Chapter 870: Hogwarts Learning Panel, Chapter 377

Luo En said, clearly not listening to a word Hermione was saying.

Hermione turned her face to look at Jia Siting and Sien,

"It must be fun to occasionally leave school and go to Hogsmeade, right?

You guys will go, right? Jia Siting? Harry?"

"Hmm."

Jia Siting nodded with a smile.

"Of course."

Harry's mood was especially relieved; mentioning Hogsmeade reminded him of the permission slip Aunt Petunia had secretly slipped to him.

Even though he had blown up Aunt Marge and hadn't fulfilled their agreement at all, Aunt Petunia had still approved it.

Harry didn't know at the time that love is unconditional.

"Then... what about you? Sien?"

Hermione seemed to have laid the groundwork, and then she could stare straight at Sien with justification.

"I don't know."

Sien said hesitantly.

Hogsmeade was certainly great, and Professor Marcus Marcus Maige had long wanted to sign the permission slip, but Sien was ultimately prevented by certain specific factors.

The letter the professor gave him read:

【Dear Mr. Green:

Please note that the new semester begins on September 1st.

The Hogwarts Express will depart from Platform 9 at King's Cross Station at eleven o'clock.

If you are going to the farm for the last week of summer vacation, please contact me in person.

I am pleased to inform you, dear Mr. Green, that third-year students are allowed to visit Hogsmeade village on certain weekends.

Please give the permission form attached to the letter to me for my signature.

By the way, your Potions professor has expressed obvious dissatisfaction with this, so please bypass him and come find me.

The book list for the next semester is attached.

—Your faithful Deputy Headmistress and Guardian: Minerva Marcus Marcus Maige】

"What... does this mean?"

Luo En looked terrified,

"Not letting you go? But—that's impossible—as long as someone is there—how could they not approve it?"

"Hey!"

Hermione glared at Luo En; she seemed to have remembered something.

Not long ago, on Sien's birthday, she hadn't seen any adults.

Yes, other than a bunch of professors, there were no other wizards or Muggles.

Luo En was glared at and felt somewhat bewildered; he didn't know why, but he still suggested in a low voice:

"Maybe... Professor Professor Professor Fuliwei or someone else will approve you—

Or we can ask Fred and George; they know every secret passage leading out of the castle—"

"Luo En!"

Hermione said sharply,

"That would violate school rules—"

"Goodness—Hermione, you still remember the school rules?"

Luo En had a look of seeing a ghost.

Hermione was so angry her face turned red, and she stopped paying attention to Luo En, instead saying in a low voice:

"But Luo En is right, a professor might be able to make the decision."

As she spoke, she fiddled with the strap of Crookshanks's wicker basket.

"Don't let that thing out!"

Luo En said, but it was already too late.

Crookshanks nimbly jumped out of the basket, stretched, yawned, and leaped onto Luo En's lap.

The bulge in Luo En's pocket trembled, and Luo En angrily pushed Crookshanks off.

"Get lost!"

"Luo En, don't be like that!"

Hermione said angrily.

"How many times is this!"

Crookshanks had always had great hostility toward Scabbers.

But everyone thought this was reasonable; after all, Crookshanks was a cat, and Scabbers was a rat.

"What do you think?"

Hermione held Crookshanks and asked Sien.

Crookshanks settled into an empty seat, its flat face turned toward Sien, but its pair of yellow eyes were always turning to stare at the pocket on Luo En's chest.

"I don't think so—"

A cold voice appeared.

Luo En and Harry shuddered almost instinctively.

While Hermione and Jia Siting looked in surprise at the suddenly appearing Professor Sineipu.

"Professor."

Sien said.

"Green..."

Sineipu's sharp eyes swept over the group of young wizards and finally landed on Sien,

"Five minutes to say goodbye, then come with me."

Sien stood up silently; it was time for him to leave the Leaky Cauldron.

And everyone knew that he was staying at Hogwarts.

Furthermore, Hogwarts had many unfinished plans waiting for him, such as a locket stained with evil, and his Dark Magic studies, for which he was only one spell away from reaching the master level.

Sien's luggage was not much, and he finished packing in a few minutes.

"May I ask why? Professor?"

Before leaving, Jia Siting suddenly asked Sineipu respectfully.

"Who knows?"

Luo En muttered to Harry in a low voice,

"If you ask me, even if someone needs to manage Hogwarts, it should be Professor Professor Professor Fuliwei, the Head of Ravenclaw, not..."

Harry nodded cautiously and quite approvingly.

"No reason—"

Sineipu snorted coldly and walked away with Sien.

The pub fell into silence for a moment.

On the cobblestone street of Diagon Alley, Sineipu did not use Apparition immediately; he seemed to have something to say.

"Regarding the fugitive Black, do you know..."

He asked somewhat unnaturally.

"Yes, Professor."

Sien glanced at the black dog by the window.

"Hmph—Green, you should know, he is very dangerous..."

Sineipu leaned over, staring into Sien's eyes, then turned back to look away,

"Extremely dangerous."

He added,

"Before those fools at the Ministry of Magic catch him, you are not allowed to go to Hogsmeade."

His tone was even more unnatural, and his eyes flickered.

He didn't fully know everything about those people, but he could sense some things—such as that secret passage, and where it actually led.

"I understand, Professor."

Sien was slightly surprised; Professor Sineipu seemed to be... discussing it with him?

"It seems you aren't stupid enough to—"

Sineipu was in a good mood.

He coldly swept over the shops along Diagon Alley, not noticing the repeated changes in his attitude.

And Sien was lost in thought; Professor Marcus Marcus Maige had agreed, but Professor Sineipu had not approved.

He seemed to have fallen into a dilemma. ===== CHAPTER 871 =====