Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 13 Goodbye Hermione Granger

After Sherlock finished his deduction process in one breath, Harry and Ron were stunned.

After a moment, Harry, who had already seen Sherlock's abilities, reacted first:
"Bravo!
Sherlock, you are really amazing!

It's so obvious now that you put it that way."

"See, I knew you would say that, Harry dear."

Sherlock shrugged, then turned to Ron and gave serious advice:
"If you have the conditions, you should change it. It doesn't matter if you use old books and robes, but you still have to choose a wand that suits you, otherwise it will affect your learning and casting of spells."

Ron's face flushed. "It's okay. Although it's a little old, my brother's wand works pretty well."

Sherlock understood.

No money.

Out of admiration for Sherlock's skills, Harry and Ron changed the subject and began to ask him questions seriously.

The two then realized that Sherlock called this method of reasoning "deduction."

This is an approach based on observation, analysis and logical reasoning.

It keenly captures various details, and then uses knowledge and logical rules to make inferences, thereby drawing conclusions about many aspects such as events and characters.

To use it proficiently, one needs a wide range of knowledge and meticulous observation, as well as the comprehensive application of induction and deduction.

Although Sherlock said that everyone could do this after a period of training, Harry and Ron shook their heads.

Are you kidding? This kind of thing is obviously a talent and can't be learned!

However, this did not affect the discussion among the three.

Just as the atmosphere was getting more and more heated, someone knocked on the carriage door.

Two little wizards appeared in front of the three people.

Sherlock happened to know both of them.

One of them was a little boy with a round face.

He happened to be the subject of Sherlock's deductions while he was waiting at the station.

At that time, Sherlock's inference was [a newborn, whose parents were not around for unknown reasons, and who was raised by his grandmother. He is forgetful, timid, and lacks self-confidence.]

However, looking at his tearful face at this moment, even without Sherlock's analysis, Harry and Ron could tell that he was both sad and aggrieved.

As for the other one, he had long brown hair, slightly large front teeth, and an arrogant expression.

It was Hermione Granger, whom Sherlock had met at the door of the Leaky Cauldron before school started.

Unlike Sherlock and the other two, Hermione had already changed into new robes.

"Did any of you see a toad? Longbottom lost a toad."

I have to say, her tone coupled with this expression made her seem a little arrogant and contemptuous.

Harry was fine, but Ron frowned.

Just then, Hermione heard a familiar voice: "We haven't seen any toads, Miss Granger."

Harry and Ron immediately looked at Sherlock in surprise.

Ron couldn't help but ask:
"Wait! How did you figure that out this time? She didn't bring a suitcase!"

He tried to observe Hermione as Sherlock had, looking for clues about her that might reveal her identity.

The result is naturally futile.

Sherlock shook his head. "We've met before."

It turns out we knew each other before.

Harry and Ron breathed a sigh of relief at this explanation.

They almost thought that Sherlock had done the same thing as before, deducing the identity of the little girl just by looking at her once.

That's too exaggerated.

Hermione was also a little surprised to see Sherlock, whom she had met once before.

Unlike Harry and Ron, she was originally an extrovert, but the first impression Sherlock left on her was too amazing, so she seemed a little shy.

Now that a month has passed since this incident, she has returned to her original personality and couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Holmes! What are you doing here?"

After saying this, she sat down in the empty seat next to Sherlock. Not only Harry and Ron, but even Sherlock was a little surprised by Hermione's action.

He was a little confused. Were he and Hermione so familiar with each other?

The two sides had only met once.

But this is just the beginning.

It was Hermione's subsequent performance that made Sherlock and the other two realize what a community leader was.

"By the way, I was going to call you and ask you, but I got busy and forgot—have you finished reading those textbooks?"

Facing Hermione's greeting as if she were an old friend, Sherlock nodded: "I've finished reading it."

"I knew it!"

Hermione's eyes lit up and she began to talk non-stop, "Have you tried any spells? I've tried a few simple spells at home, just for practice, and they've worked.

Also, I forgot to tell you last time that no one in my family knows magic, so when I received the admission letter, I was shocked, but also very happy - as far as I know, this is the best magic school.

Now I have memorized all the textbooks, of course, I just hope it will be useful..."

Once she started talking, she couldn't stop and kept talking.

Just like when they saw Neville just now, even without Sherlock's analysis, Harry and Ron had already determined what kind of person this little girl was.

"No matter which college I'm assigned to, I don't want to be assigned to the same college as her."

Ron thought secretly.

Unexpectedly, Hermione turned her gaze to the wand in his hand that he had not yet put away:

"Hey, are you performing magic? Then let's open our eyes."

Ron was suddenly at a loss.

His spell just now did not succeed, and it was embarrassing in front of Sherlock and Harry. After all, in Ron's heart, these two people were already "his own people".

But in front of Granger and Longbottom...

He looked at the round-faced little boy with tears in his eyes, and then at the little girl who was staring at him hungrily, and subconsciously turned to Sherlock for help.

At the same time, Harry also looked at Sherlock with hope.

Boss, please take me with you!

Sherlock understood the look in their eyes.

"There's something wrong with Ron's wand. Let me do it." Sherlock pulled out his wand and gently waved it at Harry's glasses. "Restore it to its original state."

A series of tiny sounds rang out, and Harry's broken glasses, which had been taped together many times, were transformed into a brand new look in full view of everyone.

Harry was stunned.

He took off his glasses with an incredulous look and looked at it carefully.

Ron also came over, and they were shocked to find that the glasses had actually turned into the same look as when they left the factory, looking brand new.

Hermione also looked at Sherlock in surprise.

The repair spell can repair damaged items and restore them to their original appearance.

Hermione could do it herself, but she could see that Sherlock's proficiency was even better than hers.

Plus, there was that incident where Sherlock blurted out at the door of the Leaky Cauldron that her parents were doctors.

This suddenly made her, who had always been a top student, feel a sense of crisis.

Hermione cleared her throat and was about to comment on the spell Sherlock had cast when she suddenly noticed the scar on Harry's forehead after he took off his glasses. She asked in surprise:

"Are you Harry Potter? The boy who killed Voldemort?"

Harry was stunned for a moment, then replied: "It's him... uh, I mean it's me, but Voldemort is not dead, he should still be alive..."

Sherlock frowned, this involved his blind spot in knowledge.

"Harry, you said Voldemort is still alive?"

"Yes, Hagrid told me that although he is too weak to be of any use, he may not be dead."

Just like that, Sherlock, Harry, and Hermione discussed Voldemort recklessly and without paying attention to anyone else, while Ron and Neville were silent and trembling.

(End of this chapter)