"No strange behavior at all..." Tom's eyes narrowed slightly.
Honestly, he felt a bit disappointed. But wasn't it normal for the prophet mode to have a cooldown time? He should worry more about the meaning of the word he heard.
Harry and Ron had already left.
Tom looked out of the castle window and observed the landscape outside. At that moment, a sudden rain had turned the area outside Hogwarts Castle into a white, misty world. The rain was intense, as if someone had punctured the sky.
"Falling leaves..." Tom frowned as he watched the raindrops mixed with the wind sweeping a bunch of leaves from the trees in the Forbidden Forest.
Falling leaves were a natural phenomenon, either due to adverse weather conditions or as part of the growth of new leaves.
The two interpretations were completely different! What should he do now? The information was too scarce. It was like going to a pharmacy to buy medicine and only remembering the name of a certain capsule.
Well, if he couldn't understand it, it wasn't worth dwelling on. Tom decided he would enroll in Divination class next semester. After all, he had to keep taking that class until he graduated. Wasting that innate talent for divination would be a shame.
When he returned to Ravenclaw Tower, he saw Hermione, as expected. At that moment, Hermione was sitting in the common room reading a book. Having completed all her exams, Hermione had entered a very rare state of relaxation. She exuded a sense of laziness from head to toe.
For example, the book she was reading at the moment was not a textbook or study material, but a comic book. The girl was sitting by the window, with a silver teapot on the table that had water droplets on its surface. She didn't have her hair loose over her shoulders; instead, it was tied up in a bun.
Today, she had finally taken off the Hogwarts uniform and the white shirt underneath, and had put on a long sky-blue dress, making her look fresher.
"I didn't think you'd finish so late." Hermione put the comic down when she saw Tom approaching.
"The Adventures of Martin Miggs the Mad Muggle?" Tom pronounced the title of the book in Hermione's hands with some surprise. It didn't seem like a book Hermione would read.
"It's quite interesting, want to take a look?"
The black and white sneakers were raised under the table, the black bottom with white straps drew more attention than the comic on the table. The small feet weren't as nimble as the hands that were frequently used, but they had their own charm. The skin was white and smooth, translucent and fine, and the fine veins and the half-moon on the nails could be clearly seen.
If he could just scratch a little...
Hermione rapped the table and brought Tom back to reality.
"Uh, yes, well, but I never thought you'd read this kind of book..." Tom took the book and found that wizard comics were very different from Muggle comics.
In wizard comics, each panel conveyed more information and seemed more like a black and white animation. However, the viewing experience couldn't compare to that of non-magical world animations. The development of Muggle anime was much earlier than people believed. By March 1992, Sailor Moon was already on air, Slam Dunk started airing in October 1993, and by 1996, there was already Detective Conan.
"I saw it in the library, and it seemed interesting, so I borrowed it." Hermione let her hair down and then tied it back up again.
Tom flipped through a few pages and then set the comic aside. The story was mediocre and didn't compare at all to works like "The Adventures of Tintin" or "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
"This summer, there's a World Cup, are you interested?" During the long summer vacation, it was always good to have something to do. Tom thought it would be worth participating in this major event of the magical world.
"I think it's next year... oh, you mean the Quidditch World Cup?" Initially, Hermione didn't understand and thought Tom was referring to next year's U.S. Soccer World Cup, but then she realized he was talking about England's World Cup final in August of this year.
Hermione thought about it and believed it was a good idea.
"Yes, are there other classmates who also want to go? I mean, if they plan to go as a group or just the two of us..."
"I don't have plans to go see the World Cup with other classmates for now." When it came to watching the World Cup, Tom didn't feel like going with his classmates. Mainly because he didn't have close friends. Harry would surely be going with the Weasley family, so he didn't have a suitable invitation to offer.
"Oh, I understand..." Hermione suddenly realized that Tom was hinting at wanting to travel together. If it were just the two of them, that would mean...
Although last summer, when they went to Egypt, they shared the same tent, it was different. There was a whole team of explorers outside. This summer, it would just be the two of them.
"I... I'll think about it," Hermione felt she wasn't mentally prepared yet and felt a little annoyed with Tom inside. This guy is too direct! Isn't it a bit too early to do something like this?
"I'll investigate whether Muggles can attend the World Cup together..." Tom didn't realize his girlfriend's small feelings and continued talking to himself.
"Muggles?" Hermione raised her head in surprise. "Do you want to take my parents to the Quidditch World Cup?"
Initially, Hermione had the instinctive intention to reject Tom's proposal. The magical world was too novel and peculiar for her parents. Could they really accept this new world? Since she entered Hogwarts, she rarely mentioned the magical world in front of her parents, so the presence of the magical world in the Granger family was very low.
In fact, in the original book, the Granger family had even fewer appearances than the Weasley family's owl.
However, after thinking for a while, Hermione thought she might let her father make the decision. If her father was interested, then they could take them to see it.
She suddenly realized a problem: World Cup tickets must be quite expensive! Although her father could afford them, could she buy the tickets as a gift for them? That would mean a significant financial burden.
"What do you think of this suggestion?" Hermione's reaction was a bit intense, prompting Tom to ask for Hermione's opinion again.
"I'll ask them and see what they think... but if we really want to take my parents to see the World Cup, that would imply a significant financial burden, don't you think? Should we look for a part-time job after the summer vacation starts?"
That was a fairly sensible suggestion.
"Where would you like to work part-time? Flourish and Blotts bookstore, perhaps?" If they were going to look for a part-time job, they should decide on the place as soon as possible. Tom thought the Flourish and Blotts bookstore they had mentioned before seemed like a good option.
"I'm not very interested in working in the same store. Let me think about it a bit more." However, Hermione seemed to have her own ideas.