Hogwarts Wandering Wizard

The four of them crawled out of the Gryffindor lounge, but before they could ask the Fat Lady, they saw many students who had just returned appeared in the corridor. Dumbledore waved to the three of them and signaled them Stepping aside, he smiled and nodded to the students who greeted him.

The students who came back from lunch in the auditorium were surprised that three professors were standing at the door of Gryffindor today, especially Eric Foley, the man of the year.But due to Snape's unapproachable face, the students suppressed their doubts and crawled in through the hole.

When Dumbledore saw that no one was around, he coughed twice and asked the Fat Madam in the tall portrait: "Fat Madam, did you see any suspicious people entering Gryffindor during class today?" A tower? Or a strange face?"

The Fat Madam thought for two seconds and shook her head simply: "No, Principal, apart from seeing the students passing by today, only a few of you went in."

"So, did you see Professor Snape this morning?"

The fat lady thought for a moment, raised her fat hand, gently touched the pillar on the portrait, and then replied with a firm expression: "No."

The old principal nodded, thanked the fat lady with a smile, and led the three of them towards the stairs.

When the four of them were far enough away, Snape suddenly grabbed Eric's robe, gritted his teeth and said with a sneer, "Mr. Welfare, you'd better pray for the nonsense you just said." It’s because there are still poisonous residues in the body, which has led to your extremely imaginative speculations...otherwise..."

Dumbledore stopped the angry Snape, his expression had never been so serious: "Stop, Severus, this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Foley and the others."

When Snape was no longer excited, Dumbledore continued with a serious expression: "I found traces of the Confusion Curse on Poppy before. It seems that someone has used this spell on her in the past few days, and it was very... A clever confusion spell. If I guessed correctly, the reason why she prepared so many medicines to treat encephalitis was probably the idea that that person instilled in her."

"When I was still in school, my Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Mr. Mellors, told me something. If the Fat Lady of Gryffindor touched a pillar before answering a question, it meant that someone had recently A curse was cast on that portrait. This was a way for the craftsman who made the painting to prevent the portrait from being used."

Professor McGonagall frowned and looked at the principal standing by the window in the corridor, and asked with an uncertain look on his face: "Are you sure? Albus, if that's the case, then the situation in this matter is a bit confusing. . This person even asked Madam Pomfrey to prepare the antidote before poisoning. This sounds too..."

Professor McGonagall suddenly felt at a loss for words, feeling that they were like marionettes, being manipulated by invisible threads behind the scenes.

"Casting a curse on a portrait?" Snape released his grip on Eric's clothes and looked at the principal with a serious expression in silence: "I have never heard of this."

"Severus, if you don't believe it, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It can affect an ancient portrait. The curse method must be as old as the Fat Lady's portrait. Ordinary confusion spells and forgetting spells cannot deal with the Fat Lady. Of course. , I have only heard of such a saying being passed down from generation to generation." Professor Dumbledore shook his head and continued: "In addition, there is still stock of Dreamless Sleeping Potion in your potion warehouse. Give one bottle to Welfare. Sir, those children who have just been awakened will need it. Also, if you still have some Baffy Awakening Potion in stock, make a copy and dilute it 10 times and add it."

Snape nodded and continued: "There are potions, but are you sure you can break the curse on them?"

Dumbledore squinted his eyes and looked at the rain outside the window. The expression on his face almost made Eric think he was dazzled. It was an expression of confusion and regret. Eric couldn't imagine that this would appear almost immediately. The omnipotent Dumbledore.

"I'm not sure. This is very similar to the effect of a long-lost slow spell that I have seen before. I believe you must have seen this curse in Slytherin's collection. It is very vicious and is specially designed to target the future. The brain of an adult child, if it lasts for too long, will turn the person into an idiot...or even, the magic power will be completely out of control and become an Obscurus."

At the end of Dumbledore's words, his voice became very low, and his expression became unreal and unreadable: "Yes, it's a very bad curse."

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Eric followed Snape all the way to the basement level, and followed him all the way to the door of the Potions teacher's office.

Along the way, the expression on Snape's face seemed to be frozen, and his whole body exuded a cold aura.

The three professors were not fools. Combining the continuous intelligence, within a few seconds, the three of them understood that someone had impersonated Snape and entered Gryffindor, which made the incident even more complicated.

The magic that separates male and female dormitories is actually designed to be relatively simple. Professors approved by the school can enter, and currently it seems that even professors transformed from polyjuice potion can ignore this magic.

This was unacceptable to Snape, who was essentially aloof. Even though he was a double agent, everything he did was in line with his own conscience, even if in the eyes of others, he behaved strangely and did extreme things.But as the youngest potions master in the wizarding world and the youngest headmaster in the history of Hogwarts, Severus Snape never cared about mediocre attitudes.

Snape opened the door to his office and stepped inside.

Eric followed him, and as soon as he entered Snape's office, his nose couldn't help but wrinkle.

He couldn't tell how many different kinds of potion smells mixed together and penetrated into his nasal cavity. The irritating smell made his nose almost malfunction for two seconds.

In the dim room, a faint bright green light shines in the room. On the bookshelves on the wall, hundreds of glass bottles of different sizes stacked together reflect green light on the surface, reflecting the colorful liquids in the bottles, suspended in the air. The slimy plant and animal specimens are even more eerie.

Snape took out a bottle of potion from his cabinet, then took Eric out and continued walking deeper underground, continuously turning along a dark corridor, as if walking in a maze.After walking for about ten minutes, the two of them finally came to a quaint prison.

"Given that it was too early for you to be poisoned, if I go back to the office and prepare an antidote for you, your aloof father will probably have to come over tonight to collect your body."

Snapper opened the iron door of the dungeon, took Eric and continued walking inside, and said something at the same time.

Eric glanced at the records on the system map, and when he looked up again, he finally saw a damp stone wall.

"Water of Forgotten River"

Snape said the password to the stone wall, and saw a stone door hidden in the stone wall slowly opening.

The two walked in, and Eric finally saw that the number 12 in the exploration area that had been stuck on the task list for a week had finally changed to 13.

The Slytherin common room is different from the Gryffindor Tower. It is a long, low basement. The walls and ceiling are made of rough stone. The round, glowing green lamp is covered with iron. The chain was attached, hanging from the ceiling.

The only circular area is the bifurcation of the passage. Around a beautifully carved mantelpiece, there are dozens of carved chairs. A few students are sitting on the chairs at the moment, playing wizard chess.

Seeing Snape's figure, the students stood up in a hurry, lowering their heads and not daring to look at him.

But Snape ignored them and continued walking towards the right fork.

The students looked up secretly and saw Eric following behind the dean. Several of them suddenly widened their eyes and rubbed them as if they were dazzled.

Snape finally stopped in front of a stone wall, took out his wand from under his cloak, and tapped it a few times on the rough stone wall.