Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 123 Secret Agreement?

Professor McGonagall was soaring through the sky on a broomstick, at a speed she could not have imagined.

——It's been a long time!

"I haven't been flying this fast since I was knocked off my broom by a Slytherin Quidditch player during my seventh year Quidditch match at Hogwarts and hurt my back. What's more, this speed is really fascinating. Just a light touch on the broom can send me to my destination in an instant."

As the flight speed gradually increased, the strong wind that hit her face even made it impossible for Professor McGonagall to open her eyes. She had to cast a protective spell on herself in order to enjoy the feeling of flying fast and free in the sky.

And below -

A group of people in the room of the school hospital came to the outer edge of the room and looked at the little black dot flying around in the sky.

Everyone's mood is extremely complicated.

Although it had been expected, Quirrell was still very jealous when he saw this scene in person.

He clearly knew that his master appreciated the talent and brains of this little wizard, McGuffin, and today's incident proved that what the Dark Lord said was true...

"However... no matter how good the talent and mind are, it's not because of the blood curse... This little guy's current and future fate is in my hands, and the better his talent... the more useful he will be to the master in the future..."

On the other side, Snape glanced at McGuffin with a complicated expression.

He thought of what Dumbledore, the old bee, said about McGuffin on the night of the opening ceremony—'His talent is not inferior to that of the Dark Lord...'.

He had thought that Dumbledore had finally lost his sight. Apart from being crazy and causing a lot of messy things all day long, this little wizard didn't have the talent and talent that the old fox said at all.

did not expect……

But this made Snape even more puzzled - why Dumbledore knew that McGuffin had such a talent, so he was assured that Quirrell, the minion of the Dark Lord, had been in contact with this little wizard for a long time?Was he not afraid that the little wizard would come to the Dark Lord's side?And he was assured of placing MacGuffin Albert by Harry's side...

"I don't believe in the magic of love, the great interests, and the sincere friendship between friends that he talked about casually..." Snape became more and more puzzled.

McGuffin was trembling.

Because he found himself in the eyes of three big bosses, Bat Monster, Double Leatherface, and Old Bee.

(all)! ! !

His back now felt as if hundreds of thousands of old mothers were constantly stabbing them with silver needles as thin as cow hair.

——shiri!

For a moment, McGuffin felt in a trance that the secret of his traveler had been discovered, and he was almost scared to pee.

At this time, above the sky.

Professor McGonagall unexpectedly came up with a whole set of tactical moves in Quidditch.

Winning the MacGuffin, the professors in front of him burst into applause.

Even McGuffin, a pure Quidditch layman, can recognize several very famous moves.

——For example, Pokov’s trick to lure the enemy, Prenton’s back-to-back technique, double "8"-shaped ring flying...

"It seems that Professor McGonagall is really happy!" Professor Flitwick said enviously. After all, due to his size and height, although he can fly a broom, he has never played Quidditch.

"After all, Minerva hasn't played Quidditch in the true sense for decades. Now that she is faced with such a flying broom that far surpasses most of the ones on the market, it seems that she is also eager for skills... I want to stretch my love for Quidditch..." Dumbledore expressed his understanding, but he immediately changed the topic to McGuffin.

Dumbledore clapped his palms and congratulated McGuffin.

"Congratulations, Mr. Albert, there are very few little wizards who can create such a masterpiece at your age... It's not just about talent, it's also about hard work and the enthusiasm that emerges from the bottom of your heart..."

The professors in front of him also started to applaud. After Snape gave McGuffin a resentful look, he reluctantly followed Daliu and patted it a little bit two or three times—the fingertips lightly touched the palm of his hand and left.

"I've indeed heard that Hogwarts has you...er..." When the applause stopped, Dumbledore was stuck before he could say a few more words.

"...The terrible flying broom talent, to be honest, not only in my teaching career, I am afraid that there has never been such a flying talent since the invention of the flying broom..." Mrs. Hooch added Dumbledore's explanation in the crowd, which caused other professors to chuckle kindly.

"To be honest, it's amazing... When I was your age, I'm afraid I wouldn't have faced such difficulties...Mr. McGuffin Albert, you just showed Gryffindor's fearless courage in the face of difficulties... You are a real Gryffindor..." Dumbledore praised McGuffin without hesitation.

Quirrell spat hard in his heart, thinking to himself, "If this little lunatic McGuffin is a real Gryffindor, then I might still get the Order of Merlin, First Class?... This Dumbledore is really confused. I don't know what expression he will have after he knows that little monster is so familiar with the Imperius Curse..."

When Dumbledore's praise made McGuffin flutter, he felt a little uneasy (the headmaster of Hogwarts praised himself personally, and he was not the treasure boy of some old bee, what did Dumbledore have to say before he did this...).

"McGuffin, you..." Dumbledore was about to say something.

Something happened to Professor McGonagall—after she made a Ronsky feint like McGuffin, the flying broom made a loud noise at the tails of those metal tubes, and then spewed out a large plume of gray smoke, which was entwined with intense electric light.

When Professor McGonagall wanted to control the broom again, the same happened last time, and he couldn't slow down at all.

(The flying broom is under the action of the 'magic rocket booster' at the back, and its original braking spell is completely ineffective)

Professor McGonagall felt that the thing behind her was undergoing a sudden and unknown magic power change, and strong magic power fluctuations were brewing in it.

It is estimated that there will be an explosion as powerful as that day soon.

——Now we have to act according to the predetermined plan.It's a pity that she still wants to fly for a while, it's really cool to fly at this speed.

Professor McGonagall adjusted her direction and pointed the broom at a large area of ​​uninhabited grass that the professors had long separated, and then jumped directly from midair with her broom.

She pressed her hairpin and the wizard's robe, and when the ground was approaching, she cast a [Shock Absorbing Curse] on herself.

——Landing safely, compared to MacGuffin, it is simply too chic!
(The shock absorbing spell has the effect of stopping the motion of the original object itself, while the levitating spell only changes the state of the object under the gravitational force to make it float, so Professor McGonagall and McGuffin get two completely different consequences.)
--coax!

In the distance, another cloud of similar black mushrooms rose up. The shock wave had weakened a lot when it came to Hogwarts Castle, but because it was close to the Forbidden Forest, there were hordes of animals and birds panicking, wandering around, and some even ran to the edge of the Black Lake and plunged into the water.

When Dumbledore took McGuffin to the scene of the explosion, Professor McGonagall was already standing there, pointing his wand at the deep pit and floating the soil.

She has a serious expression, analyzing something.

"It's so handsome!" McGuffin hurriedly flattered Professor McGonagall.

On the way, McGuffin found out from Dumbledore that they represented Hogwarts School and wanted to obtain the magic patent of this very alternative flying broom that McGuffin invented this time, so there were so many professors visiting together and Professor McGonagall's test just now.

Professor McGonagall was mainly in charge of this work. It is said that if she had not been invited by the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts at that time, she would have become a Quidditch player or a flying broom maker.

Of course, Mrs. Huo Qi, the teacher of the flight class, is responsible for evaluating the safety, developability, and market potential of this flying device...

If appropriate, during the seven years at Hogwarts, there will be professors who will guide McGuffin to develop this device, and will even provide all the materials and information needed for research for free.

Of course, as a price - after the research is successful, Hogwarts School will share the results of this magic patent with McGuffin.

——That's why Snape and Quirrell were so conflicted, with strange expressions.

Afterwards, McGuffin naturally wanted to flatter Professor McGonagall vigorously.

——With the popularity of Quidditch in this wizarding world, if your rocket flying broom can really be improved and sold, even if it is not a magic patent, it is enough...

After thinking about it, I was really a little excited. Did I actually want to achieve a small goal in the magical world ahead of schedule?

"I'm rich!... Labor and management can hire a dozen 'burly' wizards, first beat Quirrell to the point of being paralyzed, and then give him a big reward...I don't believe that no one will know the method and materials to break the blood curse, plus the method provided by the system...Blood curse is no longer a big deal in McGuffin's mind..."

"Well, when you think about it this way, the famous saying of a big boss in the previous life is really correct-you can do whatever you want if you have money, if it doesn't work, it's because you still don't have money..."

While McGuffin was daydreaming, Professor McGonagall, after discussing with Dumbledore with a serious face, issued a ban - no one was allowed to ride the 'magic rocket propulsion' version of the flying broom invented by McGuffin.

Then they explained to McGuffin that this thing is still too dangerous, especially for Hogwarts students, and it must be used after many years of improvement experiments.

And let McGuffin keep what happened today as a secret and not tell anyone, even his friends Harry and the others.

Dumbledore specifically asked, and told him that he could continue the research. When there is steady progress again, Hogwarts School will help him apply for a patent for magic protection and invest funds to conduct research together.

Of course, all of this is based on the joint ownership of patents with Hogwarts.

(At this time, McGuffin knew that Hogwarts is a big dog in the wizarding world, with thousands of different magic patents. Even if the Ministry of Magic does not allocate funds, it can be said to be the richest group in the wizarding world...)
McGuffin thought about what happened this morning. Until now, he had only revealed the other side of the wizarding world—a world with mixed interests, more real and complex than the black and white ones in the original book (the forces of Voldemort and Harry Potter).

With so many thoughts in his mind, he couldn't sleep peacefully.

As for Ron, Neville's snoring was one after another in the dormitory not far away, like a beat, penetrating and contagious (even the small things' small purrs came from the house of the two little guys Garen and Sike).

This made McGuffin even more sleepless.

……

Since that personal demonstration by Professor McGonagall (some students in the school saw her flying in the sky on a broomstick) and later the school specifically announced that it is a school rule that prohibits the 'rocket flying broom' from riding in Hogwarts, which is specifically aimed at the things that McGuffin has previously done.

There had never been a single school rule that was personal - and McGuffin was back on the Hogwarts ranking list.

——The more it is prohibited, the more people will discuss it.

Rumors are spreading everywhere, and there are all kinds of rumors...

All of a sudden, the topic of Harry and Hermione's deduction of 150 points from Gryffindor was actually suppressed, which made the two of them temporarily relieved.

In addition to being grateful for McGuffin, the two couldn't help being curious. Ron reconciled with McGuffin early on, and tried to figure out what happened that day from McGuffin's mouth.
It's a pity that McGuffin kept his mouth shut, and refused to reveal a single word no matter what.

Even Gryffindor's Quidditch team, which had been 'ignorant' of the rocket broom, had to come to the door specifically to ask McGuffin what was going on with that broom?

Of course, McGuffin couldn't use the phrase "you can't get up today to answer", so he had to explain it to the Weasley twin brothers over and over again, then to Wood, and then to Harry...

(Harry was asked by others, this is the first time someone from the Gryffindor Quidditch team has spoken to him since he caused Gryffindor to deduct 150 points)
In the end, it was really unbearable, and McGuffin simply hid in the Room of Requirement all the time, learning and contacting magic.

In this way, this secret had to be revealed in front of Harry and the others.

—and so they had a secret meeting place.

"I can't believe it, McGuffin, are you telling us such a fun place now?" Ron's tone was full of complaints, "But are you the rocket broom that you developed here? And what happened that day..."

Harry and Hermione were also staring at the McGuffin.

"Didn't I already tell you, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall won't tell anyone, including you... And don't you think you should continue talking about the conversation Harry just heard in the empty classroom?" McGuffin said.

The subject then changed, and they talked about the conversation Harry had overheard about Quirrell just now.

"I said McGuffin, your speculation is unreliable. How could Professor Quirrell be suspicious...Even though he had studied black magic, he was frightened by that Rhonian vampire now. In my opinion, only Snape is the most suspicious... Now that Snape has succeeded in Quirrell's secret spell to protect the Philosopher's Stone, he will definitely be eager to take the Philosopher's Stone into his hands..." Ron's eyes flashed with excitement.

"Don't forget, where is Lu Wei?" Hermione said
"Maybe Snape already knew how to get through..." Ron's tone was filled with uncontrollable excitement, and he was eager for adventure.

"Ron, don't forget that Hermione and Harry are still under closed-door punishment. If they are found to violate the school rules again during this period, they may be expelled, or at least they will also be punished with a probation..." McGuffin directly pointed out what Harry and Hermione are most worried about now.

"McGuffin! You're so disappointing, not to mention that you haven't been expelled for violating school rules this semester... and George, Fred..." Ron retorted unconvinced.

McGuffin didn't answer, but instead asked Hermione, "Hermione, you should know why Hogwarts usually expels students, right?"

Hermione looked at Harry hesitantly, and then said: "Generally speaking, violations of Hogwarts' school rules will not result in expulsion as a punishment. Violations of the laws of the Ministry of Magic will result in the most severe punishment. For example, violations such as the "Muggle Protection Act" - underage wizards cast spells at home without permission during the holidays; of course, if they cause serious life-threatening and irreparable harm to other students or teachers, their wands will be broken and they will be imprisoned in Amagic Class..."

"If Harry and Hermione were really caught on the spot by Malfoy last time and were found to be involved in transporting dragons, they would most likely be expelled, and Hagrid would also be imprisoned in Azikaban, and your brother Charlie might even be imprisoned..." McGuffin's words frightened Ron enough, and his face instantly turned white.As for Harry, his hands were so trembling that he could hardly grasp the quill. Although Hermione knew it a long time ago, she was still terrified.

Before McGuffin finished speaking, he continued to speak softly, "Now do you still want to explore the secret of the Sorcerer's Stone?..."

(End of this chapter)