Chapter 649 Important Time Nodes

In February, the snow in the school began to melt, and the air became damp and chilly. With the arrival of the first cold rain, Professor McGonagall called the seven most promising students over to remind them that they had entered the rainy season and there was a high probability of encountering thunderstorms.

Of course, this was a statement to the students, the purpose of which was to make them feel more urgent and not dare to relax. Privately, Felix had assured her that he could bring a storm to Hogwarts at any time.

At sunset again, Harry finished reciting the Animagus spell. While reciting the spell, he felt his heartbeat speed up a little, but he was not sure if it was an illusion. After hesitating for a long time, he decided to wait for two more days and report to the professor when he was sure.

He walked into the courtyard and saw two familiar figures, one of whom left quickly after he appeared. He quickened his pace and went over.

"Luna?"

"Hi, Harry," Luna waved at him enthusiastically, even though Harry was standing in front of her. "Long time no see."

"Not long actually," Harry muttered. "Were you talking to Ron just now?"

"Yeah, but we didn't get to say much. He saw you and walked away. I think he was avoiding you," Luna said.

"Thank you for telling me that," Harry said. Luna showed her special talent again - she could get to the point of saying the unpleasant truth in one sentence. He had never met anyone like her. "So... well, what did you talk about?"

Harry tried to get the conversation on track. He couldn't let Luna talk freely.

"He told me to 'get lost' -"

"Not that - I'm sorry, Luna, I apologize to you on his behalf, Ron has been in a bad mood recently and has been acting like a complete jerk... I'm partly to blame."

"It doesn't matter," Luna said calmly, "Ginny told me a little bit, saying that she shouldn't be so impulsive, although she spent more time proving that she was right and that Ron deserved it... She also mentioned Hermione and Neville, so does that mean my friends are quarreling behind my back?"

Harry felt very uncomfortable. From Luna's tone, it was as if this was a beneficial group activity and they didn't even bring her.

"No, Luna, I want to know if he mentioned anything specific? Like -"

"His birthday." Luna said a little dazedly, "He said he messed up everything and asked me to stop bothering him. He looked very upset, but it's not surprising, is it? It's a coming-of-age ceremony... I remember your birthday is at the end of July?" Her last sentence was no longer so dazed.

"Yes," Harry said absent-mindedly, this was not what he wanted. "Thank you, Luna, but I actually want to know where he's been hiding all this time - wait, coming of age ceremony?" His mind raced. He knew Ron's birthday was March 1st, and he had already prepared a gift, but he hadn't really associated it with coming of age.

He suddenly realized something: among him, Ron, and Hermione, Hermione would be the first to become an adult, then Ron, and finally himself - July 31st, less than half a year from now. There's

not much time left. He thought longingly.

Maybe Ron wanted to use the Animagus Transfiguration as his coming of age gift, so he reacted so strongly after failing? Harry subconsciously made excuses for Ron. At this time, Luna had already begun to answer Harry's second question.

"...I took it to Felix and asked him about my two gifts, which seemed to be inseparable, the Goblet of Fire model and the Goblet of Runes that Ginny gave me. He said it was a good sign, although a little unexpected... Ron was there too."

"You said you saw Ron in Professor Happ's office?" Harry keenly caught the key words, "What was he doing there?" "

...He had his mouth full of chocolate cake, and I almost didn't recognize him," Luna finished her words as if she didn't hear him, "I only saw him once. But maybe he's always been there."

Harry went back with more doubts than before.

He really didn't expect Ron to be with Professor Happ, because in his mind, the professor didn't seem to have contact with Ron alone, and even Ron was in detention with him, and what about the chocolate cake?

On the other side, Ron had walked a long way. He made a big detour, turned to the front of the castle, climbed the movable stairs, and knocked on the door of the ancient runes professor's office stealthily.

It was Valen who opened the door.

"Is the professor still in classroom seven?" Ron asked in a low voice.

Valen nodded woodenly. Based on past experience, he knew that his snacks were going to be in trouble again. Ron could not wait to slip in. As expected, there were cartoons playing inside.

On the table were candied fruits and the homework that Professor Hepp had given Valen.

Except for the first time when Felix was there, Valen received Ron the rest of the time. As for the reason - Valen wanted someone to do homework with him. Most of the time in the past, the person who played this role was Hermione, but she had not come much recently, and seemed to be busy studying how to turn into animals.

Valen was surprised by this idea. He also confirmed with Ron again and again that Animagus could only turn wizards into ordinary creatures, not even magical animals.

Is there any need to learn this?

Valen thought about the series of forms of the great devil he had seen - the night star with bat wings, the feathered serpent that could grow and shrink, the invisible beast, the ball bird that suddenly disappeared and appeared, the thunderbird that controlled lightning, the white mink that split itself into two parts...

Because the list was too long, Valen, who was lost in his memories, looked like he was in a daze.

Ron opened his school bag and took out the textbooks and parchment. He paid the price for his actions. Now he had to do his homework by himself, without anyone to refer to. But he really wanted to prove that he could do it without anyone.

Although the result of these times was basically that he and Valen watched cartoons and ate snacks together. But at least Valen's homework didn't require much brainpower, he could do it while watching, but he couldn't, which made Ron even more frustrated.

Could it be that he really couldn't do anything well?

He spread out the parchment with a sad face and began to write a letter. This was one of the few people he could talk to at the moment - not counting Lavender, who seemed to have a good impression of him. Her presence was surprisingly strong during this period, and she was also one of the people he needed to avoid. Valen

moved his eyes away from the screen, lowered his head to examine it, it was okay, it didn't write serial... He looked at Ron again and leaned over to take a look. Ron raised his head vigilantly and covered the parchment.

"Chi?"

"What did you say?"

Valen sighed. There was still a long way to go before the Niffler language could be popularized. At most, only three people could talk to it directly. Valen took out his special wand and wrote in the air - it could now write quickly and neatly: "Dear Collins" Who is it?

Ron took a breath.

"Her name is Collins, not 'Dear Collins' -" He tried to explain the word formation to a sniff, "This is a writing language, similar to 'Hello'..."

The small wooden stick continued to dance, and several new words appeared in the air.

'Dear Lavender? '

Ron shook his head repeatedly, "No, it can't be used like this."

Valen squinted his eyes, as if looking at a liar.

...

When Felix came out of classroom 7, Ron was staring at the screen with a sharp gaze. The cat and mouse plot had reached a critical moment. His mouth was full of strawberry sandwich cookies. "Professor?" Ron said guiltily.

"Well," Felix said, "You are here again, so the relationship is still tense?" Ron hesitated. "Forget it, stay if you want to. I'll tell others that I've put you in detention. Just don't bother me."

He suddenly thought of something, "By the way, your birthday is March 1st?"

"Yes, Professor." Ron swallowed hard, "A month earlier than Fred and George."

Felix sat behind his desk, his chin propped up by his right hand, his mind racing. Time flies so fast. The sixth graders have also begun to become adults one after another. The latest... The latest should be Harry's batch, which is almost a year later than Hermione. Tsk, I wonder if their grades are directly related to their birthdays.

Felix's movements suddenly stopped.

Adult...?

If I remember correctly, the blood protection spell that Dumbledore cast on Harry seems to be automatically lifted when he becomes an adult? Felix stared at Ron thoughtfully, making him feel uncomfortable.

"Professor?"

"Shh, don't make a sound." Felix said softly, and he was lost in thought.

There are two layers of protection on Harry.

One layer comes from Dumbledore, which is linked by blood and automatically becomes invalid after adulthood; the other layer comes from Harry's mother, Lily Potter, which is only for Voldemort's killing curse, but the effect should be permanent, but all spells have a limit. After resisting and rebounding Voldemort's killing curse, how much effect can Lily's protective magic still play?

He and Dumbledore had similar concerns before. But that was more because Voldemort's power was constantly increasing, which indirectly led to the deepening of the connection between him and Harry. Now that Voldemort's consciousness fell into silence, the impact became minimal.

But this just shows that there is an impact. In about half a year, Harry's own soul defense ability will drop sharply.

Felix was not sure for a while. How many variables will Harry's adulthood add to the soul fragments in his mind? But he did feel a long-lost sense of tension, as if... time was not as abundant as he thought.     After thinking for a moment, he tore off a piece of parchment, dipped his quill pen in ink, glanced at the calendar and found the nearest weekend -

'February 8, outside classroom 7; keep it confidential, try to solve the problem at 8 am.' Felix folded the note and handed it to Ron.     "Please pass it to Harry for me."     Ron's hand was suspended in the air, and he said hesitantly: "Professor, can you let Hermione pass it on, I, I am now -"     "Okay." Felix did not insist.     "Professor, what is the note about?" Ron swallowed and asked, he suspected that the professor wanted to secretly give Harry a special treatment, just like Professor Bagshot.     "Well," Felix looked at Ron with a weighing look, "Actually, it's okay to tell you, you should have known it long ago - you know who is imprisoned in the depths of classroom 7?"     "...It's the mysterious man."     "Well, it's time for Harry to face him."     Plop.     The cauldron cake in Ron's hand fell to the ground.