if i am not me

"You know . . . where is the best place to hide things in a castle?"

In just one sentence, Neville successfully drew out the real or fake doubts in the eyes of several people.Seeing that his friends were all looking at him, he explained unhurriedly, "Last night, they gave me a task."

"Wait." As soon as the words finished, Hermione immediately raised her hand and asked with a complicated expression, "They gave you the task?" You must know that at their age, tasks and the like are almost insulated from them, but now Neville I actually received the task...

Smiling faintly, Neville nodded, "It's nothing dangerous. It's just that there's something hidden in the school, and they don't have time, so..."

"So, it's most convenient to let unobtrusive students do it, right?" Hermione answered, with no emotion on her face, but her dissatisfaction was faintly felt.

"Unobtrusive?" Ron laughed exaggeratedly when he heard the words, pointed at Neville and said loudly, "Are you sure?"

"Get down to business!" Draco raised his hand and waved when he heard what they were talking about, "What is it?"

"It is... the diadem of Ravenclaw."

As soon as the words were finished, Neville found that his friends suddenly shut up and just looked at him blankly.

"What's the matter with you?" He looked at his friends with a puzzled face, he didn't understand why they had such strange reactions.

After a long while, Hermione coughed lightly before asking, "What you're talking about... is that legendary Ravenclaw relic that has disappeared for hundreds of years?"

"Yes!"

Hermione was completely helpless now! "Why on earth can you talk about it in Hogwarts so plainly?"

Neville blinked, "Because they said it was at Hogwarts."

Realizing that her brain circuit and Neville were not on the same channel, Hermione decisively changed the subject, "Who said that?"

"Sirius."

"Why don't they come by themselves?"

"As I said, they don't have time."

"If I remember correctly, Professor Lupine, Professor Snape and even Professor McGonagall can move around the school freely, unlike us who have so many restrictions."

"but……"

"Since they know that Guan Guanmian is at the school, they must have their own way to get it, instead of leaving this matter to you." Hermione's tone was aggressive, and the onlookers couldn't help but pinch for Neville. I broke into a cold sweat, but...they really couldn't understand this question.

Neville was obviously asked by Hermione, and fell silent for a while.

"Okay. Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, it's useless to pursue these things again. It's better to help Neville think about how to get the crown to be true." Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stagnant, Harry hurried out to smooth things over.

"Yes, yes." Seeing this, Ron hurriedly chimed in, "Did they say where it is? We can't let us run around like headless chickens."

Shrugging, Neville's answer was bound to disappoint them. "They didn't say anything, they only knew that it was at Hogwarts. I thought about it, and I think we can start with the castle."

"For convenience?" Draco lowered his head, seemingly casually asking.

"Yeah!" Neville nodded without thinking too much, "Such a big school can only be done step by step."

Hermione listened to them talking for a long time, until then she said, "Have you thought about a place?"

"What?" The others all turned their attention to Hermione, who had been in deep thought, waiting for her answer.

Hermione glanced at them, and said slowly, "Since we can hide in Hogwarts for hundreds of years, it's definitely not a place where everyone can go, and it's embarrassing for the professors. So a few places..."

As she said that, she picked up a branch and wrote on the ground, "The lake, the forest, the secret room, and... the room of request!"

"Why is there a Room of Requirement?" Ron frowned. "Although not many students know about it, people use it almost every year, especially now... there is no one in the group who doesn't know about it."

Without directly giving an answer, Hermione continued to paddle on the ground, "The chamber of secrets should not be possible, otherwise it would have been taken away by 'that person' long ago, so it can be ruled out. And the lake and forest are too dangerous, if it is really in these two places , they won’t give you the task, so now only the Room of Requirement is left...don’t forget, it’s 'response’!" Besides, she didn’t believe that the activities of the group could really be hidden from the wise old man .

"Any request..." Neville's eyes became brighter and brighter as he chewed these words. "Hermione, you are indeed the smartest witch at Hogwarts."

Waving at Neville, Hermione threw away the branch in her hand, "Don't rush to boast, I'm just guessing, anyway...go and see first, if it's really there, it will be much safer." The house has fully demonstrated its functions since they discovered it a few years ago, and the safety factor is still very guaranteed.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go now! Anyway, there is no class in the afternoon!"

Seeing that Hermione came to a conclusion, Ron couldn't sit still immediately, got up and patted the grass clippings on his body, and was about to leave.

Seeing his furious look, the others all laughed, but they didn't refute his words, they stood up one after another, and Harry and Draco, who were at the end, looked at each other tacitly. Also got up and followed.

They were already familiar with the location of the Room of Requirement, and soon they stood in front of the tapestry, but when they were about to open the door, Hermione stopped Neville. "You can't use the old idea, now...Neville, you have to try other ideas."

"For example?" Neville had no idea for a moment, and he patted his hair.

"You just want to 'hide the Ravenclaw crown' room!" Seeing his appearance, Ron actively came up with an idea.

Hearing this, Harry, Draco, and Hermione couldn't help rolling their eyes, but Neville walked to the tapestry obediently, walking back and forth while frowning.

This scene caused the other three people to suddenly feel a deep sense of helplessness, and the subsequent results also proved that some unreliable things are really not easy to try.

Looking back at his friends innocently, Neville said in a nasty voice, "It's useless..."

"I'm coming!" Seeing that the previous method was useless, Ron stepped forward to the place where Neville was standing before, and muttered loudly: "Crown crown crown crown crown..."

Taking a deep breath, Hermione stepped forward and slapped Ron on the head without hesitation.Almost biting his tongue by Hermione's action, Ron groaned and stared at Hermione angrily, "Why did you hit me?"

"To shut up!"

Facing Hermione's scorching eyes, Ron retreated shyly behind Harry.Hermione, on the other hand, stood there and thought for a while, then suddenly closed her eyes and began to walk around in front of the tapestry.

A few seconds later, a smooth door appeared in front of several people.

Several people looked at each other for a while, Draco walked to the door first, and gently turned the doorknob.

The door slowly opened with a melodious groan, and a huge but dazzlingly messy utility room suddenly appeared in front of their eyes.

"This..." Both Ron and Neville were obviously shocked by the sight in front of them. This room, no, it should be called the utility room. How many things have been piled up in this room?

Walking into the house one after another, when Harry blocked the last ray of light outside the door, Ron had already run to the foot of a "garbage" mountain, picking up a dusty book that had been altered countless times.

"It's definitely not a good book..." Glancing at the black stain that looked like blood on the book, Ron threw the book back in disgust, and wiped his hands vigorously on his robe.

"Don't touch the things inside here." Seriously pursing her lips, Hermione looked up at the structure of the room, and said with some headaches, "Even if the crown is here..."

"How long will it take to find it..." Draco took up her unfinished words, and there was a dull pain in his temple.

Harry also felt that the situation was a bit tricky. Although he knew that the diadem was in the Room of Requirement, he didn't know the exact location.I thought that this Horcrux could be solved by telling James their approximate location, but they didn't expect them to throw this problem back.

……

In fact... I can understand it.

Harry secretly glanced at Hermione, who was carefully observing a hill of books, and seemed to have touched James's thoughts.

Instead of wandering around the utility room like a headless chicken, throw the question to Neville.From their point of view, since the person who sent the letter would help Neville for the first time, he probably wouldn't hesitate to make a move at this moment. If they really found it, they would just need to destroy the Horcrux.Even if the messenger doesn't help...

Presumably tonight, the news of who opened the Room of Requirement will reach his desk.

Poor Hermione!

Sometimes being too smart isn't a good thing.

I apologized to Hermione who was the scapegoat in my heart, and Harry also joined the ranks of the search.

I don't know how long will they have to look for this time?

The author has something to say: continuous overtime work for 2 months and 10 days, without a break in the morning and evening, QAQ, when will it be...