A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 572 The Contract That Was Forcibly Broken
The three of them followed Myrtle and walked quickly towards the girls' bathroom. The good news was that the library and the bathroom were on the same floor, so they didn't need to take a long detour.When he was approaching the bathroom, Ron suddenly asked, "Myrtle, how did you meet Malfoy? I heard that you have a habit of peeking in the prefect's bathroom—"

Myrtle whimpered, and covered her face as she passed through the wall.

Harry and Hermione stared at Ron, who shrugged, "I'm really curious."

"Shut up," Hermione said, and they came to the door of the bathroom where Myrtle usually occupied. Harry listened for a few seconds, and said in a low voice, "I can't hear anything...it must have been raped." curse."

Harry and Ron turned their heads to look at Hermione. Hermione took out the beaded bag decisively, rummaged for a while, and took out three retractable ears from it.

Harry stuffed one end of the flesh-colored retractable ear into his ear and threw the other end towards the dirty door, which automatically slipped in through the crack.

"Great, I hope the anti-disturbance spell hasn't been applied, I'll try...it didn't."

They fell silent and listened carefully.

A contrived voice squeezed their throats and reached their ears: "Thinking about it? Or should I let the master give orders to your father directly? Draco, we are all together, and we just need a little help from you... ..."

Hermione looked up in horror. "It's that woman, Umbridge! What is she trying to do?"

Draco Malfoy's slightly hoarse voice came out, "I, I can't... sign that contract... No, that contract will kill people."

"As long as you don't try to disobey. Malfoy, do you want to betray your master?"

"I, no..." Draco lowered his voice, "Your chances of success are too low, I can't risk my life. I need to think about it for a while, and I will reply to you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I have to ask Ask my dad—”

"Lucius is one of us, you don't think you can stay out of it, do you?"

"...I didn't think so."

"There's no time to waste, dear Draco. It's just right if you don't agree, I'll report to you right away, and then you can figure out what will happen to your father." Umbridge said in a sweet voice, which sounded like She was an innocent little girl, but the three of Harry couldn't help shivering when they thought of her big face and the threats she made at this moment.

"What?" Hermione turned to look at them.

"What does she mean by the contract—the one that kills?" Harry asked calmly.

"I guess it might be an 'unbreakable oath'. Once signed, it cannot be changed. There is only one end for breaking it—death." Hermione said softly, "But that requires a third witness."

Sure enough, another strange voice appeared.It sounded like a young man: "Sign it, Draco, let me tell you a secret, Dumbledore - the protector of the Muggles will not live long, the master is just hiding from the edge... He takes this very seriously." Mission, let us complete it at any cost. You don’t want to fail because of you in the end.”

There was silence.

"What?" Hermione asked again.

"They must be stopped, anyway," said Harry, jumping up, pointing at the door with his wand raised,
"Wait," said Hermione. "We don't know what their plans are yet. Better let them think it was an accident." She thought for a moment. "I have an idea."

"Hermione—"

But Hermione had already rushed out.She put on a flustered expression and wandered back and forth at the door, "Huh? Why is the door locked?" She said to herself, as if she was brewing emotions.Immediately, he drew his wand, "Alahoo hole." The sound-blocking spell at the door was broken, and the bathroom door popped open a crack.

"We all came here at the risk of our lives, why do you—" the man's impatient voice stopped abruptly.

"Hi - is anyone in there? I'm in a hurry to go to the toilet - who put the spell on the door? Was it to stop Myrtle?" said Hermione slowly.

Just a few seconds is too long, it seems that there is no end to it.Harry and Ron, with sweaty palms, were staring at Hermione, afraid to hand out a wand glowing green.Unable to wait for the other party to make a decision, Harry shouted impatiently: "Hermione, hurry back, we'll wait for you outside!"

"Yeah, I still want to exchange chocolate frog cards with Dean." Ron shouted.

Hermione said in a hesitant voice, "Oh, wait a minute, something went wrong...it looks like someone is in there..."

"Need help?" Harry yelled.

Finally, the door opened.Draco Malfoy appeared pale: "It's you, Hermione Granger."

"Malfoy?" said Hermione in a surprised voice. "Why are you in the girls' bathroom? I'm going to tell the professor—"

"Don't mind your own business! This place is abandoned," Malfoy whispered. "What are you doing here? Where are those two followers, Potter and Weasley?"

"To the bathroom, of course!" Hermione said in a high-pitched voice, "They're out there, unlike you—"

"Go away, don't get in the way."

The voice of the conversation kept approaching, and Hermione said in an unrelenting voice: "Wait, I will definitely tell the professor, let him deduct points for you, and put you in confinement! I will tell Filch! And let all the girls stare together You, you dirty, vile..."

After hearing this, Harry secretly praised Hermione in his heart, so that the people inside were somewhat worried, and it was difficult to find Malfoy again in a fair manner.

Draco's flaxen hair and pointed jaw emerged from the darkness, and his face was sweaty and pale, as if he had just suffered a serious illness.A furious Hermione followed.

"Draco Malfoy?" Harry said in a tone of mock surprise.

Malfoy gave them a hard look, and turned away without saying a word.

Hermione stopped angrily, until Malfoy's figure disappeared, and she calmly asked in a low voice: "How is it?" "Great." Ron gave a thumbs up, "Where are the people inside?" Hermione He shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't see it.

"Maybe it's hidden." Harry mouthed, his wand still facing the dark door of the abandoned girls' bathroom.

Hermione didn't go in just now, it would be bad if she was hit by the Imperius Curse, and she wasn't sure how to break free from the shackles of the spell.

Harry tapped his wand on Ron and himself, and under the effect of the Disillusionment Charm, the two immediately merged into the dim environment.Hermione followed suit, and they backed away slowly, hiding in the darkness.After waiting quietly for more than ten minutes, they were all a little anxious, when there was a faint movement from inside.

A silver light bloomed in the darkness. It seemed to be a cat, but it looked quite blurry. The Patronus wandered around and dissipated into little silver lights.

Then a pudgy woman appeared, she looked left and right, and hurried away.

But Harry and the three of them didn't say anything, they knew there was another person inside.After a while, a young wizard came out and strode away.

The three breathed a sigh of relief until their backs disappeared.

"That man's name is Avery, and we met at the Ministry of Magic before," said Hermione.

They walked back in silence, looking preoccupied.What happened today exceeded their expectations, "They obviously have a conspiracy, it's best to tell the professor." Hermione said, Harry and Ron nodded.Suddenly, the door of the broom room on the second floor opened without a sound, and three hands stretched out from the darkness, trying to drag the three of Harry inside.

They reacted almost instantly - Harry stretched the Iron Man Charm, the barrier against his body swelled into a ball in the blink of an eye, squeezing the messy hands away, and two dark brambles flew out of Hermione's beaded pouch , entangled towards the darkness; Ron took a step back, reciting the spell silently, and the white flame quickly condensed from the tip of the staff.

"It's us, Harry!" said a very familiar voice.

Harry's heart was beating wildly. Looking at the figure in the dark, he said incredulously, "Angelina?"

"Come in," said 'Angelina' anxiously.

The broom closet door closed behind them.

(End of this chapter)