Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 528 Picking up garbage
"Have you heard that recently there is a girl who leaves the castle with a boy every night."

The Three-Wizard Tournament had entered a long hiatus and everyone was a bit bored, so they immediately became excited when they heard such explosive gossip.

The crowd immediately gathered around, and someone asked the whistleblower, "Tell me who it is?"

The first-year whistleblower said mysteriously, "Hehe, you would never guess that it was Granger and Smith from Gryffindor."

There was a sudden booing from all around.

The whistleblower asked in confusion: "Why do you react like this?"

One senior student said, “We don’t know what they are going to do, but it’s definitely not what you think.”

The onlookers dispersed in disappointment.

The two parties involved had no idea that the gossip about them had been extinguished at the beginning. At this time, they had just returned from Farbaton Castle and walked onto the bridge at the back door of the castle.

Hermione was very happy tonight, smiling and humming softly. Her steps were like dancing, making rhythmic sounds on the floor. She had a big bag in her hand, which was the source of her happiness.

Charles was speechless and could only say, "If you keep eating, this bridge will collapse sooner or later."

"None of your business!" Hermione felt that this spoilsport was annoying. "I think you are jealous of my popularity."

Recently she has been learning how to break curses from Mos Jeff. Because she is smart and learns quickly, she has attracted a lot of people to watch.

Smart and beautiful girls are naturally popular. Some older employees couldn't help but sigh, "If I had a daughter, I'd want her to be like Granger."

Most people in Farbatten Castle are in their twenties, and some are even under 20. After everyone understood Hermione's position in Charles' heart, she quickly became another favorite in the company.

So Hermione got a lot of desserts tonight, a big bag full of them, which made Ruby envious.

Charles just smiled and asked, "Do you have any idea about how to break the spell on the golden egg now?"

Hermione replied, "I've just learned the detection spell, so I'll try it later. I can only further crack it after I figure out what spell it is."

Her expression suddenly froze, and she turned around and asked, "Do you know how to unlock the golden egg?"

Charles said, "I can only brute force it."

If he were to come, he would only have to try "All Curses End". That wouldn't be considered a crack but a format, which might erase all the clues inside.

So Charles did not take the initiative to participate in this matter, but only helped indirectly, such as persuading Dumbledore to let Hermione go to Farbottom Castle to learn how to remove the curse.

As they entered the castle, Hermione asked him, "How's your research going?"

Charles has a lot of research going on now, and can only say in general terms: "Fortunately, there are quite a few new developments."

"The security doll has been finalized and will begin production soon. It is expected to go on sale in April."

"Why don't you buy a few for your home? It would be nice to put them in your clinic as decorations."

Hermione shook her head and said, "Forget it. Patients are already nervous when they go to the dentist, and seeing this will make them even more scared."

The two came to the hallway and saw Malfoy coming down from upstairs, walking hurriedly, as if something was chasing him.

He saw Charles and Hermione, but pretended not to see them and ran to the basement.

Although they were teammates in the Triwizard Tournament, Hermione and he only cooperated during the competition and otherwise ignored each other.

Charles' eyes turned, and as he went upstairs he said, "You go back first, I have to go somewhere."

At first Hermione thought he was going to the tower where he was doing alchemy experiments, but then something occurred to her, so she asked, "Are you going to look for Fleur?"

Charles said with a dark face: "I don't want to become experimental material for alchemy class yet."

Hermione was a little unconvinced, so she followed him.

"Room of Requirement?" Hermione was a little surprised when she arrived at the destination.

Charles nodded, opened the Room of Requirement and went in.

Hermione followed him in, and when she saw what was going on inside, she immediately said, "Oh, is this a garbage dump?!"

What appeared before her was a forest. The trees were made up of things hidden by thousands of students who had attended Hogwarts. All the things were discarded in a haphazard manner, and the terrain was far more complex than the Forbidden Forest.

Hermione asked Charles tentatively, "Are you going to pick up trash?"

Charles pretended to be mysterious and said: "It's more like a lottery than picking up trash. Maybe you can find something good."

As he spoke, he looked at the ground. There were many footprints on the dust that was deliberately left there. It seemed that he had been here for quite some time, and it wasn't just once.

Voldemort placed the Ravenclaw crown on the head of a stone bust of an old man wearing a wig and a crown, and the stone bust was placed on a large cabinet, so it was not easy to find it. Especially since Charles surrounded the place with other things, it was impossible to find it without climbing two mountains.

Hermione thought he was really going to pick up trash, and she was hesitant at first, but she also felt curious and expectant. After a mental struggle, she decided to follow and see.

Charles said, "You have to be careful not to touch things randomly. Some of them are under spells."

Hermione nodded immediately.

She found this place a bit weird, a bit like a maze. After walking a few steps, she looked back and found two more forks in the road behind her. She didn't know which one she came from.

"Charles," Hermione tugged at his sleeve, "we're not going to get lost, are we?"

Charles said indifferently: "It doesn't matter, you have a lot of food with you, we will get out before we starve to death."

Hermione suddenly felt that he came here to pick up trash because he saw that she had gotten a lot of desserts, and he had completely forgotten that he had followed her.

After walking for a while, Charles found that the road ahead had changed.

Maybe Malfoy moved something, and a pile of debris collapsed, blocking the original road.

Hermione pointed at the pile and said, "Something's moving in there!"

Charles also noticed it, took out his wand and moved the things around, revealing a long table.

This table is a bit strange. There is a long shallow groove on one side, and what looks like an equally long charcoal grill on the other side. In the middle is a rotating bracket with a rotating log on it. The rotation of the bracket allows the log to enter the shallow groove and onto the grill.

Hermione asked in confusion: "What is this?"

Charles studied it for a while and said in a dismay, "This is a tool for making annual ring cakes."

"Put the batter in a shallow groove, dip the stick in a circle of batter, put it on the fire to bake, and then dip it in another layer of batter."

Hermione had of course eaten Baumkuchen before, so she understood what it meant.

"I think this was done by a Hufflepuff student," she said.

Charles nodded and said, "It looks like it can still be used. I'll take it back for Grandpa."

Hermione asked in surprise: "Mr. Smith can also bake cakes?"

Charles smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether he will or not. What matters is that someone will make the cake with him."

Hermione understood instantly.

Charles gained something and continued to move forward.

Hermione also became interested and looked around for something she could use.

"This..." She soon discovered something extraordinary.

Charles smiled and said, "It suits you very well."

Hermione couldn't do anything with the broomstick and could only barely fly it.

There are many students like her, so this flying sofa came into being.

There was a row of flying brooms tied under a single sofa, and there was even a steering wheel, but the broom tails were broken and it would take some effort to repair them.

"I don't want it!" Hermione refused hastily, "It's too embarrassing!"

Charles said, "It's okay, give it to others to play with."

The two continued walking forward, and Charles found the way and inadvertently led Hermione around where the tiara was placed.

Charles has set up a lot of landmarks here, and if someone climbs over there will definitely be changes.

It now seemed that Malfoy had not found this place yet.

Charles took Hermione around for a while and soon arrived behind the door.

"Finally we saw the gate!" Hermione let out a long sigh, "Just now I almost thought we were lost."

Charles said speechlessly: "Why do you think I will get lost? At least we have Ruby to lead us out."

Hermione thought about it and it made sense.

(End of this chapter)