"Hermione, what's wrong with him?"
In the common room, Ron and Harry, who had just come from the dormitory, passed each other in a hurry. When he woke up, he found that Harry was no longer in bed, and now, his good friend was running back in a hurry.
Ron was naturally confused.
"How did I know?" Hermione spread her hands, "He only said that he suddenly thought of something to do. Before he could say anything else, he left happily."
"ah?"
With a puzzled expression, Ron looked back in the direction where Harry left, but Harry had obviously disappeared long ago.
"But it probably has something to do with Valentine's Day," Hermione added proudly, "Guess what? It's done!"
"You, you mean-" Ron suddenly put on a surprised expression, "Harry dated Ginny? Is it true? Didn't he just... yesterday?"
"Just now," Hermione said with a smile, "Harry took the initiative to invite Ginny to go to Hogsmeade together. Oh... he should be well prepared!"
"Harry and Ginny...well, and my sister..." Ron said with a complicated mood, "I think I will bless them, no, our whole family will bless them both."
"Don't bring your whole family in together, it's too heavy!" Hermione waved her hands casually and said, "Okay! Just do what you have to do! Don't disturb my review..."
"Review?" Ron nodded and said perfunctorily, "Okay, that sounds good..."
As he said this, he wanted to turn around and go back to see what Harry was doing. But he had only taken two or three steps when he saw another person rushing out of the doorway leading to the dormitory - it was Harry who had returned.
"Hey! Wait, Harry—" Ron stopped him hastily and said, "What are you doing in such a hurry?"
"Huh? Oh, Ron? You give way first, I will come back and talk to you later..." Harry said casually, "I have to go to have breakfast later, otherwise I will definitely not be able to survive the morning class, I have to hurry up. It’s about time.”
He said, quickly bypassing Ron who was in the middle, and rushed out of the common room at a trot, heading all the way to the corridor outside.
Hermione and Ron looked at each other, wondering what the guy was up to.
…
In fact, before Ron arrived, Harry asked Ginny a question.
This question does sound a bit stupid, because probably no boy will directly ask a girl if she likes him. But Harry just asked, and he asked in a straightforward manner.
He is a boy with a relatively straightforward temperament, especially when it comes to relationships. He is not good at keeping his emotions brewing in his heart. So all the questions he asked were what he wanted to know most at that moment.
And Ginny happened to be no ordinary girl, she understood what kind of person Harry was.
Therefore, when Harry asked, she knew that the other party had really "noticed" her. In other words, Harry really started to treat himself as an ordinary girl.
Before today, he probably always regarded himself as a sister-like character.
In other words, once you understand what Harry is thinking, the question he asked will not sound so abrupt.
Ginny knew that at that time, she should give a clear response.
So, the result was exactly as Ginny imagined. After confirming the other party's intentions, Harry finally took the initiative to speak. On February 14th, a full day trip to Hogsmeade for two sounded very exciting!
To be honest, Harry was certainly looking forward to this, but he hadn't completely recovered yet. Regarding the proactive invitation, he did do that, and he didn't feel anything bad about it. On the contrary, he was quite moved by Ginny's understanding.
However, not long ago, he regarded Ginny as his sister, and now his sister suddenly became his girlfriend, which always made him uncomfortable.
But it was his fault that he was still entangled in this matter. So Harry didn't think about those things anymore, but quickly got himself busy.
On Valentine's Day, everyone should go to Hogsmeade to relax. However, as a fifth-grade student who is about to face the OWLs exam, whether he can go or not does not solely depend on whether the school agrees, because there are too many homeworks recently!
Ginny was only in fourth grade, so of course there was no problem, but there might not be any problem on his side.
In this situation, Harry immediately thought of Maka. It's a pity that Maca can't help him this time, because the guy is still a guest in Beauxbatons, France!
Because of this, Harry must find a suitable partner so that his workload can be reduced that day.
Naturally, he quickly thought of a person who could help him - even if he didn't want to find that person at all, he had to deal with it patiently for this rare and important date.
Yes, what he was looking for was none other than the current Potions Professor, Horace Slughorn.
Harry trotted along the corridor, and after descending a few stairs, he soon arrived in front of the former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office. Now, this is old man Slughorn's territory.
Along the way, Harry ran very fast. But when he was now standing in front of Slughorn's office, he began to hesitate again.
Originally, this bald old man was always pestering him, but now he took the initiative to find him. Isn't this an act of throwing himself into a trap? He could even imagine that the old man would be nagging him again to join that "slug club" after a while!
"Ugh! For... um... for Ginny?"
Harry wanted to give himself a reason to do this, but this reason didn't seem to make him feel more confident. After all, no matter what, it is not a legitimate thing to reduce your homework.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"
"Oh, who came to me so early? Please come in!"
There was a knock on the door, and Slughorn's voice immediately came from inside. Harry received a response and finally put the hesitation in his mind behind him, unscrewed the door handle and walked in.
Otherwise Slughorn would be eyeing this office! This is really the best professor's office in Hogwarts Castle.
Outside this office is an ordinary classroom used for teaching theoretical knowledge. Originally, when the Defense Against the Dark Arts course needed to teach some non-practical content, it would be taught here. And just inside the classroom, up the stairs, is the professor's office room.
As soon as Harry opened the door, he saw the rising sun falling in front of the tall grilled window, illuminating the entire office. It can be seen that Slughorn decorated his office with many exquisite little things, most of which had labels indicating that they were given to him by that person.
Needless to say, those were all outstanding students he had taught - that must be true.
In addition, this office also has an inner room for professors to live in daily. Including the classroom outside, this is a three-story space inside and outside. It's no wonder that Slughorn has been obsessed with this office since the beginning of his teaching career.
"Oh! Isn't this Mr. Potter?" Slughorn sat behind his desk and greeted happily, "Good morning!"
Harry paused and nodded reluctantly. After all, when he came here this time, he was asking for something from the other party. He should be more polite, right
"Uh... Good morning, professor." He felt that his tone was still a bit stiff, but he thought that he could not do any better.
"Of course, of course -" Slughorn was delighted, thinking that Harry had finally figured it out, "Come on, please sit down! I think you must have been to this office in the past, because you see - your I’ve always done well in Defense Against the Dark Arts classes!”
"Uh...thank you."
Harry looked around, and at the old man's signal, he sat down on a chair next to him.
He really wanted to say that this year's results would be like a pile of excrement - well, let's leave this topic to talk to Ron later!
"Um... Professor," Harry thought to himself for a moment, then looked around at the things around him again, planning to find a suitable breakthrough starting from the front, "Oh... is this Mr. Froome?"
In the cabinet on Harry's right, there are a large number of magical photos. On each one there was a Slughorn, and one of the others. And when he was trying to find a topic, he spotted an acquaintance among them at a glance.
"Yes, that's right!" Slughorn said with a smile, "Ambrosio Froome, I taught him for seven years, and he was a likable guy back then. When he graduated , I also introduced him to his first job, and every year after that, he would give me a big gift basket on my birthday.”
"He... well, he is very popular with everyone now," Harry nodded. "Honeydukes is the favorite shop among students on Hogsmeade day. But... he is a Slytherin?"
"No, no, he is a graduate of Hufflepuff College." Slughorn corrected, "I remember what I mentioned before, I don't just like students from my own college, I like every child with characteristics. I like them all—in fact, I don’t like prejudice very much.”
"Oh, that sounds good." Harry pursed his lips and glanced at the pair of photos again, and then he saw a beautiful woman who looked familiar.