chapter 41 new room and crying Hermione

After all his classes, Sasuke made his way to the newly cleaned black magic room. His mind was a whirlwind of thoughts as he stepped inside, taking in the pristine surroundings. Observing the room, he noted that although it was large, it was also quite empty. There was no furniture, and he realized that buying items from the system was a reasonable idea, but he didn't have enough points.

Living with disappointment, Sasuke continued his days reading books and practicing magic, even letting shadow clones go to the forbidden forest every day to gather materials. Watching multiple versions of Sasuke running around and doing various tasks, some even attending classes, became a common sight. Many daring students approached Sasuke to ask about the spell he used, to which Sasuke simply replied, "This is only for my girlfriends."

After hearing this, many students started to treat him like a playboy who was only interested in seducing girls. His already tarnished reputation took a further nosedive.

Female students distanced themselves from him to the point where his new magic research club went unnoticed. Complaints piled up, and Sasuke found himself summoned by the vice principal multiple times.

Without caring about the rumors, he continued to focus on reading, training, and collecting materials from the forbidden forest. He even started using his remaining money to purchase supplies from outside of Hogwarts.

As the room was finally renovated, a knock on the door broke his focus. The door opened to reveal Gemma. She approached him and handed over a bill. It was earlier than he expected, and the total was around 5000 galleons for all the items he had recently bought.

"So, do you have that much money? Because I don't think I would be able to pay for this," Gemma asked.

"No need, I will pay myself," Sasuke replied, thinking about the best way to come up with 5000 galleons. "Do you have a place to put them?"

Taking out an expansion pouch, he put all the money inside. "Are you sure about spending this much money?" Gemma asked, concerned.

"You don't have to worry. Once the school year ends, I will have more money."

Believing in Sasuke, she said her goodbyes and left the room.

As the room started to take shape with new supplies, Sasuke invited multiple girls, including Hermione, who happily joined since the new room was perfect for both studying and practicing magic.

As days turned into weeks, Sasuke continued to study hard, train hard, and even started to look for alchemy books. One day, as some of his clones were sitting on the sofa and reading books, a knock on the door broke their focus. as Thay glanced up, wary of the interruption. The door opened, and to his surprise, their tranquility was further shattered by the sudden entrance of Hermione Granger, her face almost tear-stained.

Watching five Sasuke's looking at her, Hermione quickly wiped her tears away. Sasuke was a bit confused. Hermione had been coming every day to study in this room because of the atmosphere, but didn't she have a better place to cry?

"Are any of you the real Sasuke?" Hermione asked, her face frozen for a second.

"No," the clones replied in unison.

As her face finally relaxed, thinking that at least no one saw her crying, one of the clones broke all her hopes. "Once we disappear, the main body will know you were crying, so you shouldn't be happy."

"Wait, what? How is that possible?" Hermione didn't want to believe it, thinking that soon the whole school would know she was crying and laugh at her.

If we couldn't share the memory, we wouldn't be studying here, Pointing at his book, one of the clone spoke. Another clone,

not wanting her to cry too much, clarified, "You don't have to worry. You should know that my popularity isn't very high right now, so even if I wanted to tell someone, there isn't anyone."

Coming out of her sadness, Hermione said, "But you have so many friends. Daphne, Pansy, Kin, and your girlfriend Gemma."

"I think you aren't listening to recent rumors," one of the clones said in a low voice.

"Are you talking about that playboy rumor?" Hermione asked.

"No, it's more serious than that. There's a rumor going around that I am using love potions and exploiting girls when they come to my club. Or if girls talk to me, there's a chance they'll fall under my spell."

Since then, Daphne and Pansy have maintained their distance. As for Gemma, she's having a hard time just staying in her prefect position, since everyone wants her to resign. Last but not least, Kin... I don't know what she's doing. The only thing she told me is that one of the professors is helping her master more powerful magic.

Hearing this, Hermione completely forgot her own problem. Blinking her eyes, she asked, "So, you don't do that?"

"Miss Granger, if I wanted to use magic to capture someone, the first person would be you.