First came the time loop.
Then followed by several days of thrilling life.
Ian cherished the finally calm school life, even though it was still Christmas holiday, he quickly returned to his routine of life and studying.
The atmosphere within the campus was unusually harmonious, even Gryffindor and Slytherin were not continuing their battles, for the students, holidays always brought relaxation and temporarily paused grievances.
Despite the annoying holiday homework that needed completing, the little wizards always found ways to avoid being affected by it, for instance, Gryffindor's students chose temporary amnesia.
Some of them would borrow homework from friends to copy on the last day, while others planned before the holiday to get punished together by the professor.
Anyone who secretly did homework was considered a coward.
They were evidently the group that gave the professors the biggest headache.
In comparison.
Students from other colleges were more disciplined, such as Ian, who before the holiday had found someone to do his homework, William practically took care of all Ian's assignments for that term.
He even imitated Ian's handwriting to the point where it was indistinguishable, he also knew to deliberately write some wrong answers and very different solutions on his own homework.
This ensured that the professors wouldn't find traces of him in Ian's homework. This kind of cleverness was surely perfect for assisting leaders in the Ministry of Magic with various documents.
However.
Most people didn't have a roommate as good as Ian's, so they chose other ways to solve their homework troubles. For instance, Slytherin students loved to assign their homework with hefty payments to Ravenclaw students, and Ravenclaw students almost never rejected such business.
After all, who wouldn't want to reinforce their learned knowledge points while earning some money? Most Ravenclaw students completed their homework on the first day of the holiday. No professor worried about Ravenclaw students, everyone knew it was the most competitive college.
Of course.
In terms of being more competitive this Christmas holiday, the Hufflepuff students staying at school were undoubtedly the top, because they almost had homework they couldn't possibly finish.
It's all because Ravenclaw College students who took over Slytherin homework then outsourced it at a low price to the little badgers — not every student in Eagle House likes to reinforce knowledge points.
Perhaps many people didn't know, most business geniuses in the Wizarding World originated from Ravenclaw College, like Ian, they had the mind and thinking of capitalists.
Once the homework changed hands.
It seemed like unscrupulous intermediaries taking a big portion of the money.
And they weren't at all worried about the outsourced homework to Hufflepuff students being flagged by the teachers since the always honest Hufflepuff students definitely wouldn't submit identical answers.
Indeed.
Sincere badgers wouldn't plagiarize existing answers, instead, they'd come up with other answers anew, otherwise they'd feel guilty about the meager amount of money bags they received.
"Perhaps this is why Hufflepuff graduates, although ordinary, rarely turn out genuinely mediocre, even if they are just selling books, they can still perform their duties excellently."
"Also, Hufflepuff has indeed produced many extremely outstanding individuals."
Ian mused with emotion.
He was well aware of this situation in school because he wanted to join the order-taking team, but he ultimately decided against joining the competitive scene after discovering Hufflepuff's far more serious attitude and rewards that would make some entrepreneurs weep. Completing dozens of little wizards' homework wouldn't even match the input for crafting a [Homework Pen].
"Since it's already made… I'll find time to slap a [Slytherin] label on it and sell it for a high price." After stowing away another failed creation, Ian dove back into his holiday life.
Sleeping until naturally waking was definitely the most comforting thing.
Besides sneaking into the library during its closed times to read, he basically didn't do anything that might violate school rules or cause disturbances.
This was mainly because Professor McGonagall was watching him closely, Ian guessed that Professor McGonagall had also had those strange dreams, knowing some of the things he did fearlessly during the time loop.
Even those guardian statues in the school were hidden away by Professor McGonagall, certainly because Ian once allied with Peeves in some loop to conduct a [riot drill] for the little wizards.
"Hide the small ones all you want, I still have four big ones!" Ian was confident that no matter how much Professor McGonagall was guarding against him, she would never think he had four founding statues at his disposal.
He simply felt that the synchronized memories of many little wizards didn't need to experience another drill, he too needed some reputation, the current views of the little wizards on him already reached the level of [Little Demon King]. If he had known in advance that Slytherin would trick him like this, Ian definitely wouldn't have done so much in the time loop.
"Young Professor, are our dreams really prophecy?"
"Someone said you erased our memories, saying those things have already happened."
"The inherently evil Prince, even the heavens are reminding us to be cautious of him, I think our dreams are a kind of warning and hint from heaven."