After stretching a big stretch, Link finally relaxed a little.
At this time, it was already dinner time. Link had been sitting like this for the entire afternoon.
However, after such a long period of studying, Link finally confirmed one thing. And that is, his improvement plan regarding prank spells was indeed feasible, only that to truly realize it, he still needed to carry out a series of rather complicated work.
Just in time, while doing this work, Link could also gain experience in the Super Sensory Spell.
After all, in Link's plan, the Super Sensory Spell would remain the best sensory method he could access for quite a long time.
If Link could raise its level and activate it in battle, that would undoubtedly greatly enhance his combat strength.
Feeling the hunger coming from his stomach, Link did not choose to go to the Great Hall to eat that potato roast meat, but instead pulled out a tube of hunger-suppressing nutrient potion from the pocket on his waist.
This was stock he had obtained from Snape. Although the taste of this stuff was indeed a bit too stimulating, compared to its effectiveness, that was acceptable.
Usually, as long as he drank just one small test tube of it, Link could go a whole day without feeling hungry, and he would not feel full or drowsy either.
If only in terms of energy conversion efficiency, it was far better than ordinary eating.
"Phew~"
Taking a deep breath, Link, having made full mental preparation, yanked off the cork of the test tube in one go, ready for a swift and decisive action.
But just at this moment, a strange 'gurgle gurgle' sound came from beside him, making Link involuntarily turn his head to look.
As such, a small figure hidden among the pile of books appeared in front of his eyes.
At this moment, Hermione also seemed to sense Link's gaze. She rubbed her stomach, then buried her head deeply into the book pile on the table with a red face.
At this point, Link finally understood what was going on.
He looked at Hermione, who was so shy even the roots of her ears had turned red, then looked at the test tube in his hand. In the end, he shook his head and directly raised his head, drinking the nutrient potion in one gulp.
The last encounter in the library with Hermione had already given Link enough of a lesson, he didn't want to offer warmth to someone giving him the cold shoulder again.
Due to the overly stimulating taste of the nutrient potion, Link could only quickly shake his cheeks, letting out a series of strange sounds from his mouth.
And this movement also caught Hermione's attention. She peeked secretly from behind the book pile at the test tube in Link's hand, her eyes immediately showing a trace of curiosity.
"What are you drinking?"
Hearing Hermione's voice, so light it was nearly inaudible, Link shook the test tube in his hand with confusion. After confirming her meaning, he said, "It's a hunger-suppressing nutrient potion."
"Hunger-suppressing nutrient potion?" Hermione repeated Link's words, and her eyes couldn't help but widen.
Although she had never seen this kind of potion in any potions book, judging from the name, Hermione roughly guessed its function.
"Did you make it?"
"Of course not, I mooched it from Snape."
"Mooched?"
"Uh, you could also understand it as... I borrowed it from Snape. Yeah, the kind you don't return."
"What! You stole it?!" Hermione couldn't help but gasp. She really couldn't imagine that Link would do such a thing. After all, that was Snape.
But seeing this, Link scratched his head and explained, "Not stolen."
"I get it. I get it." Hermione nodded quickly. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. After all, Snape is so awful."
Sighing, Link had already given up on further explaining to Hermione. At this rate, anything more he said would only dig the hole deeper.
Just then, that familiar 'gurgle gurgle' sound came again from Hermione's stomach.
This made the atmosphere between the two suddenly awkward, especially Hermione, who looked so embarrassed she was about to crawl under the table.
Seeing this, Link hesitated for a moment, then finally took out another tube of nutrient potion and handed it in front of Hermione.
"Want it?"
"Th-thank you."
Hermione took the nutrient potion a bit bashfully, but didn't drink it. Instead, she carefully tucked it into her robe.
Seeing this, Link didn't say much. Since the nutrient potion had already been given, whether she wanted to take it back to study the formula or keep it, it was none of his business anymore.
And at this point, Hermione finally turned around, lowered her head and said softly:
"Also… thank you for last time."
"You're welcome, that was just an accident."
"Mm, I know you actually didn't come looking for me on purpose." Hermione said a bit dejectedly. "It's just that back then I saw you didn't want to tell the truth, so I said that to the professors."
"Is that so? Then I really must thank you. As for my reason for going to the girls' bathroom, I really didn't want to explain that."
"So you do know that was the girls' bathroom? Wait, you weren't doing anything perverted, right?"
"No! Absolutely not! We Hufflepuffs could never do such a thing!"
"Then I'll believe you for now." Looking at Link's slightly flustered expression, Hermione smiled, and then curiously asked, "Don't you want to ask me why I was hiding in the bathroom stall crying at that time?"
As soon as she said this, Link's hand holding the book paused. After sighing, he looked at Hermione and said:
"That's your privacy. If you want to talk about it, you'll say it yourself. If I ask rashly, I'd just be forcing you to lie. And… I think I already know."
"How do you know?"
Seeing Hermione's face full of doubt, Link sighed and said, "A bookworm who always talks about school rules and looks arrogant all day, what kind of treatment would they receive in school isn't it obvious? I suppose… someone must've said some nasty things to you, or did something, right? Like secretly putting bugs in your shoes or something like that."
As soon as he said this, Hermione fell silent, and the expression on her face turned very ugly.
Link didn't continue talking either, just sat there quietly accompanying her. He knew very well that Hermione's situation was not uncommon in countries like Britain where joy-focused education was broadly promoted.
Especially in their public schools, academic performance wasn't the key factor deciding popularity. Appearance, athletic ability, social skills, and money were.
And someone like Hermione, a "Nerd", was generally the type that got bullied.
Obviously, in this regard, even though Hogwarts was a magical school, it was no exception.
Thinking this, Link also felt a bit unjustified for Hermione.
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