Harry Potter: The Party of the Orient at Hogwarts

next morning.

The entire Hogwarts was immersed in a solemn and tragic atmosphere.

Early in the morning, the Daily Prophet published an obituary about Hogwarts professor Severus Snape, who was brutally murdered by terrorists last night while trying to protect the students.

"It's all because of me and Eleanor that the professor was killed by those two beasts!" Hannah lay on the long table in the auditorium crying uncontrollably, and even wanted to hold back her breath.

Eleanor's eyes were swollen like walnuts. She and Hannah had been crying since they came back, and they cried until it was time to go to the auditorium for the meeting in the morning.

Dumbledore held an emergency meeting in the auditorium early in the morning. After last night's incident, he and Newt visited the Ministry of Magic again to apply for a temporary suspension of classes.

Fudge refused because Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students were also at Hogwarts. He even accused Dumbledore of failing to protect his students and professors.

"Here I have some very unfortunate news to tell you. Terrorists infiltrated Hogwarts last night, and our professor Severus Snape died heroically to protect the students."

Dumbledore looked grave, gently pressed his wand against his neck and used the amplifying spell.

The students lowered their heads and remained silent, and even the little lions who usually disliked Snape had red eyes.

"In view of safety considerations, before the end of the Triwizard Tournament, please do not act alone. At least three people should be together. Dinner time will be advanced to five o'clock. After six o'clock, there will be curfew time. During this time, Professor Scamander and I will personally Night patrol to ensure everyone’s safety.”

Dumbledore's face was ugly. With the abilities of ordinary Death Eaters, no one could kill Snape. Those who could fight Snape were all imprisoned in Azkaban, and it seemed that Voldemort didn't have one either. resurrection.

If it is an unknown enemy, it will be very scary.

Jiang Li looked at Dumbledore and Newt with some worry. He didn't know what the Ministry of Magic was thinking. It didn't agree to a holiday and didn't send more reinforcements to let the two old men work overtime at night to deal with such a terrifying enemy.

Turning his head to look at the Slytherin table, Draco's eyes were red, and he bit his lip with his teeth, trying to control himself not to let tears fall.

To him, Snape was not only a respected teacher, but also an elder in his family.

When Dumbledore announced the disbandment, he strode out of the auditorium...

"Leave Hannah and Eleanor to me and Qiu." Cedric nodded to Jiang Li, "Go and see Malfoy, he looks a bit..."

"Okay, sorry to trouble you."

In a small space under a certain staircase in the castle, Draco sat there with his head lowered and his knees clasped, his long eyelashes trembling gently like cicada wings, with a slight hint of moisture.

Yesterday, he was telling Snape that he had found a girl he liked, and Snape even half-jokingly told him to be careful that he would be beaten often in the future.

Today we can only see his cold obituary in newspapers, and we even heard that he suffered inhuman torture during his lifetime.

A hand rested on Draco's shoulder, and the familiar scent of roses fell from above.

"He saved Hannah and Eleanor. He is a hero." Jiang Li sat down next to him.

"Li, I know you all don't like him, but he... I really never thought he would die."

He could always let go of his guard easily in front of the closest people. He put his arms around Jiang Li's slender waist and buried his light golden head in her neck.

Hot tears fell on her collarbone, and in the dark space, there was only the boy's slight sobs.

Jiang Li stroked his back gently, comforting him gently.

"What happened yesterday? Why was he killed to protect Amber and Branstone?" Draco's voice was muffled in her arms.

"It's my fault too." Jiang Li sighed, "After Susan and Blaise did that kind of thing, I blamed her, and she left the dormitory very angry."

"Because they thought she would definitely be caught by Professor Snape on night patrol, no one went out to look for her."

"As a result, she died. Her death was horrific. When Professor Snape and I saw her, her eyes were still wide open, as if she was scared and a little unbelievable."

"Professor Snape called Hannah and Eleanor to understand the situation. After Newt sent me back to the dormitory, it was probably on his way back that he met Susan's murderer..."

Draco raised his head and looked at her in disbelief, his voice trembling: "The girl who was with Blaise was also killed?"

Jiang Li nodded.

"We can't stay in this school any longer. I'm going to write a letter to my dad and ask him to find ways to put pressure. We can't stay here anymore, everyone will die!"

Draco stood up with a whoosh. He paced twice in front of Jiang Li and made this decision.

"We can't put pressure on him. Newt and Dumbledore were already there yesterday, and Fudge is unwilling to give up the Triwizard Tournament." Jiang Li shook his head helplessly at him.

"Do you think it's possible that that person is back?" Draco sat down next to her again.

"I don't think so. Even though Susan might have seen him and he killed her to prevent leaks, there was no reason for him to kill Snape. I heard that before Voldemort was killed by Harry, Snape They are all one of his most trusted subordinates, and it is impossible for him to kill Snape directly."

Jiang Li looked worriedly at the empty corridors of the castle. There was only one possibility.

Unknown and powerful enemies are secretly lurking in this castle, and every student is the target of their slaughter.

This unexpected massacre completely destroyed the joy brought by the ball, and the entire castle fell into an atmosphere of panic.

But the second game will still take place.

In order to improve the students' self-protection ability, Dumbledore increased the number of Defense Against the Dark Arts classes.

Jiang Li even brought a few snails from Hagrid and placed them at the door of the common room of each dormitory. Hagrid trained them well, but they were a bit smelly and ugly.

Even though Newt told her that she couldn't use magical animals as tools to attack unknown enemies, as they were just magical animals, not Pokémon, she still worked with Hagrid to move the blast-ended skrewts.

He also wrote legal provisions prohibiting experimental crossbreeding of these magical animals. Hagrid still hybridized a manticore and a fire crab to create this ugly and highly aggressive blast-tailed snail.

The days passed with difficulty, and Snape's tomb was in the open space behind Hogwarts Castle, where there were daisies presented by his classmates every day.

When no one was around, an old man sat carelessly on Snape's tombstone, muttering to the people around him.

"Look, someone gave you a handful of bananas."