The demon monk in the second dimension

Ron looked somewhat embarrassed after his shortcomings were exposed in front of his friends.

He emphasized this to Ollivander.

"So I need a new wand. A brand new one!"

Just like when he bought the wand at the summer solstice, Ollivander went through the same process.

Ron tried a few times and quickly found a wand that suited him.

Fourteen inches, willow wood, unicorn hair.

The three of them wandered around for a while longer and returned to Hogwarts before eleven o'clock.

……

During lunch, Ron was showing off his morning's experiences to those around him.

After all, although many young wizards have been to Diagon Alley, using Floo Powder to get to Diagon Alley from Hogwarts is an experience that is absolutely unique!

Harry openly expressed his envy and complained bitterly.

"We went to practice early this morning, but soon after, the Slytherin Quidditch team showed up and took our practice field. Malfoy joined the Slytherin Quidditch team as the Seeker and even replaced everyone's gear with the latest Nimbus 2001! I suspect he paid to get in!"

Harry said, annoyed.

"We got into a fight with those Slytherin guys, and in the end, nobody managed to train. I should have gone with you guys!"

Last year, because Quirrell was defeated at the very beginning of the summer solstice, Harry did not miss the final Quidditch match and won the Quidditch championship trophy for Gryffindor.

Xia Zhi said from the side.

"This is what they mean by 'you can't buy foresight'."

At midnight that night, in the Gryffindor common room, Summer Solstice waited for Hermione.

The little witch complained as she left the lounge with him.

"I must be crazy to agree to go for a night out with you on my birthday! If the professor finds out, I'll lose a lot of points!"

"As long as we don't get caught!"

Summer Solstice cast an illusion spell on the two of them, and they arrived at Myrtle's washroom on the second floor.

Hermione asked curiously.

"What are we doing here? We don't want to see Myrtle!"

“Myrtle isn’t always here. And there’s a secret passage here that leads to the Chamber of Slytherin.”

Xia Zhi stood in front of the copper faucet and spoke in a snake-like voice.

"Open!"

"The Chamber of Secrets left by Slytherin, the founder of Hogwarts, a thousand years ago? My Merlin!"

Hermione gasped softly.

Soon, the passageway in the washroom opened.

Summer Solstice and Hermione slid down the pipe-like passage together and arrived at the underground of Hogwarts.

"Lumos!"

Summer Solstice, holding her wand, led Hermione forward, who was both excited and nervous, and said to her.

"Fifty years ago, this Chamber of Secrets was opened by Slytherin's heir. And Slytherin's heir is the Man Who Knows."

"A mysterious person?!"

Hermione gasped again.

Although she, as a wizard from a Muggle family, had never personally experienced Voldemort's horror, everyone at Hogwarts told her that Voldemort was extremely terrifying.

Upon hearing that the mysterious man had opened this secret room fifty years ago, Hermione immediately grabbed Xia Zhi's hand, her voice filled with worry.

"Is it safe here?"

"I have eliminated the danger."

Xia Zhichao Hermione smiled and continued.

"The mysterious man was Hagrid's classmate. He killed Myrtle in the washroom and then framed Hagrid, which led to Hagrid's expulsion from Hogwarts."

Hermione was completely stunned by the news.

"I never imagined that Hagrid and the mysterious man were classmates! And Myrtle is actually a ghost of the little wizard from fifty years ago!"

Just as Hermione was trying to process the news, Summer Solstice stopped in her tracks.

"Okay, we're here."

Xia Zhi waved her wand forward, and the glowing light at the tip of the wand flew out like snowflakes.

The fluorescent light hanging from the ceiling of the sealed room shone brightly, illuminating the surroundings.

At the same time, Xia Zhi waved her magic wand again, shooting out many small orbs of light in colors such as blue, pink, and purple, which dotted the sky above the secret room.

This is not over yet.

Summer Solstice continued to wave her magic wand, transforming many things around her.

Monkeys, elephants, lions, tigers, alpacas, ostriches, peacocks...

Using shapeshifting magic, Xia Zhi turned the secret room into a zoo!

"Wow! That's amazing!"

Seeing so many animals gathered around her, just like real ones, made Hermione exclaim in surprise!

Summer Solstice, with Hermione around the waist, leaped up from the ground and landed on the elephant's back.

On the elephant's back, Hermione watched the brown bear and the panda fight with bamboo sticks, and listened to the lark singing along with the magpie and the oriole.

Not far away, monkeys were dancing while hugging raccoons, tigers were playing and frolicking in the water, and lions were yawning and rolling on the ground.

Soon, another parrot was stuffed into the cannon and then blasted out with a bang.

"Ka!"

In mid-air, the squawking, unlucky parrot transformed into fireworks, using beautiful sparks to spell out "Happy Birthday Hermione" in English.

Looking into the little witch's eyes, Xia Zhi stretched out her right hand.

A birthday cake was carried on an elephant's trunk and delivered to Xia Zhi's hands.

"Hermione, happy thirteenth birthday! This is a fruit cake I made myself."

Chapter 310 Birthday (Part 2)

"Thank you, Xia. I really like it!"

The little witch excitedly kissed Xia Zhi on the cheek.

She opened the cream cake decorated with four kinds of fruit: yellow peach, pineapple, kiwi, and grape, lit thirteen candles, and made a wish as the summer solstice and a group of animals sang a birthday song.

It wasn't until after 2 a.m. that the two returned to the Gryffindor common room, said goodnight to each other, and went to sleep.

……

Time flies, and Xia Zhi's birthday is fast approaching.

Summer Solstice only told Hermione about her birthday, and didn't tell anyone else.

On October 10th, during dinner, the little witch blushed and said to Xia Zhi.

"Go to the room on the eighth floor at eight o'clock tonight."

This is clearly meant to be a surprise for Xia Zhi!

In the Gryffindor common room, Summer Solstice left with anticipation after answering many questions from the upperclassmen.

There were fewer than thirty fifth-year students in Gryffindor. They had already learned to help each other and solve problems together through discussion.

Upon arriving at the tapestry on the eighth floor, Hermione waved to Xia Zhi with a slightly flushed face.

"Come here quickly!"

Xia Zhi watched Hermione walk back and forth three times, then push open the door to the Room of Requirement, grab her hand, and run inside.

The little witch turned around, a joyful and enthusiastic smile on her face, and called out to Xia Zhi!

"Happy birthday!"

At this point, Hermione had transformed the Room of Requirement into a space perfectly suited to her birthday.

Unlike Xia Zhi, who possesses exceptional magical abilities to transform a gloomy secret room into a lively zoo, the little witch still has her own clever tricks.

She drew inspiration from a level from last semester, where many pink, blue, and red winged candles floated in the air, illuminating the room with their candlelight.

Numerous gold and silver ribbons also floated down from the ceiling, shimmering with various colors.

On the table in the center of the room sat a ten-inch chocolate cake with thirteen candles on it.

There is also a chocolate statue of a little boy that looks somewhat like the Summer Solstice.

Hermione boasted to Xia Zhi for credit.

"I prepared these magical items myself, and the cake was made by the house-elves. How is it? Not bad, right?"

I think it's great!

Just like what Hermione did to him on her birthday, Xia Zhi also gave Hermione a big kiss on the cheek.

The little witch's face immediately turned as red as an apple, radiant in the candlelight.

"Make a wish!"

Hermione pulled Summer Solstice to the cake, waved her right hand, and the instruments in the room began to play.

She sang "Happy Birthday," watched Xia Zhi make her wish, and shared the cake with him.

The two played until almost 10 p.m. before barely making it back to the Gryffindor common room before curfew.

Xia Zhi and Hermione kept the fact that they celebrated each other's birthdays a secret to each other, keeping it as a private little secret between them.

……

This year, the basilisk was killed by the summer solstice, and the diary was destroyed by the summer solstice. Although Lockhart's clumsy magical skills are slowly being revealed, overall they are still passable.

The Duel Club was not even established because the Basilisk attack did not occur.

Lockhart caused trouble again on Valentine's Day.

He hired twelve dwarfs who looked like goblins, with angel wings hanging from their backs and golden bows and arrows on their backs, dressed up as Cupid and delivering love letters everywhere.

If Cupid saw this, he probably wouldn't be able to resist killing Lockhart!

Summer Solstice also wrote a love letter to Hermione, but she handed it to him herself.

The little witch blushed as she accepted the love letter, planning to read it back in her dorm.

Seeing that the semester had passed without any major incidents or difficulties, Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief.

At the end of the semester, Xia Zhi was still in first place, while Hermione was in second.

The two said goodbye to each other at King's Cross Station, and Hermione's parents also saw the summer solstice.

"Hermione, darling, is that boy Xia?"

Mrs. Granger also knew that her daughter had often said this name last summer.

"Don't ask Mom!"

The little witch blushed and quickly dragged her mother away.

Mr. Granger stared intently at Xia Zhi's face, trying to memorize it.

When he returned to Hogwarts for his third year of school in the summer, he heard about Lockhart's incident.

A wizard suddenly broke free from Lockhart's forgetting spell, regained his own memories, and angrily revealed Lockhart's past, ruining his reputation.

This is no longer just a matter of losing money; it's a question of whether or not to go to Azkaban.

Poor Dumbledore had to find someone else to fill the Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship.

……