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Chapter 332 Time Turner

"What is this for?"

Hermione felt a little guilty - but Andrew, who was leading the way, didn't seem to intend to let others hear him, and he kept going straight without stopping.

This way of walking without communicating made her extremely nervous - but in an empty corner, Taylor, who was leading the way, stopped.

"That's about it," Andrew looked around, "The professor asked us to go over there, so as not to alarm others."

"professor?"

Hermione was stunned for a moment, then realized which professor Andrew was referring to.

Needless to say, it was Professor Minerva McGonagall, Head of Gryffindor and Deputy Headmistress of the school.

"I just stole a signature to borrow a book. Should I be fired?"

She was indeed a little scared now - after all, the person in front of her had experience of kicking people out of school.

But it doesn't look like they're going to expel her, and her grades last year were pretty good. The most she'll need is confinement, so expelling her would be too much.

But after a brief explanation, the other party had no intention of continuing the conversation - which made it impossible for her to obtain more information to determine what kind of punishment the school would impose on her.

The long journey and the complete lack of communication made Hermione feel depressed, but she had no choice.

Fortunately, no matter how long the journey is, it has an end. After they went around a flight of stairs, they finally arrived at the door of Professor McGonagall's office.

"Dong dong dong."

Hermione felt her heartbeat connect with the knock on the door - she had thought she was prepared, but she wasn't.

"Please come in."

When the professor's voice came, Taylor opened the door without hesitation, as casually as if he was entering the door of the library instead of the professor's office.

"Professor, I brought the person here."

Taylor's voice rang out—and the professor's serious voice answered him.

"very good."

Hermione couldn't help but look up, but she was greeted by Professor McGonagall's scrutinizing and stern gaze, without any relaxation at all.

'Ruined. '

She gave up resistance.

"Sorry, Professor, it's me..."

“You must understand that this is a…”

As soon as Hermione said this, she was stunned - Professor McGonagall and Andrew on the side were also stunned.

'No, I just came to take you to the office, what are you apologizing for?'

Andrew looked at Hermione who was apologizing for unknown reasons and the professor who was interrupted, and fell into deep thought.

But it was obvious that the professor was calmer, and she kept looking at Granger with a scrutinizing gaze.

Such a repressive look made Hermione continue, "I used the book borrowing note to trick Professor Lockhart into signing and get the book from the restricted area. I'm sorry."

???

Andrew's eyes widened.

No, are you Gryffindors so brave?
And Lockhart - shame on you professor, didn't you even look at what was on your signature? Why didn't you sign a cheque from Gringotts?

Professor McGonagall was obviously frightened by the students of her own college. The incident was not a big deal, but Granger was actually led astray by Potter and Weasley!
But she soon got used to it - Granger was a Gryffindor after all. "That was Professor Lockhart's mistake. The matter is still under investigation and Taylor is still looking through the corresponding school rules to deal with it."

Professor McGonagall decided to forgive Miss Granger - after all, she was a Gryffindor, so this was not too strange, and a normal professor would not make such a serious mistake. This was actually the school's fault.

"Yes, but the problem is not very serious," Andrew lied with his eyes wide open. "Although it is a bit complicated, it is just a matter of how many times and for how long."

"The reason I asked you to come here this time is for another reason," the professor nodded. "I should have given it to you directly, but because of the situation that the investigation revealed, I had to add another test - you passed, Miss Granger."

As the professor spoke, he took out two small boxes from the drawer and pushed them to the two of them.

"Before you open it, you must promise me that you will use it for the right purpose and no more than four hours a day."

No more than four hours?
Andrew was stunned for a moment, then he realized something - No, Professor, you are kidding!

Seeing Andrew's expression turn into surprise, Professor McGonagall's expression softened a little, "Yes, that's what you think, Taylor."

"A time-turner, one of those Dumbledore ones?"

Miss Granger exclaimed, "I thought that book was an exaggeration!"

"Maybe," Professor McGonagall said uncertainly, "but the time-turner provided by the Ministry of Magic can only support time travel back five hours at most, and doing so will greatly reduce its use time and cause it to fall into hibernation earlier."

"Hibernation period?"

"Of course, during the dormant period, it will recharge in time and can only be used after it recovers. This is something from the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic. The information it can provide is limited, and the rest is confidential even within the Ministry of Magic."

"But Dumbledore," Hermione said, clearly having a huge brainstorm, and it was impossible to tell how she was digesting all this, "so Dumbledore has the same power as the Department of Mysteries?"

"Unfortunately, I don't know."

The professor obviously had his doubts, but Dumbledore obviously did not give a clear response. "Don't think about that. Your Time Turner can only be used for learning, Miss Granger. You must promise again that you can only use it for learning. And I must solemnly warn you that once two of you meet, the other one will attack you without hesitation. No matter which one of you falls, it will cause serious consequences."

'Only five hours?'

Andrew looked at the unopened box in front of him - the limitations of this thing were extremely large.

But even under numerous restrictions, it is still the most terrifying thing in the entire magical world - in five hours, so many things can change.

"You can't rewrite the future, and you can't take this thing apart for research—magic involving time is the most dangerous thing in the entire wizarding world, Taylor!"

Professor McGonagall looked at Andrew and seemed to determine at a glance what he was thinking.

"It is absolutely forbidden to cast any magic on the Time-Turner itself! Not even researching it is allowed! It is absolutely forbidden!"

"I'll keep that in mind, Professor!"

Andrew responded very seriously - time is too dangerous. The danger of Transfiguration is nothing compared to it.

"This is the last warning. Do not mention the existence of this thing to anyone. Although there are many legends in the wizarding world, this thing cannot be made public."

...

"Fortunately, I boasted a lot, otherwise I'm afraid this legend would be investigated by the Aurors."

Andrew was filled with relief at this moment.

"Very good, that's all, but you must remember every one of them."

Professor McGonagall finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Andrew looked a little guilty - all his plans to commit suicide were finally canceled.

"The next step is to inform you of the usage method and usage period, and you should remember them well."

The professor breathed a sigh of relief and his tone finally softened.

(End of this chapter)