Hufflepuff never works overtime

Chapter 45 Birthday Surprise

Hermione followed the little guy in front of her on the stairs of Hogwarts. Judging from the other person's appearance, it should be the same creature as the rabbi. Could it be a house-elf that a classmate secretly brought into the school?

They had walked all the way from the Gryffindor tower back to the main building, and the other was still walking ahead without saying a word, only occasionally glancing back at her with those big eyes to make sure she was still following.

Seeing the elf's bare feet stepping on the steps, wearing the 'clothes' sewn from gray and white striped old sheets, Hermione felt a little uncomfortable, and she couldn't help asking.

"Please wait a moment, you said someone is looking for me, who is it? Is it your master?"

The elf froze for a moment, then quickly shook his head, "Ke Ke is a house elf belonging to Hogwarts, yes, can the person who is looking for you say..."

Hermione's slender eyebrows raised slightly, and she stopped hesitantly. You must know that the last time she wandered around Hogwarts with Harry and Ron, it almost became the supper of the three-headed dog.Since then, even the little lion who is very curious and adventurous knows how much he has an eye for.

What if the little guy in front of him was sent by Malfoy?

Finding that she didn't want to follow him anymore, the elf looked very anxious, its slender fingers mingled together, but it didn't dare to touch Hermione without permission.

"Then where are we going now? You can always tell me."

The elf still shook his head, because it hit his face with its big ear because of the force.

Ke Ke said timidly, "Miss Orest told Ke Ke not to tell you."

Faith?

Hermione's tense heart immediately relaxed. That's right, this road happened to be the only way from the Gryffindor lounge to the Hufflepuff lounge. It seemed that both mysteries had been solved.

She pursed her lips a little dissatisfied, Faith couldn't come to her directly for anything, why bother a house elf?It made her think wildly here.

This ultimate slob, I must teach her well later.

Realizing that he still slipped the tongue, Coco's expression suddenly became terrified, and it slammed its head against the wall beside it, "Miss Orest said that she can't tell you her name, my God, bad Coco , ruined the plan!"

"Don't do that!"

Hermione was really terrified when she saw this scene, she hurried forward to stop the other party's self-abuse behavior, and apologized to the person in the painting who was also frightened.

She held Coco's shoulders and said comfortingly, "It's okay, it's okay, I was distracted just now and didn't hear clearly, so don't do it again, okay?"

"really?"

Hermione nodded and said in her heart, this is not a deception, at most it is a white lie, and if you want to blame it, you can only blame the instigator who has not been seen until now!

"Okay, okay..." Coco blinked its big eyes, looked up at Hermione, "Please follow me, Coco... Coco can't tell you where you are going, I'm sorry..."

Seeing that the other party was about to cry out of guilt, Hermione nodded hastily, "Hmm, I won't ask, can you take me away?"

However, to her surprise, they passed by the door of Hufflepuff's lounge - when she sent Faise back, she had noticed a big wooden barrel as a guard.

Coco walked down another level from the side stairs, and it stopped when it came to a door that Hermione had never been before.

"Please open it."

The elf kept rubbing his clothes with his hands, a wrinkled face squeezed out an expectant smile.

Is Fays in here?

Just when she was hesitating, a sweet smell slipped out from the crack of the door and rushed into her nose.

I recalled that in "Hogwarts: A School History", it was mentioned that the kitchen was built underground, combined with the word 'plan' that the elf accidentally said, the corners of the smart Miss Granger's mouth rose slightly , outlining a smug smile, she has already guessed about the next scene in her heart, and this time there should be no more problems.

Hermione took a deep breath and pushed the door open with both hands. She wanted to see what kind of surprises this guy who disappeared all night and made her feel like she was on a roller coaster made a surprise for herself.

"Happy birthday!"

Seeing that the door that had not been moved for a long time was finally pushed open by tonight's protagonist, five little guys who had been waiting for a long time ran over together and sent a blessing to Hermione.

The house elf, who had been busy all night behind him and was responsible for receiving these special little guests, also poked his head out from all over the kitchen secretly, watching this scene.

"Thank you..." In fact, it was a scene that had been expected for a long time - except that the number of people surprised her, but Hermione still felt a warm current in her heart. She turned her head sideways and used the end of her hair to circle around her fingers , hiding his blushing.

It happened that she met Faise's eyes, her eyes were like a piece of transparent emerald, and under the light of the fire, the smile and pampering inside were undoubtedly revealed.

Happy birthday, do you like this surprise?

Faith didn't say this directly, she just asked with her lips, but she felt that Hermione should understand, because the other party nodded directly and gave herself a big hug.

"I don't think she looks very excited." Tarsila pouted a little dissatisfied. "Sure enough, as I said, it would be better to sing blessing songs together and appear with candles."

"Please take a break," Milian just imagined the scene, and then she started to tap her toes, "If you really want to do this, why don't you just bake me and Orest in a cake?" , give Granger a big surprise."

"Cut... a guy with no mood."

The two boys couldn't get into the conversation at all, just stood aside awkwardly, and were eventually invited by a few elves to sit at the long table they had moved temporarily, ready to enjoy the belated dessert.

"Sit down quickly, I hope you still have room for cake." Faith helped her open the chair and said with a smile.

"Well, it just so happens that my stomach is still empty." Hermione felt that her eye sockets were a little hot, it must be because the temperature in the kitchen was too high, and it must have been smoked, "Didn't Miriam say that you went to training... "

She didn't want to be moved to tears in front of so many people, that didn't fit Gryffindor's heroic image.

"I'm not Potter. Even if I join the team, I'm just a reserve player who is still training." Faith shrugged and waved her hands nonchalantly. "If I don't go, no one will find out."

Harry sensed the other party's compliment, and touched the back of his head shyly, while Ron and Tarsila, who were not even selected as reserve players, gave them two cold snorts.

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The author's words:

It's so cold... I can't get up at all, so I'm late QAQ

Chapter 46

"So, why are you here?"

Hermione was very surprised by the presence of the two boys. She guessed at the door that if it was Faith's plan, then Tarsila and Miriam would not be absent, but she didn't expect Harry and Ron to be here too.

"Did you invite them, Faith?"

Faith shook her head with a smile, "You have to ask Tarsila about that, I rushed over to prepare the cake right after dinner."

"I caught the two of them sneaking around on the road and didn't know what they were going to do, so I caught them too," Tarsila said proudly, puffing up her chest, "It seems that these two people often hang out with you, Gran Jay."

Seeing that the girls were all looking at him, Ron pretended to cough and signaled Harry beside him to speak.

Harry was caught off guard by Ron's arm, and his ribs hurt a little. He stood up with a little shyness and said, "So today is your birthday, Hermione, why didn't you tell us before? We didn't Time to prepare gifts..."

They were actually going after Filch outside the Great Hall tonight, trying to figure out why he had a three-headed dog hidden in Hogwarts.Was it, as Hermione guessed before, to protect the treasure under the trap door.

Hermione saw the embarrassment of the two, and took the initiative to raise a smile, "Thank you, I am very glad that you can come today."

"Of course we will come," Ron rubbed his fingers under his long nose, and said with some embarrassment, "after all, you are also our adventure partner."

"If you don't mind, we generally call this kind of relationship a friend," Hermione stretched out her hand, "Of course, don't take me with you on the risk of violating school rules."

"That time, you obviously wanted to get together..."

Harry covered Ron's grumbling mouth with one hand, and took Hermione's hand with the other, "Of course!"

Feeling that her outstretched hand was being held, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. This is a rare friend she had and was won by herself. A smug smile was drawn on the corner of her mouth, and her big brown eyes were shining brightly. of.

"An adventure that violated school rules?" Faise pushed her glasses, and quietly placed her curious hand on the little lion's shoulders, making the other party "shiver" in fright, "What are you talking about?"

"No." Hermione's hair exploded, as if the hand on her shoulder was not Faise's, but a three-headed dog's, her eyes wandered around, "Nothing !"

"Hey, what are you guys still dawdling about... let's start eating the cake!" Tarsila was a little confused, what are these four people doing with you, she sniffed her nose, the fragrance Been seducing her for nearly half an hour now!

Great job, Goldstein!

Next time someone tricks you into touching bubotuber /Bubotuber/ in herbal medicine class, I will definitely remind you!

Hermione swung a beautiful uppercut in her heart, and looked at Tarsila with grateful eyes, but the other party seemed to only be able to hold the ice cream cake that had melted a little, but looked even tastier .

"Wait a minute, I have to make a wish before then."

Faith stopped Ron and Tarsila who couldn't wait, and explained with puzzled eyes, "In the Muggle world, birthday children blow out the candles on the birthday cake to make a wish." .”

Miriam and Harry, who had known this link for a long time, seemed unhurried. Miriam looked at the two opposite people with great interest, while Harry's bright green pupils revealed a little envy. .

Faith beckoned to the elf beside her to help turn off the lights, and whispered in Hermione's ear, "Please forgive me for singing."

The little lion showed a knowing smile, it seemed that the other party was scared by last year's experience.

In previous years, when I celebrated my birthday, I would invite the elderly living in the suburbs to my home. Last year, as Hermione's first child to invite to a family reunion, Faise received the utmost care from the elderly.

The other party didn't know how to reject other people's kindness, coupled with her pretending to be deaf and dumb, finally Faise was forced to act as the lead singer of the birthday song and show off her voice in front of everyone.

She still remembers the other party's trembling voice because of embarrassment. At that time, she laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe, and several candles went out before she could blow it out.

Compared with last year, although it's a pity that her family can't accompany her to celebrate her birthday this year, but with so many people accompanying her, she is not lonely anymore.

Under the dim candlelight, Hermione could feel many eyes staring at her, she closed her eyes sincerely, and clasped her fingers on her chest.

Hopefully I can get an O on my final exam and pass my flight class!

After the lit candle was blown out in one breath, in the dark kitchen, only a faint fire glowed through the gap of the oven door.

Before the lights were relit by the elves, applause sounded one after another—although Ron and Tarsila didn't know why they did this, it didn't stop them from joining in the fun.

"Let's go, everyone,"

Hermione wanted to help the elves distribute the tableware to everyone, but they refused as if they were running away.

"It's too late, Weasley and Tarsila are already on the fork." Milian took the plate and fork from the elf, and nodded to express her gratitude to each other, "You can't cut a piece and put it on the plate. Is it tasty……"

"Yeah, huh... He's eating eh!"

Miriam couldn't understand what the other party was talking about at all, and was afraid that something would happen to the other party's mouth full, and that she would be in bad luck in front of her, so she waved her hand helplessly and let her go.

Seeing everyone eating to their heart's content, Faith showed a contented smile.

"Here, your portion," Hermione handed a plate in front of her eyes, "don't you want to have a taste?"

"I've already eaten too many failed products in the afternoon...Even if it's me, I don't really want to see cakes this week." Faith smiled wryly and shook her hands, watching Hermione put a bite into her mouth expectantly In, "What do you think?"

"It's great! It can be compared with what my mother made last time."

"Really? That's really a high evaluation for me, thanks to the help of the elves." Faith finally breathed a sigh of relief, while the elves who were being praised at the side looked Very excited.

"By the way, I haven't given this to you yet," Faith hurriedly pushed away the chair, and took a brown paper package from the elf who reminded her, "Rabbit sent it in advance, today I only received it in the afternoon, so it happened to be in time for your birthday, and it was said that there was a heavy rain on the way here, but fortunately, Mrs. Granger packed it tightly."

"This is……"

"Mr. and Mrs. Granger gave you a birthday present and a greeting card," Faith added in the surprised eyes of the other party, "Go back and open it, now enjoy this birthday party, the ice cream will melt oh."

"Ok!"

Chapter 47 Holes

Visualize the appearance of the owner of the memory that needs to be returned, and use the wand used to cast the Oblivion Charm.

The rosewood-colored staff drew a strange trajectory in the air, as if a cotton candy craftsman was concentrating on wrestling with the candy threads, trying to complete a fragile but perfect work of art, Faith's expression was extremely serious.

"Release All Oblivion /Finite Obliviate/"

Pronunciation, perfect.

Action, perfect.

She took a deep breath and stared nervously at the other party, "How is it, does it work?"

"Hmm..." Hermione blinked, trying to remember what happened that night.

Then he spread his hands decisively, "No."

"Why!"

The expected answer, the expected expectation.

Faith fell back as if discouraged, the wand in her hand was thrown aside, and she was lying in a large font on the lawn dedicated to flying lessons—she was waiting here early when the other party finished the get out of class. Sensitive.

The lawns at Hogwarts were well manicured, not too harsh or too hard on her little head.

"I didn't expect much anyway, did I?"

Hermione turned over a page of "The Amazing Quidditch", and said comfortingly, not sure.

Although she has no interest in this kind of barbaric sport, Harry and Faise like it very much, so she should know about it in advance, so that she won't be blinded by the spectators at the stadium this weekend.