Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 306 Not aiming for the best, but for the most expensive

As for the first lesson of the new semester, the course on protecting magical creatures, although the hippogriff initially gave the lion cubs and snakes quite a shock, it turned out to be quite interesting and memorable in retrospect.

Even Malfoy, who always liked to stir up trouble, couldn't find anything wrong with it.

Of course, this could also be related to the fact that his attention was not focused on the course itself at the time.

However, the course became even more popular in the second class.

Hagrid accepted Sherlock's suggestion and brought Puffy to the classroom.

Those soft, fluffy little balls are so cute that they instantly capture the hearts of many people.

No little witch could resist its allure.

Even many boys stared at them with shining eyes.

Especially after Hagrid said he could give away three fluffy creatures as a reward, the young wizards went absolutely crazy.

You should know that this thing was originally a pet that was very popular with wizards, and it was much more expensive than ordinary pets.

They are cute in appearance, docile in nature, and harmless. They are even scavengers, which can help wizards with cleaning.

How much would such a perfect pet cost?
It should cost at least twenty Galleons!
wrong!
Twenty Galleons? That's the cost!
Forty Galleons!
Don't complain about the price, there's no discount!
The unscrupulous pet seller carefully studied the psychology of buyers—a buyer willing to pay twenty gallons for a pet wouldn't care about paying another twenty.

What defines a successful person?

That's what successful people are like: they buy the most expensive things, not necessarily the best.

Hagrid gave away his forty Galleons pet as a class reward.

The result can be imagined.

The young wizards fought tooth and nail in their lessons to get their hands on them, almost breaking their heads in the process.

The lesson was a great success.

So Professor Hagrid went on to give away seven more Puffy Pokémon in the next two classes.

In any case, what others consider a very expensive pet is nothing more than a trip to the Forbidden Forest for him.

Just like its little hut, the doghouse made of unicorn hair—it's only worth a mere ten thousand Galleons, nothing special.

This incident even led to Professor Hagrid's reputation surpassing that of Professor Lupin at one point.

Whether or not they had taken his classes, everyone who saw him would respectfully address him as "Professor Hagrid!"

This made Hagrid extremely happy.

He never imagined that he would one day have such prestige.

Unfortunately, due to a time conflict, Sherlock was unable to attend this lesson on protecting magical creatures.

This inevitably made Hagrid somewhat regretful—after all, the reason his course had such an effect was entirely because he had listened to Sherlock's advice.

However, for third-year students, apart from Defense Against the Dark Arts and Protecting Magical Creatures, the other courses are not so enjoyable.

The six compulsory courses—Transformation, Herbalism, Potions, Spells, History of Magic, and Astronomy—are not significantly different from the previous academic year.

Moving up to the third grade, the course difficulty is obviously much higher than that of the lower grades.

Especially Transfiguration and Potions.

However, while Transfiguration is difficult for Gryffindor students, Professor McGonagall is at least objective and fair, and won't make things difficult for them in class.

But Potions class is different.

Professor Snape already had a problem with Gryffindor students, and now things have gotten even worse.

There are no impervious walls in the world.

During the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Boggart transformed into Professor Snape's appearance.

That's fine, but the real problem is that, under Neville's manipulation, he even put on his grandmother's clothes and became a cross-dresser.

This matter was absolutely intolerable to Professor Snape.

However, Neville's actions were part of a normal practical teaching session, so even though he was furious, he couldn't use that as a reason to directly confront Neville.

So in Potions class, he had another target besides Harry and Sherlock.

During this period, Neville was targeted more often than Harry.

This relieved Harry.

However, he immediately felt that what he was doing was rather unfair, so he did his best to help Neville.

There is no doubt about the result.

Both of them were severely reprimanded by Professor Snape.

Gryffindor was thus misrepresented as Gryffindor.

In less than a month, the college score became the lowest among the four colleges.

However, the lion cubs no longer cared about this.

"What's there to be afraid of? Anyway, by the end of the year, the Lion King and the Savior will definitely be able to make up for the lost points!"

"That's what Simo said with complete confidence."

His statement won the approval of many people—after all, that's how it was done for the past two years.

"What are you talking about!"

Hermione, however, had a different opinion: "The first two years were due to special circumstances. The first year we stopped Vulcan's plot to steal the Philosopher's Stone, which is why we received a large number of points as a reward."

The following year, because Professor Lockhart was under control, Sherlock and Harry received the Special Contribution Award for their contributions to the school.

Surely an accident can't happen at Hogwarts every year?
"If that's the case, then we could rename this place Azkaban!" "Yes, yes, that's what we thought last year too!"

Hermione's roommate, Parvati Petit, grinned and put her arm around Hermione's shoulder.

"Anyway, I believe in the Lion King. Who knows, he and the Savior might be able to capture Sirius Black this year!"

Petit herself couldn't help but laugh as she said this.

The main problem is that this claim is simply absurd.

“Black is out of the question, but I think we have a good chance of winning Quidditch this year, right, Potter?”

Hermione's other roommate, Lavender Brown, chimed in.

To be honest, Harry didn't really want to talk to Pettier and Lavender.

But since the other party had taken the initiative to ask, he couldn't bring himself to ignore them, so he nodded anyway.
"Yes, we have a very good chance of winning the championship this year!"

"But Potter, you must be careful during the game, and don't forget your tea!"

Harry:

This is precisely why Harry didn't want to talk to the two girls.

Ever since the first lesson announced the omen of death, Divination professor Trelawney seems to have his eye on Harry.

Every time she saw Harry, her eyes would immediately well up with tears.

Harry really wanted Sherlock to take the class with him.

Because Professor Trelawney would be much more restrained and less presumptuous with Harry whenever Sherlock was around.

Surprisingly, Professor Trelawney gained quite a few followers.

Many students in the class respected this professor to the point of worship.

For example, Hermione's roommates Parvati and Lavender have treated Professor Trelawney in the same way they treated Professor Lockhart last year.

After Sherlock mentioned that Professor Trelawney didn't eat with everyone in the Great Hall, they would even go to Professor Trelawney's tower after lunch.

No one knows exactly what Professor Trelawney said to them.

But every time they come back, it's like they've become completely different people.

They were always mysterious, and when others asked them questions, they still acted as if they knew something that others didn't.

If that were all, Harry wouldn't hate them.

But now, when they talk to Harry, they deliberately lower their voices.

And from time to time, keywords such as "ominous sign," "tea leaves," and "death" would be mentioned.

Surprisingly, Ron thought their approach was quite good.

This naturally made Harry even more unhappy.

There's also astronomy.

Because they bought the galaxy model, Sherlock and Hermione gradually began to selectively skip the course.

Harry originally wanted to hang out with them, but he found that if he didn't pay attention in class, he couldn't keep up with the two big shots at all, so he had no choice but to give up.

This secretly relieved Hermione.

For safety reasons, Sherlock has stopped taking Harry on nighttime adventures in the Forbidden Forest this semester.

However, starting from the second week of school, he resumed morning exercises with Harry and Neville.

Harry boxed, Neville fencing; the two friends began to grow up strong and healthy.

Before we knew it, a month had passed quietly.

After a month of study, Harry has decided to completely abandon ancient runes and arithmetic divination, and focus on three courses: Divination, Muggle Studies, and Magical Creature Protection, only one more than Ron: Muggle Studies.

"Why didn't you do this sooner? You wasted money buying so many textbooks!" Ron said.

Sherlock said quietly, "In this country, knowledge is inherently very expensive."

Unlike Harry, Sherlock's course selections have been quite random over the past month.

Whenever there are repeated courses, he can choose whichever course he wants to take.

Sometimes she's with Harry and Ron, and sometimes she's with Hermione.

The pace of the five newly added courses was maintained evenly.

Throughout this process, Hermione remained steadfastly on Sherlock's side.

Hermione takes the same classes as Sherlock.

Meanwhile, as October approaches, it also means the Quidditch season is just around the corner.

On a Thursday evening, Oliver Wood, captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, called a meeting with all members to discuss tactics.

Wood, now in seventh grade, had grown even taller, which made his voice more resolute when he spoke to the Quidditch players.

"This is my last chance. At the end of this school year, I will leave Hogwarts and there will never be another chance."

The other six team members looked at each other in bewilderment.

If Wood hadn't reminded them, they would have almost forgotten about it.

"Gryffindor hasn't won in seven years! Seven years!"
Do you know what I've been through these past seven years?

(End of this chapter)