Monday morning.
The Great Hall at Hogwarts.
The young witches and wizards were having breakfast.
Ravenclaw's female prefect, Penelope Clearwater, came over to the Gryffindor table with several girls.
They stopped beside Percy, who was eating while reading his History of Magic textbook.
"Ahem, good morning, Percy. There's something we'd like to ask you?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Percy looked up at the visitor and briefly blushed.
Then he quickly glanced around for his younger brothers and sister and found that none of them were nearby.
"Hi, good morning, Penelope.
What is it? Go ahead!"
Penelope's friends were too preoccupied to tease the two of them.
They all started asking at once:
"Is Professor Holmes getting married?"
"Who's Professor Holmes's girlfriend?"
Percy looked at Penelope with innocent eyes.
Penelope hurriedly explained:
"Everyone at school was saying last night that Professor Holmes seemed to have something to celebrate.
He actually bought drinks for everyone at the Three Broomsticks yesterday.
We just wanted to ask if you'd heard anything!
I remember you saying you were very close to Professor Holmes!"
Percy: ???
He had spent all of yesterday in the library.
In the evening, he had also gone to Professor McGonagall to ask some questions about last week's homework.
By the time he returned to his dormitory, it was already very late.
He hadn't had any chance to hear the news.
But Percy seemed to remember that even during his school days, Boss Holmes's relationship with the landlady of the Three Broomsticks had been something out of the ordinary.
He had heard Charlie say that the landlady of the Three Broomsticks always treated Douglas to drinks.
Could my boss be marrying that landlady?
Percy was shocked at the thought.
If he remembered correctly, there was an age gap of more than