Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

Marion Jerome mysteriously disappeared on the Marauder's Map, which was not what Andre and the others expected.

"Maybe he just went outside the castle?" the little witch guessed uncertainly.

But Andre shook his head: "The scope of the Marauder's Map includes the Forbidden Forest and the vicinity of the Black Lake. Unless Jerome goes to Hogsmeade, but today is Monday, even senior students are not allowed to leave the school. where to."

Sirius' face also became ugly: "You guys follow me to find Professor McGonagall first and tell her about this matter in detail. If another student goes missing in the school..."

Andre understood what he meant. Just yesterday, Flint of Slytherin was attacked with the Cruciatus Curse. This was enough to give the professors a headache. If Jerome suddenly disappeared again, I am afraid that not only would the parents of those students It's as simple as sending a few letters to ask questions.

And this will also be a very serious blow to Dumbledore's reputation.

The group of people soon arrived at Professor McGonagall's office. When Andre told the vice-principal what she and others had discovered, her already serious face turned even colder.

"You should tell me this kind of thing as soon as possible instead of investigating it yourself." As expected, Professor McGonagall's first sentence was to accuse them of their previous self-assertion.

To this, Andre and the others could only respond with awkward yet polite smiles.

"Bring out the map you mentioned."

Fortunately, he didn't put away the Marauder's Map just now, otherwise the scene would have been too ugly if he recited the incantation "I solemnly swear that I will not do any good things" in front of Professor McGonagall.

On the map that was spread out, Marion Jerome's name was still missing.

Professor McGonagall asked with a fluke attitude: "Are you sure there will be no problems with this map?"

Unfortunately, Sirius gave her a negative answer: "Impossible, this map has been used since I was a student, and there has never been a problem, and Andrei also discovered Peter Pettigrew based on this map last semester. "

"Okay," Professor McGonagall sighed, "It seems I have to go find Albus. What happened yesterday has given him enough headaches. Now another student is missing. I can't even imagine those students." Parents will do some crazy things. By the way, Black, please go find Professor Flitwick. After all, you are a student of his college. We must inform him."

Then she said to Andre and the others: "As for you guys, go back to class first. We will handle this matter. Remember, don't tell other students yet."

The consequences of telling Professor McGonagall were like this. It was not at all what Andre expected. The Head of Gryffindor would never allow a few young wizards to participate in any dangerous activities, even if he had done so last year. He has proven that he is no weaker than the average adult wizard.

"So Professor and the others should be able to find Jerome, right?" Hermione said still a little worried after walking out of the office.

It's just that Andre didn't dare to vouch for it. What happened in the past few days was completely divorced from the original memory in his mind, and he also lost his ability to predict things as a time traveler.

"Don't worry, even if we can't find him, I think he must be afraid that his use of the Death Curse in the castle will be discovered, so he ran out of the school." Ron said carelessly, "I don't think a What kind of danger will a wizard who knows how to cast a death spell encounter? It should be said that the danger is when others encounter him."

But Ron obviously misunderstood, and Hermione frowned and said, "Of course I'm not worried about him, I'm worried about where he is hiding in the castle. Then won't it be other innocent classmates who are in danger?"

"This is impossible. Since he can't be found on the Marauder's Map, it means that he is definitely not within the scope of the school." Andre said.

"I know, but maybe there is some place in the castle that cannot be seen on the Marauder's Map?" The little witch curled her lips. Of course, she also knew that this was unlikely, so she felt a little guilty when she said it.

"There won't be such a place..." Andre said with a smile, but when he said this, he suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Hermione asked curiously.

"No, it's nothing." Andre shook his head, still not saying what he just thought of.

There are indeed two places in Hogwarts Castle that cannot be seen on the Marauder's Map, and that is the Room of Requirement in the corridor on the eighth floor and Salazar Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

If Hermione hadn't just said that, he wouldn't have thought of it, because it had been too long since he had used the Marauder's Map.

The reason why he didn't tell Hermione and the others was that Andre felt that it didn't make much sense. Needless to say, Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets was a place that could only be entered if someone had a Parseltongue. There are currently no known Parseltongue owners in the wizarding world. Only Voldemort, whose body has been destroyed, and of course Harry is half of it, Jerome cannot have this talent.

The greater possibility is that he hid in the Room of Requirement, but that room will change rooms according to the user's needs. If you don't know what the person inside wants before entering the room, then the people behind him will not be able to enter. Go.

Even if Jerome is really hiding in the Room of Requirement, Andre can't find him out now. What's more, this is just a guess. Telling Hermione and the others will only increase their worries.

Of course, Andre was going to give it a try when no one was around. If the Room of Requirement did not open normally, it meant that there was indeed someone inside, and it was most likely the missing Marion Jerome.

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Until evening, Jerome did not appear in the castle again, but fortunately, his usually withdrawn character meant that he had few friends. Even the students of Ravenclaw did not find out that a classmate in his college had disappeared inexplicably.

Professor McGonagall and the others seemed to have no intention of telling the students about this matter. After all, Flint's matter was already a headache. If Jerome could be found before it was exposed, it would undoubtedly greatly relieve the school's worries. aspects of pressure.

Andrei got out of Gryffindor's tower again late at night. He never found a chance during the day. He could only wait until now to verify his previous conjecture.

After arriving in front of the tapestry where the troll beat Barnabas silly, he inexplicably remembered the figure of the girl he saw here on the first day of school. Hogwarts knew that there would not be many people in the Room of Requirement, or even He didn't meet one last year.

If Jerome really hid in the Room of Requirement, would he also have a relationship with that girl?

Putting aside the problem for the time being, Andre walked back and forth in front of the wall three times, but to his surprise, the mysterious door appeared just like that.

Frowning, he walked into the Room of Requirement. What he was thinking about just now was the room where Norberta was placed. At this moment, the little female dragon was peacefully immersed in her dream, completely unaware of the arrival of her master.

This showed that his guess was wrong. Jerome did not hide here. So how did he suddenly leave the school?There was no way he could really hide in Slytherin's secret room, but there was no way he could go in and search there.

More and more questions made Andre sigh in distress. Speaking of it, this semester was not as good as the original work. He even regretted that he should not have been so anxious to find Peter Pettigrew last semester.

Now, in addition to Filch's cat being killed, there are two more incidents: Slytherin's Flint was attacked with the Cruciatus Curse, and Ravenclaw's Jerome disappeared mysteriously.

Even counting that Harry and the others were unable to pass through the wall at King's Station when school started. This was obviously caused by the house elf of the Malfoy family, but since Dobby appeared according to the original plot, then there was no There is no way to ignore Voldemort's diary that Andre has not found yet.

Speaking of which, why Jerome disappeared suddenly is also full of doubts. Andre was very sure that their tracking in the past two days was not discovered by the other party, and the guy did not show any abnormality, even in the morning I saw him in the auditorium, but by noon he had completely disappeared.

After sitting next to Norbert and thinking for a long time, Andre finally couldn't come up with any idea. He didn't disturb the little female dragon's rest. He chose to leave here a few minutes before twelve o'clock. .

The next morning, sitting at the long table in the auditorium, Andre still looked gloomy, obviously still having a headache from the past few days.

But the little witch comforted him and said: "Andre, don't think so much. Now that we have told Professor McGonagall, they will definitely find a way to solve these things."

"Yes, that Jerome ran out of the school. There is no way we can catch him in the castle." Ron also persuaded him.

Andre nodded, then turned to Harry and said, "Didn't Sirius take away the Marauder's Map yesterday? Did he return it to you later?"

Speaking of this matter, Harry felt a little embarrassed, because the Marauder's Map actually belonged to Andre, even though he said it was given to him as a birthday present yesterday.

"No, Sirius said that Professor McGonagall felt that young wizards should not have such alchemy tools in their hands. This would obviously encourage us to not abide by school rules, so she asked Sirius to keep the map temporarily, at least for the time being. Don't get it back before we graduate." Ron on the side helped Harry speak out. It could be seen that he was also very dissatisfied with this, but unfortunately he couldn't resist Professor McGonagall's decision.

Well, Andre smiled helplessly. In fact, he was mentally prepared when he went to find Professor McGonagall yesterday. But fortunately, the things were not confiscated directly, but in the hands of Sirius. In that case, They still have a good chance of getting it back.

"Hey, is that Hedwig?" They were still talking about the Marauder's Map. Hermione suddenly looked up at the door of the auditorium. At this moment, the owls delivering letters were flapping their wings to the long tables of each college. Come flying.

Harry adjusted his glasses, and then said with some confusion: "It's Hedwig, but I didn't order anything?"

The snow-white Hedwig was very conspicuous among the gray owls, and she quickly flew to Andre with a letter in her mouth.

"Is it for me?" Andre scratched his head. He thought it was Harry's letter.

"It's Hagrid." After opening the envelope, he said suddenly: "He said that Professor Kettleburn had given him the bones of the bird and snake, and asked me to pick them up in the afternoon."

"So fast? Didn't you say that you have to go to the Far East to find the bones of birds and snakes?" Hermione said in surprise.

Ron, on the other hand, said disapprovingly: "What's so strange about this? As long as you have a door key, it only takes a few minutes to get from England to India."

"Oh, are you talking about the kind of portkey that can set a location and then teleport on time?" The little witch had never experienced traveling with a portkey, so she immediately asked curiously.

Andre answered the question for Ron: "Yes, but most of the portkeys are kept in the Portkey Office of the Ministry of Magic. Unless you go to the black market in Knockturn Alley to buy them, you must go through layers of approval if you want to travel cross-border. That’s all.”

And Ron also added: "Yes, last Christmas my parents and Ginny went to Romania using a portkey, but my dad got it through connections in the Ministry. If you don't have a relative who works at the Ministry of Magic, Or friends, it’s not an easy thing to get a door key from the Port Key Office, and the price is also horribly high.”

This dispelled Hermione's urge to take her parents to experience it. Although Mr. Granger was a decent dentist and their family was relatively wealthy, it did not mean that they had the gold galleons they could spend at will. .

Because the goblins Gringotts only provides the necessary amount of pounds to gold galleons for young wizards of Muggle origin. It is not possible to exchange them unlimitedly. After all, compared with the increasing productivity of the Muggle world, the wizarding world has not had any since the Middle Ages. For any breakthrough development, their economic aggregate is very limited.

If the exchange with Muggle currency is liberalized, some smart wizards will undoubtedly easily collapse the entire financial system.

"Anyway, it seems we have to go to Hagrid's place in the afternoon." Andre also let go of his worries for the time being. At least Hagrid brought him good news. The placement problem of Norbert can finally be solved in the near future. .

Harry and the other three were also very interested in this, and Hermione even said: "Maybe after you make the alchemy tool you mentioned, we can arrange a place for Norbert to live in the future. I always feel that it is a bit pitiful." , after birth he will either stay in the secret room of the castle, or be locked up in the basement of your cousin's house."

"Of course, but before that, I have to ask Hagrid to help me make a box out of the skulls of birds and snakes. I don't have his ability in this regard." Andre nodded with a smile.

After the herbal medicine class ended in the afternoon, several people did not return to the castle. They set out directly from the greenhouse, walked through a field, and arrived at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.