Geniuses and Leaving the Hospital

According to Ye Ting's analysis, after Hermione got to know him, she helplessly realized that Ye Ting outclassed her in every way. Thus, the competitive Hermione became obsessed with surpassing him.

As a result, her obsession with surpassing Ye Ting actually helped her overcome her fear of flying broomsticks. That was what led to this accident.

At this moment, it was Penelope, who was less familiar with Hermione, who consoled her instead.

"Miss Granger, you have to believe that geniuses really do exist in this world." As she comforted Hermione, she cast Ye Ting a complicated look. "Knowledge that we must painstakingly study to master, they can learn after seeing it once; magic that we must practice over and over before we can use, they can cast after trying only once.

"Some people refuse to accept that. They work hard and give everything they have to compete with geniuses. Sometimes, hardworking ordinary people can defeat lazy geniuses. But the worst case is when that genius not only learns faster than ordinary people like us, but also works harder than we do. In that case, ordinary people who want to surpass a genius will only smash their heads bloody against the wall.

"But why compete with geniuses at all? We should calmly accept the gap in talent, then compare ourselves to who we used to be, or to people with similar talents. Only then will we avoid crushing our own confidence. Forcing yourself to compete will only hurt you."

"Besides," she added, giving Ye Ting a wistful glance, "for a genius at his level, even I have never seen a second one. He is truly an exception, isn't he?"

Hearing her consolation, Hermione nodded through her sobs, and the knot in her heart gradually loosened.

Ye Ting could only awkwardly rub his nose. Being talked about like that to his face certainly felt strange, but he still took the chance to comfort Hermione.

"Actually, we all know what you're like, so it doesn't matter how much you push yourself. But don't ever gamble with your life while doing it. This time, my injury was nothing serious, and at least I had a chance to save you. But what if you have another accident someday, and I'm injured badly enough that I can't save you? What then?"

In this way, Ye Ting coaxed her while reasoning with her, and finally got Hermione to stop crying and smile through her tears.

He felt as though he were treating these little girls like daughters now.

He sincerely hoped they would grow up sooner. Otherwise...

Well, it would be hard to make a move.

The morning's commotion in the hospital wing passed just like that. But what came next was only the beginning of this exasperating day.

Once word spread that Ye Ting had finally woken up, the hospital wing's entrance was once again met by a long line of visiting girls.

Before long, Ye Ting found himself buried among perfume and powder, forcing a stiff smile as he received one girl after another.

Soon, all kinds of gifts filled the space beside his hospital bed.

Most of the gifts were food, but Penelope and Cho Chang firmly refused to let him taste any of it. They believed there was a strong chance that the food people had sent contained love potions.

Next, Professor Dumbledore and Professor Flitwick came to visit him in turn. The former lavishly praised Ye Ting's noble act of sacrificing himself to save others and awarded Ravenclaw twenty points.

After leaving the hospital wing, Dumbledore privately sighed. The genius they had recruited from Wool's Orphanage had not gone down the wrong path after all.

Meanwhile, after offering his sympathies, Professor Flitwick told Ye Ting that he had great talent for flying. The house hoped to make an exception and recruit him for Ravenclaw's Quidditch team.

Ye Ting was quite interested in Quidditch.

In his previous life, he had not been good at sports, so he had paid little attention to sporting events.

But after being reborn, not only did he possess powerful magical talent, his athletic ability had also reached superhuman levels—though not by too much. For one thing, he was still underage; for another, the superhuman aspect of his strength, speed, and reflexes was not that they were naturally powerful, but that they could grow without limit through training.

Thus, he had developed a new interest in sports—who would not want to do more of what they were good at?

For one thing, he had not participated in any sports in his previous life. The kind of legendary stories where someone shone in football or basketball matches, gained their classmates' attention, and became popular with girls were especially far removed from a shut-in like him.

For another, although he still focused most of his energy on studying magic and raising little girls, he now had a chance to show off a little in front of others during his free time. Why not?

It seemed that after spending so much time with the young wizards, he had become a little childish at times as well.

In short, Ye Ting was naturally happy to join the Quidditch team, so he readily agreed to Professor Flitwick's request.

At Cho Chang and Penelope's strong insistence, Ye Ting reluctantly remained in the hospital wing for another day for the sake of his health before he was allowed to leave.

As he left