Chapter 80: Valentine's Day

The cold winter is leaving day by day, and the spring is approaching step by step.
Now, the sun began to shine in Hogwarts Castle again.
At the same time, optimism is spreading in the castle.
For several months, there have been no attacks (Justin Finley’s disappearance is still hidden, so everyone does not know it), and Mrs. Pomfrey told everyone an exciting news, Ronald Weasley, the only "victim" who has not yet been discharged from the hospital, is also getting better, and he can be discharged in a month or two at most.
"Perhaps, the attacker hiding in Hogwarts has lost his courage!" Matthew often heard people discussing this way: "He was shocked by Professor Grindelwald, even if Grindel has been in the past month. Professor Wo is no longer at Hogwarts, he still dare not show up!"
Of course, this kind of "optimism" didn't affect the two children, Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom.
Knowing the "insider", they are still struggling to investigate the truth.
They worked hard to follow the Vice President Professor Rozier, while avoiding being caught by her.
But overall, Hogwarts is developing in a good direction.
...
On February 14th, when Matthew Wickfield appeared in the auditorium to have breakfast, he thought he had gone the wrong way.
The whole auditorium has undergone earth-shaking changes just like Christmas and Halloween.
The walls on all sides are covered with large, dazzling pink flowers; at the same time, many heart-shaped confetti are constantly falling from the ceiling; when these confetti touch their bodies , Turned into ashes and disappeared completely...
Matthew felt a little dazed.
He came to Slytherin's long table and saw that the prefect Gama Farley was also having breakfast.
"What's going on?" Matthew sat down beside her and asked puzzledly: "These costumes?"
"Today is Valentine's Day." Jiama replied naturally: "Once a year, a day worth celebrating!"
"So..." Matthew nodded dumbly, still looking around with a little surprise.
He can't remember that at Hogwarts, Valentine's Day, this not so important holiday, also has such a large-scale celebration decoration.
"It has been a celebration that has lasted for decades. Today, the front door of the castle will be open all day, and the garden will be open to all students!" Jiama said with a smile: "In addition, all students above the fourth grade will get a period of time. One day off..."
"Really." Matthew blinked. "So, what about students under the third grade like us? Do we have holidays?"
"No!" Jiama said very simply: "You have to go to class as usual!"
"..." Matthew was speechless for a while.
"After dinner, there is a celebration...it is said that Professor Grindelwald will also participate when the event reaches the end!" Gama said mysteriously.
"Of course, it has nothing to do with our lower grades..." Matthew curled his lips.
"After all, you are still young." Jiama smiled and touched Matthew's head.
After that, she put down the cutlery in her hand, got up and left.
Matthew quickly finished his breakfast.
But when he came to the hallway, he found pairs of Hogwarts students talking intimately here, and then they walked to the garden by the castle.
Hogwarts gardens are rarely open on weekdays. It is said that the scenery inside is beautiful...but Matthew has not been there yet.
But now there is no time to pass, because in the morning, they still have a herbal medicine class.
Matthew bypassed a golden angel flying in the air and walked towards the direction of the greenhouse.
...
In the new semester of herbal medicine, Professor Sprout fulfilled her promise last semester.
She began to take the first-year students to the third greenhouse, where they will recognize more magical plants, some of which are even "dangerous."
For example, today, they are facing some damp vines.
These vines grow in a dark and humid environment. They curl up into a ball, appear dark green, and have snake-like, long tendrils.
"Does anyone know what these vines are?" Professor Sprout looked at Ravenclaw and Slytherin's first-year students and asked loudly.
Someone rushed ahead of Matthew and raised his hand high.
"Miss Granger?"
"These are devil nets, professor." Hermione replied.
"That's great!" Professor Sprout's voice was full of praise: "Then Miss Granger, can you talk about the characteristics of Devil.com?"
"A mature devil net can stretch out snake-like tendrils to entangle people close to it, causing injury or death. But when the entangled person relaxes and stops struggling, the devil net will loosen... At the same time, the devil The net is afraid of flames and sunlight..." Hermione replied in a string of beads.
She also won the sincere praise of Professor Sprout.
Hermione's cheeks flushed slightly, and she gave Matthew a triumphant look.
The courses in the herbal medicine class are still going on. Professor Sprout continued to introduce them to the characteristics of the Devil's Net and took them to get in touch with this very dangerous plant...
All in all, this is a very interesting herbal medicine lesson.
When Professor Sprout announced the end of class~EbookFREE.me~ everyone was reluctant to leave.
...
As soon as the freshmen of Ravenclaw and Slytherin left the greenhouse, sharp-eyed Matthew noticed that in the direction of the castle, the snow-white owls were flying towards them.
As early as on the Hogwarts express train, Matthew had known this owl... Its name was "Inch" and its owner was Neville Longbottom.
The owl flew up to Hermione first, and threw a note in her hand; then, he threw another note to Matthew.
Matthew and Hermione looked at each other, and quickly quietly separated from the large group and went to a corner next to them.
The notes in both hands are exactly the same.
Moreover, the handwriting is very scribble, and it can be seen that its owner is very anxious when writing this note.
The above content is:
"Come to the garden, something has happened!"