Thanks to his perfect control of the conversation's rhythm, The Grangers did not remember to ask Professor Wilson what subject he taught until they were sent back to their lodging at the pub at the end of the day. They merely reminded their daughter to study hard and get into Ravenclaw, the house only "top students" could enter.
What opinions could little Hermione possibly have at her age? She simply heard which house others said was good and wanted to go there.
Once house placement became linked to intelligence, the competitive girl was even more willing to prove her grades and cleverness by entering Eagle House. She had no favorable impression at all of the lion house, where "bad kids" gathered.
Under Deathstroke's influence, she only bought the textbooks for the new term at the bookstore, rather than books like A History of Hogwarts that sang Gryffindor's praises.
Su Ming taught her a second lesson: trusting books completely was worse than having no books at all. Books were the tangible forms of thoughts and words, and both could deceive people.
The girl, who had loved reading since childhood, did not quite understand. Wasn't reading more books a good thing?
However, the professor analyzed it from an economic perspective. Lady Ravenclaw's private collection was all in the house common room. If she bought books in Diagon Alley, then after two days, that money would have been wasted. Wasn't that a loss?
Endure for two days. Once she got into school, she could read all those books for free, and her parents did not earn money easily either.
Hermione was very sensible. She decided to endure for two days and save some Galleons.
There were still two days before school began. New students needed to take the train from Platform Nine and