Harry, of course, knew that his mother, Lily, favored Vivi—this friend and mentor alike.
Moreover, when his mother briefly returned, she found out about his relationship with Vivi—and even gave him a thumbs-up.
To have won over such a beautiful and outstanding girl, Lily was immensely proud.
Indeed, born pigs are formidable, rooting out the most tender cabbages in the garden.
After staying at Grimmauld Square for a week, they embarked on a journey to Hogwarts.
First, as always, to go to Hogwarts, you need to take the train from King's Cross Station.
Mr. Weasley arranged for a car with a Ministry of Magic license plate—one under the Ministry of Magic's supervision—to take everyone to King's Cross Station.
This was actually the new public transport set up by Little Sirius after assuming office. As an up-to-date Minister of Magic, Little Sirius initiated many interesting reform activities.
Besides these buses, he also installed many telephones at the Ministry of Magic, enabling quick communication with key figures like the Headmaster of Hogwarts.
Furthermore, Little Sirius granted a general salary increase to the Ministry's staff and officials; now, aside from a few scheming individuals, most people praise the new Minister of Magic, Mr. Black.
At King's Cross Station, many Aurors could be seen standing on guard duty, and Harry could almost instantly spot who the Aurors were in the crowd.
After all, their attire was somewhat out of place with the Muggles, looking like people from the forties or fifties.
But Ron clearly couldn't distinguish them, thinking there was nothing wrong with their outfits.
Wizards, indeed...
Harry, as always, passed through the misty barrier and arrived at Platform 9 3/4.
On the platform, many Aurors were also stationed on duty.
Of course, they also spotted Professor Lupin.
...Oh, the title should be updated now; it's Deputy Head of the Auror Office Mr. Lupin.
"Great to see you, Harry, Ron, and Hermione." Professor Lupin greeted them, wearing a gray coat, smiling broadly.
"Professor Lupin!" Ron said in surprise, "I heard you're now the Deputy Head of the Auror Office? Congratulations..."
Lupin chuckled warmly and patted Ron's shoulder.
After chatting for a while, Lupin had to go outside the platform to check on the Aurors on duty; after Lupin left, Ron and Hermione had to leave first.
"We're going to the train first." Ron told Harry, "You know, Class Prefects... um, Class Prefects have to go to the Class Prefect's carriage for a meeting first; we'll come find you after the meeting, Harry."
"Go ahead." Harry nodded.
He watched them walk onto the train, when suddenly a familiar voice sounded behind him.
"Hey, Harry!"
"Neville?" Harry turned his head, and saw a round-faced boy struggling to squeeze over from that direction.
"Hello, Harry." A long-haired girl behind Neville said, her large eyes looking somewhat misty.
"Luna, hello, how are you?" Harry greeted her.
"Pretty good, thanks." Luna replied.
She pressed a magazine against her chest, the cover flaunting bold letters announcing a free pair of Demon-Repelling Glasses inside.
"I heard from Neville, you guys went to Antarctica during summer vacation?" Luna smiled radiantly, "He said your trip was great—except for a slight discomfort when passing through the West Wind Zone... What's the West Wind Zone?"
Harry thought for a moment but couldn't organize his words.
But that was okay, he took out a crystal ball and found an explanation about the West Wind Zone on the search engine, showing it to Luna.
"Oh, that's what it is..." Luna blinked her large eyes, exclaiming: "Nature is truly wonderful..."
"Is 'Singing Against the Tune' still running well?" Harry asked, he actually quite liked this magazine.
"Yes, the circulation has been steadily increasing." Luna said cheerfully, "Dad is quite happy about it—for which we have to thank you, Harry."
Indeed, thanks should be given to Harry, because Harry had previously mentioned this magazine in public.
"Let's find a seat." Harry tugged Annie, who was gazing at the distant mountains, and the four of them squeezed past the open-mouthed wizards down the aisle.
Finally, they found an empty compartment and quickly slipped inside.
Neville and Luna sat opposite, while Harry and Annie sat together; Annie leaned against the wall of the compartment and closed her eyes to rest upon boarding.
"She seems a bit tired." Harry said to Neville and Luna, "She went to bed quite late last night."
Luna glanced at Harry, then at Annie, but said nothing.
"Did you notice they all look at Luna and me—including those parents," Neville said, referring to Luna and himself, "just because we're with you!"
"It's not like they don't know you're members of the Dueling House." Harry said, with a flick of his finger, Luna's trunk floated up and tucked itself into the luggage rack, "Of course, maybe it's because of the Prophet Daily's interview? Remember? After driving away Umbridge, Rita Skeeter's interview with us, I'm sure they've all seen it."
"Yeah, I thought going public like that would make grandma unhappy," Neville said, "But she was delighted, saying I'd finally lived up to being my father's son. She even bought me a new magic wand, see!"