Chapter 649 Important time nodes

As February begins to melt, the air becomes wet and cold. As the first cold rain comes, Professor McGonagall calls the seven most promising students to remind them that they have entered the rainy season and there is a high probability that they will encounter thunderstorms.

Of course this is a rhetoric to the students, with the purpose of making them feel more urgency and not daring to relax. In private, Felix has promised her that she can bring storms to Hogwarts at any time.

Another sunset, Harry finished reciting the Animagus mantra. When he was reciting the mantra, he felt his heartbeat accelerate a little, but he was not sure if it was an illusion. After he hesitating for a while, he decided to wait for another two days and report it to the professor when he was sure.

He walked into the courtyard and saw two familiar figures, one of whom quickly left after he appeared. He accelerated his pace.

"Luna?"

"Hi Harry," Luna waved at him enthusiastically, even though Harry was already standing in front of her, "Long time no see."

"It's not long," Harry muttered, "You just talked to Ron?"

"Yes, but we couldn't say a few words. He left when he saw you. I think he was hiding from you." Luna said.

"Thank you for telling me this," said Harry. Luna showed her special talent again—to reveal the unpleasant truth in one sentence. He had never seen anyone like her before. "So... well, what have you all talked about?"

Harry tried to bring the conversation on the right track and could not let Luna play freely.

"He told me to 'get out'-"

"It's not this - I'm sorry, Luna, I apologize to you on his behalf. Ron is in a bad mood recently and acts like a complete bastard... There is part of the reason for me."

"It's okay," Luna said calmly, "Ginny told me a little, saying she shouldn't be so impulsive, even though she spent more time proving that she was right, it was Ron who deserved it... She also mentioned Hermione and Neville, did my friends quarrel on my back?"

Harry felt very awkward. Luna's tone seemed to be a beneficial group activity, but they didn't take her.

"No, Luna, I wonder if he mentioned anything special? For example-"

"His birthday." Luna said in a daze, "He said he had messed up everything and told me not to bother him anymore. It looked very annoying, but it wasn't surprising, right? That was a coming-of-age ceremony... I remember your birthday was at the end of July?" Her last sentence was no longer so dazed.

"Yes," Harry said absent-mindedly, not what he wanted. "Thank you, Luna, but I actually want to know where he was hiding during this period - wait, the coming of age gift?" His head quickly turned, he knew that Ron's birthday was March 1, and had prepared a gift, but he didn't associate it with adulthood.

He suddenly realized one thing: among him, Ron and Hermione, Hermione was the first to become an adult, then Ron, and finally himself - July 31st, less than half a year away.

There wasn't much time left. He thought longingly.

Maybe Ron wanted to use Animagus Transformation as his adult gift, so he reacted so much after his failure? Harry subconsciously found an excuse for Ron. At this time, Luna had already begun to answer Harry's second question.

"...I took it and asked Felix. My two gifts seemed to be together and could not be separated. They were the Goblet of Fire and the Goblet of Fire that Ginny gave me. He said this was a good phenomenon, although it was a bit unexpected... Ron was there at the time."

"You said you've met Ron in Professor Happ's office?" Harry keenly captured the keyword, "What's he doing there?"

"…I almost recognized the chocolate cake in my mouth," Luna finished as if she hadn't heard it, "I've seen it this time. But maybe he's been there."

Harry went back with more doubts than before.

He really didn't expect Ron to be with Professor Hepp, because in his consciousness, the professor seemed to have never had contact with Ron alone, and even the confinement was Ron with him, and what's going on with the chocolate cake?

On the other side, Ron had already walked a long way. He circled around, turned to the front of the castle, climbed up the moving stairs, and sneaked open the office of Professor Ancient Magical Culture.

The one who opened the door was Valen.

"The professor is still in classroom 7?" Ron asked in a low voice.

Valen nodded mutely. Based on past experience, it knew that its snacks were going to suffer again. Ron couldn't wait to flash in. There was indeed a cartoon inside.

On the table were fruit candied fruit and the homework left by Professor Happ for Valen.

Except for the first time Felix was there, the remaining few times were Ron, who was received by Valen. As for the reason - Valen hoped that someone would do his homework with him. Hermione was the one who played this role for most of the time, but she hadn't come much recently and seemed to be busy studying how to become an animal.

Valen was surprised by this idea. It also repeatedly confirmed with Ron that Animagus could only turn a wizard into an ordinary creature, not even a magical animal.

Is there any need to learn this?

Valen thought about the series of forms of the Great Demon King he had seen - the Night Hedge with bat wings, the feathered snake that could become bigger and smaller, the invisible beast that suddenly disappeared and appeared, the ball escape bird that controlled the thunder and lightning, and divided himself into two white marten...

Because the list is too long, Valen, who is trapped in memories, looks like he is in a daze.

Ron opened his schoolbag and took out the textbooks and parchment paper. He paid the price for his actions. Now he can only write his homework by himself, not even a reference person, but he really wants to prove that he can rely on no one.

Although the results of these times will basically turn out to be that he and Valen watch cartoons and eat snacks together. At least Valen's homework does not require much use of his brain. It can be read and written while reading, but not by himself, which makes Ron even more frustrated.

Can't I really do nothing well?

He spread out the parchment paper with a frown and began to write a letter. This was one of the few people he could speak at the moment - not counting Ravend, she seemed to have a good impression of herself. She had an amazing sense of existence during this period, and this was also one of the people he needed to hide from.

Valen moved his gaze away from the screen, looked down and looked at it, it was OK, no serial... It looked at Ron again, leaned over and glanced. Ron raised his head vigilantly and covered the parchment.

"Shi?"

"What did you say?"

Valen sighed. The popularization of sniffing words was a long way to go. So far, only three people could talk directly with it. Valen took out his exclusive wand and wrote in the air - it can now write quickly and neatly: Who is 'Dear Collins'?

Ron gasped.

"She's called Collins, not 'Dear Collins'—" He tried to explain the word formation to a sniff, "It's a credit writing word, similar to 'Hello'..."

The small wooden stick continued to dance, and several new words appeared in the air.

‘Dear Ravend?’

Ron shook his head repeatedly, "No, I can't use it like this."

Valen glanced sideways in his eyes, as if he was looking at a liar.

...

When Felix came out of Classroom 7, Ron was staring at the screen with bright eyes, and the plot of the cat and mouse was staged at a critical moment. His mouth was filled with strawberry cookies. "Teacher, professor?" Ron said guiltily.

"Well," Felix said, "You are here again, so the relationship is still stiff?" Ron said unspeakable. "Forget it, if you want to stay, I told the public that you were locked up by me, so don't disturb me."

He suddenly thought of something, "By the way, your birthday is March 1?"

"Yes, professor." Ron said, swallowing the food in his mouth hard, "a month before Fred and George."

Felix sat behind the desk, with his right hand on his chin, and his thoughts flew. Time flies so fast, and the sixth-grade students have also started to grow up one after another. At the latest... At the latest, it should be Harry's group, almost a year later than Hermione. I wonder if their grades are directly related to their birthdays.

Felix's movement suddenly stopped.

adult……?

If I remember correctly, the blood protection spell that Dumbledore put on Harry seemed to be automatically lifted when he became an adult, right? Felix stared at Ron thoughtfully, making him feel uncomfortable.

"professor?"

"Shh, don't speak out." Felix said softly, his whole body falling into deep thought.

There are two layers of protection on Harry.

The first layer comes from Dumbledore, with blood ties as the bond, and automatically fails when adults are adults; the first layer comes from Harry's mother, Lily Potter, only targets Voldemort's death curse, but the effect should be permanent, but all spells have a limit. After resisting and bounceing Voldemort's killing curse, how much effect can Lily's guardian magic play?

He and Dumbledore had similar concerns before. But that was more because Voldemort's power was increasing, indirectly causing the connection between him and Harry to deepen. Now, as Voldemort's consciousness fell into silence, the impact became minimal.

But this just shows that it has an impact. In almost half a year, Harry's own soul defense ability will be reduced sharply.

Felix was not sure at the moment. How much variable would Harry's adulthood add to the fragments of soul in his mind? But he did feel the long-lost tension, as if... time was not as abundant as he thought. After thinking for a while, he tore off a piece of parchment paper, dipped it in ink with a quill, glanced at the calendar and found the most recent weekend-

‘On February 8th, at the door of classroom 7; pay attention to confidentiality and try to solve the problem at 8 o'clock in the morning.’

Felix handed the note to Ron.

"Transfer it to Harry for me."

Ron's hand stretched out was hanging in the air and hesitated, "Professor, can you let Hermione pass it, me, I'm now-"

"That's fine." Felix didn't insist.

"Professor, what is the note about?" Ron asked swallowing, suspected that the professor wanted to secretly give Harry a small hospital again, just like that Professor Basharat.

"Well," Felix looked at Ron with a weighing gaze, "Actually, it's nothing to tell you. You should have known it a long time ago - do you know who is locked in the depths of Classroom 7, right?"

“…is a mysterious person.”

"Well, it's time for Harry to face him."

Pick.
Chapter completed!