My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 319, Section 316: Becoming a Girl

"From now on, there will be four people in our family. When you help me find a sister-in-law, Lynn, we will have five people."

They didn't find the wait boring at all; Umaru counted on her fingers the future population of the Belloc family.

Lynn looked at her with half-closed eyes.

"Why are you bringing up your sister-in-law's stuff so early? Who taught you that?"

Umaru stared at him with wide eyes.

"Eh! Is it that early? But I've heard that most Hogwarts students get married right after graduation. You'll be a fourth-year student when school starts, and it's not uncommon for fourth-year students to date in the castle. Isn't it normal to graduate and get married right away?"

"What kind of nonsense are you thinking about all day? You graduated from Hogwarts at only eighteen, and you're already getting married at eighteen?"

"Isn't that how it is?"

Xiaomai covered her head in advance, afraid that Lynn might suddenly hit her on the forehead.

Umaru's words left Lynn speechless for a moment, because what she said was indeed true. It seemed to be the tradition in the magical world that many people got married right after graduation.

"I'm going to change your mindset today. If you meet someone you like while studying at Hogwarts and want to date, I won't object."

But one must be cautious in judging people, as people are always changing, especially between the ages of 16 and 23. They basically change their minds every two years, which is why so many relationships fail during this period, not to mention the tragic marriages that result from impulsive decisions.

Lynn corrected Xiaomai's thinking. After all, this cousin was now the closest person to him in terms of relationship and blood ties, and he didn't want to see her suffer in relationships in the future.

"Me, dating?" Umaru wasn't shy at all about the topic. She blinked and looked Lynn up and down. "Then my standards for finding a boyfriend in the future will at least be based on you."

Lynn burst out laughing.

"Then you might as well just wait to be an older single woman and follow my example? Not that I'm narcissistic, but you can search the entire magical world and see if you can find another person like me."

Xiaomai did not refute what Lynn said. Although she was still young, she had seen a lot of the world. There really was no second person like Lynn in the whole world.

While they were chatting, Umaru casually glanced at the alarm clock next to them.

"Tom will be out in three minutes."

Lynn noticed the time, stood up, and asked Umaru to turn around.

"Tom will come out naked in a little while. He'll put his clothes on and then you turn around when he tells you to."

As he spoke, he picked up the wizard robe that had been prepared beforehand and was custom-made according to Tom's predicted size.

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Umaru obediently covered her eyes and turned around, waiting for Tom to come out of the cauldron.

The clock hands ticked away, eventually landing at the time Lynn had set.

"Ring ring"

Lynn bought this alarm clock especially for Umaru. The alarm is very loud because she was worried that Umaru would oversleep and be late for class at Hogwarts.

The shrill alarm clock echoed throughout the Room of Requirement, and Tom, inside the cauldron, naturally heard it as well.

Under Lynn's gaze, the lid of the crucible trembled slightly, as if someone inside was trying to lift it, but without enough force.

Lynn did not go up to help. According to the procedure Dumbledore wrote for him, the last part specifically noted that the lid must be opened by Tom himself and no one else should help him.

Given that magic is a very subjective thing, Lynn was genuinely worried that if he went up to help open it, Tom inside might actually turn into some kind of weird and wonderful being.

So getting out of there is something he can only do on his own.

Of course, this is not a difficult task. Tom was able to open the lid by himself before, and now he can push the lid open from the inside. Even though his body has just been remodeled and he needs to go through an adaptation period, it should not be too difficult for him to do it.

Just as Lynn had expected, the lid of the crucible was pushed open by two arms in the next moment.

Immediately, a white mist wafted out from the opening and quickly spread throughout the entire room.

Fortunately, the room in the Room of Requirement had a ventilation duct, and the fog dissipated along the duct, allowing Lynn to see the arms that had pushed open the lid.

Slender and fair-skinned, it appeared almost too pale and delicate under the light, hardly resembling a boy's arm.

Lynn hadn't yet realized that something was wrong.

Tom's skin is just a little lighter. It's very likely because his body has just remodeled and hasn't seen the sun yet. It's normal for him to be this fair. If Tom gets some sun more often, he'll get darker.

Then, with what seemed like all her might, those two slender arms pushed to the side and finally managed to open the lid.

Tom, who had transformed from a soul into a human, also stood up from the crucible.

"Congratulations, Tom! Tonight we can go to the kitchen and ask the house-elves to make us something delicious to celebrate!"

As Lynn walked toward the cauldron with the robe in his hand, he looked up at Tom, his mouth agape, but he couldn't utter a sound.

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Tom felt a surge of nervousness as he watched Lynn's reaction.

"What happened? What have I turned into? Do I have three arms?"

His voice was very soft; no boy who hasn't gone through puberty would have such a soft voice.

Lynn remained rooted to the spot, her eyes lifeless, as if her soul had left her body.

Tom could only nervously touch his face and arms to make sure he wasn't missing any limbs, nose, or eyes before he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The robe in Lynn's hand fell limply to the ground.

It took him immense mental fortitude to recover from the shock. He immediately closed his eyes, turned around, and shouted in a trembling voice.

"Umaru-chan! Umaru-chan!"

Hearing Lynn's call, Umaru responded in confusion, "What's wrong? Has Tom turned into some strange creature?"

"Go over there! Give him the clothes!"

"Ah! But I don't want to see a boy's naked body!"

"She's not a boy anymore!"

Lynn said those words almost through gritted teeth.

Umaru turned around with a start and saw Tom standing innocently in the cauldron.

Immediately, she was just as shocked as Lynn.

His face was full of disbelief.

"You! You! Tom! You've really turned into a girl!"

Umaru picked up the robe from the ground, walked to the cauldron, handed the robe to Tom, and then circled around Tom as if looking at some rare treasure, examining him from head to toe.

Tom reluctantly put on the robe and then climbed out of the crucible.

"I didn't want to either."

(End of this chapter)