After waiting half an hour, Harvey realized with surprise that no one else had entered his room.
"There are 9 first-years, and the dorms hold four. One lucky person gets a single room."
Harvey was delighted; he didn't want to squeeze in with a bunch of brats anyway.
He took his robes to the public bath for a quick wash.
He returned, made his bed, and quickly drifted off into a dream of meeting beautiful young witches.
[Harvey's Diary]
[Day 1]
My first day at Hogwarts. The novelty is still high.
The moving staircases are a trap; I almost missed my first Potions class.
Luckily, the greasy old bat Professor Snape was too busy picking on Harry Potter to care about me arriving at the last second.
[Day 2]
Charms is dull.
It's hard to respect Filius Flitwick given his tiny stature.
Besides, I've already mastered spells up to the fourth-year level. Learning first-year magic is boring.
At least I found an opportunity to introduce myself to Cho Chang, a beautiful second-year with Eastern heritage.
[Day 3]
There is a class more boring than Charms: History of Magic.
Professor Binns, the only ghost teacher, just drones on without emotion.
Even with my superior willpower, I was hypnotized into a deep sleep.
[Day 4]
Professor Pomona Sprout is a classic Hufflepuff—very kind.
But I have no interest in nurturing weird plants.
Herbology seems useless. With enough power, you just steamroll through problems.
My goal remains: learn more spells, gain more power!
[Day 5]
Flying class is exciting for others, but not for me.
Even the Nimbus 2000 only hits 200 km/h.
That's slower than a Muggle airplane.
After seeing Iron Man's armor fly at Mach speeds, I can't take brooms seriously.
Plus, I have portal magic. Why fly like a slowpoke?
And you look stupid riding a broom...
[Saturday]
My first date wasn't with Hermione.
I met Cho Chang on Saturday morning. We used a secret tunnel to sneak into Hogsmeade.
We bought snacks at Honeydukes and tried Butterbeer at The Three Broomsticks.
Honestly, Butterbeer tastes weird—like beer mixed with sugar and water.
But Cho enjoyed it, and we had a great time.
[Sunday]
I shouldn't play favorites. Following yesterday's success, I took Hermione out for a fun day.
But man, Butterbeer really isn't good...
[September 30, 1991]
Summary of the first month:
Astronomy is useless. It lacks the depth of Muggle astronomy.
I spent most of Professor Sinistra's class passing notes to Cho Chang.
Professor Trelawney in Divination is creepy and looks at me weirdly.
Then there's Professor Quirrell. He's crazy for teaching with that curse.
His turban makes the whole room smell like garlic.
I couldn't stand it anymore, so I acted.
While Harry Potter was busy struggling for the Philosopher's Stone, I stayed in the shadows.
I used Avada Kedavra to finish Quirrell.
My first kill. I feel a new respect for magic.
One Killing Curse takes a life so easily. That sense of control... it's a bit addictive.
Wait, am I being corrupted? Next time, I'll use Confringo instead.
As for Harry, he won a stone that grants immortality and earned 50 points for Gryffindor.
Old Dumbledore is so biased toward that kid.
[December 24]
Time flies. It's the end of the year.
The winter break has been going for a week.
The drama with the Stone is over. I "borrowed" it from Harry under the guise of "resurrection research."
It's a miracle of alchemy. Transmutation is handy.
I "made" ten tons of gold and exchanged it in the Marvel world for over $800 million.
Now that I'm financially free, I tried to swap gold for Galleons.
...
Damn it!
Gringotts blacklisted me!
All I wanted was to trade 100 tons of gold for 160 million Galleons.
The goblins kicked me out. Don't they know the customer is king?
They used some "Muggle-born limits" excuse. Pure discrimination!
Fine, the gold-to-Galleon route is blocked.
But Harry came through with his 20,000 Galleon "sponsorship" for my research.
With that money in hand, I feel a heavy sense of... responsibility!
Note to self: find a reason to bluff Harry when he asks about the research progress...
[December 25]
Christmas Day.
Cho Chang in a reindeer outfit is too cute~
I look forward to the day she wears that just for me...
[January 6, 1992]
A three-week break isn't enough.
Alchemy related to the Stone is too complex: Transfiguration, Potions, Ancient Runes...
I don't understand it at all!
Is my talent only in spells?
I blame Hogwarts. New Year's break should be at least a month and a half.
[June 23, 1992]
Final exams are over.
I got straight 'O's (Outstandings) and beat Hermione for the top spot.
She's furious; she only got an 'E' (Exceeds Expectations) in Astronomy.
I'm not telling her I used portal magic to cheat in Potions and Herbology...