The gathering with his old colleagues went smoothly. Even though three people at the table had once been Hogwarts students, no one felt constrained, and everyone got along very happily.
It was only in the middle of the night that Hagrid might have had too much to drink. The Half-Giant cried and insisted on drinking a cross-cupped toast with Harry, leaving their round-glasses boy torn between laughter and tears. Severus, meanwhile, looked livid, as though he were about to cast a spell on the gamekeeper.
The original plan had only been to eat and drink together for a while, but by the time they parted ways, it was already rather late. When they stepped out of the tavern and looked up, all they could see was a sky full of stars.
"We can set off now. Hup!" Hermione stretched, took out the Time-Turner from the little bag she carried with her, and looked as though she would manipulate time and go on vacation the moment her professor nodded. "The girls are going to report to the Ministry of Magic tomorrow, but with this, I'll have plenty of time for a holiday."
"No need for that thing. I can have Adjutant adjust the Timeline Speed between different universes. Even if we spend hundreds of years having fun over there, when you return here, only the next second will have passed."
Lowering his head to light a cigarette, Su Ming saw that she did not want to sleep and decided to set off as well. Looking south from here, they could see Hogwarts Castle. It was deep into the night now, and the castle looked like nothing more than a towering black silhouette.
"Think of anything you need to bring? Enough snacks, perhaps? I can't make magical candy."
As he spoke, he