Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 404 It started with looks, got along well with personality, and ended with character.
An inconspicuous corner of the Quidditch stadium stands.

While everyone's attention was focused on Harry, Sherlock led Hermione to the big black dog hiding in the shadows.

When the big black dog saw Sherlock and Hermione rushing over, it turned and walked away.

Sherlock and Hermione, of course, tacitly followed.

Once he reached a secluded corner where no one was watching, he transformed back into human form.

"I knew you would find me."

Sirius Black smiled as he looked at Sherlock and Hermione, seemingly not very surprised.

Sherlock raised an eyebrow: "What, aren't you planning to meet Harry?"

"No," Sirius shook his head. "Hogwarts doesn't usually allow parents to come to school."

"Ha! I had no idea you'd become so well-behaved."

"I just didn't want to cause Harry any trouble."

Sirius winked at Sherlock. "Actually, I was discovered by Dumbledore as soon as I arrived at the school."

"Not expected."

Sherlock was not surprised at all.

Sirius smiled slightly. "Harry performed very well in this competition, just like his father—but I'm more interested in something else."

"What is it?" Hermione asked curiously.

"That girl, the girl from the East."

"You mean Cho Chang, Ravenclaw's Seeker?"

"Yes, that's her."

"What's up with her?"

“Oh, Hermione, don’t be like that. Harry’s gaze towards her is clearly different from yours.”

Sirius looked at Hermione and said in a teasing tone, "He looks at you like he's looking at a boy."

Hermione: (ー`ー)
"Of course, it was just a joke, don't take it to heart."

Seeing Hermione's expression, Sirius quickly said:

"Actually, I think that girl is really great. She's pretty, academically excellent, and she can even play Quidditch..."

"The most important thing is that she's pretty, right?"

Hermione was clearly still bothered by Sirius's earlier assessment of her. "And... isn't it a bit too early to talk about this now, Mr. Sirius?"

"No, no, no, Harry is already fourteen years old."

You should know that James started paying attention to Lily as soon as he entered first grade.

By the time James was in fourth grade, he had been targeting Snape for four whole years, all because of Lily.

So for Harry, this is not early at all.

In fact, when I first saw that girl, I thought she looked exactly like Lily back then.

Hermione didn't seem to care much about Sirius's assessment of Cho Chang.

But something else made him gasp in astonishment: "You mean... Harry's dad was only in first grade and..."

"Does that sound a bit unbelievable?"

Sirius Black wore a wry smile, as if lost in a distant memory:

"But that's just how it is."

Sherlock, I think you already knew that Lily and Snape were friends before they even enrolled, right?

"Yes, we learned it from Harry's Aunt Petunia. She told us that Harry's mother and Professor Snape were childhood sweethearts."

Unfortunately, Harry's father appeared after he arrived at Hogwarts.

As a result, Harry's childhood sweetheart was no match for the unexpected arrival of his father, who stole her away, leaving Professor Snape heartbroken.

Sirius: "..."

Hermione: "..."

After a moment of silence, Sirius Black spoke with difficulty:
"In fact, the truth is far more complicated than that."

On the Hogwarts Express, I was discussing with James which house we might be sorted into.

At that very moment, Snape was talking about the same thing with Lily.

James was immediately captivated by Lily the moment he saw her.

So he deliberately interrupted, saying he didn't want to go to Slytherin, actually just to get Lily's attention.

"Uh...is he implying that all Slytherin students are bad people?"

“You’re right, Hermione, that’s exactly what James meant.”

But Snape was a petty fellow, and he immediately mocked the Gryffindor students as all brawn and no brains.

From that moment on, our feud was officially established!

Hermione didn't say anything, even though she felt that Harry's father was clearly in the wrong.

As the saying goes, the one who starts the fight is the one who loses.

You say everyone in the college is a bad person, and it's not wrong for them to say you're all simple-minded.

However, for Harry's sake, she really couldn't say it out loud.

Sirius continued:

"Later, we learned that Lily and Snape were friends, and James hated that snotty-nosed guy even more."

Me too. Until graduation, we didn't like each other at all; we were rivals for seven whole years in school.

"Snotty stuff?"

This was the first time Sherlock had ever heard this nickname.

"Yes, that's what we raiders have always called him."

"Raiders?"

Sherlock heard a new nickname.

"Yes, Marauders, that's the name we gave ourselves."

Moon face, insect tail, big feet and pointed fork.

Looking back now, I realize how naive I was back then...

Only Lupin was somewhat rational, believing that we shouldn't target Snape.

Unfortunately, he also had his own problems, so even though he didn't agree with our approach, he was too embarrassed to point it out.

Especially a bastard like me, who once almost killed Snape, if it weren't for James..."

Seeing Sirius shaking his head repeatedly, Sherlock and Hermione exchanged a glance, their eyes lighting up.

Sherlock immediately said, "Explain in detail."

Sirius looked at the young couple with surprise. "Actually... never mind, it's not a big deal to tell you."

Snape was an extremely intelligent man, that much is certain.

Therefore, he always had doubts about Lupin's identity.

When James and Sirius were in their fifth year, Snape saw Madam Pomfrey taking Lupin to the Shrieking Shack to transform.

Sirius Black had long harbored resentment towards Snape, and deliberately told Snape, who was interested in Lupin's secrets, how to enter the Shrieking Shack: just poke the knot on the tree trunk with a long stick, and you could follow Lupin inside.

Snape entered the secret passage following Sirius's method.

But once he enters the Screaming Shack, he will encounter Lupin, who has transformed into a werewolf.

At that time, Lu Ping was in a state of ruthlessness and indiscriminate killing.

At a crucial moment, James learned of this.

Although he hated Snape, he didn't hate him to the point of wanting to kill him.

So James risked his life to catch up with Snape, rushed to the Shrieking Shack, and dragged Snape back, thus saving his life.

But before Snape was brought back by James, he also witnessed Lupin transforming into a werewolf.

At this point, Snape discovered Lupin's werewolf identity and grew even more disgusted with him—because he believed Lupin had also participated in Sirius's pranks.

Lily, on the other hand, believed that Snape owed James a favor.

“I don’t think Professor Snape would think that way.”

Sherlock calmly analyzed:

"In his view, Harry's father did this to minimize the damage in order to prevent Professor Lupin's secret identity from being exposed and to avoid being expelled from the school for murder."

As for saving Professor Snape's life, that was the least important part, and incidentally, it also allowed him to escape the torment of his conscience.

"Sherlock, has anyone ever told you that you really do speak..."

Sirius Black paused for a moment, seemingly considering his words:
"Forget about the past, let's talk about what's going on between that girl and Harry."
Is their relationship what I think? I saw them together during winter break.

"Uh...it seems...not yet?"

Hermione hesitated for a moment before saying, "But they are indeed very good friends."

"That's fine."

Sirius nodded in satisfaction.

Harry takes after his father.

James pursued Lily because she was beautiful.

Of course, after getting to know Lily, I found out that she was a gentle, kind, intelligent, and upright girl, and I liked her even more.

That's why he was able to change some of his bad habits in sixth and seventh grade and gradually mature.

Just then, Lily broke up with Snape, and the two started dating. Lily finally discovered the part of James's personality that matched hers—bravery and kindness—and the two eventually got together.

It truly begins with appearance, is compatible in personality, and ends with character.

When Sherlock and Hermione returned to the Quidditch field, it was almost deserted.

"We seem to have taken a little too long?" Hermione looked around, somewhat puzzled. "Where did everyone go?"

"Hurry up, you two!"

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared in front of them; it was Padma, one of the Petit twins.

"They're having a party! Right here in the Gryffindor common room!"

Padma Pettier was, after all, a Ravenclaw student. While Gryffindor would certainly not refuse her arrival, it seemed rather strange for her to go to the other house's common room to celebrate their victory over their own house.

So she declined the invitation from her twin sister, Parvati Petil.

Just then, they saw Sherlock and Hermione and told them, "Where have you been? Potter and the others have been looking for you!"

“I happened to run into an old friend, so we chatted for a bit. Thank you, Padma.”

By the time Sherlock and Hermione arrived at the common room, the party had already begun.

Because it was so lively, no one asked them where they had gone.

Strangely, even though they only won one game, it felt as if Gryffindor had already won the Quidditch Cup.

And so the Gryffindor party went on all day and continued into the night.

The Weasley twins disappeared for two hours during this time.

When they reappeared, they were carrying a huge pile of butterbeer, pumpkin soda, and several large bags of Honeydukes candy.

When George Weasley tossed the peppermint toad candies into the crowd, Parvati Petit asked curiously, "How did you guys get them?"

"With a little help from Moonface, Wormtail, Bigfoot, and Pronged Fork."

Fred Weasley lowered his voice and spoke into Harry's ear.

Although Harry was the biggest contributor to today's match, at this point, he, as the protagonist, is not the most important.

The atmosphere reached another climax as Fred and George began juggling butterbeer bottles.

Everyone has their own little circle, and they get together in twos and threes.

Harry took the opportunity to approach Sherlock and Hermione. "Where did you two just go?"

"I met Bigfoot."

"what?"

Harry's eyes widened immediately. "He's here too?"

“It seems you really didn’t see him,” Sherlock said with a smile, patting Harry on the shoulder. “He asked me to tell you that you did a great job today, just like Psylock did back in the day.”

"Big feet, pointed forks..."

Hearing those two familiar names, Harry's eyes welled up with tears, and he quickly rubbed them.
"Why didn't you let him come along... I mean, why didn't you ask me to come with you?"

Harry had been thinking about why Sherlock and Hermione hadn't invited Sirius to the common room as well.

But as soon as he said it, he realized it wouldn't work, so he quickly changed his mind.

"He doesn't intend to see you, my dear Harry."

Sherlock sighed. "I can tell that the Wormtail incident has greatly affected him. He has become much more composed, which is a good thing for him."

"Why don't you two talk first?"

Hermione suddenly spoke up, "Sherlock, you should tell Harry about Sirius."

As she spoke, she took a thick book out of her bag, titled "Family Life and Social Habits of British Muggles".

Clearly, this is a reference material that Muggles need to study this course.

"Hermione, you wouldn't be planning to..."

Harry couldn't help but look surprised as Hemisphere prepared to walk towards the corner.

"Yes, Harry, I still have 422 pages to read!"

Hermione's voice sounded almost hysterical. "I'm so glad we won, and I think you did a really great job, but... I also need to finish reading this book by Monday."

Harry had nothing to say about this. Hermione walked to a corner alone and looked at Sherlock with some concern:

"Shouldn't she have done that?"

Sherlock shrugged. "It was her own choice."

And so a magical scene unfolded in Gryffindor's common room.

Everyone was celebrating today's victory, except Hermione, who was still diligently studying.

"I don't know."

Ron's accent had changed after shouting all day:
"Sherlock, Harry, you and Hermione all chose all the courses, but none of you did what she did."

She's making herself so busy, she looks more tired than both of you combined, so what exactly is she doing?

(End of this chapter)