Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 39 Sherlock's Advice
Sherlock followed Hermione to an empty dining table and sat down. After a moment's hesitation, Hermione spoke:
"Sherlock, can you... teach me to fly?"

After saying this, she looked at Sherlock with some trepidation.

If it was at the beginning of the school year, half a month ago, or even a week ago, she would not have made such an abrupt request.

After all, at that time, the two of them could only be considered "acquaintances" at best.

Compared with other classmates, I just knew him earlier.

Naturally, her relationship with Sherlock wasn't as good as that between Harry and Sherlock, or even that between the foodie Ron - after all, they were still roommates.

But every weekend in the past month, she spent time in the library with Sherlock.

Especially after last weekend, she felt that she and Sherlock were already friends.

After all, both sides have started calling each other by first names instead of last names, right?
Another reason was that she felt deep down that Sherlock was the same type of person as herself.

Hermione believes that her poor performance in flying lessons is more due to psychological factors.

In this situation, of course she thought of Sherlock.

"Sherlock, what does Granger want from you?"

Harry asked curiously when Sherlock returned to the restaurant.

"She must want to join the house Quidditch team, too," Ron said firmly. "It's a pity that what she read in books can't teach her how to fly well."

"You're right, so she wants me to teach her."

"I knew it...wait, what did you say?"

Ron stared at Sherlock with wide eyes.

Harry was also a little surprised.

Hermione Granger?
That little girl who always looks so arrogant?
It's really hard to imagine that she would do something like asking her classmates for help.

But Harry felt relieved when he remembered that the person she was asking for help was Sherlock Holmes.

"Then did you promise her?"

"Ah."

Ron's eyes widened even further, his face filled with disbelief: "You actually agreed! No...how could you agree to this!"

Sherlock ignored Ron.

When someone close to him makes a request, Sherlock is naturally willing to help.

Besides, helping Hermione improve her flying skills was just a small thing for him and it wouldn't take much effort.

His energy is mainly spent on other things.

After a month at the magic school, Sherlock had already figured out the structure of Hogwarts.

Not to mention the first-year students, even if the scope is expanded to the teachers and students of the entire school, there are few people who know it better than him.

The only people who surpassed him in this respect were Filch, the caretaker, and the Weasley twins.

Under normal circumstances, he should have taken the risk at this time.

but.

After all, magic is a completely new version that Sherlock has never encountered before.

In this version, many things cannot be analyzed and judged using the scientific thinking that he has become accustomed to.

Humans cannot comprehend anything beyond their own imagination.

Because of this, he and Hermione became the two freshmen who liked to ask questions the most.

It was for this reason that Hermione thought Sherlock was the same type of person as him.

But in fact, although both of them like to ask questions, their essence is different.

Hermione's questions were about the course itself and were very fact-based.

Sherlock's questions often extend beyond the classroom and are full of thoughts and research on magic.

So even though both of them are considered good students because they love to ask questions, Hermione loves to ask and answer, while Sherlock only asks but doesn't answer.

Of course, when asked questions by the teacher, he always gives perfect answers.

A month later, Sherlock had already developed his own understanding of the wizarding world. It was time to start having a deeper contact with the teachers at school.

Helping Harry join the Quidditch house team was the opportunity.

On Friday morning, after being labeled a Gryffindor by Snape in Potions class as usual, Sherlock took the nervous and excited Harry and Ron to see Professor McGonagall.

"What, you three want to join the house Quidditch team?"

It was not easy for freshmen to meet the vice-president, but after all, there was the golden signboard of Harry Potter, so the three of them successfully met Professor McGonagall.

However, when Mag heard the purpose of the three people's visit, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

"No, just the two of them."

Sherlock pointed at Harry and Ron, saying that he was just there to keep them company.

"You guys... are just fooling around!
The freshman hasn't even mastered the most basic flying skills, and he actually wants to join the school team?
Do you want to break your necks?"

Professor McGonagall has always been known for her fairness and strictness. As the vice-headmaster, her deterrent power among students is even higher than that of the headmaster Dumbledore.

The harsh tone she spoke at this moment made Harry and Ron tremble, fearing that she would blurt out "Ten points from Gryffindor" the next moment.

Not to mention Harry, who was not confident to begin with, even Ron, who was full of confidence, became scared.

Both of them looked at Sherlock for help.

Mag was an experienced man and reacted immediately when he saw the situation.

"Is this what you mean, Mr. Holmes?"

Her eyes became dangerous.

Sherlock had already left a deep impression on her during the visit to answer questions before school started.

At the sorting ceremony, he was just like himself back then, becoming a hat-trick that only appears once every fifty years.

After school officially started, Sherlock's performance was even more amazing.

Just to say that his understanding and application of Transfiguration even surpassed some students in higher grades.

There are also cat-stroking techniques...

In short, for various reasons, Professor McGonagall treated Sherlock differently and made him a special target of attention, just like Hermione.

But compared to the worry-free Hermione, Sherlock is a student with serious subject imbalance.

In some professors' classes, he actively asked questions, and even after class, the teachers found it difficult to get away.

For some classes, he would just attend the lectures and leave without any regrets when the get out of class was over.

Worse still, he would simply miss some classes.

For example, Professor Quirrell's Defense Against the Dark Arts.

This gave Mag a headache.

Although Sherlock could get back the points deducted for absence from other places.

But in the long run, this behavior is bound to have a negative impact on others.

After all, Defense Against the Dark Arts is a required course, not an elective.

If everyone ignored school rules and regulations like him and decided whether to take a course based solely on their own preferences, wouldn't the school be in chaos?

The mischievous Weasley twins were not like him.

Originally, Mag wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Sherlock, but she didn't expect that he would come to her on his own initiative today.

What's even more surprising is that he actually encouraged Harry and Ron to join the school team.

It's a good opportunity to teach him a lesson.

While McGonagall was lost in thought, Sherlock spoke.

"It was my suggestion—I thought Harry showed enough talent to break the rules."

Facing a look that was enough to make Harry and Ron tremble, Sherlock said something that made McGonagall heartbroken:

"Professor, you don't want Gryffindor to always be suppressed by other houses, right?"

(End of this chapter)