Harley the Pedagogue

Harley found herself in an awkward situation. Should she accept these flowers or not?

Fortunately, Professor McGonagall arrived just in time to rescue Harley from her predicament.

"It's so late, why aren't you all asleep yet!" Professor McGonagall emerged from the hole in the wall, letting out a roar like a lion.

The crowd went silent instantly. The sight of George kneeling on one knee, holding a bouquet of flowers, was incredibly conspicuous and caught Professor McGonagall's eye immediately.

"Mr. Weasley, what do you think you are doing!" Professor McGonagall looked shocked, unable to believe that such a student existed among her own!

Fred and George shivered, finally realizing just how inappropriate their behavior was.

However, Harley took the initiative to draw Professor McGonagall's attention away and explained the situation clearly.

In the end, George didn't receive any punishment, but under the pressure of Professor McGonagall, the celebrating crowd dispersed and returned to their dormitories.

However, Harley noticed that Lavender and Parvati, who shared a room with Hermione, didn't say goodnight to her before going to bed.

Unfortunately, Hermione, who possessed high intelligence but low emotional intelligence, failed to notice this detail and was still fretting over the lost points right up until she fell asleep.

The next day, another piece of news exploded across Hogwarts: Harley had become the youngest house team player in a century, and she was serving as the Seeker!

Wood had originally wanted to keep this information hidden, but Harley stopped him.

It was impossible to keep this news a secret; after all, when the Gryffindor Quidditch team practiced, they couldn't exactly train in the dark, could they?

If they did, anyone in the castle who happened to glance toward the pitch would be able to discover this information.

So, it was better to release the news in advance to put psychological pressure on the other teams—

Just how strong must a player be for the Gryffindor Quidditch team to make an exception and recruit them in their first year?

After repeated thought and analysis, Wood had no choice but to accept Harley's plan.

Many people crowded around to offer Harley their congratulations, and even Hermione, who was still feeling sullen, offered her best friend her blessings.

However, the people around them rolled their eyes in secret, though Hermione didn't notice this scene.

Harley didn't have much energy left to worry about her best friend now. Harley was very busy.

Her detention with Professor McGonagall had been taken over by Professor Snape; it was unclear what excuse Professor Snape had used to get Professor McGonagall to agree.

Therefore, from Monday to Friday, Harley had remedial Potion lessons every single night.

Professor Snape seemed genuinely intent on molding Harley into a top-tier Potions Master, so he began teaching her from every minute detail.

Even for the simple "Boil-Cure Potion" learned in the first lesson, Professor Snape explained the medicinal properties of every single ingredient to Harley.

Professor Snape also provided many sets of materials, letting Harley repeatedly brew them in the wrong ways to deepen her understanding of the changes that occurred when different medicinal properties interacted.

Harley found joy in this life and poured almost all of her energy into it.

On the weekend after her first flying lesson, Harley had gathered the potion materials for the "Apothecary" sequence in Hagrid's hut again, but unfortunately, she failed to succeed this time.

The resulting potion had its spirituality collapse instantly, contaminating the vial into a magical item with severe negative effects.

This failure made Harley realize that her first success had simply been a matter of good luck.

After putting that magical item away and sealing it with layers of protection, Harley had no choice but to study Potions even more diligently.

Not long ago, Harley had received a broomstick funded by the Gryffindor Quidditch team, with partial sponsorship from Professor McGonagall, so she also had to start training with the team.

On top of that, Harley was still working hard to find a way to craft the "Bard" Beyonder characteristic into a magical item, while perfectly completing her other coursework...

Harley felt like she was constantly running on a treadmill, and even considered brewing a "Sleepless" potion to turn it into a Beyonder characteristic.

After all, a Beyonder characteristic didn't need to be crafted into a magical item to be utilized simply. That way, Harley wouldn't need to sleep.

In this busy life, time flew by. In the blink of an eye, it was already Halloween Eve.

The second-to-last class before Halloween was Charms. Professor Flitwick announced in this lesson that they would begin learning the Levitation Charm.

The Gryffindor students were full of enthusiasm for this.

Ever since they witnessed Professor Flitwick making Neville's toad fly all over the classroom during the first lesson, everyone had been longing to learn this skill and send the Slytherin students flying everywhere.

However, this charm was not easy to learn.

Even though Professor Flitwick emphasized the details over and over, including how the wrist should flick, and demonstrated it multiple times.

Most of the students still couldn't manage it. Harley was paired with a Hufflepuff girl named Susan Bones and witnessed firsthand how Susan "easily" set the feather used for practice on fire.

"Harley, how did you do that?" Susan looked at Harley, who had casually extinguished the flames on the feather and then effortlessly made it fly, feeling curious.

"Oh, it's quite simple. Watch my wrist carefully." As she spoke, Harley made the feather fly again with ease.

Professor Flitwick happened to witness this scene and awarded Harley a point.

After all, Harley had already earned many points from him, and the professor didn't want the point gap for the House Cup to be too large, making Ravenclaw look too pathetic in their defeat.

Susan mimicked Harley's movements, but still failed.

Seeing that Susan still couldn't learn it, Harley sighed:

"Come, let me hold your hand and guide you to feel exactly how this flicking motion is supposed to go."

As she spoke, Harley pressed herself directly behind Susan, wrapping her own slender hands around Susan's small ones.

Harley rested her head on Susan's shoulder as well: "Feel my movements carefully. First, flick your hand upward, then give it a shake downward..."

Susan felt a stream of warm breath constantly brushing against her ear, causing her face to flush for no apparent reason. She tried hard to shift her focus, forcing herself to concentrate on learning the magic.

After repeating the motion several times, Susan successfully made the feather fly on her own.

"Harley, I did it!" Susan was incredibly excited, turning around to hug Harley, "I love you to death, Harley!"

The eyes of several girls nearby lit up, and they immediately crowded over, wanting Harley to teach them as well.

A few boys also seemed to want to come and learn, but seeing Harley holding the girls' wrists to demonstrate the movements, they felt too embarrassed to step forward.

Of course, there were those who shamelessly tried to push forward anyway, but they were immediately driven back by the lethal glares of the girls.

Soon, a crowd of girls had gathered around Harley. With such a great teacher, how could they not get close... ah, no, how could they not ask for guidance?

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