As Hermione left, Professor McGonagall looked at Harry and Ron behind Damon.
When she saw Harry, her eyes paused for a moment before she said,
"So, you came here because you were worried about your friend's safety, didn't you?"
"Yes, yes!"
Harry and Ron nodded repeatedly.
"Friendship makes you ignore the danger and terror of the troll. I think this is the courage that is unique to us Gryffindors." Professor McGonagall nodded, her face softened a little, which made Harry and Ron feel a little relieved.
But soon, their hearts were lifted again.
"I have to say that you are very lucky, but - I don't want to encourage your reckless courage, so you will neither be awarded points nor deducted points. Now, please leave."
The two looked at Damon, gave him a look of "Take care of yourself, buddy", and hurriedly left the second floor.
They didn't relax until they went up two flights of stairs without saying a word and finally couldn't smell the stench of the troll anymore.
"It seems that Damon is not bragging. He really spends all his time learning spells! Listen to his previous conversation with the professor. What does it mean to transform from still life to animals?
They have classified Transfiguration according to the difficulty level? Professor McGonagall has never said this in class!"
"Ron, I'm afraid we won't understand even if Professor McGonagall says it. Do you remember that we can only transform some small, immovable objects, which is what they call transformation from still life to still life?"
Harry looked up. The stairs in front of him were like a road to heaven. He lowered his head and moved his feet upwards. His expression seemed to be lost and envious.
How long would he have to study at Hogwarts in his future to have the strength of Damon?
Why did others call him the savior? Why hasn't he shown anything special so far?
He is so ordinary and common, just like the weeds beside the Black Lake, which can be seen everywhere and can only be blown by the wind. Harry had the urge to become stronger for the first time.
The common room was crowded with people, noisy, and everyone was eating the food served. Only Hermione stood alone at the door, waiting for them.
For a moment, the two of them were a little awkward.
"Thank you - where's Damon?"
"He was kept by Professor McGonagall, and he probably has something else to say."
Harry responded quickly. For some reason, he and Ron both felt embarrassed at the moment and hurried to their plates.
Hermione glanced at them, then turned her head to look at the hole in the lounge, put her hands in front of her skirt again, and waited quietly.
She rehearsed in her mind.
When Damon appeared, she would thank him decently and give him a bright smile.
From now on, she would become good friends with Damon and the others.
A perfect plan.
Ten minutes later, there was a sound outside the door, and Damon's hands reached into the hole.
Just the appearance of a pair of hands made people subconsciously think of that handsome face.
Hermione suddenly felt a little nervous.
She subconsciously looked down and saw that the hem of her pleated skirt had been wrinkled by her clenched hands.
She smoothed it out calmly.
"Hermione, what are you doing standing here?"
Damon supported himself in the passage with his hands, smiling gently.
He was in no hurry to move forward. Instead, he lay flat on the aisle, staring at Hermione with his blue eyes.
Hermione's face began to heat up.
"I'm waiting for you."
She was glad that she could still say such a complete sentence.
"Wait for me? What for?"
The boy's eyebrows slightly raised with a smile, and his face, like a Greek sculpture, suddenly became vivid.
Hermione felt her face getting hotter - 'My face must be very red now! '
She couldn't help thinking so.
It was really strange, obviously she didn't think so at the beginning, and the atmosphere shouldn't be like this.
She would thank him solemnly, and Damon would respond well. They were still competitors, but also friends who cherished each other, and this matter would be over.
What's going on now?
"Thank you-thank you."
She said shyly.
It shouldn't be like this.
"Oh, you are talking about this."
Damon's hands suddenly began to move forward, and with this movement, his body moved forward, and the distance between the two kept shortening.
He gradually approached Hermione and said with a smile:
"You're welcome, remember what I told you?"
"What-what?"
"We are friends, Hermione, friends don't need to thank each other solemnly."
"Come, give me a hand."
The slender hand stretched out to Hermione, and she subconsciously held that hand, but unexpectedly felt thick calluses on her fingertips.
Damon is so young, why does he have such thick calluses on his fingers?
Her thoughts were scattered uncontrollably, and she heard Damon say:
"Thank you, let's go eat, you probably didn't eat well today?"
"Okay-Okay."
Hermione temporarily put aside her worries, and the two of them separated their hands as soon as they touched.
So far, Ron and Harry have one more "home tutor".
However, compared with Damon, this new teacher is particularly strict.
She does not allow Harry and Ron to copy Damon's homework directly, but will list the reference books needed to complete the paper and let the two find them by themselves.
She will also popularize some of the architectural backgrounds they saw when they were adventuring in the castle, which adds a lot of fun to the two.
Since the troll incident, Hermione no longer cares so much about violating school rules, which also makes Ron and Harry get along with her much more smoothly, and some minor frictions and disputes are always resolved by Damon in the form of "one-man show".
Whether it is Hermione, Ron or Harry, they are always very obedient to Damon's decisions. Ron also discussed with Harry privately whether Hermione has already given up to Damon in her heart?
After November, the weather became very cold.
The mountains surrounding the school were gray and covered with ice and snow, and the lake was as cold and hard as hardened steel.
Every morning, there was frost on the ground.
From the upstairs window, you can see Hagrid, wrapped in a long moleskin coat, wearing rabbit fur gloves and huge beaver fur boots, defrosting the broom on the Quidditch field.
The Quidditch match that Harry had been looking forward to was about to begin.
In order to cope with the heavy training of Quidditch, he didn't even tell Damon that he wanted to train spells with him, and focused on the Quidditch game.
On Saturday, he will participate in the first game in his life.
Because Snape keeps favoring Slytherin students, Gryffindor's current score in the House Cup is second - if it weren't for Damon's crazy points in the Charms and Transfiguration classes, Harry is afraid th
at they won't even be second.
But as long as they win this game against Slytherin, their House Cup score will be first!
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