In Lupine's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Harry was a little distracted. Lupine was explaining to everyone how to deal with the correct way to deal with the swamp digger. This is a magical creature in wetlands and swamps that is widely distributed in Europe and America. There are also People have seen them in muddy ponds.
The swamp digger, which looks like a piece of dead wood, has a strong preference for the lower third path. If a careless wizard accidentally passes by them, it is common for a claw to break his ankle. They are still mandrakes. The natural enemy of the mandrake, the scream that can kill a wizard is no different from the lullaby before sleeping in the ears of the swamp digger.
Lupine was talking about the mandrake that was harmed by the swamp digger. When the mandrake was picked up, people would find a bloody mud. Professor Sprout said every June They were all on strict guard against this, because it was the season when mandrakes were mature, and there happened to be a swampy wetland in the Forbidden Forest where swamp digging activities took place.
"The next class this week is a practical class. You don't need to come to the classroom. We will gather at the small pier of Black Lake. Remember not to be late."
When the bell rang, Lupine clapped his hands and said to the students. The little wizards chattered excitedly, then politely said goodbye to Lupine and left the classroom together.
"Why are you so distracted, Harry?"
Lupine patted Harry on the shoulder and said worriedly: "Is that what happened?"
"No." Harry glanced around and saw that there was no one in the classroom. "I was just thinking about the invisibility cloak."
"The one that belonged to your father?" Lupine couldn't think of anything to worry about with the Invisibility Cloak.
"Yes." Harry nodded, "Professor Dumbledore told me that the invisibility provided by the invisibility cloak was just incidental, but before he could explain the situation to me clearly, he took Hagrid to take the dragon trainer exam. .”
"The Riddler gets out of Hogwarts, but I can only talk here." Harry spread his hands helplessly, and then threw his backpack on his shoulders, "Anyway, we will know when he comes back. If he knows I was so anxious about this that I couldn’t even listen to the lectures, and who knows if I would secretly laugh in the principal’s office.”
Lupine was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing, "Professor Dumbledore really likes such a mysterious tone. He likes to guess riddles, and even more likes to see people unable to guess the answers."
After hearing Harry's explanation, Lupine relaxed a little.
"Then I'll leave first. There are still things to do with the war group, so I have to go there."
Harry waved to Lupine and walked towards the door, but just as Harry was about to go out, Lupine called him.
"Harry." Lupine had a look of hesitation on his face.
"What's wrong, Uncle Lupin?" Harry stopped and looked at Lupine with some confusion, "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"
"There are some." Lupine nodded and waved to Harry, "I was hesitant to tell you before, but I think it's better to let you know."
"I've contacted Sirius."
"Huh? What's going on?" Harry didn't have any special feelings for Sirius. He even felt a little alienated from his nominal father, James, let alone the godfather whom he had never even met. To be honest, Harry had deeper feelings for Snape than for Sirius. At least Snape truly loved him unreservedly, as if he were his own son.
Lupine heard the unfamiliarity in Harry's words. Although this was natural, it also made him feel a little sad. James and Sirius were such close brothers back then, but it was a pity that fate played a trick on people.
"He went to North America. He didn't tell me much in the letter. He only said that he went there to prepare a gift for you. However," Lupine hesitated for a moment, then continued: "This is just my feeling, maybe That’s not the case.”
"Sirius may be in a bit of trouble."
"He asked you for help?" Harry raised his eyebrows slightly.
"No." Lu Ping shook his head and said, "But it is precisely because of this that I have this guess."
"Although we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, some habits are difficult to change."
"Please believe me, Harry, your godfather, Sirius, cares about you very much. He and your father were half-brothers at the beginning. If you want to use any words to describe it, then the two of them have done everything possible. Retain full trust, he cares about you and cares about you."
"But I think he feels he owes you a lot, so he went so far away. It's definitely not because he doesn't want to see you."
Lupine said it very seriously. After all, he, Sirius and James were best friends. Sirius did not meet Harry after leaving Azkaban. Lupine did not understand why at the beginning. But after contacting Sirius, he probably guessed something.
Harry understood what Lupine meant, "Although I haven't met him, I believe he will come to see me after he adjusts to his condition. He is one of my father's best friends and my godfather. Maybe he needs a little time."
"How about I write a letter to Professor Grindelwald? I remember that the Umbrella Party also has people distributed in North America. Although its power is not as powerful as in Europe, it shouldn't be too difficult to ask them for information."
"Professor Grindelwald?" Lupine was slightly surprised, but considering that he taught at Hogwarts for a year last year, it is understandable. Harry is a very outstanding child in Lupine's eyes, " Wouldn’t this be too much trouble?”
"It's okay. Maybe I will transfer to another school next year. Professor Grindelwald welcomes me to study in Durmstrang. We have a good chat."
"Don't worry, Uncle Lupin. Sirius should be fine. Can't you still write letters? If you really run into trouble, you won't have time to do this, right?"
"That's right." Lupine sighed slightly, then smiled at Harry, "Maybe I'm overthinking it."
After bidding farewell to Lupine, Harry simply went to the Great Hall to fill his stomach. There were no classes all afternoon today. Hogwarts' class schedule was not intensive, and the young wizards had a lot of free time.
For the current official members of the war group, daily training is no longer difficult to adhere to. Although the speed of magic body training is not fast, it is indeed constantly improving their physical fitness. Even a weak little girl like Qiu can He can do forty pull-ups in one minute. After enduring the torturous magic exercise, moving his body will help relax his mind.
By four-thirty in the afternoon, most students on the Quidditch school team had finished their afternoon classes and arrived at the training ground. Although they could not continue to stay in the team, they all retained their training routine from last year. First, They are all used to it. Secondly, if they don't go, they will lose badly in the game. Quidditch is a team game, and even the Gryffindor team with three official members of the war team will not be able to do it. I'm sure I can win against Slytherin and Ravenclaw.
Although Draco just joined this year, he has worked very hard to keep up with the other senior students. Compared to the time when school just started, Draco has changed a bit now. He has the bloodless paleness inherited from the Malfoy family. His skin is not tanned. After more than a month of high-intensity training, Draco, who has successfully tanned himself by two degrees, looks much healthier.
His thin arms and legs also had slightly muscular outlines. When he first participated in training, just running circles around the court as a warm-up made him collapse, and he had to pour magic potion into his mouth. But now, running three kilometers Warming up is like drinking water.
In the magic world, the cost of physical exercise is very low. Those cheap and practical potions can solve almost all the negative effects caused by overexertion of the body. All that is needed here is the determination to endure the hard work.
After completing three hours of intense training, the sky outside had become a little dark. Although they could not catch up with the dinner in the auditorium, the stove in the Hogwarts kitchen was always open for them. The elves learned this last year. With the recipes Harry brought, the small stove in the kitchen would taste better than the traditional Hogwarts dinner in the Great Hall.
"I've made a lot of progress lately, Draco."
On the way back, Harry and Draco chatted. Harry saw Draco's change. They had never had any major conflicts. They had been getting along quite happily recently. At least Draco was not as good as before in front of Harry. He was so restrained, and the sweat flowing every day seemed to dissipate some of his worries. Every day of hard work made him take a small step forward towards his dream.
"Cedric taught me a lot, but I plan to work hard in the direction of a chaser in the future." Draco smiled stupidly, and he also discovered the recent changes in himself, which he had never dared to think about. Thought.
"What, the Seeker isn't having fun?"
"After all, there's a big difference." As Draco's half-teacher, Draco saw Cedric's talent. Except for Harry, Cedric was completely perfect. He is a seeker with sharp vision, quick reactions, and faultless flying skills. His dynamic vision is much better than Draco. The fastest time he caught the Golden Snitch was twenty-three seconds, although he was a bit lucky. The ingredients were there, but it was enough to make Draco look up to him.
"I want to play in the World Cup, but I don't want to sit on the sidelines as a substitute. It's actually good to change to a different track, but I have to train my muscles later. Chasers have physical requirements for confrontation. .”
After Draco made his goals clear, his plans and actions were very clear. Although he was a child who was doted on by his parents, after all, he was born in the upper class of the wizarding world. Compared with other peers, he was abandoned after After embracing maturity from childishness, his thinking became clearer than other peers.
Children from wealthy families don’t need to lower their heads to worry about what they will eat tomorrow. They can look up into the distance at any time and are more likely to look ahead and into the distance. Family background determines a person’s vision to a certain extent.
"Then keep working hard, I'm optimistic about your performance."
"Yes!" Draco nodded and said softly: "Thank you, Captain."
"You're welcome. This is all your own hard work. Okay, let's go faster, otherwise we won't be able to catch the hot meal later."
Harry patted Draco on the back. The two of them were already dozens of meters behind the others.
"By the way, Captain, I discovered something interesting."
Draco spoke mysteriously, with a strange smile hidden at the corner of his mouth.
"What's wrong?" Harry glanced at him, feeling a little curious.
"That's Cassandra."
"Oh? What happened to her?"
"What if I told you that my sister likes you"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Harry waved his hand fiercely, as if to block the approach of something invisible.
"This is not a surprise, this is a shock, Draco."
"Is it so scary to be liked by a girl?" Seeing Harry's actions, Draco asked with some confusion: "Captain, do you like a boy? Ouch! It hurts."
Draco, who was violently hit on the temple by the Poison Dragon Diamond, covered his head and jumped up on the spot. The buzzing pain in his head almost made him stumble to the ground and kiss Mother Earth.
"I'm not interested in underage girls, and I'm even less interested in boys." Harry glared at Draco and said angrily: "What are you thinking about?"
"If nothing else, a girl less than 1.7 meters tall is standing next to me. Have I found a girlfriend or raised a daughter?"
After hearing what Harry said, Draco looked up at his captain. Cassandra was a little taller than him, but her height probably couldn't reach Harry's shoulders. She grew eight inches in a year. , only the sixth and seventh grade seniors can compete with Harry.
"That's true." Draco muttered softly, "You can't kiss while standing on a chair."
"Hahahaha, if that's really the case, it would be quite fun."
Harry shook his head with a smile, but this kind of thing could really happen. From the beginning of school to now, he has grown almost an inch. By the end of this year, he will probably be over two meters tall, but what makes Harry most helpless is The funny thing is, even though he is in good shape now and has not grown into a lump with arms thicker than thighs, he already weighs more than one-fifth of a Hagrid, a full 210 kilograms, and has high-density bones. Muscle fibers with strength close to steel wire make him look more and more like a magical creature in human form.
"But how did you find out? She doesn't seem to have the personality to say these things to you, right? Cassandra, I've never seen her have a good attitude toward people."
"Of course she didn't tell me." Although Draco said this, there was a trace of determination on his face, "At least she cares about you, the leader. This is also the first time I have seen her ask me about other boys. Things like, leader, when will you come for training, what do you like to eat, where will you go after training, etc."
"If she didn't mean that much, why would she ask me?"
"He's so distressingly handsome." Harry sighed fakely, but his mind was not focused on this at the moment.
'Looks like you are planning to take action? ' Harry thought quickly in his mind, 'What kind of surprise will you give me, Nagini? '
'But don't bring out some basilisk to cause trouble in Hogwarts. If that's the case, it would be too boring. '
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It took more time than I thought to fix the bugs and change the plot, but it is still not completely finished. For example, there is only one idea for the copy of Sirius' place, and some details need to be worked out. The plot of the secret room is sorted out, so I will write it out quickly in two days.
(End of chapter)
