Chapter 49 49. The dark clouds dissipate
Jon only said that he had made a major breakthrough in the floating spell, but he didn't mention what kind of progress he made.
Slughorn was obviously focused on the potion that was being brewed, and did not continue to ask further questions about the major breakthrough he said.
After sitting in the office for a while, Jon left.
He was walking in the corridor, the expression on his face returned to calm, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking. Just as he passed by the storage room, a familiar small figure quickly ran out of it in front of him. come out.
Jon reacted very quickly, he directly reached out and grabbed Beachy who was holding a cherry in his little paw.
"Why did you sneak in again? Still stealing food from the storage room?" He stretched out his hand, flicked Beachy's head lightly, and taught him a lesson.
Beach seemed guilty and quickly stuffed the cherry into his front pocket. It seemed that he himself knew that stealing was wrong.
Jon slipped it and changed direction, walked towards the exit where the driver's seat was, and was going to hand over the stolen Beech to Hagrid directly.
Just as he opened the door, he saw Hagrid standing outside the door, looking like he wanted to go into the carriage.
"Are you looking for it again, Hagrid?"
Jon grabbed Beachy by the nape of his neck and shook it in front of Hagrid.
Hagrid's originally tense expression suddenly relaxed completely, and he took Beachy from Jon's hand with an angry expression on his face, looking like he really wanted to teach this sniff a lesson, but the movements of his hands kept moving It is careful not to hurt it subconsciously.
"Did you find it over there in the storage room?"
"Yes, it stole a cherry out of there."
"It always goes there to steal food recently. I obviously prepared a plate of rock cakes for it, but this little thing still runs into the carriage."
Jon really wanted to persuade Hagrid that he could try a different kind of dessert to feed Beachy, after all his rock cakes were hard to bite, let alone sniff.
But Hagrid, who is extremely confident in his craft, obviously can't listen to his words. The biggest shortcoming of this former gamekeeper and current coachman is that he always regards others as the same as himself, and thinks that he can do things. People sure can too.
Hagrid enthusiastically invited Jon to sit in the driver's seat and have some snacks, but Jon found a reason to refuse, and he is not in the mood for leisure now.
Students would pass by from time to time in the corridor, but no one paid attention to Jon who was staring at a door in a daze.
He stood at the end of the long corridor, right in front of the door opposite to the exit of the carriage driver's seat. He seemed hesitant several times as if he wanted to reach out and knock on the door, but finally left silently from the door.
Jon practiced the floating spell more frequently.
It's just that this time he didn't continue to torture Neville in the dormitory, but applied for permission from McGonagall, and obtained the qualification to freely enter and leave the astronomy classroom during the day, and went to the roof of the carriage to practice every day.
Almost except for the time of eating and sleeping in class, he would disappear from Neville's sight whenever he had free time.
This peaceful life lasted for two months. At the beginning of May, when the students on the bus were preparing for the final exam of this semester, almost no one talked about the two attacks last year.
It seems that the person hiding in the carriage has retreated, and Hogwarts has returned to the kind of life that is considered peaceful even though he is in exile.
There were less than five weeks before the final exam. After dinner that day, Neville stopped Jon who had just stood up from the dining table and was about to go to the roof of the car.
Jon looked up and thought for a while.
"Although I have been practicing the Levitation Charm, I have not missed other courses. And Professor Slughorn exempted me from the History of Magic exam because every homework I did this semester was excellent. , you can directly give me an excellent. Professor Flitwick was also very satisfied with the map of Jupiter I drew in the last class, and also exempted me from the astronomy exam, and Professor Potter, she..."
"Okay, okay, Jon." Ron interrupted his "show off" with a painful expression on his face, "We actually want you to rest, Neville said that you practice spells like you are possessed during this time." Same, we are worried that you can’t take it physically and mentally, let’s start to rest today, how about we go to the lounge to play square cards together?”
Justin and Lavender also looked at him expectantly, and Jon didn't feel tired physically and mentally.
But Ron is right, he really hasn't had any entertainment with Neville and the others for a long time.
So he didn't refuse again, and readily accepted and walked towards the common room with them.
Just as they entered the lounge, Slughorn also opened the door and walked into Lily's office full of flowers and herbs.
Lily was seriously wiping her wand, as if she was not holding a magic wand in her hand, but a token entrusting all her thoughts.
Watching her move, Slughorn, who was gently closing the door, sighed.
"I always thought you'd look forward."
Lily's voice was calm and cold, just like when she first met Jon.
"I've been looking forward, sir, not only me, but also this Jaime's wand in my hand."
"But the hatred has been accumulating in your heart."
"Looking forward and having hatred in my heart are not in conflict. I have never been blinded by hatred. Instead, it makes me more awake than ever before."
The office fell into silence. After a while, Lily took the initiative to ease the atmosphere and asked softly.
"How is your new student doing?"
Slughorn clearly enjoyed the topic, a smile that only appeared on his lips when he was eating candied pineapple.
"Excellent, better than any kid I've seen before!"
Lily was a little surprised at his such a high evaluation, she evoked a sarcasm smile, but this smile was not aimed at Slughorn, but another man who could not be named.
"If he heard your evaluation of this boy, he would probably go mad with anger."
Slughorn smiled and blinked.
"So you will take care of him more in the future, maybe he is the moon Dumbledore mentioned."
"I will treat all students equally, regardless of whether they are from a prominent background or have talents. Instead of waiting for a moon, it is better to let a few more stars shine." Lily said blankly.
Slughorn looked up at the dark night sky outside the window. He didn't know when the carriage drove into a cloudy area.
Suddenly, lightning flashed between the clouds, followed by a "rumbling" thunder.
The voice of the old man was also covered under the thunder.
"Whether it is the moon or the stars, if they want to shine, they always need wind to help them disperse the dark clouds..."
(end of this chapter)