Ever since she had been caught horsing around with Su Er, Hermione had only dared to visit him when Mrs. Ellison was out.
Today, however, she had no choice but to come to the Ellison family's house at breakfast.
A month into the summer holidays, Hermione had received a letter, delivered by an owl that looked very old indeed.
"Harry's been rescued." Hermione hurried in through the door, holding a sheet of parchment. "He's at the Weasley family's house now."
"This is just reckless."
"I hope Ron and the others didn't do anything illegal. Harry must have received a warning letter just like you did, right?"
"Su Er, are you listening to me?"
"Huh?" Su Er pulled himself out of his book, looked up at Hermione, and blinked. "I already knew," he muttered. "A flying car."
"What flying car?"
"I mean, Harry sent me a letter the day before yesterday." Su Er picked up an envelope from the other side and handed it to Hermione.
"Ron and the others drove a flying car to Harry's uncle's house to rescue him."
"He apologized in his letter for what happened at my house that day..."
"He didn't explain it in detail. He just said we'd talk when we met."
"That was far too reckless." Hermione took the letter, read it through, and shook her head helplessly. "Are all Gryffindors a bunch of brutes? I mean, if ordinary people had seen the car flying while they were rescuing Harry, wouldn't they have been in serious trouble?"
"It would cause trouble for their family."
Little did she know that her words would prove prophetic when their second school year began.
"I hope you haven't forgotten that you're a Gryffindor yourself," Su Er couldn't help remarking.
"I'm different from them!" Hermione declared firmly. "I'll write