Chapter 237: Remus, Do You Like Her?
Hermione, who had been quiet until now, immediately brightened. "Me too! I want to take all the classes!"
"But won't the class times conflict?" Harry flipped through the list, puzzled. "How would you even manage that?"
"Since Percy can take twelve courses, it means the school must have a way, maybe through individual tutoring or something."
Hermione tossed her hair, unconcerned. "Anyway, I want to learn everything."
"Hermione, I'm not surprised," Michael said, looking at Wade. "But Wade, why did you choose all the classes too? I thought you weren't interested in Divination."
Just look at that chart. Divination Class's only advantage was that it was easy to score well; otherwise, it was all downsides.
"Meaningless" was the most frequent word, followed by "waste of time," and then "fabricated nonsense." Everyone they knew seemed to have a poor impression of the Divination professor.
"I want to understand different magic systems," Wade offered as a reason. "It will also help with my Alchemy studies."
Neville and the others nodded, half-understanding.
They looked at the chart and gradually gained a clear idea of what they should study in the future.
"Thank you, Wade," Theo suddenly said. "Since you're going to take all the classes, you didn't really need to analyze the characteristics and pros and cons of each course, did you? I know you took the time to do this to help us."
Some slow-witted people—like Harry—only then realized it and quickly stammered their thanks, blushing a little for some reason.
Wade shook his head. "Since it's a choice that affects your future, of course I hope you can choose what's most suitable. Besides, I didn't really do much; I just thought of a way to summarize and compare."
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Just a few days into the holiday, everyone in the Umbrella Room had made their decisions and filled out their course selection forms.
The chart Wade had made also circulated, with students secretly discussing it among themselves. Some Muggle-born students who had blindly chosen courses also adjusted their options accordingly.
During the holiday, the two student prefects took the lead, inviting one or two prefects from each of the four houses, to organize a Maze Challenge among the students.
They acted like a proper competition team, making all sorts of preparations in just a few days, and even officially arranging for judges and first-aid personnel.
Naturally, the students were enthusiastic, and many outstanding students were invited to join teams.
"Wade, let's form a team too!" Michael said excitedly. "With us working together, we're sure to win the championship!"
"My apologies," Wade said, spreading his hands. "Our prefect, West, told me that for the sake of fair play, I'm banned from participating."
—If he were to participate, West had imposed many restrictions on Wade, such as not being allowed to use the Disillusionment Charm, not being allowed to deploy his insect army, and preferably not using the Confundus Charm, etc.
"What?" Michael immediately exploded. "This is a fix! I'm going to protest to the judging panel! They're preventing the team most likely to win the championship!"
"Forget it. I have other things to do this holiday!" Wade patted Michael's shoulder. "You'll have to rely on yourselves—good luck!"
"Other things?" Michael asked.
"Yeah." Wade smiled, looking expectant. "Remus has been watching the Muggle weather channel. He says there's a good chance of stormy weather in the next few days."
Michael's eyes immediately lit up. "So... your Animagus is almost successful?"
"That's right." Wade placed his hand over his heart, as if he could feel a faint second heartbeat. "If all goes well..."
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The Easter Holiday was two weeks long. On the third day, Wade applied to go out, and Lupin picked him up outside the school gates.
"Oh, Remus." Hagrid, who had walked Wade out, raised a hand in greeting, then proactively explained, "Harry didn't come; he's busy with the competition!"
This holiday, almost all the students stayed at school for the Maze Challenge.
"I know, he told me in the Book of Friends," Lupin said with a smile. "It's a shame this competition isn't open to the public, otherwise the audience would be overflowing."
"I thought so too." Hagrid scratched his shaggy head, grinning happily. "I'm even going to be a judge tomorrow! The little ones all think I'm very fair and asked me to judge for them."
The truth was, the tall and large Hagrid could always spot problems inside the maze immediately and easily subdue magical creatures. Also, many professors had gone home for the holiday, which was why Hagrid became the students' first choice.
Of course, it was undeniable that the gamekeeper, whom most students had once been afraid to approach, was now much more popular.
Sometimes, when he was watering the vegetable patch, students would specifically go out of their way to say hello, and some even brought leftover chicken drumsticks for Fang (Hagrid's dog).
Though Wade always suspected this trend was started by the Weasley Twins—they had long wanted to "bribe" Hagrid and Fang so they could freely wander into the Forbidden Forest.
After a brief chat, the two said their goodbyes, and Wade and Lupin set off on the path to Hogsmeade.
The spring chill was biting, and they both wore thick black cloaks. There was no one else around; as far as the eye could see, only struggling blades of grass pushed through stones and soil.
Underfoot, tiny patches of grass dotted the ground, while in the distance, a velvety green carpet stretched out.
"You asked me about your new professor, Sera Abigail," Lupin said. "I actually know her. She was part of a joint investigation team, hired by Ilvermorny School in America."
"Hired?"
"Yes, although she graduated from that school, she isn't currently a faculty member at Ilvermorny. You could say she's a freelance mercenary, with a very good reputation in the field."
"Since she didn't even accept employment from her own alma mater..." Wade slowly said, "why would she come to Hogwarts to teach?"
"Perhaps it's precisely because it's her alma mater that she didn't accept?"
Lupin speculated:
"She's a very adventurous person. She's been to many countries, even legendary dangerous places, and she's visited several other magic schools. Ilvermorny is too familiar to her, so it lost its appeal."
Wade recalled Professor Abigail's earlier words and asked, "Has she also been to Uagadou?"
"She supposedly spent half a year there as a teaching assistant and even learned an African language because of it," Lupin said, his tone appreciative.
"Now... she's back at Hogwarts," Wade said.
"Hogwarts is the best magic school. If she had the chance to be a professor here for a few months, it would probably be very appealing to Abigail."
Lupin said, "Plus, she's American. The curse might not bother her much."
Wade looked at him and suddenly asked, "Remus, do you like her?"
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