The next day, Thursday, September 19th.
For the students and professors at Hogwarts, it was just an ordinary day.
But it was different for Hermione, because today was her twelfth birthday.
In the original book, Hermione at this time was one of the very few little wizards born into an ordinary family in Hogwarts. She had no relatives at school, her relationship with her classmates was not very good, and she had no owl.
So not only did I not celebrate my birthday, I didn't even get a greeting from my parents.
But this time and space is different.
Hermione, who had an owl, received gifts and letters of blessing from her parents early in the morning.
"Oh, holy light, Hermione, why didn't you tell me today is your birthday!" It was also when he saw the gift sent to Hermione by the Grangers that Harry knew that today was Hermione's birthday, and couldn't help but Somewhat annoyed.
You must know that on his birthday before, Hermione, John, and Father Thomas celebrated it for him together, and even gave him a quill as a gift.
At that time, he also thought about giving Hermione a gift when she celebrated her birthday, but boys were more careless and forgetful. Harry even forgot to ask Hermione's birthday afterwards.
This also led to Hermione's birthday today, but he didn't have time to prepare anything.
"Happy birthday, Hermione, you should have told us, we didn't have time to prepare anything!" Neville, Hannah and others who heard the words also said.
This matter was indeed a bit unexpected for them.
"Haha, it's okay, I don't care about this!" Seeing the annoyed expressions of Harry and everyone else, Hermione smiled and waved her hands indifferently.
In her opinion, it was enough for Harry to have such a heart. After all, the other party was an orphan and had never even celebrated his own birthday before this year. She didn't expect that it was normal to celebrate other people's birthdays.
Not to mention the other classmates, we have only known each other for more than half a month, so it would be great to be able to send blessings like this.
Of course, this kind of indifference only targets Harry and the new friends around him.
In fact, she was still looking forward to what gift her cousin John would give her today.
Because since she was a child, this cousin has never let her down.
Even if the other party is basically in Rome on his birthday, this ratio does not prevent the other party from mailing him a birthday gift.
At the moment she was looking forward to in her heart, John also came over, holding a long package in his hand.
"Good morning, Professor Capet!" everyone in Hufflepuff asked after seeing his arrival.
The relationship between John and Hermione is not a secret. Although Hermione herself has not mentioned it, Neville and Harry have already announced it to the entire Hufflepuff. Anyway, John has never said that it should be kept secret.
"Good morning, good morning, little angel, happy birthday!" John also greeted the children with a warm face, and then said birthday wishes to Hermione.
It has to be said that although it is a marginalized college in the original book, in fact, in terms of atmosphere, Hufflepuff is the best one.
"Good morning, John, is this a gift for me?" Hermione looked at the long package in John's hand and couldn't help but guess what was inside.
"I'm sorry, I forgot to prepare a gift for you. This is not for you, but for Harry. Didn't he join the Quidditch team? As the saying goes, a good horse goes with a good saddle (there is a similar saying in English), A good Quidditch player must also have a good broomstick!" Under Hermione's disbelieving eyes, John put the package in his hand in front of Harry, and then said to her apologetically said.
"Um...Professor, isn't this appropriate?" Seeing Hermione's cheeks almost bulging with anger, Harry couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"Hahaha, there's nothing inappropriate, little fool. I'm joking with you. I've prepared a gift for you, but not now. It happens that you don't have classes in the evening, and I've already vacated my office. You can be there then. Hold a birthday party, you can bring your friends with you!" John smiled and stretched out his hand, rubbed Hermione's head and said, this little face is so puffy, it is comparable to Jigglypuff, both of them There is also a statue of the main pet.
"Really?" Hermione said happily.
Although parties are actually allowed in the college lounge, it is a public place for the entire college after all. If it is too noisy and affects others, that is obviously not what Hermione wants.
But John's office is different. The professors' offices are absolutely private spaces, and they also have magic soundproofing. No matter how noisy they are, they won't affect other people.
"Of course it's true." John nodded.
"Professor, then this..." Harry pointed to the package in front of him, looked at John, and then at Hermione.
"Don't look at me, you know, I'm not very interested in flying!" Hermione waved her hands hurriedly.
She actually didn't care what John gave Harry, as long as John didn't forget her birthday present.
Especially for things like flying broomsticks, she was even more grateful.
"This is for you, Harry, don't refuse. You and I are not just an ordinary teacher-student or friend relationship... You are my disciple, do you understand? Or do you not want to admit this relationship?" John asked road.
"Oh no, of course, I mean... of course I am your disciple!" John's words made Harry feel at a loss for a moment.
"That's right, use it well, I'm waiting for you to come back with the Academy Cup!" John patted Harry on the shoulder and said.
"I will definitely do it, Professor!" Harry nodded seriously.
"By the way, one more thing. You may not be able to attend Hermione's birthday party on time today. Of course, I think Hermione won't mind." John added.
"Huh? Why?" Harry was puzzled.
"Professor Dumbledore asked you to go to his office after class in the afternoon. It may take a lot of time." John said and leaned into Harry's ear. "Your godfather has been released from prison."
Upon hearing the news, Harry suddenly fell into deep thought.
Godfather... Ever since he knew about the existence of Sirius, the godfather, he had imagined many times what it would be like to meet him.
Now that the day had really arrived, Harry felt a little uneasy.
"Harry? Harry?" At this moment, Neville pushed him.
"Huh?" Harry suddenly raised his head when he came to his senses, and found that the students around him were looking at him, and John had already left.
"Look at the broom the professor gave you. With this length, I'm sure it's Nimbus 2000!" Cedric on the side looked at the package in front of Harry with a little envy and said, for this is the best broom on the market. He has wanted two thousand nimbus for a long time.
It's just that although their conditions are good, the price of two thousand for a nimbus is too expensive.
In fact, most Quidditch players in the school still use Nimbus 1700, and Cedric is no exception.
Cedric had to sigh in his heart at this, Professor Capet was so heroic.
But what he didn't know was that John was far more arrogant than that. The reason why he gave Harry the Nimbus 2000 was because the best broomstick on the market now only had the Nimbus 2000.
Nimbus 2001 and Firebolt haven't been released yet, so John has no choice but to give them away.
And in John's case, broomsticks and the like are just toys in the final analysis.
As a future Paladin, Harry would need a more serious mount sooner or later.
Harry nodded and opened the package.
Inside, as Cedric guessed, was a Nimbus 2000.
