Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

"The name is a bit strange, but I don't think he is a bad person." Quirrell replied with an unpredictable expression.

"Have you seen him?" Dean asked curiously.

"...we had a chance encounter." Quirrell said after a moment of silence.

"Okay, I will definitely help you keep an eye on it." Dean promised, patting his chest, and at the same time he felt happy. He wanted to check the information on the Mysterious Walker anyway, and now he could do it openly.

"This is a secret between the two of us. I don't want others to know." Quirrell warned in a low voice.

"Don't worry, I keep my mouth shut." Dean said that he wished he could keep it a secret. The fewer people who knew about the Secret Walker, the safer he would be pretending to be.

"Then please." Quirrell nodded to Dean and walked out of the forbidden book area.

Before he reached the door, Dean heard Snape's voice: "Quirrell, what are you doing here?"

"This is none of your business, Professor Snape." Quirrell replied with a rare force.

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The sound of the two arguing gradually faded away, and Dean shook his head. It seemed that what happened in the Room of Requirement that night had a great impact on Quirrell.

In the following days, Dean spent one to two hours every day after dinner in the restricted book area. Mrs. Pince looked unhappy every time she saw him, but she did not stop him in the end.

The hard work paid off. After spending several nights, Dean finally found the Concealment Curse and the Disguise Curse in a book called "Medieval Witchcraft Guide". However, the progress bar for activating these two spells was too long for Dean. An felt desperate. Even with his diligence and practicing hard every day, he would not be able to activate before the second grade.

Well, I finally got something, but Dean still couldn't find any information about the Mysterious Walker. Quirrell asked several times during this period, but Dean's answer left him helpless.

Hermione found it incredible that Dean had the privilege of entering the restricted area. She wanted to find out the reason from him more than once, but Dean remained tight-lipped, but Hermione never gave up.

Finally, one time when he was doing homework in the common room, Dean was annoyed by Hermione and couldn't help but said: "I think you should care about Harry Potter. As the youngest college student in a century, Player, his first Quidditch match is about to begin - or you can pay attention to the Nimbus 2000 given to him by Professor McGonagall, which is the latest broomstick!"

Hermione seemed to be greatly insulted and looked at Dean with wide eyes. Dean then realized that raising a flying broom in front of Hermione, who was not good at flying, was tantamount to exposing his shortcomings in front of her, so he couldn't help but become sarcastic: "Well, the first Quidditch game is after Halloween, maybe we can take care of the Halloween party?"

"There's no need for you to be pretentious here!" Hermione packed up her books angrily and left the common room without looking back.

Dean shrugged helplessly at Ron, who was sitting opposite him, and received a thoughtful smile - none of the Gryffindor freshmen liked Hermione.

Dean felt that he should seriously consider Professor Quirrell's suggestion and have a good talk with Hermione - how about setting the time after the Halloween dinner?

On Halloween, I woke up to the sweet and tempting smell of roasted pumpkins wafting down the hallway.

All the students are very excited because Halloween is coming.

Not many people have the heart to attend class at such a time.

Perhaps noticing that the students were distracted, Professor Flitwick announced to Charms class that after a period of practice, he thought they could start practicing the Levitation Charm in practice.

Professor Flitwick's decision caused a burst of cheers, finally attracting the students' attention from the upcoming Halloween dinner.

Ever since he saw Professor Flitwick making Neville's toads fly around the classroom in the first Charms class, he had been eager to try this skill.

Professor Flitwick divided the class into teams of two and began training.Dean's partner is Neville, and he is very aware of this. Working with Neville at least does not have to worry about the feathers used for experiments exploding. This is something Harry should worry about - Harry is very unfortunate and Seamus Assigned to a group.

As for Ron, he was paired with Hermione, who seemed very dissatisfied with this.

Dean found that Hermione's attention had been on him ever since Professor Flitwick announced that this lesson was a practice of the Levitation Charm.

Dean suspected that Hermione had noticed his unsuccessful use of the Levitation Charm to save Neville during flying lessons.

So when they were divided into groups, Dean immediately chose Neville, who no one wanted to partner with, and Professor Flitwick finally left Ron, who had no partner, to Hermione, making both of them look very annoyed.

"Okay, don't forget that subtle wrist movement we have been training!" Professor Flitwick stood on his pile of books as usual, reminding the key to casting spells in a sharp voice: "One wave and one shake, Remember, wave and shake.”

"Also remember to recite the spell correctly. Don't forget that wizard Baruffio said the 'f' instead of an 's', and found himself lying on the floor with a bison standing on his chest." Hermione added in a low voice. road.

Dean glanced at Hermione. This was indeed a painful lesson that Professor Flitwick had repeatedly repeated, but it seemed less unpopular when Hermione repeated it again.

"That's right! That's exactly what I wanted to say. Miss Granger's reminder was very timely - five points for Gryffindor." Professor Flitwick happened to hear Hermione's reminder and praised loudly.

Seeing Hermione raising her proud little tail again without knowing it, Dean couldn't help but secretly raised his forehead: If things continue like this, you will never be able to make friends.

It's a pity that Hermione obviously hasn't realized this yet, and is still complacent about being "smart" and earning 5 points for Gryffindor.

"Come on, Neville, you go first, don't be nervous." Dean tried hard not to think about Hermione, and said to Neville with a kind smile.

Dean had always believed that Neville's ability was not bad, but he just suffered from a severe lack of self-confidence. No matter who was raised by the strict and rigid Mrs. Longbottom, it was difficult to avoid the lack of self-confidence.

"Okay, I'll try my best." Neville waved the old wand inherited from his father and shouted loudly at the feather between the two: "Wingardim Leviosa!"

Unfortunately, the feathers were as motionless as if they were growing on the floor.

"Don't worry, I noticed that your wrist is a little stiff, relax a little..." Dean guided patiently.

Fortunately, he was paired with Neville. Anyone else might not have listened to his advice humbly - he was not "Mr. Know-It-All" after all.

If Dean dictates to others like this, there is a high probability that he will be asked to demonstrate in person - you can do it!