However, Hannah and Luna, who were sitting next to Hermione, seemed to be in no mood to pay attention to Hermione's frustration.
This is not surprising, after all, each of them has their own troubles to face.
Take Hannah Abbott for example. She still has a full two thousand words to write about her after-dinner thoughts today. This is not an easy number for an average student to complete. However, another
On the other hand, she didn't want to try the peanut butter squid tentacles that Elena talked about - especially the "special" version.
The only good news is that Luna, a senior consultant on "The Quibbler," gave her some great advice.
Sometimes, when you really can’t write down your feelings, you can directly ask other young wizards around you for their feelings and comments, and then directly transfer the original text into your own manuscript, and you can still make up the number of words.
However, there is only so much help that Luna can provide to Hannah, because similarly, the task shouldered by this little moon who has just joined Hogwarts is not easy.
In addition to reviewing today's homework, Luna Lovegood also needs to sort out all the photos taken today - including pictures of food, views of a corner of Hogwarts Castle, photos of teachers and students in the school...
And Elena secretly took some private photos of her and Hannah at noon.
You know, for this little girl walking around the school with a camera, it is difficult for most senior students to be indifferent to her. Although this brings a lot of convenience to her shooting work, at the same time
This also brought the number of photos taken by Luna today to a rather terrifying number.
Luna's job is to sort these photos into categories, filter out which ones are used for "The Quibbler", which ones should be returned as gifts to the enthusiastic teachers and students of Hogwarts, and the rest.
Give them to Elena for safekeeping for subsequent use.
Therefore, Hermione could only silently flip through the thick books on the history of magic, compared with the "Hogwarts Calendar" they had summarized before, and absentmindedly rearranged and arranged the major events one by one, and even
I didn't even notice that the United Council of Wizards was accidentally written as the International Magical Conference.
For the first time in her life, Hermione felt that the entire library was filled with an atmosphere that made her upset.
In fact, it wasn't just Luna's outstanding performance that really affected Hermione's mood.
More importantly, today is September 19th, her first birthday in the magical world - after today, she will be twelve years old. Since her parents are ordinary people living in the non-magical world, Hector
Min Granger obviously had no way of receiving blessings from her family like other children from wizarding families.
As for friends, maybe next year? But now that school has just started for a little more than three weeks, it is too unrealistic to expect to receive any birthday gifts or special blessings.
Not to mention, although Hermione got a lot of attention in the first grade, there were only a few people who could really be considered friends - Hannah, Elena, and at most Luna, whom she had just met.
Half...
That's why, when she saw the black walnut wand in Luna's hand today, she felt a little sour in her heart, as if she had a lemon. She also wanted a gift, and she was just an ordinary little witch.
ah.
"Oh. I really envy Luna and Hannah..."
Hermione sighed softly, looked at the parchment in front of her carefully, and crossed out the wrong places.
Compared to the naive Hannah and the fantasy-filled Luna, Hermione, the oldest among the four, is naturally much more mature.
Hermione didn't feel lost for too long. She put down the quill in her hand and moved her aching wrist a little. She quickly regained her composure and raised her head to look around in confusion.
Speaking of which, Elena just left and said she was looking for a book, but she hasn’t come back yet...
"Are you looking for me? Or are you expecting something? Hermione?"
At this moment, a cheerful voice appeared behind Hermione. Turning around, she saw Elena mysteriously walking back holding a big box, and beside her there was a little domestic child leading the way.
Elf.
"What are you..." Hermione glanced at the ribbon tied on the box, her tone full of surprise.
As a child who also comes from a non-magical world, she naturally knows what kind of things are most likely to be inside the box.
"Happy birthday, Hermione."
"Granger, happy birthday!"
"Sister Hermione, happy birthday."
The same blessing didn't just come from Elena's mouth, Hermione raised her head in surprise.
At some point, Hannah and Luna had stopped what they were doing, and each took out a beautifully wrapped gift box from their clothes and delivered it to her, while Elena also took out a small package from her pocket.
Place it in front of Hermione.
Obviously, this was a surprise link that the three of them had already secretly discussed.
In fact, when they were in the Hufflepuff lounge last night, the three of them had already agreed to celebrate Hermione's birthday together today. However, due to limited time, Elena and others did not have much time to buy things for Hermione.
Gift.
Therefore, they could only find something from some small items they carried with them and give it as a gift to Hermione. As for the place to celebrate the birthday, they chose Hermione's favorite library according to Elena's suggestion.
in.
Hannah Abbott's gift was a magic hourglass, a gift from her aunt to attend Hogwarts.
This hourglass can accurately set various time lengths according to the user's needs - for Hermione, it is a perfect time planning device.
Luna gave Hermione a necklace made of small carrots. The necklace had been treated with Xenophilius's magic. As long as it was maintained regularly, it would not rot or discolor. It was said to be a kind of necklace that could give
Amulet that brings luck to people.
As for Elena's gift, it was very simple. She took out a set of "Advanced Mathematics" and "Fundamentals of Applied Mathematics" directly from the suitcase, wrapped it as a gift, and gave it to Hermione.
"Eh? You guys..."
Hermione looked at the pile of gifts that suddenly appeared in front of her with some confusion.
According to her original idea, this birthday might have to be spent in silence. After all, her birthday was too close to the start of school. She really didn't expect that these friends whom she had just met would prepare gifts specially for her -
—As for the little complaints in my heart, they have long since dissipated.
"That's not all, don't forget, there is also your birthday cake."
Elena blinked, took out her wand and tapped the cake box on the table.
The originally boxy cardboard box slowly bloomed like a flower, eventually forming an extremely delicate paper flower. In the center of the flower, stood a lifelike "Hogwarts Castle"
cake.
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Guacridine! The third update! Today I am going to break out to 10,000 words!
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