Do not tickle a sleeping dragon (dracodormiensnunquamtitillandus).
This is the Hogwarts school motto, which advises people never to provoke powerful beings in slumber out of curiosity, because the first target of a awakened dragon is definitely the bold provocateur. Dumbledore said this when promoting the new curriculum standards at the beginning of this semester.
And now, Erina has a very clear and profound understanding of the meaning of this sentence.
Professor Sprout in "awakened state" is like a completely different person.
Of course, she is still so gentle and kind, but her eyes have become hot and bright. This Hogwarts Herbology professor seems to be constantly radiating light and enthusiasm around her. Her lecture voice began to become high-pitched, excited, and passionate.
By the end of the two Herbology classes, they had barely finished the plant taxonomy outline based on Carl Linnaeus.
Since the biological classification on the magic side is not yet perfect, the main content of these two Herbology classes is still focused on the understanding of the six common basic types of "species and various classification groups below species" - species, population, subspecies, variety, form, and cultivar.
It must be said that if you don't consider those after-school assignments, Erina and her classmates had a very interesting two Herbology classes today.
In order to help students understand, Professor Sprout unprecedentedly opened all the greenhouses, leading the students to visit the magical plants in the Hogwarts greenhouses one by one, and patiently introduced the names and simple properties of each plant as if enumerating her family treasures.
Venomous Tentacula, poisonous Geranium, Goutweed, Snargaluff, Devil's Snare, Doxy Eggs, Bubotuber, Umbrella Flower...
Dozens of rare magical plants made the little wizards feast their eyes, so that many little guys couldn't wait to have two Herbology classes every day.
However, as the end-of-class bell rang, all the joy and hope in their hearts instantly turned into bewilderment and despair.
"Very good, today's class was quite fulfilling, and the homework is very simple—"
Professor Sprout said with a smile, clapping her hands to attract the students' attention.
"We visited a total of 63 different types of magical plants today. I hope everyone can choose at least 20 magical plants that impressed them the most, look up and copy their properties, habits, and cultivation methods in books, and find their respective suitable positions according to the classification I mentioned in class, and during this period, please observe and record some daily plants around the school..."
This gentle, kind, and optimistic chubby witch looked gently at the whole class, paused for a few seconds, and added a sentence.
"More than two hundred kinds of plants grow in Hogwarts Castle. I hope to see at least thirty related plant records in your notebooks next week. It doesn't matter if you don't know the names. The recording method is—discovery location, discovery time, morphological description."
The superposition of Potions and Herbology homework made the students a little panicked all of a sudden.
You know, they still have the movement theory homework from yesterday's Charms class, followed by Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration, as well as Professor Lockhart and Professor Alexei's Grammar and Mathematical classes, not to mention the fixed Astronomy drawing and History of Magic copying homework...
If homework of this magnitude is "replicated" four or five times, they may have to spend this weekend in the library.
Of course, this is based on the premise that they completely forget about their homework from Monday to Friday and happily "learn happily" for a whole week.
After returning to the castle from the greenhouse outside the castle, the second-year little wizards hurriedly finished lunch and obediently carried their schoolbags to the Hogwarts library to find the homework content assigned by Professor Snape and Professor Sprout. Hermione finally found a gap and quietly reached a smuggling agreement of "good morning tea" with Hannah - in exchange, she can help Hannah solve and answer some tricky homework.
On the other hand, after the end of the History of Magic course in the afternoon, Hermione, who had been observing Draco all day, fell into complete confusion.
Just like most lazy boys, Draco insisted on listening to the class for about a period of time, and soon fell into a drowsy sleep like Harry and others, but when Harry asked Draco questions after class, he was able to accurately answer all the content in the book...
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"This is very unreasonable, right? Erina."
Hermione said, her eyes moving away from the red mark pressed on Draco's face by the book page, her voice with a hint of confusion.
"What kind of learning method can achieve such an effect? Can you remember the lecture content even if you sleep in class?! You should have heard the conversation between Harry and Draco just now, right? Draco told Harry that he will lend them his class notes after he finishes copying them tomorrow—"
Not only History of Magic, but Draco Malfoy seems to be a little absent-minded in almost all classes.
However, the professor's questions in class and the completion of after-school assignments cannot be faked.
Obviously, he doesn't seem to be making any effort, but Draco shows a clearer and more profound preview effect than her. This is something Hermione cannot accept. It all seems to be mocking how bad her talent is, so that others only need to slightly...
Snap!
"Okay, stop thinking wildly, what you see is obviously not the whole thing—"
Looking at the little beaver whose emotions suddenly fell into a low ebb, Erina snapped her fingers and sighed helplessly.
After witnessing Draco sleeping in class, Hermione obviously began to doubt herself, so that she had to enter another timeline in advance - after the birth of lies, people have to use more lies to maintain it, she should have thought it would be like this.
"Eh? Not the whole thing?"
Hermione looked at Erina blankly, frowning slightly.
"Well, your eyes will deceive you, your ears will deceive you, your experience will deceive you... However, this is often not because you see false things, but because you only see a part of the so-called truth - and part of the truth will constitute a lifelike lie."
Erina shook her fingers in a profound manner, glanced at Hermione who was thoughtful, and continued.
"AcademicBeach. Have you heard of this word? It is used to describe those who deliberately pretend to be indifferent on the surface, or don't care about learning at all, and then learn it back twice as hard where no one can see. Not everyone will show their efforts. If you observe carefully, you will find that Draco is probably such a... well, a 'study-bitch'."
"Huh? Academic Beach? Does it mean that the tide only rises at night? What a strange description—"
Hermione repeated Erina's pronunciation softly, blinking her eyes, "But... why would Draco do this?"
Night... high tide?
Can it be explained like this—
Erina was stunned for half a second, then looked at Hermione's pure eyes, and suddenly felt a slight sense of guilt.
This shouldn't be considered polluting a pure wizard seedling, right? After all, Hermione is thirteen years old this year, and she is only twelve years old. Strictly speaking, if we want to protect underage children, then her protection priority should be higher than the little beaver's... I hope Little Beaver's father won't be angry.
"Well, that's probably what it means, right? Looking at Draco's state these days, it's obviously a sequelae of staying up late to read and do homework..."
Erina nodded without changing her face, pondered for a few seconds, and continued to answer.
"As for the reason why Draco did this, I guess it's vanity? Or to make others relax their vigilance? Or he doesn't want to hurt Ron and Harry, after all, there are small circles between boys. If you study while everyone is playing, wouldn't it be too out of place? All in all, Hermione, don't learn from him, and don't expose him. You just need to work hard silently and then amaze everyone, including Professor Lockhart—"
She raised her eyebrows at Hermione. After getting along for this period of time, she temporarily gave up the idea of discrediting Gilderoy Lockhart.
After all, this "Hanged Man" has been quite cautious in his work attitude and personal style, without giving her any excuses to carry out a physical cleanup plan, so she plans to change her approach - to urge Lockhart to get married as soon as possible and end the thoughts of a group of little witches.
"Well, I won't become any AcademicBeach - I will become the first in a fair and square manner."
Hermione nodded seriously, her voice with a hint of firmness.
This History of Magic is the last class of the afternoon for the second grade A class today.
As the end-of-class bell rang, most of the students hurriedly packed their schoolbags and left the classroom to go to the library, which had not yet been occupied by the upper grades, to grab a seat in advance, but for Erina and Hermione, they could not go to the library to complete today's homework for the time being.
Hogwarts has opened elective courses, and Hermione and Erina have third-year classes four afternoons a week.
As for today...
Hermione lowered her head to check her class schedule, and suddenly jumped up as if waking up from a dream.
"Oh no, Divination! What are we still doing here? Look, Divination is at the top of the North Tower, it will take us ten minutes to get there..."
"Don't worry, Professor Sybill isn't the type of person who cares so much about worldly rules."
Erina shrugged, and said disapprovingly, looking at Hermione's hurried expression with great interest.
If there are no accidents, after the "Calculating Machine" experiences a Divination class, such a look of attention will not be seen. She quickly took advantage of this last little time to appreciate Hermione's enthusiasm for Divination, which is a limited edition expression pack that will soon be out of print.
After all, according to the plot in the original book, Divination is the only subject that Hermione cannot pass.
Although she has brought many changes to Hogwarts, this does not include Professor Sybill's Divination class.
And the reason why Erina chose Divination class is very simple. She wanted to see how many classes Hermione could endure in the new timeline before she smashed the crystal ball and walked away directly in front of the whole class in a classic rage scene - that is something that must not be missed.
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It is a long way from the castle to the North Tower.
Although Hermione has been at Hogwarts for more than a year, she still hasn't become familiar with everything in the castle. She has never been inside the North Tower before. As for Erina? Her ability to find her way is not even as good as Neville's pet toad, Trevor.
"That - uh - I mean - you wouldn't be lost, would you?"
Erina looked at the familiar environment around her. This should be a very high place in the North Tower.
This is an unfamiliar platform, without any landmarks. On the stone wall directly in front of them hangs a large picture frame, and the picture is a prairie.
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"First of all, we can rule out the right side—"
Hermione glared at Erina, who was holding back her laughter, and observed the surrounding passage environment.
"That's South. Look, you can see a corner of the lake from outside the window... So we can just go to the left."
"Elimination method? A way to find your way by reasoning, that's really amazing."
Erina raised her eyebrows, a very annoying slyness appearing at the corner of her mouth.
As a wayward person who has long given up struggling, Erina's greatest pleasure in life is watching others get lost, and among them, when the protagonist of the story becomes a friend who usually has extraordinary talent in finding the way, it is even more wonderful enjoyment.
"Oh, shut up - Erina.
Hermione said angrily, ignoring a certain white-haired ball gloating.
"At least I know the general direction. If it were you, we wouldn't be able to get to the Divination classroom next week."
"Is that so? But I don't think so—"
Erina glanced at Hermione, the small tuft of hair on her head wagging triumphantly from side to side, and said with the air of an old person.
"Admitting failure and shortcomings frankly is a very important quality. If you had told me earlier that you couldn't find the way, maybe we would have been at the door of the Divination classroom now. You don't know, I learned a very effective wayfinding spell some time ago."
"Wayfinding spell? Are you saying... Point Me?"
Hermione was stunned, frowned and recalled the spell books she had read.
"That's not right, the Point Me spell only applies to maze places. According to the records in the book, its effect is..."
"——Eliminate roads that cannot be passed. Or distinguish between North and South."
Erina continued Hermione's words, her expression a little complicated.
"I learned the Point Me spell in advance last semester. I'm talking about another spell."
In fact, after realizing the essence of her being a wayward person, her first reaction was to learn this spell.
Unfortunately, Grindelwald quickly showed her the cruel truth. There are two effects of the Point Me spell, but these two functions are useless to wayward people, because the Demon King never cares about the problem of road blockage, and the four directions of East, West, North, and South are even more meaningless.
Not to mention that they are in Hogwarts Castle, which is full of passages, the Point Me spell is useless at all.
"Another spell? A new magic not recorded in the book?"
Hermione's eyes lit up suddenly, looking at Erina with anticipation.
"Did Professor Apocalis teach you this? Or did Professor Dumbledore teach you this?"
"Well... let's... put it that way..."
Under Hermione's fiery gaze, Erina scratched her nose a little embarrassedly.
Erina raised her right hand, snapped her fingers lightly, and said solemnly.
"I'm lost."
Hermione: ???
Snap.
Snap.
The next moment, two house-elves appeared in front of them.
"House-elf Dobby (Burleigh) is happy to be of service to you, Miss Kaslana."
"Well, as you can see, I now have a little... small privilege..."
Erina spread her hands and explained to Hermione, then turned around and looked at the two personal elves in front of her with a calm expression.
"We are looking for the North Tower, Professor Sybill's Divination classroom, please take us there! Thank you."
"oui, Chef!"
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