Diagon Alley Showdown

"Hermione, do you think Kyle has some kind of grudge against Harry?"

Outside a door near the basement storage room, Ron listened to the screams coming one after another from inside and asked uneasily.

He had always been curious about how Harry had learned Occlumency. Now that he had such a rare opportunity, Ron naturally wasn't going to miss it. The moment breakfast was over, he and Hermione had rushed over.

But after seeing it, he was completely numb.

What kind of special training was this...? This was just a straight-up beating, wasn't it?

Harry was being kicked to the left one moment and whipped to the right the next by a six-legged magical creature. He looked like a human Bludger—miserable beyond words.

Beside him, Hermione nodded with lingering fear as well.

She had originally been considering whether to join Harry in the special training.

Recently, Weasleys' Joke Shop no longer needed any help, and her parents had gradually grown accustomed to living in Diagon Alley. Sometimes, she couldn't even find them when she went to visit.

Since she had nothing else to do, she had wondered if she could use this month to learn another spell. After all, everyone said Occlumency was important. Even if she didn't need to worry about Voldemort invading her mind, there was no harm in learning it.

But after seeing what Harry was going through, she suddenly hesitated.

Hermione found it hard to imagine herself being whipped back and forth by a Wampus Cat. By comparison, she still thought it was better to take things step by step... Although her progress would be much slower, at least it was safe.

"Ah!"

Harry screamed again from inside the room. After holding out for two minutes, the Wampus Cat had still seen through his thoughts, and