Connor's Hogwarts

Chapter 296 The First Day Without Connor. Evening
"Where did Connor go? Why did he suddenly disappear?"

"This is the first time I have encountered such a thing in school! What did Mr. Principal say?!"

"Professor Dumbledore said that Connor asked for leave, but how is this possible? He was fine yesterday, and such a big man disappeared without a word. Is this normal?!"

"We have to go to the principal for an explanation! The school board will never allow this to happen!"

"Yes! That's right! Let our family put pressure on the school together, even Professor Dumbledore must give us an explanation!"

The Room of Requirement, the round table meeting room, and the members of the fraternity gathered together, but at this moment, the harmony of the past is completely gone, and it is as noisy as a vegetable market.

Connor didn't show up all day today. During dinner, Dumbledore, who was rarely seen, suddenly came out to inform a student that he had "asked for leave".

Maybe ordinary students think this is a small thing, but in the eyes of fraternity friends, it is a big thing.

The members of the fraternity realized that something was wrong and spontaneously called an emergency meeting of the fraternity.

It was the first time the fraternity held a meeting without Connor present, and things seemed a little chaotic for a while.

If you keep arguing like this, it's bound to be fruitless.
"Everyone be quiet!!!"

Alice slapped the table violently, trying to stop the messy scene, and dozens of eyes looked at Alice who stood up at the same time.

Alice took a deep breath and said slowly: "Everyone, please calm down. I know everyone is worried about Connor's situation, but it's useless to argue like this."

"Alice, you are the first batch of people who found out that Connor was missing. Did you know anything else?" Jacob, the president of the school's student council, asked.

Alice frowned, she was a little displeased by the sudden interruption of her speech, but she shook her head and replied truthfully: "We found out that Connor was missing this morning, and then we searched all over the castle. I didn’t find Connor in the secret way, so I asked Principal Dumbledore, but only got a reply of [Connor asked for a few days off]”

"Since you discovered this situation this morning, why didn't you tell us about it as soon as possible?!"

"That's right! If you had told us about this in the first place, maybe we would have discussed a solution long ago, and we wouldn't be gathering here for unnecessary arguments now."

"Have you really distinguished the seriousness of the matter? Connor's disappearance is not a trivial matter!"

"Sure enough, without Connor, you little fellows in the lower grades are unreliable in doing things."

Several senior seniors raised questions one after another, and the ones who spoke were all "elite wizards" from those big families.

They are indeed worried about Connor's safety, because their family has close contacts with the Lake family. Connor's disappearance is very urgent for them and the family behind them, and needs to be dealt with without delay. Top priority.

Although the members of the fraternity are all "passed" little wizards, it doesn't mean that their motives for joining the fraternity are as "pure" as Fred's. Compared with the somewhat inexplicable "creed", they value brothers The "benefits" that can be brought to them.

Although young wizards generally don't value profit when interacting, these young wizards from big families, under the influence of their families, instinctively feel that the Brotherhood is a "organization" that is still very weak, but will inevitably grow into a giant.

They all want to gain a little say in the Brotherhood. This phenomenon was not obvious when Connor was there before, but now that Connor is not there, this situation is inevitable.

Connor's ability, strength, and background are all so strong that these little wizards have no idea of ​​fighting.

So even if Connor doesn't manage much, no one will ask himself to question his decision (referring to the organizational appointment).

Except for Connor, no one can convince this group of proud children.

The dragons have no leader, and they don't know whether it is good or bad.

Alice gritted her teeth secretly, you bastards, if you are really worried that Connor will not find out that he is missing?What kind of afterthoughts are you here now, because you are not convinced that you stood up and spoke... I really failed as a "vice president"...

"Hey! Guys, we are so busy looking for Connor everywhere today, how can we have time to notify one by one? Besides, we didn't confirm that Connor was really missing. Who knew at the time if it was a misunderstanding? It doesn't make any sense to say that." Fred patted the table and said.

"Everyone, stop arguing. The most important thing now is to find out what happened, instead of arguing meaninglessly here." Cedric reconciled.

These friends at the same level as Connor are the "cabinet" of the fraternity. In fact, some small groups have formed in the fraternity. Although they may not realize it themselves, they will still take the initiative to protect "our own people" .

Without Connor, some problems of the fraternity that have not been discovered have been exposed. There is still a long way to go before this society can be maintained in a healthy way, so as not to become a real "fraternity"...

After several discussions, everyone calmed down and began to discuss issues.

"So is Connor really missing? No news at all?" Wood asked most people's questions.

Penello said: "Yes, we have asked everyone who can ask, but we haven't gotten any useful information, and Connor's younger brother doesn't know about Connor's [leave], and there were people in the castle last night. I saw Connor here, so it's definitely not something [leave] can explain."

"Where's Conan? And Saber, don't they know where Connor is?"

"He... Conan refused to say..."

"." Everyone looked at the picture frame on the wall at the same time, where Conan with dead fish eyes was waiting.

"Don't look at me like that, without Connor's permission, you can't get any information about him from me." Conan in the painting shrugged:

"This is the rule Connor set for me, and I can't violate it. What happened to Connor is naturally outside the scope of [obtainable information]."

"Can't you even say where Connor is now and whether he is safe?!"

"Sorry, I can't say." Conan strictly followed the order.

"..."

"You don't say it, and Professor Dumbledore doesn't say it, isn't it embarrassing?!" Roger hammered down the table angrily. As a friendly roommate, Roger is one of the people who worried about Connor the most. One day, he wasn't even in the mood to attend class today, which was the first time for Roger, who loves learning.

"Calm down. Doesn't this situation mean that Connor is still safe? If something really happens, I don't think Principal Dumbledore will keep it from us." I haven't played for a long time (crossed out) and kept silent Emily said calmly.

Although they knew that this was an optimistic guess, the little wizards of the fraternity still breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what their mood was, everyone sitting here was really worried about Connor.

"Where's Saber? Isn't Saber willing to say?" Everyone turned their eyes to the picture frame on the other wall again, but the picture frame was empty as usual.

Alice shook her head and said, "Leah... Saber is missing like Connor... I can't find her, and there is no response to her call..."

Gorga asked Conan: "Then can't Saber's information be revealed?"

Conan thought for a while and said, "Saber is by Connor's side, so I can't say anything else."

"..." Is there a difference between whether you have said this or not?
Everyone in the fraternity couldn't help being discouraged again, and then an inexplicable depression arose, not for Connor, but for themselves.

Before that, they always thought that the fraternity was a very powerful organization, omnipotent and omnipotent in the school. They didn't say it on the surface, but they were secretly happy all the time.

But now they discovered that the strength of the Brotherhood was actually built on Connor, without Connor, they seemed to be unable to do anything.

To find Connor, and even rely on the help of Connor's own magic, a large group of people sitting here is useless.

The scene was silent for a while, and after a while, Jacob pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Let's analyze it together. What is certain now is that Connor is indeed missing. According to his character, if he is prepared in advance , what happened will definitely tell us, but he didn't..."

"This shows...Connor's disappearance was an accident. Professor Dumbledore was vague. This does not mean that there is no problem, but it proves that there may be a problem! If Connor is really fine, the professor may give us A clearer message, instead of perfunctory us like now..."

"...So I think Connor is in trouble, maybe he needs help, and we should try our best to find a way to help him! Whether as his friend or as a member of the fraternity, we are reasonable , are duty-bound..."

"..." Everyone was silent. They felt that Jacob was right, which was why they gathered together.

"So you all provide Connor's latest information, maybe you can analyze some clues."

"..." Everyone was silent again, and many people even lowered their heads in shame. Everyone sitting here had been helped by Connor more or less, but they didn't even know what Connor was up to lately...

Connor is always like this. No matter what the problem is, it can be easily solved in his hands, so that the people who are helped feel as if they are just asking for a small favor. In fact, think about it seriously, in Connor's hands it is Things that are "easy to do" may actually be a big trouble in their hands.

But Connor always helped solve it in such a calm manner, "fraternity of mutual help", they seem to be the one who has always been helped by Connor, have they provided any help to Connor?

It doesn't seem to be. Even the materials that Connor asked them to collect before are still exchanged for real money, which is not a big help.

【Where does Connor, who looks so perfect, need any help? 】

They seem to have thought so.

Human beings are always easy to ignore those good people, and think [good people should do good things? ], and then accept other people’s favors with peace of mind.

They were used to accepting Connor's help, but they never cared whether Connor needed their help. They didn't even pay attention to what Connor was doing usually, and they felt ashamed when they thought of this.

Connor has no pretensions. He is handsome, talkative and nice. Everyone likes to make friends with Connor, so they gather around him.

But until then, many young wizards present realized that they seemed to know too little about this "friend"...

"I remember that Connor has been busy researching some magic with the professor recently." Fred and George said as they looked at each other.

Both Jacob and Gorga nodded: "He also told us about this incident, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with Connor's disappearance, but it's not necessarily true. Write this down first, is there any more?"

Penello said: "Except for the spare time during class time, Connor usually wakes up in the morning and practices magic near the greenhouse, and goes to the Room of Response during lunch time. After dinner, he may go to the Ravenclaw tower in a daze... Oh, it's thinking." question…"

"Other than that, he usually goes to the professor's research room on the fourth floor, and occasionally processes some documents here at night. Oh, recently he often goes to the library to look up materials. I don't know if it's related..."

"What information did you check?"

"I only remember one... "A History of Magic", don't forget the other..."

Alice thought hard for a long time before saying, "Recently, Connor is still drawing!"

"Isn't he painting every day?"

"It's different! This time he refused to show us his paintings! He didn't tell us when we asked, it might have something to do with this matter!"

"..." Cedric continued, "Connor has been researching space magic recently, and he discussed it with me."

Roger added: "Connor often ran out of the dormitory in the middle of the night recently, this must have something to do with it!"

After that, everyone talked about a lot of bits and pieces, most of which were fragments of information, and when put together, they only restored Connor's usual image, and it seemed that they were of no help and made no progress.

Just when everyone sighed in disappointment, a voice suddenly sounded...

"Connor usually wakes up around 07:30, and will have breakfast at the Room of Requirement at 10:30. He likes to stay alone on the top of the Ravenclaw Tower during the morning classes. After lunch at noon, he will find a place to rest for half an hour. After class in the afternoon, I will go to the Astronomy Tower to draw pictures, or go to the laboratory, or go to the Room of Requirement to play arcade for a while. In the evening, I usually stay in the library for two hours, and sit in the Ravenclaw lounge for a while around nine o'clock. I will return to the dormitory before [-]:[-]…”

Everyone cast surprised glances at Emily who was "singing" with a small book, and her face turned red, but she was still reading clearly:

“… Connor recently wrote about 15 meetings with Alice, 30 or so meetings with Penello, 18 or so meetings with Cedric, 24 meetings with Fred … 3 or so meetings with Ms. Gray … in LaVine recently I stayed at the top of the Crow Tower for about 11 times, stayed at the Astronomy Tower for about 8 times, and stayed at the West Tower for about 21 times..."

When Emily finished reading her little book, the audience was silent, staring at this flushed girl dumbfounded, as if she was looking at something terrible...

Emily blushed and lowered her head and said softly, "This... these are part of my records... I hope they can... be helpful..."

(End of this chapter)