Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 183 No shame

"Sorry, Granger, I don't know what's going on, but it always ends up like this when I'm not careful."

Seeing that Neville even apologized in the same way as Seamus, Hermione was not angry, but found it a little funny.

The practice was over. Hermione was not as aggressive as before and said to Neville seriously:

"It's okay. With your ability, it's normal that you can't master it in one go. It's already great that you can do this."

"Really, really?"

"Of course, as long as you work hard, you will succeed in the end."

"Yeah, I'll try my best!"

Perhaps because he was afraid of being tortured by Neville again, Leif jumped away after Hermione broke the curse.

So after Neville said this to Hermione, he hurried to catch it.

Looking at Neville running to the corner of the classroom chasing Toad with a smile on his face, Ron couldn't help but say:
"'With your ability, it's normal that you can't master it in one go', Hermione, you really know how to talk!
Fortunately it was Neville, if it was anyone else, they would have started roaring at you, right? "

"Hehe, classmate Ronald, is that person you are talking about yourself?"

"Ahem...that..."

"Hermione wasn't wrong."

Just as Ron tried to cover up his embarrassment by coughing, Sherlock suddenly interrupted.

Hermione looked at Sherlock in surprise. She didn't expect that he would speak for her.

"I don't think you should deceive others just for the sake of being 'good at talking'.

That way, others will have a wrong impression of themselves.”

Ron said puzzledly, "So what? This isn't a serious matter, is it?"

"You're wrong, Ron."

Sherlock said bluntly:

“Self-awareness is a delicate scientific instrument that requires daily calibration.

Have you ever seen a competent watchmaker assemble a marine clock using rusty gears?
Whether in the wizarding world or the Muggle world, accurate insight into one's own abilities is always the key to clearing the fog and avoiding danger.

A clear understanding of the limits of one's own abilities is the most reliable amulet."

Having said that, he paused and glanced across Ron's face:
"For you, never bite off more than you can chew."

Ron: (°ー°〃)
I was indeed wrong. When it comes to not being able to speak, Hermione is far worse than Sherlock!

As for Sherlock's words, which came from his heart, they also surprised several of his friends.

They didn't know that Shylock said this because he was thinking of the case of the Greek interpreter.

At that time, he almost missed the key clue because he overestimated his ability.

If Hermione had not happened to see the star map, Hagrid's translator friend would probably have suffered the same fate as Musgrave.

That's why he made changes since then.

For a boy of eleven or twelve, Sherlock Holmes still has a lot of room to grow.

Thanks to the stable performance of Hermione, the top scorer, Gryffindor's red hourglass used to measure scores has been far ahead since the beginning of the school year.

This also makes Professor McGonagall smile every day.

Since Harry came to school, not only did he break Slytherin's monopoly on the House Cup, but even Quidditch has improved. Everything seems to be getting better.

However, this momentum came to an abrupt halt during Potions class on Wednesday morning.

By the second year, professors not only gave a lot of extra points, but also deducted points aggressively.

This is vividly reflected in Professor Severus Snape.

The first Potions class in the second year was originally just a review of the content of the previous semester, but Professor Snape still easily found reasons to deduct points.

"Potter, why won't you write down what I just said?

Because of your arrogance, Gryffindor loses ten points!"

After the familiar "Harry Potter ten points deduction" segment, both Gryffindor and Slytherin suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.

This is Potions class!
This is Professor Snape!

This is the real Hogwarts!

It's back, it's all back!

This scene is especially important for the Slytherin students.

Long before the classes officially started, Professor Snape convened a meeting of all teachers and students of Slytherin College.

The meeting was chaired by Headmaster Severus Snape.

The meeting noted that, in light of the poor performance of Slytherin students during the pre-term station inspection, this meeting was convened to unify thinking, raise awareness, and further strengthen the overall quality of all teachers and students. The meeting emphasized that during the previous semester, some students were not actively speaking up and had a lazy mentality of just getting by.

A very small number of students engaged in unfair competition in Quidditch matches, which seriously damaged the image of the college.

What's worse, some people forcibly provoked others even though they knew they were incompetent, causing the college to lose serious points.

The meeting required that at the beginning of the new semester, all teachers and students should have a deep understanding of their own shortcomings, adhere to problem-oriented approach, make every effort to make up for the shortcomings, and greet the arrival of the new semester with a new look.

The teachers and students present all expressed that Professor Snape’s speech was profound in purpose, easy to understand, and highly targeted and instructive.

All teachers and students will take this conference as an opportunity, take the start as a sprint and the beginning as a decisive battle, and go all out to make a good start.

At the end of last semester, Slytherin House was defeated at the last moment and lost the opportunity to win the House Cup for the seventh consecutive time.

From that moment on, most of the Slytherin students were furious.

Especially for the seventh-grade students who are about to graduate, missing this championship means missing a highlight in their personal resume.

Seven consecutive championships!

This just covers the entire life of a student from entering school to leaving school.

"Since I enrolled, through my unremitting efforts, my college has won the College Cup for seven consecutive years."

Such a valuable sentence in the resume disappeared with the rise of Gryffindor!
It hurts just thinking about it!
Therefore, Slytherin House, from top to bottom, has made up its mind to take back the House Cup this year no matter what!
After the whole college teachers and students meeting, the little snakes put in all their efforts and planned to widen the gap with other colleges when school started.

Unfortunately, Gryffindor's top scorer started scoring without any warning, and they were caught off guard.

So they have been waiting for an opportunity.

Until now.

Professor Snape's deduction of points from Gryffindor in the Potions class officially sounded the charge.

In the following classes, Professor Snape made repeated moves and achieved fruitful results.

The voice of "Ten points deducted from Gryffindor" kept repeating.

On the other hand, the little snakes who had done their homework in advance kept answering questions proactively, and Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson even teamed up to get 50 points from Professor Snape.

When the get out of class was about to end, Simo caused a small explosion due to an operational error.

Fortunately, Sherlock acted in time and prevented the accident from causing harm to others.

Professor Snape's eyes swept over Sherlock coldly, his black robe billowing, and his fingertips knocked on the stone wall, making a crisp sound like ice cracking:
"Your smug look is truly annoying, Detective Holmes.

You think waving a magic wand can make up for your poor judgment? Remember, once you've poured water on someone, it can't be taken back.

As for you, Mr. Seamus Finnigan, Gryffindor has lost another ten points due to your impulsiveness, stupidity, and recklessness."

With this final blow, by the end of the Potions class, Gryffindor's momentum in gaining points, which had been far ahead, was suddenly curbed.

On the other hand, Slytherin was catching up strongly and was almost on par with Gryffindor.

"Slytherin has gone too far. He has absolutely no shame!"

After class, Ron said indignantly, "I think they must have colluded with the old bat!
The old bat told them the questions in advance and then asked them to raise their hands to answer and get points.

Look at the Chrome Master and the Lion Dog, their mouths are almost stretched to their cheeks!"

Master Chrome is the nickname Sherlock gave to Draco Malfoy. After being called that once, it has spread widely in Gryffindor.

As for the poodle, it was simply Ron's objective description of Pansy Parkinson's appearance.

However, he only despised the way Slytherin students obtained points, and did not mention Snape's behavior of deducting points.

After all, in his opinion, it would be strange if Professor Snape didn't find fault and deduct points from Gryffindor!
I never thought that even a complaint of this level would be rejected by Sherlock without any hesitation.

"No, my dear Ron, your feelings are wrong."

"what?"

"The Slytherin students did not know the questions in advance, but because they had done sufficient preparation, they were able to answer the questions asked by Professor Snape correctly.

Although Professor Snape would use some despicable reasons to find fault and deduct points, and would ignore other colleges and pick on Slytherin students to answer questions, his pride would never allow him to reveal the questions to students in advance.

All the little wizards who heard Sherlock's words showed surprise. They didn't expect that Sherlock would actually speak for Professor Snape.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Ron shook his head repeatedly, "Sherlock, you must be wrong this time!
Those guys in Slytherin are not you and Hermione, how could they possibly know the correct answer every time?

The old bat must have told them the questions he was going to ask in advance, no, maybe he even told them the answers."

"Dear Ron, if you trust my judgment, you should know that I can tell what they are really thinking from their expressions."

Having said that, Sherlock turned to Hermione again:

"My dear Hermione, I think you remember that you once asked me what I thought of Edgar Allan Poe?"

(End of this chapter)