There was a heavy rain outside the castle, and the dull sound of falling rain that lasted for a day tortured people's nerves, but in the foyer just across the door, there was an eerie silence.
Neville's current movements were just like what Harry had seen on TV, the pitcher of the baseball team. He kept his action of throwing water polo without moving, while Neville's round face, which had become much thinner, was still full of smiles. He looked dazed, as if he didn't even realize what he had just done.
"Oh, damn, he's so handsome!"
Ginny's eyes sparkled when she witnessed the cause and effect. She looked at Neville below with interest and murmured in a low voice.
Harry, who was next to him, couldn't help but look strange when he heard this. Ron's little sister has always admired him abnormally. This is something that almost everyone knows, but today, she actually praised another boy in front of him. Of course, Harry had to admit that Neville's behavior just now The instant reaction was really cool, but...
That's Neville!
After Snape's unremitting publicity in the past three years, Neville's clumsiness is known to everyone even in other grades in the other three colleges, but what happened to the neat, handsome, and smooth catching and throwing actions just now? ?
"Neville little devil!"
Others were still surprised by Neville's amazing performance, but Peeves reacted first. He took Neville's throw as a provocation and started to get angry!
Peeves took off his hat with the bell on it. The space inside the hat was like the classroom where they had physical education classes. It had an unusual space. Peeves' hands were like afterimages, and he kept taking out water balloons from his hat. Suddenly, there was a crackling sound like a firecracker exploding in the hall.
"Oh, help!"
Neville's reaction was much more normal now. He had a look of panic on his face, and like the other little wizards who were still in the hall and couldn't escape in time, he was avoiding Peeves' water ball in a panic.
"oh--"
Seeing Neville, who was only three seconds handsome, the stars in Ginny's eyes disappeared. She shrugged her shoulders and moved the corners of her mouth.
"This is the Neville I know."
"Harry--"
The stone railing on the second floor became clear. Hermione's expression was still solemn. She stared at Neville with shining eyes and reminded in a low voice, "I don't know if you have noticed--"
"certainly."
Harry replied in the affirmative.
The water-soaked marble floor tiles were as smooth as ice. Others could not effectively dodge in this environment. In fact, they could not even stand. Although Neville staggered, he could not move. Handsome, but never fell down once.
After all, water-soaked marble floor tiles are about as slippery as the slime from a dung egg. In order to avoid close contact between the face and the smelly feces and egg mucus on the ground, every little wizard in the physical education class tried their best to avoid falling down.
"It works a bit, doesn't it?"
They were observing Neville intently, but the sudden sound behind them startled Harry and the other three.
"Oh, Professor Blaine, I'm sorry, I didn't notice you!"
Hermione looked apologetic and said softly.
Harry, on the other hand, tensed up nervously and looked a little embarrassed.
During this time, Harry had been angry with Professor Dumbledore and Professor Brain because of the breakdown of his dream of moving out from the Dursleys. He was even full of resentment towards Sirius for breaking his promise.
"I'm here for dinner -" Professor Brain said with a smile, "What about you?"
"We -" Hermione pointed at the rain curtain at the door, "we are used to finishing today's exercise before dinner, but Peeves blocked the door."
Professor Brain nodded slightly. He shook his sleeves, held the sliding wand and waved it gently. The water ball that Peeves had just shot ignited with a golden flame, and was scorched by the flames. The orange bow tie tied on Pi Gui's nose suddenly emitted black smoke.
"who is it!"
Peeves screamed and looked around quickly with fierce eyes.
"Who interrupted Lord Peeves from punishing the disobedient little wizard?"
When he saw Professor Braine on the second floor platform with his arms still hanging, Peeves' expression changed in the blink of an eye, from being unscrupulous just now to being polite.
"This is the venerable Professor Brain!" Peeves' funny short and fat figure stood upright, "What are your orders?"
Peeves' funny look made Harry unable to hold back, and he chuckled.
As we all know, the only person in Hogwarts who can scare Peeves is the Slytherin ghost - Bloody Balor. Normally, Peeves has always been domineering, and even Professor Dumbledore doesn't respect him very much. However, since Professor Braine wiped out Greyback's group of werewolves, there is one more person who can walk the talk.
"I don't have any orders, Peeves -" Professor Brain smiled gently, "I just want you to stop causing trouble, okay?"
"As you command!"
Peeves made a strange salute, then slipped across the ceiling and disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Okay, the problem is solved." Professor Brain said happily, "I'm going down to have dinner, please do it - oh, to be honest, I'm really hungry, and some things have taken up my energy. , I seem to have forgotten today’s lunch.”
With that said, Professor Braine walked down the stairs. However, when he reached the middle of the stairs, Professor Braine suddenly stopped. He turned back and looked at Hermione. After thinking briefly, he shouted at Hermione. Lifting his chin,
"There are no classes tonight, Miss Granger. If the time is convenient, I would like to ask you to come to my office before eight o'clock."
Hermione opened her mouth, but before she could find the reason why Professor Blaine summoned her, she saw Professor Blaine say the same thing to Neville in the hall,
"And you, Mr. Longbottom, I hope you will be here when the time comes."
"It's not special training, is it?"
Neville, who was drenched in water, turned pale. He looked at Hermione walking downstairs and said uneasily.
"Don't be stupid, Neville," Ginny said flatly, "If you need special training, then none of us can run away."
The heavy rain has not stopped, and the water of the black lake has jumped over the embankment and rushed onto the lawn. The rumbling waves of the turbulent water hitting the cliff shore were like muffled thunder, which made the little wizards in the castle feel congested.
When the time came to 7:50, Hermione and Neville appeared on the third floor where Professor Blaine's office was located, and the two of them met another person here - Luna Lovegood.
Luna is a second-year wizard, one grade below them, but because of Professor Blaine's physical education class, she is already acquainted with several people in Gryffindor House.
"Good evening--"
The necklace made of beer bottle caps on Luna's neck was tingling. She noticed Hermione and Neville coming from the other side of the corridor first, and raised her hands to greet them.
"Good evening, Luna--" Hermione's eyes passed over Luna's strange necklace, and her delicate brows wrinkled slightly.
Hermione didn't know how Professor Flitwick allowed Luna to keep dressing up like this. If she were in Gryffindor, Professor McGonagall would definitely have something to say.
The most important thing between friends is propriety. Hermione didn't comment on Luna's decoration, but her eyes were slightly confused.
"Professor Brain asked you to come, right? Did he tell you the purpose of calling us?"
"He didn't say—"
Luna's silver eyes were filled with fascination, but her tone was particularly sincere,
"I guess he wants to teach us the magic of getting rid of harassing flies."
Hermione and Neville looked at each other and remained silent.
"But I think he's wasting his efforts -" before pushing open the office door, Luna made another move like shooing away a moth, "There is no trick to dealing with this creature, we can only get used to it."
The sudden heavy rain caused the temperature to drop sharply, and red-hot coals were burning in the fireplace in the office.
Professor Brain sat behind his desk, holding his cheeks with his hands, looking at the pile of parchment on the table with a painful expression.
Hermione was all too familiar with this expression. Whenever Harry and Ron couldn't make their history of magic papers reach the required length, or when faced with Professor Trelawney's request for a prediction of their own fate, he would The two also have this expression.
"sit down--"
Professor Brain threw the quill into the inkpot and made an inviting gesture to the three of them.
As she approached the office, Hermione quickly glanced at the messy documents on Professor Blaine's desk and found that a large piece of parchment seemed to have an aerial view of the school drawn on it, while the top of another stack of parchment had a In the upper right corner of the picture, there is a small piece that seems to be a picture of Madam Pomfrey?
"You must be wondering why I came to you, so I'll keep it short-"
Professor Brain waved his magic wand, and three steaming cups of pumpkin juice were placed in front of them.
Amosta rubbed his sore eyebrows and said to the three little guys,
"Due to some things, I am about to leave Hogwarts for a while. The specific time when I will be able to come back is unknown, but while I am away, I need to ensure that the physical education class can proceed smoothly, so--"
Amosta spread his hands,
"I want you to serve as teaching assistants in the physical education class. What do you think?"
(End of chapter)
