Seeing Sherlock and Harry, food enthusiast Ron and Dean Thomas immediately stood up and waved vigorously at them.
"Sherlock, Harry, over here, over here!"
When the two walked over, Ron said proudly, "I saved seats for you!"
"Thanks," Harry thanked Ron, while also reminding him, "It would be better if you could keep your voice down a bit."
Because of Ron's boisterous behavior, combined with Harry's name, Sherlock and Harry became the center of attention at that moment.
"Right over there, look quickly."
"Where, where?"
"Over there! Next to that tall boy with the hooked nose."
"You mean the one with glasses?"
"Right, did you see his face?"
"Did you see that scar?"
These whispers never stopped as Sherlock and Harry crossed the Great Hall to reach Ron.
This made Harry extremely uncomfortable.
Ron obviously noticed this situation too and touched his nose somewhat sheepishly. "Sorry."
It was all his fault for speaking too loudly.
Breakfast wasn't as lavish as the opening ceremony feast, but it was definitely good, and most importantly—generous portions.
This was definitely good news for food enthusiasts like Ron and Harry, who had never been allowed to eat his fill at home.
As for Sherlock, while eating, he divided his attention to focus on the Gryffindor first-year class schedule.
Monday: Morning - History of Magic, Afternoon - Herbology
Tuesday: Morning - Herbology, Afternoon - Charms, Transfiguration
Wednesday: Morning - Defense Against the Dark Arts, Afternoon - Herbology, Evening - Astronomy
Thursday: Morning - Transfiguration, Afternoon - Charms
Friday: Morning - Double Potions, Afternoon -
Additionally noted: When flying lessons begin, they will be added after Thursday afternoon's Charms class.
It could be seen that the first-year curriculum was quite intensive overall—which was understandable, as they needed to reshape the understanding of young wizards who had just entered the magical world.
After eating, the group hurried to their classroom.
For Sherlock, the first week at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was both fulfilling and interesting.
Each course had different characteristics.
History of Magic was the only course taught by a ghost professor.
As the saying goes: when ghosts lecture, it's all nonsense.
It was already a purely theoretical course, leaning toward rote memorization.
Combined with Professor Binns' characteristically monotonous and dull ghostly voice reading directly from the textbook, the result was that this course became even more dry and boring.
Almost all students just drowsily jotted down names and dates.
Only two people were exceptions.
One was Hermione, who had already begun to show the characteristics of an academic overachiever in the very first class.
Listening attentively, taking careful notes, actively answering questions... well, not that last one, because Professor Binns didn't ask any questions.
The other was Sherlock.
He was full of interest in the wizarding world.
He had already read through all the textbooks, so listening to this ghost professor lecture was equivalent to someone who didn't want to read turning on an audiobook function.
But when students actively asked questions, Professor Binns would still interact with you.
Sherlock happened to be that person.
This also made him the most conspicuous among a group of drowsy little lions.
Even Hermione, who was also listening carefully, couldn't help but frequently cast curious glances his way.
'This person... seems like me!'
Compared to History of Magic, Herbology was much more interesting.
Three classes per week was enough to show this was a foundational course.
The professor teaching this course was Pomona Sprout, a short, fat witch who was also the Head of Hufflepuff House.
The learning location was in the greenhouses behind the castle rather than indoors.
As for the content, it taught new students how to cultivate these exotic plants and fungi, and understand their uses.
This time, besides Sherlock, there was another student actively asking questions—Hermione.
Perhaps stimulated by Sherlock's performance in the morning History of Magic class, Hermione even surrounded Professor Sprout after class.
Unfortunately, she had to teach other classes, so these questions would have to wait until tomorrow for answers.
The next morning, Hermione was still the eager student asking questions.
Her consistently excellent performance over two classes even earned five points for Gryffindor, receiving applause all around.
But Sherlock wasn't as active as the day before.
He just completed Sprout's assignments step by step, without asking even a single question.
Because Sherlock felt it was no longer necessary.
Having read the textbook in advance, plus the questioning in the first class, was enough for him to develop his own unique understanding of this course.
This was sufficient.
Next, Sherlock used the same approach for every course.
Ask questions in the first class, grasp the direction and overall picture of the course, then make selections.
For those courses that weren't very useful to him, he just needed to ensure he could pass the exams.
Then he would free up energy to focus on courses that were more useful to him and that he found more interesting.
Soon, such a course arrived.
Charms class.
"Hermione Granger!"
"Sherlock Holmes!"
"..."
"Harry Potter—Ah!"
The professor teaching Charms was Filius Flitwick, who was also the Head of Ravenclaw House.
Professor Flitwick had goblin blood, so he was extraordinarily small in stature—by Sherlock's estimation, less than 4 feet tall, just over a meter.
During class, he had to stand on a stack of books to reach the lectern.
The first class followed the usual roll call routine. It was fine when calling other names, but when he called "Harry Potter," he screamed with excitement and fell to the ground, disappearing from sight.
This once again made Sherlock realize the lethal power of the name "Harry Potter" in the wizarding world—even Hogwarts professors at the Head of House level couldn't remain composed.
It also once again proved that completing his paired assistance with Harry before school started was an incredibly correct choice.
Before school even began, Slytherin's Malfoy trio had voluntarily delivered themselves to his door.
After school started, these teachers and students paying attention to Harry naturally couldn't escape Sherlock's notice, as he stayed close to Harry, greatly facilitating his speed of understanding the wizarding world.
At the same time, Sherlock unexpectedly discovered that Harry had great potential as an assistant.
This gradually made him abandon the idea of treating Harry as a tool and begin to consider him as a friend worth making.
Of course, this is getting ahead of ourselves and can be set aside for now.
Professor Flitwick had strong self-regulation abilities and didn't take long to regain his composure and begin teaching.
The content of the first class was similar to other courses—still an overall overview of the subject.
He also taught a basic charm—the Mending Charm.
This was precisely the charm that Sherlock had used on Harry's glasses aboard the Hogwarts Express.