After that incident, Su Ming and Old Dumbledore gradually developed a certain understanding. The Principal no longer paid extra attention to his physical education classes, and several peaceful weeks passed.
During that time, Su Ming occasionally ran into Hagrid around the school. The big man would always stare at him with resentful eyes, like a bitter housewife.
There were seven grades and four Houses, with twenty-eight classes each week. Yet only the first-years received special treatment. The other grades genuinely exercised, while physical education for fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-years had been directly turned into indoor study periods, with the professor himself nowhere to be seen.
Hogwarts itself underwent changes as well. Professor Wilson paid out of pocket and, with the Principal's approval, opened a Fitness Center beside the prefects' bathroom on the castle's sixth floor. It was stocked with barbells, dumbbells, sandbags, boxing rings, and all sorts of other equipment.
Since electrical appliances could not function within the castle due to interference—rumored to be caused by the Lightning Protection Charm cast upon the castle by its founders—he also made some purely mechanical treadmills and pushing-and-pulling machines.
At the same time, he persuaded several school governors to let him fund the construction of a shooting range outside the Quidditch pitch on the other side of the castle, where students could practice with bows, crossbows, and "Fully Automatic Alchemical Wands."
Of course, most of the time, students and professors only saw Professor Wilson giving Hermione private lessons there, and they were astonished by the lavish rewards.
As long as the girl completed the training goals he set, the professor could get her anything she wanted.
Fine robes? More hair conditioner? A gift for the female prefect?
He had it all, as if Professor Wilson always knew what Hermione was thinking. Every time