Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 78 Hermione, you never asked me
The first snow in 1992 came later than usual.

The day before school started, Sherlock and his friends met again at Platform 9 and 3/4 amidst the falling snow.

After saying goodbye to their families, the four of them took a bus back to campus, just like they did when they left school half a month ago.

The heater on the Hogwarts direct train created white mist on the windows, and the pages of "Magical Potions and Medications" in Hermione's hand were flipping at an abnormally high frequency.

Ron stared at the Chocolate Frog, which had rolled under the seat and was zigzagging along Harry's sneakers.

When they were riding in the car just now, Sherlock, Harry and Ron all noticed that Hermione was not normal.

She seemed to have had some trouble with her father.

Not only that, after getting on the bus, she didn't say a word and just flipped through her textbook.

Sherlock deduced what had happened, but he didn't care.

Harry and Ron looked at each other and decided not to cause trouble.

Unfortunately, if you don't cause trouble, trouble will often find you.

When Hermione turned the last page of the book, she suddenly closed it:
"Sherlock, you never told me you had a brother!"

Her long brown hair trembled as she spoke, as if under a boiling anger spell.

Hermione was very angry that she couldn't make it to the meeting with Mycroft.

Because of this, I didn't even talk to Mr. Granger for several days.

Because it was he who stopped Hermione from going to Sherlock's house.

"Hermione, even if Uncle Granger agrees to let you come, it's not necessarily such a coincidence that you'll run into Sherlock's brother on that day..."

Harry looked at the indifferent Sherlock and decided to talk to Hermione properly.

It would have been fine if he didn't say anything, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Hermione sneered, turned around and said to him:
"That's right—but why didn't you call me that day? I already told you last time!"

Harry: (＠_＠;)
I just said this in vain!
Ron on the side laughed secretly.

Brother, you clearly suffered a loss last time, why don’t you learn from your mistakes?
As someone who has five brothers and one sister, he knows very well that losing temper is a woman's patent, and being unreasonable is a woman's privilege!

He was secretly happy here, but Hermione looked at him the next moment:

"And you, Ronald! I clearly told you last time, why didn't you remind Harry to call me? Do you think that if he makes a mistake, it will show that you are good?"

Ron: (｀へ)
Are you Hermione Granger or Severus Snape?

Since getting in the car, Sherlock has been using the magic magnifying glass Harry gave him to observe the direction of the cracks in the ice crystals on the car window, as if the argument was just background noise.

Seeing Sherlock's expression, Hermione, who had left Harry and Ron speechless, became even more furious and asked him directly:
"Sherlock, aren't you going to say anything?"

Sherlock put away the magnifying glass and said faintly, "Hermione, you never asked me."

"..."

Out of Hermione's sight, Harry and Ron secretly gave each other a thumbs-up.

As expected of you!

Although she was mentally prepared, Hermione didn't expect that Sherlock could end the conversation with just one sentence.

"Even so, you can still ask me to come along." Hermione was a little disappointed. "We are friends."

"I don't think meeting that guy is something to be encouraged."

"But he is your brother after all. He asked Harry and Ron to monitor you because he really cares about you..."

"That's just his wishful thinking."

Sherlock put away the magnifying glass and leaned back slightly, supporting his chin with his hands. "For someone who always makes his parents worry, it's better to solve his own problems first and then take care of his brother."

The topic cannot be continued here.

Although Hermione thought the rivalry between the two brothers was childish, looking at Sherlock's unhappy expression, she could already imagine how miserable the Christmas dinner would be.

Even though she was Sherlock's good friend, this was someone else's family affair after all, and she really couldn't say anything.

Thinking of this, she glared at Harry and Ron again.

(︿)
This is none of our business at all!

In any case, as long as McCoy was not mentioned, the communication between the four of them became smooth.

During the meal, Harry took the initiative to treat everyone and bought a lot of magical snacks.

In addition to Ron, the three of them collected a lot of wizard cards.

Ron was the exception because he had accumulated almost five hundred of them.

So far, the only two SSR rare cards missing are Agrippa and Potolomew.

But he didn't really care.

These two cards are extremely rare even among SSR-level cards, and he had long given up hope.

Might as well focus on the Chocolate Frog.

Of course, the one that just rolled under the seat could not escape his clutches.

When we arrived at Hogwarts, it was completely dark and the heavy snow in the Scottish Highlands had stopped falling.

Since not all students have returned to school yet, the castle is not as noisy as usual.

As soon as they met, the Weasley twins rushed over.

After greeting the three people except Ron, they immediately rushed towards Ron:

"Little Ronnie, I haven't seen you for half a month, and your face has become rounder!"

"It seems that the food at the Holmes family's house is very good!"

"How sad! You accepted your friend's invitation and abandoned your dear brothers!"

"It's simply a manifestation of the decline of morals, the decline of human nature, the cruelty of the world, and the utter despair of humanity!"

Ron, flanked by two men, was no match for his twin brothers. Even though he struggled desperately, it was still useless.

In the end, they dragged him away by force.

At the critical moment, he saw Percy Weasley passing by not far away, and hurriedly shouted for help to his third brother.

Unexpectedly, Percy walked away as if he hadn't seen it.

Are you kidding? Even if Percy is the older brother of the twin brothers, he wouldn't dare to provoke them at this time.

On Christmas Day, he received a special gift from the Weasley family, but was teased by the twins, saying that the "P" on his sweater was not Percy, but Prefect.

Of course he refused to agree, as he was always very strict.

He originally wanted to teach his two naughty brothers a lesson, but unexpectedly, he was carried out by them because of his lack of strength.

With this previous experience, he naturally would not seek trouble again.

Even when he saw that Ron had the same experience as him, he was secretly happy that he was not the only one who was unlucky.

Not long after Ron was pulled away by his twin brothers, Seamus, who was bored in the next dormitory because he arrived at school early, also pulled Harry to try the new wizard chess.

“Need a breath of fresh air as a wake-up call?”

When Sherlock and Hermione were alone, the latter made this suggestion.

Sherlock nodded casually, taking this opportunity to think about his plans for the evening.

The two walked out of the castle side by side and arrived at the Hogwarts campus.

Hogwarts is beautiful on a snowy night.

The moonlight drew a silver-blue path on the snow. The fir branches in the forbidden forest in the distance were bent at a forty-five-degree angle, unable to bear the weight. The snowflakes hanging on the branches were as light and translucent as if they were cast with a levitation spell.

The snow is more than three inches thick, and it makes a crunching sound when you step on it, giving you a very comfortable and relaxing feeling.

When Hermione saw the two rows of staggered footprints left by Sherlock and herself on the snow, she couldn't help but feel moved.

"By the way, I did some research during this holiday and finally figured out the whole story."

She stopped walking as she spoke.

It turned out that Sherlock continued walking forward as if he hadn't heard it.

Hermione: (｀へ*)ノ

"Sherlock, I'm talking to you!"

"Sorry, what did you just say?"

Looking at Sherlock's innocent look, Hermione took a deep breath and went straight to the point:
"The Philosopher's Stone can turn any metal into pure gold, and it can also create an elixir of life that makes anyone who drinks it immortal.

The only remaining piece of the Philosopher's Stone belongs to the famous alchemist and opera lover Nicolas Flamel.

As Professor Dumbledore's partner and friend, it was only fitting that he ask the professor to help him look after the Philosopher's Stone.

Quirrell...or rather, Voldemort released the troll on Halloween to attract other people's attention so that he could go to the room where the Philosopher's Stone was stored.

He attacked Harry during the Quidditch match, most likely at Voldemort's behest, because Voldemort was worried that Harry would kill him as the prophecy said!"

After saying this in one breath, Hermione looked at Sherlock.

"Hermione, you do have a gift for summarizing."

After listening to Hermione's analysis, Sherlock gave his affirmation.

“It is a serious mistake to form theories before having data; people often unconsciously bend facts to fit theories, rather than bend theories to fit facts.

So, to others, Snape was always more suspicious than Quirrell—I'm glad you were able to extract the key clues from the information and connect them into a logically coherent whole."

"But you explained everything to Hagrid before, and I'm only now figuring it out."

Despite Sherlock's approval, Hermione's voice was still muffled.

"My dear friend, as far as first-hand reasoning is concerned, you are already three Rowans smarter than those goldfish at Scotland Yard.

I have pointed out to him many times the difference between seeing and observing, but until now he has only put it into practice in one instance."

Although she was unhappy about Sherlock comparing her to Ron, Hermione still asked curiously:
"what's the situation?"

"He never mistook a sugar quill for a quill—even though they looked very similar."

Hermione: (_)
"I'm going to prepare for my lessons. See you tomorrow!"

Leaving this sentence, Hermione hurried back to the castle.

She had already come to a firm conclusion through observation - Sherlock definitely did not read the book "Charming Conversation Master" that she gave him!
After Hermione left, Sherlock stayed briefly on campus and returned to the castle, coming to the Gryffindor common room.

Harry and Seamus had already played several games of chess.

During the holidays, he learned a lot of tricks from Ron at Sherlock's house, and now he used them all on Seamus, causing a lot of trouble for the latter.

This also made the chess pieces that had originally been quite critical of him become much more obedient, which made Harry and Seamus very happy.

Playing chess is fun only when you find an opponent of similar strength.

After Seamus left, Sherlock and Harry returned to their dormitory together.

Ron had been tortured enough by the Weasley twins that he had already fallen asleep in bed. Neville and Dean's beds were still empty - they had not returned to school yet.

Sherlock didn't say much and asked Harry to take out the invisibility cloak.

Harry knew exactly what this meant - it was clearly the beginning of a night tour of Hogwarts.

This made him both nervous and excited.

I always feel like something has been opened inside my body.

　On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, in addition to breaking the five-day mourning period, we also welcome the God of Wealth ()

　　Everyone has even less time to read, right?
　　But this also means that the Spring Festival holiday is half over and the time to go back to work is getting closer ((/——)/
　　
　
(End of this chapter)