Chapter 500: Time off before school

"Ivan was enchanted by You-Know-Who when he got the philosopher's stone!" Ron hesitated for a moment before continuing. "But that was just a curse, not a mark, wasn't it?"

He looked at Ivan suspiciously and hastily looked away.

"That's for sure. There's nothing to doubt about that." Hermione glared at him, as if she were particularly angry. "How many times have I told you that what the old fraudulent woman said wasn't accurate at all, and that the three of you are wasting your time in Divination class. "

She was deeply prejudiced against Professor Trelawney and thought she was a complete liar.

Driven by this thought, she had left the classroom outright and dropped out of Divination class last term.

This was something that had never happened at Hogwarts in recent years. At the time, it caused quite a stir in the school. Many young wizards thought she was too bold.

Hermione was very dissatisfied with Ivan's Divination elective class this year. She had spoken to him many times about it, hoping to persuade him to transfer to Arithmancy.

But whether it was Divination or Arithmancy, Ivan was not interested and did not want to study it in depth.

The main reason he chose to take Divination was to get closer to Professor Trelawney, since she could utter new prophecies at any time.

Ivan knew that Professor Trelawney had the ability to make true prophecies, and he urgently needed her help in the matter of the evil gods.

As for the arguments between Hermione and Ron, Harry didn't speak.

He had a terrible idea that he was the one mentioned in the prophecy, the one chosen by Voldemort, and that the scar on his forehead was the proof.

That also explained why he had been able to enter Voldemort's mind recently and see those horrible scenes.

However, Harry did not say these words, not even to Ivan.

"Well, stop thinking about these things!" said Ron. "Let's go down for lunch and then have a Quidditch match in the orchard. Ivan, Bill, Charlie, Fred and George will all play. "

"Ron!" said Hermione. "Harry doesn't want to play Quidditch now!"

"Who knows? maybe he wants to try the Wronski Feint!" said Ron, "the one Krum used."

After Krum and other Quidditch players rescued everyone from the stands, Ron became a fan of Krum.

Although he didn't speak to him at the time, it didn't affect Ron's adoration for the Seeker.

"I think we'd better go through the books and look for records related to the cursed scar..." Hermione didn't give up.

"Well, I want to play Quidditch," Harry said suddenly. "Wait, I'll get my fire arrow."

"I don't have any objections either. I can be a goalie and it'll help me get over my acrophobia." Ivan followed him.

Like Harry, he didn't want to talk about the scar any further.

There was no point in continuing the discussion, except to make Harry more confused and uneasy.

Hermione left the room, muttering something that sounded very much like "Guys!"

Neither Mr. Weasley nor Percy were home much the following week. They both left the house every morning before the rest of the family got up, and returned well after dinner every night.

As for Sirius, he hadn't even shown up.

He sent a few letters to Ivan and Harry, giving them a brief account of himself and the current situation, so they wouldn't have to worry.

The first thing he did after becoming an Auror was to track down traces of vampires everywhere.

It was bad enough just thinking about it, but Sirius enjoyed it!

As you could see from his letters, although they hadn't found the whereabouts of Caresius and Voldemort, they had picked up a lot of clues.

In these days, the Ministry of Magic Aurors almost searched the entirety of Britain.

In addition to Sirius' letters, Ivan also received many strange letters.

On the second day of his stay, hundreds of owls swarmed the Burrow and letters almost filled the place.

These letters were from witches and wizards who had heard of Ivan's deeds, from all over the world.

Some of them were his admirers, others wanted to know the truth of the incident.

There were also some wizards who sought to explore the secrets of Ivan's great power.

Finally, Ivan became so bored that he gave all the letters to Dobby, the house elf.

Since then, no strange owl had appeared.

Lupin came to visit the Burrow several times and bought many presents for everyone.

He was also very busy now, there were so many things waiting for him.

With the increased sales and coverage of Hogwarts magic, the pressure and workload on him became much harder than before.

Even though he had hired others, and Ivan and Hermione were able to help, Lupin still took the initiative to take on most of the work.

For example, Ivan's recent interview and follow-up report was almost completed by him alone, working day and night.

Another obvious point was that although Ivan gave him a good salary, but he did not buy a new suit.

He still wore his own white clothes, washed and worn, but his mental state and temperament were much better.

As a werewolf, Lupin had been wandering for over a decade since graduating from Hogwarts, living in the shadows of the edge of society.

Before, he couldn't imagine getting such a stable and respectable job, so he appreciated it all the more.

Any words of thanks would seem too artificial, and would say nothing more than what an effort he was making.

Anyway, Ivan was very reassured to hand over the Hogwarts magic and the stores to Lupin.

In his opinion, Lupin, like Percy, was too tired and spent almost all his time on his work.

He urgently needed to have a girlfriend and start a happy family. It was the most urgent thing for him.

In the following days of leisure, besides studying ancient magical writings and finishing the summer homework he learned from Ginny, Ivan played magical chess and Quidditch and other games with Harry and Ron, or helped Mrs.... Weasley with housework and worked on new joke products with Fred and George.

He even came up with some new ideas, so that they were not limited to joke products, but broadened their horizons.

In addition, Ivan also spoke with Bill several times. From the latter's description, he was more determined to take the time to go to Egypt.

In addition to the "Emerald Tablet", the ancient ruins and the mysterious magic left by the ancient Egyptian magicians are also the main reasons to attract him.

Nicolas Flamel said he obtained "The Book of Abraham" in Egypt more than 600 years ago.

There was the place where everything had begun, and Ivan had the feeling that he could get the secrets of the evil gods from there.

In this way, the happy times always passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the last day before school started.

The only thing Ivan was dissatisfied with was that his relationship with Hermione had not made any substantial progress during this period.

Although they were together most of the day, Hermione would hastily change the subject or dodge every time Ivan wanted to say something or tried to take the initiative to do something.

The events of that night were so fresh in her memory that she didn't give Ivan a chance.

In particular, Hermione was a little scared. If Ivan made a move again, she felt she had no way out.