Hermione's attitude toward studying and her enthusiasm for it were unlike a Gryffindor's, but on the premise that the Sorting Hat never made mistakes, what it saw more of was the adventurous streak buried deep in her soul.
A new trio was born. Its members were Su Er, Hermione, and the Weasley brothers, who could be counted as one person.
Their destination was the Forbidden Forest. Su Er wanted delicious spider legs, George and Fred wanted funds for their research and development, and Hermione wanted to hone her combat skills.
"It's settled! After the first Quidditch match, if you go to the Forbidden Forest, you have to call me!"
"Just try not calling me and see what happens."
Hermione wrinkled her nose prettily, left them with a mild threat, and headed back to Gryffindor Tower, her bushy hair swinging behind her.
What could Su Er do? Of course he agreed.
The next day, the rain that had fallen all night stopped in the morning. Outside the window, it was gloomy and misty. Su Er planned to visit the Forbidden Forest that day. Yesterday, while helping Hermione prepare for her Animagus transformation, he had made a point of searching for that particular Bowtruckle's location.
Sure enough, after that night, the group of Bowtruckles had moved away from their original location again.
Before that, though, he had to visit Hagrid's wooden hut. Besides picking up the Doxy eggs he had previously asked Hagrid to help him find, he wanted to try to coax the Acromantulas' location out of Hagrid.
Unfortunately, Hagrid did not seem to be in his hut that day. On his way to Hagrid's Hut, Su Er ran into Harry, who had been planning to spend some time with Hagrid. Strangely enough, Ron was not there.
"Su Er." Harry handed