Teaching (I Have Qiqi on My Left, Klee on My Right, Keqing Before My Chest and Mona Behind Me)

Sometimes, even a small accident could bring enormous changes.

Because Hermione had not helped Neville look for his toad as she had in the original story, she had not met Harry Potter or Ron. To Hermione now, the girl who had arrived at Hogwarts with her and then vanished without a trace was far more worrying.

But since Professor McGonagall had said everything was fine, then it should be fine... And if Hermione remembered correctly, that girl had also said she had been "invited."

Still, it was very strange...

With those doubts in mind, Hermione entered the Great Hall. It was already packed with students, so she hurriedly put away her thoughts and began considering the upcoming Sorting.

Before long, Professor McGonagall herded Hermione and the other new students to the dais at the front of the hall like ducks. At that moment, Neville suddenly came over to Hermione and tugged at her sleeve.

"Hey, look. Isn't that the girl sitting over there?"

"Huh?"

Hearing Neville's question, Hermione hurriedly snapped out of her thoughts and looked in the direction he indicated. Then her eyes widened in shock—at the long table beside the dais sat a girl with long white hair and scarlet eyes. She wore a large pointed hat and a pitch-black cloak, sitting motionlessly in her chair like a doll.

Huh? Huh?!

Fortunately, Hermione still remembered where she was and did not cry out. Even so, she stared wide-eyed in the girl's direction.

That was definitely Airi... But why was she sitting there? No matter how she looked at it, those were the teachers' seats. Could Airi be a teacher too? How was that possible? She was just a child the same age as Hermione...

Hermione's mind was in such chaos that she did not even hear Professor McGonagall