The bell signaling the end of class finally rang. Quite a few people inside the classroom let out a sigh of relief.
Snape had spent the entire class frantically lecturing on how to identify werewolves and how to kill werewolves, not caring in the slightest whether the students could fully understand.
His lecture speed was fast, even to the point of finishing an entire werewolf topic in just one class. You must know this is usually content for three whole classes.
But that was not the end. After the bell rang, Snape had no intention of letting the students leave immediately.
"Each of you write me a paper, the content is how to identify and kill werewolves. I require you to fill two rolls of parchment on this topic, submit it Tuesday morning. This class needs someone to properly manage it."
After speaking, he finally left the classroom, and when leaving he even very unusually raised his eyebrow at Link.
'What a self-righteous bastard.' Link shook his head and sighed.
If it were usual times, John beside him would definitely chime in with a "Who says not?", but this time John, who had always been sitting next to Link, was nowhere to be seen.
Link turned his head and looked, only to find that John had already run over to the Ravenclaws, talking and laughing with that girl named Lillian.
Looks like the entire class had stifled John quite a bit. Link was thinking so, but then saw John and Lillian suddenly get up and walk over towards him.
"Link, let's go." John said with a smiling face.
Hearing this, Link did not immediately respond. Instead, he looked Lillian up and down with his gaze.
Even though the temperature had dropped, the girl was still wearing the combination of shirt and robe, and had not put on a coat.
Her slightly yellow golden hair was neatly draped behind her head, looking as if it had used magical smoothing potion, the surface even shining with gloss, and on her face there were traces of light makeup.
She was a rather 'delicate' little girl. In appearance, Link could at least give 7 points.
'Hmm, Emily and Hermione were both 9 points.'
As for 10 points, that no longer belongs to the human category. Those who can reach this score in the world are probably only Veela.
Sensing Link's gaze, Lillian very fearfully shrank behind John, not daring to even glance at Link.
This made John a bit embarrassed, and he hurriedly explained, "Uh, don't mind it Link, Lillian is a bit afraid of you, it's a trauma left by a previous incident."
John didn't say exactly which incident,
Link didn't mind either, and directly nodded, "Going to the common room today? Normally I remember after Defense Against the Dark Arts class you guys would just go out and find a place for a private date."
John's old face turned red, but he didn't deny it, just waved his hand and said, "It's Cedric! He told me I must go to the common room after class today. Of course, Lillian can also go."
"Then let's head out." Link nodded, and then with John and Lillian, walked downstairs towards the Hufflepuff common room.
Along the way the three of them laughed and chatted non-stop, John kept talking endlessly about various topics, a large portion of which was about Snape.
According to him, Snape and Lupin had a grudge. In a past class, Lupin had used Neville to make the Boggart turn into a cross-dressing version of Snape,
this caused Professor Snape to lose a lot of face, and he was very angry.
So this time Snape coming to substitute and teaching about werewolves was actually to mess up Lupin's teaching schedule, so that when Professor Lupin comes back, he would have to spend more time adjusting, otherwise the teaching schedule might not keep up with the exams.
This round of speculation even made Lillian, who had always timidly hidden behind Link, poke out her head.
Link also listened with interest. 'Sometimes hearing these brain-fill theories is quite amusing.'
What's more, this round of analysis from John was actually very logical. In fact, this is exactly one of John's strengths.
He is very good at gathering information, or in other words, gossiping.
Back when Link was busy with the 'Skars', it was through John that he relaxed by learning Hogwarts gossip.
Among them were indeed some very interesting events.
For example, George and Fred, the twin brothers, after being found to be slacking off and insulting medals while cleaning the prize display room, were directly sent by Snape to the infirmary to scrub bedpans, not allowed to use magic.
The few of them chatted and laughed all the way, finally arriving at the Hufflepuff common room.
At this moment the common room, under the light of the fireplace and various magical lamps, was brightly lit, and a large group of Hufflepuffs unusually surrounded a long table near the fireplace, their expressions looking very serious.
"From the feeling I got when playing against you, your scoring ability is relatively weak, but Cedric as a Seeker is indeed very excellent. So I think in the next match you should focus on defense to buy time for Cedric to capture the Golden Snitch."
"Also I asked the Astronomy class professor, she said there will be a storm on the day of the match!"
"I suggest you all wear goggles and cast water-repelling charms on the lenses! Don't worry, this is not against the rules!"
"And also..."
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The discussion in the crowd sounded very heated. Link walked forward to take a look, only to find sitting in the center was Cedric, and beside him sat a beautiful girl wearing a Ravenclaw robe, Cho Chang.
"You guys are?" Link asked curiously.
Hearing this, everyone finally noticed Link and his group.
Cho Chang stood up very politely and nodded at Link with a smile, while Cedric immediately stood up and said with a smile, "Ah, Link and John, and Lillian, you guys are here. Come sit down, we're holding a strategy meeting about next week's first Quidditch match of the season."
Saying this, Cedric seemed to remember something and quickly pointed at Cho Chang and said to Link, "Right! I haven't told you yet, have I? Due to Draco Malfoy injuring his arm, the professor temporarily changed the match schedule."
"Now our first opponent is no longer Ravenclaw, but Gryffindor. Hmm, so Cho Chang coming over doesn't have any other meaning, she's just here to help us."
"What! This important meeting you guys didn't wait for me? I'm the Beater!"
John shouted excitedly, feeling like he had been abandoned by them for not waiting.
"Don't be so excited, John." Cedric smiled and pointed to the self-writing quill scribbling on the table, "We're keeping minutes of the meeting, you can read it later. Uh, just that there might be a lot of spelling mistakes, it might be a bit hard for you to read."
"That's not the same! You hurt my feelings! Cedric!" John complained while still obediently sitting down.
Lillian had already run to Cho Chang's side to whisper, the two of them occasionally glancing at Link while talking, seemingly having a good relationship.
Seeing their as-if-facing-a-great-enemy appearance, Link spread his hands and said, "You guys don't need to be like this. If you ask me, you guys will definitely win the next match."
"Thank you Link!" Cedric sincerely said, "And on the day of the match, you must come and watch!"
"Got it." Link waved his hand, then dragged a soft chair over to lie down by the fireplace.
He really couldn't get interested in Quidditch or anything. Spending time in the meeting would be better spent warming by the fire.
The firewood inside the fireplace crackled, occasionally sparks would jump out, but were blocked by the screen at the fireplace's mouth, not jumping outside.
A sense of fatigue gradually came over, Link closed his eyes and fell into a dream.
The Hufflepuffs who noticed this nearby also lowered their voices.
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