Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 243 Return to School, but why does it feel like Harry has already met Sirius Black?
“Alright…” Cohen was a little disappointed, but thankfully Nicole said it wouldn’t pose any threat to Edward and Rose’s lives.

“Oh, right, I have a way to keep you from getting bored while I’m at school.” Cohen suddenly remembered something and, carrying Nicole’s book, crawled into the box.

“I’m really looking forward to it,” Nico said kindly.

"Ta-da!" Cohen turned the book cover where Nico was located toward the Chimera beast that was playing with a ball of yarn—only the lion head was playing with the yarn ball, the goat was reading a book, and the long-horned water snake was sleeping.

"Roar?" The lion looked up and saw Cohen holding a book in front of it. It would normally pounce and bite it, but whenever it had the urge to bite this kind of square wooden object, the goat's head would nudge the back of its head.

Over time, it will stop making silly mistakes.

"A Chimera?" Nico looked at the giant beast with interest. "I only know that the goat's head in the middle of a Chimera represents wisdom, but I've never seen one that can read..."

“Because compared to wild beasts, human civilization is far richer and more complex.” The goat-headed man politely greeted the book in Cohen’s hand, “Hello.”

“This is mine…” Cohen wanted to introduce Chimeramon to Nico, but he couldn’t think of a way to describe its identity, “Um… a combination of my parents?”

Cohen would never admit that this childish lion-headed creature was his "father," the goat was slightly more acceptable, and the horned water snake didn't talk much, but with Sissoko's presence, the snake's tail was... well...

“This is a portrait left behind by an alchemist, Nicolas Flamel. I thought you two could chat from time to time to relieve your boredom.” Cohen also introduced Nicolas to the goat-head.

“Oh, I’ve heard so much about you,” the goat-headed man said politely. “I’m also very interested in alchemy and have considered having a face-to-face discussion with you, but considering the lion issue…”

"Roar!" the lion roared in dissatisfaction.

“This might cause a lot of inconvenience,” Goat Head said. “But now there’s no such concern. If you don’t mind, I can put you on the back of the lion’s head so the lion can’t cause trouble.”

Nico looked very interested—he had seen chimeras before, but never one as amazing as this one.

With the official launch of the Hermes Bottle project, Cohen's holiday plans are now complete.

Cohen will take Nico to Dumbledore after he returns to school so that Nico can say goodbye to Dumbledore—although this goodbye will be a little delayed.

Furthermore, Nicole advised Cohen not to discuss 'pure gold' with Dumbledore, lest Dumbledore develop excessive and unnecessary worry and vigilance regarding Cohen's situation.

On the day he returned to school, Cohen met Hermione on the train.

But Hermione seemed even more off—this time she didn't even seem to dare look Cohen in the eye.

We promised last year that even monsters would be good friends!

Fairy tales are all lies...

Cohen could understand, just as a lamb chop wouldn't believe a human's sweet talk.

Moreover, Dementors did indeed "harm" Harry—this species has always been dangerous to humans. No matter how silly a Dementor may seem at heart, the moment they come into contact with a human, that human will feel cold all over and experience cardiac arrest.

"Hello! Merry Christmas!" Luna also entered the carriage.

“Christmas is over, Luna,” Hermione corrected.

“Our Christmas was delayed last year,” Luna said cheerfully.

"So?" Hermione asked, puzzled. "My dad and I want to get our time zone back, but it seems like our mermaid calendar is off by a lot of days," Luna said in a dreamy tone, seemingly oblivious to the oddness in Hermione's voice. "From July to January is quite a long time, isn't it?"

“Time travel must be exhausting,” Hermione said bluntly, adding that she thought Luna was starting to resemble Professor Trelawney.

“Time travel is a heavy and painful experience,” Luna said. “It makes you age very quickly—you seem to look a lot older than you did at the beginning of the semester…”

In theory, no one else should have discovered Hermione using the Time-Turner—but Luna was clearly not one of the "others," as her observation skills were always sharp.

"Let's fight! Let's fight!" Cohen shouted, eating a box of honey candies as he cheered.

"..."

Hermione buried her face in her book in despair. All the terrifying thoughts she had had about Cohen over the holiday vanished the moment he said those words.

On her way back to school, Luna enthusiastically shared her Christmas holiday experiences with Cohen and Hermione, including but not limited to finding the footprints of a horned snore near her house, the rare appearance of a pale blue pufferfish in winter, and the ptarmigan tail feathers that Rolf sent her (which Luna turned into an exaggerated hat that was still crackling with electricity).

“He must have suffered a lot,” Cohen clicked his tongue. “I remember the Thunderbird was pretty fierce.”

Rolf is a good person to get along with; he really goes all out when it comes to giving gifts.

“Rolf’s grandfather helped retrieve it; Rolf said the ptarmigan is currently molting,” Luna said.

"Are he and the Thunderbirds in the Southern Hemisphere right now?" Cohen asked, sounding a bit tense.

“I also think it doesn’t quite look like it, but these feathers look happy, not like they were plucked rudely and maliciously,” Luna said. “So I made this Happy Hat. Wearing it will give you a tingling sensation, like when I first went to find the venomous leopard with Rolf.”

“That was an electric shock, wasn’t it? That’s dangerous.” Hermione poked her head out from the pile of books. “Didn’t you use an isolation charm on your hat?”

“You and Rolf’s heads went numb because you inhaled some toxins. The gas mask was a bit leaky; any more and it would have killed someone,” Cohen said rationally. “But Mrs. Rolf is a good man; he’s really there when things get tough.”

“So we’re friends,” Luna said happily.

Hermione mumbled a few words indistinctly and then went back to reading—she had just too many classes.

By the time they arrived at the school, it was almost dinnertime. Their luggage was taken to their dormitories by the house-elves. Cohen and Hermione ran into Harry and Ron, who were whispering to each other, in the Great Hall.

"What are you doing? It feels like you're about to steal Dumbledore's secret stash of money any second now." Cohen sat down next to the two sneaky people.

"Did anything happen during the Christmas holidays?" Hermione asked eagerly as she sat down beside her.

“We’ve run into…” Harry and Ron exchanged a glance, then stopped talking mysteriously. “Let’s find a safe place to talk after we finish eating; there are too many people here.”

"You guys switched careers to become secret agents?" Cohen pulled over a plate of bacon, intending to fill his stomach first, "Or..."

Suddenly, Cohen thought of the most likely reason.

Could these two have already met Sirius Black?
No, Sirius doesn't want to follow the script at all, right?!

(End of this chapter)