Harry Potter: This senior is pretty strong

The curfew at Hogwarts varies with the seasons. In the summer, it is 11 p.m., while in the winter it is earlier, at 10 p.m.

It was already 9:30 when the two left Hagrid's place.

Even though Qin Yu often violated the school's curfew rules and frequently sneaked out at night, it's always best to avoid violating them unless absolutely necessary.

So, on the way back, Qin Yu held Hermione's hand the whole time, and the two walked very quickly.

"I didn't expect that just a simple wood carving would take so long," Hermione said, panting.

"Yeah, it's because Hagrid chose such hard wood that my hands are hurting from the hardness," Qin Yu said helplessly.

"Me too. I almost cut my finger with the carving knife several times. Once, a piece of my nail was even cut off."

As the little witch spoke, she deliberately hooked one of her fingers, partly out of mischief and partly to match what she was saying.

Qin Yu felt a stinging pain in his palm from being pricked by something sharp—it must have been the sharp point that Hermione had mentioned, caused by a piece of her fingernail being cut off.

He immediately stopped in his tracks.

The little witch was also pulled to a stop, stunned for a moment, and then said in a somewhat guilty tone:

"Did it hurt? I didn't use much force... I just tickled you lightly..."

"Lumos!"

Qin Yu ignored it and instead chanted the illumination spell (fluoresce).

The tip of the staff then emitted a faint white light, illuminating the small area where they were.

Then, he pulled up the culprit "hand" that had just caused trouble in his palm and examined it carefully under the white light from the tip of the cane.

Qin Yu noticed that the nail of the index finger among the five fair fingers was chipped at one corner. Although a little bit of the skin had been scraped off, there was no sign of bleeding, which relieved Qin Yu.

However, he scratched his fingertip across the chipped nail twice, and his brow furrowed slightly.

If you hold it yourself, you might easily get pricked if you're not careful.

However, there were no suitable tools at hand at that time.

Using magic would be overkill for Hermione's "Divine Shield," and besides, using a wand would require turning off the Illumination Charm, which would leave her in complete darkness. If she wasn't careful, Hermione's white finger might get sliced ​​off.

Use a healing spell? What's there to repair about nails? They need to be trimmed regularly.

After thinking it over and over, Qin Yu was at a loss for what to do.

Hermione saw him frowning in thought, blinked her beautiful eyes as if she knew what he was struggling with, and withdrew her hand.

"That's easy!"

The little witch said something.

While Qin Yu was still in a daze, she brought her finger to her lips, bit down on the nail with her two rows of teeth, rubbed it back and forth, quickly released it, held it up to her eyes to look at it, and then bit it a couple more times...

Finally, he wiped himself on the robe with a satisfied expression.

Qin Yu watched the whole thing, speechless.

"I just washed my hands!"

Hermione raised her chin, clearly displeased with his reaction.

"I didn't say anything..." Qin Yu said innocently.

“Your eyes have already betrayed your thoughts!” Hermione pouted, hitting the nail on the head.

"Alright, alright, my true feelings are laid bare before the wise Miss Granger!" Qin Yu had no choice but to admit.

As he spoke, he took that hand again.

Then, the finger scratched its way into the palm of her hand, and the little witch tilted her head, casting an inquiring glance.

Qin Yu responded with a helpless smile and nodded.

Although the unevenness of my nails still causes some itching, it's definitely not as prickly as before.

Hermione received his feedback and smiled with satisfaction, thinking that the method was not bad.

The two continued walking forward.

We've walked for a while now, and we're not far from the castle.

So they slowed their pace a bit and chatted casually.

Even if you've washed your hands, is it really necessary to use your teeth to trim your nails?

"Do you have a better idea?"

"Not at the moment."

"That's it."

"But I'm trying to figure something out."

"Heh, I'm afraid that when the time comes, you'll think of the same method I just used."

"Ok?"

"It's better for me to bite it myself than for you to bite it, right?"

"Hermione, how could you think of me like that?"

"Just tell me if you want to bite it or not?"

"...Don't ask such strange questions!"

"Just as I thought..."

"What do you mean, what do you mean?"

"You just glanced at my hand instinctively!"

"No...nothing like that!"

"Humph!"

"What are you humming about again?"

"Qin, you're getting stranger and stranger~"

"You're the strange one!"

"A little bit!"

"Fine, fine, I'm going to bite your finger off today!"

"Ah~ No~"

"You provoked us first, so you should know you have to bear the consequences!"

As they talked, their conversation turned into a playful chase.

……

Not long after entering the castle, Qin Yu caught up with Hermione, who was fleeing in panic, at a corner of a corridor.

Of course, he didn't actually bite off one of the girl's fingers; he merely symbolically opened his blood-red mouth and gently bit her once, signaling the end of the punishment.

It has to be said that the little witch's fingers are delicate and tender. If she had enough strength, she could easily bite them off, let alone slice them off with a sharp, razor-sharp blade.

Lost in wild thoughts, Qin Yu pulled Hermione up the Gryffindor tower, stood before the portrait of the Fat Lady, gave her the current access code, and then passed through the doorway back to the Gryffindor common area.

At this point, there was obviously no one else around. When they arrived, the last girl's figure had just disappeared at the bottom of the stairs.

The two of them naturally didn't stay long.

He gave the little witch a gentle hug and they said goodnight to each other.

Before parting ways, the mischievous Miss Granger stretched out her index finger and scratched Qin Yu's cheek with her somewhat rough nail.

Then, before the latter could open its blood-red maw again, she quickly withdrew her finger, turned around, and ran away.

Qin Yu was left standing there, glaring angrily, but there was nothing he could do.

……

When I returned to the dormitory, those guys were still making a ruckus and showed no signs of wanting to go to sleep.

After all, the holiday has just ended, and there's still a lot of energy left. We chat about our holiday experiences and observations, and share some food we brought back from home. It's hard to stop for a while.

Qin Yu accepted the unknown wizard's local specialty from Elvis and ate it while listening to his roommates chat with great interest.

When he first arrived, his wealthy roommate, Jimmy, was talking about his experience of vacationing in North America with his family.

"...We were having a great time, and we even planned to go to a zoo with lots of magical creatures. But then we heard that something called GA was causing trouble. Well, not really trouble, just some kind of publicity campaign with the slogan 'Make Magic Great and Great,' which is short for MMGG. My parents thought it was a bit chaotic there, so they decided to cut our trip short..."

Jimmy's tone betrayed his regret at the end, after all, he really loved strange and wonderful creatures, and he had finally made it to North America, but he hadn't been able to see them.

"Yes, I heard my dad say that their department gives instructions to every wizard going to North America, telling them not to participate in any activities related to the Magical Congress of North America, so as to avoid causing unnecessary trouble."

The speaker was Burke, whose father worked in the long-distance travel administration at the British Ministry of Magic, so he knew some of the relevant information.

Hearing this, Qin Yu couldn't help but think that GA had made quite a commotion over there, and even ordinary students at Hogwarts had heard about it.

"'Make magic even greater!' That slogan sounds catchy, but I wonder if they can actually pull it off," Wilson commented jokingly.

Everyone laughed it off, treating it as just an interesting topic.

They chatted about all sorts of random things, and to avoid them not being able to get up the next day, Qin Yu, as the undisputed dormitory head, announced the end of the pre-sleep meeting and urged the boys to go to bed.

After lying down, Qin Yu couldn't fall asleep for a while, so he thought about what he needed to do next.

In any case, the most important thing is to study magic diligently and improve one's strength.

"Sigh, I should go see Snape tomorrow. The after-school tutoring that was interrupted during the holidays will resume."

Qin Yu thought of this sentence and silently prayed that Snape would be gentle with him, or at least not kill him so easily.