days at Hogwarts

Chapter 116 Year-end banquet: liquidation, liquidation!

At night, the principal's office.

"... Hermione and Professor McGonagall are currently discussing some specific specifications in the library, and that's it." Loren leaned back on the chair, looking very tired.

He told Dumbledore how they went from clearing out the books in the Room of Requirement to setting up the Book Corner.

Dumbledore smiled: "I have read some of the manuscripts and books inside many times, but I didn't think of using them to help students who want to learn. Loren, you have a precious heart that is willing to share."

Loren stretched out his hands and clapped his hands: "Stop it, Hermione came up with this, don't brag about it."

Facing Loren's frivolous tone, Dumbledore didn't care at all. He wore crescent glasses and smiled his eyes into crescents, "Miss Granger also has a heart like gold. In fact, most people discover wealth. Always favoring exclusivity over sharing."

"Just a little sorry Miss Granger, I might have to write on the report that a friend of mine donated the books."

Loren doesn't care about these false names, and I believe Hermione doesn't care either.He moved on to something else, "Should I remove traces of Harry too? He's not happy about going back to the Dursleys for the holidays."

Harry would probably be a lot more relaxed if he could cast spells.

"The Dursleys..." Dumbledore muttered the name, his smile restrained.

"Did you know that when Harry was fostered by his aunt, I enclosed a letter." Dumbledore's eyes were deep, "There was nothing hidden in the letter, and it explained what happened to Voldemort, but they still adopted Harry. .It took a lot of risk to act like that, and I'm sure they have some affection for Harry."

Dumbledore's tone gradually became firmer, "Keep your traces, I hope Harry can understand the true meaning of loved ones."

"Okay." Loren nodded.

If you want to say yes, if you want to talk about the family relationship of the Dursleys, Loren thinks that there may be, but not many.

Now that Dumbledore has made his decision, of course he won't be too troublesome.

The next day, when the young wizards from various colleges got up together, they found a new notice posted in the lounge.

【Notice
Dear students:
I hope you have spent a school year full of magic and miracles. The summer vacation is approaching. There is a new book corner in the library. Some books can be borrowed and taken home for reading.

Students who are interested in borrowing books can register at Mrs. Pince in the library.

Note: There are only three copies per person, please do not damage the books.

I wish you all a fulfilling holiday!

Hogwarts Library]

Ron looked at the notice and frowned tightly, "I can't figure out who would torture himself during the summer vacation."

Harry was not very interested. Although he didn't speak, he took Ron's words seriously.

Then it occurred to him that he was going to spend a summer at the Dursleys, a long, boring summer.Maybe he should borrow some magic books, it would be more interesting than huddling in the closet and listening to Dudley playing games.

"Someone will always want to read." Hermione's tone was euphoric, unlike defeating trolls and Quirrell, this was the first major thing she accomplished.

She prefers this kind of thing, instead of fighting and killing, she helped her classmates in another way.

She looked around, but couldn't find Loren.

"Have you seen Loren?" Hermione asked.

Ron shook his head.

"He got up early and went out." Harry was in a light sleep because he was in a bad mood.

Loren got up and went out before dawn. Although he was light-footed, he still noticed.

Hermione still didn't see Loren when they went to the Great Hall for breakfast.

It's just that the decoration of the auditorium has been renovated, using the blue and bronze colors that represent Ravenclaw as the main colors, and the patterns of eagle wings and eagle claws are all over the auditorium.

On the wall behind the guest seat, there is a banner that reads "Extraordinary wisdom is the most precious wealth of human beings", with two eagles spreading their wings at both ends.

This is to celebrate Ravenclaw's winning this year's House Cup and to prepare for the year-end banquet at night.

Looking at the brand-new decoration of the auditorium, Harry couldn't eat anymore.Almost, only almost, the House Cup winner was Gryffindor's.

Ron's mouth was full, "I want to drive Harry, at least the champion is not Slytherin."

Most of the little wizards of Gryffindor have this idea, and so do the little wizards of Hufflepuff.Although they didn't win the House Cup this year, they were all happy to end Slytherin's six-year reign.

So in the auditorium now, except for the little wizard of Slytherin House, everyone else is very happy.

Hermione had breakfast and went to the library.

Compared with yesterday's empty library, there are significantly more people today, most of whom come to borrow books, or accompany their friends to borrow books.

Hermione saw a familiar figure.

It was the little Muggle witch that Angelina asked her to wear a skirt before. She stood in front of the brand new bookshelf in bright clothes.

The little witch saw some old and dilapidated books on the bookshelf, her beautiful eyebrows were frowned, and she was very tangled.After struggling for a while, I finally mustered up the courage to take out a slightly less old book and read it.

After turning through a few pages, she found the precious notes inside. The little witch's eyes gleamed with joy, and she no longer disliked these old books, so she quickly picked two more and happily went to Mrs. Pince to register them.

There were a lot of people borrowing books, and there was a long queue in front of Mrs. Pince, most of whom looked happy.

Hermione sat by the window and read the whole process of the little witch's book selection. Although she didn't know the contents of the book, but seeing this little witch and other borrowers, she felt that her heart was enriched by inexplicable things. An unprecedented joy.

She couldn't wait to share this joy with Loren, and she couldn't even read a book.She put away her books and walked out of the library.

It happened that Loren was about to enter the library, so the two met in front of the door.

Hermione took Loren's hand and sat down by the window, and pointed to the queue for borrowing books, "You don't know, many little wizards have come to borrow books, and they seem very satisfied..."

Loren stretched out his hand in a nervous and shy mood, showing a small bag woven simply from purple linen, "There should be some small beads and sequins on it, but I can't get that fine."

Hermione opened her eyes wide, took the small cloth bag from him, flipped through it back and forth, and said in thought, "The Untraceable Stretching Curse?"

"Well, it can hold 13 cubic yards." Loren introduced in a low voice, "If you dare to mention the Ministry of Magic, I'll put you in a cloth bag and throw you into the lake."

Exactly 10 cubic meters, bigger than the suitcase that Loren made for the first time. With the improvement of his understanding of runes and the improvement of the traceless stretching spell, it can be made bigger in the future.

Looking at the purple linen, Hermione was lost in memory. She thought for a moment and said, "That's why you asked me what color I like?"

"Ah."

Hermione's smile bloomed like a flower, from the corner of her mouth to her eyebrows.

In the morning, the midsummer sun hadn't fully risen yet, the golden color was warm but not hot.The shore of the Black Lake is filled with water vapor, bringing a bit of coolness.

"So you went to the Room of Requirement early in the morning to make this cloth bag." Hermione and Loren walked side by side by the lake, with the little purple cloth bag on their shoulders, jumping and jumping.

Last night, Loren came back from the principal's office and practiced drawing runes on the linen in the book of fantasy.After the test was successful, I immediately got up and went to the Room of Requirement.This time, because the unicorn hair is fresh and free of impurities, it was completed smoothly.

"If you are moved, I will entrust you with my stargazing report for the next school year."

"That's a good idea." Hermione bouncing around with her hair loose, her tone euphoric, "Where's yours, what color is it?"

"I haven't had time to do it yet, and it's not easy for a boy to make a small cloth bag." Loren kicked a small stone under his feet, kicked his left foot forward a few steps, and then switched to his right foot, like practicing a ball.

He plans to make a ring or a pendant, but he still can't make such a detailed magic circle.It may be possible to cooperate with spells such as the expansion spell and the shrinking spell, but I don't know if the spell will have any effect on the magic circle. I can try it during the holidays.

If it is not possible, it is also good to make a slightly larger object such as a locket.

"It's a pity, if you are also a cloth bag, I can wear beads and sequins on it." Hermione wanted to put everything in the small cloth bag, a green leaf, a beautifully shaped stone, and walked a few steps Poured out again.

It was rare to see Hermione so childish, so cute.

"You said that the small cloth bag with the Untraceable Stretching Curse, will it leak water?" Hermione just put a stone in it, and looked up at Loren with sparkling eyes.

Loren was taken aback when he heard the words, and then became eager to try, "Let's try?"

"No, what if it breaks."

"I'll just do one more."

"No, I like this one."

……

In the evening, the long-awaited year-end banquet finally began.

The entire auditorium is filled with the strong aroma of broth, the sweet aroma of stewed pumpkin, or the salty aroma of barbecue.There were all kinds of food on the table, lamb chops, roast chicken, meat pies, Roosevelt apple pie.

Loren and Hermione rushed in just before the banquet started, and the auditorium was already full of people.

"It's all your fault, we were almost late." Hermione panted, tiny beads of sweat hanging from her nose.

"How can this be my fault." Loren was also panting, "I just want to see if the cloth bag can hold water."

Hearing this, Hermione put the little purple cloth bag in her arms to protect it, "If you break it, I will definitely not let you go."

They put their wizard hats on their heads, and all little wizards wear black pointed wizard hats, the kind without brims.

George and Fred were imitating a pit bull, with pointed wizard hats as their horns.I don't know what magic trick they were hiding, the two yelled "moo", and the sharp horns collided with each other, making the sound of swords clashing.

Lee Jordan explained emotionally at the side: "George the bull made a powerful attack, but Fred the bull was not afraid at all, he went up, went up!"

"Fred the bull blew the bull's horns off the other side! Oh, and out of the hat came a—uh!"

Before Lee Jordan could reveal the secret, George covered his mouth and pressed him on the seat.They formed a circle and started discussing the simple prop.

It was a similar scene on the long tables of other colleges, as if the auditorium was exploding, and the little wizards of Ravenclaw were especially excited, and each of them was talking loudly.

A moment later, Dumbledore arrived, and the noise of the Great Hall gradually died down.

Dumbledore was wearing a gold and red dress embroidered with phoenixes and flames, and a small felt hat with the brim turned up on his head.

"Another year has passed, and before I indulge in these delicacies, I must trouble everyone to listen to an old man's platitudes..."

Loren stared straight at the pig's head, salivating wildly, "Dumbledore has changed, he is no longer the good leader who gave short speeches at the opening banquet."

"First of all, we have to hold the Academy Cup awards ceremony. The specific scores of each academy are as follows, No.4, Gryffindor, with 332 points."

Although the little wizards of Gryffindor don't care about scores, they are still a little unhappy to be publicly executed like this.There was a distinct sneer from the Slytherin side.

Professor McGonagall sat at the guest table with a very serious expression on his face.

Loren temporarily took his attention away from the fleshy meat, and signaled to George and Fred, "Shhhhh!"

"呵呵!" The twins signaled to each other, indicating that they understood.

"No.3, Slytherin, 362 points."

"Oh!"

"Wow!"

"Oh!"

The twin brothers and Loren cheered one after another, as if causing a chain reaction, the three houses except Slytherin responded one after another, the entire auditorium erupted with thunderous cheers and stomping, and the little wizard used a fork Hit the goblet vigorously, making a tinkling sound, which is very lively.

There was a dead silence on the long Slytherin table. Snape's face in the guest table was terribly ugly, but Professor McGonagall showed a faint smile.

"No.2, Hufflepuff, 392 points. No.1, Ravenclaw, 416 points."

Polite cheers sounded in the auditorium one after another, raising the atmosphere of the banquet a lot.

"I think everyone has done well in the past year," said Dumbledore. "However, several recent events must also be taken into account."

Come, come, operate in secret, collude, collude...

Loren straightened up.

The auditorium became very quiet. Quirrell's matter was too big, and everyone more or less guessed it.

"Well, uh," Dumbledore cleared his throat, "I still have points to divide at the end."

"First, Mr. Ron Weasley. He played the best game of chess at Hogwarts in many years, played in the spirit of Gryffindor, and earned 50 points for it!"

Ron blushed and smiled from ear to ear.

The Gryffindors cheered one after another, and Percy was showing off to the other prefects loudly, "He passed Professor McGonagall's giant chessboard array, and used this chessboard to seriously injure Quirrell!"

The cheers rang out for a while, and everyone understood that they had four warriors, and with such extra points, the Academy Cup must belong to Gryffindor.

"Second, Mr. Loren Morgan, who helped his buddies, stayed with him, saved his friends from danger, and earned 50 points for that!"

Loren spat a little, he was only 50 points.Although he didn't participate in breaking through the level or something, Dumbledore must be suppressing him.

332 + 50 + 50
432 points! ! !
The little wizards of Gryffindor were all crazy, they stood up from their stools and cheered when they got the house cup.

"Thirdly, Mr. Harry Potter, for his daring and courage, I award him 60 points."

"Finally, Miss Hermione Granger, she reasoned calmly in the face of fire. Facing a strong enemy, she was not afraid of danger, and swung a magnificent sword that I had never seen before. For this, she won 100 point."

Hermione buried her head in her arms in embarrassment, her neck and ears were all red, and she didn't dare to look at people.

In fact, Hermione might not be able to get such a high score in terms of the Sorcerer's Stone incident. Loren guessed that Dumbledore counted the credit for the book corner.

(End of this chapter)