Hermione was utterly speechless. If not for the friendship between them, she would certainly have chosen to tell a professor about this.
Finally, she said:
"Harry, you can go to the Chamber of Secrets, but you have to follow all my arrangements. We need to be fully prepared.
"I'll draw up a new plan for dealing with the Basilisk, but it may involve a lot of advanced spells, so you'll need to spend time learning them..."
Harry frowned and asked, "How long will that take?"
Hermione said calmly:
"That depends on how quickly you learn. Also, I'm planning to show Professor Holmes that mysterious passage in Hogwarts: A History. If he really manages to decipher it, it might be useful to you too."
Harry nodded.
Ron reminded her from the side:
"Hermione, don't forget to include me when you make the plan. I wasn't even in Harry's plan just now..."
Hermione rolled her eyes at him.
There were fewer than fifty days left until the OWLs.
When there had still been a hundred days to go, Professor McGonagall had rejected Douglas's proposal for a hundred-day pledge rally.
She had, however, allowed various slogans to be put up on the walls of the Magic Study Room.
This made both the fifth-years and seventh-years rather reluctant to come to the Magic Study Room.
When Hermione brought Hogwarts: A History to Douglas, he merely gave it a quick glance.
Then he took out the Chinese Dictionary and the Chinese-English Dictionary.
"These two books can help you, but with exams coming up, I'd still like you to focus on your studies. Practice your spells more when you have time. Although you use the methods I taught you, you're still somewhat lacking when it comes to applying them in combat..."
Hermione hurriedly gave him her