Start by logging into the Old Man's Ring at Hogwarts

It's likely that they received a message from Professor McGonagall.

Snape was left to take charge alone.

Professor Lockhart, who had just been introduced to a new teacher by Dumbledore, was eager to step forward and help.

He was met with a glare from Professor Snape.

He's really unhappy right now. He's getting a professor's salary, doing the work of a vice-principal, and worrying about the responsibilities of a principal.

But this peacock that stole his class still wants to swagger around in front of him.

The irritable Snape now only wanted to pull out his wand and, together with Lockhart, give the young wizards a dueling practice lesson.

Incidentally, Lockhart's course was renamed "Defense Against the Dark Arts".

This was the name Snape came up with after thinking about it for a long time without success, and then consulted Zicomo for his ideas.

Zicomo originally wanted to use the name S.H.I.E.L.D., but fearing accusations of padding the word count, he simply added a few words.

At the Sorting Ceremony, Luna was unsurprisingly sorted into Ravenclaw.

As for Lani, influenced by Zicomo, she also developed a mild case of mysophobia.

So the Sorting Hat got another bath this year.

Then, under Lani's imposing presence, she was placed in Gryffindor.

Lani's idea was simple: wherever her king was, that's where she would be.

After the dinner, Zicomo and his two companions waited in the Gryffindor common room for a while before Harry and Ron walked in looking dejected.

The two explained the situation.

Basically, the entrance to Platform 9¾ was blocked, so they had no choice but to drive to school.

The good news is that, since the semester hasn't officially started yet, the four colleges don't have any points to deduct from their scores.

Therefore, Gryffindor did not lose any points for this.

The bad news is that these two individuals will need to accept disciplinary action from the school; specific punishments will be announced later.

Zicomo, standing nearby with interest, asked, "I don't understand. Harry's owl was right there with him. Since you couldn't get into the platform, why didn't you write to the professors and ask them to come and get you?"

"At the very least, you can write to Hagrid. As long as you get to school before classes officially start, it's not considered late. Harry, you're not short of money, just find a hotel near the station and wait there."

Harry and Ron were both taken aback by what Zicomo said.

Harry then said quietly, "Maybe it's because some people think he can drive a flying car at thirteen."

Ron lowered his head in shame.

"Don't say anything, my dad will definitely scold me to death when he sees that car."

"Perhaps you should be more worried about our mother's temper."

The Weasley twins suddenly appeared from somewhere, breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Ron unharmed, and then said with schadenfreude.

They had clearly heard the gist of the matter.

Ron swallowed hard, imagining his mother's anger.

He made up his mind: he would absolutely not go home for the Christmas holidays this year; he would rather die as late as possible.

Zicomo glanced at the time on his watch, stood up, stretched, and said.

"Alright, it's getting late, get some rest. If you two are hungry, you can go to the kitchen and find something to eat. If you don't know the way, George and Fred can show you. After all, you'll be better prepared for tomorrow's storm if you're well-fed."

After saying that, he walked towards his dormitory.

"What does Zicomo mean? Will it rain tomorrow?" Ron asked, puzzled.

"I guess the boss means that after the public reprimand tomorrow, the whole school will know about your glorious deeds."

"And your family will definitely write a letter to scold you."

"Guess again, were you seen by any Muggles while you were driving today?"

"If so, you're probably not going to escape being on the front page of the Daily Prophet tomorrow."

"Is this what the boss meant by social death?"

The twins took turns describing the situation they would face the next day.

Finally, he summarized his thoughts with a quote from Zicomo.

Ron never dreamed that he would one day become famous throughout the wizarding world in this way.

As for Harry, well, he's the savior, born with a halo.

Other wizards, especially those who graduated from Gryffindor, might see this and exclaim, "This is so Gryffindor!"

In the end, the two asked the twins to take them to the kitchen.

There was no other way; they were just too hungry.

She drove to Hogwarts without even having lunch, and upon arrival, Professor McGonagall immediately took her to the Headmaster's office.

I've been hungry until almost midnight.

If they didn't eat something soon, they felt they wouldn't see the sun rise tomorrow.

Zicomo returned to his dormitory, washed up, and went to sleep.

After a long day on the train, he was too tired to venture into the border region again.

It's worth mentioning that Lani did not go to the dormitory arranged by the school.

Instead, he chose to continue living in Zicomo's 'Zen Garden'.

Zicomo doesn't seem to care; having a wife with him all the time sounds pretty cool.

As soon as Zicomo closed his eyes, the system made a sound that hadn't been heard for a long time.

Congratulations, host, on achieving the life achievement "Magic Apprentice"!

Zicomo: ? ? ?

This broken system hasn't made a sound in six months; he thought it was dead.

When he first got the account linked, he could get several new achievements every now and then when he was playing the Old Man's Ring.

Aside from the existing achievements in the game, he hasn't seen any new ones.

System: 'The reason I set up so many new achievements was because I wanted them to materialize more.'

Who would have thought that his abnormal thought process could lead him to come up with that kind of materialization method, which makes me spend a lot of energy every time I help him materialize.

If I add any more achievements for him, I'll almost run out of steam myself.

The system notification sound dispelled his drowsiness, and Zicomo sat up to draw a new mini-game.

"System, start the draw!"

[Successful draw. Congratulations, host, you have obtained the mini-game "20 Minutes Before Dawn"]

"It's you! The Time Vanishing Technique!"

Zicomo said that because the game is very addictive.

Before you know it, several hours have passed.

This game is a simple bullet hell action game that requires players to control a character to continuously kill Cthulhu-themed monsters that appear in the darkness, absorb their experience to level up, and continue fighting until dawn arrives twenty minutes later.

In the game, you can choose one of five random skills at each level, and different skill combinations can unlock even more powerful skills.

The game also features various character classes and a wide variety of unique weapons.

Simply put, it's a light roguelike game with each round lasting twenty minutes.

Thinking back to the game he played in his previous life, it seemed that all the characters in it were female.

"System, can the game character be extracted?"

【……no】

Zicomo pouted in disappointment, then opened the system panel and started a new game.

Tonight is destined to be another sleepless night.

…………

The next day, as expected, the story of Harry and Ron, these two unfortunate brothers, spread throughout the entire school.

On the breakfast table, Harry's owl brought today's Daily Prophet.

Sure enough, the photo on the headline was indeed the Weasley family's car.

Fortunately, Zicomo helped them cast a Muggle banishing spell on the car, and only one Muggle vagrant saw the flying car before that.

The homeless man told everyone about it, but no one believed him; they all thought he was crazy.

Later, the Ministry of Magic sent an Auror who eliminated the threat with a Forgetfulness Charm.

Watching the owls bring in various letters one after another, Zicomo silently got up and pulled Lani and Hermione away from the two spirited young men.

He knew the big one was coming soon.

Ron was wondering why Zicomo had changed his position when his owl, carrying a red letter, landed in front of Ron's breakfast.