The days at Hogwarts

"Then what do you like?"

Ginny's ears twitched as her head was buried in her arms, and she suddenly raised her head, her beautiful brown eyes shining in the shadows.

……

"Ah? What do you like..."

Only then did Harry realize that what he thought he liked all along was completely untrue.

Qiu Zhang’s appearance, temperament, identity...

He seemed to like them all, but he was extremely sure that he didn't like Qiu Zhang because of these.

Loren put his arm around Harry and patted his shoulder: "You and Qiu Zhang are not familiar with each other at all, and it's not that you like her, it's just that many qualities in her just attract you. Maybe after getting to know each other in depth, you I will really like Qiu Zhang, but not now."

Harry blinked: "What trait?"

"Hmm..." Loren thought for a moment, "She's pretty, likes Quidditch, is a seeker, has good grades... and so on. Anyway, these are the things you can see at a glance."

After such an explanation, Harry felt that the irritability and depression in his heart seemed to have dissipated a lot. After thinking about Loren's words, he couldn't help complaining: "Listening to what you said, I seem to be a superficial guy. .”

"It's not like that, it's just that." Loren came to the conclusion loudly and patted his shoulder with her palm, "Imagine if there was a girl about your age, very beautiful and with good grades. , and by coincidence, she likes Quidditch very much, she is a seeker like you, and her skills are also very good... Would you be interested in liking her?"

Harry thought about it seriously and took into account the conditions Loren mentioned. Shamefully, he found that he was actually a little moved. Harry fell into a strange silence.

Loren laughed twice, bumped Harry's shoulder with his shoulder, and teased playfully: "Really?"

Harry's face began to turn red, from his neck to his ears, and he squeezed out one word from his throat: "Yeah."

Ginny's eyes in the wall were bright, shining like candles on a cake. She grabbed Hermione's hand excitedly, her face also flushed.

Harry was not convinced by being teased by his roommate. He raised his neck and asked: "What about you, what do you like about Hermione?"

"Elementary school student..." Loren sneered vaguely, supported his upper body with both hands again, looked at the torch on the wall, and let out a long breath,

"I like everything about Hermione Granger, her beautiful eyes, her slightly enlarged front teeth..."

"Her intelligence, her somewhat terrible character..."

Harry listened quietly to Loren's triumphant tone of voice as he announced something that sounded a bit unflattering. He couldn't tell how he felt, but he just felt that the joy hidden in that tone was beautiful and made people yearn for it unconsciously.

The last sentence he heard was Loren's summary sentence that tried to be profound but failed: "...Emotions don't come about after meeting a few times or saying a few words, but because we have gone through a long journey together. It’s not a very long journey. In short, it happened unconsciously. Even if you tell me, you won’t understand.”

Loren pushed the stupid Harry, and after giving the password to the Fat Lady, the two returned to the common room.

Looking around, Loren found the little witch reading a book by the fireplace.

Loren sat down next to Hermione and glanced at the cover page of the book: "I'm reading "Transfiguration Today" again. You must have memorized this issue."

"..."

"Why don't you speak?" Loren looked at her suspiciously, "Why is your face so red? Did Lavender and Parvati beat you with cream?"

"No, it's not." Hermione whispered, "The fire in the fireplace is too bright, it's a bit hot."

"Is it hot? It's okay, it's not hot."

Hermione looked at the fireworks rising in the fireplace, the crimson color swirling endlessly, exuding warm heat waves, and that warmth seemed to be flowing into people's hearts along with the heat waves.

The firewood crackled and exploded, and the girl whispered:

"It's hot..."

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Chapter 338 Dim and suddenly bright

Thick, cotton-padded clouds stood over the Quidditch pitch, and a bleak cold wind blew from the direction of the Forbidden Forest. The icy chill penetrated through the gaps in the clothes, making people shiver uncontrollably.

"Attention everyone! First fly 20 laps to warm up, and then do confrontation training!"

As Oliver Wood blew the whistle, the team's seven starters and two substitute goalkeepers stood up from the ground and flew quickly around the court on broomsticks of different styles. Their clothes and brooms flew through the air, making hunting sounds.

After the warm-up, the team was divided into two groups for confrontation training. The members of Group A were substitute goalkeeper Ron Weasley, batter Fred Weasley, and chaser Katie Bell; Mike McLaggen, George Weasley, and Arya Spinnet. Angelina Johnson served as a free agent to coordinate the passing game on both sides.

Starting Keeper Wood Oliver piloted the Firebolt to practice Seeker practice against Harry.

The goalkeepers of both sides will be exchanged every game. This is a quick running-in method discussed by Wood and Ron.

The broom shot through the air and left an afterimage, leaving behind the brilliant red of Gryffindor's robes. Quidditch training was in full swing.

A golden light flashed away.

The moment the Golden Snitch appeared, the Firebolt controlled by Wood immediately accelerated and headed towards the direction of the Golden Snitch.

Harry's breathing was a little rapid, but he was not impatient at all. He knew how fast the Firebolt was, and he would definitely not be able to catch up with the Nimbus 2000 under him.

Calmly recalling the direction in which the Golden Snitch disappeared, Harry quickly flew toward the stands in the other direction, as if he had discovered the latest trace of the Golden Snitch.

As expected, goalkeeper Wood, who was still too inexperienced as a seeker, saw his movement and flew towards the stands at a faster speed.

When the two sides were about to turn to the stands, Harry suddenly turned and accelerated in the other direction. Wood dodged without haste and hit the curtain of the stands, falling to the ground along the soft curtain. Fortunately, the ground of the Quidditch field was soft and the curtains were cushioning, so Wood was not injured and quickly took off again on his broomstick.

Harry was already holding the Golden Snitch in mid-air, waiting for him with a smile.

Wood lightly swept him with the tail of his broom: "The deformation of Wronski's feint? Seeker Harry Potter, I dare say that even if Joseph Wronski himself comes, he will not do it better than you." outstanding."

Harry couldn't help but grinned a bit proudly. Just as they were about to continue training, an angry voice came from the other side of the court:

"You did it on purpose! You must have done it on purpose!"

The new substitute goalkeeper Cormac McLaggen is tall and round. Even if he stands still, he can probably block three goals tightly. At this moment, he is shouting: "Those two hits." The golfer and that guy are brothers, and they are favoring him and giving him the ball on purpose!”

George and Fred were riding broomsticks around the scoring ring. They didn't look angry at all when they were slandered. Instead, they had a faint smile, which seemed a bit mocking.

McLaggen became even more angry: "Look, you admitted it, right? You deliberately gave the ball to that little Weasley, and deliberately made things difficult for me when it was my turn."

"That's enough!" Wood came closer riding a Firebolt, "McLaggen, apologize to George and Fred!"

"Hey! Captain Wood, you should really take a look at what just happened!" McLagan shouted to Wood in a confident tone, "That Weasley saved a lot of balls, much more than during the selection. If they hadn't Cheating, I'd rather eat a pound of Hu Meizi's eggs."

Ron's smile faded because of his extraordinary performance. He looked at his two brothers blankly, not sure whether he saved the ball with his own strength or whether George and Fred really gave it away.

The twins, still with faint smiles on their faces, circled the scoring ring on their broomsticks, seemingly ignoring McLaggen.

"I said, apologize!" Wood said seriously.

"Oh," McLagan said nonchalantly, "well, I'm sorry..."

He muttered an apology or two in a low voice, and his tone was so perfunctory that Wood frowned: "Cormac McLagan, if you can't fully trust your teammates, you can quit the team now."

The veins on McLaggen's temples were pulsing, and just when Harry thought he was going to make a scene, he made an ugly face at Ron, screamed into the air, and flew back to the goalkeeper's position. , seems to have given in.

Wood turned to look at Ron with an equally serious expression: "This is what I want to tell you, Ron. On the field, you must give all your trust to your teammates."

"I completely trust them..." Ron shrank his head and looked at his two brothers and said weakly, "But I don't trust myself very much, so were you really taking care of me just now?"

Angelina flew over and knocked him on the head: "What are you thinking? Even if the two of them take care of you, are the rest of us also taking care of you?"

Ron immediately breathed a sigh of relief and looked relaxed.

The twins, who had been smirking, flew over, one of them bumped into him, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Ronnie, we hope you lose."

"I won't lose!" Ron shouted angrily, "When Wood graduates, I will be the captain of the team, and I will train you two hard then!"

When the surrounding team members heard this, they almost fell off their brooms with laughter.

Only Wood looked a little ugly.

Everyone laughed for a while and were about to continue training while swinging their brooms. Another red-haired Weasley suddenly flew up from below, riding the eliminated training broom "Meteor". The speed was very slow and a bit stumbling. .

"Captain Wood, I want to run for Seeker!"

Ginny's voice came to everyone before her. The girl's face was filled with a warm smile, as dazzling as the little sun that suddenly rose.

……

From the window seat outside the library, you can vaguely see the scene on the Quidditch field. Players wearing crimson uniforms are galloping freely. Four red-haired Weasleys are mixed in, and they can be seen from a distance. .

A young wizard with light brown hair walked over with a serious face and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Morgan!"

Loren's face became solemn and he responded in a deep voice: "What's wrong, Mr. Finnigan?"

"I received a piece of information about potions, but I couldn't verify its authenticity, so I came to ask you for confirmation. This is related to the future of the empire, please, Mr. Morgan."

"For the empire, this is my honor!" Loren nodded, dug out the Potions paper from his homework, and handed it over solemnly.

Seamus also took the assignment solemnly and looked at Loren with gratitude: "The Empire will not forget your contribution, and honor your name, Loren Morgan!"

"All for the Empire!"

"goodbye!"

"goodbye!"

Hermione: "..."

Looking at the two's affected movements and deliberately heavy accents, and watching Seamus leave, Hermione couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "It's clearly just a matter of copying homework, but you turned it into an epic."

"Hey, how can you say that, Miss Hermione Granger." Loren looked at her seriously and said seriously, "Everything is for the glory of the empire."

Hermione was silent for a moment, lowered her head without saying a word and continued to complete her ancient runes homework.

However, Loren stepped forward again: "Miss Granger, the Empire now needs to requisition your astronomy homework."

As Loren spoke, he pulled out an astronomy paper from a pile of completed homework, happily preparing to take the dross and discard the essence - Hermione's paper was too long, so she only needed to excerpt a few corners. That's enough to deal with Professor Aurora Sinistra.

"Huh? How did you succeed so easily?"

Loren, who got the homework, suddenly frowned and looked at Hermione in confusion.

Hermione couldn't help rolling her eyes: "Is there something wrong? Am I the kind of person who requires you to complete all your homework seriously?"

"..."

Loren was silent for a moment, "No, isn't it?"

Hermione gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and resolutely snatched back her homework: "Yes, I am, you must strictly complete this paper on Pluto!"

Loren scratched his head, somewhat confused about the situation.

……

October 11th, Sunday.

After sunset and before moonrise, there is light rain like silk threads floating near the castle. It is impossible to see the rain under the dim sky, but when you stretch out your hand to cover it, the rain falls gently on your sleeves. On your wrist, the refreshing and cool feeling penetrates into your heart.

The sky is very clear, and the night is pure black, waiting for the full moon to peek out of the darkness, illuminating the world at night with its soft and faint brilliance.

The little wizards lined up and followed Professor McGonagall, taking small steps towards the edge of the Forbidden Forest, followed by Professor Lupin who was watching them.

These are all members of the Animagus teaching class. A few members who have completed oral administration of mandrake leaves will bury the secret medicine tonight, and more new members are here to watch and learn.

Without an umbrella, they relied on their warm hearts to blow away the cold rain, while the little wizards chatted.

"Ginny, I didn't expect you to fly so well. From a seeker's perspective, you fly much better than Wood!" Harry praised happily.

Ginny's cheeks were a little red, which was not obvious in the dark environment: "Thank you, thank you."

A week has passed since she rashly proposed to join the team. Under the persuasion and coaxing of Angelina and the twins, Wood unexpectedly left Ginny behind, saying that he would wait for a while and then see, and he would free up time for training. The two substitute keepers asked Harry to take her through basic Seeker exercises.

It’s called practice, but it’s actually teaching. Some of the specific rules of Quidditch, the Seeker's precautions, and basic tactics were all explained to Ginny bit by bit by Harry.

After two weeks, she had made great progress, at least Harry felt that she had made great progress.

Fred came over laughing and said: "Come on Ginny, when you replace Harry as Seeker, there will be four Weasleys on the Gryffindor team. This is the Weasley family team!" "

"You're right Fred." George's voice changed. "But I think the biggest obstacle to this plan is the goalkeeper. Don't you think so, Ronnie?"

"No, no, no, George, the other one of the four Weasleys I mentioned is-Charlie Weasley!"

"You two!" Ron gritted his teeth, feeling humiliated. "I'm going to spit out the mandrake blades in your mouths!"

He yelled and rushed forward, while the twin brothers circled around Percy with howl and smiles.

Percy's temples bulged a few times, and he had a hunch that if he didn't stay away from here as soon as possible, he would be the one who got damaged on the Mandrake Blade.

At the end of the team, Professor Lupine looked at the laughing and chasing scene in front of him with a gentle smile on his lips.