Term life goes on, the Quidditch season returns to normal, Hogwarts is full of laughter and joy, no one cares that a Slytherin student has just gone through the withdrawal procedures, and Bernie Selwyn's luggage has been moved away
The dormitory disappeared from Hogwarts.
The mandrakes were not yet ripe, so Madam Pomfrey, Ginny and Hermione could only lie in bed and wait for a while.
This is very painful for Ron and Harry. They have to adapt to the days without Hermione. Potions class is the most irritating. They can only huddle in the dark underground potions classroom and face Snape all the time. With the look in Furui's eyes, he nervously handed in a potion that was extremely unfinished before get out of class, and then watched Snape draw a big T on the score board.
Joel has been suffering a lot lately. After the incident in the Chamber of Secrets, his popularity on the Hogwarts campus rose to a new level. Many senior students ignored Haylis's murderous and ferocious gaze and moved towards Joel.
They think they are much prettier than Haylis.
Joel complained so much that he didn't dare to hang around outside at all now. After class, he hurried back to the dormitory to communicate with Haylis through the double-sided mirror.
A week after the incident in the Chamber of Secrets, everyone came to the lawn in front of the castle under the command of Professor McGonagall.
"Mr. Taylor, you and Miss Selwyn move your positions." Professor McGonagall stood five meters away and measured the distance. "You two are taller, so it is more appropriate to stand in the middle."
Harry and Ron stood on both sides, Joel and Halys stood in the middle, and Professor Lockhart stood in the second row, stretching his arms around his four students, grinning with his signature smile.
Professor Flitwick was responsible for taking pictures of them. His short body jumped up and down in front of the camera with funny and endearing postures.
"Three, two, one..."
Joel quietly stretched out his fingers to hook Haylis's palm. She glanced sideways and pursed her lips, revealing a pair of dimples.
The spotlight made a bang and recorded the faces of the five people.
The Ravenclaw Quidditch team has been in the spotlight recently. They have won against Slytherin and Hufflepuff, and are only left with the last game against Gryffindor. As long as they lose by less than 50 points, Ravenclaw will win.
Labor will retain the Quidditch trophy.
All thanks to Eddie and Roger Davis. The tactics formulated by these two Quidditch twins imitated the teams of many Quidditch giants. In addition, Ravenclaw students have strong understanding and can easily implement them.
Put these tactics into practice.
During this period, Joel has been following Professor Babling. She is racing against time to write a paper on H?lsinge Runes. Joel is responsible for running errands for her and going to the library to borrow relevant materials.
Professor Babuling has two large bookcases of rune information, but none of them involve H?lsinge Runes. Wizards cannot use this kind of text to guide spells, and they do not study this type of rune branch at all. There are only a few in the library.
There are some archaeological books dealing with this language.
Joel got a certificate from Professor Babling that allowed him to enter and exit the restricted book area unlimited times. Professor Babling was not sure which books would be helpful to her research, so she simply entrusted it to Joel.
Mrs. Pince stared at Professor Babling's cursive signature on the certificate note, as if she wanted to poke a hole in it.
"This is really Professor Babling's signature," Joel said helplessly, "You can go to her and ask her for details."
Mrs. Pingsi's eyes moved slightly and she remained silent, "That's not necessary."
She turned around and took Joel to the restricted book area. After walking around and around the depths of the library, they finally came to the outside of the restricted book area. There was a bronze door with a bronze lock hanging on the door and an engraving on it.
There was the Hogwarts school emblem, and there was a sign beside the bronze door - students and cats not allowed. Joel suspected that Mrs. Pince was targeting Filch's beloved cat, Mrs. Norris.
"Stand back." Mrs. Pince ordered.
Joel retracted his toes obediently.
Mrs. Pince stretched out her right hand to grab the copper lock, and a faint blue light flashed on it. Joel could feel a magical power gradually awakening from Mrs. Pince.
There was a click, and the copper lock opened. Mrs. Pince pushed the bronze door open, and a smell of dust hit her face.
Joel followed her and walked in. He didn't expect it to be so complicated. He vaguely remembered that it seemed very simple and effortless for Harry to break into the Restricted Book Zone wearing the Invisibility Cloak when he was in the first grade.
"Mrs. Pince, is there only one restricted book section in Hogwarts?" Joel took two steps forward.
Mrs. Pince turned back and looked at Joel with caring eyes, "Of course. Do I look like I have a brain problem? Put the banned books in two areas?"
Joel: "..."
He thinks so. The restricted book area is at the very back of the library. Mrs. Pince definitely doesn't have the energy to monitor this area. If it was so easy to enter according to the original standards, those students would probably have gone through the books in the restricted area long ago.
.
Just like Lockhart in the original work, there is simply no such foolish professor in the magical world where Joel lives.
"If you want to read a certain book, tell me in advance," Mrs. Pince glanced at him. "Many books have defensive restrictions on them, which can easily hurt people."
Joel nodded. The restricted book area was sealed all around. There was not even a window. The outside sunlight could not penetrate at all, causing the restricted book area to be extremely dark. Joel had to use the fluorescent flashing spell to use the light to find the people in the restricted book area.
books.
There were five separate bookshelves with information about ancient runes. Joel dug through the piles of books that were about to become moldy for an hour, and finally found four ancient books mentioning H?lsinge Runes.
Mrs. Pince glanced at it briefly, took it off the bookshelf, and stuffed it into Joel's arms.
"Half a month should be enough time, right?" she said, "Let me tell you in advance, I don't want to see any wrinkles on these books. How they looked when I gave them to you is how they should look when you return them.
, otherwise you won’t be able to enter the restricted book area next time.”
Joel nodded in agreement. When he left, he glanced at the bookshelf closest to the bronze door and saw a book that he was very interested in - an analysis of the spellcasting methods and mysterious spells of Nordic wizards in the eighth century.
The eighth century? Isn't that similar to the age of the seven ancient books recorded by Hälsinge Runes? Joel is interested, maybe he can find some clues from it?
"...Mrs. Pince, there is also this book." Joel stopped the librarian who had walked to the door.
Mrs. Pince's thin body paused for a moment, then she turned her head and followed Joel's gaze.
"Is this also Professor Babling's research direction?" Mrs. Pince was a little skeptical. Her sharp eyes like an eagle were locked on Joel. "Isn't she engaged in ancient magic texts?"
"Of course the ancient magic texts must correspond to the casting of spells. This is also the research direction of Professor Babling." Joel said matter-of-factly, "The magic texts produced in this era are quite dense, and Professor Babling must be very interested in this."
interested."
Mrs. Pingsi frowned, and she pulled out the ancient books from the bookshelf, along with a handful of dust.
Only then did Joel see that there was a black cross on the cover of the ancient book, which connected the midpoints of the four sides of the cover and twisted it into a lock in the center of the cover.
Mrs. Pingsi thought for a moment, then pressed her palm on the cover, and the light blue light spread from the palm to the surrounding areas.
The cross sizzled outwards and emitted black smoke. As the black smoke floated into the air, the black cross gradually retracted to the edge of the cover.
"Here." Mrs. Pince said angrily, stacking the books in Joel's arms.
After leaving the restricted book area, the previously depressing atmosphere immediately dissipated, and the sun shone on Joel's face with a warm warmth.
Saying goodbye to Mrs. Pince, Joel left the library.
Most of these ancient books have non-copying spells. They may have been set by the writers at the time, or they may have been set after they were included in the Hogwarts library. Once the copying spell is cast on these books, it will cause irreversible serious consequences.
As a result, I immediately pulled out the system panel and searched for a long time in the system mall, but couldn't find what I wanted.
He could only give up for the time being and go to Professor Babuling's office first.
"Let me take a look, these books..." Professor Babuling adjusted her glasses on the bridge of her nose, "They are all very useful. Thank you for your hard work."
"It's nothing, this is what I should do..." Joel said modestly. He didn't mind establishing good relationships with professors in various disciplines if he could. After saying this, he realized that there was something wrong.
"Do you think this book will be helpful too?"
He lowered his head and looked at the "Analysis of Spellcasting Methods and Mysterious Spells of Eighth-Century Nordic Wizards" in Professor Babling's hand, trying his best to hide the salivation in his eyes.
"Yes, the spell casting methods of medieval wizards followed the habits of the classical era to a certain extent, but they also had their own new developments. For us now, the Middle Ages are more like a link between the past and the future. This book is definitely very valuable.
"
"To be honest," Joel smiled, "Professor Babbling, I am also very interested in this book."
Professor Babuling looked up at him and put down the quill in his hand. "Then you can take a look at it first. A week should be enough, right?"
"Thank you very much!" Joel bowed deeply.
When he returned to his dormitory, he immediately wrote the mail order order, stuffed a large amount of gold Galleons into his owl Bobby, and sent it to Diagon Alley.
One day later, Poppy flapped her wings and flew back to Ravenclaw Tower, bringing back a brown bag.
"Thank you so much, let's take a rest." Joel gently smoothed the owl's feathers affectionately, and Poppy tilted her neck with a look of enjoyment.
He watched the owl standing in the cage and sleeping soundly, and quickly opened the brown bag. Inside was a simple camera, for which Joel spent a lot of money.
After clumsily changing the film, Joel opened the pages of the ancient book and took a separate photo of each page. It took several sets of film to complete the photo.
Saturday morning was the long-awaited day to visit Hogsmeade. Considering that Joel had not been alone with Hailes in real life for a long time, he took the initiative to propose a visit to Hogsmeade. Hailes stayed up all night for this purpose.
, complete the learning content for Saturday’s day in advance.
"I heard from Qiu that Fengya Clothing Store has launched some new limited edition silk scarves," Hailis held Joel's arm, "There are exclusive colors for Ravenclaw!"
"Buy, buy, buy."
"The jewelry store has launched several necklaces, including couple styles..."
"Buy, buy, buy."
Joel answered all of them without hesitation. He is now considered a wealthy man, and he does not care about the small amount of money for shopping. The monthly CLBT share is enough to pay for it.
Hailis smiled happily when she heard Joel's response. It was not that she was short of money, but she was very satisfied with going shopping with her boyfriend.
After spending most of the day wandering around Hogsmeade with Haylis, and finally drinking two bottles of butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks, Joel sent Haylis back to Hogwarts Castle through the One-Eyed Witch's secret passage.
He ran to Diagon Alley with several sets of films, took the Knight Bus to Diagon Alley, and then went to the Leaky Cauldron through Diagon Alley, returning to the Muggle world.
Charing Cross Street was very lively in the evening. Since there is no mobile phone navigation now, Joel searched for a long time in the Muggle world before he found a photo studio.
By the time he finished cleaning all the photos, it was already 8pm.
He ate a sandwich at a nearby fast food restaurant, then hurriedly put the photo into a blue satin bag with a traceless stretching spell, stretched out his wand in a dark alley, and took the Knight Bus back to Huo.
Germode Village.
The students of Hogwarts have already returned to the campus, and the village is now particularly deserted. Most of the shops have closed their shops and are preparing to take a break. Only the Three Broomsticks and Honeydukes Candy Shop are left with lights on.
Joel quickened his pace and walked through the dark, deserted streets.
After turning another corner and walking two steps, they arrived at Honeydukes Candy Store. Joel suddenly felt a cool tangerine sensation on his back.
He instinctively looked back, but found nothing strange. He was the only one on the whole street.
Joel shook his head and muttered, "It's probably because it was a little cold at night and I didn't wear much, so I caught a cold..."
As he spoke, he continued to move forward and slowly took out the wand from his robe pocket.
Behind an oak tree, a black shadow flashed out, the corner of its mouth grinning ferociously.