The Admiral of Hogwarts

This time, Hermione's cat, Crookshanks, and Nearly Headless Nick were both attacked, causing the already tense atmosphere in the castle to become truly panicked.

Strangely enough, it was Nearly Headless Nick's misfortune that frightened people the most. Because no one could figure out what could do such a thing to a ghost, people asked each other: what terrifying power could harm someone who was already dead?

As a result, the most direct manifestation of this was that students were almost scrambling to reserve seats on the Hogwarts Express, hoping to go home for Christmas.

However, for Hugo, the impact of this event was simply gaining one more Fate Point. Clearly, Justin in the original story was just an extra.

So, even if he was replaced by a cat at this time, it would only give Hugo Cygnus a negligible amount of Fate Points.

Since the last attack, Harry had become a very unpopular figure at school. People would avoid him in the corridors as if he might grow fangs and spit venom at any moment.

At the same time, every time they saw him, people would point and whisper, gossiping about him.

This was why he had been hiding in the library for the past few days. On the one hand, Madam Pince didn't allow others to do too many things unrelated to studying in the library.

On the other hand, Hugo and the others who believed in him basically spent their free time reading and studying in the library.

"Harry, I don't think this has anything to do with you. You don't need to feel guilty or uneasy about this," Hermione said, placing a hand on Harry's shoulder with a big sister's air during their first meeting in the library after the attack.

"At least, I don't think you're capable enough to petrify a ghost."

Harry found Hermione's comfort a bit harsh, but he felt a warmth deep down. This showed that Hermione and the others didn't think he was the so-called Heir of Slytherin.

Especially for Hugo and the other two wizards from purely Muggle families, their willingness to approach Harry at this time demonstrated their absolute trust in him.

It could even be said that Hugo and his two friends were the only three Muggle-born wizards in the school who were willing to approach Harry at this time, while almost everyone else treated Harry like a plague.

For example, Justin from Hufflepuff had been avoiding Harry, even staying in the relatively safe dormitory whenever possible to avoid possible attacks.

In this situation, all Hugo and the others could do was show their attitude through their own actions. In addition, during this period before the holidays, Hugo also used the excuse of traveling abroad during the winter vacation to foster Fish Cake with Hagrid, so that he could maintain a certain degree of observation of the school even when he was away.

Finally, the semester ended, and almost everyone braved the cold wind and trudged through the thick snow to Hogsmeade Station. Compared to previous years, there were obviously more people going home for the holidays this year.

Hugo even discovered that Michael Corner, who had originally said he would stay at school, had also boarded the train home.

"I wasn't planning to go home, because this year's Christmas holiday is my parents' fifteenth wedding anniversary, a crystal wedding anniversary, so they plan to travel," Michael said helplessly after being asked by Hugo.

"But the things happening at school now make me really scared. I'd rather spend a boring holiday at my grandmother's house in the countryside than stay in a castle that might have a monster and be worried all the time."

"But seriously, you guys are too brave," Michael Corner said, looking at Hugo, Hermione, and Veneto, who were chatting and eating snacks beside him.

"To dare to approach Harry at this time, I think even in Gryffindor, only Ron and a few others would dare to approach him."

"Actually, we don't think the attacks in the castle are Harry's doing—" After hearing what Michael Corner said, Hermione's inherent urge to argue was triggered, and she started arguing with him.

Perhaps because the topic of the argument was the hottest event in the school recently, many people were quickly attracted to it. Unfortunately, no conclusion was reached even when they arrived at Platform 9 and 3/4.

"This is really infuriating!" Hermione said angrily as she dragged her luggage towards the parking lot.

"It feels like not many people are willing to use their brains to think about the problems here. Don't they think that if the facts were really as they imagine, they would still be able to stand there properly?"

"There's no need to get angry about this kind of thing," Hugo shrugged and said.

"Compared to people who have their own thoughts and are willing to think, most people are actually followers. But when we can produce real evidence, they will quickly change their original claims."

The conversation between the siblings didn't last too long, because they soon saw their father driving to the underground parking lot to pick them up.

In order to avoid their father worrying about their school life, the two naturally only talked about some interesting things they had encountered at Hogwarts Castle in the car.

"It sounds like you guys had a pretty good semester," Mrs. Granger said from the passenger seat as she drove towards home.

"And in the next period of time, we will be traveling abroad for a while. I believe you will like this upcoming trip."

"Travel?" Hugo and Hermione exchanged glances, then asked their parents, who were sitting in the front seats of the car. "Where are we traveling this year?"

"This Christmas, our family will go to your grandfather's house in Norway and spend Christmas with them," Mrs. Granger turned her head and said.

"I remember Grandpa lived in Wales, right?" Hugo asked in confusion. "Why are we going to see Grandpa in Norway this year?"

"Your grandfather was originally Norwegian, but he met your British grandmother when he was young and moved to England, and then stayed in this place for most of his life," Mrs. Granger explained to the two children.

"But now that he's older, he's started to miss his hometown, so he decided to go back to his hometown with your grandmother in October and live there for a while."

"Then where exactly is our grandfather's hometown located?" Hugo asked curiously, because in his two lifetimes, he didn't know that the Granger family had a Norwegian lineage, let alone know anything about his grandfather in this regard.

"It's in Oslo, the capital of Norway," Mrs. Granger said.

"Seriously, that area is much colder than England, but going there in winter is a very good idea. Because the snow there is much better than in England, so taking a vacation there while your grandfather is there is naturally a good thing."

"A very interesting Christmas sounds like it. I think we will definitely have a good Christmas trip this time," Hugo said happily to his parents after Mrs. Granger briefly explained the arrangements for the trip.

Of course, what he was thinking in his heart was that he would definitely be able to summon many ship girls this time, because several important naval battles broke out in that place back then, so naturally many relics related to ship girls were left behind.