Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 80: Valentine’s Day
Winter is leaving day by day, and spring is approaching step by step.
Now, the sun began to shine on the Hogwarts castle again.
Meanwhile in the castle, optimism is spreading.
There has been no attack for several months (Justin Fenlayry's disappearance is still hidden, so no one knows about it), and Madam Pomfrey told everyone an exciting news, Luo Nader Weasley, currently the only "victim" who has not been discharged from the hospital, his condition is also improving, and he will be able to be discharged from the hospital in a month or two at most.
"Perhaps, the attacker hiding in Hogwarts has lost his courage!" Matthew often heard people discussing this way: "He was intimidated by Professor Grindelwald, even in the last month Professor Grindelwald is no longer at Hogwarts, and he still dare not show up!"
Of course, this "optimistic" mood did not affect the two children Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom.
Knowing the "inside story", they are still struggling to investigate the truth.
They tried their best to follow the vice-principal, Professor Rozier, while avoiding being discovered by her.
But on the whole, Hogwarts is developing in a good direction.
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On February 14th, when Matthew Wakefield appeared in the auditorium and was about to have breakfast, he thought for a while that he had gone to the wrong door.
The entire auditorium has undergone earth-shaking changes just like Christmas and Halloween.
Big, bright pink flowers are all over the walls on all sides; at the same time, many heart-shaped confetti are falling down from the ceiling; When the body fell, it turned into a piece of ashes and disappeared completely...
Matthew felt a little confused.
He came to the Slytherin table and saw that the prefect, Gemma Farley, was also having breakfast.
"What's going on here?" Matthew sat down beside her, and asked puzzledly, "These outfits?"
"Today is Valentine's Day." Gemma replied as a matter of course: "Once a year, it is a day worth celebrating!"
"Is that so..." Matthew nodded dully, still looking around in surprise.
He didn't remember that at Hogwarts, Valentine's Day, a not so important festival, had such a large-scale celebration decoration.
"It has been a celebration that has lasted for decades. Today, the front door of the castle will be open all day, and the garden will be open to all students!" Gemma said with a smile: "In addition, students above the fourth grade, all Will get a one-day vacation..."
"Really." Matthew blinked: "So, what about us students below the third grade? Do we have vacations?"
"No!" Gemma said very simply: "You have to go to class as usual!"
"..." Matthew was at a loss for words.
"After the dinner, there will be a celebration... It is said that Professor Grindelwald will also participate when the event reaches the end!" Gemma said somewhat mysteriously.
"Of course, it has nothing to do with our junior students..." Matthew pouted.
"After all, you are still young." Gemma smiled and patted Matthew's head.
After finishing speaking, she put down the tableware in her hand, got up and left.
Matthew quickly finished his breakfast too.
But when he came to the corridor, he found pairs of Hogwarts students talking intimately here, and then they walked towards the garden beside the castle.
The gardens of Hogwarts are rarely open on weekdays. It is said that the scenery inside is very beautiful...but Matthew has not been there yet.
But there is no time to pass now, because they still have a class on herbal medicine in the morning.
Matthew bypassed a little golden angel flying in mid-air, and walked towards the direction of the greenhouse.
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In the herbal class of the new semester, Professor Sprout fulfilled her promise of last semester.
She begins taking the first graders to the third greenhouse, where they will learn more about magical plants, some of which are even "dangerous."
For example, today, they are facing some damp vines.
These vines grow in a dark and humid environment. They curl up in a ball, appear dark green, and grow snake-like, long tendrils.
"Does anyone know what these vines are?" Professor Sprout asked loudly, looking at the first-year students of Ravenclaw and Slytherin.
Someone raised their hands high before Matthew.
"Miss Granger?"
"These are devil's nets, Professor," replied Hermione.
"That's great!" Professor Sprout's voice was full of praise: "Then Miss Granger, can you tell me about the characteristics of Devil's Web?"
"A mature devil's net can stretch out snake-like tendrils to entangle people close to it, causing... characters to be injured or killed. However, when the entangled person relaxes and no longer struggles, the devil's net will loosen... At the same time, Devil's Web is afraid of fire and sunlight..." Hermione replied in a string.
She also won the heartfelt praise of Professor Sprout.
Hermione's cheeks flushed slightly, and at the same time, she glanced at Matthew with some complacency.
The herbal class is still going on, and Professor Sprout continues to introduce them to the characteristics of the devil's net, and leads them to get in touch with this very dangerous plant...
All in all, this is a very interesting herbal medicine lesson.
And when Professor Sprout announced that class ~IndoMTL.com~ everyone was a little bit reluctant.
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The freshmen of Ravenclaw and Slytherin had just left the greenhouse when the sharp-eyed Matthew noticed that from the direction of the castle, a snow-white owl was flying towards them.
As early as on the express train at Hogwarts, Matthew knew this owl...its name was "Inch", and its owner was Neville Longbottom.
The owl first flew to Hermione and threw a note into her hand; then, it threw another note to Matthew.
Matthew and Hermione looked at each other, and quickly and quietly left the large group, and came to a corner next to it.
The contents of the note in both hands are exactly the same.
And the handwriting is very illegible, it can be seen that its owner was in a hurry when writing this note.
The content above is:
"Come to the garden, something has happened!"