A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 386 The Magic Academy with the Highest Market Value!

"Eat slowly, be careful not to burn yourself."

Before William could finish speaking, Hermione had already taken a bite, and immediately felt a shiver run down her spine from the scalding pumpkin juice in the pie.

William gasped in shock and quickly grabbed a glass of warm water, handing it to him.

It was a strange feeling. Just a few minutes ago, Hermione seemed to have little appetite, but now she was as hungry as a bowl of Tiger's Boba Tea.

"William, how did you know I was here?" Hermione asked, looking up after drinking some water.

William gave a mysterious smile: "I've said it before, no one understands the time converter better than me."

"Oh right, didn't I remind you to eat more and bring some food?" William asked curiously, "otherwise you'll go hungry."

"I wasn't very hungry at the time, so I didn't eat. If I brought food, it would get cold and wouldn't be fresh," Hermione said, looking aggrieved.

"I thought I could use the time-traveling device to come back and freeload breakfast."

"But after you came back, you remembered that you were already in the auditorium when you first used the time-changer?" William said.

Hermione nodded.

The whole process is actually very simple.

After Hermione finished her divination class, she used the Time-Turner for the first time and returned to breakfast time, where she ran into William in the Great Hall.

After that, I went to a numerology class at the same time as my divination class.

After the divination class ended, according to Hermione's timeline, it was already lunchtime.

But she still needs to use the time-tamper to go back in time to study Muggle subjects.

After the Muggle studies are over, there is still a Transfiguration class taught by Professor McGonagall before it's time for lunch.

If you follow this process, it's like only eating breakfast and then attending classes all day without rest or eating.

No one can stand this!

So after the numerology class, Hermione thought she'd go back to breakfast time, grab a quick "lunch," and then head to her Muggle study class.

But she discovered that "she" was in the Great Hall, the same Hermione who had been chatting with William there.

A fundamental requirement of a time-twister is that it cannot be discovered by itself. Tywin Lannister has already shown William the consequences of being seen by someone else, at the cost of his own life.

You think the worst-case scenario is being killed by yourself? Wrong, it could also cause a disruption of the timeline.

Hermione was unaware of these things, but that didn't stop her from following Professor McGonagall's instructions and strictly adhering to the rule of "not being able to be seen by herself."

So she couldn't go into the auditorium to eat, nor could she return to the common room, so she had to hide in the washroom and wait.

"Hermione, you're the smartest witch I know," William teased. "How come you made a fool of yourself this time too?"

"It's all your fault!" Hermione glared at William.

Hermione didn't need to go back to breakfast time the first time she used the Time-Turner; she only needed to switch to five minutes before her Divination class.

If our own people aren't in the auditorium, we can use the time converter a second time to perfectly stagger our time and have a meal without any problems.

Hermione moved the timeline so early just to see who the girl hugging William was!

They didn't see anything, which led to this awkward situation.

William naturally understood Hermione's little scheme, but didn't expose it. Instead, he shook his head and smiled, "Hermione, you still don't get it."

"What do you mean?!" Hermione wrinkled her small, delicate nose.

"I won't tell you, it's a secret!" William took out a piece of paper and gently wiped Hermione's mouth.

The girl didn't dodge; as she looked up, she glared childishly at William, the culprit.

William asked, "How was the numerology class?"

"That's great." Hermione patted her textbook happily and said, "This is the most interesting class I've ever had. I really like Professor Victor... She's so beautiful."

The divination class was different; it seemed rather muddled, with much of it relying on guesswork… Professor Trelawney seemed like a fraud.”

"I told you, there's no need to take a divination class; you can just take the exam at the end of the semester," William said.

Hermione remained indignant, saying, "Professor Trelawney also said that my aura is very weak, that I have poor receptivity to future resonances, and that I'm a little witch with no talent!"

The last person to dare say Hermione was just an "ordinary little witch" was Clegane.

So his office was destroyed by Hermione, who also caused a huge disturbance at the French Ministry of Magic.

"You must have talked back to Professor Trelawney in class," William asked.

"It's not exactly talking back!" Hermione said angrily. "It's just that the pattern on the tea leaves, as I see it, is somewhat different from what she described."

I said it was a rat, but she insisted it was a big dog.

"Oh...that's ominous," William said with interest. "So, who did she predict would die this year?"

In the course of divination, it is commonly believed that a large dog represents bad luck—a sign of death!

Trelawney predicts the death of one person every year; it's one of her specialties.

Last year, she held up Eloise's teacup and predicted that William was in for a bad omen.

However, it can't be considered a wrong prediction. Eloise was attacked, and both Ron and Tom's names contain the letter L!

"Yes, she predicted Ron would die," Hermione said.

"Who, Ron?" William raised an eyebrow. He had originally thought that Professor Trelawney would predict something ominous for Harry.

After all, the more famous someone is, the more nervous the prediction becomes, and the more attention they attract from all the students. Unexpectedly, she would target Ron.

"I'm already considering not going anymore."

Hermione exclaimed excitedly, "The next class is Muggle Studies! It's going to be interesting to see Muggles from a wizard's perspective!"

"Yes, of course it's interesting." William smiled.

Hermione imagines her Muggle research teacher to be an old wizard who is "well-versed in magic and Muggles".

His magical knowledge rivals that of Dumbledore, and he has earned several Muggle doctorates, most notably a tenured professorship at Oxford.

But in reality...

Professor Kareddy Bubbaje is probably the professor at Hogwarts who is most knowledgeable about Muggle knowledge.

Last semester he told Cedric that a nuclear bomb was a beautiful firework, and the twins almost went and bought one.

After that, William attended a few classes and found that Professor Bubbaji was explaining the steam engine of Muggles.

He said that the Muggle moon landing, all kinds of space shuttles, and rockets all flew up using steam engines.

He has repeatedly claimed that he is developing a perpetual motion machine. The blueprints are all designed, but the Muggles lack vision and the angels don't cast their votes.

He's currently seeking sponsorship, hoping Dumbledore and the school board will approve the project.

He also guaranteed that Hogwarts would break even within three years, double its profits within five years, and go public within ten years, making it the number one magic school in terms of market value!

William immediately understood that Professor Boubage was not a distinguished alumnus of Clayton University, but rather an "amateur scientist" from England.

Therefore, Hermione will definitely be even more disappointed after completing Muggle studies.

If she becomes Minister for Magic, she will definitely re-evaluate the teaching at Hogwarts.

However, by then, Professor Trelawney and the others had probably all retired honorably.

After Hermione finished eating, the two lingered in the bathroom for a while before finally leaving.

"William, who is that girl? Tell me, and I won't be angry." Hermione smiled, seemingly genuinely not angry.

"Haven't you figured it out yet, Hermione?" William laughed loudly. "That person is yourself! What you saw... was yourself!"

"William, what are you doing?" At that moment, a familiar voice came from the end of the corridor in the distance.

Hermione froze abruptly, only then remembering that she was in the common room and was on her way to the Great Hall for breakfast.

Hermione instinctively turned to look at herself, but William suddenly grabbed her under the arms and picked her up.

Turn around.

She stood between the two Hermiones.

"Let's hope we don't find out ourselves," William said with a smile. "See you at noon!"

Hermione was immediately enveloped by the Disillusionment Charm and vanished into thin air.

Hermione slowly strolled over from a distance; that corridor seemed longer than a marathon.

Her mind was a little blank, and after a moment, she couldn't help but ask:

"William, where's that girl? Who is she?"

"Sorry, that's a secret between her and me, I can't tell you."

Hermione responded with an "oh," and remained silent for about three minutes.

She suddenly looked up and swung her wand sharply:

"Fuchsia!!!"

William: "..."

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