<h4>Chapter 201: The time-turner tricked us.</h4>
After bidding farewell to Nicole LeMay, Drac couldn''t wait to return to Hogwarts Castle.
Ever since he had the idea of going back in time to kill himself, the idea of getting a time-turner himself and trying to see if it would really work had been hovering in Drac''s mind for a long time, and it hadn''t receded.
So, he turned his thoughts to the little wizard who held the time converter.
...
Drac thought for a little while, and then determined how to trick ... nay, outsmart the time converter.
He first returned to his office, and while taking out a pack of blood-vored lollipops from a drawer that he had stopped off at Dumbledore''s, and removing one and stuffing it into his mouth, he stood the parchment of the Hogwarts deeds on his desk and stared at the image that unfolded on the deeds.
At that moment, there were still two Hermione figures that appeared on the deed''s screen at the same time.
One Hermione was in still studying her homework in the library, while the other had quietly made her way to thewn outside the castle to practice her magic spells.
"Is this the little wizard who is willing to study seriously? What a lot of effort."
Looking at Hermione''s appearance of using her homework on the deed, Drac couldn''t help but sigh, "It''s just that the method of using her homework isn''t too right, making herself mentally depressed instead will be counterproductive to the learning state."
Drac first found two Hermione on the deed at around nine o''clock in the morning, when he had just finished the fight and was about to use the deed to look for the trace of that Hooded Man, but thus he discovered the secret of the time converter.
Now that he thought about it, that Hooded Man should be the one who used the Time Changer to go back to the past.
Thinking about this, Drac''s mind jumped to something else.
"If I control myself from going back to the past to fight with my past self, then wouldn''t I have run into the Hooded Man from before, and wouldn''t I have discovered the secret of the Time Trantor?" He thought with interest.
Wouldn''t it be considered an alternative way to change the past if you did that?
Drac pondered whether to go back to the past or not while staring at the image shown on the deed.
In the middle of this Dumbledore also used the daemon to send over a message asking him to go to the principal''s office to deliberate, which Drac decisively refused.
Shortly afterward, the Hermione in the deed''s image suddenly did something else.
Hermione, who was studying her homework in the library, looked up at the hanging clock hanging on the wall and froze for a moment, then jumped up from her seat, gathered up the books in her hands in a hurry and returned them to the librarian, Mrs. Pince.
Then Hermione hurriedly ran out of the library and went to the entrance courtyard in front of the auditorium, and found a small isted corner near the cliff.
At that moment, there was another Hermione standing in the remote corner of the entrance courtyard.
This Hermione had already finished practicing her spells for the day on the unupiedwn and had gone to the auditorium to have lunch with Harry and Ron beforeing to this remote corner and pulling out a ne from her arms.
The former Hermione carefully hid behind a stone pir in the entrance courtyard and watched as thetter Hermione rattled her ne before disappearing into dappled points of light.
Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and step out from behind the stone pir.
"Hermione, what are you doing out of the blue when you were just having a good meal?" A small wizard''s voice suddenly rang out from within the entrance courtyard, startling Hermione.
Only to see two people, Harry and Ron, butchered over from the direction of the auditorium, with Ron still holding a chicken leg in his hand, gnawing on a chicken bone as he walked.
Hermione hurriedly stepped out of the corner and looked at her two friends with a slightly unnatural expression.
"Oh, just got tired of eating and wanted toe out and blow off some steam." She said with little gusto.
"Blow off steam?" Harry froze for a moment, "Do you need toe all the way out to the cliff face to blow off steam?"
"Harry, you don''t understand!" Hermione, after a short period of sluggishness, also gradually found her form and immediately retorted, "The cliffs on the Hogwarts side are close to the ck Lake, and the wind from theke will blow close to the cliffs, and it will be a bit cooler than the wind from other ces."
"So that''s it?" Harry nodded with seeming understanding.
"Since we''re already here, we can just about get down here, there shouldn''t be muchwn to be found by the ck Lake." Ron had finally finished his chicken leg, and after taking his greasy hands and rubbing them on his shirt, he was ready to lead both Harry and Hermione down the side steps.
These steps were what first years had to go through to get to Hogwarts Castle for the first time, connecting the boathouse on the shores of the ck Lake to the oak gates of the Entrance Courtyard.
Hagrid took the new students up these steps every year and handed them over to Professor McGonagall.
"Wait, Ron, what are we doing looking for thewn?" Hermione asked a little puzzled as she watched Ron''s movements.
"Hmm?" Ron stopped in his tracks and turned his head to Hermione suspiciously, "Didn''t you just bring that up? You said just five minutes ago that you were going to take us both to find an openwn to practice magic spells after dinner."
"It was ... was it?" Hermioneughed awkwardly and immediately changed her tune, "Oh yes, there was such a thing, I almost forgot ..."
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Drac watched the exchange between the three young wizards and thoughtfully chewed the blood-vored lollipop in his mouth, tossing the candy stick aside.
He then phantom-shifted to the stone steps connecting the boathouse to the entrance courtyard and absently walked up the steps.
Within a few moments, Drac came face to face with the three young wizards.
"Ah, what a coincidence, Professor Drac." At the sight of the silver-haired figure that was sauntering down the stone steps, Harry thought of the horror of being dominated by the Dueling Clubst semester and nched as he busied himself with greeting Drac.
"Quite a coincidence indeed," a rakish smile appeared on Drac''s face, "I just happened to make a trip to the boathouse."
"Strange, why would Professor Drac be out in this weather." Ron nced up at the sunny sky and cooed in a somewhat puzzled titter.
With Drac''s hearing, it was easy to hear what Ron was dripping about, and his face couldn''t help but stiffen.
He don''t want to be directly poked and prodded by Ron before he even aplished his goal ...
"Ahem ..." Drac changed a topic without a trace, "What are you three doing out of the castle at noon on a weekend when you''re not resting in themon room?"
Of course he knew what the three young wizards were going to do, but in order to pretend to be a chance encounter, Drac still asked this question that he already knew the answer to.
Hearing Drac''s question, Ron no longer wondered about Professor Drac going out in this kind of weather, only to see him proudly raise his head.
"We''re going to find awn by the ck Lake to practice our magic spells." Ron eximed.
It was so hard for him to have the willingness to follow Hermione''s serious studies, so of course he had to try to show off in front of the professors to give them the impression that he was a good student.
"You guys are quite studious." Drac nodded with a light smile and turned his attention to Hermione, who was looking a little tired, "It just so happens that I have some business for Ms. Granger, and now I don''t have to ask anyone else to deliver it for me."
"Potter, Wese on, you two go ahead and practice your spells. Miss Grangere to my office." He said.
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Defense Against the Dark Arts professor''s office.
Drac sat behind his desk, his eyes burning at Hermione who stood somewhat flustered in front of it.
"Ms. Granger, there seems to be something wrong with your listening statustely." He gently shook a tall ss of wine and said lightly, "Being distracted in ss ... something like this shouldn''t have happened to you."
"I''m sorry, Professor Drac." Hermione guiltily grabbed the corner of her own coat, face aggrieved and admitted her mistake to Drac, "I will definitely not make such a mistake in the future."
"This kind of mistake is not something you can easily refrain from if you don''t want to." Drac shook his head andughed softly, "If you don''t even sleep properly during the day, how can you be sure that you won''t get sleepy in ss?"
Hermione lowered her head and stopped talking.
Drac, on the other hand, had no intention of letting her off the hook and pressed relentlessly.
"I heard that you signed up for all five electives?" He asked, "With the seven normal required sses, you''ll bepleting a total of twelve courses this semester, correct?"
Hermione nodded and spoke, "Professor, I think I''m capable ofpleting twelve subjects!"
"In fact, I''d like to believe that you''re capable of it." Drac waved his hand and continued, "But your current mental condition clearly doesn''t look like you''re capable ofpleting all the subjects, you''re putting too much pressure on yourself."
"But I ..."
"Don''t rush to retort yet." Drac raised his hand to interrupt Hermione''s words, then revealed an intriguing smile and said softly, "The time converter has already worn you out, Miss Granger."
Hermione''s eyes widened abruptly.
"Professor, how did you know I had a time-turner?" She was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Professor McGonagall told me before that only she and Headmaster Dumbledore would know about it, and that they wouldn''t even tell the average professor ..."
"But I''m not some ordinary professor either," Dracughed lightly, "I naturally have my unique source channels."
"Of course, the point now isn''t how I knew you had a time converter, it''s to address the issue of your mental state!"
Drac''s face grew serious as he said to Hermione, "You don''t even know how to rest on the weekends, and you have to use the time converter to study your homework and practice magic spells at the same time, under this kind of high pressure, how can your spirit not have problems?"
"But the more I learn, the more I feel like I''m still missing a lot, and I usually can''t find any other time to do my homework at all ..." Hermione said sadly, "So besides saving up a few more hours with the time converter, what else can I What can I do?"
"You''ve learned enough, Ms. Granger." Drac said soothingly, "What youck now is aplete and utter rxing break to build up your spirit sufficiently to be able to learn your new knowledge better."
"If I don''t stop you, are you still going to use the time converter to continue your studies this afternoon and tomorrow?"
Hermione deted and hesitated, but finally nodded.
"For the sake of your mental state, Ms. Granger, you must listen to the professor this time." Drac said in a persuasive manner, "In order to prevent you from continuing to use the Time Changer, I have decided to confiscate it."
With that, he held out his hand to Hermione, "Hand it over, Granger, and I''ll hold it for you for two days. In these two days you go back and rest once, don''t strain your spirit too much. You should be able to understand the reasoning that too much is not enough and too much steel is easy to break, right?"
"But ... Professor McGonagall won''t let me give the time converter to anyone else." Hermione hesitated.
"What, do I count as someone else?" Drac dropped his face and said with an unpleasant expression.
"But, but ..." Hermione was still hesitating.
"Don''t but, it''s all for your mental state." Drac continued to snub, "Think about it this way, if I didn''t hold the Time Changer for you, would you be able to control yourself from using it?"
Hermione lowered her head and thought carefully before finally shaking her head after a long time.
As a young wizard who loved to learn, she certainly wasn''t satisfied with the basics taught at school and wanted to learn something new every chance she got.
However, this semester''s twelve major ssespletely filled up all of Hermione''s time, and every time she did the twelve assignments, she was basically able to take up all of her rare weekend time, and she didn''t have the slightest chance to read any other books that she liked.
As such, the time converter was apletely huge temptation for Hermione, and there was no way she was going to let the treasure lie around and not use it, even if she was sleepy and weak!
"I see you know your own self-control as well?" Drac smiled, "In that case, hand over the time converter."
A struggling, hesitant look appeared on Hermione''s face for a long time before she finally let out a long breath and nodded towards Drac.
She then untied the string hanging around her neck and handed the golden ne to Drac.
"You must keep it safe, Professor." Hermione bit her lip, apprehensively.
After wearing the time converter for so long it suddenly left her side, it made her feel a little ufortable.
"Don''t worry, I''ll return it to you before your ss on Monday." Drac said.
Immediately afterward, all of his attention was focused on the ne in front of him.
...
After whisking Hermione off to rest, Drac began to rummage through the item in his hands.
"Is this the Time Changer?"
He looked at the delicate hourss, which was light gold in color overall and looked like it was hanging from a golden ne, with a pleasant expression.
It was not in vain that he had painstakingly enlightened Hermione and tricked ... nay, held the time converter in her hands for her, this little thing did look quite interesting.
A light vaguely flowed in Drac''s eyes, his gaze fixed on the ancient Ruyani script symbols and the state of magical operation engraved on the surface of the time converter.
"Rewind time by up to five hours?" He rubbed the intricate diagrams on the time converter and smiled pleasantly.
Five hours ago was about the same time he had met the Hooded Man on the shores of the ck Lake early this morning!
In that case, it was time to go back in time and fight with himself again!
It was too early in the day for sunrise, and he was far from enjoying himself!