Chapter 40: Hogwarts Tour

Once Harry finally managed to convince Madam Poppy Pomfrey, the matron of the Hospital Wing, a nice elderly woman but very strict in her job of taking care of her patients, to let him leave since he was fine, his body had completely healed. He had been unconsciously channeling the powers of the trolls when he was knocked out, which were famous for their high vitality. Any burns he sustained from the pure energy of the Philosopher's Stone had vanished in the process.

After reluctantly agreeing that he was healthy, once she performed a few scanning spells, Madam Pomfrey allowed Harry to leave the Hospital Wing and spend time with his visitors that day.

Leading the members of his Peerage and Lord Gremory out of the Hospital Wing, Harry began to guide them down from the first floor, where the Hospital Wing was located, towards the bottom of the castle, showing them his school, starting with the Potion Classrooms. His gifts were safely stored inside his Sacred Gear, except for some chocolates that he gave to Koneko, who had been eyeing them with interest in the Hospital Wing.

Harry chatted idly with the others as he showed them some of the hidden corridors he had discovered. "And what's new at home?" he asked casually.

"Don't think we forgot about the kind of danger you ran into alone. I'm pretty sure you left some things out when you talked with your Headmaster," Rias said sternly, deflecting his attempt to get out of trouble with her. "I was worried sick. You weren't answering your phone, no messages from you for days. You were unconscious for a week, Harry!" she complained.

"I'm sorry, Rias. I didn't mean for that to happen. Let's talk about this at home; sometimes the walls have ears," Harry tried to calm her down, while the others also looked at him unhappily. Each one of them was worried about him. They came to Hogwarts as soon as they learned that something was wrong, and when they heard he was unconscious, they watched over him for the last two days.

"This isn't over, Harry. I want to hear the whole story at home. And please, next time, tell us. We are a Peerage, a family. Please trust us," whispered Rias with a sad look.

Harry could only nod, feeling bad that he had made them worry. But he had planned to just get in, take the Stone, and leave without anyone knowing. The one taking the blame was the thief in this case, Quirrell since he couldn't bypass detection magic with the power of the Invisibility Cloak. That Quirrell would be that fast behind him was a surprise. "So, what's new at home?"

Sighing, Rias replied, "I got a new Peerage member. His name is Kiba Yuto, and I reincarnated him as my Pawn. He has some issues but is generally a nice person. But he wasn't in the right state of mind yet to accompany us. I will introduce you once you return home," she explained with a small smile.

"Nice, can't wait to meet him. Finally, a bloke to befriend. To be honest, my closest friends are all girls," said Harry jokingly.

"Ara, ara, do you want to say that girls are bad, Harry? Or are you some kind of Casanova, already collecting Girlfriends left and right? What a bad boy." teased Akeno from the side.

"Uh, no, that's not what I wanted to say. Nothing against girls. I just wanted to have a guy friend. The others in my House are cool, but our interests don't really align. They mostly talk about Quidditch or other sports, while my interest is in magic. And I am unable to form a real connection with them. Maybe it will be different with Kiba," explained Harry, shaking his hands defensively as the other two girls looked at him with a frown.

And the four of them continued to chat casually about the different things going on in the last year, while Lord Gremory accompanied them with a content smile. Harry showed them each floor of the castle, with the important locations like the classrooms, Great Hall, library, and more, until they finally arrived at the Ravenclaw Common Room.

On their way, they met Professor Flitwick, and Harry introduced his Head of House to Lord Gremory and the others. The small professor, who was excited to meet the people Harry was living with, gave him permission to show them the Ravenclaw Common Room. They arrived at the Ravenclaw Common Room, where Hermione, Daphne, Tracey, and Padma were sitting in one of the reading corners, chatting with each other.

Harry's eyes lit up with excitement as he spotted his friends, and he quickly ushered Rias, Koneko, Akeno, and Zeoticus Gremory forward.

"Hermione, Daphne, Tracey, I'd like you to meet Lord Zeoticus Gremory, the head of the Gremory Family, who took me in and is raising me," Harry introduced, gesturing towards Lord Gremory. "Also, this is Rias Gremory, his daughter and heiress, and his other wards, Akeno Himejima and Koneko Tojou," introduced Harry, pointing at each person respectively.

Continuing with the introductions, this time with his friends from Ravenclaw, "This is Hermione Granger, the brightest witch of our age and one of my closest friends," he said, pointing at the bushy-haired girl who blushed at the introduction.

"Next, we have Daphne Greengrass, heiress of House Greengrass and an equally bright witch as Hermione, always competing with her for the top spot," he continued, pointing at the blond-haired girl who bowed politely.

"Then we have Tracey Davis, another close friend of mine, a retainer of House Greengrass," introduced Harry, before pointing at the brown-skinned girl. "And this is my friend Padma Patil, from the Patil family, a noble house from India. All of them are members of Ravenclaw, like me."

"It's nice to meet all of you. I'm happy that Harry found good friends in Hogwarts. You should really come to visit him one day," greeted Lord Gremory with a polite smile.

Followed by Rias, who also looked excited to meet Harry's new friends, "Nice to meet all of you. Thank you for taking care of Harry in Hogwarts, and especially for keeping him out of trouble most of the time."

"No problem. We wouldn't have let him leave if we knew he would do something so stupid and end up in the Hospital Wing for so long," replied Daphne with a nice smile, before looking sternly at Harry, similar to how Rias had looked at him a while ago.

Nodding, Hermione also agreed, "And thank you for taking Harry in. I'm happy that he found nice people he can live with."

"Don't worry, Harry is an invaluable part of our family," nodded Lord Gremory, while Koneko strongly nodded from behind.

The group chatted for a while as the four Ravenclaw girls joined them to look at the outside of the castle. Lord Gremory engaged in an interesting conversation with Daphne about the politics in the British Wizarding World, while Padma added what she had heard from her father, who recently began to build connections in Britain as the Patil family wanted to expand their business ventures.

In this manner, they spent the day pleasantly before the Gremorys had to leave for the Underworld. The school year wasn't over yet, and Harry would see them in a few weeks.

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