One week after the Quidditch World Cup, Hogwarts Magic School is the day when school starts again. At this time, students from the four colleges, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, were wearing their own school uniforms, chattering loudly or quietly on the long tables of their colleges, discussing something with each other, while patiently waiting for the opening ceremony of each semester today and the most sumptuous opening dinner for the next semester.

Watching the new first-year students go to the branch office to see if anyone makes a fool of themselves, then eating and enjoying the most sumptuous supper in the whole semester except for important festivals has become one of the few pastimes for senior students.

It is still this auditorium, it is still the same as when Little Anne first came two years ago, but it may be because the new semester has begun, or it may be because of other reasons, such as the increase in funds for Hogwarts, so it has been redecorated again, which looks a bit different from previous years?

In the auditorium, hundreds of candles were lit and suspended above the table with floating spells. The large bonfires in the iron plates around the auditorium made the goblets and gold plates placed on the long table of students in the auditorium shine, like a golden and magnificent scene.

From time to time, the white translucent ghosts of Hogwarts floated by among the floating candles, finally adding a hint of strangeness and mystery to this originally bustling and noisy festive auditorium...

'Hey!'

‘Hermione! And Harry! Come and have a look?’

In the auditorium, when Hermione Granger and Harry Potter, who can now be said to be a fourth-year student in Hogwarts, were watching the freshmen who were led to the auditorium by Hager and Professor McGonagall, while patiently waiting for them to go to the branch office. Suddenly, Ron Weasley, who was standing by, came to the two with a daily newspaper of the Prophet:

"You guys have a look! Check out the latest reports on the Quidditch World Cup here!!"

As Ron came over and pointed out the prominent title in the newspaper, "The Horror Scene and the Incompetent Ministry of Magic" to both of them, he was curious and didn't know what Ron was excited about, so he leaned over together. Then, soon Harry and Hermione saw this passage:

‘Nearly 100,000 wizards panicked and could only hide helplessly in the woods waiting for the news… They should have been closely protected by the Ministry of Magic and the Aurors, but unfortunately, the terrible Dark Magic Mark still appeared above the World Cup camp. The entire camp and countless precious tents were burned by the Death Eaters… Even though the Ministry of Magic claimed that there were hundreds of Aurors and officials who maintained order on the scene, they had no way to deal with the small number of Death Eaters… Finally, according to reliable news, the number of casualties caused by chaos and attacks by the Death Eaters is as high as hundreds! But the Ministry of Magic shamefully blocked the news, and they...’

“!!”

"Okay! Ron!"

Seeing this, Hermione couldn't stand it anymore because when she saw that the writer was Rita Skitter's special correspondent of the Prophet Daily, she could guess what the other party would say later.

Because she had known throughout the week that that guy, the charming witch, was just an exaggerated person who deliberately made up rumors and made trouble in order to attract attention and earn more Jin Jialong?

Therefore, the report written by that guy must not be taken completely seriously!

"You know!"

"The camp was burned and caused heavy losses and the appearance of the Dark Magic marks must be true. It is true that there are Death Eaters, and it is true that many people were injured, but that is not too serious! Also, Mr. Weasley and Parcy are officials of the Ministry of Magic. Do you still don't know if there are dead people?"

"Rumors stop at the wise, and you can just read this kind of news in the future. Please don't take it too seriously."

Shaking her head helplessly, Hermione looked at the freshmen in front of her and found that she did not have the little faces she knew. Then she saw that the professors had not arrived yet and the branch ceremony might have to wait for a while before she started. After thinking about it, she took out a note from the pocket of her college robe, began to take time and watch it seriously.

The new semester has begun, and she still has a lot of content that needs to be learned but cannot fully master it, so she must read more now. She must never leave the content and knowledge that she cannot master in class or wait until the professors explain.

“…”

Harry originally wanted to express his own opinions on the report, but after looking at the Hermione who had turned her head and immersed in the notebook, and then looking at Ron, who was refuted, he finally chose to close his mouth and said nothing.

“!!”

Rumors, rumors stop at the wise?!

"Harry, was she just saying I was stupid? It must be right? How could she do this?!"

After Ron thought about Hermione's words privately, he soon figured out the meaning and knew that it was the annoying good student Hermione who was saying that he was stupid in different ways!

So, a little indignant, while putting down the newspaper in his hand awkwardly, he also lowered his voice with great force, but he could guarantee that he would be heard by Hermione not far away and put into Harry's ears and protested angrily:

"Don't think I don't know..."

"Her good grades and magic are actually because Professor Anne secretly taught her class! That night at my house, I heard it when I got up to go to the bathroom: They, the three of them, were talking together in Ginny's room, and they were discussing the application of magic and spells!"

"Look?"

"They have a professor who has specially tutored them for several days of courses and magic, and they secretly carried us in the evening, so how can their grades be bad?!"

Yes, when he thinks of that kind of thing, Ron is full of envy, jealousy and hatred!

He has poor grades, poor spells, and worse casting ability. He admits all these! But that is definitely not because he is stupid, but because he has no new dress, no new wand, no new crucible, no new pet, and no professor is willing to secretly teach him new courses in private!!

Otherwise, how could his current spell casting ability be worse than his sister Ginny? Isn't it because they all have their own new wands and a school professor to teach and tutor them secretly at night, while he and Harry can only look at and stare in the last few days of the holiday?

"ah?"

"This...maybe..."

After hearing Ron's complaint, Harry was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously looked at Hermione's face, who was close to his friend and classmate, quietly. When he saw the other party's terrible side face that was almost covered with "frost", he could only turn his head and laugh awkwardly, and vaguely two words without any objection.

Because he knew that Ron would be in trouble soon, and he didn't want to be caught between these two good friends, and then become uninhibited inside and outside.

“!!”

Bang!!

Sure enough, when Harry heard the vicious voice of closing the notebook, he knew that Ron was in trouble again. Apart from cursing others with anger, Ron must have been unable to argue with Hermione.

"Ron!"

"Do you know? You are not too stupid, but jealousy has caused you to lose the most basic judgment ability!!"

"I tell you: Ginny and I have never asked Professor Anne to give us specialized teaching in magic, nor did she give us any kind of teaching, nor did we say anything whispered at night. That's because Ginny and I just took advantage of the time before going to bed at night to ask Anne for some knowledge and spell casting skills we don't understand!"

"We just lowered our voices because we didn't want to disturb you!!"

"Also, our grades are good because we have been reviewing and previewing the days before the start of the school year, and you and Harry knew they were playing! Just now, I was previewing the important content that needs to be learned this semester and recited key mantras, but you are discussing why I have good grades and reading those boring rumor newspapers. Don't you feel ashamed?!"

After staring into Ron and Harry's eyes viciously, they both shrank back timidly and didn't even dare to look at him, Hermione turned her head back with a humming voice and opened her laptop again.

Two years ago, there were many magic books that Annie gave her, but she couldn't understand. So now Hermione still mainly focuses on the magic knowledge that she can learn in school, because Professor Dumbledore once warned her in person that it would be extremely dangerous to learn or try to use magic that she could not master without guidance?

“…”

"It's my business, I obviously didn't say anything..."

Harry shrank to the other side of his seat a little aggrievedly. He didn't understand, wasn't the other party denounced Ron? Why are he being blamed now?

So, now he plans to suddenly become extremely powerful from a certain aura. Hermione, who has entered the preaching mode, so as not to suffer such unrestrained disasters because of Ron again?

"But……"

"It's unfair, and Professor Anne has never given us guidance, and no one told us that we could go to her for advice!!"

After glanced at the notebook that the other party had written something densely on it from afar, Ron still muttered this sentence with a stubborn voice.

If he knew that there was something like that, then he... well, he might not ask for advice, because learning magic or studying spells is enough in class, while other time is their time to play. If the grades are not good enough, it can only be blamed for the professors for not explaining in class in detail and teaching carefully.

Of course, it may be that his new magic wand is not very easy?

Anyway, if it weren't for the broken wand that Ron had used for two years, his current results would definitely not be like this! Of course, in addition to this, he might also need a dress with a more novel style?

“…”

After Hermione glanced at the Ron on the other side of Harry, she was a little angry and stopped talking, but began to hold back her anger and try to immerse herself in her notebook.

She didn't understand. Annie stayed at each other's house for several days, and she didn't come to school until the start of school. Why couldn't Ron and Harry learn to learn to themselves, learn to learn to Ginny, and even learn to learn to learn to the twins of Fred and George, and take that opportunity to ask for advice?

You know, the twin brothers took advantage of that great opportunity to ask Anne for a lot of key questions about alchemy!

‘Okay, Ron!’

'Let's talk about who the professor will be in this semester's Black Magic Defense class….'

‘Guess now, who will teach us this year?’

Harry, who did not want his two friends to start arguing again, and then had a quarrel and could have had a cold war for a while, quickly changed the subject.

“…”

‘Sorry, Harry, I don’t know…’

Ron now just wants to know what delicious food will be next, whether there are big pig's hooves, venison jerky and mashed potatoes like in previous years. As for who the magic defense class is, it doesn't seem to have much to do with him. Anyway, his course has always been not very good, no matter who it changes, it will be the same. He is not interested in that kind of thing and does not want to guess.

'you say……'

‘Can it be Professor Anne?’

Harry saw the teacher's seat, where, beside Professor Dumbledore, there was a small figure beside Professor McGonagall's empty seat, but it was not Professor Philip Frius Flitvie, but a little girl who had no change in appearance and height that they were very familiar with.

‘!!’

‘Oh! No! Harry, I don’t want her to teach us the Dark Magic Defense class. If you believe me, it will be a disaster. I dare assure you, in the name of Merlin…’

Because of the conversation with Hermione just now, Ron doesn’t like Professor Anne Hasta at all!

‘…’

'But she is really amazing... You didn't see that. I was by her side at that time. She didn't use her wand at all. It seemed that with a wave of her hand, all twenty Aurors were instantly counterattacked and subdued by her!'

‘And there is the giant dragon from the former Guling Pavilion. Speaking of which, she is a living dragon-slaying wizard!!’

Anyway, when Harry experienced and saw the other party easily knocking down twenty Aurors with his own eyes, he completely admired Professor Anne and felt that the other party was probably a powerful existence that was not inferior to Professor Dumbledore and the mysterious man!

Especially, Harry knew that the other party seemed to be younger than him, Ron and Hermione?

‘No! Even if that’s the case, I don’t want her to teach us the dark magic defense class. Anyway, I don’t like her…’

‘Ron, how can you do this?’

'why not?'

‘Then tell me, who else can be our professor of Dark Magic Defense, besides Professor Anne? I don’t seem to see a new face…’

‘You can do anything except her!!’

‘Shh…Ron, please whisper, be careful Hermione hears you complaining, Professor Anne is very careful…’

‘Ah! She isn’t so heartless, isn’t she?’
To be continued...