Retirement from Hogwarts

Hermione read the paper a few more times.She walked up and down the edge of the pool, talking to herself, pointing to this or that color of liquid.Finally, she clapped her hands happily. "Got it," she said, "This minimal potion can help us get through this pool—and get the Philosopher's Stone."

After hearing Hermione's words, both Harry and Neville stared at Jack with eager eyes.

"Hermione, are you sure?" Jack asked, frowning at the orange liquid Hermione was pointing at.

"It must be this." Hermione said with certainty.After speaking, without waiting for Jack to answer, he walked towards the pool.

"Wait." Before Hermione could step into the pool, Jack suddenly pulled her back.

"Try it first and then talk about it." Jack held tightly to Hermione who was trying to break free from his restraints, and threw the parchment in Hermione's hand.

"Ah-"

With a burst of smoke rising.The entire parchment quickly disappeared into the orange liquid.

"How is this possible? I obviously..." Hermione covered her mouth with her hands and looked at the disappearing parchment in horror.

"It's obviously based on the above conditions, right?" Jack helped Hermione finish what she wanted to say.

"No...that's right."

Not only Hermione, but also Harry and Neville, who seemed to suddenly realize after Hermione made her choice, looked at Jack in surprise.

"Hermione, do you remember what it says on the parchment?"

"Of course. The parchment says: Danger is in front of you, safety is behind. One of us can help you. Through the muddy swamp, victory is in front of you. Two cunning demons, three..." Hermione paused as she spoke.

"It seems that you have thought of it too. In fact, the answer has been written on the paper from the beginning - through the muddy swamp, victory is in front of you."

"That is to say, we can just choose the stickiest one and walk over." Harry said with sudden realization.

"Yes, that's it. The real passage is actually the red one." Jack said, pointing to the thickest red potion in the test tube containing various potions in his hand.Then he sent out a little white mouse at his feet.When the mouse successfully passed through the liquid and reached the other side, several people cheered at the same time.

"Hey, guys, look at this." When the four of them were about to step out of the red liquid, Neville stopped the three in front.He shakily picked out a piece of dirty rag from the liquid.

Looking at the piece of cloth in Neville's hand, Jack and Hermione's expressions quickly turned ugly.

"Hey, what's wrong with you guys?"

Seeing the two people's expressions changing rapidly, Harry asked in confusion.

"Do you remember Halloween Harry?"

After hearing Jack's answer, Harry took the piece of cloth from Neville and sniffed it gently.Then, he quickly threw away the piece of cloth in his hand.His face also became ugly.

"It's actually a troll." Harry's face turned ugly. "But why are they here?"

"Obviously, the trolls who ran out on Halloween were probably guarding a certain level here. And the person who brought them in was obviously a master at controlling monsters." Jack said with an equally ugly expression.

"This makes it clear. This is why Quirrell was able to escape from so many trolls in a place like Hogwarts where space magic cannot be used."

"Don't worry about the reasons Hermione, trolls are not mindless monsters. Once Quirrell dies, no one can guarantee that they will not run into Hogwarts again along the way they left here last time. We need Backup," Jack said, looking at Hermione.

"You mean to let me go?" Hermione didn't

Man asked.

"Those who stay are equivalent to handing over their wealth and life to the hands of those who go out. The sooner you make people believe what is happening here, the greater our chances of survival will be."

"But..."

Before Jack could finish Hermione's words, he gently sealed his mouth with his index finger and whispered to her: "Stop it, Hermione. Do you think Harry, a stubborn person, will leave? Or do you think that Neville has the ability to convince Percy that dead wood in a short time?"

"Okay then." Hermione stared at Fang Yuan and replied reluctantly. "I'll be right back when I get back, wait for me."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. If you're worried, how about giving me a blessing from the goddess of victory?" Jack winked mischievously at Hermione.

"You bad guy, I wish you couldn't get out." Hermione blushed and pinched the soft flesh of Jack's waist hard.Then, he glanced at Harry and Neville who didn't know what they were talking about.While they weren't paying attention, he kissed Jack gently on the cheek with lightning speed.Then, before Jack could answer, it turned into a stream of light and disappeared in front of Jack.

"You guys finished talking?"

"I didn't expect you, Harry, to be such a person." Jack said as he punched Harry in the chest.

"I didn't mention you showing affection in public, but you talked about me instead." Harry ignored Jack's hug and complained to him instead.

"It is said that displays of affection before a war usually have no good results." Neville also chimed in.

Jack looked at the two people in front of him who were cooperating tacitly, and could only shrug helplessly.Take the lead and walk into the corridor leading to the next level.

When they were about to turn the first corner of the corridor, Jack reached out to stop Harry and Neville who were still trying to move forward.

"Listen," Jack said to Harry and Neville in as low a voice as possible.

"What are you listening to? We can't hear anything." Harry looked at Jack strangely and said.

Jack frowned, and then his brows widened as if he suddenly understood.

"Clever eyes and ears." He pointed his wand at Harry and Neville and whispered.

"What is this sound?" Harry asked in confusion after hearing the strange rumbling in his ears.

"That's the troll's heartbeat. Now get out your invisibility cloak, Harry. It's time to use it."

Harry nodded slightly after listening to Jack's words.He took out the invisibility cloak from his schoolbag and covered the three of them.

Under the cover of the invisibility cloak, the three easily passed through the blockades composed of trolls.Successfully arrived at the gate of the new level.

Looking at the unblocked door in front of him, Harry couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I was just thinking about what to do if a troll blocked the door." Harry said as he emerged from the invisibility cloak.

"Don't be careless, Harry." Jack looked around cautiously, as if a group of trolls would appear at any time to catch them and eat them.

"Don't worry Jack, everything will be fine. Apparently, those brainless trolls forgot to stand guard at their master's most important door," Harry said as he put his hand on the door handle.

"I hope so. Isolate the sound." Jack answered Harry while sealing the passage with a golden light curtain. "This way you won't be afraid of the trolls in the corridor hearing the noise and running over."

"Now that we're ready, let's go in." After saying that, Harry opened the gate of the level directly without waiting for the other two to answer.

"Roar"

"Harry!"

"Boom boom..."