Beyond saving

But Little Ronnie drooling beside him now...

"Mr. Weasley! No sleeping in class!"

Well, this adorable little redheaded girl had been so brazen about sleeping that Professor McGonagall had called her up and made her stand as punishment...

Harry couldn't help snickering, but Ron wasn't annoyed.

He merely gave Harry a light swat, then pouted and walked to the classroom's back door.

Of course, whether that had really been sleep talk or something Ron had done deliberately was something only Ron knew...

Still, his drowsiness was real. Ron couldn't quite control himself.

Could anyone really look at all those characters in the Transfiguration textbook without getting sleepy?

This was clearly hypnosis!

Nobody could possibly resist the hypnotic effects of Transfiguration!

Ron firmly believed that thought, and wouldn't change his mind for quite some time.

Wait, Harry didn't seem sleepy?

Well, Harry was different. Harry was the famous Chosen One. It was perfectly normal for him to be exceptionally gifted.

Harry didn't even sleep in Potions, so staying awake in Transfiguration was even more normal.

Yes, Harry was simply abnormal. It had nothing to do with anyone else.

Come to think of it, apparently anyone who failed Hogwarts' final exams had to repeat the year...

Maybe he could ask Harry for some tutoring before the exams?

At this point, there didn't seem to be any better options.

He would think about what to eat for lunch first, then trouble Harry before the exams~

He could spend more time playing with Harry then. Apparently, Harry lived in the Muggle world and had a terribly hard life...

His family happened to have a Flying Ford Anglia, and his two older brothers-Fred and George-already knew how to drive...

If Harry really needed it then, Ron thought.

They could drive the Flying Ford Anglia and give Harry a truly unforgettable holiday!

Hehe~

Hopefully, Harry wouldn't be so touched that he did something improper to him~

Otherwise, he would probably be surprised for three seconds, then forget all about it over a chicken drumstick...

It couldn't be helped.

Ron wasn't normally someone with such an active mind.

It was just that Professor McGonagall had made her stand as punishment, and she couldn't sleep.

She couldn't take in the textbook either, so naturally, she could only think about random things...

Oh, right, he hadn't asked before: did Harry put something on his body when he bathed?

He seemed to smell really nice...

From outward appearances, Ron seemed closer to Harry than Malfoy was.

There were already signs of it when they walked together.

Harry and Ron wandered everywhere with their arms linked, just like a young couple deeply in love, although Ron and Harry were still only good friends...

Wait, good friends who had only known each other for two days?

Judging by how much was going on in her head, Malfoy clearly cared more about Harry...

After all, little Draco, unable to sit still again after returning to the common room, had run off to the Owlery again...

Of course, now wasn't the time to talk about that.

Right now, Harry, the little player, still considered both Ron and Malfoy wonderful friends~

Besides, Harry was thinking about using his mother's lingering influence to build a good relationship with Professor Snape, so he could learn more amazing magic later!

Ah, it couldn't be helped.

Harry had his own difficulties.

In such an absurd world, there was also an older male schoolmate...

Yikes, he couldn't have become an older female schoolmate, could he?

Never mind. In any case, there was still someone known as the most terrifying Dark Lord in history trying to kill him.

If he didn't find ways to become stronger and simply followed the original story, his survival wouldn't necessarily be guaranteed.

After all, the plot had already changed far too much.

If he carried on like that, he would end up in an incredibly passive position later.

Would Dumbledore still spare no effort to keep him safe, as he had in the original story?

Would the Portkey after the Triwizard Tournament send him straight to an untimely death?

Voldemort indeed couldn't kill him, but Peter's Killing Curse certainly could!

What if that Killing Curse missed Cedric, went astray, and hit Harry instead?

Besides, when he left Hogwarts in his seventh year to search for Horcruxes, who could guarantee that nothing else unexpected would happen?

On the one hand, he had to become strong enough that even Voldemort could do nothing to him, strong enough to have the standing to disregard Dumbledore's plans.

On the other, he had to make sure he had plenty of friends on his side and few enemies standing against him.

He had to understand that the Order of the Phoenix were Headmaster Dumbledore's devoted followers, not Harry's own.

To truly fight the Death Eaters with his own strength, Harry needed not only to be powerful himself, but also to have a trustworthy group of companions of his own.

Not the kind from the Central Plains.

Ron, Draco, Snape...

And his godfather. Yikes, he hadn't become a godmother, had he?

In any case, Harry currently had very few cards to play, but there were still plenty he could acquire later.

The actual outcome would depend entirely on how Harry played them.

Only by borrowing a great man's wisdom could he handle the unpredictable future with ease...

Looking at the roommate who had been sent to stand by the back door, Hermione, on Harry's right, muttered an almost inaudible "Beyond curing," then continued watching Professor McGonagall and taking notes.

Hearing Hermione's voice instantly made even Harry a little displeased.

Hermione was a top student, yes, and she certainly worked very hard.

But Ron didn't seem to have done anything to her, had he?

Why was this muddleheaded Hermione being so inexplicably cutting toward other people?

Harry casually filled in his notes according to what Professor McGonagall was saying, and an interesting idea suddenly popped into his head.

Her grades seemed to be what Hermione took the most pride in every day, didn't they?

Judging by his current situation, learning Transfiguration posed no difficulty for him at all.

Compared with the Boeing-speed pace Professor Snape had set specifically for Harry, Professor McGonagall's teaching pace was so easy that there was practically no barrier to entry.

Not only did studying put him under no pressure, but he also had plenty of attention left to tinker with extra material.

Then, if Harry helped Ron's grades surpass Hermione's at the end of term, what a spectacular sight that would be!

Hehehe, he really was looking forward to it...

Of course, it wouldn't matter if Ron couldn't surpass her.

Anyway, as long as Ron wasn't a jerk like in the original story, Harry wouldn't think anything more of it~

Harry was still very willing to help adorable Little Ronnie study magic properly and improve his strength, so they could venture through the magical world together in the future!