My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 260, Section 257: Hermione has changed!

"We plan to ambush Lockhart on his way to teach the fourth-year students next Monday, but Fried and I disagree on what weapon to use. I think we can use our newly developed aging bullet, which can turn a person into an old person after hitting the target."

Lockhart is just narcissistic about his own good looks. We'll turn him into an old man, then you take a picture of his ugly face and we'll send it to Mom so she can see that her favorite celebrity wizard isn't all that great. But Fried thought the aging bullet was unreliable.

George explained their plan, which was indeed very simple. Quirrell had fallen for this trick when he was in second grade, but instead of hitting him, a snowball hit Voldemort in the face.

Fred explained, "The aging bullet is something we just developed, so its effect is a bit unstable. I'm afraid it might not work. It's more reliable to use the dung bullet we've always used. The smell is enough to make him stink for three days, and he won't be able to attend class."

"But the dung bomb only makes Lockhart smell a bit worse, and at most he'll look a little dirty. The photos won't show much of that, so it won't have the effect of making Mom see him look bad."

"But the aging bomb is really unreliable. If something goes wrong, it will be difficult for us to operate again in the future."

You actually still think about a future?

Lynn twitched her lips, stopping the two of them from arguing.

"Alright, alright, what you both say makes sense, but isn't your plan far too simplistic? Do you really think Professor Lockhart can succeed?"

George said seriously, "Based on my and Fred's years of experience with pranks, the simpler the plan, the higher the success rate. On the contrary, some plans that seem very sophisticated are more likely to go wrong."

"And is Lockhart really that strong?" Fred continued, picking up where George left off. "We've never seen him fight. In the end, he's probably just all show and no substance."

You're the one who's all show and no substance! Your whole family is!

Lynn's face immediately darkened, and then he smiled maliciously and offered them advice.

"Actually, I don't think your demands are conflicting. One of you is worried that the aging bullet won't work, and the other thinks that the dung bullet is too good for Lockhart. You can use both. You can block Professor Lockhart's route to class, attack him from the front and back, and he definitely won't be able to escape. Then I'll take pictures from the side. That way, he will be hit by both the aging bullet and the dung bullet. Wouldn't that satisfy both of you?"

George and Fred exchanged a glance.

Sure enough, they both saw satisfaction in each other's eyes.

"No wonder Lynn has always been number one in the grade, you're really smart!" George praised.

"That's right, we don't need to keep agonizing over which type of ammunition to use. We have two people, so using two types of ammunition is perfectly feasible."

After listening to Lynn's suggestion, they immediately agreed and dispersed from the lawn after setting a meeting time for Monday.

Lynn can honestly say that he genuinely didn't intend to cheat the Weasley twins.

If they were willing to listen to his advice, then he would let it go. But after they spoke ill of him to his face, Lynn felt that the twins were too arrogant and should be taught a lesson. Otherwise, their pranks might become even more outrageous in the future, disturbing the Hogwarts professors' peace.

Indeed, everything he did was selfless and for the sake of Hogwarts, not out of petty spite or to vent his anger.

Lynn returned to the castle, preparing to put the camera back in his room and then go to Hogsmeade to buy some snacks for Umaru at her request, when Harry and Ron suddenly and furtively stopped him on the way.

Harry's expression was serious.

"Lynn, something terrible has happened!"

"Yes, there's a big problem!" Ron echoed seriously.

Lynn looked at the two brats with a puzzled expression, and subconsciously wanted to scold them for not finishing all the assignments given by the professors this week. If they hadn't finished, what were they doing wandering around like that!

But then he realized that he was no longer pretending to be Hermione, and that he shouldn't have said those words.

"What serious problem has occurred? Did you two make another mistake and get caught by Professor McGonagall?"

"It's not the two of us, it's Hermione!" Harry said, looking uneasy.

Hearing them mention Hermione's name, Lynn narrowed his eyes and his tone unconsciously turned cold.

"What's wrong with Hermione?"

Harry and Ron both noticed the change in Lynn's demeanor and swallowed hard.

"Hermione...she's changed!"

"Hermione has changed?"

Lynn stared wide-eyed and loudly repeated their words, her eyes clearly filled with disbelief: "What has she turned into? A squirrel? A beaver? Of course, if she's a cat, that would be even better."

Harry and Ron looked at Lynn strangely, as if they hadn't understood what he was saying at all.

Seeing their expressions, Lynn realized that she had overthought things. No matter how Hermione transformed, she couldn't become these things; she hadn't learned to be an Animagus.

"Ahem, I mean, how did she change?"

"She's been urging us to study the whole time, and then we'd study in the library until it was dark before she'd let us go back to the common room together. She'd been secretly doing something on her own, and we were even planning to follow her to see what she was up to, but just yesterday she... she..." Ron started stammering, and Harry picked up where he left off.

"She actually told us yesterday to rest more recently and not to overwork ourselves. She also said that she had been too strict with us before. We are still young, and although studying is our main task, a happy and wonderful childhood is also essential!"

Harry's face showed the shock of someone who had witnessed the arrival of the Trisolarans on Earth.

"I really can't believe Hermione would say something like that. Do you think she has a split personality?"

Hermione wasn't suffering from a split personality, of course. She was just feeling that Harry and Ron were getting too tired from being so strict with Lynn when he was impersonating her. She had complained to Lynn more than once in the Room of Requirement about how harsh he was on the children, so she decided to let Harry and Ron relax a bit.

Lynn didn't advocate this kind of thing. Good habits are formed day by day. How could you start to relax before you've even studied seriously for a few days? However, Hermione obviously didn't listen to him and still planned to let Harry and Ron rest for a while.

Hermione's personality changed drastically in just one week, which made Harry and the others realize that something was wrong.

(End of this chapter)