I, Hogwarts Week Two

Chapter 523 Abnormal Event

Ron's poisoning incident was quickly forgotten as he didn't care.

After all, this incident accelerated the progress of his relationship with Koyatel.

As for the murderer, it is destined to be impossible to find out, because the sources of those packages are too many, and it will take a long time to investigate them one by one. Besides, there are not enough people to investigate now.

However, both Coatl and Owen understood that the murderer must be among the Purgers and the fairies, because only these two forces were the most hostile to her.

As for Hermione, her situation is more complicated.

Because there were too many people who were suspected of this. However, because the poisoning method was not sophisticated, the Aurors caught several murderers, all of whom were members of pure-blood families. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement only took one day to complete the trial. Since there were no casualties, they did not sentence the murderer to death. On average, each person received seven or eight years of vacation in Azkaban.

Compared with the case itself, the consequences caused by this incident are more important.

It exposes the hostility of quite a number of wizards in the current magical world towards integration with the Muggle world. Poisoning Hermione is only the result. This hostility is the breeding ground. As long as it exists, there will always be other conspiracies and intrigues.

This kind of thing cannot be avoided, she must face it. Reform will always infringe on the interests of some of the original privileged classes. At present, there is no good solution. The best way is to defeat Voldemort and completely eliminate the Death Eaters and other dark wizards, and establish a new magical order with the prestige after victory.

After a while, the wind and rain in the castle calmed down a little.

Harry turned his focus back to the Quidditch game.

However, after this incident, Slughorn's liking for him increased several times.

After all, if it weren't for Harry, he might have been branded as having killed a student.

Even if the Ministry of Magic did not put him on trial, for Slughorn, who valued fame, his life would almost be over.

He began to look for various opportunities to be alone with Harry, and constantly showed off his complicated interpersonal relationships in front of Harry, but unfortunately Harry was not interested in any of that.

He was just upset that his training time was reduced.

March is quickly coming to an end.

As April begins, spring has arrived in the Scottish Highlands.

The snow melted and the Black Lake became sparkling again.

From time to time, some sirens would jump out of the water.

There were little wizards everywhere in the open space outside Hogwarts.

Most of them were little wizards in the sixth and seventh grades, and they were all anxiously practicing Apparition as the exam on Apparition was about to begin.

In the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

The class began with Snape's voice, "You're late again, Potter. Ten points deducted from Gryffindor."

Harry glared at Snape and rushed to sit down in the chair next to Ron. Half the class was still standing, picking up books and sorting things, so he was not much late.

"Before we begin, I want to see your Dementor papers," said Snape, and with a casual flick of his wand twenty-five rolls of parchment rose into the air and fell into a neat pile on his desk. "I hope it's better than that crap about resisting the Imperius Curse. Now, please open your books to Mr. Finnigan. What's going on?"

"Sir," Seamus said, "I have a question. How can we tell if a package is dangerous without opening it? Because this Christmas..."

"No one would want to poison you." Snape said coldly. "If you want to know how to detoxify, then you should ask Professor Slughorn."

"But sir, the package may not contain all poison. It may also be a magical trap. Hermione..."

"I think you should focus on this class, Mr. Finnigan, because you are not worth being attacked by Death Eaters or any other Dark wizards. Tell me, what can you do?"

"I" Seamus raised his head angrily. What Snape said was too hurtful.

"Look at their targets. They are either the magic princess or the savior's friend." Snape said sarcastically. "The savior himself escaped safely. It's a cause for celebration. Unfortunately, the people around him are unlucky. Or maybe he is a disaster. Ever since he entered Hogwarts, chaos has begun in this castle."

"Harry is not a disaster!" Ron stood up angrily. He was discharged from the hospital after two weeks. Mrs. Pomfrey wanted to keep him for a few more days for observation, but Ron was too impatient. He was lying down every day and felt uncomfortable.

"I think we should put some energy into finding the murderer instead of making sarcastic remarks here. Maybe the murderer is in the castle."

"Haha..." Snape looked down at Ron, "I didn't know that love potions could also enhance one's eloquence. You have made great progress in potions. However, Gryffindor will deduct ten points for offending the professor."

"Of course, our potion skills have improved a lot," Ron insisted, "because there is no more sarcasm."

"Ron." Hermione grabbed his arm, but Ron was like a warrior at this time, perhaps because Harry saved his life, so he was particularly tough at this time.

"What a joke." Snape stared at him. "What do you think your progress is based on? Just your brains that have never been opened in the past five years?"

"Also, don't think I don't know who stole some of the precious herbs missing from my collection in the second and fourth years, and perhaps more recently. If you and your friends had even an ounce of conscience and shame, you would never say such a thing at this moment. As expected, simple-minded wizards do not understand what respect is. Therefore, another twenty points from Gryffindor. You deserve it."

"You" Ron was about to deduct you, we don't care to say it out loud.

But Hermione was faster. She grabbed Ron and covered his mouth with her hands.

If she continued, she was afraid they would start fighting.

Although she didn't think Ron could beat Snape at all.

And

Snape actually knew that he had stolen his herbs?

But recently. What does that mean?

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Seeing that Ron was controlled by Hermione and stopped talking, Snape also looked away sarcastically.

"Now open the book to page 130 and read the first two paragraphs on the Cruciatus Curse."

Ron sulked the entire class.

When the bell rang, he was the first to leave the classroom.

Koyatel followed, followed by Harry.

Owen went to the library with the resentful Hermione.

The little witch is feeling sorry for her forty points.

At noon, they met Ron again in the auditorium.

He was reading through a book called "Common Apparition Mistakes and How to Avoid Them" while Koyatel was watching him.

Actually, this is what he should be concerned about recently.

<divclass="contentadv">The Apparition exam is approaching. Harry is not going to take the exam this year because of his age. He will become an adult in the second half of the year. The same goes for Owen. Although his birthday is in June, the exam is held in early May, so he can't make it.

There was definitely nothing wrong with Hermione.

Others were also busy studying.

Ron was the most dangerous because he had been delayed in the school hospital for some time.

"You finally did something." Hermione looked at Ron complainingly, "You knew Snape was always looking for trouble. And you still..."

"Bang..." Ron slammed the book shut. "I just can't stand this. Why did he treat Harry like that? Just because his father took his mother away? Haha - if you ask me, he deserves it. With a person like him, no witch would like him."

"What did Owen say before? Snape felt guilty? Ha - I don't see any guilt at all."

"The guilt is towards Harry's mother, not him," Owen said from the side.

"Stop..." Harry couldn't help it, "I don't want to know about the things between my mother and Snape at all."

"Compared to these, Ron, you should be more concerned about the Apparition exam!" He rubbed his head and said impatiently. "Unlike me, even if I master the Apparition, I can only take the exam next year. This is really unfair."

"If the Ministry of Magic does not impose restrictions, young wizards who try this magic at a very young age will definitely get hurt or even suffer greater tragedies." Hermione opened the book at hand, then took out a piece of parchment, writing and drawing on it as she spoke.

"It can be changed to an application system. We can apply proactively if we think we are capable. It's so pedantic and brainless." Harry complained.

"Okay, tell me about you and Slughorn." Owen said from the side.

Harry looked tired, "I think we have a good relationship already."

"It couldn't be better. He has been looking for you almost every day recently." Ron complained, "Even more diligent than Ginny."

"But there's always something missing. I think it's lack of a suitable occasion. A little bit of luck." Harry ignored Ron's complaints and said.

"Luck?" Owen was stunned, and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a bottle of Luck Potion.

Pick a time to give Harry some.

Hmmm - it looks like Hagrid's Acromantula, Aragog, is going to die.

Maybe one day the time will be right.

"Oh, by the way, about the murderer who poisoned you," he said to Coatl who was standing next to Ron.

"There's not much information. The other party is hiding very deeply. I think it might be the remnant of the Purger." The girl said. "I will find the murderer and drown him in the Black Lake."

"There are many sirens in the Black Lake. He may not die. It's possible..." Ron suddenly said for no reason, and then immediately noticed that the girl's eyes were a little strange, and immediately changed the topic and said, "Oh! I recently discovered a secret."

"Secret?" Owen looked at him. "What secret? Did Voldemort sneak into Hogwarts?"

"What?" Ron rolled his eyes at him. "It's Malfoy!"

"Malfoy?" Owen raised his eyebrows. "What's wrong with him?"

"I heard from my mother that when Professor McGonagall was talking to Snape, she heard some information about the victims of poisoning. In addition to me, Koyalt, and Hermione, there was another person whose Christmas present also had some poison in it."

"Malfoy?" Harry turned around and said in surprise, "Him? But who would kill him? Although he is indeed quite annoying."

"Not necessarily." Owen said, "Lucius has now completely betrayed Voldemort. He and his wife have gone somewhere unknown. The remaining Death Eaters can't find him, so they will naturally target Draco."

"Hmph - it's just dog biting dog, don't bother with it." Harry snorted, not caring.

"He's in school, so he's safe. But what about holidays, summer vacation, etc?" Owen suddenly remembered something. "Malfoy probably didn't go home for Christmas. If the gifts he sent to Hogwarts want to be sent to Hogwarts, they must be reviewed by the Aurors. How did the package get in?"

"I don't know," said Ron. "But the thing did appear at Hogwarts."

"Okay." Owen shrugged. Maybe it had something to do with Snape.

"Hey, Owen." As he was speaking, Ginny walked in from outside the hall.

"Hey, why are you here?" she said. "I just saw you. Okay, maybe I was mistaken."

"Huh?" Owen looked at her.

"Just now I saw a figure with silver hair on the second floor, and I thought it was you." Ginny explained, "But many people in the academy dyed their hair silver. You set the trend."

"This is not a good trend." Owen sneered and brushed the hair off his forehead. "This is a curse."

"Others don't think so," said Ginny. "Silver hair has almost become a fashion at Hogwarts. Many girls have learned to grow their hair long or dye their hair silver."

"Thank you, I still like my old black hair," said Owen.

"Black represents mystery, maybe." The person who spoke had a very low voice, almost a murmur, but Owen's hearing was different from that of ordinary people, so he still heard it.

"Susan, what are you talking about?" He turned his head suddenly and looked at Susan who was sitting with another girl at the Hufflepuff table behind him.

"Ah?" The little witch raised her head in panic and subconsciously covered the parchment beside her. "No, nothing."

"Nothing?" Owen stood up and walked straight towards her.

Susan hurriedly stuffed the parchment beside her into her pocket, then stood up and was about to leave. Unfortunately, no matter how fast she was, she could not be faster than someone's spell.

Susan, who was petrified on the spot, had a panicked expression and her body was in a posture as if she was going to escape.

Owen stepped forward and pulled the parchments from her pocket.

"."

Just one look and he knew what it was.

"Owen!" Behind him, Hermione said with a slightly angry tone. She waved her wand to remove the petrification spell on Susan. "You shouldn't be here. What is this?"

The little witch's eyes fell on Susan's parchment in Owen's hand.

That's a painting.