"This is my hat. I saw you came out without one, so I brought an extra one. It's coming in handy now."
Feeling the warmth from the top of her head, Lynn felt her heart warm up as well.
A strange sense of ease and lightness spread through her brain. Similarly, this time her brain did not autonomously produce pain to override this feeling.
Her lips slowly curled up, and Lynn's eyes couldn't help but curve. "Thank you, Hermione. Thank you, Senior Maranhao."
"You're welcome."
Hermione and Maranhao replied in unison. After replying, Hermione reached out and pinched Lynn's smiling cheek.
"Good, you're smiling more and more. You look so good when you smile; you should smile more often."
"Mm." Lynn responded and nodded slowly.
At the same time, the originally blurry image in her mind was finally completely remembered and completed.
The large black dog's claw slowly changed from flat to three-dimensional in Lynn's mind, finally overlapping with the claw prints outside the Shrieking Shack that didn't belong to a Werewolf.
The two fit perfectly, with an error of no more than 0.5 centimeters. It was basically certain that besides the Werewolf Professor Lupin turned into, the one who had left claw prints here before was Sirius Black.
Therefore, a previous judgment could be concluded: the ones staying with Professor Lupin in the Shrieking Shack were not Professors, but his friends, and Sirius Black was one of them.
They all transformed into Animagus forms to accompany Professor Lupin, who became a Werewolf on the night of the full moon.
Among them, Sirius Black's Animagus form was a large black dog, and another unknown person's form was a horned animal.
As for whether there were others besides these two, there was too little information now, and Lynn could no longer deduce further.
After the final stop at the Shrieking Shack, the five girls returned to Hogwarts together. By now, the sky was faintly dark, and the temperature was gradually dropping.
There was no change in expression on Lynn's face, but she could clearly feel that her head was very warm now, much more comfortable than in the past.
It was strange. She clearly shouldn't be afraid of the cold. Her mother once said that being afraid of the cold proved her willpower wasn't strong enough.
If she were strong enough, she wouldn't be afraid of the cold. So, making her stand or kneel in the snow as punishment was not just to make her remember her mistakes.
It was to further train her. Pity the hearts of parents; they went to great lengths for Lynn's progress.
So she should strive even harder in her studies to better repay them.
Lynn used to firmly believe this, so even in winter, she didn't pay much attention to keeping warm. But now, she didn't think so.
Wearing the knit hat Hermione gave her, her right hand was held by Hermione and placed in the pocket of the wizard robe.
A warm feeling spread throughout her body. She could clearly feel that this was more comfortable.
Perhaps she was destined not to become the person of strong will her mother hoped for.
But now, she could become the person Hermione hoped for, the person her friends hoped for, and the person the Professors hoped for.
Healthy and happy, living well according to her own thoughts.
Back at Hogwarts, a rich aroma of pumpkin hit her nose.
Entering the Great Hall, pumpkins carved into various patterns could be seen everywhere.
Sitting at the Ravenclaw Table, the five girls, who had played all afternoon and were long since famished, began to feast in unison.
No need to worry about table manners; eating to their fill and eating happily was the most important thing for them right now.
Meanwhile, at the Gryffindor Table, Ron sat down with a large bag of sweets he had bought for Harry.
"Here are the sweets for you..."
Ron struggled to lift the large bag of sweets into Harry's arms. The weight was enough to make Harry, who was sitting in his chair, wobble.
"Merlin..." Looking at the huge bag of sweets in his arms that even blocked his view, Harry turned and put them on the floor.
"You actually bought this many."
Harry said in surprise, watching Ron rub his arm beside him.
"You gave me a lot of money." Ron said as a matter of course, rubbing his arm.
Harry couldn't go to Hogsmeade, so he asked him to bring sweets. Then all the money Harry gave must be spent on sweets, and it all had to be spent.
With this thought, Ron had simply bought enough sweets for Harry to last almost a whole semester.
"I suddenly feel like it's okay whether I go to Hogsmeade or not."
Harry took a sip of pumpkin juice, then turned to tell Ron what he had seen and heard in Professor Lupin's office today.
"Merlin's crystal bottle," Ron showed a look of discomfort upon hearing that Professor Lupin had drunk the mud-like Potion made by Professor Snape, "Is Professor Snape really not going to poison him?"
Under Hermione's firm correction, he and Harry now addressed Professor Snape quite respectfully.
But what he thought of him in his heart... that wasn't necessarily the case.
"Uh, to be honest, I thought so too at the time. I even wanted to warn him not to drink it, but I saw that he wasn't worried at all."
Harry took a bite of the pumpkin pie in front of him. "Maybe Professor Snape really is being kind, and we're just thinking the worst of him."
"After all, Professor Lupin does look frail, like someone who gets sick easily."
"Well, that explanation makes sense." Ron nodded, accepting Harry's reasoning.
Sitting not far away, the Weasley Twins looked at each other. They had just learned from Harry's words that he couldn't go to Hogsmeade.
It must be because his uncle and aunt wouldn't sign for him.
"I think I know what gift to give our Little Harry for the upcoming Christmas, Fred."
"I think you're thinking the same thing as me, George."
"But can you bear to part with it? Such a useful little prank helper." Fred nudged George gently with his elbow.
"Could you bear to part with it, Fred?"
George raised an eyebrow, looking at his twin brother who was asking the obvious.
"If it were for anyone else, of course I might be reluctant." Fred smiled and waved the fork in his hand.
"But Harry is our little brother Ron's best friend."
"And he's a good kid." George and Fred looked at each other and added another sentence.
"Then it's settled." The Twins high-fived, deciding together to give Harry a surprise before going to Hogsmeade on Christmas Day.
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