The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 17: Horrible Confinement
The next day after the incident, Ada was particularly diligent. She actively raised her hand to answer questions in class, hoping to earn back as many points as possible. However, since Snape's words "Miss Know-It-All", the professors' questions to Ada have decreased a lot.

Ida always answered the professors' questions well, and gave Gryffindor extra points in this way. So since the beginning of the school year, Gryffindor has always been in the lead in the competition for the House Cup, um... until yesterday...

Asking Ada questions is equivalent to giving Gryffindor extra points, which can be seen as aiding the enemy. Of course, the professors would not be so petty, this is just Ada's criticism.

On the contrary, every professor likes Ada very much, except Snape. Especially Professor Flitwick, he really likes Ada. After every spell class, Ada always comes to him with some questions, and Professor Flitwick always tries his best to answer them.

The short Ravenclaw Headmaster had complained about the Sorting Hat more than once. He felt that the Sorting Hat's decision to place Ada in Gryffindor was a shady move! He believed that the intelligent and studious Ada should be a symbol of wisdom and belong to Ravenclaw.

This incident also happened to tell Professor Flitwick that assigning Ada to Gryffindor was a very correct thing to do, and there was no such thing as a shady deal! It also saved Professor Flitwick from always jumping up and down and banging the table to complain. Ada felt tired for him just watching.

Professor Flitwick generously gave Ada two extra points as a reward for her wonderful levitation spell, one of which was a classroom reward and the other one was a personal favor from Professor Flitwick.

In the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Ada got points by answering questions about the red hat, and Professor Benedict Foley, who was born in Slytherin, gave her a point as a reward. Ada secretly swore to herself that she would never say that Professor Benedict Foley looked like the stupid son of a landlord when he smiled.

After running around all day, Ada only got three points in total, which was pitiful. It was obvious that she was spending more than she earned.

Let us set the clocks to six-fifty in the evening, for Miss Esmeralda Drizzt's first confinement in her life is about to begin.

Ada thought that this detention would be the first and last detention in her student career. However, she never expected that detention would become a common occurrence for her in the next six years at Hogwarts.

May Merlin bless and have mercy on poor Miss Drizzt!
Professor McGonagall's office is located on the second floor of the castle. Ada paced back and forth in the corridor at the door of the office. She has been in this state for fifteen minutes. Nervous and uneasy are two words that are very suitable to describe Ada's mood at this moment.

At two minutes to seven, the weak, pitiful and helpless Ada finally stopped her uneasy steps. No matter what difficulties you encounter, don't be afraid, face it with a smile. The best way to eliminate fear is to face it! If you stick your head out, you will be cut by the knife. If you hide your head, you will also be cut by the knife. Do it!
Ada mustered up her courage and stood in front of the office door. She stretched out her hand and knocked on the door. "Dong! Dong! Dong!"
"Come in!" Professor McGonagall's voice came through the door.

Pushing open the door, Ada walked in cautiously and said to Professor McGonagall, "Professor, I'm here to do the detention." She lowered her head, maintained an attitude of admitting her mistakes, and strived for leniency.

"Sit here and wait for me." Professor McGonagall pointed to a stool and motioned Ada to sit over there. Then Professor McGonagall walked to a hidden door in the office, opened it and walked in.

After Professor McGonagall left, Ada waited on a stool while observing the office. The office was small, so the fire in the fireplace could better warm the room. The books on the bookshelf were arranged in alphabetical order, and other items were also neatly placed, just like McGonagall!
After a while, Professor McGonagall came back with some parchments in her hands. She placed the parchments in front of Ada and said, "Finish reading these things. When you have finished, you can leave."

After saying this, Professor McGonagall returned to her desk and continued to mark her students' homework.

Ada scratched the back of her head in confusion. She had learned about detention from the Weasley brothers, and it was a very scary thing. The brothers, who were very experienced, said something very convincing, so Ada simply believed it. But the situation in front of her seemed different from what they said!

Ada looked at the pile of parchment. It wasn't some horror story or something like that used to scare children, but an article about Transfiguration. This wasn't detention at all, it was Professor McGonagall giving her some special treatment!
Could it be that I was right to beat up Slytherin, but Professor McGonagall couldn't praise him directly and had to encourage him in another way? Ada thought about it in her mind.

Holding the parchment, Ada began to focus on the words on the paper. The Transfiguration theory involved in these parchments was not some profound knowledge, just a little more difficult than Ada's textbook, and more of an extension of the first-grade textbook.

Ada read the parchment attentively. These theories just happened to answer some of her recent confusions. It seemed that this was carefully prepared by Professor McGonagall, not just thrown out to Ada to kill time.

She did not find it difficult to read these things. For some parts that she did not understand or had not yet come into contact with, there were easy-to-understand annotations, and these annotations were obviously written by Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall has already marked all the homework in front of her. She always does this in person, and she thinks it can help her better understand the progress of each student. Unfortunately, some of these homework are copied from others, which can't be helped.

Professor McGonagall poured herself a glass of water, and then poured another glass in front of Ada. She stood behind Ada, watching Ada reading and thinking seriously, and Professor McGonagall was very pleased.

This punishment can actually be seen as a kind of protection for Ada by Professor McGonagall.

Avery, who was beaten for talking nonsense, was still lying in the school infirmary. If the person who did it was not punished, it would be a good excuse for Cody Avery or his parents to make trouble. Ada, who was alone, would obviously suffer a great loss when facing an ancient magic family. This was not the result that Professor McGonagall wanted to see.

When it happened, Professor McGonagall was a little concerned and confused, so she didn't think of this for a while, and it was Snape who reminded her. That's why Professor McGonagall gave Ada confinement as a punishment. Since she didn't really want to punish her, she naturally wouldn't really let Ada be confined or do labor service.

However, it is unknown whether Snape was intentionally reminding Professor McGonagall of this or was really dissatisfied with the punishment.

Time passed little by little, and Ada finally finished reading all the parchment on hand. She had to say that the special cooking was really delicious!
"Professor, I've finished reading it." Ada handed the sorted parchment back to Professor McGonagall. In fact, she read the contents twice. Although her reading speed was far inferior to quantum wave speed reading, it was still very fast with the help of the system.

"Well, do you understand?" Professor McGonagall took the parchment and put it in the drawer.

"I understand, Professor." Ada lowered her head and dared not look at Professor McGonagall. Professor McGonagall had always taken good care of Ada since she was in the orphanage, and she was a little afraid to see a look of disappointment on Professor McGonagall's face.

Then, Professor McGonagall asked a few questions, all of which were from the first-year textbook and the previous content. Ada answered them fluently and gave some of her own opinions on these questions. Professor McGonagall affirmed some of Ada's ideas and also denied some of her wild and unrealistic fantasies.

The two talked for a long time, all about Transfiguration. Professor McGonagall is a master in Transfiguration. She is a genius who can discuss Transfiguration theory with Dumbledore when she was a teenager. Professor McGonagall can always answer Ada's questions from different angles, and she will also quote some relevant knowledge to help Ada deepen her understanding.

Professor McGonagall's private lesson really benefited Ada a lot. Just think about it, this is only the first day, and she still has fourteen days of confinement waiting for her!

This kind of nanny-style, tailor-made private training course for half a month is not enough! Avery, where are you? Come out and let me beat you up again. I want to increase the punishment! Ada prayed silently in her heart.

"Relatively speaking, Transfiguration is more sophisticated and complicated, and one must follow its rules even more when performing a Transfiguration spell..." After answering another of Ada's doubts, Professor McGonagall looked up at the clock and found that it was already past nine o'clock, so she ended today's remedial lessons... No, it was confinement.

"That's all for today. It's getting late. Go back and have a good rest," said Professor McGonagall.

"Okay, professor, thank you very much!" Ida said, "I'm sorry about what happened today. I will try to get back the points I lost."

Ada thought it would be better for her to apologize to Professor McGonagall, of course, only for the deduction of points. There was nothing wrong with beating Avery, the only thing wrong was that he shouldn't have been caught.

"I know you are so impulsive because the Weasley brothers were insulted." Professor McGonagall waved her hand, signaling Ada not to take it too seriously. "You value your friends, which is good, but you chose the wrong way."

"I'll pay more attention next time, Professor."

After hearing this, Professor McGonagall glared at Ada fiercely. Ada's desire to survive also came online at this time. She waved her hands quickly, "There won't be a next time, Professor."

"I hope you can communicate with more classmates, not just the Weasley brothers and your two roommates." Professor McGonagall said, "They helped you today. I think this is a good start."

"Starting tomorrow, I will try to communicate with my classmates as much as possible." Ada said, and since she said it, Ada would do it, just like completing a task. She could help her classmates, but she would never make a scene without considering the consequences like she did today.

People's hearts are limited and it is impossible to accommodate everyone. Fred and George are good to her, so she will naturally try her best to repay them.

"Go ahead, go back and rest early, and don't wander around the castle. I don't want to take you back from Filch in the middle of the night."

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(End of this chapter)