Chapter 80: Train

After realizing this, Hermione's expression didn't improve.

"So, we're going to another year without learning anything useful?" she said.

In their first year, Professor Quirrell disguised himself, and they didn't learn anything useful.

He just read from the book directly.

They had hoped for a capable Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in their second year, but instead, they got stuck with the disappointing Professor Lockhart.

It was frustrating for Hermione.

Seeing Hermione like this, Arthur hesitated for a few seconds before speaking up.

"How about I train you in my free time?" he suggested.

Hermione's eyes lit up at Arthur's words.

Yes, Arthur was so powerful.

Last semester, he could fight on his own against Voldemort.

Teaching a second-year witch like her should be a piece of cake, right?

Hermione happily nodded, and Harry, who was watching nearby, felt envious.

Seeing Harry's expression, Arthur also said, "You can join us too, Harry. But be prepared. It will be exhausting, and you'll still have to attend Quidditch training."

Harry immediately turned his worries into joy. Since the end of last semester, he realized the importance of strength.

When Arthur and Voldemort fought, he could only hide in a corner, trembling in fear.

This made Harry deeply understand his own feeling of being powerless, and he wanted to fight alongside his friends.

The three of them agreed on a time. Arthur would be tutoring them in Defense Against the Dark Arts every weekend.

Arthur believed that the magical world would become increasingly dangerous in the future.

While Hermione and Cho had great spellcasting talents, their basic magical power was too low.

Even if they learned spells, their power would be normal. So he decided to give the two girls some small help.

He got some precious herbs from Nicolas Flamel, which could be used to brew potions that increased magical power.

Arthur decided to take them to the Room of Requirement for practice.

It was a hidden place and wouldn't attract attention from other young wizards.

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In the following days, Arthur pondered over who might have the diary.

Through the Weasley twins' connections, Arthur also met Ginny.

During their casual conversations over the past few days, Arthur had talked about the book, either on purpose or by accident.

On the other hand, Ginny didn't respond at all, as if it didn't bother her. If the diary wasn't with Ginny, it would become troublesome.

Arthur realized that the advantage of the plot was now gone.

Once the plot changed, he couldn't guarantee the safety of Cho and Hermione.

After all, the Basilisk's petrifying gaze was an instant death skill. If anything happened to them, Arthur wouldn't know what to do.

That is why he spent these days observing the new students this year.

Cho and Hermione even thought Arthur was trying to pursue pretty girls again.

During these days, Arthur encountered another trouble—Colin Creevey, a first-year Gryffindor student.

He heard about Arthur's amazing deeds from others last semester.

He immediately idolized Arthur and insisted on taking pictures of him, documenting the life of the genius wizard.

It annoyed Arthur a bit.

But Harry is happy, Colin is busy following Arthur so that he won't come to trouble him.

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On Saturday, Cho and Hermione were taking a walk in the yard.

Their relationship had become very good, and sometimes they would go out without Arthur.

Arthur found it very strange that they believed conversations between girls should be kept secret from boys.

However, he was glad to see their bond because he didn't want any conflict in the family.

Early in the morning, while Arthur was still asleep, Cho and Hermione had finished breakfast and come to the yard to take a walk and talk about some topics unusual to girls.

"Harry!"

Hermione spotted Harry carrying a broomstick heading towards the Quidditch pitch and greeted him.

Harry noticed Hermione and walked over.

"Good morning, Hermione. Good morning, Cho," Harry greeted Cho with a stutter and didn't dare to look her in the eye.

He didn't feel much about Arthur having Hermione as his girlfriend.

However, every time he saw Cho, his heart would race. He knew Cho was Arthur's girlfriend, so he could only envy him in his heart.

Not only was Arthur good-looking and smart, but he also had a beautiful girlfriend.

Harry couldn't help feeling a bit bitter.

"What's wrong? Why do you look so down?" Hermione noticed Harry's condition was bad and asked with curiosity.

"It's Oliver! He dragged us out of bed early in the morning for a meeting. I didn't even have breakfast," Harry complained resentfully.

Although Harry didn't miss the Quidditch finals like in the original plot last semester, Arthur's amazing performance shattered Oliver's dreams of winning the championship.

This semester, Oliver was full of energy and called all the team members out of bed early to attend his tactical classes.

Poor Harry hadn't even had breakfast and had to watch Oliver pointing at the moving arrows on the tactical board, explaining tactics for nearly two hours.

"Well, he just wants you to perform well this year," Hermione said helplessly after hearing Harry's complaint.

Because of her relationship with Arthur, Hermione felt a bit embarrassed to cheer for Harry and the others, so she could only offer a few words of comfort.

Cho was standing next to them and smiled softly.

However, deep in her heart, she firmly believed that as long as Ravenclaw had Arthur and her, they would definitely win the Quidditch Cup this year.

After a casual chat, Harry hurriedly ran into the Quidditch pitch for training.

Hermione and Cho continued to talk about girl's secrets.

But after a while, Hermione and Cho saw Draco Malfoy and a group of Slytherin students entering the Quidditch pitch.

"But hasn't Oliver already booked the pitch for today? Why are the Slytherin students here?" Hermione was worried and wanted to go and have a look.

Cho was also curious.

If she wasn't mistaken, those Slytherin players were holding Nimbus 2001 broomsticks, right? As one of the owners of a Nimbus 2001, Cho was very familiar with its appearance.

She also wanted to see if all the Slytherin players had switched to Nimbus 2001 broomsticks.

If that were the case, Slytherin would become very strong this year.

When the two entered the Quidditch pitch, they saw Draco Malfoy proudly showing off his Nimbus 2001 broomstick to the Gryffindor team members.

"Not bad, right? But if your family is willing to sell the house, maybe you can get two Nimbus 2001 broomsticks."

"Do you think I'm right, Weasley?"

When hearing Draco Malfoy's sarcastic and cutting comments, Hermione couldn't hold back anymore and angrily stepped forward.

"At least Gryffindor doesn't have a single member who needs to spend money to be on the team!"

Draco's smug expression instantly turned ugly.

Hermione's words struck a nerve with him.

He knew she was right. Although he had talent, it was crazy to think he could join the team as a Seeker in his second year.

The Gryffindor team members burst into laughter, mocking Draco constantly.

"No one asked you, you filthy little mudblood!" Draco said viciously.

These words immediately caused an explosive reaction.

George and Fred instantly charged at Draco but were stopped by Marcus Flint, the Slytherin Quidditch captain.

Ron also pulled out his broken wand and aimed a spell at Draco.

Unfortunately, his wand had been moody ever since it broke, and this time Ron was extremely unlucky as the spell bounced and hit him from behind.

He was sent flying.

When the Slytherin team saw this incident, they were shocked at first, but then they couldn't stop laughing.

Draco, in particular, laughed uncontrollably, gasping for breath and making excessive movements.

Harry and the others wanted to confront Draco, but Ron couldn't stop vomiting slugs, so they had to take him to the hospital wing first.

And at that moment, a cold voice echoed from the entrance.

"Draco, can you repeat the word you just said in front of me?"

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