Hermione's Secret?

Ryan, who easily saved Ron, received Ron's thanks and Harry's embarrassed look.

Seamus was asking Nicholas why Baron was covered in blood.

Nicholas, on the other hand, said he didn't know anything and had never even asked, much to the disappointment of Harry, Ron, and even Hermione, who were all listening intently.

Not far away, overhearing the discussion about the beautiful ghost of Bloody Baron, Lady Grey drifted away from the Great Hall with a haughty expression.

Ryan suddenly couldn't help but marvel at Voldemort's prowess. Voldemort was able to easily open the heart of a cold and aloof thousand-year-old female ghost during his school days with his handsome face and silver tongue, and even obtain the secret that Lady Grey never revealed until her death.

Even as she recalled it, she stammered, like a girl in love. "I... I don't know... he... was very charming. He seemed... seemed understanding... compassionate..."

Ryan suddenly noticed that Baron's hair looked a bit green.

In Ryan's opinion, Voldemort's magical abilities were far less powerful than his handsome face and eloquence. If he didn't abandon these, Voldemort would still be a wizard who could make himself very charming whenever he needed to.

He might have even become Minister for Magic, but unfortunately he later turned into a monster and lost his mind.

During a lull in the meal when everyone was almost full, Hermione began to strike up a conversation with Ryan, intentionally or unintentionally, and started chatting Ryan up by bringing up the topic of Transfiguration.

Suddenly, Ryan realized something, and a flash of inspiration struck him. In the original story, this scene was almost identical to the one where Hermione and Percy discussed Transfiguration.

In Ryan's memory palace, the book * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire * began to move on its own without any wind, turning to this chapter:

"She didn't do anything—she just shouldn't have been there at that time!" Hermione snapped back at Percy, surprising Percy. Hermione and Percy had always been very close—in fact, closer than anyone else.

Actually, he's better than everyone else?

Girls, or rather, the witches of Hogwarts, are precocious. Ginny, for example, fell in love with Harry at first sight and became obsessed with him from the first year of high school. This led to Voldemort opening her heart to her and almost causing her to die.

Could Hermione have fallen for Percy from first grade? Before being influenced by Ron and Harry, Hermione was a rule-abiding, authority-conscious, and studious little witch, and Percy perfectly matched all of Hermione's preferences.

Percy the owl's name is Hermes, which is a transliteration of Hermione's name, Hermione, gender-swapped as Hermes.

In the seventh book, when Hermione was captured, the first girl's name she remembered was Percy's girlfriend Penelope.

So, if Percy is a lolicon, then what about Ron?

"Probably not. At most, they might have some feelings for each other, like friends?"

"Indeed, maintaining a mortal mindset and keeping more mental energy hidden in the mind was the right choice!"

"How interesting life is like this!" Ryan thought to himself.

Then, Ryan unconsciously touched Hermione's little hand while pointing out that Transfiguration was difficult to learn and that one should start with small things, such as turning a match into a needle.

Just as Ron was about to notice, thankfully, dessert time arrived, diverting Ron's attention once again from his ravenous hunger.

The remaining food disappeared from the plate all at once, leaving the plate and fork sparkling clean.

After a while, the pudding arrived.

They have all kinds of ice cream flavors: apple pie, syrup pie, chocolate waffle, fried jam donuts, liqueur-soaked jam pudding, strawberry, jelly, rice pudding...

The young wizards started talking about their families again, while Ron continued to feast.

Seamus talks about being half and half: his mother is a witch and his father Muggle.

Hermione playfully recounted the story of how her father discovered his wife was a wizard, causing the young wizards around her to burst into laughter. Hermione then asked Ryan about the key points of the Levitation Charm, and Ryan reluctantly offered to guide Hermione on the technique, even though Hermione had already tried and succeeded in the Muggle world.

Ron chuckled and started teasing Neville, asking Neville questions, completely oblivious to the interaction between Ryan and Hermione beside him. Perhaps when he heard about the dry knowledge of Transfiguration and Levitation Charm, he simply ignored it with his ears and the corner of his eye.

The black-haired Anthony Goldstein boasted to his friends that he knew Newt Scamander, claiming that Newt had gone to the wrong house and wouldn't have been expelled if he were in Ravenclaw. He said that Ravenclaw was the house most willing to accept outsiders (Luna, whose shoes had been taken away and who had been hidden away multiple times, had something to say).

Terry Boot and Michael Conner, who were standing nearby, seemed to agree wholeheartedly.

"Goldstein? That's quite possible. Newt's lover is named Tina Goldstein, America wizard. Maybe she's a distant relative."

"The three of them were good friends in their original world, they really are birds of a feather."

"However, Terry Boot, who has brown skin, and Michael Conner, who has black skin, are both his friends, and they are suspected to be from the America. If I am also gay, then the buff will be stacked to the max," Ryan thought to himself.

Neville simply mentioned that he was raised by his grandmother, and without any surprise, he talked about how he was mistaken for Squib (in the original text, he was Muggle; at this time, Neville didn't know the term Squib, and Harry only learned it in his second year), and how he was nearly murdered multiple times in order to stimulate the magical abilities within him.

The young wizards around him didn't find anything particularly scary about the story. Ryan was still discussing his homework with Hermione when, oh no, a cold gaze came from behind him.

"It's Penelope!" Ryan pretended to be a little tired, skillfully ending his conversation with Hermione. He turned to look at Penelope, who had a deadpan expression and was staring coldly at Ryan, while Kate was laughing gleefully and occasionally taking a bite of pudding.

"Damn it, I won't get any rest tonight either." Ryan muttered without showing any expression, mourning his impending tragic fate. Even Harry and Voldemort's historic first glimpse into Snape's life lost its purpose (Harry's perspective).

Harry let out a soft cry and covered his forehead, but Ron still didn't notice anything. Percy at the next table, however, asked with concern.

Sure enough, if Percy were willing, Ron and Hermione would probably have no chance at all. If Percy were willing to change himself and go through some events together, Harry might even be lured away.

Harry cautiously pointed to the teacher, who had greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin, and asked Percy about his deeds.

He never imagined that the pain from his scars might be caused by Professor Quirrell, who was sitting next to Snape.

Finally, the meal ended with the disappearance of the final dessert pudding.

Thanks to Taishi Yumi Xu for the monthly pass and to other classmates for the recommendations.