The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 26 Transition
On the stairs leading from the seventh floor to the eighth floor, Professor McGonagall and her companions met Headmaster Dumbledore, who was wearing a formal dress and had just walked out of the dungeon.

"Minerva, what are you and these students going to do? Aren't you looking for the troll that got out?"

"Albus, the troll is dead. These students behind me were responsible. I think they need to explain this to you."

"Oh, thank you. Please let me take care of the rest."

After Professor McGonagall left, Professor Dumbledore and four students pushed open the door of an empty room on the seventh floor and waved their wands.

A table and five chairs appeared in the room, and on the table were five cups of steaming black tea.

"Okay, sit down." Professor Dumbledore said as he sat down in the seat and looked at the four students.

"Have some tea and relax. Being chased by a troll is not a pleasant experience."

After seeing that the four people had calmed down, Dumbledore began to ask what happened.

Hermione stood up and said that she was in a bad mood due to too much pressure from studying, so she found a place to cry alone. Later, Ryan comforted her and accompanied her to study for an afternoon.

So they missed the Halloween dinner and didn't know the troll had come out. When they were about to go upstairs, they met Harry and Ron who came to inform them, but unfortunately they ran into the troll on the way to the hall.

Hermione then described how the four of them fought the troll and finally killed it by accident.

The three boys also made some additional comments. After the four of them finished telling their story, Dumbledore praised their wisdom, courage and friendship, and gave each of them five points.

"I think you are still hungry." Dumbledore said after adding the points. "If you are not injured, you'd better hurry back to Gryffindor Tower. The students are enjoying Halloween dinner in their own houses."

The four people bowed and said goodbye to the headmaster and left the room. Dumbledore picked up the tea and took a sip, revealing a relieved smile.

……

After climbing one floor, Ryan and the other three came to the portrait of the Fat Lady.

"Pig nose." After saying the password, they got in.

The common room was crowded and noisy. Everyone was eating the food that was served to them. When Harry and Ron finished their food, they saw Ryan and Hermione already sitting at a table waiting for them.

For a moment, the four of them were very awkward. No one looked at each other, they just said "thank you" at the same time, and hurried to their plates. But Ryan and Hermione could see that the other party was in a very good mood - Harry and Ron could go to them regardless of their own safety when they knew there was a troll. In addition to courage, friendship can be reflected. Especially for Hermione, this made her make two more friends, and she felt that she was no longer isolated.

To be honest, Ryan originally intended to just mess around with the characters and didn't intend to have such a deep connection with the protagonist. But people are not plants or trees, and they are all ruthless. Killing a 12-foot-tall monster together is a matter of risking one's life, and this kind of life-or-death friendship is also very precious to Ryan, so in his heart he already regarded Harry Potter and Ron Weasley as his friends.

……

After entering November, the weather became very cold. The mountains around the school were gray and covered with ice and snow, and the lake was as cold and hard as quenched steel. Every morning, there was frost on the ground.

From the upstairs window Hagrid could be seen, wrapped up in a long moleskin coat, rabbit-fur gloves, and huge beaver boots, defrosting his broomstick on the Quidditch pitch.

Quidditch season has begun. After several weeks of training, Harry will compete in his first ever match on Saturday, between Gryffindor and Slytherin. If Gryffindor wins, they will move up to second place in the House Cup.

By the way, the ranking of each house is as follows: First is Ravenclaw (the top students are really unstoppable when studying). Second is Slytherin (you need to consider that if they are from a wizard family, the little wizards obviously have a much better foundation.) Third is Hufflepuff (the little badgers are all honest people, but they don't cause trouble. And because of their large number, although each person gets a small bonus, the total score goes up.) Finally, Gryffindor (there is no way, the most naughty students are here, and they get a lot of bonus points, but also a lot of deductions. If you calculate the average deduction per person, Gryffindor ranks first.)
But the good news is that the competition among the four colleges is very close, so this competition is very important.

For this reason, everyone in the academy, from the dean Professor McGonagall to every student, attached great importance to this competition (this also made Ryan realize that the style of British schools was completely different from that in his previous life. At least in his previous life, schools did not attach importance to sports during the secondary school stage.)
Gryffindor used Harry's participation as a Seeker as a secret weapon, and Harry was rarely seen in daily training.

But just like Ryan said to Ron in the stands last time, no matter how confidential the team project training is in this open-air environment, people who are interested can still see it.

As a result, some people told Harry that he would be a great fighter, while others told him that they would have to hold up the mattress and run after him to prevent him from falling off - Ryan thought both of these statements were equally bad, and hoped that Harry would not collapse under such pressure.

Now Hermione has learned to get along with others. She no longer blames others for their mistakes like before, and her attitude towards school rules is no longer so rigid. ("You are right. I think everyone should be responsible for themselves. As long as it does not hurt others, there is no need for me to interfere in other people's lives." During a self-study session, Hermione said to Ryan.)
Hermione and Ryan are still willing to answer questions for their classmates, but they won't show their homework to others. This makes Harry very conflicted. If he wants to do a good job, then participating in after-class discussions will take a lot of time. But he doesn't have that much time to train Quidditch. There is no way, he can only learn from Ron's homework sometimes.

When Ron was learning Harry's homework, he told him that when Ryan and Hermione organized everyone to discuss the homework together, everyone's level really improved, and they could answer most of the questions raised by their classmates. If they couldn't answer them, they would ask his brother Percy for help.

However, Ron also pointed out that sometimes his homework would be seen by Percy, and he would inevitably be scolded. But for the temptation of completing homework quickly and well, being scolded by his brother is really a small matter.

Then Ron took out a notebook and handed it to Harry, saying that Ryan asked him to bring it.

The notebook was filled with class notes and brief introductions to the knowledge points related to the homework, as well as a bunch of small notes from classmates cheering Harry on.

Looking at the notes, Harry felt a warm feeling in his heart.

He must win this competition - he was determined.

(End of this chapter)