Chapter 19

By dinner time, the two of them had finished most of their homework and went to the Great Hall together, carrying their school bags.

This reminded Albert of his time in elementary school, where he would carry his bag and walk home with his classmates.

Throughout the weekend, aside from a stroll around the lake on Saturday morning, Albert was called by Hermione to study in the library at other times.

Initially, Albert had no desire to go, but after observing the common room for a few days, he found that the recreational activities in the wizarding world were limited to chess, card games, or Quidditch, which he found rather dull. In contrast, the books about the magical world were much more interesting.

Besides reading, Albert spent evenings by the common room fireplace, chatting with fellow students, and sometimes helping them with their homework. Albert patiently answered their questions.

While assisting his classmates, Albert finally understood why professors were so upset when grading assignments.

Some students copied large sections from the textbook, and their assignments often lacked coherence between paragraphs. Some even plagiarized entire sections from the Potions homework when the required word count for Transfiguration was not met.

Not to mention the numerous grammatical and spelling errors that Albert himself would not have made in his previous life.

All Albert could say was that Hogwarts teachers had remarkably good tempers; if he were the teacher, he would certainly have punished the students severely.

Seeing his classmates' pleading eyes like those of small kittens, Albert could only sigh silently. Gradually, he inspired these younger students to complete their homework and taught them how to write papers, as he had done in his previous life.

On Sunday night, however, Albert firmly refused individual requests from students to copy their homework.

As the days went by, Albert gradually built a reputation as a principled and kind person among his Gryffindor classmates. Of course, Hermione Granger also developed a reputation as a studious and somewhat solitary student.

Albert had hinted at Hermione several times about this issue, but unfortunately, she still followed her own path.

Finally, after more than a month of the school year, a notice was posted in the Gryffindor common room announcing that flying lessons would begin on Thursday, with Gryffindor students taking lessons with Slytherins.

Aside from feeling somewhat frustrated about being paired with Slytherins, the rest of the news was quite exciting.

Within days of the notice being posted, the entire wizarding community was abuzz about Quidditch, except for Neville Longbottom. Albert heard many stories but couldn't quite grasp the excitement surrounding Quidditch.

However, Albert also learned from his classmates' chatter that every few years, there would always be one or two young witches or wizards who had to apply for exemption due to their overwhelming fear of heights. They were then treated as cowards and socially ostracized, often suffering accidents related to the game.

Albert silently hoped he wouldn't become one of those unfortunate individuals.

Amidst the heated discussion among everyone, Thursday arrived. During breakfast, Hermione continued to read some flying instructions from a library book titled "Quidditch: The Origins."

Everyone, except Neville, was slightly annoyed by her incessant talking.

Seeing this, Albert made a calm gesture towards Hermione. "It's actually a lot like swimming. No matter how much theory you learn, it's of little use. What's most important is the experience." Hermione opened her mouth as if to counter something, but a snowy owl's message interrupted her.

Neville's grandmother had sent him a commemorative ball, and as a result, Malfoy nearly snatched it away, but fortunately, Professor McGonagall arrived quickly to handle the situation.