Chapter 302: On the Hogwarts Express (Edited)

"Hello nya!"

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Fish steered Hermione, who was in a grumpy mood, towards the door, then stopped before the cart, eyeing the snacks on it with a greedy look.

"So that's Fish," the witch running the cart, who Fish actually knew and who lived in Hogsmeade, reached out and patted Fish's little head, then grabbed a handful of licorice wands from the cart and passed them to Fish. "Here, Auntie's giving it to you."

"Fish wants three more cakes like that," the kitten pointed to the cauldron-shaped cakes on the cart, then picked up the pocket money that Professor McGonagall had given him before climbing into the cart: "Fish pays nya."

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Fish handed him the money as he continued to pick out the snacks from the cart.

On the other side, Daphne, Pansy and Millicent were jealously watching Hermione, who was standing next to Fish, as they saw Fish take Hermione's hand.

Although they knew Fish had no such intention, that didn't stop them from feeling jealous.

Besides... Hermione was a Muggle-born Gryffindor, and she was born to disagree with them.

It wasn't until Fish finished buying the food and dragged Hermione into the compartment with him that Daphne and the girls reluctantly looked away.

"Tina, it's been a long time."

As soon as they entered the cubicle, Tina, Millicent's Persian cat, came up to them and rubbed against Fish's leg.

Fish picked Tina up and touched noses with her.

Daphne had thought about asking her sister to buy her a cat as a way to get closer to Fish, but after two years it seemed pointless, so she stopped.

"Fish, let me introduce you. This is my sister, Astoria Greengrass, she's a new student this year."

Daphne pulled a girl who looked a little like her over to her side and introduced her to Fish.

"Hi nya," Fish greeted, placing Tina on the compartment table and handing her two of the snacks he had just bought: "Fish treats you to lunch nya."

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"Thank you."

Daphne's sister took the snack from Fish with an excited look and then kept looking at the cat ears on his head.

"Are those your real ears? can I touch them?" asked Astoria cautiously.

"Okay, but you have to be gentle nya."

Fish wiggled his ears and lowered his head, he didn't mind being touched...as long as there was a limit.

Astoria gave Fish's ears a gentle squeeze before pulling her hand away and exclaiming to Daphne: "Sis! I touched him! He's so soft and cute."

Fish straightened up, saw the look on Daphne's and the others' faces and hurriedly shielded his ears with both hands.

"No, I won't be touched, nya!"

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Daphne and the girls sighed in unison, a regretful expression on their faces.

Fish and Hermione didn't stay long with Daphne and the girls.

The cat suddenly found it a bit "dangerous" to stay here and Hermione, who was fed up with the Slytherins, wasn't interested in staying either, so after a quick chat, they left the compartment with a bunch of snacks and ran to join Harry and the others, despite the pleas of Daphne and the others.

Soon, they found Harry in a compartment at the back of the carriage, where, besides them, there was a strange man sleeping against the window.

The man's wizarding robes were badly worn and covered in patches, he looked even poorer than Ron and looked sickly, he seemed to be very young in appearance, but his hair was already a bit grey.

"Who is it?" asked Hermione quietly, not wanting to wake the other man.

Ginny pointed to the luggage rack above his head, and Hermione looked up to see a small, tattered suitcase on the luggage rack, tied with a lot of string, with the words "R.J. Lupin" written on the corner of the suitcase.

"We're guessing he's this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher." Ron said quietly, followed by a grimace: "It just doesn't look very powerful..."

Hermione shrugged indifferently and said: "I don't think there should be a worse teacher than Lockhart."

The others nodded thoughtfully.

At that moment, the kitten, who had no interest in their conversation, approached Professor Lupin and twitched his nose slightly.

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Fish frowned and looked closely at the sleeping Lupin.

Although the smell was normal, there was something not right about him, something that didn't seem right to the cat.

Tilting his head and thinking for a moment, the kitten reached out his finger and gently poked Lupin's sickly face twice.

"Fish! Stop it!" said Hermione under her breath, and hurried to drag him backwards.

After pulling Fish back, Hermione and Ginny looked at the sleeping Lupin warily, fortunately, the other party seemed to be sound asleep, maintaining the previous position, leaning against the window without moving a bit.

Harry and Ron paid no attention to Lupin's reaction, but instead looked at each other in surprise, as Fish's housemates they knew that the cat would not have disturbed anyone's sleep since first term, and Fish's behavior just now seemed very unusual.

They didn't think Fish would bother Professor Lupin for no reason, Fish was usually naughty, but unlike the twins, he rarely played pranks.....

Well, except when it came to Professor McGonagall, after all, Fish's greatest wish is to one day beat Professor McGonagall.

But that can only be said to be a McGonagall family parent-child activity, not a prank.

So, the first time Fish saw this person who was probably the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher acted in such a disrespectful manner, maybe the little cat noticed something unusual!

Both Harry and Ron had a lot of faith in the cat's powers of perception, after all, every now and then Fish would dredge up some extraneous secret he had inadvertently discovered....

The Voldemort stuck in the back of Quirrell's head the first year, and Voldemort's diary the second year, were solved by Fish.

Harry then asked curiously: "What's wrong with this man, Fish?".

The kitten continued to frown, not quite sure himself: "Fish isn't sure, but it gives Fish a funny feeling, a bit like those giant spiders in the Forbidden Forest."

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"Spiders!"

Ron let out a yelp and quickly wiggled his buttocks at Harry, unconsciously wanting to stay away from Lupin.

"Fish didn't say it's a spider nya" the kitten explained after waving his hand and tidying up his language: "I mean I get the impression it's a bit like one of those bad tempered animals nya, but it's not really the same thing, Fish couldn't say for sure nya.... Anyway, he doesn't seem like a very nice guy."

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Harry and the others couldn't help but look at each other.

Not even Quirrell with Voldemort on his head or Liar Lockhart had ever received such a comment from Fish....

Who is this new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher?