I'm a priest at Hogwarts

Chapter 35 A Day of Ups and Downs

After checking the progress of Olado's recent cultivation, Nicole Flamel nodded with satisfaction and said, "Your talent is undeniable, it's much better than mine, just continue to practice step by step, and it won't take more than ten years You'll be able to take the crucial step—out of your body."

"Teacher, it will take ten years?"

"What kind of mentality do you have? Ten years is too short. Your teacher and I did it when we were 60 years old." Nicole Flamel said with a look of hatred.

Orlando also wants to become a celestial being as soon as possible. He often feels that time is not enough. There is a kind of enthusiasm that 1 years is too long and he seizes the day and night.

"Teacher, can't the Philosopher's Stone speed up cultivation?" Orlando asked cautiously.

"The Philosopher's Stone, I almost forgot about this. It is possible, but after all, it is with the help of external objects. After a long time, you will become dependent. It is not as solid as you practice step by step. I do not recommend you to use it prematurely."

"I don't need to use it directly. I will refine it into an outer pill and use it as a magic power storage. Teacher, what do you think?"

"Hey, this idea is a bit new, but it is feasible. It can speed up the efficiency of meditation without making people dependent. It is a good idea." Nicole Flamel's eyes lit up.

"When Dumbledore finishes using the Sorcerer's Stone, you can get it back."

"Okay, teacher. I don't know who Principal Dumbledore wants to catch with the Philosopher's Stone as bait?" Orlando asked knowingly.

"Hehe, my old man is the most scheming man. He is fishing for a big fish with a long line. As for who the big fish is, hehe, I won't say, you can guess for yourself." Nicole Flamel I won't say anything with a face that makes you depressed.

Orlando curled his lips, really pretending that I don't know, I just don't want to say it.

"Forget it, no matter who he catches, anyway, after this semester is over, the agreement between you and him will be over, teacher, and I will take back the Philosopher's Stone."

"I know you little devil is thinking about the Sorcerer's Stone, thinking about taking shortcuts all day long, you must know that the foundation determines the height, and only if you walk out step by step, you will be solid." Nicole Flamel couldn't help teaching.

"I don't want to be successful in cultivation as soon as possible, so as not to be bullied all the time, and make you angry, Teacher."

"Don't worry, I will take care of those who bully you sooner or later. If a tiger doesn't show its power, it will treat me as a sick cat, hum."

As soon as this Nicole Flamel was mentioned, he couldn't get angry. He was secretly preparing these days, but Orlando didn't know it. He just waited for an opportunity to make a fuss and vent his anger.

"Teacher, don't mess around. It's important to heal your wounds. I'll just say it casually. Don't worry about it. I'll take care of my own affairs. When I succeed in cultivation someday, these people naturally don't dare to underestimate him. Me." Orlando said plausibly.

"It's good for you to have this kind of mentality. You should endure it at a young age. Of course, your teacher and I are not vegetarians, so I will help you get ahead."

What else did Orlando say, Nicole Flamel waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's go practice, I'm going to rest too."

"Okay then, good night, teacher!"

"Um."

In the morning, when he returned to school, Orlando found that the Gryffindor common room was extremely lively. All the Gryffindor students were talking about their grades with righteous indignation. Some students saw that he didn't know what happened, and pointed out that Let him watch in the direction of recording the Academy Cup score.

Orlando squeezed out of the crowd and walked towards the huge hourglass that recorded the Academy Cup score. At this time, Gryffindor had a full 150 points less than yesterday. Many students thought something was wrong at first, and then things slowly spread: Harry Potter, the famous Harry Potter, the hero of two Quidditch matches, had cost them so many points, him, and two other stupid first years.

The students of Slater cheered happily, now they are No.1 again, the students of Gryffindor are dejected, in stark contrast, the students of the other two colleges are divided into two factions, one faction has nothing to do with watching the excitement, The other faction gloated and commented heavily on the several people who caused the incident.

Orlando shook his head. He didn't need to think about it, Harry was in trouble again.

During breakfast, Harry and Ron kept their heads down and said nothing, Hermione didn't come, and the surrounding Gryffindor students looked at them with hatred.

"What's the matter with you, I have already sent Noble away, how can you still make a fool of yourself?"

Ron stirred the pumpkin porridge with a spoon, and said bitterly: "It's not Malfoy, this despicable villain, who agreed to a duel, but he secretly ran to sue and betrayed us."

Harry clenched his fists, annoyed at his recklessness, if he hadn't had a moment to agree to Malfoy impulsively, they wouldn't have fallen into such an obvious trap.

"Okay, since the incident has happened, you don't need to blame yourself. At worst, try your best to recover your points in other places." Orlando comforted.

"Where's Hermione? Why didn't I see her come to eat?"

"I don't know. I guess she should be very sad. She cares so much about grades." Ron said dejectedly.

"Bring her something to eat and take her back. Do you know who she shares a dorm with?"

Harry and Ron, you look at me, I look at you, shaking their heads.

"I don't know, she seems to be alone."

"With her character, she probably doesn't have any other friends."

"Ron, what are you talking about?" Orlando reprimanded softly.

"Forget it, I'll have the house-elf take it to her."

Orlando packed some food, went back to the dormitory, and asked Capri to deliver it.

Today's Hogwarts is full of gunpowder, whether it is in class or after class, Orlando is not in a peaceful mood to read books.

Harry was one of the most popular and admired figures in the school, and now suddenly he became the target of public criticism.Even the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs didn't give him a good look, because everyone had been hoping to see Slytherin lose the House Cup.

Wherever Harry went, people pointed at him and didn't lower their voices when they said insulting things to him.Instead, the Slytherins clapped, whistled, and cheered whenever he walked past them. "Thank you, Potter, you've done us a great favor!"

Only when Orlando was around, they would restrain themselves a little, which made Harry and Ron cling to him even more. No way, Orlando had to take two followers with him wherever he went, which was another Malfoy.

In the study room of the library, Orlando took a few books on soul analysis. Ron and Harry were bored flipping through the textbooks, trying to concentrate on memorizing the spells in the books.

"Come on, don't be downcast. They'll forget all about it in a few weeks. Fred and George have been dropping points since they started school, and people like them anyway, don't they."

"But they never drop 150 all at once, do they?" said Harry sadly.

"Not really." Ron said dejectedly.

"I'm too lazy to bother you. I'm starting to read now. Before dinner, you should review your homework carefully and try to get a high score in the final exam. This may change everyone's impression of you." Orlando shook his head, feeling that he was about to grow up. babysitter.

During dinner, Orlando was stuffing rice balls into his mouth when a voice came.

"Orlando."

"What's wrong, Hermione?" Hermione's eyes were red and swollen like cherries.

"Can I ask you something?"

"You said."

"Can you help me revise this? This is a potion formula that I wrote about treating toothaches inspired by you. I made some finished products and sent them to my father. They have been used by patients and they are very effective." Hermione was worried. She said that she didn't dare to go to the professor directly because she was not confident.

Orlando picked up the manuscript and looked at it. This is the potion refining formula improved by Hermione combined with the Muggle doctor's medicine for toothache. The medicine is more effective and has a wider range of properties. It has curative effect and is very suitable for promotion in the wizarding world.

"You are such a genius, Hermione. I will take you to see Professor McGonagall. I believe the professor will appreciate you greatly after reading this. Maybe you will become a great potion refiner."

After hearing this, Harry and Ron hurriedly put down the food in their hands, and looked at Hermione in surprise. Although they knew that Hermione had been refining potions in secret recently, they didn't expect it to be true. Let her fiddle with it.

"Harry, help me pack some food, I'll be right back."

Orlando pulled Hermione up, and the two ran to the dean's office one after the other.

"Orlando, are you sure this potion formula is effective for treating toothache?" After hearing what happened and reading the manuscript in hand, Professor McGonagall asked with some uncertainty.

"I'm sure, professor. As far as I know, the most important drugs for treating toothache in the Muggle world are cephalosporin and roxithromycin. The use of analgesic magic is only a temporary solution to the direct treatment of toothache, but not the root cause, but the potion formula researched by Hermione has filled this gap in time, and it can have the same effect as Muggle medicine, perhaps even stronger."

After hearing this, Professor McGonagall's eyes lit up, "Orlando, please come and ask Professor Snape to come."

"Ok."

Orlando winked at Hermione, telling her to wait in peace.

Professor McGonagall looked at the anxious female student, whose eyes were red from crying, and felt pity.He stroked her hair, and comforted her softly, "The professor punished you because you made a mistake, but it's not terrible to make a mistake. If you learn from your mistakes and correct your mistakes, you will still be a good child."

Along the way, Orlando succinctly narrated what happened. Professor Snape was very surprised. Being able to develop a new potion was a great honor for a master potion refiner. Thinking that this kind of glory actually appeared on a first-year student.

"you sure."

"I'm sure." Professor Snape replied.

With Professor Snape's endorsement, Professor McGonagall believed it completely, and she asked Orlando and Hermione to go back first, and she and Professor Snape went to find Principal Dumbledore with the manuscript.

After leaving the dean's office, Harry and Ron waited for a long time at the corner of the corridor, wanting to know the outcome of the matter as soon as possible.

"So, Hermione, did it work?" Harry asked eagerly.

Hermione nodded shyly, she didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

"Let's go back to the lounge first, Ron, is the food packed for me?"

"It's all here." Ron lined up the packages in his arms.

After being depressed for a whole day, the three of them finally recovered their smiles at this time.

"Do you think the professor will give Hermione extra points?" Harry couldn't help asking.

Hermione clenched her fists nervously.

"How would I know that?" Ron shook his head, "Orlando, do you think so?"

Orlando, who is so busy cooking, has no time to deal with these things. It was not very hot when it was packed, but this time it was about to cool down. If you don’t hurry up and eat it, it won’t taste right.

The three of them didn't dare to interrupt Orlando's meal, so they could only look at him eagerly, waiting for him to finish eating. Although they were anxious to know the answer, they also knew that it was best not to interrupt this big eater when he was in cooking mode.

After wiping his mouth and taking a sip of strong tea, he was finally full.

"The appetite seems to be smaller recently." Orlando said with emotion.

The three of Harry couldn't laugh or cry, and curled their lips at the same time. Eating so much made the appetite smaller?

"Tell me, Orlando, will it add points?" Ron couldn't help it.

Hermione also looked at him with bright eyes.

"If Hermione can hand over the naming rights to the school, I think it should be no problem to add at least [-] points."

"Naming rights, what is that?" Hermione asked puzzled.

"The naming right is to name the new potion after Hogwarts school, so that the school can gain a huge reputation, which means that you have made a huge contribution to the school. Do you think it is worth [-]%?"

Harry's eyes widened, and Ron's mouth widened. This not only deducted the fifty points deducted by Hermione, but also earned an extra fifty points, which put a lot of pressure on them.

While talking, Percy ran in panting and shouted: "Hermione, Orlando, the dean asked you to go to the principal's office."

Sure enough, after Dumbledore asked kindly about it, Hermione gave up the naming rights without accident. For this reason, Dumbledore specially added 150 points to Gryffindor, that is to say, the points deducted just yesterday, one day Before the time was up, they all came back again. This is really a turn of events, with ups and downs.

The Gryffindor lounge fell into a sea of ​​carnival after the gloomy morning, and this time Hermione became the focus of everyone's attention and the hero in their hearts.

"Hermione, congratulations, you don't have to worry about money in the future." Orlando joked.

"Thank you, Orlando, it was you who helped me." Hermione's red and swollen eyes shone with joy.

"We are friends and we should help each other."

"Orlando, explain quickly, what does it mean not to worry about money?" Ron, who was poor and frightened, grasped the point of the question at once.

"It was Hermione who gave the naming rights of the new potion to Hogwarts. Hogwarts only got the name but no profit, and the patent rights belonged to Hermione. Principal Dumbledore got in touch and cooperated with St. Mungo's Hospital in the name of the school. , Hermione owns all the profits, that's why I said, she doesn't have to worry about money in the future, she is a proper little rich woman."

After hearing this, Ron's eyes lit up instantly, and Harry was also sincerely happy for Hermione.

Only Hermione is still in the fog, this day is like a roller coaster, she is still in a trance, I can't believe it.

(End of this chapter)