HP: Becoming a Maiden Heartthrob

After the incident in the Forbidden Forest, with the final exams approaching, Narielian studied frantically with Kerston and Cedric.

The final exam was soon approaching, and Nalilian performed as usual. She didn't feel any pressure mentally, and her strength was super strong because she was forced to review.

After the exams, Narilean was taken to the Hufflepuff common room by Kersten and Cedric for dinner. She invited Hermione, but Hermione declined.

"I think that kind of lively occasion is not suitable for me," she said stiffly.

Nallylian knew that she had not yet gotten over the frustration of losing points to Gryffindor.

Because even if Narilean described this as a Slytherin conspiracy, they would no longer be ignored by the Gryffindors.

But she did deduct points from the college, which made her feel guilty.

Once Gryffindor's circle opens up and people are welcomed in, their enthusiasm and sincerity can easily move people.

The same thing happened with Hermione.

She gave her heart, so she felt very guilty.

Nalilian went with Kerston alone.

This time, the Hufflepuffs had a dinner together to celebrate the end of the exams. The atmosphere was very lively and the Hufflepuffs talked about all kinds of interesting things they would do during the holidays or where they would go on vacation.

Kirsten mentioned that they would go to Naples, Italy for vacation this holiday, but Narelle was not interested because she was worried about Hermione.

"Lillian," Cedric said, as if sensing her mood, "Did you know that when we first entered school, Kersten was deducted school points for fighting?"

"Ah?" Nalilian paused and looked at Kerston in surprise.

Could it be that this boy who appears to be very precocious actually has such a disobedient side?

Kersten turned his face away, leaving his ears slightly red.

“Some people blamed him at the time,” Cedric continued.

"But many of us knew that he was fighting to defend Hufflepuff and those who said Hufflepuffs were stupid, so we all became friends with Kerston."

Nalilian paused. She now knew that Cedric was comforting her about Hermione and the others.

On the contrary, these two boys studied hard because Hufflepuffs were considered not smart by other houses.

Kerston patted her head and said, "Fighting is wrong, but if you make a mistake, make up for it. No one can say anything, and you will feel at peace."

"That's right," Cedric added with a smile, "and then Kerston added over 150 points back to Hufflepuff."

They're just as nagging as parents, Nalilian thought, her nose feeling a little sore.

At this dinner, Nalilian stayed late again and was sent back.

Entering the lounge, she saw Neville lying on the ground, his eyes open but unable to move, which startled her.

She ran over quickly and found that Neville was under a petrification spell, so she quickly removed the spell for him.

"Harry and the others ran away!"

Neville, who had recovered, grabbed her wrist and said, it was obvious that Harry and the others had cast a spell on him to stop him from stopping them.

The Gryffindor boy's face was full of panic, "They will deduct points from the house!" He was afraid of being deducted points and afraid of being treated like that again.

Nalilian's heart sank. She knew where they were going, the place where the Philosopher's Stone was hidden.

What should she do? She had never gone with Harry to see the house, and she couldn't find the place at all.

"We have to go get them," Neville said firmly.

This was the first time he had been so courageous and assertive.

"No," Nalilian said calmly.

She grabbed his wrist. They couldn't get out. If they couldn't find a way out, they would be caught by Filch.

She also knew the outcome of the first year. Nothing would happen to Harry and the others, and it would even give Gryffindor extra points.

But Neville was not an obedient person. He felt guilty for deducting points from Gryffindor and didn't want Harry and the others to continue deducting points.

He said impatiently that Harry would deduct points from them and struggled to break free from Nalilian's hand.

Seeing that Neville didn't listen to her advice, Nalilian knew that reasoning with him was completely useless, so she pinched herself hard, and tears filled her eyes with pain, which scared Neville.

She pretended to be pitiful and pleaded, "I'm afraid to stay here alone. Please don't go. Let's wait for them to come back."

"You, don't cry," Neville was shocked. He had no way to deal with such a Nalilian. "I was wrong. I will wait for them with you. Don't cry."

The boy reached out his hand and clumsily wiped her tears, his face full of helplessness and worry.

The two of them waited on the sofa in the lounge. Neville kept staring at the exit nervously, while Nalilian felt a little sleepy. She nodded her head and fell asleep.

"Na Lilian?"

She didn't know how long she slept until someone called her name in the darkness.

Nalilian opened her eyes suddenly and found herself leaning on Neville's shoulder. She quickly sat up straight.

Neville blushed and said, "Hermione is back."

Are they back?

Narilian looked towards the exit and saw Hermione who had just climbed out of the cave. She quickly ran over and pulled her up.

"Are you all right?" she asked, looking at the dusty Hermione.

Hermione said nothing, but held her hand so tightly that her body was shaking.

Nallylian glanced behind her and frowned when she saw no one, Harry and Ron hadn't followed her back.

What happened?

She could no longer remember what happened during this time period in the original novel.

"Where are Harry and Ron?"

At this time, Neville came over, his face pale, and put forward his own bad guess.

"Have they been caught by Filch?"

"No," Hermione quickly recovered and began to explain, "They were sent to the hospital wing by Headmaster Dumbledore. Ron is fine, he was just knocked unconscious. Harry is very likely to have encountered something bad."

"What?" Neville looked horrified at the news that the two had entered the hospital wing.

Hermione then described the situation the three of them encountered when they entered the room.

The three of them entered the room where the Philosopher's Stone was hidden and passed the various levels set there.

One of the levels involves playing giant wizard chess, which requires real people to serve as chess pieces to compete against the other side.

Ron, as the best wizard chess player among the three, commanded them to play chess as chess pieces.

But in the end, in order to win, he sacrificed himself as a chess piece and was knocked unconscious by other chess pieces.

The next level Hermione and Harry enter is about reasoning about potions.

Hermione deduced that one of these potions could send people to the next level, and the other could send people back, which meant that one of them had to go back and the other enter the next level.

Harry chose to let Hermione go back to deliver the letter to Dumbledore, and he went to the next level where the bad guy who stole the Philosopher's Stone might be hiding.

Back in the previous room, Hermione ran to the Owlery as fast as she could to deliver a letter to Dumbledore, but she ran into Dumbledore when she reached the entrance hall.

Dumbledore seemed to know what had happened to them and went directly to the room where the Philosopher's Stone was hidden.

Hermione followed Dumbledore to find Ron and Harry, but she was stopped by Fluffy, a three-headed dog, at the door of the room and could not enter.

She waited outside the door for a long time until Dumbledore appeared, and Dumbledore was accompanied by two unconscious Gryffindor boys, who were Harry and Ron.

They were cast under a spell and floated in the air. Dumbledore said he would take them to the hospital wing and comforted her to go back to the lounge to rest quickly.

"With Headmaster Dumbledore here, we shouldn't have to worry too much," Hermione said, comforting herself at the same time.

"Yes, you're right."

Nalilian hugged her and patted her still trembling back.

She soothed him and said, "You are very brave tonight. Go to sleep without worry. I will help you deal with the rest of the matter."

She remembered that Dumbledore would later announce that the three children's success in completing the challenge had earned them extra points for Gryffindor.

But what about Professor Quirrell? She knew that Professor Quirrell was Voldemort, and she also knew that Harry had killed Professor Quirrell.

Headmaster Dumbledore also knew about it, but in order to maintain the stability of the school, he would not reveal that Professor Quirrell was Voldemort.

Will Harry kill him?