[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring":3,"chapter-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-88":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting at Hogwarts, Logging into Elden Ring",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1496262,1944,"Chapter 88: Harry in Action, Arthur Looking for Fun","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-88",88,"\u003Cp>A certain weekend morning, inside the Great Hall of Hogwarts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arthur, where do you usually hide your private stuff?\" Harry asked casually as he ate breakfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The most dangerous place is often the safest,\" Arthur replied between bites of his meat bun. \"So, I usually keep them on me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he actually meant was inside his system inventory. Indeed, a portable storage space was an essential tool for any transmigrator—too convenient not to have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry's eyes lit up at the answer. He reached into his robes and excitedly pulled out a massive book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur cast a glance at it—nice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Powerful Potions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Definitely something from the Restricted Section. Most likely, Harry had borrowed it under his Invisibility Cloak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not bad—Hermione had only assigned him that task a few days ago, and he'd already gotten the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're just… taking that out in the open like it's nothing?\" Arthur asked, baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All around them, students were still eating breakfast. Was Harry not afraid of being seen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't you say it yourself? The most dangerous place is the safest place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry quoted Arthur word-for-word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur's mood could be summed up in one phrase—Holy crap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't expected Harry to take his nonsense advice that seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione took the book and quickly flipped to the section she wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here—Polyjuice Potion. If brewed correctly, it can temporarily transform the drinker into someone else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perfect! We can turn into Crabbe and Goyle. Malfoy won't suspect a thing,\" Ron said happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur, however, could only shake his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How naïve. Even if Malfoy were the Heir of Slytherin, what reason would he have to tell his lackeys such a secret?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's Slytherin's legacy they were talking about! Who'd announce something like that just to invite disaster?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if the heavens themselves wanted to dampen their excitement, Hermione delivered a dose of bad news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, but the potion is extremely complex. It'll take at least a month to brew.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry's eyes widened. \"A month? In a month, Malfoy could've gotten half the Muggle-borns expelled—or worse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll just say this,\" Arthur added, finishing his soy milk, \"that's if Malfoy really is the Heir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this is the only lead we've got—unless someone prefers to stand by making snide remarks instead of helping,\" Hermione said sharply, glaring at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one needed to ask who she meant. Harry and Ron both turned to look at Arthur as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbothered, Arthur rose from his seat, motioning to Ranni, who had just finished her breakfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come, my little princess. Time to visit the brothels and enjoy some fine music.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last part he said in Chinese.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, he was planning to take Ranni to watch a movie. But since Hermione knew a bit of Chinese—and recognized the word \"movie\"—he opted for a more obscure phrase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranni had recently expressed an interest in learning about Muggle films, so Arthur had sent one of his avatars to the Muggle world to buy all the necessary equipment and a large selection of movies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was now set up in the Zen Garden, and the two of them were ready for a peaceful weekend together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid interruptions, he used Chinese—and deliberately made it sound mysterious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one except Ranni, who shared his fascination with Eastern culture and was fluent in the language, understood what he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for why he didn't invite Hermione? Well, she tended to get too emotionally invested in films—talking nonstop during certain scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He caught the looks Hermione and the others were giving him but ignored them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd told her before—she'd understand in due time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he captured the Basilisk, Hermione could study it however she liked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, though, let them busy themselves with their plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vaguely remembered in the original story that Hermione had accidentally added a cat hair instead of a human hair into her Polyjuice Potion—and turned herself into a catgirl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd already \"sampled\" Cat-Hermione before, but Catgirl-Hermione? That was something new.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would she make the same mistake this time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not… he'd miss his chance to see Catgirl Hermione!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, he couldn't let that happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to nudge events along a little—just enough to \"make sure\" they safely got their ingredients from Snape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Definitely not to tamper with the materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Arthur and Ranni left, Ron muttered, \"I'll never understand how he can say 'little princess' with a straight face. Gives me goosebumps every time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Hermione nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Harry was still thinking about that last Chinese sentence. It had to mean something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Arthur knew what Harry was thinking, he'd probably laugh for a week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know what he said?\" Harry asked Hermione.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione sighed. \"No idea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered being present when Ranni was learning Chinese and had tried studying with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After two weeks, Ranni was already fluent. Hermione, meanwhile, had barely grasped basic phrases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How was that even humanly possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Utterly disheartened, she gave up on learning the language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some things just couldn't be compared—mortal vs. demigoddess, for example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, she decided she'd pick it up again later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For now,\" she said, \"it looks like we'll have to handle this ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry sighed. \"Right…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He trusted Arthur deeply—especially since Arthur had helped him over the summer—but with him gone, Harry couldn't help but feel uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, uneasy or not, their plan went ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the Invisibility Cloak, Harry and Ron snuck out of the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were going to collect ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why bring Ron? Partly to keep watch… and partly because Harry didn't want Ron sitting out all the hard work while he and Hermione did everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, he was also nervous. Their destination was Snape's office, and if anything went wrong… at least he wouldn't die alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbeknownst to them, Snape was already nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, you dragged me out here in the middle of the night… to show off your new toy?\" Snape said quietly to the man beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed—Arthur, who had spent the whole day watching movies with Ranni, was now here too. He was the one who'd summoned Snape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He adjusted a strange-looking pair of goggles, then handed them over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Try them on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though skeptical, Snape put them on. Instantly, his vision turned green-tinted, and Arthur appeared as a glowing orange-red figure before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a custom-made reconnaissance device—part night-vision goggle, part thermal imager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's it? Some color-changing Muggle gimmick?\" Snape muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't look at me. Look that way.\" Arthur pointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the goggles, the \"empty\" corridor suddenly revealed two orange-red human silhouettes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape instantly recognized one—Harry Potter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two students sneaking around at night… You didn't bring me here just to catch them, did you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not,\" Arthur said with a smirk. \"Guess what they're up to?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape just glared at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur sighed. \"Fine, I'll tell you. They're trying to steal ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he finished, Snape moved to intervene—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, hey, relax! I called you out to watch the show, not end it early.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Easy for you to say! You're not the one being robbed!\" Snape snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I get it, you're mad—but hear me out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur laid out his plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When their potion wears off, you show up right then—catch them red-handed. Just imagine the look on their faces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape paused, then smirked. \"You really are a Slytherin at heart. I still don't know how the Hat ever put you in Gryffindor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur waved it off. \"Doesn't matter which House I'm in—as long as I can have fun. And anyway, you do know you can choose your House, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made Snape's eye twitch. He did know—but only after he'd become a teacher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes he couldn't help wondering… if he'd been brave enough to choose Gryffindor back then, would everything have turned out differently?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook off the thought and turned back to the boys rummaging through his office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever damage they cause—you're paying for it,\" Snape said flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was Arthur's turn to grimace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only hope Harry and Ron didn't break anything expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no such luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry, in his cleverness, decided to grab extra ingredients to throw Snape off the trail—many of which were rare collectibles Snape had kept for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione had once mentioned that the two boys should pay for their earlier Quidditch brawl with Slytherin, and Arthur suddenly suspected this was all part of her plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a twist of irony, Arthur's face darkened while Snape's lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those \"extra\" ingredients were old, mostly useless—but valuable as curiosities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Snape had every reason to make Arthur pay for replacements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For once, Snape looked positively cheerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Harry proudly handed Hermione a pile of potion ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur took one look at the heap, his face turning black as thunder. Without a word, he grabbed Ranni and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry blinked. \"What's his problem?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No idea. Maybe it's that time of the month for him,\" Hermione said absently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a joke she'd learned from Arthur himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the summer, when her period had started, she'd complained about how unfair it was that boys didn't have to deal with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had replied, \"Actually, guys have their own 'monthly phase' too—usually marked by random irritability. When that happens, a man can be so mad he might even punch himself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfectly normal in modern times, but in 1990s Hogwarts, it had been enough to make Hermione laugh out loud—and remember it ever since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poor Harry, however, had no idea what \"that time of the month\" even meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his confused face, Hermione decided not to explain and changed the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All right. Leave the brewing to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure. I trust you'll do great,\" Harry said, trying to sound encouraging, though he was still tired from staying up all night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione misread his tone, assuming he doubted her skills, and silently added another mark to the growing list of Harry's \"debts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, unknowingly, Harry had managed to get himself simultaneously targeted by both Arthur and Hermione.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Visit my patreon for more chapters\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Advance 30+ Chapters Available\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002FWhiteDevil7554\u003C\u002Fp>",1677,"2026-06-06T04:19:46.381Z",1,"novelbin.me","ac6ebe4d571bbff189ea0a065d03b82f0fb2a0bf6708b63d1a8833b9ff1a713c","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-89","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-87",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-cover.jpg"]