Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

"Thank you." Harry smiled shyly.

"Welcome, Harry, I'm Theo Mancini." Theo said with a smile, "Next time you'll be competing against Hufflepuff, I can only wish you enjoy the game and hope that Hufflepuff will win."

Harry really hoped that he could say something humorous in response, but as he was not good at speaking, all that suddenly came to his mind was Wood's passionate speech in the rain -

"Hufflepuff is nothing to worry about!"

No... You can't say that...

"Beat Hufflepuff! Get the House Cup!"

That's enough! He doesn't want to offend everyone...

"We must go all out! For the first time in seven years! Let Professor McGonagall look at us with new eyes!" Wood raised his arms and shouted!

Harry:…

"I will do my best!" Harry finished his words before his brain could react.

Theo smiled. “That’s how it should be.”

"Ryan Carlo." Ryan shook his hand. His smile was shallow but sincere. "Although I have never joined any other clubs, I have to say that SSC must be the best."

"Of course," Harry said quickly.

"Padma Patil." Padma smiled and shook hands. "My only request is that you don't mistake me for your sister."

"I won't be mistaken," Harry said firmly.

Unlike the Weasley twins who seemed to be copied and pasted, the differences between the Patil sisters are actually very obvious. Even though they have very similar looks, their personalities, temperaments and expressions are very different, making it impossible to tell them apart.

"Then - finally it's me." Hermione also shook hands in a serious manner and said with a smile: "Your friend - and also a partner of SSC."

"Oh - Hermione -" Harry couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, Harry had completely forgotten the thoughts he had when he walked in. During the joking welcome ceremony, he truly felt that he was being accepted by a group - this was completely different from his friendship with Ron, or the admiration and curiosity of some classmates for him because of his reputation as a "savior".

Harry couldn't tell what the difference was at the moment. He only knew that he was in a very good mood, as if he was sitting on a soft cloud.

Chapter 78 Integration and Learning

After the brief welcome ceremony, Harry said with a bit of nervousness and anticipation, "Uh - actually this is my first time joining a club, so I don't know much... May I ask what the rules of the SSC club are? Is there anything I need to do?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"——Club?" Theo asked confusedly, "Are we already a club?"

Neville was surprised: "Isn't SSC a club? I thought it was already one!"

"If students form a club, do they need to report it to the professor?" Ryan asked with some uncertainty.

Michael: “I thought we were a club?”

"The club requires membership dues, right? We haven't paid any money." Ryan said based on what he had learned from his Muggle relatives.

Neville was a little confused: "I say - what's the difference between a club and a society?"

Everyone was silent for a moment - Yeah...what's the difference besides the name?

They were unable to put it into words for a moment.

Harry never expected such a scene to happen. He carefully thought about how things turned out like this, and then silently looked at Hermione beside him.

Wade looked at Hermione who was trying not to laugh, and asked helplessly, "Hermione, what did you tell Harry?"

Hermione burst into laughter, waved her hand and said to Harry, "I didn't say anything. You and Ron just guessed, right?"

Harry: "..."

Yes... She didn't say anything, but repeatedly emphasized that this matter was very important, so he had to be cautious and well prepared. She also reminded him to bring his wand... and then watched them anxiously guessing what kind of tests joining the club would be.

Ron even made a particularly outrageous guess -

"Maybe they'll let you sneak into Snape's office and steal one of his personal belongings - like his underwear or a sock or something. Or throw a dung bomb into the corridor in front of Professor McGonagall to prove your courage!"

At that time, Ron looked at Harry with a tragic look, as if he was about to be torn to pieces by the angry professor.

Come to think of it, Hermione looked painful at the time - he thought it was a painful expression - but she was actually trying not to laugh, right?

Or... was it because of their various demonized speculations that Hermione said nothing?

"It's like this..." Wade couldn't help laughing. "We are actually just an after-school study group. We get together to practice spells, discuss homework problems, or borrow notes from each other. Generally speaking, we all come here to study after dinner, but we can come and go as we please. If you don't want to come, you don't need to ask for leave. There is no fixed rules. As for the rules, they are posted on the wall behind you."

Harry turned his head and saw a piece of paper nailed to the wall with only a few short sentences written on it, such as members should help each other, be united and friendly, and not touch other people's things casually. These are basically the basic moral standards that elementary school students should abide by. The only special thing is that without the consent of all members, other people cannot be brought to the umbrella house.

Harry felt relaxed at first - these "rules" were not really rules at all, and there were no strong punishments or constraints. It was obvious that all their previous guesses were wrong; but when he saw the last one, Harry's heart sank again.

——He is new here too, can you introduce Ron to join?

"Harry, your seat is here." Neville enthusiastically took Harry aside.

An empty table had been prepared next to Neville's seat, with independent bookshelves and cabinets on the side. The surrounding wooden boards formed a semi-enclosed structure that could block other people's sight, and the wooden boards could also be put down to facilitate communication.

There were also a few small tea tables, food cabinets, and soft old sofas with a few soft pillows on them. These things were prepared by Wade at Zoe's request - the old furniture in the Room of Requirement almost formed a small town, and he picked out the relatively intact ones and repaired them piece by piece, so that they looked no different from new ones.

The food cabinet is always filled with cakes, biscuits, puddings and candies, and several dark silver tin pots are filled with drinks and water, all of which are prepared by the house elves. Not only that, when the elves are free, they will also find ways to decorate the umbrella house.

Wade and his friends often found some small changes in the umbrella house as soon as they entered the door, maybe there were some strange decorations and photos on the wall, maybe there were a few pots of wild flowers blooming in the corner, or maybe one or two very useful pieces of furniture were added.

Unconsciously, this originally empty abandoned classroom has become more and more full, with traces of several people living and studying here everywhere. There is a warm and vibrant atmosphere in the room.

Harry fell in love with this place almost at first sight.

He also received a piece of parchment that was used by SSC members to keep in touch with each other - the Friend's Book. Almost everyone knew about this thing now, but Harry, who stayed in school during Christmas, had no place to buy it even though he had money.

Among the people he knew, Hermione had one, and she gave Harry one for communication, but they were together all day, so they rarely used it; Ron had two, one also from Hermione, and the other was sent to him by Mrs. Weasley after the holiday. Each Weasley child had one. Ron often used the Friends Book to chat or quarrel with his brothers before going to bed, and then Mrs. Weasley sternly asked them to go to bed immediately.

Ron sometimes complained about his mother's strictness, but Harry envied him greatly.

Now, he also has a second book of friends.

He put two pieces of parchment between his textbook and stuffed them into his schoolbag, then looked around - everyone else had already started doing their homework or reading, even Neville was conscientiously copying down his Transfiguration notes.

——This is also very different from studying in the common room. In the Gryffindor common room, there are always students making noises, and some people are looking for others to copy homework. There is no such quiet and strong learning atmosphere. If they want to do their homework seriously, they have to go to the library, but Madam Pince is very strict and does not allow eating or talking, which is another inconvenience.

Harry calmed down and took out his homework for Charms class and started writing. However, after writing just a title, he didn't know how to start.

——I should go to the library to borrow two reference books first...but everyone is studying, and if I leave suddenly, will it be abrupt? Maybe Hermione will have some books...

When Harry began to look around uncomfortably, Theo, who was nearby, noticed his dilemma and asked knowingly, "I don't know how to write it."

Harry subconsciously covered the scribbled notes and doodles on his textbook with his hands and said awkwardly, "Yeah, right."

"It's okay. We won't know how to do it at the beginning." Theo comforted him, "You can find Wade. He will teach you how to write a paper and what reference books you need to read. Before you come tomorrow, go to the library and borrow the books. Follow Wade's method and you will soon find that completing the homework is actually very simple."

In fact, Hermione was the one who read the most books, but Hermione was used to writing down everything she had read - in her eyes, all the knowledge she had learned was the key points; while Wade could point out their current problems and what knowledge they needed to improve, and then pick out the most valuable book for them to read. Basically, after reading the book he pointed out, those knowledge points that they didn't quite understand before became simple, as if they suddenly understood everything.

As he got closer, Theo also saw the messy notes on Harry's book. After hesitating for a moment, he pointed at the book and asked, "If you don't mind, can you let me see it?"

Chapter 79 Training Plan

"Well... I didn't pay much attention in class..." Harry's face felt hot and he pushed the book away in shame.

Well, Theo actually noticed this.

He flipped through Harry's textbook and sighed, "Your notes are missing a lot of content and don't get to the point. Let's put it this way--"

He raised his hand and raised his voice: "Guys!"

Everyone looked up at them.

"Harry needs to borrow everyone's notes," Theo said, and then added, "If you don't need them right now."

"OK - I'm still somewhat confident in Potions. Just return it to me before next Monday." Michael used a levitation spell to send his Potions notes over.

"What I'm good at is astronomy," said Ryan. He not only borrowed the notes, but also a book about the movement of stars.

"That—" Neville also took out his notes: "In terms of Herbology, I'm actually about the same as Theo."

"No, Neville, you learn better." Theo said seriously: "Professor Sprout praised you highly."

Neville blushed a little, rubbed the back of his head and smiled shyly.

"I can lend you my notes from History of Magic and Transfiguration any time you want," said Hermione.

"Then I'll take care of the remaining Charms and Defense Against the Dark Arts classes." Wade directed several notebooks to float over and added, "I guess you also need to learn how to write a paper?"

Harry nodded hastily and stammered, "Yes! I... am not very good at writing papers..."

Afterwards, Theo whispered to Harry, "Treasure Wade's notes, especially Defense Against the Dark Arts—his notes are more comprehensive and easier to understand than what Professor Quirrell teaches in class."

"Thank you, Theo," said Harry gratefully.

"You're welcome." Theo smiled gently. "We are companions now, aren't we?"

……

"The paper on softening spells can actually start with these five aspects. Future papers should also follow this model - a brief introduction, historical background, development and changes..."

As Wade spoke, he drew a mind map on paper, starting with the title and listing five parts as the framework of the paper. Each part was further divided into two or three small points...

Harry had never been systematically taught how to write a paper.

In fact, most students at Hogwarts have not received any training in this area. Smart students gradually sum up their own methods through repeated assignments, while stupid students either refer to the assignments of their predecessors or just piece together a lot to get by.

In the public elementary school that Harry attended before, homework was basically just for show; although sometimes they would write essays (topic essays, narrative essays or argumentative essays), they were written quite casually and with very few words, which was completely different from the essays in Hogwarts that were often measured in inches.

At this moment, after hearing Wade's explanation, Harry felt his mind suddenly become clear, and the original chaos and confusion disappeared instantly. Every time Wade listed an item, some corresponding content popped up in his mind, and he suddenly understood how to complete this kind of homework. When Wade finished speaking, Harry almost couldn't wait to write down all the ideas in his mind. He even felt that the seven inches assigned by the professor was a little too little, not enough for him to write all the content he wanted to write.

Of course, when he actually started writing, he found that it was not so easy to turn his ideas into a paper, but completing the assignment was still much easier than before.

Then came the spell practice, which was a hundred times easier for Harry than writing a paper. He had an outstanding talent, and with just a little guidance from Wade, he showed extraordinary magical acumen and comprehension, and quickly mastered the basic spells, which surprised everyone except Wade.

Amid the admiring gazes of the crowd, Harry was filled with joy, and he felt as if his body had become light. He pursed his lips slightly, trying not to appear proud and complacent, but the restraint and uneasiness he had when he approached the classroom, as well as the inferiority and shame he had felt when he saw other people's notes, were all gone, and his green eyes showed an indescribable vitality and brilliance.

——I’m really good at this.

Harry said to himself.

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