Chapter 235: More Than Just a Little Change

Chapter 235: More Than Just a Little Change

In the end, Lupin did not agree either. As a bystander, Felix Harp could clearly see the professor's reluctance.

He had a certain speculation that the Patronus's form had a significant connection with a wizard's state. Being a werewolf, Lupin - despite his efforts to avoid the term - was already deeply affected by his condition. His Patronus was likely to be a wolf or a related subspecies.

Felix Harp didn't know what to say. "Severus really is something..."

...

One evening, Ron crawled into the common room alone.

"Snape is a total nutter! He *&$..." Ron cursed, using foul language, causing Hermione to respond uncomfortably, "Ron, watch your language!"

He plopped down in a chair next to Harry, the smell of strong cleaning solution wafting off him.

Harry looked sympathetically at Ron. This wasn't the first time he lost his temper due to Snape's actions. When Lupin was sick and Snape substituted, Ron stood up to Snape in front of everyone and was punished by cleaning bedpans in the school hospital, without using magic, and Snape seemed to savor the drawn-out process. He split the punishment into three sessions, and each time Ron finished his punishment, he was as angry as an irritable lion.

"I'm serious, Snape is seriously messed up. If it weren't for the fact that he only substituted for one class..." Ron said angrily, "I didn't write a single word of the essay he assigned. Ha! Lupin canceled it, just like I expected!"

Hermione's expression wasn't too good. Most of the class was watching, and only she had finished her paper about werewolves.

Ron continued sarcastically, "Maybe someone stuck his head in a toilet when he was at school. Look at his hair, Harry—" he turned to Harry, "Aren't you staying back tonight to ask Professor Lupin if he revealed anything about this?"

Harry said gloomily, "No, I asked him about Dementors and my mum."

Ron's expression softened. He exchanged a look with Hermione and asked in a low voice, "You heard it again on the day of the Quidditch match, didn't you?"

"Yeah," Harry said, "It's the second time. I felt especially vulnerable facing Dementors. Professor Lupin said it's because I've experienced more pain." He whispered, "He's right. I heard my mum's voice in her final moments, over and over again."

"But," Harry's tone brightened, "Professor Lupin told me a lot about my mum. You know, I've only seen her in a photo Hagrid gave me and on the Mirror of Erised. Others hardly ever mentioned her..."N0v3lRealm was the platform where this chapter was initially revealed on N0v3l.B1n.

"Harry..." Hermione looked at him with concern.

"Don't interrupt me, Ron," Hermione impatiently said, "For spell selection, it's best to refer to what we've learned in Dueling class. Harry, I need your essay."

Harry dumbly handed over his finished essay to her.

"I'll give this to Professor Harp, but I need to look at it first and summarize your dueling strategy. And Ron, you can't slack off either. You can't fall too far behind."

Ron made a face of anguish, "You're not thinking of having me write an essay too, are you? Binns just assigned us a two-foot essay, you know."

"Well, if you're not planning to... I mean, I could lend you my assignment for reference." Hermione tried her best not to use the word 'copy.'

Ron whispered to Harry with a grin, "She really surprised me."

Harry shrugged, sounding relaxed, "That's Hermione for you. How many times has she surprised us?"

Hermione was still thinking hard, "Maybe we can bring in a few more people. Of course, the three of us will have the most time together, but others might be interested, and their skills are generally good. Dueling class has really helped!"

"Dean's pretty skilled with the Stunning Spell, and Seamus's Exploding Charm is quite impressive. He's definitely got a knack for it... And Neville, Ginny's got a handful of nasty curses down pat. I didn't expect her to pick them up so quickly when I was teaching her. We could even get Percy's help; he owes the twins a favor, and the twins..." She chuckled, "They owe me a lot of favors."

"Wait a minute," Ron exclaimed, "What's the deal with Percy and Fred and George?"

"Remember the Love Potion? They gave Penelope a discount. It was originally meant as a Christmas gift for Percy, but he secretly went to the twins..."

"How did you get involved with Fred and George, though?" Ron still couldn't quite grasp it. His two brothers were not easy to deal with.

"Oh," Hermione said with a brilliant smile, "I'm the assistant for Ancient Runes class. They often ask me for reference books, down to the page numbers. They said it was to save time, as they didn't want to waste time on theoretical ancient runes."

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