Joel has nothing to do about it. These little cupids are more thieves than owls. He will be chased and intercepted wherever he goes. Joel believes that if the wings on the back of the little cupids can make them fly, it will definitely make some owls "position"
optimization".
In the afternoon, there is an arithmetic and divination class. The teacher, Professor Setima Victor, is an unsmiling old lady with a very high professional level. She is a director of the International Divination Association. She usually has very strict academic requirements for students, but her teaching level is quite excellent.
There are not many people taking this course. The students listen carefully in class and the classroom atmosphere is very active.
But today is an exception.
"Mr. Taylor, please tell me how to calculate mental numbers." Professor Victor was a little annoyed when he saw the students in the audience looking absent-minded.
Joel stood up suddenly and looked away from the classroom door, "First establish an alphabetical coordinate system from 1-9, and then extract the vowels in the subject's name and correspond to them..."
Before he finished speaking, two little cupids burst into the classroom with paralyzed faces, holding greeting cards and harps in their hands.
"Who are you?" Professor Victor usually lives in Hogsmeade Village and only comes to Hogwarts Castle during class hours. He still doesn't know what Lockhart is doing. "This is a classroom. Disrupting the order of the class is prohibited."
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"There is a Valentine's Day card with music for Mr. Joel Taylor of Ravenclaw." said the dwarfs. They regarded Professor Victor on the podium as nothing, and opened the Valentine's Day card on their own to prepare to play music.
Professor Victor's body trembled with anger, and Haylis finally couldn't bear it any longer. She swung her wand and used a spell to repel the dwarves.
"Please do me a favor and tie them up." Haylis said to Joel, and she turned the quills on the table into a bundle of ropes.
The two tied up the two dwarfs and stuffed a wad of parchment into their mouths.
The students joined forces with Professor Victor to block the classroom door, and the dwarfs finally stopped.
Throughout the day, Joel had been avoiding the pursuit of the little cupid.
It wasn't until they walked out of Professor Sprout's greenhouse after class in the evening, and was reminded by Haylis, that Joel remembered that today was not only Valentine's Day, but also his birthday.
"No, you actually forgot your birthday?" Hailis and Joel walked to the auditorium holding books. She was very surprised by this.
Joel didn't know how to answer. It couldn't be said that he had traveled through time and had no memory of the original owner's birthday.
However, Hailis thought it was because Joel grew up in an orphanage and had no chance to celebrate his birthday at all. The nameless fire that had been accumulated all day turned into soft skin around his fingers, and his eyes were so sparkling that they could make water come out of his eyes.
"Follow me," Haylis stretched out her hand to hold Joel's wrist and pulled him toward the Black Lake, "I'll show you a baby."
Joel:???
He felt something run over his face.
"Sister!" It was Bernie Selwyn. He was like a round ball flying down the hillside. He kept staring at the tightly connected palms of Joel and Haylis, "What are you going to do?
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"It's Joel's birthday," Haylis said with a smile, "What can I do for you?"
"Well..." Bernie hesitated, "Sister, can you send me a Valentine's Day card anonymously through Professor Lockhart's little cupid?"
Hailis suspected that there was something wrong with her hearing, "What do you want a Valentine's Day card for?"
"I want to show off," Bernie said, clasping his wrist, "to let others see that I am also liked by the opposite sex."
"Can't you just write yourself a letter?" Joel complained.
Bernie glanced at Joel and said, "Is that okay, sister?" He turned to act coquettishly with Haylis.
"Bernie," Hailis took a deep breath. Joel knew that Hailis was very irritable now, "Can you save us some trouble? Just study honestly. You were thinking about it every day last year.
To compare your living conditions with the Malfoy boys, why not compare your academic performance?"
"Don't you feel ashamed when you look at the T and D (Dreadful) on your report card?" Haylis entered the preaching mode, "I heard that Malfoy's grades are quite outstanding."
Bernie blushed and clenched his fists. Joel felt embarrassed when he looked at it, and quickly tugged on Haylis's hand. After all, he was still an outsider now, and it was not easy for him to be taught by his sister in front of him.
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"Okay Bernie," Haylis sighed, "Now hurry up and go back to the auditorium to eat, then go back to the common room to study, and forget all this. How old are you to think about anything romantic?"
Bernie's eyes widened, his face full of anger, "Didn't you also fall in love in the second grade? Are you embarrassed to tell me?"
He stamped on the little elephant's legs and ran away.
Hailis let out a heavy breath, "I really..."
She had a thousand curse words in her mind, but she couldn't hold them back.
"Don't be angry, Bernie is still young..." Joel himself, as a bystander, couldn't accept these words of comfort. He felt that the Selwyns' trumpet was dead, and suggested opening a new one, or focusing on raising a larger one.
Bar.
After calming down for a while while looking at the vast black lake with her hands on her hips, Haylis returned to smiling. After all, she was out to celebrate Joel's birthday tonight, so it was inappropriate to look sad.
Joel allowed Haylis to lead him to the black lake. She lit her wand, opened her small bag, and took out an irregular round food. Joel could only reveal the cake embryo and the
The uneven buttercream on the top layer makes it clear that this is a cake.
With Hailis' material level, she would definitely not buy this kind of cake. She probably took the time to make it herself.
"Happy birthday to you..." She hummed softly, with a shy smile on her face. This was the Muggle birthday song she learned from her Muggle Studies class. She had practiced it twice in private, and felt that
good.
Joel hesitated to speak.
He wanted to complain about Hailis singing out of tune, but after thinking about it, she was celebrating his birthday after all, so he couldn't bear to say it.
"How was my singing?" Hailis asked for praise, "I sang in the dormitory, and both Qiu and Marietta praised my singing. You will be very happy to hear it."
"...It's like listening to fairy music, and my ears are suddenly bright." Joel pondered for two seconds before spitting out this sentence.
Hailis didn't understand the meaning of it, but knew that it was a compliment to her, so she laughed silly.
"Don't sing in front of others anymore," Joel said sadly. "Listen to me."
In order to protect his girlfriend's shortcomings of being tone-deaf, he didn't mind temporarily using the famous saying of the domineering president Lu Daan.
Hailis nodded happily. She took out a long box from her bag and handed it to Joel, "This is a birthday gift. Open it and take a look."
Joel opened the box. Inside was a long tray with a star sapphire on it. Under the light of the wand, Joel could see six stars on the top of the curved gem, which moved with the light.
And changing the orientation, it looks beautiful.
More importantly, there are two Q-version villains carved on a cross-section of the sapphire. One of them is exactly the same as the one on the cake that Joel sent last month. There is no doubt that it is Haylis. The other one has a sunny and handsome appearance.
The little man is hugged in his arms, the image is lifelike, and his posture is quite similar to Joel's.
"Thank you, I like it very much."
The two hugged each other and sat by the reeds of the Black Lake. Joel closed his eyes and made a wish, then cut the cream cake with a table knife.
"How does it taste?"
"This cake is tooth-droppingly sweet."
"Is it because you have bad teeth, Joel?" Haylis had a look of disdain on her face. As she said this, she put a large piece of cake into her mouth. She squinted her eyes slightly and was obviously very satisfied with the sweetness of the cake.
"Why are there spiders here?" Haylis's vision was very outstanding in the dim light.
Joel watched the little spiders line up in a row and walk towards the Forbidden Forest with uniform steps, gradually disappearing at the edge of darkness.
It was already past dinner time when the two finished the cake and returned to the auditorium, but everyone was still gathered in the auditorium at this time, panicked and with fear written on their faces.
"What's wrong?" Joel had a bad feeling in his heart.
Allen's voice trembled, "The heir of Slytherin has taken action again..."
"Who was injured this time?"
"That know-it-all lady from Gryffindor," Sergey came over, "Professor McGonagall has sent her to the hospital wing."
"I hope nothing will happen again," Qiu Zhang frowned, feeling uneasy, "Why is this school year so uneven?"
Lockhart appeared in the sight of the students with his twelve dwarfs.
"Don't be nervous, everyone!" He raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down, "Believe in Hogwarts, believe in Professor Lockhart! We will definitely find the mastermind behind the scenes!"
Professor Dumbledore's figure appeared in the auditorium. He seemed a little tired, and his usually straight back was slightly bent downwards. However, the students became determined as soon as they saw him. Everyone knew that Dumbledore meant a lot to Hogwarts.
of importance.
"It's another attack. We really have to consider closing the school," Professor McGonagall rushed back from the medical wing. "Fortunately, no one was killed. Otherwise, how would we explain it to the parents of the students?"
"Albus, you're finally here..." Lockhart hurriedly came forward to greet him. He immediately patted his chest when he heard Professor McGonagall's words, "Minerva, don't worry, we let the murderer succeed for too long. Mainly
It’s because I, Professor Lockhart, didn’t take action personally!”
"Now he actually hurts my most proud student," Lockhart used this word to call Hermione. If she heard it while lying on the hospital bed, she would go crazy with joy. "The great Professor Lockhart had to take action to end it."
That’s all.”
Dumbledore looked serious, and his sharp eyes seemed to see through Lockhart, "Gilderoy, was Miss Granger the first you discovered tonight?"
"That's right," Lockhart didn't seem to realize the seriousness of the problem. "She came to the office to discuss an interesting little issue with me, which is about the African tree snake..."
He talked a lot, but no one wanted to hear what issues Lockhart and the murdered student discussed.
"Let's get to the point, Gilderoy." Professor McGonagall was impatient. Professor Flitwick hurriedly came from the office at this time and worked with Professor Sprout to maintain order among the students. No one wanted to risk leaving alone now. Everyone sat down.
Discuss gossip around the long table.
"After Miss Granger left, I dealt with some things in the office," Lockhart finally got to the point. "Then I went downstairs to find something to eat in the kitchen. I found that Miss Granger was petrified in the office.
At the corner of the stairs.”
"Albus, you are usually too busy with work, so leave this matter to me," Lockhart assured, patting his chest, "It will definitely be done easily!"
All eyes were focused on Dumbledore.
The principal thought for a moment and said, "Gilderoy, that's settled."
"Pomona," Dumbledore asked Professor Sprout, "how long will it take for the mandrake to mature?"
"Three months, Albus," Professor Sprout showed a troubled expression, "This is the fastest speed. I have given the best conditions in the greenhouse to the mandrake."
"I'll leave this to you, Gilderoy." Dumbledore noted this time. He still had to spare his energy to deal with the school director.
"Okay everyone," Lockhart stood up happily, "Now everyone listen to me and don't worry too much. I believe that your Professor Lockhart will find the real murderer. It won't take long..."
"We believe Professor Lockhart!" Some students in the audience echoed. Lockhart is quite popular in Hogwarts. Although he is a bit narcissistic, he has to say that he also provides a lot of jokes to the students.
, coupled with his impressive strength, few people dislike him.
Ron and Harry were two of them. Harry had kept a distance since he noticed something was wrong with Lockhart's eyes, while Ron was simply unhappy, or because of Hermione, he couldn't accept Hermione's presence in front of him.
The expression of obsession when looking at Lockhart.
"I always feel that something is fishy," Ron muttered. "Hermione met Lockhart alone, and there were no witnesses when she was injured. Maybe it was Lockhart who attacked her?"
"Isn't he shouting "Catch the thief" when he investigates the case now?
Harry shook his head, his friend Hermione's injury made him feel confused.
Hermione's injury is actually good news for Harry. Now no one thinks he is the heir of Slytherin. Who would murder his friend?
Joel has been practicing Occlumency with Haylis recently and studying Norse mythology by the way. They act together like most students. The atmosphere in the castle is very depressing now. No one is making loud noises in the corridors. Everyone may be committing a crime.
The suspects and students are in panic all day long.
Lockhart, on the other hand, ran around the Hogwarts castle like Maori Kogoro, collecting all suspicious clues and being sneaky all day long.
However, after his investigation, he actually found some clues.
It was another school board meeting, but the atmosphere was much more serious than before. The school board members were sitting opposite Dumbledore, Mr. Rosier was flipping through a document in his hand, and a low pressure filled the principal's office.