Unable to stand the disturbances any longer, Madam Pomfrey had to discharge Su Er from the Hospital Wing, however reluctant she was to part with this living specimen.
Ever since word had spread that Su Er had woken up, different young wizards had come to visit every day.
Heaven knew where this first-year badger had found so many friends.
A certain girl who stayed from morning until bedtime was one thing. After all, company benefited a patient's physical and mental health. Although Madam Pomfrey was rather surprised that first-years could be so precocious these days, she had no objections as long as it did not interfere with her "examinations"-or research.
But what Pomfrey could not stand was the one who brought chicken drumsticks to visit the patient. If she remembered correctly, he was the youngest boy in the Weasley family.
In short, Su Er was released.
The first thing he did after being discharged was visit the professors' offices to make up his final exams.
The Potions Class exam tested the brewing of a Forgetfulness Potion. Although Su Er could distinctly feel Snape's breath on the back of his neck throughout the assessment, he still turned in a perfect performance.
The practical Transfiguration Class exam was even easier. The requirement was to turn a mouse into a snuffbox-the more exquisite the box, the higher the marks. This posed no difficulty for Su Er, who had already mastered the Switching Spell taught only in the higher years.
When his quill scratched out the answer to the final question, asking who had invented the Self-Stirring Cauldron, his solitary final exams came to an end.
All that remained was to wait for the holidays to begin in two days.
There was, however, one last thing...
"Y-you! Who are you? Who exactly are you?