The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 279 Youthful Thoughts

Prefects are students who are given special powers and responsibilities, usually appointed by the Headmaster or the Deans. As part of student self-government, prefects can deduct house points from other students as a punishment for breaking the rules, or even put students in detention.

But generally, the class leader will not exercise this power because it is troublesome. Points cannot be deducted at will. A report on the deduction needs to be submitted, stating the time, place, people, reasons for the deduction, etc. It can be said that deducting points is fun for a while, but writing reports is a pain.

Moreover, other colleges also have prefects. If you deduct points from other colleges, won't they deduct points back? You deduct one point, I deduct one point, deducting points back and forth is not only troublesome, but also hurts feelings.

Therefore, unless it is an extremely special situation, the class leader will not deduct points. This is an established code of conduct for class leaders.

Ada was not interested in whether or not she could deduct points from others. What she liked most was that after becoming a class monitor, she would have a special bathroom dedicated to her.

This bathroom, located on the sixth floor of the castle, is specially prepared for the prefects of each college and the Quidditch captains. It is said that there is a bathtub as big as a swimming pool in it!

In addition, the completion of a long-term task is also something to be happy about. Ada has completed half of the task goals of prefect and student union president. After becoming a prefect, will it be far from becoming the female student union president? Although prefect is not a necessary condition for the selection of student union president, people who have served as prefects will have more advantages.

Looking at the badge in her hand, Ada suddenly felt that she should mail-order some blood pressure medication for Professor McGonagall, otherwise she was afraid that she might not be able to hold on.

The mission was completed, and the system naturally issued a reward, but Ada was increasingly unable to see through the system. Well... she seemed to have never seen through it. The reward for this mission was Legilimency, which was in the same category of magic as Occlumency.

The concept of this magic is very vague, and it is used to see into people's hearts.

There are few secrets in front of a Legilimency master, unless you are an expert in Occlumency, or the secrets you hold are protected by other magic, such as the Fidelius Charm.

As far as Ada knew, Dumbledore and Snape were both masters of Legilimency, but they did not use this ability to pry into other people's secrets. Dumbledore preferred to give people room to tell the truth rather than use this terrifying magic to pry into other people's hearts.

From the initial brain occlumency, to the later "Unwavering Commitment", "Lie to Me", "Heart of the Heart", and now to Legilimency, Ada's brain can be said to be fully armed, and the safety factor is much better than Hogwarts.

Along with the letter came a ticket to King's Cross Station and a list of new items. There weren't many things to buy, just "Standard Spells Level 5", "Monster Book of Monsters", and a new book on Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Ever since the day Lockhart was exposed, the Daily Prophet has started publishing job advertisements for Hogwarts, but no brave man has dared to challenge this position. After all, who likes to be expendable?
In the four years I spent at Hogwarts, two Defense Against the Dark Arts professors were sent to Azkaban, and two professors died. "Professor a year" is not enough to describe the attrition rate of this position.

Of the four professors, the one who persisted the longest was Grover Cecil, but even so he did not make it to the end of the semester.

The two professors who survived the prison, Foley and Lockhart, only lasted until April. Given the current situation, who would have the confidence to take on this position? Dumbledore doesn't provide insurance!
Dumbledore must have pulled out a lot of his beard before finding this new professor. In addition, in addition to the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, the headmaster also needs to recruit a new professor of Care of Magical Creatures.

Professor Kettleburn, who only had one arm and half a leg left, finally retired.

He once cast a spell on a fire ash snake so that it could play the role of a worm in the play "The Fountain of Good Luck", but ended up setting the entire auditorium on fire. This was just one of the more famous incidents in Professor Kettleburn's eventful life.

Although the old professor, like Hagrid, has a special liking for dangerous magical creatures and has established a record of 62 detentions, he is loved by all the teachers and students in the school.

Although Professor Kettleburn had only taught Ada for a little over a year, she still liked the dedicated old professor very much.

Ida estimated that Grubbly-Plank would take over the Care of Magical Creatures class. After all, this witch with short gray hair had filled in for Professor Kettleburn when he was injured many times. ===Dividing Line===
Life in Paris gradually became boring, and Ada began to miss the days at the Burrow and Hogwarts. Now she stayed at home all day, either reading or daydreaming, or eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, just like a homegirl.

Although Ada never complained, Vida saw it all, but she had no choice but to worry.

Although she was not completely isolated from the world, Vida's life was similar to that of a hermit. Normally, no one would come to visit her, and she would not attend any pure-blood drinking parties.

In Vida's opinion, this kind of cocktail party used to consolidate relationships and enhance friendship is useless and cannot help making friends or partners.

In desperation, Henry was drafted by his great-aunt to take Ada with him and not to stay at home all the time. In this way, Ada became Henry's little tail, and Ada followed Henry wherever he went.

Soon, Ada got to know all of Henry's friends, from officials in the Ministry of Magic to street vendors. Henry's friends were very wide. The fact that they could hang out with the unconventional Henry showed how different these people were from traditional and conservative wizards.

In their attitude towards Ada, they neither discriminated against her ancestry nor flattered her because of her identity. They simply treated Ada as Henry's sister.

Ada never thought that there would be such a day when she would be equated with Ron again.

Time never stops, just like the water of the Seine. August passed by in a flash, and Ada was about to return to England.

That night, after dinner, Ada took Vida for a walk as usual.

The Champs-Elysées is the most beautiful street in the city. Even its name is taken from Greek mythology. Besides, this street is also called the Boulevard des Reines. There are many cars and people on the street, but it does not affect the grandparents and grandchildren who are walking.

Ada had a question in her mind for a long time. After thinking about it for many days, she decided to ask it. She asked, "Grandma, your relationship with Grindelwald..."

"I am his believer, all my life." Vida said without any hesitation, "The house we live in was once his base in Paris."

There is nothing to hide. Vida believes that being able to follow Grindelwald is the honor of her life. Similarly, she does not think that Ada will not be able to accept her identity as a wizard. These days of getting along have allowed Vida to have a deeper understanding of her granddaughter.

Listening to Vida's story, Ada also got to know more about her grandmother. She also learned from the side how charming and outstanding Grindelwald, the stubborn old man, was in his past.

And how did this old man waste Vida Rozier's youth! Hing~
"Did Grindelwald never respond to you?" Ada asked cautiously, afraid of touching Vida's sore spot.

"He can do anything. For him, no response is the best response." Vader said calmly, as if he was talking about someone else.

Although her tone was calm, Ida could still see the sadness in her grandmother's eyes. Ida asked again, "Have you ever complained?"

"Silly child, it's just a young and immature thought of a woman, there's nothing to complain about." Vida said casually, "In the future, you will also meet such a person, and you will be willing to do anything for him."

After seeing Grindelwald for the first time, he was ruined for life. More than half a century has passed. The once beautiful and vigorous French Rose has now become an old man with wrinkles on his face. And in Grindelwald's heart, I'm afraid there is only Dumbledore, the flower of Gaocun!
"It's just a young and immature thought of a girl. How can it compare to 'greater interests'?" Vida's voice was so soft that it was blown away by the evening breeze of Paris.

(End of this chapter)