"Professor!"
Pomona turned around and found a Hufflepuff boy calling for her.
She remembered him. Because he wanted to become stronger, she had introduced him to the Centaurs.
"What is it?" Pomona asked with a smile, unable to recall his name for the moment.
"I want to know if I can stay at school over the summer holidays," the boy told her.
"You know the rules. No students are allowed to remain at school during the summer holidays," Pomona said somewhat sternly.
"I know. But I had to at least try." The boy shrugged indifferently.
"You didn't go home during Christmas break either, did you?" Pomona said. "Won't your parents worry if you're away from home for so long?"
"They don't need to worry. I write to them regularly... Can I live off campus?" As if he had suddenly remembered something, his eyes lit up.
"The castle isn't open to outsiders," Pomona said.
"Thank you, Professor!" the boy said happily before skipping away.
Pomona watched him leave.
Although there had only been one casualty since the Chamber of Secrets had last been opened, Albus had still ordered the students to leave the school during the summer, when snakes were most active, as a precaution.
She looked up at the ceiling.
After Flitwick's inspection, it turned out the castle had suffered rather serious damage. However, the freezing spell had kept some of the damaged pillars from collapsing immediately. Until he finished repairing them, the castle was still uninhabitable, and even the examinations were being held in the Clock Tower.
Although emotions were considered by most people to be the opposite of reason, many emotions were tied to survival.
When we felt fear—for example, upon seeing a bear—we could choose to fight or flee. Lying down and playing dead was useless. It