Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 300 Well done! Don't lose face! Keep up the good spirit!

"As is widely known, Bridget Winlock, a famous arithmetic diviner active in the 13th century, was a witch who graduated from Hufflepuff House at Hogwarts."

The professor of arithmetic divination, Setima Victor, was a very good witch.

Because arithmetic divination is a complex and somewhat dry subject, she tries her best to be proactive and engage the students in class so that they don't fall asleep like they do in the History of Magic.

After graduating from Hogwarts, Bridget Winlock continued to focus on the study of arithmetic and divination.

Like many other magical researchers, Winlock was very careful to protect his discoveries.

She was so suspicious that she wrote entirely with invisible ink, and the sentences were reversed and flipped left and right, and her handwriting was very messy.

However, being absent-minded, she often quickly forgot where she had put those little slips of paper with invisible notes written on them.

Therefore, in Wenlock's hometown, she could often be seen retracing her steps, casting reveal spells on every small piece of paper she encountered in order to find the arithmetic calculations she had lost.

I must remind everyone that while Winlock's academic achievements are commendable, you must not emulate this bad habit.

Upon hearing Professor Victor's words, the students all laughed, and the classroom was instantly filled with a joyful atmosphere.

One day, while eating breakfast, Winlock wrote down a theory of magic.

On the same day, she also wrote a letter to her cousin.

However, after the letter was sent, she suddenly realized that the envelope seemed to have her newly discovered important theory written on it in invisible ink.

In this situation, Wenlock immediately grabbed a broom and managed to catch up with the owl that was delivering the message.

However, the owl refused to deliver the letter to anyone other than the recipient—even if Winlock was the sender.

So, after being pecked and scratched several times by the owl, Wenlock had to fly with the owl to his cousin's house in John Ogrodz, hundreds of miles away.

Next, Professor Victor went on to describe in detail what Wenlock saw and heard during his flight of hundreds of miles.

His story was very interesting, and the plot was full of twists and turns, making it captivating.

The whole class found this story-based lesson very novel, so they listened very attentively.

"After going through great hardships to finally retrieve the envelope from her cousin, Wenlock used the Reveal Charm on it."

However, she discovered that it was just a cake recipe.

At this point, Professor Victor paused, and the entire class, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, looked on in surprise.

Some of the young wizards couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

"To praise, first criticize."

"First suppress, then elevate."

Sherlock and Hermione both gave similar assessments.

Sure enough, Professor Victor continued:

"There is no doubt that Winlock was very frustrated about this."

To her utter surprise, when she returned to her home in Dingworth, she was astonished to find that her calculations were actually scribbled on a sugar packet, which was now lying on her kitchen table.

Thus, Bridget Winlock finally succeeded in publishing this theory, and based on it, she became a famous arithmetic diviner, and remained well-known for centuries to come.

Oh, by the way, a few years ago, a Hufflepuff student had a duel with a Ravenclaw prefect.

Because the latter said Bridget Winlock was from their college.

As a result, Professor Sprout did not confine him for a week as usual; instead, he gave him a warning and a box of coconut ice cream.

Everyone laughed when this was mentioned, especially the little badgers, who laughed even harder.

"Then here's the problem."

The smiles on everyone's faces vanished instantly, and most of them lowered their heads, afraid that the teacher would call on them.

Professor Victor chuckled softly, his gaze sweeping over all the students, and asked:
"Can anyone tell me what the theory is that made Bridget Winlock a famous arithmetic diviner, to the point that even Hogwarts students would duel for her honor?"

Hermione immediately raised her hands.

It gave everyone in the classroom a real taste of what it means to be the only one who stands out.

Hermione stood up and calmly said, "Wenlock has discovered the magical properties of the number seven."

"Excellent! Seven points added to Gryffindor!"

Professor Victor continued, "Then, Miss Granger, can you tell me what magic the number seven possesses?"

She had thought that Hermione would be doing well if she could come up with two or three points, but to her surprise, Hermione's eyes lit up and her spirits lifted immediately after hearing his question.

She cleared her throat and then began to recount her experiences as if they were second nature:

"Seven years old is the age when magical abilities should be revealed. Magic schools have seven years in total. In a standard Quidditch match, each team has seven players. The legal age for a wizard is seventeen. In ancient runes, the symbol for the unknown is 7..."

As Hermione provided more and more examples, Professor Victor's surprise and delight grew.

He hadn't expected that after he'd only gotten off to the ground, this little witch named Hermione Granger would reveal so much about the number seven.

"Excellent! You've earned another seven points for Gryffindor!"

When she stopped, Professor Victor's face was filled with obvious admiration.

"By the way, you've missed two key pieces of information."

Hermione paused, realizing she had recounted everything she had seen related to Seven, some of which even seemed somewhat far-fetched to her. She was now quite thirsty from speaking so much.

Seeing Hermione's puzzled look, Professor Victor gave the answer:

"Your speech lasted exactly seven minutes, and your name Granger also has seven letters."

"..."

"Granger has seven letters, which seems a bit too deliberate."

When get out of class ended, Harry couldn't help but say to Sherlock, "If that's the case, then Weasley also has seven letters."

“That’s just how magic is,” Sherlock said, unsurprised. “It’s much better than divination.”

"Now that you mention it, it's true. But it would be even better if it didn't need to memorize those complex numerical charts."

Despite having only attended the first lesson, Harry already had a feeling that it would be a very difficult course.

No wonder Neville asked others when choosing courses last year if arithmetic divination was more difficult than studying ancient runes.

Even so, using more rigorous methods to predict the future is far better than making wild guesses based on tea leaves.

Hermione's sudden words startled Harry.

He looked around, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "Hermione, what's wrong with you lately? Why are you always disappearing without a trace?"

Just as she was leaving the classroom, Hermione specifically told Sherlock and Harry to go first, as she had a few questions to ask the teacher. But in the blink of an eye, she had already appeared.

"You were so busy talking to Sherlock that you didn't notice me, were you?"

"Is that so?" Harry asked, somewhat puzzled.

Hermione said confidently, "That's it!"

"Uh... well."

Harry was also a little unsure, but seeing how certain Hermione was, he could only accept it.

It was Thursday morning, time for Potions class.

Professor Severus Snape still had the same sour face as always.

Perhaps because Professor Lupin beat him to the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor that he had been longing for, his classmates felt that he was more gloomy than last semester.

Of course, this gloom only applied to the Gryffindor students; the Slytherin students didn't feel it at all.

"Five points deducted from Gryffindor!"

As soon as class started, Professor Snape gave the lion cubs a hard time, for the simple reason that Neville was late for class.

However, just five minutes later, when Malfoy finally arrived, he said lazily, "Sit down, Malfoy."

This infuriated the lion cubs.

Isn't this discrimination too obvious?
"Sir, why..."

"Calm down, bro!"

When Ron saw Harry raise his hand to speak, he was startled and tried to stop his good friend from acting impulsively.

Unfortunately, it was too late; Harry had already asked the second half of his question:

"...Neville gets points deducted for being late, but Malfoy doesn't?"

Are you questioning a professor's decision, Porter?

Snape suddenly turned to Harry, his long, greasy black hair flying off.

“I just feel it’s unfair, sir.”

Harry tried to speak in a calm tone.

"Because Malfoy had already asked me for leave beforehand."

Snape stared into Harry's green eyes, his expression slightly dazed.

But as his gaze moved upwards and he saw Harry's messy black hair, his eyes immediately turned to disgust.

"Gryffindor deduct 10 points for trying to criticize a professor in class."

Although they were used to Professor Snape deducting points from Harry, the whole class still gasped when they thought that Neville only lost five points for being late, while Harry lost ten points just for asking a question.

How cruel!

The Slytherin students all wore expressions of schadenfreude upon witnessing this scene.

The Gryffindor students glared at them.

Despite Gryffindor losing another ten points, no one blamed Harry.

On the contrary, after he sat down, the students nearby all gave him a thumbs up:
"Well done, Potter!"

"As expected of the savior, he really didn't let us down!"

"Cheer up, Longbottom. Potter is speaking up for you, so why are you looking so long-faced?"

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