Harry Potter and the Candy Factory

"Mud?"

Draco was first stunned for a moment, then quickly focused his gaze on the shoes at Quirrell's feet.

Sure enough, just as Ron had said, when he lifted his foot to take a step forward, although it wasn't obvious, you could still see the brownish-red mud stains on his sole...

"Yes, it is mud!"

A gleam quickly flashed in Draco's eyes, he nodded, as if he had discovered something incredible, and his whole person instantly became much more energetic, and then he said.

Quirrell walked away into the distance, gradually disappearing from the sight of the four people, and Hermione and Harry, hearing Ron's voice, also turned their gazes in unison.

"What's wrong?"

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Hermione frowned slightly, closed the book in her hand again, and hugged it in her arms. She tilted her head to the side, and couldn't help but ask with doubt.

"It just rained the day before yesterday, it's normal to have some mud on your shoes, maybe it's from some place..."

"No!"

However, before she could finish her words, Draco turned his head and directly interrupted Hermione's statement.

"The ground in the school is all paved with tiles or marble... there is no such mud at all."

Hearing this, Hermione suddenly reacted, and the frown on her brow relaxed a bit, but soon, she realized something again, and couldn't help but exclaim.

"He went out! ?"

"The Forbidden Forest!"

Suddenly, Harry, who was standing aside, thought of something and quickly said. Seeing the gazes of the three people gathering together, Harry continued to add

"I remember, the last time Hagrid came, I also saw that he had the same kind of mud on his feet... And as for Hagrid, the places he usually goes to, besides Dumbledore's office, are only the Forbidden Forest!"

"Great!"

Hearing this, Draco finally couldn't restrain the joy in his heart, his smile widened, and he couldn't help but clap his hands to express his excitement.

"After so many days, we've finally discovered this guy's tail!"

Ron also cheered up, and as he spoke, he waved his fist excitedly, as if in the next second, they could rush directly into the headmaster's office and bring Quirrell to justice...

However, it was a pity that this was impossible. The mud on his feet could only show that Quirrell had sneaked out, and even for a Hogwarts professor, this shouldn't be considered stealing, even if he walked out openly, no one would say anything more.

Now, Draco and his group had only accidentally discovered Quirrell's suspicious behavior. Everything still needed further investigation at a deeper level. Only in this way could they truly know what this guy wanted to do, and what kind of evil purpose he had in coming to Hogwarts...

But even so, it was still inevitable that a few people felt happy. After all, this was the first time they had gained something after investigating Quirrell for so long! Although it was small, it could still make the four little wizards feel invigorated and cheer up again.

"What should we do next?"

Harry asked, and then immediately after, the gazes of the three people all looked at Draco in unison, seemingly having defaulted to letting him make the decision on such big matters.

"Go find Hagrid."

After thinking for a moment, Draco said.

"After all, he should be the most familiar person with the Forbidden Forest in the entire school... No matter why Quirrell went to the Forbidden Forest, we need to understand the basic situation about it from Hagrid."

"When is it appropriate for us to go find Hagrid?"

Hermione's eyes glanced towards the window on the side of the corridor, and she couldn't help but look outside.

The sky was slightly heavy, and thick clouds spread out like ripples, covering the sun, only allowing a few rays of sunlight to shine through the gaps, barely bringing a few strands of light.

"How about tonight?"

Draco looked around at his friends, and without thinking much, he casually asked.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione all nodded, their expressions as usual, and they didn't have any objections.

After all, Hogwarts night tours had almost become their tradition... They had only been in school for a few months, and roughly calculated, the few of them had spent at least more than a month in the deep and lonely corridors in the first half of the night.

When the clock struck twelve, they would each return to the Slytherin and Gryffindor common rooms as if nothing had happened and sleep until dawn.

However, what was surprising was that even though they went on night tours so frequently, they had never been caught by Filch and his Mrs. Norris... If the few of them revealed this news and told the older wizards, it would probably be regarded as some kind of admirable legendary experience in a burst of exclamations, and then spread among the students of future generations.

"What if Hagrid doesn't want to tell us...?"

Suddenly, just as everything was about to be agreed upon, Ron thought of something again and asked.

He looked around, then rubbed his slightly red nose with his fingers, and explained in a low voice

"After all, you know, even if we have a good relationship usually, Hagrid is essentially a Hogwarts staff member... We violated the school rules and regulations, and then go to him to inquire about Quirrell's questions... Isn't that, not very good.ơ ɱ"

Caught off guard, everyone was really stumped by this question. All were speechless, and for a moment, they didn't know how to answer.

Fortunately, Harry, who had the best relationship with Hagrid, gave his idea.

"Hagrid likes to eat violet candies very much. Maybe we can bring a little more over and give it to Hagrid... What do you think?"

After Harry finished speaking, he looked around left and right, looking at the crowd, wanting to see the reactions of his other partners.

"I... I still have two packs here."

Draco sighed, and without hesitation, he took the lead in setting an example. Immediately, Harry quickly followed up and said

"I have two packs here too."

A few hesitant expressions appeared on Hermione's face, and after hesitating for a moment with her head down, she finally chose to confess

"I have seven packs..."

After speaking, she hurriedly raised her head again, looking at the surprised gazes of the others, her face couldn't help but flush a little, and she could only put on a tough attitude dryly, and retorted in embarrassment and anger

"What's wrong! I still don't like to eat candy, but that Smellwind violet candy is indeed very helpful for me to preview my lessons, so I hoarded a little more..."

After Hermione finished speaking, everyone turned their heads in unison, tacitly, and looked at Ron with expectant faces.

Ron's scalp tingled from their gazes, and he took two steps back subconsciously, and quickly took out two and a half packs of candy from his pocket to show his partners...

"That's all I have! There should be four or five more in that opened package, I'll hand them all in too."

Hermione narrowed her eyes upon hearing this, looking him up and down before asking suspiciously,

"Only two packs? I remember you were eating them every day a while ago, how could there only be this many... Honestly, are you secretly hiding some in the dormitory?"

"It's because I've been eating them all the time..."

Ron's face showed a helpless expression, scratching his head as he defended himself in a low voice.

"Fred and George originally gave me a dozen packs of Violet Sweets, and some other things... But I didn't know we'd need them at this time... So I just kept eating, and eating, until only two packs were left."

Listening to Ron's words, regardless of others, Draco already believed him seven or eight parts... After all, this was indeed something he could do.

He pinched the space between his eyebrows, closed his eyes, pondered for a long time, and then slowly said,

"Alright, you and Hermione go back to Gryffindor and find Fred and George, get some more Violet Sweets."

Saying that, Draco paused for a moment, then pointed at Harry beside him and continued,

"Harry and I will prepare, and see how we can sneak out of Hogwarts Castle tonight. We'll meet in the Great Hall during dinner tonight!"

After speaking, the four looked at each other and nodded in unison. Without further ado, they split into two groups and went straight to complete their respective preparations...

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"Quirrell, I must say, this is a good job you've done..."

An abrupt voice, carrying a sense of great pleasure, echoed in Quirrell's mind.

Quirrell, with a book in his arms, acted as if he hadn't heard anything. He lowered his head and walked slowly along the corridor, with several chattering little wizards passing by from time to time.

However, no one noticed Quirrell, as if he were just air, ignored without feeling.

Quirrell continued to walk unhurriedly, down the stairs, and returned to his room along a familiar route.

Until with a "bang," the wooden door of the room closed tightly, Quirrell's eyes finally cleared up.

"To be recognized by you is the supreme honor of me, your servant!"

He hurriedly took off his turban, and then flattered with a respectful and fawning tone.

On the back of his head, that terrifying human face seemed to be more obvious than before, and the eye sockets, which were originally sunken like holes, faintly glowed with a faint light.

The light shone through Quirrell's thin scalp, reflecting a hint of purple, which was extremely chilling. Basically, it was the kind that would give you nightmares even if you just glanced at it...

Ignoring Quirrell's flattery, perhaps because he was too happy, Voldemort undulated constantly on his skin, and asked eagerly,

"So, when are you going to help me kill a unicorn?"

"Rest assured, my great master... Through these days of preparation, I have completely grasped the time of the gamekeeper patrolling the hunting grounds."

Quirrell leaned down, a confident smile on his face, answering Voldemort's question firmly.

"Tonight! My master, I guarantee that tonight I will bring you everything you want!"

Obviously, Voldemort was extremely satisfied with Quirrell's attitude, and even his voice revealed an unprecedented joy.

"Hahaha..."

A heartfelt laugh burst out from his hoarse throat, as if he had been looking forward to this day for too long, causing him to forget the pain and emptiness of his original physical disappearance. He even had time to draw a grand vision of the future for Quirrell.

"Very good, excellent... Quirrell, you are very loyal, even surpassing my most trusted Death Eaters! When I can make a comeback and conquer the entire British wizarding world—you! You will be my appointed Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement!"

As soon as these words came out, Quirrell was immediately so excited that his eyes glowed and his legs trembled. He simply knelt down and began to desperately express his loyalty to Voldemort.

You must know... what exactly has he been doing for Voldemort for such a long time!? Isn't it just this promise from his own mouth!?

Now that it has really come true and entered his ears, Quirrell only feels an invisible force filling his whole body!

He couldn't help but start to imagine, when that day really comes, how infinitely glorious he will be! You must know that that is the position of being second only to one person and above ten thousand others. At that time, Severus Snape, Charlie Black... will all crawl at his feet!

A bright future was unfolding before his eyes, a ladder to the sky! And the first step to climb this ladder is just to hunt down a unicorn... It's simply as easy as pie!

Quirrell couldn't help clenching his fist, and at the same time, he began to look forward to the arrival of the night even more...

At this moment, he absolutely did not expect that at the same time, he was not the only one looking forward to it...

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In the deep and desolate Forbidden Forest, the trees towered into the sky, and under the layers of intertwined crowns, only a few rays of sunlight could barely penetrate and shine on the ground... Therefore, even during the day, when you are here, it still seems dim and desolate.

Charlie, wearing that black windbreaker, sat on a large branch located high up, closed his eyes, and enjoyed this extraordinary quiet...

Beside him, Fae stood steadily, closing her eyes and shrinking her body into a ball.

And directly below them, unicorns with beautiful figures and white fur were leisurely gathered together, resting and playing.

Just like Hagrid once sighed to him in his heart... these magical creatures are naturally the darlings of nature.

The invisible blessing they receive allows them to be immune to all kinds of disasters. And their own powerful magic and vitality allow them to resist the harm of most sinister people.

At least in this Forbidden Forest, they have no enemies... Even the most foolish giants will avoid them.

For humans, the extremely dangerous Forbidden Forest is a paradise of unparalleled comfort in their eyes...

Charlie changed to a comfortable position, moved his buttocks, pushed Fae beside him outward again, and then looked up at the dense canopy, sighing,

"Come on, Tom..."