Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

"So you didn't notice anything unusual after following him all day?" Hermione said in surprise, sitting on a comfortable armchair in the corner of the common room.

Andre spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I stayed in the library for a whole day, and Mr. Jerome basically never left there except for eating. It's hard to believe that I didn't even leave when I was in the library before. Found him."

"Maybe he will come out to test his black magic at night." Ron said at the side.

"Don't worry, as long as he is not hiding in the dormitory, it will be fine. I have already asked Nick, and he promised me to help keep an eye on the Ravenclaw tower at night. If Jerome comes out again, he will definitely be discovered. ." Andre was not worried about this. Before returning to the lounge, he made a special trip to find Nick, who was almost headless. The other party agreed to the job and did not think it was a trouble at all.

"But, if he doesn't do anything else in the next period of time, do we really have to tell Professor McGonagall?" Harry only found out in the afternoon that Andre and the others had obtained Jerome's wand from him. Traces of having cast the Death Curse were found on the book, but he himself did not have much of a psychological barrier to this magic, although he was known as the only person known to have survived Avada's Death Curse.

Hermione was a little puzzled by his question. She said: "Of course, we can't leave a student who uses the Death Curse in school. If Andre hadn't insisted on finding other evidence, I would have done it now. Already ran to tell Professor McGonagall."

"But, I heard that if you are caught using the Unforgivable Curse, you will be arrested in Azkaban." It turned out that Harry was worried about this problem, but it can't be said that he was overly sympathetic. After all, Jerome was now It was just killing a cat, not a heinous crime at all. And Harry had a relatively in-depth understanding of Azkaban because of Sirius, and he knew that it was not a place where a normal person could stay. of.

But Andre smiled and explained for Harry: "Don't worry, Harry, as long as the Unforgivable Curse is not used on anyone, the Wizengamot will not easily throw a wizard into Azkaban. Of course, , I'm afraid it will be difficult for Mr. Jerome to escape the consequences of being expelled, but placing a student who can use the Death Curse in the castle, especially when he also killed Filch's cat, is not a good idea in itself. Not a good idea, right?"

These words made Harry think deeply. The expulsion was actually very scary for him, especially before Sirius was released from prison. If there was no Hogwarts at that time, there would be no place for him to stay. There was only Privet Drive, and in his mind Uncle Vernon might not be gentler than the dementors in Azkaban.

"Perhaps we can tell Sirius first. If he helps with this matter, it will be much safer than it is now." Just as Harry was still thinking about whether being expelled from Hogwarts or Azkaban was more serious. When it was even scarier, Ron suddenly spoke up.

This was something Andre had never thought of. Because he was familiar with the plot, he subconsciously always felt that what happened in the castle basically had to be solved by themselves, so he ignored their Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this semester. Not that Gilderoy Lockhart.

"Yes, Ron is right, we can find Sirius first." Hermione's eyes lit up for a moment. She had always been disapproving of Andre's plan, and now Ron's suggestion was undoubtedly very suitable. Her thoughts.

Seeing that the three of them had this idea, Andre had no choice but to agree. He said: "Okay, then tomorrow, tomorrow morning we will tell Sirius about this, but we still have to ask him not to tell anyone else then. professor."

However, on the second day, something unfortunate happened. They found no trace of Sirius in the castle.

"Didn't he tell you that he wasn't at school today?" Andre asked, naturally it was Harry. He was the only one with the closest relationship to Sirius.

It's just that Harry didn't know about it at all, and he was also very surprised why his godfather left the school inexplicably.

"Perhaps we can ask Professor McGonagall. She must know where Sirius has gone." Hermione suggested.

"Albus, uh, Professor Dumbledore asked Black to do something, so he has not been in the castle these two days, and he will be back tomorrow. Do you have anything to do with him?" In Professor McGonagall's office , several people finally got the answer.

"No, it's nothing. We're just curious about why Sirius disappeared." Since he couldn't find anyone, Andre could only put Jerome's matter aside for the time being. Anyway, he wouldn't tell Sirius until tomorrow, Monday. Chi, as for Professor McGonagall, he will definitely not tell this matter for the time being.

"Okay, if you have any trouble, you can come to me. Don't forget that I am your dean." Professor McGonagall nodded and did not continue to ask.

"Of course, if there is any trouble, we will definitely come to you." Andre scratched his head in embarrassment. That was true, but in fact, he would not choose to hand over the problem to Professor McGonagall every time. , "But today we just want to ask Sirius about next week's class schedule,"

After leaving Professor McGonagall's office, Andre decided to keep an eye on Jerome first. As for Harry and the other three, if they didn't find it too boring to stay in the library, they could follow.

Anyway, judging from the other party's behavior yesterday, he basically spent the day in the library.

But in the end, only Hermione accompanied Andre to the library. Harry and Ron decided to take advantage of the weekend to have a good rest, read and study, etc., and leave it to Monday.

Perhaps because of Mrs. Norris's incident, Mrs. Pince, who has always had a good relationship with Filch, has become increasingly displeased with Andre in the past two days. If the school hadn't given her the right to expel students from the library, I'm afraid An Neither Andre nor Hermione could stay here.

But even so, it felt uncomfortable to be stared at by Mrs. Pince all the time.

"Oh my gosh, she's never stared at me like this before. I can't imagine how this semester will go if we don't tell the professors about Jerome. I don't want to have to do this every time I come to the library." Treatment." Even Hermione couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

Andre smiled helplessly. This was why he had to find out who killed Mrs. Norris. Although most students didn't care about this matter, just being stared at by Filch and Mrs. Pince was enough. It's enough of a headache.

While the two were reading and staring at Jerome.

"Andre!" Ron's voice suddenly came from the door.

This seemed particularly harsh in the quiet library. Mrs. Pince appeared at the door almost immediately. She stared fiercely at the boy running over. Even if she didn't speak, her expression made Ron All the next yelling was blocked in his throat.

Fortunately, Andre had heard the sound just now. He said sorry to Mrs. Pince with an apologetic look, and then pulled Ron out of the library door.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Hermione also walked out at this time, she asked curiously.

Ron took a breath and then said: "Something happened. Flint of Slytherin was injured with black magic. As soon as I heard the news, I rushed over to find you. That Jerome is still there." Library?"

"What!?" Andre was very surprised. He was sure that Jerome was still sitting motionless in the library, flipping through books, but Ron told him that another person in the castle had been injured by black magic.

"This is impossible. Jerome has been staying in the library and I haven't seen him leave." Hermione said in disbelief.

Andre then asked his own question: "When did it happen? Also, what kind of black magic was Flint injured? How was he injured?"

Unfortunately, Ron said with a confused look on his face: "I don't know either. I only heard George and the others come into the lounge and tell us that Flint was injured by black magic, and then they ran here immediately. By the way, Harry and George The two of them went to the scene together.”

Since he couldn't get any more information from Ron, Andre didn't hesitate and said immediately: "Then let's go there too."

The three of them quickly arrived at the scene of the incident. Unexpectedly, it was not inside the castle, but on a path outside the castle close to the Quidditch pitch.

At this moment, this usually inaccessible place was already crowded with people, not only Snape, the head of Slytherin, but also Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were here.

Andre took Hermione and the others to squeeze through the crowd first and found Harry and others standing in front.

"What's going on now? Where's the Flint man? Didn't he say he was injured by dark magic?"

"Oh, you are here." Harry then noticed Andre and the others, and he explained: "Flint has been sent to Madam Pomfrey. I think he is seriously injured. Let's rush I wasn’t even awake when I arrived.”

"To be precise, it's not that he's not awake, but that he's a little crazy." George on the side added.

Fred also said: "Yeah, I think he can't even remember who he is, he keeps talking nonsense, and he actually left saliva, but what kind of black magic can cause such a result? "

"It's...it's the Cruciatus Curse..." This sentence was not said by Andre, but by Neville who had squeezed in beside them at some point.

Unfortunately, except for Andre, no one else thought Neville was right, especially Ron. He questioned unceremoniously: "How do you know it's the Cruciatus Curse? This is not our Charms class." Learned magic.”

Obviously, given Neville's usually unreliable results, it's hard for everyone to trust his words.

"I...I just know it!" But compared with his usual submissiveness, Neville looked particularly serious about this matter, and he shouted with a blush.

Andre, the only person here who knew Neville's life experience, also stood up and said for him: "Neville is right, the Cruciatus Curse will indeed have such consequences."

Neville's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom, were tortured to the point of madness by Bellatrix Lestrange, a loyal follower of Lord Voldemort, who to this day cannot recover their sanity and can only stay in a state of insanity. Recuperating at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies.This is also the biggest secret in Neville's heart.

But normally, unless the Cruciatus Curse is used continuously on a person, this kind of damage can still be recovered, but I don't know how many Cruciatus Curses the unlucky Flint took.

"But that is one of the three unforgivable curses. How could anyone in school dare to use this kind of magic on others!" Even the twins who were two years older than him were convinced by Andre's words, so he supported them George said in surprise at Neville's statement.

In fact, Andre also had a headache. He originally thought that since there was no Basilisk this year and Voldemort's diary was not in Ginny's hands, this semester should be spent safely. However, less than a month after the school started, he... Two accidents happened one after another, and both accidents involved the Unforgivable Curse.

What made him even more irritated was that although he had clearly spotted Jerome, something happened to Flint again, which undoubtedly disrupted the clues he had found before.

Whether it was Jerome who killed Mrs. Norris may be a question mark.

But it was useless to dwell on these issues now. He thought for a while and asked the twins: "Why is Snape still here? Since Flint has not been taken away, can they find that if he stays here?" The one who attacked Flint?"

"Well, Flint has just been sent away. The professors probably want to check the surroundings to see if they can find any traces." Fred explained.

Andre nodded, then added: "Then who discovered Flint first? No one usually comes to this trail."

"It's Colin Creevey, a freshman in our college. You should have seen him. The last time he was on the court, he was taking pictures in the stands. By the way, it is said that he is still a loyal fan of Harry." George said : "He said he wanted to take some photos outside the castle, so he came to this path. This must be a coincidence."

If it is Colin, then there is really no suspicion. Not to mention that this first-year freshman has no grudges against Flint himself, and his strength is not enough for him to attack a seventh-grader, unless he, like Andre, is He has traveled through time, but the possibility is so small that it can be ignored.

At this time, Professor McGonagall began to drive away the students around him: "Okay, everyone, don't hang around here anymore. I will discuss with Professor Dumbledore later on how to handle this matter. As for now, you It’s time to go back to the castle.”

Andre and the others had no choice but to follow the crowd back first.