days at Hogwarts

Chapter 146 Hermione's Patronus
The sky was slightly bright, and the July morning wind rolled with cool water vapor, blowing on Loren's sleeping face through the open window.

Loren felt his eyelashes tickle, as if being teased by a mischievous elf, fluttered a few times, and opened his eyes.

The alarm clock at the head of the bed was just past six o'clock, and thanks to going to bed at 09:30 last night, Loren slept soundly and refreshed, without any thought of staying in bed.

The fantasy book next to the pillow lay there quietly, and on the cover page was a portrait of Flamel with his head down, eyes closed, and a relaxed expression.

Loren lifted the quilt, got up and changed into pajamas, and put on a cotton-linen blended POLO shirt. The fresh and light green color scheme adds a touch of coolness to the summer, and it looks very energetic with a pair of brown cropped pants.

"Goodbye Flamel!" He folded the quilt and walked briskly out of the door.

Flamel couldn't show up to the outside world, it was just his self-talk in a happy mood, Loren didn't care about it, and didn't expect Flamel to respond.

But shortly after the door was closed, a tiny silver light flowed along the edge of the picture on the cover page of the book of fantasy.Flamel in the portrait opened his eyes, a pair of eyes with silver-white pupils, carrying ancient memories.

Flamel flickered a few times, and stepped out of the portrait.

The palm-sized portrait took a step forward, and gradually grew in size, breaking through the shackles of the picture, and came to the real world. When the footsteps landed, it seemed to be the size of a normal adult.

He looked at the furnishings in the bedroom, his eyes lit up with joy.After walking around the wall of the room a few times, he came to the window, admiring the process of the sun gradually brightening with infinite longing.

Loren closed the door, walked downstairs, washed up, cut the bread into thick slices, put it into the toaster and set the time, and while waiting, fried eggs, bacon, and sausages in a pan...

Hermione Granger is a little witch with regular life and strong self-discipline.Except for being dragged on a night tour at Hogwarts, she would go to bed and get up on time at other times.

But today something unexpected happened.

Boom!
dong dong!

Boom boom boom!
There was a quick knock on the door, and the person knocking outside the bedroom could be heard to be excited.

Hermione opened her eyes, unfocused, dazed, with a hint of drowsiness from being awakened.She would always wake up about 5 minutes before the alarm went off, but that's clearly not the case now.

Boom boom boom!
The hasty knock on the door sounded again.

"Hermione! Wake up!"

Hermione fell silent, and she could hear Loren's voice tinged with joy, that this man had woken up early just to wake her up.

Boom boom boom!
"Hermione! Wake up!"

Hermione didn't answer, she put on her clothes expressionlessly, simply smoothed her hair with her hands, and folded the quilts neatly, while knocking on the door kept ringing.

She went to the door and twisted the handle to open the door.

Loren knocked on the door again with his hand raised high, stopping in mid-air, the excited smile on his face hadn't faded yet.

Seeing Hermione, Loren coughed lightly, restrained his smile, "I came to you to practice magic."

Hermione was angry and funny, she squeezed her fist again and again, and finally couldn't hold back, she punched Loren on the shoulder.

"Knocking on the door so early, you must have been planning since yesterday." Hermione went downstairs wearing slippers. According to Loren's habit of sleeping in, in order to wake her up, she must have been preparing since last night.

Loren followed Hermione and said solemnly, "I don't know what you're talking about, I just came to ask you to practice the Patronus Charm."

Downstairs in the restaurant, Wendell and Monica saw the two of them coming down, and quickly looked away, with a smile that couldn't be hidden, as if they were happy to see Hermione being woken up.

Monica poured hot milk into Hermione's cup: "Hermione, go brush your teeth and have breakfast."

Hermione looked at Wendell on the dining table. He was pretending to read a newspaper with his head down. He was biting a slice of bread covered with strawberry jam, and from time to time he let out a "chi chi" laugh from the corner of his mouth.

With complicated emotions, she walked to the bathroom.

Monica turned to look at Loren, "Would you like some more? I heard that Hermione would eat lunch again every time she went to your house."

Wendell's chuckle suddenly became louder and more urgent, as if there was a joke page in the "Daily Mail".

The muscles on Hermione's back suddenly tensed as she was walking, and she felt her face was hot, so she hurriedly quickened her pace.

When Hermione came out, she heard Loren chatting with Monica about making breakfast. The two talked about jam, bread baking time, bacon and chickpeas.

The breakfast was good, the bread and wheat were rich and the jam was sweet, but she only felt that the time at the table was difficult.

At this time in the past, it was time for Monica and Wendell to go to work, but now that they finished breakfast, one was chatting, the other was reading the newspaper, and there was no intention of going out for a long time.

"Hermione, eat more, Loren came to our house today, you can only have breakfast once." Wendell persuaded with concern.

Hermione suddenly felt that the food in her mouth was even harder to swallow, and she refuted angrily in her heart, so she ate for two more days, and Loren forced it to me.

Hurry up and finish the food on the plate, Hermione stood up abruptly, pulled Loren and walked towards the courtyard, with a strong and flustered tone: "It's time to practice the Patronus Charm."

Wendell sneered from behind.

"【Calling God Guard】"

"【Calling God Guard】"

The sound of Hermione and Loren chanting spells sounded, and the silver-white light of the Patronus Charm lit up again and again in the courtyard.

After an unknown amount of time, Monica's farewell voice sounded: "Hermione, Loren, stay at home!"

The sound of closing the door, the sound of the car starting, these sounds made Hermione feel happy suddenly: "【Calling God to Guard】"

A little bright silver light burst out from the tip of the wand, like silky satin, overflowing one by one, gathering towards one place.

Both Hermione and Loren's eyes widened, which was different from their previous spellcasting situations.

The silver light gradually accumulated and became very dazzling, and then the light sources gathered into a ball, and a dolphin swam its tail fin and swam.

A silver-white dolphin, as bright and clear as moonlight, and the surrounding air is like sea water, it swims softly and gracefully in the air, soundlessly, with a pair of pectoral fins propped on its side and a dorsal fin in the middle.Smart and beautiful eyes, a delicate kiss, and the curvature of the mouth looks like a smile.

At a moment that no one expected, Hermione summoned the physical Patronus, a beautiful dolphin.

Hermione stared at the spiritual creature in front of her, full of surprise and joy in her heart.

As if afraid of disturbing it, Hermione suppressed her excitement and said softly, "Loren! I...it!"

Hermione couldn't speak a complete sentence, and kept shaking Loren's sleeve.

Loren felt Hermione's excitement, a little sour, but also happy for her.

"Yes, yes, the physical Patronus is a dolphin." He gently patted Hermione on the shoulder to calm her down

Feeling the familiarity and intimacy with the dolphins, Hermione waved her magic wand according to the thoughts in her heart, leading the dolphins to swim in the courtyard.

The chubby silver-white dolphin walks through the bushes, moving dexterously but giving off a naive and well-behaved feeling.

It circled around the tree trunk in the middle of the courtyard, responding to the joy in Hermione's heart, shaking its body from time to time, making the movement of a fish jumping out of the water, splashing fine silver light in the air.

The wand drew an arc and aimed at Loren, and the dolphin jumped up excitedly, shaking its fins, and rushed straight towards Loren.

Loren's eyes were wide open, motionless, a warm feeling was approaching, and the dolphin's kiss touched his forehead, emitting fine silver magic radiance.

Hermione's giggles echoed in the courtyard...

"Did you know? Dolphins are the smartest mammals in nature. Their brains are very large, their cerebral cortex is very complex, and they have high intelligence and cognitive abilities. Some dolphins can even understand music and communicate with people. "

Hermione sat on the sofa and babbled, her face flushed, and the excitement did not fade.She danced and introduced information about dolphins to Loren, obviously very satisfied with her patron saint.

"Oh my god, I didn't expect to summon a physical Patronus at this time! Although I found signs of its formation before, I didn't expect it to be a dolphin. It's very smart. I don't know if this has something to do with wizards .I mean, I've had an intelligence test, and it might have had some effect."

"It's a pity that I'm not at school, otherwise I can check how many wizards' patron saints are dolphins, and verify this conjecture."

She was in a happy mood, chirping a series of words like a little swallow.

Looking at Hermione's flushed face and the sparkle in her eyes, Loren felt nothing but sourness in her heart.

Obviously, he was exposed to the Patronus Charm earlier than Hermione, and Dumbledore personally guided it...

"You must be lazy with the Illumination Charm, so you can't summon the physical Patronus yet." Hermione smiled, but her tone was firm and could not be refuted, "I will write a note to you at night, and I will supervise the main points of practicing the Patronus Charm. You practice hard, and you will never be lazy again."

"My Patronus Charm is not a matter of practice, it's still expanding, and it won't condense until it expands to the limit." Loren said I don't want it, and I refused.

"So you have to practice harder and try to summon the physical Patronus as soon as possible." Hermione's reason was even better.

She begins with some suggestions:
"After practicing in the morning, I can practice a few more times in the evening, which is more efficient."

"If you don't want to memorize, when I recite, you can practice the Patronus Charm..."

Loren suffered even more. When she was boarding at Hermione's house before, she could play with her for a long time. Now that she has moved next door, she is supervised all day instead. Why...

The Patronus Mantra and Legilimency were recited in the morning, and they were memorized in the afternoon. Hermione repeated it over and over in her ear, and it was impossible not to recite it.I didn't study so intensively at Hogwarts.

Loren took a deep breath, he must resist the rule of the study committee, and if he continues like this, he must become a fool.

Before he could come up with a solution, Hermione dragged him to start Legilimency practice again.

Thanks to Hermione's excited mood, Loren saw a lot of her childhood memories through Legilimency, which shows that his Legilimency has reached the first stage, and the rest is about emotions and thoughts.

In the evening, Loren returned home with a tired body and mind. After asking Bates and learning that London has a large aquarium, his truancy plan gradually took shape.

With longing for a better future, Loren returned to his bedroom.

As soon as he opened the door, he was startled by Flamel in the room. Loren looked at Flamel, who was glowing in the dark, and couldn't help reaching out to touch it. His palm passed through the virtual image, and he asked: " Is this also a new function after the upgrade?"

"Upgrade?" Flamel immediately understood the vocabulary, "The appropriate word is indeed a new ability."

Loren came to his senses and asked urgently: "Can other things in the book of fantasy appear outside?"

Flamel shook his head: "No, even I can only move around the Book of Fantasy, and I don't have the ability to affect reality."

"What is the limit distance?"

"About 33 feet."

That was about 10 meters, and Loren asked thoughtfully, "Can other people see you?"

"Muggles can't see at all. Some wizards can see and some can't?"

"Why is that?" Loren asked in surprise.

Flamel spread his hands to show this body: "This is a phantom projected by magic power. My real image is still the picture on the cover page. Some wizards can feel the existence of magic power, but some cannot."

"Where's the voice? Can they hear you?"

"No, you can hear my voice because you have a unique connection with the book of fantasy."

Loren clapped his hands and exclaimed in surprise: "Wouldn't you be able to help me cheat in the next exam?"

His tone was very excited, "Others can't see or hear you, but I can, you help me read other people's answers and tell me, no one can find out about cheating."

Flamel looked at Loren without answering, turned around and turned into a flash of light, and got into the book of fantasy.He expressed his refusal with actions.

"It's just a suggestion, think about it..." Loren jumped onto the bed, and his consciousness entered the book of fantasy.

……

The next morning.

After Hermione was surprised by Loren once, she delayed coming to Loren's house for a while, and also avoided the second breakfast.Under her supervision, Loren's Patronus Charm light group swelled a little more, but there was still no sign of congealing.

On the sofa in the living room, the two shared a bar of chocolate, which was selected by the Granger Dental Clinic. The bitterness was better than the sweetness, and Loren frowned.

Swallowing the last bit with difficulty, Loren pursed his lips and said seriously: "It's delicious, remember to bring some to Principal Dumbledore after school starts, he must like it."

Hermione threw the package into the trash can, took a sip of water and rinsed her mouth: "Chocolate with less sweetness is good for teeth, and, don't you think this kind of chocolate is more fragrant?"

Loren snorted, "How about we go to the aquarium on the weekend, I heard there will be a dolphin show."

Hermione was very moved, but hesitant: "But, our study plan..."

When she made the plan, she arranged it according to a whole vacation, and a sudden change may not be able to complete the study plan.

Loren gasped. There was still a weekend in school, and Hermione's study plan was endless.The plan must be destroyed, and he put forward a very legitimate reason: "Your patron saint is a dolphin, and seeing a real dolphin may help you."

After some tugging, Hermione finally gave in, and the two agreed to go to the aquarium on weekends.

(End of this chapter)