"

"But...... Professor McGonagall won't let me give the timer-turner to anyone else." Hermione hesitated.

"What, am I someone else?" Dracula pulled down his face and said with an unkind expression.

"But, but......" Hermione hesitated.

"Don't be, it's all about your mental state." Dracula continued, "Think about it this way, if I didn't keep the time-turner for you, would you be able to control yourself from using it?"

Hermione lowered her head and thought about it for a long time before finally shaking her head.

As a young wizard who loves to learn, she will certainly not be satisfied with the basic content taught by the school, and wants to learn something new whenever she has the opportunity.

However, this semester's twelve classes completely filled all of Hermione's time, and each time she completed twelve assignments, she was able to fill up all of her rare weekend time, and she didn't have the slightest chance to read other books she liked.

Therefore, the time turner was a huge temptation for Hermione, and she couldn't let the treasure go without using it, even if she was sleepy and weak!

"Looks like you know your own self-control, huh?" Dracula smiled, "In that case, hand over the time-turner."

Hermione had a look of struggle and hesitation on her face, and it took a long time before she finally let out a long breath towards Dracula

Nodding.

Then, she untied the rope around her neck and handed the golden necklace to Dracula.

"Professor, you must keep it safe." Hermione bit her lip and said uneasily.

The time turner, which she had been wearing for a long time, suddenly left her side, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, I'll give it back to you before you start class on Monday." Dracula said.

Immediately after, all his attention was focused on the necklace in front of him.

……

After taking Hermione to rest, Dracula began to rummage through the items in his hand.

"Is this a time-turner?"

He looked at the light gold color that looked like a delicate hourglass hanging from a gold necklace, and his expression was delighted.

It was in vain that he painstakingly enlightened Hermione and tricked her into ...... No, it's the time turner in her hand, which does look quite interesting.

A faint glint of light swirled in Dracula's eyes, staring closely at the ancient runi characters and magical powers engraved on the surface of the time turner.

"Rewind time by five hours at most?" He rubbed the intricate diagram on the time-turner and laughed happily.

Five hours ago, it was almost the time to meet the hooded man on the shores of the Black Lagoon early this morning!

In that case, let's go back in time and fight with ourselves again!

The sunrise is too early today, and he is far from having fun!

……

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