Shut Your Mouth

October has arrived in the blink of an eye.

Everything at Hogwarts was as fun as ever.

At least that's what Ryan thinks.

He was not troubled by the sudden increase in academic pressure in the Third Year.

These things were still a piece of cake for him in his mortal mindset.

Right now, there are a few things that are particularly interesting for Ryan.

Firstly, the time of the individual competition was listed on the old bulletin board next to the fireplace in the lounge—the afternoon of November 24th.

That is, Wednesday afternoon.

This means that classes will be suspended after noon.

In the afternoon, all you need to do is watch the selected Champion perform.

This also means that the Champion's selection process is about to begin.

I don't know if it's still the Triwizard Tournament from the original timeline.

Furthermore, there has been no mention of any rewards for individual victories.

Did those 1000 Galleon just get swallowed up?

As funding for the winning school?

Furthermore, the First Task in the group competition War Magic, will be held this month.

The specific time has not yet been determined.

However, in terms of learning progress, the students of the four colleges have almost all mastered their corresponding incantations.

They can also resonate with the magic of students with adjacent spells.

Ryan was very curious about the effects of these three spells, which had not yet been put into practice.

To maintain a sense of novelty, Ryan even set up corresponding restricted areas directly within the Mind Palace.

To prevent understanding everything after just one 'thinking'.

The second one is Harry.

Ryan has been quite interested in his recent 'roles'.

Because of Ryan's influence.

Harry took private lessons from Dumbledore in his Third Year.

Moreover, the content has become much more informative and useful.

Instead of an immersive film like "Voldemort's Past and Present Lives" from another timeline.

In my last four private coaching sessions.

Harry learned the common hand gestures for casting Protective Charm, unique tactics for dealing with Care of Magical Creatures (the ones Voldemort used against the Unicorn in his first year), and watched immersive films titled "The History of the Decline of the Gaunt Family" and "Voldemort's Parents' Love Story."

The first two are things that Dumbledore took to his coffin in the original timeline.

Harry had never been in contact with it.

Besides these key 'scenes'.

Harry's daily life is also very interesting.

After a series of Divination Class.

Just like in the original timeline, whenever the students around Harry spoke to him, their voices became soft, as if he were already lying dead in bed.

However, there is one thing that is a bit of a pity for Ryan.

Perhaps out of consideration for Lavender's feelings, Trelawney did not tell Lavender, her prized student, the words, "What you fear will happen on October 16th."

Now, even if Lavender's rabbit is killed by the fox on October 16th, just like in the original timeline, it won't demonstrate Trelawney's abilities.

Therefore, the attention this was a difficult one for Harry will likely lessen after the Champion are selected.

Thirdly, we ate hot pot.

Ryan continued eating hot pot in every classroom as if no one else was there.

Recently, he even dragged Hermione into the hot pot party.

However, for Ryan, the best place to eat hot pot is undoubtedly Potions Class.

Crucibles are perfect for cooking hot pot.

Moreover, only the Potions Classroom has a stone sink in the corner.

This will allow Ryan to experience the joy of washing dishes and pots.

At Smith Castle, if Ryan dared to wash the dishes, Jack, fearing for his life, would smash his head against the wall and die.

Moreover, eating hotpot in front of Snape, a professor who terrified almost all students, and using a cauldron to eat hotpot, was quite an accomplishment.

If Ryan's system had the same achievement function as other fan fiction novels.

This achievement reward should at least give you a Philosopher's Stone.

Right now, Ryan is using a crucible to simmer the bottom of the pot.

Today's hot pot, in consideration of Hermione, has reduced the spiciness and increased the numbing sensation.

Its color is also clear and bright, rather than the heavy and murky color of ordinary hot pot.

The students around were all playing around.

Dudley pinned Ernie down with one hand, and they were talking about some kind of 'reason'.

Hannah and Susan chattered away, glancing every now and then at Neville was standing tall and looking like a thinker.

Ron, meanwhile, was bragging to Harry about his recent sales of Smoke Bomb.

Unaware that Fred and George already knew of Ron's betrayal, they were lying in ambush in a place that was a sure path through Ron's lounge.

However, in an instant, the classroom fell silent.

It was as if the pause button had been suddenly pressed.

Then, the noise suddenly resumed.

"It's happening again," Hermione muttered. "It's happening again."

Could there really be Charming Fly as Luna described?

Although I can neither see nor hear it.

But when it flaps its wings and flies by, it makes a sound that can only be heard subconsciously, which can cause people in the room to momentarily stop thinking, and then resume.

Otherwise, why would everyone suddenly fall silent when nothing had actually happened?

Ryan chuckled and added another piece of ginger to the boiling cauldron. "Before Potions Class starts and Snape arrives, if you promise not to tell Luna this, I can tell you the answer."

Hermione raised an eyebrow and pouted, "You say so."

"This is a combination of the group's sensitivity to the environment, the coincidental frequency of some individuals' unconscious pauses, and the herd mentality," Ryan said with a smile.

"Speak like a human." Hermione frowned.

To put it simply, it's about synchronicity.

This is an instinct inherited from genes.

Because everyone's speaking frequencies overlapped to some extent, but then everyone was very quiet during the pause.

Our instincts tell us that this is a sign that predators are coming.

Then naturally, no one dared to speak.

Because nobody wants to be a predator's target.

"It's the same principle as when the birds in the forest, who were chirping away, suddenly fall silent," Ryan said with a shrug.

"But this is a classroom, where would a predator come from?" Hermione asked, puzzled.

"Wait a minute, um, one, two, three!" Ryan said.

Hermione was surprised to find that the classroom had returned to silence.

She followed Ryan's gaze and saw Professor Snape.

He walked into the classroom with his usual deadpan expression.

His cold, almost freezing gaze only warmed up and lingered when he saw Harry and Dudley.

"You get it now. He's the Predator." Ryan looked at Hermione, whose face had suddenly come to her senses.

Then, he twitched his nostrils slightly. "Hmm, the broth is ready. Now, add the duck blood and ham!"

On stage, Snape looked indifferent.

He pulled up the curtain and started playing the PowerPoint presentation.

Then he said, "I could hear your noise from several rooms away."

The students below the stage couldn't help but shrink back.

"That's the feeling."

"You have this serious look on your face, yet you seem helpless against me." Ryan excitedly took a sip of his cola.

"But Professor Snape can't see you, can he?" Hermione nudged Ryan's elbow to prompt him.

"Shut up!"