Fate must have its own intricate gears; otherwise, things couldn't line up so perfectly.
Voldemort knew a troll would run amok on Halloween night because he was a transmigrator.
But there was the heavy coursework, the research into forbidden books, the search for the troll...
Too many things had become entangled. The week after he had Pochis set up a laboratory, he entered the Forbidden Forest at Professor McGonagall's insistence to look for the troll—and everything still happened...
This time, Ron made Hermione cry for a different reason than in his memories.
In his memories, Ron had said cruel things out of jealousy over Hermione's academic abilities. Hermione had overheard him as she passed by, and he had made her cry.
This time, he was jealous because Hermione and Harry had grown so close...
Ever since their duel, Harry had been very grateful to Hermione. Not only had she helped him find the Headmaster despite being injured, she had also kept encouraging and supporting him afterward.
Harry had been having a terrible time lately. Before, he could just barely put up with his classmates' admiring stares, but now they only looked at him strangely, which made him miserable.
The clever Miss Know-it-all had helped him a great deal through all this, and the two had grown close. Ron had become jealous as a result.
So, one day on the eve of Halloween, he had said cruel things to Hermione, calling her:
An arrogant girl with no female friends who could only cling to the Savior.
Miss Know-it-all had never heard such vicious words. She had stood frozen on the spot, then skipped class for the first time. By dinner, she was still crying in the bathroom.
Meanwhile, Voldemort, who knew nothing of fate's plans, was driving the troll along with