Chapter 500 The Dance Is Over

After talking to Rita Skeeter in beetle form for a few words, Firth let her go.

After all, Rita was a good friend who gave him a quill pen for homework. She came here just to collect news materials, not to do anything bad, so Firth would naturally not bother her.

As for the fact that Skeeter used Animagus to eavesdrop on other people's conversations...

How could the cat care?

Not to mention Firth himself, even the bad old man Dumbledore often did similar things, so in Firth's eyes, this was not a big deal at all. Its severity was probably about the same as knocking down Professor McGonagall's bookshelf.

"Firth, what happened to you just now? Is there something wrong with the beetle?"

Hermione saw that the suddenly violent cat calmed down, then leaned over and picked him up, asking in confusion.

Although he turned into a cat-man, it was a pity that Hermione in this state still couldn't understand cat language.

However, Hermione, who knew cats very well, knew that something must have happened just now, otherwise even if Fish had caught a bug on a whim, he would never look as fierce as he did just now.

"The beetle just now was Rita meow."

(=ΦωΦ=)

Fish returned to his cat-man form and said to Hermione: "But the Animagus has not been registered with the Ministry of Magic, so you have to keep it a secret for her. Fish has promised her meow."

"Rita? Skeeter?"

Hermione was stunned for a moment before she realized who the cat was talking about.

"No wonder she suddenly appeared in school last time." Hermione suddenly said, and then she frowned again, "So she can get so many exclusive news, right? What about Hagrid just now..."

"What happened to Hagrid meow?"

ω

The cat asked in confusion.

"Didn't you hear what he said just now? He is a half-giant."

"I heard it, so meow?" The cat still didn't understand.

"Well...if Skeeter reports this, Hagrid may not be able to teach our Care of Magical Creatures class anymore, just like Professor Lupin was boycotted."

"But didn't Remus resign on his own? And..." Fish blinked, scratched the cat's head, and said, "Fish, it seems that you don't like Hagrid's class very much. Wouldn't it be better to change a professor?"

(=ω=)

"Uh..."

Hermione paused, and a trace of expectation rose in her heart, and then she immediately shook her head vigorously, throwing this possibility out of her mind.

No matter what, Hagrid is her good friend, and Hermione still hopes that he can keep his position. Of course, it would be better if he can make the course less dangerous.

"But Hagrid attaches great importance to this position. If he is fired, he will be very sad."

"That's right..."

ω

Fish folded his hands and nodded distressedly.

"Then Fish will go find her and ask her to keep Hagrid a secret, meow!"

(=ΦωΦ=)

After saying that, Maomao was about to chase after Rita Skeeter, but was stopped by Hermione.

"Don't worry about that!" Hermione's face, hidden under the black cat fur, was a little hot, "You can write to her tomorrow, let's find a quiet place to play for a while..."

"Meow?"

Fish tilted his head, and then he soon realized.

∑(=ΦωΦ=)

"Oh! Hermione, you want to be with Fish... umm..."

Then Maomao's mouth was blocked by Miss Know-it-all.

……

On the second day of Christmas, everyone got up very late.

Last night's Christmas dance lasted until midnight, and after returning to the dormitory, many students were still too excited to sleep, especially those junior students who were just beginning to fall in love. Regardless of gender, they were discussing their respective dance partners... or the opposite sex they met at the dance.

Fish and Hermione went back to sleep even later. They had not returned since they ran out of the castle. Gabrielle did come out to look for them, but after finding nothing, she was dragged back by Fleur in a huff.

It was not until the ball was over and they saw students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang walking towards the carriages and boats in large numbers that Fish and Hermione returned to the castle in the form of cats.

And even after playing all day, Fish still walked around the castle twice as usual before returning to the dormitory with Hermione.

So it was natural that everyone got up late today.

On the contrary, Fish, whose schedule was not much different from usual, got up earlier than everyone else in the dormitory today.

"Meow... Yawn——"

(Φω)

(Д`)

Fish rubbed his eyes and sat up from the bed, opened his mouth and yawned loudly, and then gradually woke up.

"Meow?"

Maomao looked at his smooth hands. The effect of the polyjuice potion had disappeared.

This was within Fish's expectations. It was the same when he drank the ordinary polyjuice potion and became a black-footed cat-man two years ago. The effect of the potion lasted much shorter than that of Hermione and Professor McGonagall.

When he drank the improved polyjuice potion some time ago, the effect lasted even shorter because the amount was very small. The effect disappeared the next morning.

But Fish didn't care. He turned back into a tabby cat as usual, lying on the pillow and licking his fur, and rubbing his cat head with his little paws from time to time.

When the cat finished the routine wake-up action, the others still showed no signs of waking up. Fish was too lazy to wake them up. After turning back into human form, he walked out of the dormitory and went to Hermione to have breakfast (lunch) together.

"Hermione~"

●ω●

As soon as he arrived at the common room, Fish saw Hermione who was still in the cat form, and immediately jumped on her excitedly and licked her twice before talking.

"Slurp."

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Hermione, who was about to say something to Fish, immediately looked around nervously, and found that there was no one else around, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

Hermione put her furry hands against Fish's chest...

Thinking about pushing him away, Hermione's hands seemed to have no strength, and the force of pushing was soft, Fish didn't even feel Hermione pushing him.

If she didn't push Fish away, Hermione would worry again, what if someone else came later?

But...

It was really comfortable to be licked by Fish...

Hermione subconsciously purred from her throat like when she turned into a cat, and Fish also purred in response.

This made Hermione even more reluctant to push Fish away.

After letting the cat lick her for a long time, Hermione's hands suddenly regained strength, and she gently pushed Fish with a force not much greater than pushing the door, and rolled her eyes at him, saying: "Okay, okay, you don't want to eat breakfast?"

"I want to eat, meow! Fish has been hungry for a long time, meow!"

(ΦωΦ)

Fish stopped his actions immediately, then pulled Hermione and ran out.

This made Hermione swallow what she wanted to say again.

The two of them trotted all the way to the auditorium. There were not many people in the auditorium at this time, and most of them were professors. Most of the students, including Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, were still sleeping soundly on their beds.

After greeting the others in the auditorium, Fish and Hermione sat at the long table of Gryffindor, and they ate breakfast one by one.

After finishing this breakfast that made the other girls a little angry, Hermione shook her cat ears...

What did I want to say to Fish before?

"Oh! That's right!" Fortunately, Hermione quickly recalled it. She leaned over to Fish's ear and whispered, "Remember to send a letter to Skeeter, asking her not to report Hagrid's affairs."

"Yes, Hermione, I would have forgotten if you hadn't told me."

∑(ΦωΦ)

At Hermione's reminder, Fish went to the Owl Shed with her again, wrote a letter and gave it to Hermione's owl Catherine, asking it to help deliver it to Rita Skeeter.

However, a few days later, Catherine flew back to Hermione with the intact letter.

...

Recommendation ticket monthly ticket

I went to test nucleic acid, but it started to rain heavily halfway through the queue...

The temperature has dropped in the past two days, and Zhongyuan has started to crawl into my bed again.