“Um... well, okay, if you insist...”

Penelope Clearwater blinked and looked at the little ones around her, saying with some resignation.

Even the older students didn't have any ideas. She didn't think these little ones could help. This wasn't something that could be solved with just cleverness. Wisdom came from accumulated experience.

But, anyway, they were just sleeping in sleeping bags. It didn't matter if it took a little longer.

Thinking of this, Penelope cleared her throat and said slowly.

“The question is this: Gryffindor and Slytherin want to know the witch Raven's birthday. So Raven jokingly gave them ten possible dates: February 11th, February 12th, February 16th, March 13th, March 14th, April 10th, April 12th, May 10th, May 11th, May 13th. Then Raven only told Gryffindor the correct month, and told Slytherin the correct day, and then asked them if they knew when her birthday was.”

Penelope paused, a hint of confusion in her eyes, as she tried to recall and repeat.

“Gryffindor said: ‘I don’t know your birthday, but I know Slytherin definitely doesn’t know either.’ Slytherin replied: ‘I didn’t know your birthday before, but now I know.’ Then Gryffindor also replied: ‘I know too.’ So, what is the witch Raven's birthday - you only have one chance, and answering incorrectly will reset the question.”

Saying this, Penelope sighed helplessly, scratching her smooth, long hair with some irritability.

“How could anyone know the answer to this question! Just guessing is fine, but this time the Eagle Ring also needs to provide a reason. This is very frustrating. Forget it, I'll take you to choose your sleeping bags first…”

“Eh? Just this question?”

Danilova was slightly stunned, pondered for a few seconds, and said somewhat uncertainly.

“The answer, um—should be April 12th, right? This doesn’t sound too difficult…”

“Oh, my dear little Dani, it’s not enough to just guess one.”

Penelope Clearwater pinched the little witch's nose in front of her and said softly with amusement.

“I said before that the other condition for opening the Eagle Ring is the reasoning process. Only by providing this can you prove that you really answered the question, instead of accidentally guessing it by luck or chance—”

“But—um—I have steps for this—um—”

Danilova struggled, making cute pig-like snorts, while quickly explaining.

After the girl briefly explained a few sentences, Penelope's initially indifferent expression gradually froze. Then, the expression on her face quickly changed, confusion, realization, and then a hint of uncontrollable ecstasy and slightly sad excitement.

“Oh, my goodness, how did we not think of that—”

Penelope suddenly hugged Danilova and kissed the girl's flushed little face hard.

“Excuse me, excuse me—let us through quickly!”

The next moment, before the redness on the girl's face could rise, Penelope quickly grabbed her arm and squeezed towards the crowd in front, impolitely patting the students blocking the way, shouting in an excited and slightly distorted voice.

“It’s solved! It’s solved! Dani solved it! We can go back to bed!”

A few minutes later.

A burst of cheers suddenly erupted on the platform at the top of the stairs.

The flow of people, which had been stagnant for more than half an hour, finally began to move. Everyone who passed by the bronze Eagle Ring showed a smile to the first-year girl standing by the door, and would have been even slower if it weren't for the urging of the people behind them.

No one wanted to spend the first night of the school year in the corridor, especially when they had been on the train all day.

However, in the midst of the cheers and laughter, no one noticed...

Luna Lovegood, who was originally standing at the back of the line, did not follow the crowd forward, but turned around and walked towards the Great Hall downstairs, silently disappearing into the corridor like a dazed little ghost.

And in the place where the girl was originally standing, a blurry "Luna Lovegood" was gradually flickering and disappearing.

……

Creak—

About an hour later, the Great Hall on the first floor of Hogwarts.

With a somewhat abrupt sound of door hinges, the door of the faculty lounge opened slightly, revealing a glimmer of light.

“Well, that's roughly the curriculum for the new semester, thank you for your hard work!”

Dumbledore's voice came from the crack in the door, putting an end to all the discussions.

“Everyone, go back and rest first. Professor Apocalis, Professor Lockhart, and Professor Aleksey, please stay for a moment. I have some things I'd like to talk to you about separately, um, regarding some precautions for the new semester—”

Then, several official professors walked out of the room, chatting and laughing.

Although each of them looked a little tired at the moment, everyone's spirits were quite high, and they were full of expectations for the teaching life ahead. After more than an hour of brainstorming, everyone was quite satisfied.

And behind the professors, a silver-haired little loli stood at the door somewhat blankly.

This... which way should she go next...

In the room behind her, Old Carrot and Old Potato were still doing pre-job training.

If she foolishly barged in and asked for directions at this time, the aura she had worked so hard to create would be gone all at once, which would be too bad—especially in front of Lockhart and Aleksey, these two "employees" of her own, completely losing her dignity.

Just then, in the shadow of the Ravenclaw table not far from the girl.

A blurry shadow moved.

“Eh? Luna?! Why are you still in the Great Hall…”

Elena was slightly stunned. In her impression, Luna should be with the other freshmen at this time.

As lower grade students at Hogwarts, it was traditional to have prefects responsible for guiding and constantly counting the number of students, so that the freshmen would not get lost or fall behind when they first came to Hogwarts.

“Yawn—Elena, you're finally out—”

Luna Lovegood yawned and said with some complaint.

“Why did it take so long? Let's go, let's go back to the dormitory together… Today's question might be a little difficult. If you can't answer it either, Elena, we might have to sleep in sleeping bags together, or find a way to borrow a place to stay from Hermione and the others.”

Elena felt a warmth in her heart, and quickly walked to the side of her cutest little wingman—she really didn't spoil Luna the little angel in vain!

“Question? What question…”

“It’s just a riddle…”

“Oh, that, it's very simple—April 12th, right? Is that it?”

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Chapter 3, Oh my! Oh my!! Oh my!!!

ps: This question is a bit difficult, the stupid fat chickens shouldn't be able to answer it. Limited time of one day, reveal the answer. So cute...