Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Chapter 312 No progress at all

Ron wasn't offended at being Harry's guinea pig for testing spells.After the initial scare, he even found the spell amusing, as far as he was concerned, the Fuchsia Charm was just a harmless practical joke.

Ron, who had endured countless bad jokes from the twins, didn't take Harry's behavior to heart at all. Instead, he pestered Harry to teach him the spell.And, the first time he saw Hermione, he told Hermione about this as a joke.

"... just such a bright light flashed, and I fell back on the bed!" Ron said with a smile, and took a bite of the sausage in his hand.

Hermione listened quietly, but there was no smile on her face that Harry and Ron expected to see.Cold, with a little dissatisfaction.

"That's what you learned from that book again, Harry," said Hermione.

Harry frowned subconsciously when he heard the words, and replied impatiently, "That's right, but... so what?"

"A handwritten strange spell, you test it on your good friend, just to see what will happen? Did you really not expect the seriousness of the problem?" Hermione's tone was very serious, still stiff face, "I thought that after so many things passed, you would improve a little bit."

"So what if it's handwritten? It's just a joke, it's nothing serious, and Ron wasn't hurt!" Harry retorted.

"Didn't you consider the possibility that someone might get hurt when you were experimenting?" said Hermione. "And, this spell may be banned by the Ministry of Magic..."

"That's impossible!" Harry and Ron said in unison, "We're just joking around, it's nothing serious..."

"Hanging people upside down for fun? Who do you see doing that?" Hermione asked.

"Fred and George, I don't know how many times I've been spoofed by them. They just love to do these pranks, so now they have such a big shop." Ron's face was still full of It didn't matter, he shrugged and took another bite of the sausage in his hand.

Hermione was about to say something, but Harry interrupted.

"My dad."

"What?" Hermione and Ron asked in unison.

"My dad used that spell," said Harry, and he told the two of what he'd seen in Dumbledore's Pensieve earlier.As he spoke, an inexplicable thought arose in his heart: Maybe the half-blood prince is his father?
After listening to Ron, there was an expression of approval on his face, but Hermione obviously still insisted on her opinion.

"Maybe your dad used him, Harry," she said, "but he's not the only one with the spell. We've all seen a bunch of people use it, remember? Suspend people in mid-air and let them Drowsy, and wantonly posing for them in various shapes?"

Harry was startled, and naturally recalled the scene he had seen on the night of the Quidditch World Cup final in his mind, and his expression couldn't help but change.Ron still didn't take it seriously, and said, "It's two different things, Hermione."

"Those guys are abusing this magic, we're just kidding around."

"I just want you to realize how dangerous your actions are!" Hermione said seriously, "No matter what spells you learn from that book, you shouldn't use them directly on people. At least, you can go to A trip to that room, with so many targets in it, won't take much of your time!"

Harry and Ron were speechless, knowing very well that Hermione was right.Thinking about it now, Harry also felt that he was indeed reckless.

Looking at Ron, he patted his shoulder and apologized again.

"Sorry, Ron."

Ron waved his hand and said casually, "It's okay, Harry, I'm okay..."

Seeing this, Hermione was about to say something to Ron, but Ginny came and handed Harry a roll of parchment.

"This is for you, Harry!" She said, sitting directly next to Hermione, and asked with great interest, "What were you talking about just now?"

No one answered him.Harry opened the parchment directly, saw the familiar font on it, and said happily: "Thank you, Ginny...Dumbledore is going to teach me again! It's Monday night!"

"Ah, this is really great." Ron said immediately.

"Yes, to be honest, it's been so long, I thought he'd forgotten... By the way, Ginny, are you going to Hogsmeade with us?" said Harry.

"No, I'm going with Dean..." Ginny said, and Ron glared at him.But this obviously didn't scare Ginny, she said goodbye to Hermione and left directly.

The rest of the breakfast ended with Ron's voice constantly scolding Ginny.They wrapped themselves up, passed Filch's inspection, and finally set off for Hogsmeade.

Today's weather is very bad, not to mention the wind, and it's snowing.The wind wrapped the snow and hit the face like a knife.Harry and the others covered their faces tightly with scarves, leaving only a pair of eyes to look at the road, but to be honest, it was useless at all.

It was so cold that the only exposed seam was numb from the cold.

Along the way, they saw many people who were also struggling through the wind and snow, which made them feel a little regretful.Wouldn't it be better to stay in the warm common room in this weather?

When they finally arrived at Hogsmeade, they saw that Zuko's joke shop was closed, and the doors and windows were nailed tightly with wooden boards. This made the three of them feel a little bad.After walking for a while, after seeing Honeydukes, I felt better again.

It's still open there.

"Praise Merlin!" After finally squeezed into Honeydukes, feeling the warm air with the aroma of candies, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Ron even suggested to stay here for a day.

"No, I already have an appointment with Sirius." Harry shook his head and said.

"Well, I'm just complaining." Ron muttered, and then he laughed and rushed towards the shelves full of candies.The closure of Zuko's joke shop has helped him, and he has decided to spend all his pocket money on candy.

Harry and Hermione were not idle either, and also bought candy.Honey bee candies are undoubtedly the most popular, and candied pineapple is also very good. Except for the anti-human candies like cockroaches, the rest of Harry more or less bought some.

"What's this?" During the checkout, Harry asked, pointing to Hermione's quill-like things, "Since when are quills sold here?"

"This is a high-grade candy stick quill, similar to a lollipop, one can be licked for hours." Hermione paid the bill by mistake, and then carefully stuffed her candy into the robe.

"By the way, where's your date with Sirius?" she asked.

"Pig's Head Bar." Harry also packed his own candy, and then greeted Ron who was making a difficult choice.

"Ron, hurry up, we should go!"

(End of this chapter)