Hogwarts Rising Again

Chapter 599 Lost and Found Book
Maureen didn't know how this month passed.

The magic device research class seemed to be a torment for him. Even though Anok's class still attracted everyone, Mo Lin couldn't arouse his interest. He didn't even dare to look into Anok's eyes.

He just numbly did what Anok had told him, corrected the reports, and then went to Anok's office to send the reports back.

But even if Anok came back to class, he seemed very busy. In the past month, Maureen had not seen Anok alone more than three times except for class, and even if he saw Anok, he left in a hurry.

When Maureen wanted to follow Anok, Anok had disappeared.

Molin wanted to investigate what Arnock was doing, but Arnock covered his whereabouts very well without leaving any traces. Even if Molin had an afterimage of this magic, Arnock always seemed to be just right Disappeared in the time that can be reproduced after the afterimage.

This hampered Maureen's investigation until, in early February, after Maureen returned to the common room from the library, Hugo held him back.

"Molin, come here, I have something to tell you." Hugo whispered.

"What's the matter?" Merlin asked.

Hugo pulled Molin to the corner of the stairs above the common room, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to them, he said, "After being detained by Professor Kane just now, I met Professor Francis."

"And then?" Merlin asked.

"Professor Francis and Professor Kane are discussing things like arithmetic and divination. They seem to be a little dignified, and I can vaguely hear them talking about a book."

"what book?"

"It should be an arithmetic and divination book. I don't know exactly what it is, but it seems to be a lost book in the library... I heard you mention Magatha's book last time, and I was thinking about that Could it be that Professor Francis found the book?" Hugo asked suspiciously.

Maureen fell into deep thought, thinking quickly in his mind.

"What are you thinking? I thought you would rush to find Professor Francis when you heard that the book was found. You were so eager to know the whereabouts of the book last time, weren't you?"

Hugo pushed Mo Lin, interrupting Mo Lin's thoughts.

"Did they say anything else? For example, where did you find this book?" Mo Lin asked again.

Hugo shook his head: "You know, Professor Francis is very dissatisfied with my thesis these days. I saw him trembling, for fear that he would give me another death warning. I haven't handed in the thesis yet—— I wanted to hear more, but Professor Francis glared at me, and I ran away quickly."

Mo Lin nodded slightly: "I see, I'll go find Professor Francis."

The Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom is on the third floor, and Professor Francis' office is next to his classroom.For many students, this place is like a restricted area of ​​life, and no one would like to run here when they are free.

Maureen knocked on the door of Professor Francis' office.

"Come in." Professor Francis' cold voice came from the office.

Maureen opened the door of the office and walked in.

It was also the first time for him to come to Professor Francis' office. This office gave the impression of being very stiff and rigid, and everything was neatly arranged.

Professor Francis was sitting across from the desk, looking at a book. After Maureen came in, he raised his head and stared at Maureen.

"What did you come to see me for?" Professor Francis looked at Maureen expressionlessly, "I don't remember you being locked up by me."

"I want to ask one thing." Mo Lin said calmly, "I heard that you found a book of arithmetic and divination, something lost from the library?"

"You are very well informed." Professor Francis put down the pen in his hand, turned his indifferent eyes slightly, and said, "Hugo told you?"

"Yes, he heard about it—Professor, I wonder if Magatha lost that book." Maureen asked.

"It was lost by Magatha." Professor Francis didn't hide anything. "I asked Mrs. Pince about "Ultimate Arithmetic Divination", the only book lost in the school library for so many years."

"Where was it found? Professor."

Professor Francis pondered for a while, stared at Mo Lin, and said, "I don't need to tell you too much, students should not interfere in such matters."

"But you'll still tell me, won't you?" Maureen asked rhetorically.

Professor Francis looked at Mo Lin coldly, as if he wanted to see what was going on in his mind from Mo Lin's face, but Mo Lin just stood there indifferently, looking very calm.

"In the Chamber of Secrets," said Professor Francis.

"The secret room?"

"Yes, the Chamber of Secrets." Professor Francis said, "Professor Kane found it."

"Professor Kane found it?" Mo Lin nodded thoughtfully, "But I remember that there was nothing unusual when the secret room was opened for the first time."

"That's just for you students to think," said Professor Francis briefly. "Students don't need to know about it."

"Can I read this book?" Maureen asked.

"Are you interested in arithmetic divination?"

"I'm interested in the fact that Magatha was attacked."

Professor Francis was silent for a moment before pushing the book in front of him to Morin.

Mo Lin took the book "Ultimate Arithmetic Divination", flipped through a few pages, and asked in surprise, "No damage?"

"Yes, no damage."

"Books that are due will automatically return to the shelf in the library in the morning. I remember that I didn't see it back that morning. Mrs. Pince said that only very powerful black magic can break this belonging spell."

Maureen saw firsthand how returned books in the library would show up on the shelves by themselves that morning, and he still remembers how some books would fight for space.

"This book was imprisoned in a secret room by a very powerful magic, and was forcibly transformed into an inconspicuous thing. If Professor Kane was not good at transfiguration, I am afraid we would not have discovered it."

Professor Francis has nothing to hide.

"But why?"

"Do you wonder why someone threw it into the Chamber of Secrets?"

"Yes, I don't understand. If this book is really that important, he can destroy it. Since his magic can counteract the powerful belonging spell of the school library, it must be more than enough to destroy this book."

Mo Lin didn't understand this. The book was thrown into the secret room, and the secret room didn't seem to be so easy to open. How did the book get into the secret room?

(End of this chapter)