I, Hogwarts Second Week

Ron's poisoning incident quickly turned the page with his own nonchalant attitude.

After all, this incident accelerated the progress of his relationship with Koyatel by a big step.

As for the murderer, it is destined to be impossible to find, because there are too many sources of those packages, and it will take a long time to investigate them one by one. Besides, there are not so many manpower to investigate nowadays.

However, both Koatl and Owen knew that the murderer must be among the [Purchers] and the goblins, because these two forces were the most hostile to her.

As for Hermione, her situation is even more complicated.

Because there are too many people suspected of this. However, because the poisoning method was not clever, the Aurors were able to catch several murderers, all of whom were members of pure-blood families. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement only took one day to conclude the trial. Since there were no casualties, they did not impose the death penalty. On average, each person enjoyed seven or eight years of Azkaban vacation.

Compared with the case itself, the consequences of this incident are more important.

It exposed the hostility of quite a few wizards in the wizarding world towards integrating with the Muggle world. Poisoning Hermione was just the result. This hostility is the breeding ground. As long as it exists, there will always be other conspiracies. will happen.

She couldn't get rid of this kind of thing, she had to face it. Reform will always infringe on the interests of some of the original privileged classes. At present, there is no good strategy. The best way is only when they defeat Voldemort and completely eliminate the Death Eaters and other dark wizards, and use the prestige after victory to establish a new magical order.

In the following time, the storm in the castle calmed down slightly.

Harry shifted his focus to Quidditch again.

However, after experiencing this incident, Slughorn's favorable impression of him increased several times.

After all, if it weren't for Harry, he might have been accused of killing students.

Even if the Ministry of Magic does not put him on trial, for Slughorn, who cares about his reputation, his life is almost over.

He began to look for various opportunities to be alone with Harry, constantly showing his complex interpersonal relationships in front of Harry, but unfortunately those were not what Harry was interested in.

He was just annoyed that his training time had been reduced.

March is quickly coming to an end.

April has begun, and spring has arrived in the Scottish Highlands.

The snow melted and the black lake became sparkling again.

From time to time, some sirens will jump out of the water.

There are little wizards everywhere in the open space outside Hogwarts.

Most of them are young wizards in sixth and seventh grade. They are all practicing Apparition anxiously. The Apparition exam is about to begin.

Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Class started with Snape saying, "You're late again, Potter, ten points from Gryffindor."

Harry glared at Snape and rushed to sit in the chair next to Ron. Half of the class was still standing, picking up books and organizing things, and he wasn't too late.

"Before class begins, I would like to see your Dementor paper." Snape said, and with a careless wave of his wand, twenty-five rolls of parchment rose into the air and fell neatly into a pile on his desk. " I hope this time is better than the nonsense about resisting the Imperius Curse. Now, please open the book and turn to Finnigan, what's going on?"

"Sir," Seamus said, "I have a question, how can we tell if a package is dangerous without opening it? Because this Christmas"

"No one would want to poison you," Snape said coldly. "If you want to ask how to detoxify, then you should talk to Professor Slughorn."

"But sir, the package may not be all poison. It may also be a magic trap. Hermione..."

"I think you should focus on this lesson, Finnigan, because you are not worth an attack from a Death Eater or any dark wizard. Tell me, what can you do?"

"I" Seamus raised his head angrily, Snape said this so hurtfully.

"Look at their target, it's either a magical princess or a friend of the savior." Snape sarcastically said, "The savior himself escaped safely, which is really gratifying, but it's a pity that the people around him were unlucky. Or maybe he He is a disaster. Ever since he entered Hogwarts, the chaos in this castle has begun."

"Harry is not a disaster!" Ron stood up angrily. He was discharged from the hospital after two weeks in the hospital. Madam Pomfrey originally wanted to keep him for observation for a few more days, but Ron was really impatient. I lie down every day and feel uncomfortable no matter what.

"I think we should put some of our energy into finding the murderer instead of being sarcastic here. Maybe the murderer is in the castle."

"Haha -" Snape looked at Ron condescendingly, "I didn't know that love potions could have the effect of enhancing one's mouth. You guys have really made great progress in potions. But - Gryffindor buckle Ten. Because of the collision with the professor.”

"Of course, our potion skills have indeed improved a lot." Ron said reluctantly, "Because there is no more cynicism."

"Ron." Hermione grabbed his arm, but Ron was like a warrior at this time. Maybe it was because Harry saved his life, so he was extra tough at this time.

"A joke." Snape stared at him, "What do you think your progress relies on? Just based on your brains that have never been enlightened in the past five years?"

"Also, don't think I don't know who stole the precious herbs missing from my collection in the second and fourth grades, and perhaps recently. If you and your friends have even a little conscience and shame, you would never say such things at this moment. As expected, simple-minded wizards don't know what respect is. So, Gryffindor will deduct another 20 points. You deserve it."

"You" Ron was about to deduct you, we don't care to say it out loud.

But Hermione was faster, she pulled Ron in an instant and blocked his mouth with her hand.

If she continued to talk, she was afraid that they would fight.

Although she didn't think Ron could beat Snape at all.

And

Snape actually knew that he had stolen his herbs?

But recently. What does it mean?

——

Seeing that Ron was controlled by Hermione and stopped talking, Snape also sarcastically withdrew his gaze,

"Now open the book, turn to page 130, and read the first two paragraphs about the Cruciatus Curse."

Ron was sulking the whole class.

When the bell rang, he was the first to leave the classroom.

Koyatel followed, followed by Harry.

Owen went to the library with the resentful Hermione.

The little witch was feeling sorry for her 40 points.

At noon, they met Ron again in the hall.

At this time, he was reading a book called "Common Mistakes in Apparition and How to Avoid Them". Koyatel was watching him from the side.

Speaking of which, this is what he should be concerned about recently.

The Apparition exam is approaching. Harry will not be able to take the exam this year because of his age. He will become an adult in the second half of the year. Owen is also the same. Although his birthday is in June, the exam will be held in early May and he will not be able to catch up.

Hermione will definitely be fine.

Others are also busy studying.

Ron is the most dangerous because he was delayed in the school hospital for a while.

"You finally did something." Hermione looked at Ron complainingly, "You know that Snape is just looking for trouble. And you..."

"Bang——" Ron slammed the book shut, "I just can't stand it. Why did he treat Harry like that? Just because his father took his mother away? Haha——If you ask me, he deserves it. With him, no witch would like him."

"What did Owen say before, Snape felt guilty? Haha——I don't see any guilt at all."

"Guilt is for Harry's mother, not for him." Owen said on the side.

"Stop——" At this time, Harry finally couldn't help it, "I don't want to know about the things between my mother and Snape at all."

"Compared to these, Ron, you should care more about the Apparition test!" He rubbed his head and said impatiently. "Unlike me, even if I master Apparition, I have to wait until next year to take the exam. This is really unfair."

"If the Ministry of Magic does not restrict it, then if young wizards try this magic at a very young age, they will definitely get hurt or even suffer a greater tragedy." Hermione opened the book at hand, then took out a piece of parchment, and wrote and drew on it while talking.

"It can be changed to an application system. We can apply if we think we can do it. It's so pedantic and stupid." Harry complained.

"Okay, let's talk about you and Slughorn." Owen said on the side.

Harry looked tired, "I think our relationship is already very good."

"It can't be better. He has been looking for you almost every day recently." Ron complained: "More diligent than Ginny."

"But there is always something missing. I think it lacks a suitable occasion. Lack of luck." Harry ignored Ron's complaints and said.

"Luck?" Owen was stunned, and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have returned a bottle of Felicis.

Pick a time to give Harry some.

Hmm - Hagrid's eight-eyed giant spider, Aragog seems to be dying.

Maybe one day will be a good time.

"Oh, by the way, about the murderer who poisoned you," he looked at Coatl beside Ron and said.

"There is not much information, the other party is hiding very deep, I think it may be the remnant of the [Purifier]." The girl said. "I will find the murderer and drown him in the Black Lake."

"There are many sea monsters in the Black Lake, he may not die. It is possible that" Ron suddenly said something for no reason, and then immediately noticed that the girl's eyes beside him were a little wrong, and immediately changed his words and said, "Oh! I recently discovered a secret."

"Secret?" Owen looked at him. "What secret? Did Voldemort sneak into Hogwarts?"

"What?" Ron rolled his eyes at him, "It's Malfoy!"

"Malfoy?" Owen raised his eyebrows, "What happened to him?"

"I heard from my mother that when Professor McGonagall was talking to Snape, she heard some information about the poisoned victims. In addition to me, Coyote and Hermione, there was another person, and there was some poison in his Christmas present."

"Malfoy?" Harry turned his head and said in surprise, "Him? But who would kill him? Although he is indeed quite annoying."

"Not necessarily." Owen said, "Lucius is now completely betrayed by Voldemort, and he and his wife have gone to who knows where. The remaining Death Eaters can't find him, so they will naturally target Draco."

"Humph - it's just dog-eat-dog, don't bother with him." Harry snorted, not caring.

"He is naturally safe in school, but once there is a holiday, summer vacation, etc.?" Owen suddenly thought of something, "Malfoy probably didn't come home for Christmas. The gifts sent to him must be sent to Hogwart." It must have been checked by the Auror, how did the package get in?"

"I don't know," Ron said. "Anyway, things did appear in Hogwarts."

"Okay." Owen shrugged. Maybe it had something to do with Snape.

"Hey, Owen." Just as he was saying this, Ginny walked in from outside the auditorium.

"Hey, why are you here?" she said, "I just saw you. Well, maybe I saw you wrong."

"Huh?" Owen looked at her.

"I just saw a figure with silver hair on the second floor. I thought it was you." Ginny explained, "But there are many people in the college who have dyed their hair silver. What do you think? The atmosphere.”

"This kind of culture is not good." Owen scoffed, brushing the broken hair from his forehead, "This is a curse."

"Others don't think so," Ginny said. "Silver hair has almost become a fashion at Hogwarts. Many girls have learned to grow their hair long or dye their hair silver."

"Thank you, I still like my old black hair." Owen said.

"Black represents mystery, maybe." The voice of the person who spoke was very low, almost muttering to himself, but Owen's hearing was different from ordinary people, so he was still heard.

"Susan, what are you talking about?" He turned his head suddenly and looked at Susan, who was sitting with another girl on the Hufflepuff table behind him.

"Ah?" The little witch raised her head in panic and subconsciously covered the parchment in her hand. "Nothing."

"Nothing?" Owen stood up and walked straight towards her.

Susan hurriedly stuffed the parchment on hand into her pocket, then stood up to leave. Unfortunately, no matter how fast she was, she couldn't catch someone's spell.

Susan, who was petrified on the spot, looked panicked, and her body was still in a posture to escape.

Owen stepped forward and took out the parchments from her pocket.

"."

Just by looking at it, he knew what it was.

"Owen!" Behind her, Hermione said with a slightly angry tone. She waved her wand to undo the petrification spell on Susan. "You shouldn't do this?"

The little witch's eyes fell on Susan's parchment in Owen's hand.

That's a painting.