Unlike the pain Rand had imagined, Kate only felt as if she were being filled with something, and then she fainted.
By the time she woke up again, the sun was already high in the sky.
Her body was still somewhat weak.
Kate sat up from the bed in a daze, and the system screen automatically appeared before her eyes.
[delicious girl system is continuing to serve you.]
[Host: Kate Shafik]
[Class: Wizard]
[Charisma: 7]
[Strength: 4]
[Agility: 6]
[Spirit: 6]
[Vitality: 5]
[Luck: 1]
[magic Power: 5]
[Stacked Ability 1: Top Student Talent: Level 7]
[Stacked Ability 2: Magic Resistance: Level 6]
[Stacked Ability 3: Legendary Magic Power: Level 5]
[System Main Quest 2: Apply for a Home Magic Tutor for a one-year teaching period.]
Besides her magic power value soaring to 5 because of the stacked magic, her spirit also seemed to have increased a bit.
Although she didn’t yet know what the function of this spirit attribute was.
“Even halved Legendary Magic Power is at Level 5. As expected of Old Dumbledore, his base stats are just too high.”
She murmured softly, looked down at her still-weak hands, and tried to clench them.
From the look of it, magic power didn’t provide any boost to her physical fitness.
Judging by that strength value of only 4, she was essentially still that frail eleven-year-old Child who stayed at home all year round.
Her head was still a bit dizzy.
She carefully lifted the covers, wanting to go downstairs for breakfast.
Hearing movement downstairs, Rand immediately used Apparition to appear by her bedside and, without a word, helped her back into bed.
A bewildered Kate:???
“Grandpa Butler…” She blinked her beautiful eyes innocently, “I want to eat.”
Rand was completely unmoved by her acting cute.
He took out a small vial of Potion and handed it to her: “This is a Potion that can help the young lady recover her energy.”
Kate’s eyelid twitched.
Looking at the strangely colored Potion, she asked, “Grandpa Butler, I remember you saying that during your school days, your worst subject was Potions, right?” New chapters come out on novelping.com first.
She still remembered the Old Butler saying that his Potions grade had only barely reached a passing level thanks to the Professor giving him extra lessons all year round.
If she drank this stuff, would something really go wrong?
Kate felt that her already weak body now seemed even more precarious.
“Grandpa Butler~”
Drinking this stuff would really be the death of her!
Just as Kate was about to open her mouth to beg for mercy again, a knock sounded at the door downstairs.
It was accompanied by the crisp shouts of a young girl’s voice.
She suddenly bounced up from the bed.
“It must be Hermione. I’ll go open the door for her!”
Her previously limp body suddenly erupted with amazing speed.
Kate didn’t even have time to put on shoes before she went thumping down the stairs.
Outside the door, little Hermione was still knocking.
She had taken first place in her exams again.
Since it was the weekend, her parents said they wanted to celebrate for her and go out to buy something delicious together.
Taking advantage of this small gap in time, she had the chance to run next door.
“Sister Kate, Mr. Butler, open the door!”
Her little hands were almost out of strength from knocking, yet she hadn’t heard any movement inside.
Her brown eyes, which had been full of anticipation, gradually dimmed.
Hermione lowered her aching arms and looked up at the iron gate that was much taller than she was.
“Sister Kate, have you really left…”
She murmured softly, about to turn and leave, but her ears heard movement from inside before her brain could process it.
Her lonely eyes suddenly lit up with spirit.
Just as she turned her head, she saw the tightly closed gate open.
Then, a figure like the wind lunged into her arms.
Hermione was stunned.
A familiar scent instantly spread through her whole body.
Her previously calm heart began to beat rapidly, like a butterfly flapping its wings, almost leaping into her throat.
Even in previous years, when she took the initiative to visit Sister Kate, the two of them had always been very proper, just reading books and doing homework.
She had never been this close to Kate before…
Her head even felt like it was starting to get dizzy…
Unlike her near-frozen ecstasy, Kate, who had accidentally lunged into the other’s arms, only had one thought in her mind.
She had rushed too fast just now, and her body hadn’t recovered yet; she had almost stumbled and fallen…
Luckily, little Hermione was there to act as a cushion, so she didn’t end up face-planting.
“Ahem!” She coughed lightly and scrambled out of Hermione’s arms rather awkwardly.
Her pride as the elder made her temporarily unable to look the younger girl in the eye.
She deliberately turned her head away, acting serious: “Why are you here?”
At this hour, the always studious Hermione should be at home reviewing her lessons, shouldn’t she?
For some reason, Hermione, whose face had suddenly turned bright red, also seemed a bit off.
She stammered for a long time without saying anything coherent.
Should she say it was because she was afraid Sister Kate would leave, so she ran over to knock on the door early in the morning?
Or because the thunder was too loud last night, and she was afraid Sister Kate wouldn’t sleep well, so she came to ask today?
None of it felt right to say.
The two little figures stood in a stalemate at the door, each turning redder and more awkward than the other.
Finally, Rand walked over slowly.
His face, which was usually stern when facing outsiders, showed a rare, kind smile when looking at Hermione.
“So it’s Miss Granger. Please, come in.”
Hermione was startled and quickly shook her head: “N-no need. I just took advantage of my parents not being home to…”
Halfway through her sentence, her already flushed little face turned an even deeper shade of red.
Kate also noticed that her complexion didn’t look quite right and asked with delayed realization, “Then, did you come to see me for something?”
“I…” Hermione looked cautiously at Rand behind Kate.
The Old Butler’s expression didn’t change.
He only said he suddenly remembered something was cooking on the stove and quickly left.
With no third person present, Hermione secretly patted her chest.
Her eyes fixed on Kate, she asked all in one breath:
“I heard my mom say that you’re going to a very far place for school and won’t be coming back after that. Is that true?”
Kate blinked her eyes and remained silent.
She did have such a plan at the beginning because, according to the original story, Hermione would be going to Hogwarts next year.
She had originally wanted to live a quiet life of leisure.
If she stayed next door to the female lead, it would be over if anything happened.
That’s why she suggested the Old Butler move and even used the excuse of going to school with Mrs. Granger.
As it turned out, before she could even leave, the Hogwarts letter arrived first, and she even met Dumbledore face-to-face.
Talk about being caught off guard.
Now it was great.
Her entry into the wizarding world was set in stone, and Hermione would also be going to Hogwarts next year.
If the two of them ran into each other at school next year…
Kate suddenly felt a massive headache.