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Harry shook his head repeatedly. Although he didn't hate studying, he didn't want to spend all his weekends in the library.

After Harry left, Zicomo and his companion did not go to the library, but instead went to the Room of Requirement to begin their daily practice of magic.

Now let's look at Harry's side.

Not long after returning to his dorm, Ron suddenly woke up.

“My God! Merlin’s beard! This is horrible!” Ron gasped.

"What's so scary about that? It's just a spider leg."

"No! I just dreamt that a spider leg burst open my stomach and crawled out!"

After hearing Ron's description and recalling the scene, Harry felt a little nauseous.

"Alright, you don't need to describe it anymore, it was just a dream."

"Besides, don't you think Zicomo's spider legs smell pretty good?"

Ron paused for a moment, recalling the taste and texture of the spider legs.

I couldn't help but swallow, and even my fear of spiders lessened a bit.

At that moment, he seemed to have found the best way to overcome his fear.

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Time flies, and soon it was time for the first-year students' first flight lesson.

To be honest, Zicomo is really not interested in flying brooms.

This thing is just a stick; I don't know if sitting on it will hurt my balls.

While those images of witches sitting sideways on brooms in anime are beautiful, that's for girls.

A guy sitting like that will look effeminate.

What's more, he's a germaphobe; heaven knows how many people have used the school's brooms.

Have you wiped the sweat off your hands?

Looking at the pile of brooms with forked branches, Zicomo suspected they would fall apart any minute.

Zicomo couldn't resist, so he pulled out his wand and used 'Clean Up' on the broom that had been assigned to him.

Hermione, who was standing nearby, saw this and handed her the broom.

The little witch has been increasingly assimilated by Zicomo lately, and she's picked up some of his little habits.

She especially mastered the art of being a germaphobe.

The messy hair from the original story is now carefully styled every day.

Her beautiful hair was simply tied into a single ponytail, giving her a more capable and lively look.

The subsequent plot is not much different from the original work.

Neville's broom went out of control and fell from the sky, dropping the Memory Orb onto the grass.

Draco saw it, picked it up, and launched into a tirade of mockery.

Harry demanded that Draco return the Memory Orb to Neville, but Draco naturally didn't want to do as Harry wished.

The two chased each other on broomsticks, and when Draco got tired of playing, he threw the ball towards the castle.

Harry caught the ball at the last second.

Professor McGonagall saw none of this, and so Gryffindor's youngest Seeker took office.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Zicomo only used the Levitation Charm to protect Neville when he fell.

Although Neville was still frightened, he ended up in the infirmary.

Zicomo did not interfere in the subsequent events.

After all, with Harry's talent, becoming the Seeker would be a good thing for Gryffindor.

It is worth mentioning that after returning from the infirmary, Mrs. Hooch felt that it was still too dangerous to go straight to practical lessons.

He then led the remaining young wizards through a full theory lesson.

I should have offered to take Neville to the infirmary earlier; it would have been better to let him try flying the broomstick to see if it would hurt his balls.

After class, Zicomo noticed that Hermione was frowning.

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy because you couldn't fly?"

"No, I'm just worried about whether Harry will be punished."

Hermione shook her head.

"Don't worry, maybe it's a good thing that Harry was taken away."

"How can it be!"

"Why not? You know what? Harry's flying skills just now were superb. He had never touched a flying broom before."

Gryffindor hasn't won the Quidditch championship in a long time. I bet Professor McGonagall will definitely make an exception and let Harry join the house team.

Although Zicomo's explanation was reasonable and well-founded, Hermione still didn't quite believe it.

Coincidentally, Harry returned to the common room looking excited.

"Harry, have you joined the school's Quidditch team?"

Harry, who was about to share the good news with his friends, was taken aback.

"How did you know?"

"It's true! My cousin guessed it."

The little witch's admiration for her cousin grew even stronger.

"Zicomo, you're amazing! How did you guess that?"

Harry asked curiously.

"You have a high talent for flying. The techniques you learned in flight lessons that most junior wizards couldn't even perform. It's probably related to your father."

"my father?"

"Yes, the Gryffindor trophy room. Your father's name is on the Quidditch trophy there, didn't you notice?"

Zicomo's words left Harry speechless. Who would bother looking at the names of the trophies in the trophy room?

"I'll go check it out. Thank you for telling me."

Before Zicomo could reply, Harry turned and rushed out again.

Chapter Twenty-Two: The Manifestation Game, An Unexpected Delight

When did you go to the trophy room?

Hermione was a little curious.

"When you're lost on the path of life?"

"Pfft hahaha!"

Zicomo's words elicited a burst of laughter from Hermione; her cousin was wonderful in every way.

He's excellent in every way, except he's a bit bad at finding his way around.

"Okay, okay, stop laughing. You'll drool if you keep laughing."

"Then come with me to practice Transfiguration again."

Hermione's smile faded, and she made a request to Zicomo.

"Still practicing? Tomorrow is the Transfiguration Club's gathering. I think you should relax a bit."

"But my shapeshifting ability..."

"Hermione! Believe me, you are good enough."

Zicomo interrupted Hermione and reached out to pat her head.

Zicomo wasn't lying to her; Hermione's Transfiguration was already quite excellent.

After practicing diligently for some time, Hermione's Transfiguration skills have improved to the point where she can bring inanimate objects to life.

Although the creature still looks somewhat sluggish.

It's not possible to go back and forth.

This is not on the same level as turning a living thing into a dead thing.

The final exam for first-year transfiguration students required them to turn a mouse into a snuff bottle, which shows that many young wizards could do it after a year of study.

Turning an inanimate object into a living one is essentially just giving it the appearance of a living object.

Therefore, its every move is the practitioner imitating the actions, personality, and other characteristics of a living creature.

This requires a high level of skill in transfiguration from the caster.

Hermione's ability to achieve this even at a basic level is already quite impressive.