Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 39 Guilt
Four people, a full 120 points, which is enough to drop a large part of Gryffindor's hourglass.You know, there is not a long time before the start of school, but in such a short period of time, Gryffindor has almost ruined all hopes of winning the Academy Cup.

Word spread slowly: Harry Potter, the famous Harry Potter, who had caused Gryffindor to lose so many points, him, and three other stupid first years.

Harry was originally the most famous person in the school, but everyone finally realized that he was no big deal, and even worse, and he became a target of public criticism, no matter where he went, he would be pointed at.

Dean McGonagall also knew about this. She lost her anger in Transfiguration class, not at Toby, but at Harry and the others. According to her words: If it was her, she would at least Fifty points will be deducted, fifty points per person.

In the blink of an eye, it seemed, no one liked Harry anymore, and no one stared curiously at his forehead.Harry kept his head down no matter where he went, and Ron didn't comfort him. He was also one of the culprits who caused the college to lose points. In addition, something like Hermione happened, which made his mood extremely complicated .

When Harry and Ron came to the auditorium, Malfoy sneered loudly as they passed by: "Isn't this the famous Harry Potter, who still has the face to stay in school—"

His plan succeeded, but he happened to hit the muzzle of the gun.

"How can there be such a shameless guy like you!"

Harry yelled angrily, "I saved you in flying lessons—how can you be such a shameless person, you are so bad, you will not end well!"

Ron also scolded: "You are the most shameless person. You don't want any shame. How dare you fool your savior and become a coward who ran away without fighting!"

Malfoy's face turned blue and then white. He knew what happened in the flying lesson, but that was what Malfoy couldn't tolerate the most-being rescued by Harry Potter.

"You wait for me!"

Malfoy dropped the last harsh words, not even in the mood to ridicule.

The mood of the two of them didn't improve because they scolded Malfoy away, even when they saw the envelope on the slender package, they couldn't smile, even if they did, it was just a wry smile.

[Don't open the package on the table, it contains your new broomstick Nimbus 2000, I don't want everyone to know that you have a new broom, lest they all want it.Oliver Wood will be waiting for you at the Quidditch pitch tonight at seven o'clock for your first training session. 】

【Professor M. McGonagall】

"Nimbus 2000"

Ron and Harry looked at each other, they both thought Harry would be disqualified from the Quidditch team.

"I'm taking the broom back," said Harry. "I'm not going to join the Quidditch team."

When the captain of the team, Wood, was taken aback when he heard these words: "This is your chance to stand up, don't do this, and don't think about deducting points, how can you refuse?"

He comforted Harry for a while, but Harry could tell the smile was forced on his face.

"But I still won't be able to attend the training session tonight." Harry said dejectedly, "We're going to be locked up at Professor Highmore's place."

"Good luck." Wood said, his words seemed more sincere. Everyone knew that Professor Highmore was the worst professor to mess with, and he was completely different from another new professor, Quirrell.

They had unwrapped the broom in the dormitory, and even though they didn't know anything about broomsticks, Harry could tell what a fine broom it was, sleek and shiny, with a mahogany handle , the long tail is tied with neat and straight branches, and the words "Nimulator 2000" are printed golden on the top of the broom handle.

Ron just marveled and remained silent. He looked at Harry hesitantly, and Harry happened to be looking at him too.

The two of them still have the most important thing to do.

"When are you going to apologize to Hermione?"

"Waiting for you to make a decision."

On the way back to the dormitory that night when they were caught, they apologized to Neville separately. In order to prevent him from crying too hard to hear clearly, the two even apologized again early the next morning.Anyway, even though Neville took the initiative to keep up with them, he was still implicated by the two of them, and neither of them cared about this trivial matter. Once they saw Neville crying so hard, they couldn't bear it in their hearts. I can't help but feel a little guilty.

And most importantly Hermione.

She doesn't talk to Harry or Ron anymore, she's a different person since that night, she's even more alone than she was before, and she's literally trying to answer questions in class now, as if she's going to Points deducted will be regained.

This made Harry and Ron never find a good opportunity to apologize.

"I don't understand why she wants to speak for us." Ron said: "She doesn't have to do this."

"I seem to understand." Harry said: "At first I thought I would be expelled directly, and Hermione must have thought the same way. She felt that she could no longer stay in Hogwarts, so she decided to leave Hogwarts. Do us a favor by the way."

"And do you remember? Before that night, Hermione waited alone until midnight. If she really didn't want us to lose points, she could have asked the professors to report us in advance. Maybe, she is not as bad as we thought , it's not that bad."

Ron sighed: "You are better than Percy at spoiling other people's moods. Fortunately, I have eaten dinner, otherwise I wouldn't even have the strength to be locked up."

The Nimbus 2000 had long been forgotten by them, and Ron was not in the mood to discuss Quidditch at this time. He and Harry walked to the common room after discussing for a while, but Hermione was not there.

"Maybe it's in the library," Harry said, "or maybe he went to Professor Highmore's office earlier."

After Neville also came back, the three of them set off, their hearts were heavy, they didn't know what would be waiting for them in a while.

"Are you all right, Neville?" Ron asked concerned.

Neville's eyes were swollen from crying, and he stammered, "Not too bad."

He has never dared to go to Professor Haimo alone. The worry about his parents surpasses everything in his heart, and he is still afraid that Professor Haimo will take the crystal ball away.

They walked up to the door of the Office of Ancient Magic. Harry took a deep breath and knocked on the door a few times.

The door opened, but the person who opened it was not Professor Highmore, but someone Harry could never have imagined—

Snape.

(End of this chapter)