【HP】I don’t want to fall in love, I just want to mess around

On the day of the Quidditch match, another attack occurred.

This time it was Hermione who was petrified.

Due to the sudden incident, the Quidditch match was temporarily canceled. Professor McGonagall appeared and asked the students to return to the lounge to wait.

Today's game was Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff. Almost all the students in the school came to watch the game, and Esther was also among the crowd.

She vaguely heard Professor McGonagall saying that two students were attacked this time, and then Ron and Harry followed.

There was a lot of discussion among the surrounding students, and in the end, no matter whether they were willing or not, they were all taken back to the lounge.

Once back in the Hufflepuff common room, it soon became clear what had happened.

It was Penelope Crevat of Ravenclaw and Hermione Granger of Gryffindor, who were found petrified in the library.

Sometimes Esther was surprised at how quickly her Hufflepuff classmates gathered information. It had just happened not long after the attack, but they had already figured it out along the way.

This intelligence gathering speed is unparalleled.

Of course, gossip spread quickly without regard for the lives of others. Esther, as a victim, felt this deeply.

The words went a bit far.

Professor Sprout appeared in the lounge, and students swarmed around him, asking about the current situation.

Professor Sprout comforted the students and then issued an order: "Due to a new attack, students must return to the common room of their college before six o'clock in the evening. No students are allowed to leave the dormitory after this time. After that, every Each class will be escorted by a teacher, and no student is allowed to use the bathroom without a teacher, all Quidditch practices and matches have been postponed, and no activities will be conducted in the evening."

Professor Sprout rarely spoke to them in such a serious tone, let alone used so many decisive words such as "must" and "must not".

This made everyone feel the seriousness of the problem.

"Professor, I heard that the ones who were petrified this time were Penelo Crivat of Ravenclaw and Hermione Granger of Gryffindor, right?"

Ernie mustered up the courage to raise his hand and ask Professor Sprout a question.

Professor Sprout nodded: "Yes, it's these two poor girls."

"But... isn't Crevat a half-blood?" Ernie's face suddenly turned pale: "The heir of Slytherin doesn't only hurt wizards of Muggle origin, so why does he attack half-bloods?"

Ernie's question caused another uproar.

"Yes! Why would you attack a mixed race?"

"Then am I not in danger?"

"No, is Penelope Crevat a mixed-race? Could it be that she is a Muggle wizard but claims to be a mixed-race?"

"Penelope Crevat is a Ravenclaw and not a Slytherin. Why did she lie about her origin? Ravenclaw does not discriminate against Muggle wizards, they only discriminate against idiots."

"Speaking of Slytherin, it seems that only Slytherin students have not been attacked. It must be them!"

"Do you still have to think about it? The heir of Slytherin must be Slytherin. Otherwise, can it still be Hufflepuff?"

……

The students were discussing each other sentence by sentence, and the uneasy atmosphere was spreading rapidly.

In the entire Hogwarts, Hufflepuff has the highest ratio of Muggles to half-blood wizards among the four houses, and the overall population is also large, so students in Hufflepuff are more fearful than students in other houses.

Professor Sprout sighed. She wanted to tell her students that the problem was not big, but the fact was that it was already serious.

"I don't want to scare you, but what I want to say is that if this continues, Hogwarts may be closed."

Sprout left these words, then turned and left.

There are still many things that these professors need to deal with, and she can't stay here for too long.

The dean's words made the little badgers even more panicked. After a brief silence, everyone broke out into a more intense discussion.

Some people think that Hogwarts is too dangerous now and closing it would be a good thing.

Of course, this idea is still in the minority, and most people do not want to close schools.

Ernie no longer believed that Harry was the heir of Slytherin at this time, and he began to doubt Draco Malfoy.

Esther's mouth moved, but she still didn't tell her that Draco was not the heir of Slytherin.

With the speed at which Hufflepuff spreads gossip, if she revealed a little bit about Harry and the others using Polyjuice Potion to become Draco's followers and sneaking into the Slytherin lounge to find out information, it would probably be spread the next day. Professor Snape's ears.

Once Professor Snape found out that Harry and the others had stolen his herbs to make Polyjuice Potion, they would really be unable to eat it and walk away.

The next day, worse news came.

Headmaster Dumbledore was removed from office by the school governors.

This move dissatisfied many people.

"Really, a school without Dumbledore is more dangerous. What do these school directors think?"

Ernie complained to her.

Ernie has been worried about Esther recently because of the incident of mixed-race being attacked, so he followed her closely to protect her safety.

Esther was touched, but also expressed that Ernie didn't have to wait outside when she went to the bathroom, because it seemed a bit obscene.

When summer comes, the school has not yet been closed. The grass outside the castle becomes greener and greener, and countless wild flowers of all kinds are in bloom.

The hot sunshine was shining down, but it could not dispel the panic in the students' hearts. Everyone was cautious, and even the laughter was much less.

Of course there are exceptions.

For example, Draco Malfoy has been very flamboyant recently and will intimidate some junior Muggle wizards whenever he gets the chance.

Perhaps because of Professor Snape's warning, he never called anyone else a "Mudblood" again.

No one knew what his arrogance was, maybe it was because Dumbledore was driven away by the school directors, and his father happened to be one of the school directors.

In addition, Madam Pomfrey has stopped letting people visit the petrified students recently.

Ernie went there several times but was blocked from the door. Unwilling to do so, he even dragged Esther along with him.

Because he had heard somewhere that Madam Pomfrey liked Esther very much.

Of course, the result was that he was rejected again without any surprise.

Also rejected along with them were Harry and Ron.

They came to see me, Hermione.

The three boys were dejected, but Esther remained calm.

She had known it would end like this.

"Harry!"

Ernie mustered up the courage to stop Harry: "I want to say I'm sorry. I suspected you were the murderer before, but I knew you would never hurt Granger, so my guess was wrong. I'm sorry to target you like that before."

Harry was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "It's okay."

They shook each other's hands and the misunderstanding between them disappeared.