Discovery at the End of the Second School Year!

Before the magnificent cast-iron gate, the scorching sun hung high in the sky, and winged wild boars on the stone pillars writhed in the boiling air.

One by one, the Hogwarts students, now dressed in Muggle clothes, were squatting under the shade of the trees on the road outside, waiting for the empty carriage to arrive.

Suddenly, a strange coolness swept over me.

It wasn't the wind; the leaves weren't rustling.

This wasn't a cloud either; the sun was still scorching the earth, and the air seemed distorted.

This is not rain; there is not a trace of moisture in the air.

But just like that, the temperature suddenly dropped.

The group looked toward the approaching cool spot and saw Hagrid, the game's guard!

For a moment, everyone almost thought he was Weasley.

But when he got closer, he realized that his fiery red hair was actually burning flames.

The flames seemed to absorb all the heat in the air, and even when you stepped out of the shade, it was as if you were in a rainy day.

"Hagrid, thanks to you." Ron wiped the sweat from his brow and said to Hagrid, who was walking towards them.

"Are the Thestral coming soon?" Ginny, who had just been clinging to Harry (Harry's body had been magically modified to maintain a constant temperature under the scorching sun), tidied her hair and pulled away from Harry's embrace.

"It's Hephaestus. He kept saying he wanted to come over when he knew he wouldn't see you for more than two months." Hagrid's thick beard couldn't hide his shyness. He pointed to Hephaestus on his head and waved his large palm.

"Are you really going back to the Dursley family?"

"I saw their true colors when I picked you up."

"Dudley has indeed changed, but what about his parents?"

"Harry, I think you should reconsider," Hagrid said after a brief exchange of pleasantries.

"Are you here to persuade me, just like Lupin?"

"It must be Sirius."

"I've already made up my mind, and besides, I'll only be staying for two or three days." Harry couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Hagrid wanted to say something more, but the carriage had already arrived.

Harry waved to Hagrid and Hephaestus without hesitation, then pulled Ginny into a carriage.

In the carriage, Ginny sat next to Harry, while Ron sat opposite them.

Draco stayed with his Slytherin friends.

Harry's roommates, Anthony and the others, were already used to Harry not being with them often.

After all, they spend time together on their way to and from get out of class.

Harry needs his own private space too.

Anthony often complained to himself about Ron's lack of tact, as Ron always liked to be a third wheel when Harry and Ginny had their private rendezvous.

Especially now that Ron has a girlfriend, he still insisted on getting into the carriage where Harry and Ginny were alone.

Unlike Draco Malfoy's friends, Crabbe and Goyle wouldn't always follow Draco around.

They often give Draco and Harry, Draco and Pansy Parkinson, private space.

And Ron?

Anthony and his friends sometimes genuinely suspected that the reports in Rita Skeeter's journal when they were in their first year, which said that Ron had feelings for Harry that were almost romantic, weren't just made up; there were real signs of it.

Anthony, Terry, Michael, and Neville greeted Harry and then got into another carriage.

"Harry, when did Lupin ever try to persuade you?" Ron asked inappropriately while Harry and Ginny were being affectionate.

Ginny couldn't help but roll her eyes at her brother, but he didn't seem to care at all.

"When you and Draco were complaining that I hadn't woken up from my dream and needed to go back to the Dursley family to confirm that I was a wizard and it wasn't a dream," Harry replied impatiently.

He never understood why Ron, who had a girlfriend, still preferred to spend time with him.

Instead of being like Draco, who would spend all his time with Pansy unless absolutely necessary.

"You—did you hear that?"

"It's that body-modification magic!" Ron immediately looked dejected.

For Ron, who loves to gossip about others behind their backs, there's another name to remove from his list of complaints, besides Ryan — Harry Potter.

Moreover, having learned from Filch and Lupin's performance as Fenrir Greyback, one must be careful what one says when criticizing them.

"We're doomed!"

"Fenrir Greyback so powerful, and many more people will learn it in the future, I—" Ron couldn't help but cover his face, leaning forward and resting his head on his legs.

"Do you understand now?" Ginny said coldly.

She thought this might help Ron break his habit of talking behind people's backs.

"I see!"

"I need to practice Muffliato Charm more often!" Ron suddenly realized!

The Quietus Charm that Harry used when searching for the Shrieking Shack also served to prevent others from eavesdropping.

But Silencio confines the sound to a small area within the caster's domain, preventing it from spreading.

That's even more difficult.

The Muffliato Charm fills the ears of everyone around with an indistinguishable buzzing sound.

Only those whom the caster believes can hear the spell.

This spell is simpler, and Ron thinks it's more useful.

"You understand this?" Harry couldn't help but bury his head in Ginny's hair.

Ginny was speechless and didn't want to look at this guy who was her brother anymore.

The most ridiculous thing is that the Muffliato Charm was Harry's Christmas present—a spell recorded in a booklet.

The booklet also contained some useful spells, filled with dense annotations.

For example, there is a curse that makes a person's toes grow wildly, another curse that sticks a person's tongue to the roof of their mouth, and an even more interesting curse called the Levicorpus that can hang a person upside down in the air.

But Ron used it arbitrarily based on the comments without verifying it.

That was a strange, handwritten curse!

It might even be banned by the Ministry of Magic!

"Ginny, don't look at me like that."

"The magic in that booklet."

"I asked Lupin about it later—before he was avoiding us because of Tonks."

"Lupin said, 'These spells were popular back in the day, they're safe, and many Hogwarts students have already verified them for you.'" Ron could now clearly read Ginny's expression.

Ginny didn't say anything.

In the awkward silence, accompanied by a stumble, the carriage came to a stop.

The Thestral, unseen by others, snorted and nuzzled Harry's palm.

In the surging crowd, Harry and his friends found an empty carriage to sit down.

Perhaps because of the conversation just now, amidst the clanging and clattering sounds of his footsteps, Ron took out the glossy, shiny Scabbers and began to play with it.

Harry released Hedwig, Hedwig landed on Harry head and affectionately pecked Harry scalp.

Ginny then pulled out a copy of "The Quibbler" that her friend Luna had given her.

After an unknown amount of time, when they arrived at King's Cross Station, as Harry waved goodbye to Ron Ginny, he suddenly realized something.

That was the black cat in Luna's hand as she greeted Ginny.

That night, the reason Filch caught them was because of that familiar meow!

Ryan's pet cat— Jerry the fat cat!