Chapter 201: The time turner was cheated
After saying goodbye to Nico Flamel, Dracula couldn't wait to return to Hogwarts Castle.
Ever since he came up with the idea of going back in time to kill himself, the idea of getting a time turner in person to see if it could really succeed has been lingering in Dracula's mind for a long time.
So, he set his sights on the little wizard holding the time turner.
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Dracula thought for a moment and determined how to trick...no, outwit the time turner.
He first returned to his office, took out a pack of blood-flavored lollipops from Dumbledore from the drawer, took one out and put it in his mouth, while standing up the parchment of the Hogwarts title deed. On the desk, staring at the picture shown on the land deed.
At this time, there were still two figures of Hermione appearing on the land deed screen at the same time.
One Hermione was still studying in the library, while the other quietly came to the lawn outside the castle to practice spells.
"Is this a young wizard who is willing to study seriously? He is really hardworking."
Looking at the way Hermione was studying on the land deed, Dracula couldn't help but sigh, "It's just that the method of studying is not quite right. Putting yourself in a low spirit will have the opposite effect on your learning state."
Dracula first discovered the two Hermiones on the land deed at about nine o'clock in the morning. At that time, he had just finished the fight and was about to use the land deed to find traces of the hooded man, but he discovered the secret of the time turner.
Now that I think about it, the hooded man must have used the time turner to go back to the past.
Thinking of this, Dracula's mind jumped to other places.
"If I had controlled myself and not gone back in time to fight with my past self, wouldn't I have met the hooded man from before, and wouldn't have discovered the secret of the time turner?" He thought with interest.
If we do this, can it be regarded as an alternative way of changing the past?
While Dracula was thinking about whether to go back to the past, he stared at the picture shown on the land deed.
In the meantime, Dumbledore also used his patronus to send a message, asking him to go to the principal's office to discuss matters, but Dracula decisively refused.
Not long after, Hermione in the land deed screen suddenly made some other moves.
Hermione, who was studying in the library, looked up at the clock hanging on the wall. She was stunned for a moment, then jumped up from her seat, hurriedly packed up the books in her hands, and returned them to the librarian. Mrs. Pince.
Then Hermione hurried out of the library, came to the entrance courtyard in front of the auditorium, and found a remote corner near the cliff.
At this time, there was another Hermione standing in a remote corner of the entrance courtyard.
This Hermione had finished practicing the day's spells on the deserted lawn, and went to the Great Hall to have lunch with Harry and Ron. Then she came to this remote corner and took out a necklace from her arms.
The former Hermione carefully hid behind the stone pillars in the entrance courtyard, watching helplessly as the latter Hermione fiddled with her necklace, and then disappeared into mottled spots of light.
She breathed a sigh of relief and walked out from behind the stone pillar.
"Hermione, you just had a good meal, why did you come out all of a sudden?" A young wizard's voice suddenly sounded from the entrance courtyard, startling Hermione.
Harry and Ron were seen sneaking over from the direction of the auditorium. Ron was holding a chicken leg in his hand and gnawing on the chicken bones as he walked.
Hermione quickly walked out of the corner and looked at her two friends with a somewhat unnatural expression.
"Oh, I just got tired of eating and wanted to come out to have some fresh air." She said without confidence.
"Blow wind?" Harry was stunned for a moment, "Does blow wind need to run so far to the cliff?"
"Harry, you don't understand!" Hermione, after a brief period of dullness, gradually regained her composure, and immediately retorted, "The cliff here at Hogwarts is close to the Black Lake, and the wind from the lake will blow close to the cliff. If you come here, the wind will be cooler than other places.”
"Is that so?" Harry nodded as if he understood.
"Now that we're here, we can just go down from here. We should be able to find a lawn with no people around the black lake." Ron finally finished eating the chicken legs, rubbed his oily hand on his clothes, and was about to lead Ha Leigh and Hermione walked along the next steps.
This step is the only way for first-year students to come to Hogwarts Castle for the first time. It connects the boathouse on the Black Lake to the oak gate of the entrance courtyard.
Hagrid would take the new students up the stairs every year and hand them over to Professor McGonagall.
"Wait, Ron, why are we looking for a lawn?" Hermione asked with some confusion as she watched Ron's movements.
"Huh?" Ron stopped and turned to look at Hermione suspiciously, "Didn't you just bring it up? You said just five minutes ago that you would take us to an open lawn after dinner. Practice your spells.”
"Yes...really?" Hermione smiled awkwardly and immediately changed her words, "Oh yes, there is such a thing, I almost forgot..."
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Dracula watched the exchange between the three little wizards, chewed the blood-flavored lollipop in his mouth thoughtfully, and threw the candy stick aside.
Then, he Apparated to the stone steps connecting the boathouse and the entrance courtyard, and walked up the steps casually.
After a while, Dracula and the three little wizards met head-on.
"Ah, what a coincidence, Professor Dracula." Seeing the silver-haired figure walking on the stone steps, Harry thought of the fear of being dominated by the dueling club last semester. His face suddenly turned pale, and he hurriedly talked to Dracula. greet.
"It's quite a coincidence," Dracula said with a meaningful smile on his face, "I just happened to go to the boathouse."
"It's strange why Professor Dracula would go out in this weather." Ron looked up at the sunny sky and muttered in confusion.
With Dracula's hearing, it was easy to hear what Ron was mumbling, and his expression froze.
Don't let Ron expose him before he achieves his goal...
"Ahem..." Dracula changed the subject without leaving any trace, "If you three don't rest in the common room at noon on weekends, what are you doing out of the castle?"
Of course he knew what the three little wizards were going to do, but in order to pretend to have met by chance, Dracula still asked this question that he already knew the answer to.
After hearing Dracula's question, Ron no longer wondered about Professor Dracula going out in such weather, and saw him holding his head up proudly.
"We are going to find a lawn by the Black Lake to practice magic spells." Ron said loudly.
When he was finally willing to study seriously with Hermione, of course he had to work hard to show off in front of the professors and leave the impression that he was a good student.
"You are quite diligent." Dracula chuckled and nodded, turning his gaze to Hermione who looked a little tired, "Just in time, I have something to do with Miss Granger, so I don't need to ask anyone else to convey it to me now. .”
"Come Potter, Wes, you two go practice your spells first. Miss Granger come to my office," he said.
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Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor's Office.
Dracula sat behind the desk and looked at Hermione who was standing in front of the desk in a panic.
"Miss Granger, there seems to be something wrong with your listening state recently." He gently shook a tall wine glass and said lightly, "Being distracted in class... This kind of thing shouldn't happen to you. "
"I'm sorry, Professor Dracula." Hermione grabbed her clothes guiltily and admitted her mistake to Dracula with an aggrieved face, "I will never make such a mistake again in the future."
"This kind of mistake is not something you can easily avoid making if you don't want to make it." Dracula shook his head and chuckled, "You don't even sleep well, so how can you ensure that you won't get sleepy during class?"
Hermione lowered her head and said nothing.
Dracula, however, had no intention of letting her go and pressed her relentlessly.
"I heard that you signed up for all five elective courses?" he asked. "Including the seven normal required courses, you will complete a total of twelve courses this semester, right?"
Hermione nodded and said, "Professor, I think I have the ability to complete twelve subjects!"
"Actually, I also want to believe that you have this ability." Dracula waved his hand and continued, "But your current mental state obviously does not look like you can complete all the subjects. You put too much pressure on yourself."
"But I..."
"Don't rush to refute yet." Dracula raised his hand to interrupt Hermione's words, then showed an intriguing smile and said softly: "The time turner has exhausted you mentally and physically, Miss Granger."
Hermione's eyes suddenly widened.
"Professor, how did you know that I have a time turner?" She was shocked and asked quickly, "Professor McGonagall told me before that only she and Principal Dumbledore would know about it, and they would not even tell me Ordinary professors…”
"But I'm not an ordinary professor," Dracula chuckled. "Of course I have my own unique sources of information."
"Of course, the focus now is not how I know you have a time turner, but solving the problem of your mental state!"
Dracula's face gradually became serious, and he said to Hermione: "You don't even know how to rest on weekends, and you have to use a time turner to study homework and practice spells at the same time. How can you not have mental problems under such high pressure?" ?”
"But the more I study, the more I feel that I am still far behind, and I usually can't spare any time to do my homework..." Hermione said sadly, "In addition to using the time turner to save a few more hours, What else can be done?”
"You have learned well enough, Miss Granger." Dracula said comfortingly, "What you lack now is a rest to completely relax and fully cultivate your energy, so that you can better learn new knowledge. .”
"If I don't stop you, are you going to use the time turner to continue studying this afternoon and tomorrow?"
Hermione pursed her lips, hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded.
"For the sake of your mental state, Miss Granger, you must listen to the professor this time." Dracula said seductively, "In order to prevent you from continuing to use the time turner, I decided to confiscate it."
As he said that, he stretched out his hand to Hermione, "Hand it over, Granger. I'll keep it for you for two days. You go back and have a good rest during these two days, and don't strain yourself too much. Too much is too little, too much is too easy." You should be able to understand the principle of folding, right?"
"But...Professor McGonagall won't let me give the Time Turner to anyone else." Hermione hesitated.
"Why, do I count as someone else?" Dracula lowered his face and said with a bad expression.
"B-but..." Hermione was still hesitating.
"Stop it, this is all for your mental state." Dracula continued to cheat, "Think about it this way, if I didn't keep the time turner for you, would you be able to control yourself from using it?"
Hermione lowered her head and thought carefully, and finally shook her head after a long while.
As a young wizard who loves learning, she will certainly not be satisfied with the basic content taught in school and wants to learn something new whenever she gets the chance.
However, the twelve major courses this semester completely filled up all of Hermione's time. Every time she finished the twelve homeworks, she could basically take up all the rare weekend time. She had no chance to read what she liked. Other books.
Therefore, the time turner is a huge temptation for Hermione. She cannot leave the treasure around without using it, no matter how sleepy or weak she is!
"It seems that you also know your own self-control, right?" Dracula smiled, "In that case, hand over the time turner."
A look of struggle and hesitation appeared on Hermione's face, and it took a long time before she finally took a long breath and nodded to Dracula.
Then, she untied the rope hanging around her neck and handed the golden necklace to Dracula's hand.
"Professor, you must keep it well." Hermione bit her lip and said uneasily.
The time turner she had worn for a long time suddenly left her side, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.
"Don't worry, I'll get it back to you before you go to class on Monday," Dracula said.
Then, all his attention was focused on the necklace in front of him.
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After sending Hermione to rest, Dracula began to look over the items in his hands.
"Is this a time turner?"
He looked at the whole body, which was light golden and looked like a delicate hourglass hanging on a golden necklace, with a happy expression.
It was true that he tried so hard to enlighten Hermione and get it from her... no, he was keeping the time turner in her hand for her. This little thing did look quite interesting.
There was a faint light flowing in Dracula's eyes, and his eyes were fixed on the ancient runic characters and the operating status of the magic power engraved on the surface of the time turner.
"Can we set the time back five hours at most?" He stroked the complicated patterns on the time converter and laughed happily.
Five hours ago, it was almost the time when I saw the hooded man on the shore of Black Lake early this morning!
In this case, then go back to the past and have another fight with yourself!
Today's sunrise was too early, and he was far from having fun!
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