Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

"Harry, I just found out who the Ravenclaw team's Seeker is. It's Cho Chang, a girl, and she's pretty good!"

"Cho Chang?!" Harry froze for a moment, his heart was beating rapidly, and an image of a black-haired girl smiling at him appeared uncontrollably in his mind.

"A fourth-year Ravenclaw student, Ivan seems to like her very much." Hermione said enlightenedly, "On the last day before the Christmas holiday, they even wanted to go to..."

Hermione couldn't continue talking immediately, her face turned red, remembering what she and Ivan did at Madame Puddiffe's teahouse that day.

Strictly speaking, that was Alvin and Hermione's first date.In that small teahouse with a sweet smell in the air, Hermione felt his brain stop working, and he couldn't help but hope that Ivan would kiss like other couples around him...

"Where did they go?" Harry asked curiously.

"No, it's nothing!" Hermione blushed violently, she returned to reality from her memory, and hurriedly covered it up.

Just at this moment, an owl flew towards her, and she frantically took the letter paper off the owl's legs.

Hermione looked less embarrassed by concentrating on the letter.

"I know that Cho Chang, she's very pretty." Ron gave Hermione a puzzled look, before adding, "She's prettier than any girl I know."

"That's not the point, the point is her level of Quidditch. Harry, you can't be fooled by each other's Seekers the way Angelina and Aaliyah watch Diggory, we have to win the game, it's our last opportunity." Wood waved his hand indifferently, "I had hoped that she was not in good shape, and there were some problems with her injuries, but I just got the news that she has fully recovered."

Harry didn't know how to answer. From Wood's point of view, this might be bad news, but he was inexplicably relieved.

"But don't worry too much!" Wood frowned and continued, "She is riding a Comet 260. Compared with the Firebolt, it is a joke."

he said, casting an enthusiastic, admiring glance at the broom beside Harry.

"This broomstick is our hope. You and him are the best combination." Wood concluded, "Okay, I'm going to the field to warm up first, and you'd better hurry up."

"Oliver is driving us crazy. This year is his last chance to win the Quidditch Cup. In order to win the game, he would like to let everyone hang on the broomstick all the time."

"I heard from Fred and George that Wood plans to join the club to become a professional Quidditch player after graduation. This Quidditch Cup is very important to him."

"Yeah, that's why everyone worked so hard, and I don't want him to regret. We are obviously the strongest team, but we always lose the game due to various accidents." Harry sighed, turned his head and saw Hermione was Looking at the letter he just received, he seemed a little excited, and he couldn't help asking, "Hermione, what happened?"

"It was Hagrid, he won the case." Waving the note in her hand, Hermione raised her head and replied with a smile, "The verdict has just come out, and the Dangerous Creatures Committee believes that Buckbeak is not dangerous, and Malfoy's injury was just an accident. "

"I knew it would be like this. Hagrid and Buckbeak were wronged in the first place." Harry said happily, he was sincerely happy for Hagrid to come.

"This matter was able to go so smoothly, mainly because of the help of Mr. Newt Scamander. Ivan and I had written so many reports in the newspaper before, but it had no effect. Mr. Mr. Scamander agreed ..."

Hearing Hermione's words, Harry just thought that he and Ron basically did not help in this matter, and almost all the work was done by Ivan and Hermione.

Thinking of this, he was a little embarrassed.

"Well, it's Malfoy's reaction that makes me wonder, Hagrid won the case, he must be terribly angry." Harry hurriedly changed the subject, "But he didn't respond at all, it's really weird, we'd better Be careful, he must be plotting something again. You know, he was very abnormal after the Dueling Club. With the help of Sirius, I clearly defeated him at the time, but he didn't come to make trouble, which is really strange! "

Chapter 262 Ron and Rumors

"I didn't find anything unusual. He looked as annoying as before." Ron raised his head and looked across. "He must be planning some kind of conspiracy."

Malfoy was walking out of the auditorium among a group of Slytherin students, and before leaving the door, he deliberately turned his head and gave the three of them a disgusted look, with malice in his eyes.

"I can feel that there must be something wrong with him." Harry said with certainty, "He seldom approaches us now, and it seems that he is afraid."

"Malfoy's scared, it's funny."

"It's nothing funny, Ron!" Hermione put away the note Hagrid sent, and said disapprovingly, "Harry is right, Malfoy is indeed scared. However, he is not afraid of the three of us." , but afraid of Ivan."

"Why is he afraid of Ivan?" Ron asked.

"That's because..." Hermione hesitated, not sure whether to tell the truth, she finally said vaguely, "You know, Malfoy wanted to make trouble a few days ago, and Ivan gave him a hard lesson pause."

"Just giving Malfoy a lesson and making him scared?!" Harry froze for a moment, "I never knew he was so timid."

"There must be something wrong with this, Malfoy won't be easily scared, unless..." Ron seemed to think of something, he looked around and lowered his voice after making sure no one was eavesdropping on their conversation Said, "I think I know why, have you both heard that rumor?!"

"What rumors?" Hermione asked curiously, because she was busy with her studies, she was very busy recently, rarely communicated with other people, and heard nothing.

"Ivan is studying black magic!" Ron's voice became lower and lower, "He must have used black magic on Malfoy to scare him, he must..."

"Ron, we talked about this issue before, and there is no evidence that Ivan is studying black magic. This kind of thing sounds obviously absurd." Harry said hurriedly, "You don't really believe these nonsense, do you?"

"But Malfoy's reaction, and that rumor..." Ron argued.

"That's just a rumor. Aiwen's magical strength has always been very strong, which may have caused other people's misunderstanding. He must have used other methods to scare Malfoy." Harry said, "Remember the basilisk incident last year? , At that time, everyone thought I was a descendant of Slytherin, and those Hufflepuffs even said that I was more evil than Voldemort. They have always been like this, they like to think about it when they are free, and spread things that have no basis in fact. "

Ron visibly shuddered when Harry mentioned Voldemort.

"It's not just as simple as rumors!" He said unwillingly, "I have seen Aiwen's notes with my own eyes, and there is a terrible pattern drawn on it. It is a person with a crazily distorted expression, and his soul is splitting."

"Maybe you are wrong, even if not, a pattern can't explain anything."

"That's his research note. Apart from the painting, there are a lot of esoteric words on it. It can't be drawn casually." Ron panted and said, "Ivan has been researching secretly by himself recently. Something, it must be black magic. I asked Colin, he got up several times in the middle of the night and saw that Ivan was not sleeping, and he was hiding under the covers reading a magic book."

"None of this explains anything..." Harry said stubbornly.

"That's why we need to investigate and get more evidence." Ron raised his voice slightly, trying to persuade Harry to let his friend understand the importance of this matter, "Malfoy's reaction can explain the problem, we can This is a breakthrough. Believe me, Aiwen's recent behavior is really suspicious. He may be studying some spells that he cannot master out of curiosity. We must stop him, this is for his own good."

"Don't you want to cooperate with Malfoy to investigate Ivan?!" Harry said in amazement.

"I'm just giving an example, we have to determine what Ivan is doing. If he is really studying black magic, we can tell..." Ron said eagerly.

"In the past two years, Ivan has proved that he has nothing to do with the dark wizard. I believe him. Moreover, I don't want to have any connection with Malfoy." Harry said irritably, "Ron, you must also believe that Alvin's, isn't it?"

Seeing Harry staring at him, Ron averted his eyes for a moment, then returned to normal, and whispered, "Yes, I believe him!"

"Very good, since this is the case, then don't think about it anymore. You can watch us for Quidditch training later, and after the training, you can ride a Firebolt." Harry seemed relieved, and turned He turned his head and said to Hermione, who hadn't spoken all the time, "Hermione, you come too. You and Ivan need to relax and breathe some fresh air. You have put too much pressure on yourself recently, and you can't keep going like this."

Hermione nodded subconsciously, still thinking about what Ron had just said.

"I'm going to call Ivan, he must still be reading in the library or sorting out newspaper articles." Harry handed the Firebolt beside him to Ron, and continued, "After you two have breakfast, you can come first The Quidditch field is waiting for us."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left in a hurry, looking a little flustered.

The conversation with Ron just now gave Harry an ominous premonition.

He didn't know how the unfounded rumors of "Ivan is studying black magic" came out, and he was very worried because Ron had discussed this matter with him before.Ron also suggested investigating Ivan at the time, but Harry also did not agree.

He tried to persuade Ron to give up the idea, and Harry wondered if Ron had listened to what he had said.

It made him feel bad to be suspicious of his friends.

Like believing in Sirius, Harry believes in Ivan unconditionally.In the past two years, facing the basilisk, Tom Riddle's diary, Peter Pettigrew, etc., without Ivan, Harry couldn't imagine how bad things would be.

Even if Ivan is really studying black magic as Ron said, Harry believes that he must have good reasons and will not use those black magic to do bad things.

Harry once persuaded Ron in this way, and Ron has never mentioned it since then.

But it didn't take long for this rumor to start appearing in the castle.

This was not a good sign, Harry didn't want to say anything bad.

Since Sirius was proven innocent and became the school's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Harry is very satisfied with the current state of life.

Sirius had said that Harry could move in and live with him during the summer.

Harry couldn't imagine leaving the Dursleys and inviting Ivan, Ron, and Hermione to be guests in his godfather's house without any scruples.

He has never been so happy as he is now, and he doesn't want any accidents to happen.

Chapter 263 Hermione's Trust

In the auditorium, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Ron and Hermione watched Harry's receding back, but neither of them spoke.

After a long time, Ron said with a sense of enlightenment, "Harry has always been like this, blindly trusting others, and he always puts things on the bright side."

Ron turned to Hermione, looking expectantly.

"Like Harry, I also believe in Ivan." Hermione repeated, "He has done a lot of things to prove that he is different from the evil dark wizard..."

"I believe him too, we all believe him!" Ron said angrily, he waved the tableware in his hand vigorously, "I know, Ivan is very powerful, he has done a lot of great things, I can't do it in my life Yes. But the problem now is that he is just an ordinary person, and he may not be able to resist the temptation of power. Those evil black magic is much more powerful than ordinary magic, maybe this is why he is so powerful. You understand me mean, Hermione?"

The more Ron talked, the more he felt that there was such a possibility. If Aiwen hadn't studied black magic, how could he explain that his magic power was far superior to that of young wizards of the same age.

Aiwen was just an ordinary Muggle, and he had never been exposed to magic before coming to Hogwarts. If it wasn't for some special reasons, he couldn't have become so powerful all of a sudden, even surpassing all pure-blood wizards.

Ron didn't deny that Ivan worked very hard, but he should be similar to Hermione at most, not so much beyond everyone.

It was so unnatural that he must be secretly learning the dark arts of evil.Thinking of this possibility, Ron felt that it was more unfair than his disgust and fear of black magic itself. In his opinion, Ivan was cheating by doing so.

Alvin deceived others and got what he shouldn't have.

Thinking of this, Ron couldn't help breathing a little harder.After being rescued by Ivan last semester, he originally planned to give up all unrealistic ideas, and decided to regard Ivan as his true friend just like Harry and Hermione.

But when he thought that Aiwen might be studying black magic, everyone was blinded by it, and he got everything now because of this reason, Ron felt very uncomfortable in his heart.An idea keeps appearing in my mind, if I also study black magic, maybe I am not much worse than Aiwen now.

Powerful strength, great fame, admiration from others, supreme glory, and Hermione's relationship...

Things that were originally out of reach suddenly have shortcuts, and you can reach them just by reaching out.

A trace of longing rose in Ron's heart, and then he shook his head vigorously, telling himself repeatedly that he would not do this.

He is different from Ivan, he will not degenerate to study evil black magic, this kind of thing should be absolutely forbidden.

Hearing Ron's words, Hermione didn't answer, she shook her head blankly.

"I mean, Ivan may also make mistakes." Ron was very dissatisfied with Hermione's reaction, he frowned and continued, "We must be careful. Good to take action."

"What do you want?" Hermione looked a little scared.

"I haven't figured it out yet, but at least he should be stopped, and then the matter will be published, so that everyone knows what he is doing. It's fair, isn't it?"

"Listen to me, Ron!" Hermione took a deep breath and said with determination, "If you want to ask other people's opinions on this matter, I don't think it's worthwhile for Evan to study black magic. It's a big fuss, and other people probably think so, which is the main reason why no one believes that ridiculous rumor. We all know what kind of person Ivan is. He studies those magics not for use, but for improving his strength , to deal with the powerful enemy in the future."

"What a noble reason, what enemy does he need to face?!" Ron said disdainfully, "Peter Pettigrew has been arrested, this is Hogwarts, with Dumbledore here, how could there be any enemy?" .”

"Have you forgotten the prophecy that Ivan told us during the Christmas holiday a few days ago?!" Hermione said, "Voldemort will return, and with the help of a chosen one, he will become Stronger than ever."

"You mean the prophecy made by Professor Trelawney, I thought you never believed in such things?!" Ron waved his hand indifferently, "We all know that she must be lying again, deliberately scaring Ai Wen, so that Christmas will be more exciting."

"Professor Trelawney is a liar, but it cannot be denied that she may make real predictions." Hermione continued, trying to persuade Ron, "In addition to this incident, Ivan also mentioned that the four founders of the school The secret treasures left by people, they must have known what was going to happen, so they left something on purpose."

"It's just that Aiwen himself said that he has seen it, or back to 1000 years ago, no one can guarantee that this is true." Ron said stubbornly, "Even if the four founders really left some magic items, can you Normal operation is also a problem, after all, after such a long time, any kind of magic should be invalid!"

"But Aiwen said that in the centaur tribe in the Forbidden Forest..."

"Don't change the subject, Hermione, we're talking about Ivan's research on black magic, and it has nothing to do with the Big Four or the centaur in the Forbidden Forest." Ron looked at Hermione expectantly. Said, "Come with me to find evidence, Hermione, I am sure that Ivan is conducting research on black magic, we can expose him together, I feel that I am close to the truth."

"No, no matter what happens, I believe in Ivan!" Hermione repeated again, her voice extremely firm.

There is no need for any evidence. Ivan has already told her about what Ron said, and she has also made a decision.

"I know, I believe him too!" Ron stood up directly, and said violently, "I really understand, what is going on with you two?! Looking at you and Harry, it seems that I did something wrong again. It’s the same. I’m just reminding you out of kindness that if you’re not careful, you might regret it in the future.”

Attracted by Ron's shout, everyone in the auditorium turned their heads to look at him in surprise, wondering what happened and what he was talking about.

Feeling everyone's eyes, Ron sat down with a blushing face, and his ears were also very red, looking as red as bricks.

After a few seconds, seeing Hermione's unchanged gaze, he was like a deflated balloon and said feebly, "Well, maybe you're right, I'm just being too sensitive. You know, because When it comes to black magic, I wish I could be more careful."

"I understand what you mean, Ron!" Hermione patted Ron on the shoulder and comforted him, "We really should be careful, and I will persuade Ivan. But I still say that, I believe him , he promised me that he would never let me down."

The corner of the Gryffindor table fell silent again. Neither Ron nor Hermione spoke, and they finished their breakfast in silence.

Both of them seemed to have something on their minds, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

Chapter 264 Making the Marauder's Map

Before Harry found himself, Ivan was in Sirius' office, discussing with him about the centaurs and the item they treasured.

After talking to Firenze that night, he was now certain that it was the key to the treasure left by Gryffindor, the only thing he didn't expect was that it would be split.

No matter what, Ivan will get that thing.

In his plan, this is the key to improving his magic power.

The lack of magic power has become the biggest constraint limiting Aiwen's strength.

If the magic power cannot be improved, no matter how much magic knowledge he masters, no matter how powerful magic spells he knows, it will be just talk on paper, with no real value at all.

Aiwen couldn't wait for his magic power to increase with age like other wizards, he didn't have time.

Voldemort could return at any moment, and he had to be ready.

He saved Sirius, and the future has changed.He could no longer expect Voldemort to be defeated and killed by Harry with an except your weapon or something spell, he had to take a more realistic response.

Dumbledore has his plans, and Ivan also has his own ideas.In this case, Gryffindor's magical item that can enhance his own magic is particularly important, not to mention that the item itself is one of the keys to the secret treasure.

Sirius had promised before that he would help Aiwen get the approval of the centaur tribe.