Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 264 The way she looks at you is like she's looking at her own son.
Harry had originally planned to tell Sherlock the reason for his departure from Privet Drive on the way back.

He just didn't expect Gemma to be a guest at Sherlock's house.

Isn't this a coincidence?
As the saying goes, one should not wash one's dirty linen in public, and Harry subconsciously did not want to talk about this in front of Gemma.

Unless Sherlock asks him directly.

To his surprise, neither Sherlock nor Gemma asked about it.

Sherlock barely spoke the rest of the way.

Because Gemma took control of the situation.

As soon as Harry got into the car, she started asking him questions out of curiosity.

It wasn't the reason Harry left Privet Drive this time, but rather the little things he did with Sherlock every day.

She wanted Harry to start from the first time he met Sherlock.

Although Harry was somewhat surprised, Gemma's suggestion suited him perfectly.

Then he recounted in detail how the two of them met and got to know each other.

After being praised by Sherlock so many times, even Harry himself now believes he has a talent for storytelling.

The two parents in the front row listened with great interest, occasionally letting out exclamations of admiration as he described the scene.

When Gemma heard about Sherlock's first encounter with the Malfoy trio in the train carriage, she couldn't help but nod slightly:
"So that's how it was..."

This was the first time she heard the name Sherlock Holmes.

In 1991, Gemma Farley had just become a Slytherin prefect.

One of the prefects' responsibilities is to patrol the corridors of the Hogwarts Express and hold meetings in the prefects' car—Percy Weasley often mentioned this.

That's why Gemma knew about the conflict between Sherlock, Harry, Ron and Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle.

However, by the time Gemma found out about it, the matter was already over.

Although Crabbe and Goyle got beaten up, since both sides involved in the dispute were first-year students and had not yet been assigned to a college.

In addition, since both of them were swallowing their anger and suffering, and seeing that the matter had not escalated, the prefects did not intervene again.

But the protagonist of this story is the famous Harry Potter, so Gemma took note of it.

They also remembered the name Sherlock Holmes—because, according to subsequent feedback, it was Sherlock, not Harry, who had taken control of the situation.

By the time of the Sorting Ceremony, the name Sherlock Holmes had become even more famous.

After all, it's a hat that only happens once every fifty years, so it's hard not to attract everyone's attention.

But it was only at this moment that Gemma heard the whole story from the perspective of the person involved for the first time.

She looked at Harry and said sincerely:
“I’m sorry, Harry, I promised Draco to apologize to you and Colin last semester.”

As a result, Colin was later petrified, and with the frequent attacks, the matter was eventually dropped.

Harry looked at Gemma with some surprise. He hadn't expected her to still remember this incident; he had completely forgotten about it if she hadn't mentioned it.

Sensing Gemma's sincerity, Harry quickly said, "It's okay, I don't care about his apology."

Gemma, the prefect... is such a good person!

Harry couldn't help but think to himself, she really is different from the other Slytherins!
Gemma smiled when she heard Harry's words and said nothing more.

She turned to look at Sherlock, and their eyes met.

The two looked at each other, both smiling but saying nothing.

Next, at Gemma's request, Harry began to recount other stories about his relationship with Sherlock, which everyone else on the bus listened to with great interest.

This includes Sherlock.

As he said, every time Harry recounted the whole thing, it always gave him new insights.

This is also one of the important reasons for Harry's existence.

Upon returning to King's Road, Harry received a warm welcome from Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Farley.

Mrs. Holmes, in particular, held Harry tightly in her arms, lovingly stroking his messy hair:
"Good child, you should have come sooner!"

This made Harry, who was initially worried about causing trouble for Sherlock, breathe a sigh of relief.

During the Christmas holidays of 1991, he stayed at the Sherlock family's house on King Road, and he felt very happy during that time.

Sherlock's family atmosphere was completely different from the Privet Lutherans' house where he grew up, and it was the first time he knew what a real home should look like—of course, this may also be the reason why Penny never considered him family.

During the summer of 1992, Harry stayed at Ron's house again.

Compared to the cozy atmosphere of Sherlock's house, the cave dwelling has a completely different ambiance.

It was noisier and more lively there, but it brought Harry the same joy.

Returning to King's Road, he found that he didn't feel unfamiliar at all.

It's amazing!

After a lively lunch, the Farleys declined Sherlock's parents' warm invitation to stay.

After playing a game of wizard chess with Mr. Holmes, Mr. Farley took his leave.

"I have good news for you."

As she was about to leave, Gemma pulled Sherlock aside and whispered something to him.

Excitement sparkled in her sea-blue eyes. "Would you like to guess?"

Without hesitation, Sherlock blurted out, "You've become the student council president."

Gemma: (⊙o⊙)! ?
"Oh, my dear Sherlock, can't you just pretend you don't know?"

"It's not a guess, it's an inference."

“Okay, deduction,” Gemma agreed, then asked curiously, “How did you figure that out?”

“When you said that just now, you unconsciously puffed out your chest,” Sherlock said, his gaze fixed on Gemma’s chest. “That was actually a form of self-suggestion.”

Gemma's face flushed red instantly.

This was the first time she had lost her composure in front of Sherlock.

“I…” “I think that when we meet again, there should be a shiny badge there with HG on it, right?”

"Yes, that's right."

Gemma secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then raised her head and smiled:

"The choice between Penelope and me was the main one, and I ultimately won."

"Well then, congratulations."

"Thank you."

Gemma reached out and shook hands with Sherlock, then walked toward her parents.

At that moment, Mrs. Farley lowered her head and said something to Gemma. Gemma shook her head, and the two of them looked in Sherlock's direction at the same time.

Seeing Sherlock's unfazed expression, Mrs. Farley covered her mouth and laughed.

The three then used Apparition to leave.

"Um, Sherlock..."

At the spot where Harry and Gemma's family disappeared, she asked curiously, "Is it alright for them to cast spells here?"
Last year, even though I didn't cast any spells at home, I still received a warning from the Ministry of Magic..."

“Dear Harry, I don’t think the Ministry of Magic would consider me a genius capable of performing advanced magic like Apparition.”

Furthermore, Gemma's parents have good relationships with the staff in the Ministry of Magic's department that handles these kinds of matters.

"Oh……"

Harry suddenly realized.

It turns out to be like the north!

He came to his senses, thought for a moment, and then said:

“Sherlock, I feel like the way Miss Gemma’s mother looked at you just now is very familiar.”

"What did you say?"

Harry couldn't help but feel a little smug when he saw Sherlock's surprised expression.

“I think the way she looks at you is very similar to the way Hermione’s mother looks at you—like she’s looking at her own son.”

Sherlock:

When it was time for dinner, Harry was the only guest left in the house.

He finally told the Sherlock family why he had suddenly left Privet Drive.

The incident began with a woman whom Harry referred to as Aunt Maggie.

Aunt Maggie, whose full name is Marjorie Erin Dursley, is Vernon Dursley's sister.

So she is not actually Harry's blood relative.

However, the Dursleys have been forcing Harry to call her aunt all along.

If it were just a title, it certainly wouldn't have been enough to make Harry, who had already repaired his relationship with the Dursleys, choose to leave.

The key point is that this person is extremely bad, absolutely terrible.

She lives in a house in the countryside with a large garden and has many bulldogs.

For this reason, she doesn't come to Privet Road very often.

Because she couldn't bear to leave her precious dogs, even when she went out occasionally, she would choose to go on vacation.

However, during her limited visits, she left Harry with indelible and terrible memories.

Aunt Maggie was very kind to her nephew Dudley, always kissing and hugging him whenever they met, and often buying him expensive gifts.

But Maggie's attitude toward Harry, her adopted nephew, was even worse than that of the Dursleys.

"My Uncle Vernon and Aunt Penny usually told me to get out of their way and not get in their way—and I wish they would."

Aunt Maggie, on the other hand, always wanted me under her watchful eye so she could offer suggestions for improvement anytime, anywhere.

Harry tried to explain the difference between the two in his own way.

She loves to compare Harry and Dudley.

It's become standard practice for him to glare at Harry while beaming at Dudley.

Doing this gives her a great sense of satisfaction.

The first time Harry was impressed by Dudley’s fifth birthday party was at the party.

Maggie hit Harry's calf hard with her cane when he was only five years old, just to prevent Harry from beating Dudley in the game of stop-motion.

Several years later, on a Christmas Day, Maggie visited No. 4 Privet Drive again.

She brought Dudley a computer-controlled robot, but gave Harry a box of dog food biscuits.

The last time I visited Privet Drive was in 1990, the year before Harry started school.

Harry accidentally stepped on the paw of a Bulldog named Lippi, and was chased by it into the garden, where he had to climb a tree.

Aunt Maggie didn't call the dog back until after midnight.

In 1991, the year Harry first learned he was a wizard, Maggie did not come to Privet Drive, but instead went to the Isle of Wight for a holiday.

She fell ill after eating a contaminated snail there—she mentioned this in a postcard to the Dursleys.

Even though she couldn't come to celebrate Dudley's birthday, she still sent him a gift.

As for Harry, don't even think about it.

That's why, when Harry learned that this great god was going to stay at Privet Drive for a week, he made a decision without much hesitation.

Instead of meeting her, I went to stay at my best friend's house for a while.

Harry was fairly satisfied with his current relationship with the Dursleys and didn't want to ruin the relationship he had worked so hard to rebuild because of someone like that.

After all, Aunt Maggie is Uncle Vernon's sister, and Harry didn't want to put him in a difficult position.

Let's just avoid seeing it and not worry about it.

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