Every Thursday night, the Eagle Courtyard and the Snake Courtyard have a weekly history of magic.

But Glitter was going to take his first leave at Hogwarts.

Professor Binns never named him, or for Professor Binns, who has become a habit of attending classes, it doesn't make much difference to him whether there are students who come to attend the lecture or not.

Gretel even doubted that Professor Binns would tell the air about his planned lessons, even if the classrooms were empty, as long as there was a schedule.

Gretel's arrival even surprised Professor Binns, after all, even before he became a ghost, he had never seen a young wizard ask him for leave.

Compared to other courses at Hogwarts, the difficulty of the History of Magic is simply too low.

It's so low that even if you never attend classes, you won't be able to get a failing grade as long as you remember to raid overnight before the exam.

So, Professor Binns had long been accustomed to the absence of the little wizards.

Many years ago, the Hogwarts Board of Trustees held a meeting.

The meeting consisted of a full board vote on whether to cancel the Hogwarts History of Wizardry course.

Of course, the meeting was canceled at Dumbledore's insistence.

What Dumbledore was saying was that a course in the history of magic was a must, and although it was long and boring, it was irreplaceable.

The purpose of studying the history of magic is to broaden the horizons of young wizards, so that their thinking will not be narrowed by the limitations of life experience.

If a person does not know how to learn from history, then one day in the future, life will teach him badly.

What's more, Professor Binns is already a ghost and doesn't need Hogwarts to pay the extra salary.

Glitter has reason to suspect that if it weren't for the fact that Professor Binns doesn't need a salary,

Then these school directors who had been hypnotized by the history of magic at Hogwarts would definitely insist on voting and then cancel the history of magic course.

Since the beginning of the school year, Gretel's performance in the history of magic class has already won over Professor Binns, so Gretel's request for leave is naturally not accepted.

He even went so far as to tell Gretel that he could leave the History of Magic course at any time if he needed to.

Terry, who knew about this afterwards, was very angry and complained, the treatment of good students is different, please invite it, what is like him, if you want to go to see a Quidditch, you have to secretly skip class.

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"Mrs. Pince, these are a few books I borrowed from before, and I'm here to return them."

Behind him floated stacks of books that were almost taller than his own, and he lowered his eyebrows to be examined by Mrs. Pince.

Even though the process had gone through dozens of times, Mrs. Pince meticulously checked each book.

After checking it, he smiled and put the book back.

"Mr. Gretel, I remember you had class tonight, and you shouldn't be in the library at this time, should you?"

Mrs. Pince thought that Gretel had skipped class, and asked playfully.

In Mrs. Pince's teasing eyes, Glitter hurriedly explained, "The evening is the history of magic, I didn't skip class, I have already asked Professor Binns for leave." ”

"In that case, then," Hearing Gretel's explanation, Mrs. Pins naturally regained her original coldness.

At Hogwarts, no student who has not skipped the history of magic will not dare to say that their school life is complete after graduation.

She also thought that the studious Gretel had finally learned badly.

"So, Mr. Gretel, how many books are you going to borrow today, and do you need me to help you find them?"

Don't look at Mrs. Pince's kind face now, as if she can say anything.

That's what Glitter paid for a month of hard grinding.

You know, the books in the Hogwarts library are never borrowed, and as long as you don't have a professor's approval, you don't even want to take a piece of paper out of the library.

It was by virtue of her strictness that Mrs. Pince was able to secure her position as librarian.

At the beginning, Gretel was the same, looking at the library, yes, wanted to take it out, no.

At that time, he had just started researching, and he needed a lot of books, and it was unrealistic to go to the professor every day to approve the notes.

So he learned to hide and seek, using Transfiguration to turn himself into a chair, into a table, or even into a book, and then wait for the magic to disappear after the library closed.

During that time, in the dead of night, Glitter was like a thief, silently stealing knowledge from the library.

Until one day, Mrs. Pince had to go to the library to pick up what she had left behind.

I saw the lights in the library, and Gretel, who was sitting in the light and writing a book.

……

Anyway, after the fact, Glitter got Mrs. Pince's permission to make an exception and allow him to take any books out of the library if he needed them.

However, when returning the books, it must be ensured that the books are not soiled, damaged or lost.

In short, what is lent out, what must be returned.

This pact lasts until Gretel graduates, or until he breaks the contract.

No one but the two of them knew how Gretel had been approved by Mrs. Pince.

So whenever someone sees Gretel leaving the library with a thick pile of books behind him, his eyes are always full of envy.

But they had no other way but envy, after all, Mrs. Pince was the only true god of the library.

As long as you don't have a professor's approval, even if you wear out your mouth, don't think about taking a book from here.

"No, I'll just take a look."

Glitter walked briskly into the library and headed straight for the shelves of ancient literature.

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The bookshelf of ancient literature is so large, but I searched it many times from beginning to end, and I didn't see a few books recommended by Voldemort.

As was Mrs. Pince's habit, she also did not mix different types of books together.

“？？？”

Gretel was confused, he felt like he had been hung by Voldemort.

It's like an angler who must first make a nest with nest material before fishing, and then sit back and wait for the fish to take the bait.

It's just that he's like a stupid big carp, and he still eats this set.

Standing in front of the bookshelf, Gretel crossed his arms and pondered the pros and cons of going to Voldemort for advice.

Or were those books put in the restricted area?

Gretel's eyes glanced at the warning spell in the corner.

That's to prevent someone from flipping through restricted books without permission.

For underage wizards, it is both a warning and a protection.

The books in the forbidden area are either too powerful or involve some black magic.

If there is no warning, if the little wizard reads through it, it is estimated that in a few years, Hogwarts will no longer be the safest school of witchcraft and wizardry.

It's not that Glitter doesn't want to apply for the professor's approval, it's that no one wants to give him approval.

No matter how genius he was, in the eyes of the professors, he was only eleven years old, not to mention that under Dumbledore's instructions, everyone was afraid that he would be crooked.

Of course, Glitter believed that if he asked Quirrell for help, Voldemort would not skimp on a slip.

But this is tantamount to sending a sheep into the mouth of a tiger, it's too late to hide, how can he send it to the door.

Besides, at the moment, Voldemort has no reason to harm him, and even if he does, at least he has to wait until he swallows the bait.

The current situation is that the bait for the nest has not been seen, and Voldemort will definitely not do such a stupid thing.

So he was going to ask Mrs. Pince, the only true god of the library, who remembered all the books she had borrowed.

Glitter needs to check if someone took the approval slip and borrowed the books in advance.

If he had already been borrowed, he would have rushed to the history of magic classroom now, and he would still have time to ensure full attendance.