Early in the morning, as the sky had just begun to brighten, William had already woken up from his sleep.
Sitting on the bed for a while to clear his head, he then got up.
After getting dressed, William found his mechanical watch in his carry-on bag and checked it, finding it was only half-past six.
But since he was already awake, he didn’t plan to keep lounging in bed.
He packed everything he would need for the day into his bag and then left the dormitory.
“So quiet.”
At this moment, he was the only boy in the hallway.
He walked slowly to the Common Room, only to find someone who was even earlier than him.
“Good morning, Hermione.
Why didn’t you sleep a bit longer?”
Indeed, the person in the Common Room at this moment was Hermione, and it looked like she had been there for a while.
“Good morning, William.
Didn’t you also wake up this early?” Hermione finally spared a moment to put down her book when she replied.
William sat down on the sofa opposite Hermione, shrugged, and said, “I’m a bit sensitive to new beds.
Sleeping in a strange place, I didn’t sleep very soundly.”
Glancing at the parchment next to Hermione, which was densely packed with notes, William felt great admiration for the top student in front of him, but…
“Hermione, our first class today is Transfiguration.
Charms Class is tomorrow.”
“I know.
I’ve already previewed it again before you came,” Hermione said without looking up.
Seeing this, William reached out and took the textbook from Hermione’s hand, then, under Hermione’s puzzled gaze, said, “Hermione, there are many ways to relax a nervous mood.
If reading has no obvious effect, I suggest you try another.”
“I’m not…
Alright, I am very nervous.
I don’t know what Hogwarts classes will be like, and we know too little about magic.
You know, although people like Ron and the others haven’t studied magic, they’ve always lived in the wizarding world, while we…”
Seeing Hermione talking incessantly, William directly took out a chocolate bar from his bag to help her stop.
“When you’re nervous or in a bad mood, eating sweets is undoubtedly one of the best ways to relieve it.
Besides, you should believe in yourself; your talent is enough to smooth over those things you’re worried about.
Now, let’s go have breakfast together.
I think Hogwarts during the day is even more beautiful than at night,” William said.
These words would be useless to others, but they were just right for Hermione, because she was particularly confident in her learning ability.
“You’re right, but I’m still far behind you,” Hermione smiled, then took a big bite of the chocolate bar and said in surprise, “Isn’t this a snack from our world?
You actually brought this.”
I personally think some snacks from our Muggle World don’t taste any worse than those in the magic world, don’t you think?” William said as he took out a chocolate bar for himself and started eating.
“Exactly.”
Afterward, the two of them left the Common Room one after the other and headed toward the Great Hall downstairs.
However, the two of them had truly overestimated their memories.
Even though they had both carefully memorized the route last night, the Moving Staircases of Hogwarts Castle taught them a lesson.
Fortunately, William remembered the map Cedric had given him, which finally allowed them to find the correct route from their lost state.
Finally, when the two of them arrived at the Great Hall, they found that quite a few students were already eating.
“I finally understand why Cedric and the others said that for freshmen, the Moving Staircases are the biggest difficulty,” William said after taking a seat.
“It’s a good thing you have a map, otherwise we might still be going in circles.”
Immediately, the two of them picked up their utensils and tapped lightly.
In the next second, fresh breakfast appeared on the plates.
Only…
“I thought all future meals would be like last night.”
He had come to the magic world, yet breakfast was still a plain English breakfast.
It really didn’t give him much of an appetite.
However, for Hermione, she accepted it quite well.
“Luckily, I came prepared.”
Then, William took out a jar of Spicy Meat Sauce from his ‘Bottomless Bag’.
“Here, Hermione, try this.”
Although it should have been paired with steamed buns, there was only bread available now, so he just made do with it.
The lid was opened, and a faint, imperceptible golden light of gourmet cooking flashed.
A rich and enticing spicy aroma immediately made Hermione swallow the words of refusal she was about to say.
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
It had to be said that although he had prepared this Spicy Meat Sauce a long time ago, and his cooking skills weren’t as good then as they were now, the taste wasn’t bad at all, and it was just as delicious with bread.
As for Hermione, she ate even more happily.
As for the spiciness, William said there was absolutely no need to worry, because this chili sauce had been certified by Kyle as something an authentic Brit could accept.
Of course, for this, he had also been blackmailed out of some Spicy Meat Sauce by Kyle.
However, as William was eating, he suddenly felt his hair stand on end.
He looked around alertly and saw a group of people staring intently at him…
or rather, at the Spicy Meat Sauce by his hand.
Their eyes met, and then the two of them walked over.
Anthony was fine; he was thick-skinned and didn’t show much, but Cedric was blushing deeply at this moment.
“William, do you have any extra of what you’re eating?
If there’s any left over, could you sell me a jar?” Cedric asked.
This sentence successfully helped William block many who were planning to try it for free, and it also improved William’s impression of Cedric by a couple of points.
“Of course.” William took out a jar from his stock and handed it to Cedric.
Cedric took the Spicy Meat Sauce and then took out two sickles, saying, “Is this enough?
This is all I have on me right now.
If it’s not enough, I’ll go back and get more.”
Two sickles was truly a very expensive price, as one could tell by thinking about Ron’s pocket money.
However, William didn’t think his Spicy Meat Sauce wasn’t worth the price.
Although it was only about the volume of a small can of cola, glowing cuisine was not common.
“Of course.”
Then William reached out and took one sickles, smiling.
“We’re acquaintances, I’ll give you a friendship price.”
“Oh, long live friendship!
William, I want one too,” Anthony performed with exaggerated emotion.
“No problem.” William didn’t refuse; after all, Anthony’s character was decent.
Still taking one sickles, Cedric and Anthony left happily with their Spicy Meat Sauce.
Just as William was about to continue enjoying his breakfast, he noticed that Hermione was no longer eating the Spicy Meat Sauce.
Without guessing, he knew the young girl’s pride was acting up.
“Hermione, is the Spicy Meat Sauce not tasty anymore?” William also performed with deliberate exaggeration.
Hermione couldn’t help but be amused by William’s performance, but she quickly suppressed her smile and said, “William, this is too expensive.
I can’t take advantage of you just because I like it.”
After speaking solemnly, her expression collapsed, and she said very gloomily, “It’s a pity all the Galleon I exchanged were used to buy books, otherwise I would buy a jar too.”
William couldn’t help but be amused.
Had he discovered a brand new hobby for Hermione, one that could rival her love for reading?
“I already said I’m treating you, you don’t need to worry about it.
If you really feel bad about it, let me borrow your homework to reference later when I’m stuck, how about that?”
“No.”
Hermione gave her refusal without hesitation, but then her lips curled up slightly as she said, “But, we can do our homework together in the future.”
Knowing the issue was resolved, the two of them continued to enjoy their breakfast…