Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 29 Troll

In the girls' bathroom, Hermione was immersed in her sadness when she heard two light knocks on the cubicle door.

"Hermione, is that you?"

"Who are you?" Hermione choked. "Are you here to laugh at me too?"

"I'm Padma Patil." Padma said gently, "Halloween dinner should have started, Hermione. Wade and Michael are waiting for you outside - they are very worried about you."

"You, you guys go to the dinner and don't worry about me! Let me be alone for a while." Hermione said stubbornly, wiping away her increasing tears.

She had been crying for so long that her tears had long since run out, and she was hiding here only because she was sad and didn't want to go out and face other people's eyes. But when she heard her friend's concern and was comforted by someone's gentle words, her tears suddenly welled up again.

Padma put her hand on the door of the compartment and said softly, "Hermione, I know what nonsense Weasley said. But I don't understand why you are sad because of the unfair evaluation of a stupid boy and ignore your friends who really care about you? Everyone says that you are the smartest witch in the whole grade. Can't you tell what is really important?"

Hermione stopped sobbing and didn't speak for a long time.

"Let me tell you a secret - those who slander you behind your back are often doing so because of inferiority and jealousy. You are smarter, better, and better than others, so they will want to hurt you by saying bad things about you. If you are really heartbroken and push all your friends away, then the bad guys will succeed." Padma said, "The best way is to ignore those who slander you, shine your light, and don't pay attention to the shadows in the corners - if you don't feel happy enough, just punch them in the face! After all, you are a Gryffindor lion, right?"

"squeak--"

After a moment, the door of the compartment was pushed open.

Hermione came out with red eyes, her voice still crying: "I'm not the smartest witch - Padma, you are the smart one."

Padma smiled and gave her a hug.

……

Wade and Michael had been waiting in the corridor for a long time, and finally saw the two girls coming out of the bathroom. In fact, they also heard what Padma said to Hermione, but no one mentioned it.

Michael opened his arms, grinned and joked, "Would you like me to give you a big hug, Hermione?"

The brown-haired girl wiped her eyes, hugged Michael with a force that seemed to break his ribs, let go when he was stunned, turned around and hugged Wade again.

"Thanks - sorry," Hermione whispered.

Wade rubbed her head and said nothing.

"No need to apologize, but I can't wait to enjoy my Halloween dinner. I hope they haven't finished their dessert yet!" Michael said, rubbing his belly, "otherwise we'll have to steal some food from the kitchen."

Padma asked curiously, "Where is the kitchen at Hogwarts? Why have I never seen it?"

Michael suddenly became alert: "The kitchen is very hidden. If it weren't for Theo and the others——"

Wade paused, stretched out his hand to block the others, and quickly pulled out his wand with his other hand.

"——What's wrong?" Michael paused and asked in a low voice.

Vader asked, "Didn't you hear the sound?"

Michael didn't answer because they all saw it - a huge, gray-green hand grabbed the wall at the corner, and a wheezing sound came from somewhere invisible.

Everyone's faces turned pale instantly, and Padma groaned, "Merlin - what a monster -"

A huge monster came out from the corner. It was twelve feet tall, with its head almost touching the ceiling. It looked to weigh at least two tons, and its skin was as disgusting as a toad. It had a huge body, a fat belly, and a bald head on its short neck, with very few hairs. The guy also exuded a disgusting stench. His long arms almost reached his knees, and he held a stick that looked like a tree trunk in his hands.

"Impossible, there's a troll in the castle - in the castle?" Padma's face was pale and her legs were weak. She relied entirely on Hermione to support her body.

The troll lowered its head and saw the people. Cruel excitement flashed in its small eyes. It raised its heavy legs and strode towards them, raising the wooden stick in its hand.

Hermione's hands were shaking as she pointed her wand at the troll, but she didn't know what spell to use.

Michael fired spells one after another: "Petrification! Petrification!"

He had not yet mastered this spell, and the spell fell on the troll like a rhino being hit by raindrops, with no effect. Wade raised his wand, and all the spells he knew flashed through his mind.

He knew a lot of spells, but the troll had a very high "magic resistance" and a strong body, so even the spells of an adult wizard would hardly work on it - this was a creature that, even though it had no brains and no magic power, was still at level XXXX in danger, the same level as the Thunderbird and the Sphinx.

Although Wade felt that there was definitely something wrong with this classification when he first watched "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", but now facing this monster that is taller than a house, he still feels suffocated.

"boom!"

A bucket suddenly hit the troll on the head, and Harry appeared from nowhere and yelled at them, "What are you standing there for? Run!"

Michael woke up as if from a dream, turned around and ran with the two girls. But Wade stepped forward and pointed his wand: "Flocks of birds!"

A large group of chirping birds flew out from the tip of the wand and fluttered into the troll's face. The simple-minded troll was immediately attracted by the attention. He purred in his throat and clumsily drove the birds away with his palms as big as a palm fan.

Seeing that it worked, Michael and the others also shouted, "Flocks of birds!"

But their spells had no effect; only a spark flew from the tip of the wand, briefly attracting the troll's attention.

The dozen or so birds released by Weed surrounded the giant monster, and the giant roared and uttered terrible roars, smashing the surrounding decorations with a wooden stick, but it had no way to deal with the nimble birds. But as time went on, the number of birds was rapidly decreasing.

Michael shouted, "This spell will only hold him back for ten seconds at most!"

Vader waved his wand vigorously: "Flat slide!"

The floor under the troll's feet suddenly became very slippery, and it fell unexpectedly. Its huge body hit the ground heavily, and the whole floor seemed to shake. The wooden stick in its hand also flew out.

Hermione, who looked like she might faint at any moment, mustered up her courage, stretched out her wand, and shouted, "Wingardium—Leviosa!"

The stick flew up high and then fell down, hitting the troll's forehead with a clang. The troll shook his head, struggling and roaring to get up. Hermione gritted her teeth and manipulated the stick to hit the second, third, and fourth times...

The troll finally fainted from happiness.

Hermione stopped panting and turned to see several people looking at her in shock and awe.

"What's wrong?" The girl blushed slightly. She pretended to be calm and looked at Padma and said, "Well, you are right - it really feels good to punch it."

Padma was stunned and speechless - is this what I taught her?
She was a little afraid to look Wade and Michael in the eye.

"Harry - troll! There's a troll in the castle - get back to the dormitory! Troll -"

Ron rushed over yelling, and then his voice stopped abruptly. He took a breath of cold air at the scene in front of him and asked blankly: "What happened?"

(End of this chapter)