First came the Time Loop.
Then came several more days of stimulating living.
Ian cherished the campus life that had finally calmed down. Although it was still Christmas break, he quickly returned to his usual routine of living and studying.
The atmosphere around the school was unusually harmonious. Even Gryffindor and Slytherin had stopped fighting. Holidays always let students set aside their grudges and feel happier in both body and mind.
Though there was the annoying holiday homework to finish, Young Wizards always found ways not to let it affect them. The Gryffindor students, for example, chose temporary amnesia.
Some of them planned to borrow friends' homework to copy on the last day, while others had agreed before the holiday that they would all get punished by the professors together.
Whoever secretly did their homework was a coward.
They were clearly the group that gave the professors the biggest headaches.
By comparison.
Students from the other Houses were much more well-behaved. Before the holiday, Ian had found someone to do his homework for him. William had basically taken care of all of Ian's after-class assignments this term.
He had even copied Ian's handwriting so perfectly that it was impossible to tell the difference. On his own homework, he also deliberately wrote some wrong answers and vastly different solutions.
That ensured the professors would not spot his traces in Ian's homework. No wonder he was naturally suited for the Ministry of Magic. That kind of cleverness made him perfect for helping leaders write all sorts of documents.
However.
Most people did not have a good roommate like Ian, so they chose other ways to deal with their homework. The Slytherin students, for instance, loved to pay Ravenclaw students large sums to do their assignments, while Ravenclaw students almost never refused such