Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 1190 Stupid Murder

"What happened?"

  The screams startled all the customers in the bar.

The Hogwarts students who were drinking butter beer and chatting nonsense with their friends got up from their chairs and rushed to the door of the bar. They saw a group of people on the street not far away, and everyone looked up. Sky.

   There was a man floating in the sky, screaming terribly.

  More people moved closer to that side, but they just watched from the sidelines, and no one went up to help.

  In fact, they can’t be blamed for this. Many people panicked and didn’t know what to do.

  Even the residents of Hogsmeade couldn't do anything about it. In the end, a few Aurors who were in charge of the Hogsmeade patrol task rushed over after noticing the movement here, trying to rescue the poor girl floating in mid-air.

"what happened?"

  Harry asks Fred, George and Lee Jordan who are helping to keep order.

   "Don't know, but hope she's okay."

George frowned and looked at the Auror who was trying to break the curse. He felt that these guys were unreliable, so he reminded him aloud, "It's best to find a way to put him down first, and then send him to Hogwarts, which is far away from here." Recently, perhaps Dumbledore can lift the spell on her."

   In his opinion, the Aurors probably couldn't break the spell on Katie.

  The Aurors suddenly realized that they were about to pick up the **** the ground. George had already taken out a bottle of potion from his pocket and poured it on Katie's face, which eased her pain and screams to a certain extent.

"you…"

   "Do you still have the antidote?" George asked back.

   "I have a bottle here."

Fred reached into his pocket and took out a bottle of potion and threw it to George, then said to the two dazed Aurors, "It's better to ride a broomstick, it'll be faster. Madam Rosmerta, don't you mind borrowing it?" Take a look at the broomsticks in the store.

   "Oh, no problem, I'll get it now."

   "No, I'll do it!"

  Fred used the Flying Charm to easily summon the broomstick in the Three Broomsticks bar, and at the same time summoned a stretcher out of thin air to transfer Katie onto it.

   "What kind of potion is that?" An Auror couldn't help asking, he found that the curse on the student had been relieved to a certain extent.

  "The anti-curse potion can wash away most of the curses, but the effect can only be considered average."

  The two Aurors looked at each other, and some doubted who was the real professional who had received Auror training. After they fixed him, they quickly flew to Hogwarts on a stretcher.

  Looking at the backs of the Aurors leaving, the Weasley twins couldn't help shaking their heads. He found that these Aurors were even more unreliable than expected.

   "Does anyone know what happened?"

   "You are Katie's friend."

  Lee Jordan was one of the first group of people who arrived here, and he had already targeted the girl who was most likely to know the truth.

   "Can you tell us what happened here, who put a spell on Katie?"

  Everyone turned their attention to the girl who was frightened and cried, hoping to get some useful news from her.

  Hermione couldn't stand it any longer. She hurried to the girl, put her arm around her, and comforted her softly, "Don't worry, Katie will be fine."

   "You are Lini, what happened just now, who cast a spell on Katie."

   "What... no, there is a package... something will happen if you tear it open." Li Ni said with a choked voice.

   "What package?"

"I do not know…"

   "Don't touch that thing," Harry yelled, startling the whispering students.

"What?"

  The boy who was yelled at by Harry was frightened and froze in place, stopping to pick up the package, obviously not understanding what Harry meant.

   "Don't touch the package on the ground, that thing is cursed."

  Harry had already seen what was peeking out of the package, an opal necklace, he couldn't be sure if it was the opal necklace from Bokin Burke's, but it was definitely dangerous.

  Fred did a trick, took a spy device out of his pocket, poked it at the package, and quickly confirmed that Harry was right, that the opal necklace inside the package was indeed a Dark Magic item.

   "It has to be sent to Hogwarts, maybe Dumbledore needs to find out what the Dark Curse is on it."

George waved his wand and rewrapped the package. For safety reasons, he put a layer of shell on it to ensure safety, then looked around and asked: "Who would like to do it for you, and send Lini back to Hogwarts by the way?" tz?"

  Everyone looked at each other, but no one offered to help.

   Just when Harry was about to stand up, he heard George say.

   "Forget it, I'll go on my own, let's go." George stretched out his hand to help the girl named Lini, and apparated away with her.

   "I might have seen it at Bokin Burke, that opal necklace."

  In the Three Broomsticks bar, Harry lowered his voice and said to the people around him, "It seems that someone bought that necklace and wanted to pass through Katie, bring it into Hogwarts, and use it to kill someone."

   "I don't think the probability is high Harry." Hermione shook her head and directly denied Harry's opinion.

When she noticed that everyone was looking at her, Hermione felt a little nervous, took a deep breath, and explained uncomfortably, "This year Hogwarts has strengthened security measures, I don't believe that necklace will be released without knowing it." into Hogwarts without the circumstances."

   "Maybe someone tried to kill Filch with that necklace," Ron complained.

   "This is impossible Ron, I think Filch will probably use a spy device to determine whether it is a black magic item after seeing the package."

   "Are you trying to say that the guy who tried to murder others with the necklace is an idiot?" Fred took out a bottle from his pocket, took a sip, and teased with a smile.

   "When did you carry a wine bottle like Mad-Eye?" Ron looked suspiciously at Fred's silver wine bottle.

   "We don't dare to eat outside now. God knows if someone will add some special seasoning to the food." Lee Jordan also has the same bottle.

"You should pay attention to Cedric. If I must add something to your drink and put you down, then you will be finished." Fred took another sip and handed the bottle to the old man. Interested Harry asked, "Would you like some?"

   "What wine is in it?" Harry asked after smelling it.

   "Wine warm, it tastes warm." Fred said with a smile, "Dobby helped prepare it, it really helped us a lot."

   "Dobby?" Qiu Zhang asked puzzled.

   "A house elf hired by Albert." Cedric said with emotion, "He is currently responsible for helping take care of our lives."

   "Look, even you are not against hiring house-elves," said Hermione excitedly.

   However, no one answered her words.

   "It always feels like you are becoming more and more like Aurors." Ron couldn't help complaining.

"If you are being targeted by someone and you don't want to be unlucky because of it, you have to learn to be careful." Fred shook the bottle with a smile, and resumed the topic just now, "I dare say Katie will definitely be caught by someone. Cast the Imperius Curse, and the guy who cast the Imperius Curse on her was a fool."

   "If you ask Albert for divination, you should be able to find the culprit, right?" Harry asked suddenly.

   "Should be able to, but I don't think he should waste time on a fool."

George walked up to Harry, pulled a chair with a smile and sat down beside him. Under everyone's gaze, he said in a low voice, "The murderer should be hiding in the Three Broomsticks. Linny said Katie went to the Three Broomsticks." After returning from the toilet in the broom bar, she became a bit weird, still holding the unmarked package in her hand. She thought that Katie should not agree to hand over the suspicious item. The package was ripped open and the opal necklace inside fell out and Katie obviously had to touch that necklace to get seriously hurt."

   "That's impossible..." Hermione said suddenly.

"What?"

  Everyone looked at Hermione in puzzlement.

   "If a Death Eater or a dark wizard approaches the three bars, the detection pocket watch will definitely respond." Hermione took out the detection pocket watch Albert sent from her pocket.

   "If the person who cast the Imperius Curse on Katie is also cast with the Imperius Curse by someone else, it won't be detected by detecting the pocket watch." Fred reminded kindly. He was well aware of the shortcomings of detecting pocket watches.

   "Katie all right!" Harry asked.

   "Snape seemed to be healing her when I left..."

   "Wait, you mean Snape is treating Katie?"

"Yes, Dumbledore is not at school. Professor McGonagall asked Snape to check Katie's injuries and help her with emergency treatment. I heard that they are planning to send Katie to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries regular treatment."

   "Who do you think Katie wants to give that necklace to?" Cedric asked suddenly.

"Me or Dumbledore." Harry said without hesitation: "However, I can be ruled out. After all, I am here, and Katie can bring it to me directly. If you open that package directly, you will definitely touch the necklace , no matter who that person is, it will be bad luck."

  Harry felt that he was lucky. If it was him, he might have demolished it on the spot. At least, he never had the habit of carrying a secret detector with him at all times.

   "I don't think Dumbledore will be tricked." Fred shook his head.

"A package without any markings is very suspicious no matter how you look at it." George explained, "In the past, when we helped Albert unpack this kind of package, we would be very careful to prevent any spells or other things in the package. Dark magic item."

  The three of them are all experienced in this area.

  In their view, even Albert was on guard, let alone Dumbledore. They would definitely be suspicious when they saw such an unmarked package.

  "We have discussed for so long, and we have confirmed one thing, that is, the guy who delivered the package is an out-and-out idiot." Harry felt absurd.

   "It's really an idiot. Even if there is no accident with Katie, the package will be stopped by Filch, and it won't be able to enter Hogwarts at all." Ron shrugged.

   "Harry, who are you suspecting?"

"nothing?"

   "Say it, it's better than holding it in your heart, maybe I can help you refer to it." George suggested.

   "Well, I suspect that this matter is related to Draco Malfoy. Although there is no evidence, I always feel that this matter is likely to be done by him."

After Harry noticed the expressions on other people's faces, he shrugged his shoulders pretending to be relaxed and said, "Of course, this is just a suspicion, so I think I should ask Albert to help with divination, and I will definitely know who did it .”

   "I don't know if Draco Malfoy did it, but according to Lini..." George secretly looked at Mrs. Rosmerta at the bar counter.

   "You think Mrs. Rosmerta is under the Imperius Curse?" Cedric immediately realized what George meant.

   Several people turned their heads to look at Mrs. Rosmerta, but they couldn't see anything wrong.

   "The necklace was given to Katie, it should be just an accident, maybe Mrs. Rosmerta will give it to any Hogwarts student who goes to the bathroom alone?" George briefly stated his guess.

   "But, how come no one sees something wrong with Mrs. Rosmerta?" Ron felt incredible.

"Mrs. Rosmerta is not a strong-willed person. Using the Imperius Curse to control her is not difficult." Fred looked at Cedric and asked, "You couldn't see that your friend was under the Imperius Curse. Take control!"

   "I can't see it at all." Cedric shook his head and said

   "What should we do, expose Mrs. Rosmerta to the Ministry of Magic?" Qiu Zhang looked anxiously at his boyfriend, who was drinking a glass of butterbeer here just now.

"No, keep this matter secret first, and tell Dumbledore when the time comes, and let Dumbledore handle it." George turned his head to Harry and said, "I think this should be the safest way, and Harry , if you are fine, go back to school as soon as possible, even if there are Aurors patrolling here, it is not safe, we will leave here as soon as possible."

   "Wait, don't forget about the Defense Association." Cedric quickly reminded

   "Oh, this matter, next time I will teach you something simpler, and you can discuss it later." Fred said without thinking.

   "We originally planned to teach how to build a temporary camp to protect our own safety." Hermione said what she was going to say at the party.

   "That's a good idea. Let's teach this when the time comes. It's very practical." George made a decision, not forgetting to remind the three of them to leave.

   "I hope to ask Albert for divination."

   "Don't waste money Harry, I guess Dumbledore can guess who did it." Fred reached out and patted Harry on the shoulder, followed the others to go outside, and then directly used Apparition to leave.

   "Harry, are you still suspicious of Malfoy?" Hermione asked on the way back to school.

"Yes, I have a hunch that this matter has something to do with Malfoy." Harry talked about the reason why he would guess that way, "Lucius Malfoy tried to assassinate Albert at the wedding last time, but he was enchanted The ambush by the Ministry of Defense killed many Death Eaters, and they are still imprisoned in Azkaban. The Malfoy family is basically finished. If the Malfoy family wants to regain Voldemort's trust, killing Dumbledore is undoubtedly the best Choice. As you know, Voldemort wants Dumbledore to die."

   "But Malfoy is underage." Hermione reminded.

   "You shouldn't be judging by age, that's pretty ridiculous."

   "After all, I'm not an adult either!" Harry showed a rather strange expression, "But I still have to face all that, I have no choice."

   "Maybe the whole thing is an order given to Draco Malfoy by the mysterious man."

   "Why did the mysterious man do that?" Ron asked puzzled.

   "Revenge, revenge for Lucius Malfoy's incompetence, revenge for his failure to keep the diary, which caused the Horcrux to be destroyed by me." Harry said softly, "Voldemort has never been a big-hearted person."

  (end of this chapter)