As class time gradually approached, more and more young wizards entered the classroom. The third-year Ravenclaws skillfully gathered around Lin Yue, and Hermione was similarly surrounded in the middle.

After Harry and Ron walked into the classroom, they just glanced at Hermione before sitting down nearby. They decided it was best not to disturb Lin Yue and Hermione.

It wasn't until the class officially began that Professor Lupin smiled and clapped his hands after confirming everyone was present.

"Alright, everyone, put your textbooks away. You won't need them for today's lesson."

The young wizards present exchanged glances and silently put away the books they had placed on their desks.

Professor Lupin smiled and waved for everyone to stand up. Then he waved his wand, moving the desks and chairs to a place against the wall where they wouldn't be in the way.

"Alright, Miss Lin Yue, Miss Granger, now you can talk about what's in this wardrobe."

Lin Yue turned to Hermione, nodding to indicate that she should go first; being courteous is one of the rules of etiquette.

Hermione stood up, "Um, what's in the wardrobe is a Boggart. It doesn't have a physical form, but when it encounters a person, it transforms into that person's greatest fear."

"Very correct."

Professor Lupin nodded in approval, "Gryffindor gets five points."

"Then how should we deal with it?"

"Miss Lin Yue." Professor Lupin gestured for Lin Yue, who was raising her hand, to stand up and answer.

"The spell to deal with a Boggart is 'Riddikulus,' and combined with our imagination, it can turn the thing that frightens us into something funny."

"Laughter is currently the only proven way to defeat a Boggart."

"Very good!" Professor Lupin generously applauded Lin Yue, "Ravenclaw gets five points."

"Additionally, I want to add that there are many people here today, so we actually have a natural advantage, as this might confuse the Boggart and make it unsure of what to turn into."

After finishing his last point, Professor Lupin raised his wand, "Now everyone take out your wands and follow me to do it once: Riddikulus."

As he spoke, he waved his wand, making several specific angles in the air.

"Riddikulus."

"Very good, let's do it again: Riddikulus."

"Riddikulus."

Professor Lupin nodded in satisfaction, put down his wand, and stepped aside. "Everyone line up, one at a time."

Lin Yue heard his request and also put down her wand, standing in line behind Hermione. She was already very familiar with the wand movements and spells taught by Professor Lupin. In fact, her wand movements and incantation pronunciation were even more precise than Professor Lupin's, just like they were copied straight from a book.

The only thing she couldn't figure out was what the Boggart would turn into. A Boggart transforms into the thing that a person fears the most, but she didn't have any feelings of fear at all. She couldn't feel fear. Lin Yue blinked, and after several seconds of trying to deduce it, she still couldn't come up with any result. It was simply that she didn't experience fear, or rather, she believed she didn't.

In those few seconds, Professor Lupin had already taken Neville, who was first in line, to the wardrobe.

"Alright, Neville, what is your greatest fear?"

"Pr-Professor Snape..." Neville said in a small, hesitant voice.

"Oh, I can understand," Professor Lupin nodded gently. "So... I remember you were raised by your grandmother, right?"

"Yes." Neville nodded, looking somewhat confused, clearly not understanding why Professor Lupin brought this up.

"When the Boggart comes out, you can imagine Professor Snape wearing your grandmother's clothes. Do you understand what I mean?"

Neville stared wide-eyed in shock, doubting whether he had misheard. However, it was clear that he had not, as Professor Lupin gently repeated what he had said, showing no signs of impatience, and even asked if he understood this time.

"I understand," Neville swallowed hard and nodded.

"Good, then let's get started."

Professor Lupin took two steps back, and with a wave of his wand, the wardrobe door swung open instantly. An invisible entity floated out, and after a slight visible distortion, Professor Snape appeared before Neville.

Lin Yue squinted at the Boggart transformed into Professor Snape, and indeed, it looked very realistic. This realism was not just in the face, body shape, and clothing, but more importantly, in the various subtle movements, expressions, and demeanor that were identical to Professor Snape.

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Neville was clearly frightened; he watched as the Snape figure approached him, his legs trembling slightly. However, Professor Lupin did not rush to remind him but instead gripped his wand tightly, ready to intervene if a real emergency arose.

Taking a deep breath, Neville resolutely raised his wand at the Boggart that had transformed into Professor Snape.

"Riddikulus!"

With a sharp crack, accompanied by Neville's voice and imagination, "Professor Snape" was suddenly dressed in women's clothing. Neville couldn't help but chuckle, and a hint of a smile appeared on his pale face. He turned to walk aside, allowing the next student to step forward, his steps now a bit more composed.

Hermione stood behind Lin Yue, watching the scene unfold and feeling a bit amused. However, thinking about Professor Snape ultimately being her teacher, she restrained herself and didn't let out a laugh.

Looking at Lin Yue in front of her, who was staring intently at the Boggart that had turned into a female ghost, Hermione wondered what was going through her mind. What would the Boggart turn into when it was Lin Yue's turn? Would it be her parents?

As Hermione thought of this, her mood instantly sank, and she tightened her grip on her wand. She resolved that if things went awry, she would immediately rush forward to shield Lin Yue. She absolutely could not let Lin Yue suffer harm from her parents in this world again.

The young wizards in front were taking turns dealing with the Boggart, which transformed into a giant snake one moment and a clown the next. When it was Ron's turn, it even turned into a giant spider with eight eyes.

Ron, filled with terror and a desire to vomit, managed to hold himself together and cast a spell that made roller skates appear on the spider's eight legs, causing it to wobble and struggle to stand.

The young wizards in the classroom burst into laughter at this scene, and even Professor Lupin couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head. Indeed, it was the children's rich imagination that made it all the more entertaining.

Ron retracted his wand and stepped aside. Lin Yue took a step forward, and the Acromantula, which had been slipping and flailing on the ground, suddenly froze in place, stiffening up.

The Ravenclaws, who had been laughing moments before, also instantly stopped their laughter, their expressions turning serious as they looked at the " Acromantula" that had become rigid in front of Lin Yue, gripping their wands tightly in caution.

It was clear that they had also thought of the same possibility that Hermione had considered.

In the next moment, the " Acromantula " that was frozen in place slowly began to twist, undergoing a transformation that took everyone by surprise.

It turned into a person; it turned into Lin Yue herself.

However, the Lin Yue that the Boggart had transformed into was taller and thinner than she was now, clearly resembling her future self.

This version of Lin Yue was wearing thin short sleeves and shorts, with her knees covered in swollen frostbite, and her hands and fingers also covered in frostbite. Her feet, standing on the ground, shared the same fate.

Her spine looked as if it had been crushed by something, and although she was standing, it felt as if she couldn't hold her chest up at all.

Her eyes, devoid of life, were filled with a deeper, more profound sense of death than now, as if she had endured eons of despair that could never be dispelled.

On her left ankle, there was even a metal ring that no one else present knew the purpose of.

What was even more striking were the numerous bruises and contusions visible on Lin Yue's body, the marks of sticks and whips, and the short sleeves she was wearing.

The front of the short sleeve boldly displayed a line of large letters: "I am a pig's head."

The young wizards collectively gasped in shock, frozen in place, with some of their faces turning pale.

For some reason, they felt as if something was pressing down on their chests, making them want to vomit.

Even Hermione and the third-year Ravenclaws were stunned, their brains unable to send any commands to their bodies; the feet they had intended to move could not budge, and the hands they wanted to raise could not lift.

Lin Yue tilted her head and looked at the version of herself in front of her. The figure was exactly the same, the face was exactly the same, and the micro-expressions and movements were completely identical.

Indeed, Bogart was very good at changing; there was no ripple in her heart because this was how she used to look, the appearance of someone who had made a mistake and accepted punishment.

Why would she be afraid of this? It was very normal.

It seemed that Bogart sensed Lin Yue's lack of fear. The Bogart standing still instantly transformed, and the face representing Lin Yue changed into that of Qiu Zhang.

At the same time, "Lin Yue's" body also underwent a transformation, becoming Qiu Zhang's body.

Everything that "Lin Yue" had once endured was projected onto Qiu Zhang.

In her calm, water-like pupils, there was a slight movement. Lin Yue instinctively wanted to raise her right hand to grip her wand, but she found that she couldn't control her body at all.

As she struggled to lift her hand, Bogart quickly changed again—Marietta, Penelope... It rapidly transformed into every person from Ravenclaw, projecting everything Lin Yue had experienced onto them.

Lin Yue's pupils struggled more intensely as they changed.

Until it finally transformed into a face, a face resembling Hermione's, the original pride and arrogance had completely vanished from this face.

In its place was obedience and tameness, the girl's unyielding spine subtly bending, symbolizing her broken fate.

Lin Yue suddenly blinked, raising her wand directly at the Boggart,

"Ridiculous."

A beam of magical light shot out, and the Hermione standing in place transformed back into her confident, sunny self.

She was dressed in a well-fitted suit, holding her wand in her right hand and a briefcase in her left, standing tall with her chest out and head held high, behind her was a dazzling light like a spotlight.

"Haha..."

A soft laugh resonated, and all the eyes in the room turned in unison towards Lin Yue, her brows and eyes curved, the corners of her mouth lifting into a beautiful arc.

Indeed, Hermione should maintain this posture, never trapped, never bound.

Indeed... everything she had experienced, she still didn't want others to go through it again.

"Lin Yue!"

Hermione bit her tongue hard, "snatching" back control of her body, and took a couple of steps forward to hug her tightly from behind, tilting her face to look at the smile on Lin Yue's face.

"I'm here."

Lin Yue's smile slowly faded, but the sparkle in her eyes clearly increased a few notches.

"Was that you just now? The you from before?"

Hermione raised her hand and gently caressed Lin Yue's cheek, noticing all the injuries and frostbite on her body. How could she bear to see such a wonderful Lin Yue like this...

"Yes, it was me, from before."

Lin Yue nodded gently, raising her hands to indicate, "Look, there's nothing."

Turning her head to look at Lin Yue's hands, indeed, they were slender and fair, completely devoid of the frostbite that had covered them just moments ago.

Taking Lin Yue's hand, Hermione lowered her head and gently kissed her fingertips.

"You're really beautiful."

Lin Yue seemed to blink as if she had no reaction, but her ears slowly turned red.

"Are you okay?"

Professor Lupin stepped forward and asked softly, his eyes showing a hint of guilt.

With Dumbledore's special instructions, he had originally planned to pay close attention to Lin Yue and be ready to help her if something went wrong.

But who would have thought that at that moment, he couldn't even move, only feeling a kind of pressure that weighed down on him both physically and mentally.

"It's fine, thank you, Professor Lupin. I'm okay; this is a training I must go through."

Lin Yue said calmly, but she didn't mention that it was something she should do as a student.

"Also, thank you all. While you were concerned about me, you also gave me the opportunity to face the Boggart and train myself. I saw all of you holding your wands."

Lin Yue allowed Hermione to hold her hand as she turned to face the Ravenclaw little wizards she had spent the last three years with.

The Ravenclaws blushed and shook their heads in unison.

“It’s nothing, nothing at all. This is what we should do, after all, you are our treasure.”

“Yeah, and seeing you smile just now was really beautiful.”

“Right, right! I didn’t see it when I went home last Christmas, and I was really disappointed. I didn’t expect to see it today!”

The Ravenclaws chimed in, and the atmosphere in the classroom quickly became cheerful again.

The oppressive mood brought on by Lin Yue’s boggart was swept away.

Lin Yue followed Hermione to sit down, letting her and the Ravenclaws gazes rest on her.

In her mind, she replayed her shortcomings in dealing with the boggart, completely unaware that the looks in everyone’s eyes were filled with warmth and even more affection.

After all, how kind a person must she be for her greatest fear to be that others might suffer the same pain she had endured?