Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

That's not the point. The point is that he asked me to organize the students, and that's my job."

Ron suddenly said curiously:

"Guess what kind of gift he will reward you with in the end?"

Harry said hesitantly:

"I don't think it's a set of test questions. After all, he gave it to me this year, on my birthday..."

Ron also hung his head, sighed and said:

"I received it too, but we still have three years before the OLS exam..."

Chapter 176 What is your cousin?

Suddenly, a faint whistle sounded and they looked around hurriedly.

Ron pointed at Harry's pocket and said:

"It came from your pocket."

Harry quickly took out the rapidly spinning and dazzlingly bright looking glass from his pocket.

Hermione took a look, drew her wand and cast a silencing spell directly at the looking glass.

Then he said in surprise:

"Didn't the professor say this thing wasn't very accurate? Why do you still carry it with you?"

Ron said dissatisfiedly:

"Yes, yes, I know it's a cheap one, and I had it tied to Errol's foot to send to Harry when it suddenly went bad. Thank goodness you knew how to make it stop."

Hermione apologized quickly and said:

"Sorry Ron, I almost forgot this was your gift for Harry."

Ron waved his hand nonchalantly.

Harry patted Ron on the shoulder and said:

"I think it's quite useful. Once, Wangcai wanted to look through my box, and it accurately warned me. But because it was shining, Wangcai took it away. In the end, I spent a gold galleon to exchange it with Wangcai."

Ron asked curiously:

"Who is Wangcai? What a strange name."

Hermione said:

"That's Professor Holmes's Niffler. When we first met, he actually took off my button. The professor also has a big black dog at home with a strange name..."

Ron quickly interrupted Hermione and said excitedly:

"Really? I mean, are Nifflers real? I've always wanted to get a Niffler, but I heard it's hard to find one. The ones on the market are almost all monopolized by goblins..."

Then, the three of them turned their topic to Sniff.

Lupin, who had been sleeping without noticing it, shuddered all over when he heard the big black dog.

Just as several people were discussing Hogsmeade village in a low and heated voice, the cubicle door suddenly made a sharp scratching sound.

Hermione quickly opened the door and found that it was her newly bought pet cat Crookshanks, running over from the compartment where she had just left her luggage.

Hermione quickly picked up Crookshanks and carefully glanced at Professor Lupin, who was not awakened, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

When Ron saw Crookshanks, he subconsciously covered his bulging pockets.

"Watch your cat..."

Before he could finish his words, Crookshanks nimbly jumped from Hermione's arms onto Ron's lap.

Ron angrily and roughly pushed Crookshanks off.

"Go away!"

Hermione said angrily:

"Ron, don't do this."

Ron was about to speak when he noticed Professor Lupin suddenly moved. They looked at Lupin nervously, and found that he just turned his head to the other side, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After seeing Hermione holding Crookshanks tightly, he carefully avoided Crookshanks' sight and said to Harry:

"Speaking of which, we have to thank Professor Holmes. Do you remember what Scabbers looked like the last time you saw him in Diagon Alley? Look at him now."

Harry noticed that Scabbers, who had been sick and losing his hair last time, was now plump and covered in shiny fur. Even with the cat by his side, he could even sleep with even breathing.

Ron said happily:

"I really want to thank Professor Holmes for the pet food. Since eating it, Banban is in better condition than before, but he likes to sleep a little..."

At this point, Crookshanks growled, and Ron was so scared that he quickly stuffed Scabbers back into his pocket.

As the Hogwarts Express traveled north, the scenery outside the window became increasingly desolate.

At around three or four in the afternoon, it started raining outside and the mountains outside the window became blurry.

At this time, they heard footsteps coming from outside the corridor, and then saw three people they disliked.

Draco Malfoy, with his two best friends Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle following him on his left and right.

Draco Malfoy raised his chin and said sneerly:

"Tsk tsk, look who this is? Snot and dead chicken (a homophone for Potter and Weasley. Pun, deduct money!),

I heard your father finally got some gold this year…”

Ron stood up and imitated Draco's sneer and said:

"I heard that the Malfoy family is too poor to support a house-elf, so the house-elf has to go out and find a job to earn money. Now he works as a butler for Professor Holmes, and he earns ten gold Galleons a week..."

Harry also said,

"Yes, Dobby is very happy now. Not only does he wear different new clothes every day, but he also gives my cousin's pet a gold Galleon as pocket money every day..."

After hearing this, Ron looked at Harry in surprise. One gold Galleon a day as pocket money...

Draco Malfoy's face suddenly turned red, and he said fiercely:

"Who is your cousin..."

Hermione blinked and said:

"Oh, Harry, please lend me Hedwig. I need to write a letter to Professor Holmes. He once favored the Defense Against the Dark Arts class representative, but now he's talking about him behind his back..."

Draco's face suddenly turned pale, and he asked tremblingly:

"You...what did you say? Professor Holmes is your cousin?"

Harry said "oh" lightly, as if it was not something surprising.

At this moment, Lupin snorted, which immediately attracted Malfoy's attention. He quickly changed the subject and said:

"Who is that?"

He was grateful to Professor Holmes for helping him get a high score in the exam. After receiving the results, his mother was very happy.

At the same time, he particularly hated the other party for making his family lose their only house-elf. His father also warned him not to deliberately provoke the other party if he met him in the wizarding world in the future...

Harry scoffed and said:

"New teacher, you just offended the previous professor, and you're not satisfied yet, so you want to..."

As he said this, Harry deliberately glanced at Lupin who was still sleeping.

Malfoy's grey eyes narrowed; he was no fool.

Then he suddenly remembered something and said to Ron with a sneer:

"Oh, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. The Daily Prophet had a prize-giving contest. Whoever guessed the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor would receive 500 gold Galleons.

Hey, I wonder if your lucky dad will get the prize this time?"

After saying this, without waiting for Ron to get angry, he immediately took Crabbe and Goyle and disappeared from the partition.

Ron in the cubicle rubbed his knuckles and said angrily:

"I will not tolerate Malfoy's nonsense this semester. I mean what I say. If he dares to make fun of my family again, I will pull his head off..."

As he spoke, Ron made a violent gesture in the air.

Hermione quickly tugged at Ron's arm, pointed at Lupin and whispered:

"Be careful..."

Chapter 177 Dementors

As the train sped north, the rain grew heavier and heavier, and the windows had turned a watery gray.

The lights in the aisle and on the luggage racks suddenly came on.

The wind was howling outside the window and raindrops were hitting the wall.

In the car, Draco and his followers spread the news that the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was Harry Potter's cousin.

The Weasley children no longer had any concerns. They had originally worried that Douglas and Harry would not like to publicize their relationship.

When I was vividly describing my experience in Egypt with my classmates, we suddenly looked at each other after hearing the news.

The two said disdainfully:

"Oh, we already knew about this."

"It's through the telephone, which is a Muggle thing..."

Some people came to question Harry, but when they saw the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor sitting in the box, they immediately scattered...

Just when Harry and the other two were proud of choosing a great carriage, the train began to slow down.

Ron said excitedly:

"Are we here yet? Great! I'm starving and really want to attend the party..."

Hermione glanced at her watch, frowned and said:

"I don't think it's time yet..."

The train slowed down until the sound of the wheels could no longer be heard.

Harry was closest to the door, so he stood up and looked towards the aisle. Countless heads poked out curiously from the compartments.

Then, without reason, all the lights went out, plunging them into complete darkness.

Ron stood up and accidentally stepped on Hermione's foot, and they both screamed.

Harry groped his way back to his seat, looked at the blurry figures of Ron and Hermione in the darkness and asked:

"Do you think the car broke down?"

Ron wiped the mist off the glass, looked out and said:

"I don't know... I can't see anything clearly...

Wait, something seems to be moving, they seem to be getting on the bus..."

Just as Harry stood up and was about to lean on the window to look, the compartment door suddenly opened and someone tripped over Harry's legs and fell to the ground painfully.

Hermione immediately drew her wand:

"Lumos!"

In the light of the Glowing Charm, Neville Longbottom was seen lying on the ground.

Harry and Ron then remembered that they had left home and could cast spells.

He quickly helped Neville up and sat him down. Then there was another scream and Neville almost sat on Crookshanks.

Hermione frowned slightly and said:

"Don't move around here. I'll go ask the driver what's going on."

As soon as Hermione opened the door, she saw Ginny standing in the dark corridor and they almost bumped into each other.

Ginny looked at Hermione holding the glowing spell, slapped her forehead, and said with a smile: