Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

"How's it going? Did you get it?" Ron asked immediately after seeing Andre coming back from the Ravenclaw table.

Andre nodded and prepared to let the two of them follow him out of the auditorium first.

But Hermione suddenly spoke: "Do you know that girl?" She was looking at Luna with bright eyes.

Andre blinked and said with some uncertainty: "Well, I don't know her. I just happened to know that her father is the editor-in-chief of a magazine, so I found an excuse to say hello to her."

"Oh, so that's it." Although she said this, the little witch still frowned.

"Let's go out first." Ron also noticed that there seemed to be some disagreement between the two, and he quickly changed the subject.

Andre immediately nodded and agreed to Ron's proposal.

After leaving the auditorium, the three of them found an unused classroom. There were many such abandoned rooms in the Hogwarts castle.

"Do you know the flashback spell?" Hermione asked with some curiosity as she watched Andre take out a wand made of holly wood: "I remember that there is no such spell in the magic textbook, even for advanced students. As a senior, if I hadn’t seen the relevant introduction in the library, I wouldn’t have known its effect.”

"Oh, of course, otherwise why would I come up with this plan," Andre said with a smile: "I also learned this magic after seeing it in the forbidden book area last semester."

"Okay, now let's see if Mr. Jerome is the murderer."

"Flashback Spell!" A green light emerged from where the wand was connected. This sight shocked both Hermione and Ron.

"What kind of magic is this?" Even after seeing an image, the little witch could feel the evil revealed in the green light.

Andre's face became unusually serious, and he waved his magic wand: "Disappear without a trace!"

The green light in mid-air suddenly turned into nothingness, and then he said: "Avada Kedavra, one of the three unforgivable curses explicitly prohibited by the Ministry of Magic."

"Oh my God!" Ron couldn't help shouting: "But anyone who uses this magic will be caught in Azkaban!"

Obviously, even if he has not seen Avada Kedavra with his own eyes, as a child who grew up in the wizarding world, Ron is familiar with this magic.

Andre's face didn't look good either. He didn't expect to find traces of a death curse on Jerome's wand. This was much more serious than killing a cat, except for being authorized by the Ministry of Magic. Except for Aurors who use the three unforgivable curses, any other wizard who is caught using one of these three spells on people will face the outcome of being tried by the Wizengamot.

"It's not such a coincidence, is it? The first target we chose is the real murderer?" The little witch was still a little confused at the moment. She originally thought that she would have to investigate at least half of the people before she could find the murderer that night, but as a result It had only been a day before they discovered it.

Ron was completely convinced that the murderer was Jerome: "It must be him. You forgot that Professor Dumbledore said that Filch's cat was killed by evil black magic. What else could it be besides the Death Curse?" Woolen cloth?"

"Maybe we were lucky, and we originally selected a candidate from that group of people who was more suitable for the goal. It's not surprising that we found the first one." Andre also felt that Jerome was the one who took action that night.

There must be many young wizards who know black magic in the school, especially the Slytherin students. Their family inheritance must have this knowledge. Just like the library in Black's old house, there is even a copy of "Advanced Black Magic" in it. Magic Revealed".

But knowing black magic does not mean knowing Avada Kedavra. Even the most arrogant parents will not easily let their children come into contact with the three unforgivable curses.

What's more, it was such a coincidence that just the day after Mrs. Norris's death, they found traces of the Death Curse that had been cast not long ago on a student's wand.

"What should we do next? Tell the teacher about this directly?" Hermione asked again at this time.

But Andre shook his head and said: "No, we can't explain to the professors why we know that Jerome cast the Death Curse. You know, that night I wanted Professor Dumbledore to test my wand, but he refused. This request was made, so he definitely won’t be happy to see us use flashback spells to find evidence.”

"But if that's the case, what should we do?"

"First go and return the wand to Mr. Jerome, and then we have to keep an eye on him in the recent period. Since he dared to cast a killing curse on a cat in school, there will definitely be other evidence. ." Andre said after thinking for a while.

The reason why he did not choose to tell Professor McGonagall directly was not just because Dumbledore had previously disapproved of using flashback spells to detect students' wands, but because Andre wanted to find out about this Ravenclaw boy. Is there anyone else behind it?

You must know that this name did not even appear in the original work, but now he inexplicably killed Filch's cat in the castle, making Andre unable to completely believe that this was an accident. He even suspected that Marion Gerard Does Mu have any connection with the Free Magical Union in France?

This is not a wild guess. After all, in addition to the dark wizard organization he provoked, Hogwarts only changed one Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher this semester. This is inconsistent with the original work. Sirius replaced him. No matter how the famous novelist thought, the change of professor should have nothing to do with the death of Mrs. Norris.

However, facing the plan proposed by Andre, not to mention Hermione who was obviously not happy, even Ron rarely expressed approval. In their understanding, the Unforgivable Curse is undoubtedly an extremely dangerous magic. A student Since you dared to use this spell in the school castle, you should tell the teacher no matter what.

But how did they know that Andre had actually dealt with the Unforgivable Curse many times? In addition to his battle with Peter Pettigrew last semester, the dark wizards of the Free Magic Union even regarded the Unforgivable Curse as a Learned the special skills.

"I know you think this is a bit dangerous, but there is no need to be too nervous." Looking at the two friends who were hesitant to speak, Andre sighed and said, "You forgot that Pettigrew let me go last time. Has the Cruciatus bitten your bones? Although the Unforgivable Curse is terrifying, it depends on who cast it. A Hogwarts student cannot be more powerful than an adult wizard like Pettigrew."

"But..." When talking about Pettigrew, Hermione's face showed an inexplicable blush, but she still wanted to dissuade Andre.

"Okay, okay, then," Andre had to take a step back: "Give me a week. If no other clues are found this week, we will tell Professor McGonagall about Jerome. What do you think? How about it?"

Although they still don't agree with Andre's decision, Hermione and Ron reluctantly accepted this condition.

When they returned to the Great Hall, Jerome was still sitting at the Ravenclaw table enjoying his breakfast, apparently unaware of the loss of his wand.

This facilitates Andre's plan. At least he doesn't have to worry about Jerome's vigilance increasing in the coming period because of the wand.

"I have to say hello to that little girl, otherwise I won't have an excuse to get close to Jerome." For some reason, Andre reported to Hermione before preparing to go to the Ravenclaw table again. one time.

The little witch nodded naturally, indicating that she understood.

This scene made Ron a little stunned.

"Hi, Luna, you don't mind if I call you that." Walking next to Jerome again, Andre did not choose to bump him roughly again this time, but spoke to Luna first.

"Of course," Luna said with a smile, "Have you encountered harassment?"

This made Andrei not know how to answer the call. This girl was indeed worthy of the nickname given to her by the students of the Eagle Academy - Crazy Girl. It was really difficult for normal people to communicate smoothly with her.

"No, I just remembered that I have something else to tell you."

Luna raised her head curiously, but she didn't ask what it was, she just looked at Andre quietly.

"Um, it's about your father. Oh, yes, it's the article about looking for oyster hooks. I'm very interested in this kind of creature, so I want to ask you if you have more specific information." Andre said casually He found a reason, but it was actually that he only had some memories of this creature that was described as living in mistletoe. This was the reason why mistletoe was among the two sacred objects of the Druid sect.

"Sorry, my dad has already written the information about oyster hooks in the magazine," Luna said that she didn't know any more information. "They usually live in mistletoe, and adults have five thousand teeth. There are only [-] juveniles. If you are interested in this, we can look outside the castle and we may be able to find traces of them."

The conversation between the two confused Jerome on the side, and not only him, but also many Ravenclaw students cast suspicious eyes on Andre.

After all, Andre's reputation is not small in the school. Even if he is not in the same grade, most people will recognize him.

And the hooks and harassing beasts he told Luna were actually creatures recognized by the wizarding world as non-existent.

But everyone knows that Andre is not a lunatic. On the contrary, he has excellent grades and even obtained the OWLs certificate in Transfiguration last year. This was a feat he accomplished as a first-year student.

So the smart eaglets all thought that this Gryffindor boy was dating a crazy girl from their house.

Of course Andre himself didn't have such thoughts, and he didn't know what other people thought of him. Anyway, his purpose was just to return the wand he had just stolen to Jerome by talking to Luna.

"Well, if I have a chance, I will look for the mistletoe outside the castle." With that said, Andre quietly changed his sitting position on the chair. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he quickly leaned against Jerome's body. After a moment, the other party didn't even react, and the wand made of holly wood returned to where it was before.

After completing this goal, Andre had a nonsensical exchange with Luna for a while, then stood up to leave and returned to Hermione and the others.

"Have you given it back to him?" Ron asked a little nervously.

Andre nodded: "Don't worry, he didn't find anything. I will keep an eye on him for the next week."

"Actually, I still think it would be better to tell Professor McGonagall directly..." Hermione seemed to still be struggling with Andre's plan.

"Don't think so much. You can go to the Quidditch pitch later to watch Harry and his team train." Andre could only smile helplessly at this.

But hearing what he said, the little witch became even more excited. She could hardly suppress her voice: "Do you want to stare at that Jerome alone?"

"Of course, my goal alone is much smaller than that of three people. We are not looking for a fight with Jerome, but to find other evidence that he killed Mrs. Norris. There is no use in this kind of thing with more people. "Andre said matter-of-factly.

This reason left Hermione unable to refute, but she looked increasingly unhappy, which could be seen from the slices of toast on her plate that were almost torn apart by the fork.

But in the end, the little witch and Ron listened to Andre's advice and got up after eating to find Harry who was still training. After all, they seemed to be of little help if they stayed here.

As for Andre himself, he has been following Jerome after he left the auditorium. At this stage, he does not know the magic of spying on others, so he can only use the stupidest method to keep track of him.

The only problem was that if the Ravenclaw boy acted perfectly normal during the day, Andre wouldn't be able to keep an eye on him at night.

Ravenclaw's common room is not something that students from other houses can easily sneak into. Compared to the Fat Lady's fixed password, the Eagle House directly uses the answer to the riddle as the password to enter. Even students from their own house often use it. Because I couldn't answer the door knocker question, I spent the night in the corridor.

Although Andre is confident in his IQ, he is also very self-aware, and guessing games are not suitable for him.

However, although there is no way to continue to stare at Jerome after he enters the lounge, if he sneaks out for a night out like the night before, Andre already has a plan. He will go with Nearly Headless tonight. Nick discussed it and asked him and his ghost friends to help him spot Ravenclaw's tower in the castle at night.

I believe that Sir Nicholas will not refuse this request. After all, ghosts do not need to sleep, and generally speaking, they do not have many entertainment activities. They can even celebrate death anniversaries, so there is rarely a need to use them. I'm afraid It's not too late to be happy.

But in this case, it would be difficult for Andre to find an excuse to refuse the party on Halloween.