Hogwarts Raven

Chapter 144 143: Back on track! Offended!

First, the time loop.

Then there are several days of exciting life.

Ian cherishes the campus life that has finally calmed down. Although it is still the Christmas holiday, he quickly returned to his daily life and study.

The atmosphere on campus was unusually harmonious. Even Gryffindor and Slytherin did not continue the war. For students, holidays always made them happy and allowed them to put aside their grudges for the time being.

Although there are annoying holiday homeworks to complete, the young wizards can always find ways to not be affected by it. For example, the Gryffindor students chose temporary amnesia.

Some of them would borrow some friends' homework to copy on the last day, while some students would make plans before the holiday to be punished by the professor together.

Anyone who does homework secretly is a coward.

They are clearly the group that gives professors the most headaches.

In comparison.

Students from other colleges were much more well-behaved. For example, Ian found someone to help him with his homework before the holiday, and William basically took on all of Ian's homework this semester.

He had even copied Ian's handwriting so well that it was hard to tell the real thing from the fake, and he also knew how to deliberately write some wrong answers and very different solutions in his own homework.

This ensured that the professors would not find any traces of Ian in his homework. How could one say that he was born to be suitable for the Ministry of Magic? Such a cleverness was definitely the most suitable for helping the leaders write various materials.

but.

Most people don't have a good roommate like Ian, so they choose other ways to solve homework. For example, Slytherin students like to delegate homework to Ravenclaw students, and Ravenclaw students almost always accept this kind of business.

After all, who wouldn't like to consolidate the knowledge they have learned? There is also a little money to be made. Most Ravenclaw students have almost finished their homework on the first day of the holiday. No professor will worry about Ravenclaw students. Everyone knows that this is the most involuted college.

of course.

When it comes to the more introverted group during this Christmas holiday, the Hufflepuffs who stayed on campus are the first to come to the fore, because they have almost endless homework to do.

They are all students from Ravenclaw House who have taken over the assignments from Slytherin and then outsourced the work to the badgers at a low price - not all students in Eagle House like to consolidate their knowledge.

Perhaps many people don’t know that most of the business geniuses in the wizarding world also come from Ravenclaw College. Like Ian, they have the minds and ideas of capitalists.

The homework was passed on to others.

Just like the unscrupulous middlemen, they took a large portion of the money.

Moreover, they don't have to worry about the teachers discovering something wrong with the homework outsourced to the Hufflepuff students, because the Hufflepuff students, who are usually honest, will never hand in the same answer sheet.

Yes.

Sincere little badgers will not copy existing answers, but will come up with some other answers, otherwise they will feel sorry for the little money they receive.

"Perhaps this is also the reason why Hufflepuff graduates, although they may be ordinary, are rarely truly mediocre. Even if they are just selling books in a bookstore, they can do their best at their job."

"Besides, there have actually been many outstanding people coming out of Hufflepuff."

Ian was quite emotional.

He knew about the situation in the school because he also wanted to join the team to take orders, but after discovering that Hufflepuff's attitude was much more serious than his own and the remuneration that would make some entrepreneurs cry, he finally gave up the idea of ​​joining the internal competition. Completing the homework of dozens of little wizards was not enough for him to invest in making a [Homework Pen].

"I've already made it... I'll find time to put a [Slytherin] sign on it and sell it for a high price." After putting away his work that had suffered another setback, Ian threw himself into his holiday life.

The most comfortable thing is to be able to sleep until you wake up naturally.

Apart from opening the door and going in to read during the period when the library was closed, he basically did not do anything that might violate school rules or cause a disturbance.

This was probably related to the fact that Professor McGonagall was watching him very closely. Ian guessed that Professor McGonagall had also had that strange dream and knew about some of his reckless actions in the time loop.

Even the guarding stone statues in the school were hidden by Professor McGonagall, probably because Ian once teamed up with Peeves in a certain cycle to conduct a [riot drill] for the young wizards.

"Hide these small ones, I still have four big ones!" Ian believed that no matter how careful Professor McGonagall was, she would never have thought that he still had the stone statues of the four founders to control.

He just felt that the young wizards who had synchronized a lot of memories did not need to go through another exercise. He also wanted some reputation. The young wizards' evaluation of him had already reached the level of "Little Devil". If Ian had known that Slytherin would trick him, he would never have done so many things in the time loop.

"Little Professor, are our dreams really prophecies?"

"Some people say you erased our memories, that must have happened."

"Prince is born evil, and even God is reminding us to be careful of him. I think our dreams are a warning and reminder from God to us."

……

No need to guess.

The last sentence came from a Slytherin student. Although they were all afraid of Ian regardless of their age, Ian could not avoid being teased by them in private.

It is said that there is an Anti-Prince Alliance within Slytherin House, and most of its members are young wizards of various ages who have been bullied or humiliated by Ian.

After knowing the existence of this organization, Ian curiously asked Aurora about the situation. Unexpectedly, Miss Daphne Greengrass was actually the leader nominated by this organization.

Perhaps everyone thought that she and Ian had the most grudges and that she was deeply persecuted by Ian. What made Ian feel a little regretful was that Miss Daphne Greengrass had never said anything bad about him in this alliance. It could even be said that Daphne Greengrass had almost never expressed any opinions about Ian.

“It’s a very smart approach.”

Ian was somewhat confused by Aurora's opinion on this.

"You call this clever? Shouldn't I be magnanimous and not bother with her?" Ian felt that Miss Daphne Greengrass might still have some rebellious nature in her heart.

but.

Aurora holds the exact opposite view.

"She joined this organization just to collect activity fees. Daphne and her girlfriend are really broke now, and they rely on using the cakes provided by the elves to cheat people in the alliance out of money."

Aurora explained the situation to Ian in detail. Ian snatched a lot of the rare food from her plate, but the German girl didn't care.

"How do you know these things so clearly?"

Ian was slightly surprised and put all the broccoli, which he didn't like, into Aurora's bowl. Finally, Aurora, who had always remained calm, glared at him fiercely.

"If you don't like it, don't take it."

Aurora picked out all the broccoli again. It was obvious that she didn't like eating such healthy food. It was understandable, after all, the healthier the food, the worse it tasted.

"The elves secretly put it on my plate because they were afraid that I would be picky and malnourished." Ian was also a little helpless. He was now supervised by the elves to drink three cups of venomous horn milk every day. This was probably because Ian had complained to the elves in the kitchen not long ago that he was not tall enough.

The effect is really good.

Ian has grown almost one centimeter in the past few days. I don’t know if the elves added something else into the milk.

"You really are a picky eater."

Aurora looked at Ian's plate, which was filled with meat.

"This is all protein, definitely high-quality food." Ian thinks his diet is definitely healthy, after all, he always dips a lot of chili powder on fried chicken. Chili powder can speed up his heart rate and increase metabolism, so that he can better metabolize the fat in fried chicken.

"Let's continue talking about Daphne and those students."

"In fact, Daphne even secretly hinted to others that it is better to obey you than to resist... I think Daphne and her little girlfriend are indeed smart people."

"If you extend an olive branch to her and her family, I don't think she and her family will refuse. After all, what happened in Hogwarts rarely becomes a secret." Aurora's words were obviously meaningful. She might have already known about Voldemort, and she was also hinting to Ian that the people who knew about it were not only her but also those pure-blood families.

"Do they have spies in the school? No, there must be portraits acting as their eyes and ears." Ian recalled that there seemed to be portraits in the underground room before.

Aurora didn't comment on his guess.

"It's also possible that Dumbledore is building momentum for you."

She also expressed her own opinions and speculations.

"What kind of momentum are you creating?"

Ian blinked.

"You are only a first-year student, but you have already done many incredible things. I think even if you don't want to, your future will definitely not be dull."

"Just like what my grandfather said, when fate gives a person talent, it also gives that person a historical mission, just like the life of Albus Dumbledore."

Aurora looked up at the young wizard sitting opposite her.

“This mission doesn’t depend on what you think or what you do, but wherever you live, there will always be something major happening that will involve you.”

"My grandfather believed that no one could understand this better than Dumbledore and him. According to this line of thought, it is reasonable for Dumbledore to build momentum for you in advance."

"You are more talented than them, and the miracles you can perform are greater... This will eventually lead you to the cause that they have been unable to accomplish."

Aurora may be repeating Grindelwald's words, which can probably explain why Grindelwald likes Ian so much and does not interfere too much with Ian's thoughts and growth.

This prophet who caused the biggest stir in the last century should be very confident that even if he did nothing, Ian would eventually be swept away by fate and embark on the path he had not completed.

"I don't want to go to war with Muggles, nor do I want to be responsible for the rise and fall of wizards." Ian curled his lips. He was not as ambitious as the Mirror of Erised showed.

"The abilities you possess...will make you embark on this path either voluntarily or under duress. Looking at the change in Daphne's attitude, you should understand why."

"Ian, wizards have been longing for a king for a long time." Although Aurora also has a childish side, she has always been more mature than Ian in some special aspects.

"Isn't there a Dark Lord? There are two more, and my uncle will be the third." Ian blinked, lowered his head and quickly finished the food on the plate.

"I'm talking about the real king... the king of all wizards." Aurora put down the cutlery in her hand and watched Ian snatch away the remaining beef ribs.

"I support you in accomplishing this great cause. Really, Aurora. We are friends after all. When the time comes, you can just give me a title of wizard with the power to print money."

Ian nibbled on the beef ribs with a smile. He felt that what Aurora said was too vague and too far away, and it was not something a first-year student should consider.

"My grandfather said that you are the only one who has a chance. I don't have your talent and power."

Aurora shook her head.

Ian continued to exercise his masseter muscles.

"To summarize your grandfather's point, strength is why I am king?"

His words made Aurora's eyes flicker slightly.

"Look, you've actually already realized it."

The little German girl expressed her feelings very seriously.

"..."

Ian wanted to say that this was the line from a game he had played, but he was worried that Aurora would ask him what game it was, so he could only cough a few times and drink some water to calm himself.

"Let's talk about Miss Daphne Greengrass. You seem to know a lot about her situation, as well as the situation of the [Anti-Prince Alliance]."

Ian changed the subject.

He never expected that Aurora, after being silent for a moment, actually responded with a guilty look.

“Because I’m in this league too.”

The little German girl stared at her empty plate.

The voice was much softer than when he was talking to Ian about whether he was the Wizard King or not.

"????"

Ian choked a little on the water.

"What the hell?"

He looked at Aurora with eyes full of disbelief.

"In order to practice the concepts you taught me, I must blend in with them and become one of their friends. Now they think I am their undercover agent next to you."

Aurora's voice sounded calm.

"Hiss~ Can they be any more outrageous?"

Ian immediately took a deep breath.

"Haven't you noticed that recently the Slytherin students not only stopped provoking you in person, but also made you feel a little more favorable towards them?"

Aurora spoke again out of the blue.

"Indeed, they have become much more polite and have shown me some respect." Ian recalled that the Slytherin students he had met in recent days did not seem as annoying as before.

“This is also my credit.”

The little German girl seemed to be taking credit for it.

"My grandfather told me that I only need to spread this book in the academy, and some conflicts in the school will be greatly eased. Now it seems that the effect is indeed good."

"I also earned a lot of gold Galleons, and I must give you half of it." As she said that, Aurora took out a book with a simple cover and a bulging purse.

She opened it in front of Ian, and it was full of gold Galleons.

"What kind of book can you sell for so much money?" Ian picked up the book with "How to Win Friends and Influence People: The Secret of Prince" curiously, and it even had Gilderoy Lockhart's signature on it.

It is obvious that Grindelwald is publishing a book in school under a pseudonym again.

"Teach other little wizards how to respect me?"

Ian flipped through the pages.

His originally smiling face suddenly froze. After a moment of silence, he suddenly slammed "Human Weakness: The Secret of Prince" on the table.

"Nimma! Isn't this the Muggles' parenting manual?"

The little wizard's face began to turn red like liver.

The voice was excited.

It was as if I had felt the real offense in my life.

(End of this chapter)