Hogwarts: I act like a boss in front of Hermione

Chapter 154 Daily life and the upcoming summer vacation (please subscribe and recommend)

"Noel, I didn't expect Draco's father to be so kind to him. He actually dared to risk being punished by you and asked you to protect his son. But he didn't think twice about letting Draco be your servant. "

Holding the sandwich made by Kreacher in her hand, Hermione lay on the beach chair, looked at the white clouds in the sky and said to Noel beside her.

"Then you are wrong. Lucius was just acting out a show of bitterness. That old fox was sure that I would not let Draco be a servant, so that's why he did this."

Noel picked up a glass of juice from the short table next to him. Just when he was about to drink the juice with a straw in his mouth, an earth-colored elf came out of the sand and tried to snatch the juice from Noel's hand.

Noel slapped it back into the sand, pretending to ignore what happened, and answered Hermione's question.

"Is that so..."

Hermione looked at the sandwich in her hand, thinking about what happened that morning in her mind, thinking about how Noel discovered that Lucius Malfoy's intentions were not pure.

'ah! I stopped thinking about it and thought about it for a long time, but I still couldn't find any flaw in Lucius that could make Noel find out that he was faking. ’

Hermione shook her head and decided not to think about such complicated things. She put the sandwich in her small mouth and tasted Kreacher's cooking skills.

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Summer vacation time flies by like the speed of light for students.

In a blink of an eye, the time came again when all the little wizards received letters from Hogwarts.

Noel had just returned home from the base in Hogsmeade. Before he could hang his coat on the hanger, Kreacher handed over an envelope with the emblem of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on it. .

"Dear little master, this is a letter from the school to you."

Noel skillfully tore open the envelope and took out the letter paper inside. The content inside was roughly what books and potions class materials he needed to prepare for the second grade class this year.

Because they need to take Defense Against the Dark Arts class this year, they need to buy additional books required for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

"Sure enough..."Walking with Ghosts", "Walking with Ghouls"...Lockhart really came to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to become gilded."

Noel smiled helplessly, stuffed the letter back into the envelope, and then threw the letter back into Kreacher's hand.

"Okay, let me help me monitor the Malfoy elves. Have you discovered anything so far?"

"Dear little master, Jenny reported to me that Dobby, the house elf of the Malfoy family, visited 4 Privet Drive, Leavesden, Hertford, a week ago. Jenny also told me that Than to meet Harry Potter."

Kreacher carefully put the envelope that Noel threw into his hand into his arms. He looked up at Noel and told him about his recent gains.

Jenny was an abandoned house elf recruited by Kreacher. Her previous owner disliked the food she cooked and sold her to other wizarding families, but they all returned her within two days. Come back.

So its previous owner thought it had no value at all, threw it a rag and let it roll out of the house.

It originally wanted to make a living at Hogwarts College, but was persuaded by Kreacher to become one of its subordinates.

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"Hey, poor Harry, he is hated by his aunt's family again. Grandpa Dumbledore is really incomprehensible. Not only did he cast a magical barrier on me that prohibited me from going out, but he also cast a ' The protective spell of home. Is this why people believe in fate more and more as they get older?"

Think back to the life you lived in your ancestral home until you were eleven years old, and then compare it with Harry's life.

Noel suddenly wanted to thank Grandpa Dumbledore for not sending him to the Malfoy family.

if not! No if!

Shaking his head and putting that terrible thought behind him, Noel took off his coat and hung it on the hanger. After putting on a pair of slippers, he went up the stairs and entered the study.

……

"My uncle and aunt just left like that. Are they so confident that their underage daughter will enter a bar in the wizarding world?"

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Watching Mr. Granger drive away with Mrs. Granger, Noel turned to Hermione and complained.

"They don't trust me, they trust you. Excellent Mr. Noel!"

Hermione rolled her eyes at Noel, turned around and walked to the door of the Leaky Cauldron. She pushed hard with both hands and walked in alone, ignoring Noel behind her.

Noel shook his head helplessly and followed in.

Hermione hadn't been sulking since receiving her Hogwarts letter.

The reason was because she discovered that the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher was actually the great liar Gilderoy Lockhart.

Hermione felt dizzy at the thought that her first-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class might be scrapped.

Although her actual combat ability now far exceeds that of the little wizards in Hogwarts, there is no need to consider what the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher will teach.

But Hermione was very upset that a liar could be her teacher. Especially since I have been a fan of Gilderoy Lockhart for a while.

When Hermione thought about it, she felt uncomfortable in her stomach and wanted to vomit something.

"Okay, don't be sulky. Maybe Grandpa Dumbledore is also in a lot of trouble. After all, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are all year-round ones. It's hard to find them."

Noel turned around to enlighten Hermione while tapping a few specific bricks on the wall.

I remember that a few days ago, when Hermione came to him angrily and complained to him that Principal Dumbledore would let a liar become a teacher, Noel curiously asked her how she knew Gilderoy Lockhart was a liar.

Hermione rolled her eyes at him and said it was all his fault for showing her the Liar's book, which caused him to be embarrassed by Robin.

It turned out that after Hermione discovered that Robin liked reading, she recommended several Lockhart novels that she had collected to Robin, telling Robin that they were true adventure stories of a great wizard.

In less than a day, Robin ruthlessly exposed Gilderoy Lockhart as a liar, and the adventure stories he wrote were not his own.

Because there are many details in these stories that cannot withstand scrutiny. After Robin pointed out several contradictory points to Hermione, Hermione suddenly realized that the wizard she admired was just a liar who made up false stories.

For example, there is a section in "Breaking with the Ghost" and "Traveling with the Vampire" that describes the fishing boatman he met. Although Lockhart did not name the fisherman, Robin found that the fisherman was very interesting. It may be the same person, and the protagonists all met such a fisherman on the same day.

and also…

There were so many more examples that Hermione didn't want to hear any more, after all, it was such a huge blow to her.

Robin, who has been doing intelligence work, can find loopholes in Gilderoy Lockhart from a few descriptions. This is normal operation. No fuss.

After all, wizards are not very logical. They are only interested in the story. Who cares about the passerby A or B the protagonist meets.

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"You knew he was a liar, why didn't you tell me?"

I remember that when Hermione angrily questioned him in the world of One Piece, Noel was also speechless for a while, blaming himself for not making it clear to Hermione at that time.