Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 1355 The Missing Professor

   Parkinson's missing?

   After Snape received the news and hurried back to Hogwarts to hear Amycus Carrow talk about Parkinson's disappearance, his face became more gloomy.

   "When was the last time you saw Parkinson?" Snape asked with a frown.

"Friday afternoon, he was still teaching the fifth graders normally, and no one saw him again after that." Amycus called Vincent Crabbe, the captain of the special operations team, and asked him to give Snape Report the information just collected.

  Neither the portraits in the castle, the ghosts nor the students, no one has seen Parkinson after Friday, so it is impossible to determine whether the black arts professor disappeared in the school or outside the school.

  The main reason is that Parkinson often leaves school on weekends. Except for the black magic party, Parkinson basically does not appear in front of the students on weekends. Unfortunately, the black magic party this weekend was cancelled.

   "Continue to investigate."

  After letting the members of the special operations team leave, Snape turned his head to Amycus and said, "I will get in touch with Yaxley and send someone from the Ministry of Magic to substitute for the students."

   "You seem to believe that something happened to Professor Parkinson?" Amycus was surprised by this.

   "I'm just planning for the worst."

  Snape looked expressionlessly at the dark clouds stirred up outside the window, it seemed that it was going to rain again.

"worst plans?"

   "You should have heard some bad rumors about the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

   "What rumor?"

"That position is cursed, every year the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts has an accident and cannot be re-elected." Snape said blankly, "In fact, this is not a rumor, because this kind of thing does happen every year, But no one ever knew why, I..."

   "So, you think Parkinson's disappearance is related to that ridiculous curse?"

   Amycus interrupted impatiently, thinking Snape's claim was ridiculous.

   "No, I'm just in case."

  Snape explained, "Because there was a similar case before, and it never appeared again after it disappeared."

   "Could it be someone from the Order of the Phoenix?"

   Amycus's meaning is self-evident, and he almost said that he doubted Professor McGonagall's group.

   "We don't have any evidence, and Parkinson just disappeared," Snape seemed to see the uneasiness of the woman in front of him.

   "When did you need evidence?" Amycus said grimly. "Use Veritaserum."

   "Because from what I've known for many years, they won't do such stupid things, but if you insist." Snape didn't refute, and took out a bottle of Veritaserum from the drawer and put it on the table.

   "This is the last bottle, I don't have time to brew this stuff recently."

   "Horace Slughorn can help cook it!" Amycus said without thinking.

   "Then you have to wait at least another month." Snape said impatiently, "Do what you should do, remember that it only takes three drops, I don't want to find another professor of transfiguration when I come back."

"Where are you going?"

   "Go find out if Parkinson is really missing."

  All the evidence points to a negative result. This matter is obviously not done by Professor McGonagall, so Amycus's "torture" is just a process.

   "That was probably a curse, because there have been similar cases before."

   After drinking black tea mixed with veritaserum, Professor McGonagall said something that irritated Amycus.

  In just one afternoon, the entire Hogwarts students knew about Parkinson's disappearance, and many students also believed that their black magic professor Parkinson disappeared due to a curse.

  As if to celebrate Parkinson's disappearance, some students set off fireworks late at night.

   Neither Filch nor the Special Operations Team could do anything about it.

  Where did Parkinson go? It became another mystery of Hogwarts.

  However, no one expected that their black arts professors were actually all in Hogwarts, but they were locked up.

   Yes, Parkinson was turned into a mouse.

  Now he is put into an iron cage and brought into the Room of Requirement, and he can be regarded as getting his wish to enter the gathering place of Dumbledore's Army.

   "It's best not to let more people know about this!" Ernie said, looking at the mouse cage covered by a black cloth.

   "Or, give it to me!" Michael said suddenly.

   "You don't intend to kill it, do you!" Seamus turned his head suddenly and looked at Michael with horrified eyes.

   "No, no, I just want to keep raising it, and letting him continue to live as a mouse is the greatest punishment for it." Michael was in a very good mood.

   "Maybe we should turn those Death Eaters into rats, they are really not fit to continue living as humans."

  Ernie and Seamus both saw the uneasiness in each other's eyes, and both felt that Michael seemed to have changed.

  …

   "So, you turned Parkinson into a mouse?"

   Albert raised his eyebrows and looked at Fred, who was a little embarrassed, and asked, "There shouldn't be any evidence left!"

"No, Parkinson is often not at school on weekends. I still drink compound potions and show up in the Leaky Cauldron. I believe no one will suspect that the Hogwarts professor murdered him. They will only think that Parkinson is outside. Lost."

Fred was a little proud of this matter, and he didn't forget to propose to Albert: "In the future, if we defeat those dark wizards, we can actually turn them into mice and raise them, so that not only will we not have to kill people, It can also prevent the group of vicious dark wizards from continuing to do bad things, and it can kill several things in one fell swoop."

   "Why, you are not going to be the owner of the joke shop now, but plan to change to the owner of the pet shop?" Albert joked with a smile.

   "Is that a bad idea?" Fred asked suspiciously.

   "Some things can be done secretly, but you can't do it blatantly. If you let the Death Eaters know what you have done, what do you think will happen?" Albert asked rhetorically.

   "They're sure to say I'm doing a good job!"

  Fred blinked mischievously, knowing that Albert didn't blame him for it.

"It will definitely cause a new round of turmoil, and you probably don't want a case like Hagrid to reappear!" Albert glared at Fred: "The bottom line of the Death Eaters is far lower than ours, so there is no need Whoever has a lower bottom line than them, we can't compare with them."

"Don't make this matter public again. Remember to remind the three of them. As for Parkinson, let him spend the rest of his time as a mouse, as punishment for hurting the Hogwarts students. I think this should be able to Take the anger out of the hearts of the students."

Albert had made similar considerations when Fred mentioned turning the defeated Death Eaters and Dark Wizards into mice. This is actually no different from his plan to turn people into homeless people, but this kind of It's not a good idea for too many people to know, because most people's level of secrecy is really bad.

   Really let them act so recklessly, it is guaranteed that the British wizarding world will be in chaos.

   Both sides will retaliate against each other.

  For Albert, doing so is not only useless, but it will attract firepower to himself, which is completely worth the candle.

  So, pretending that you don't know anything is the best choice right now.

  …

   "I heard about Parkinson's."

   After Snape came out of the rising fire, he looked directly at the man on the sofa and asked straight to the point.

"Old Tom saw Parkinson at the Leaky Cauldron on the weekend, he seems to have gone to Knockturn Alley, and there is no news of him after that." Yaxley pushed a folder in front of Snape, "Your list , A total of five people are willing, but you also know that the curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, even if the name is changed, the **** curse cannot be eliminated, so they are not willing to accept this job for a long time."

   "Parkinson's matter has nothing to do with the Order of the Phoenix?" Snape opened the folder and took out a piece of parchment from inside.

   "Did you hear anything?" Yaxley asked, looking up.

"No, I thought it would be done by the Order of the Phoenix or the Defense Association. Although similar cases have happened before, Parkinson's disappearance is indeed abnormal." Snape tapped his finger on the table and said: " You don't mind if I use your people!"

   "Are you planning to continue the investigation?" Yaxley was a little surprised.

   "Yes, I think it is necessary. It is enough to give me a small team, and I will pay them enough."

  Yaxley didn't object, so he agreed. He was just a little surprised that Snape didn't have any available helpers around him, but it was true after thinking about it.

   "Aurors?"

  After reading the document in his hand, Snape slightly raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are there no Death Eaters?"

"Your treatment is not as good as that of the Ministry of Magic." Yaxley shrugged and said, "It's not attractive to most people. They prefer to make more money now. The group of guys in your hand are just not good enough. I'd rather work for the Ministry of Magic than I'm going to try my luck with you."

   “I need to meet with them to determine who is the right person for the job.”

  Since it was an Auror who came to teach the students, Snape naturally chose someone with a higher level.

  After finishing Snape's work as a substitute professor, Yaxley left him to discuss the next private meeting.

  Since the Dark Lord is not in the UK recently, Yaxley and Snape, the two Dark Lord's right-hand men, have the final say on the private gathering of the Death Eaters.

   This is also the main reason why Yaxley is willing to give Snape convenience. The interests of the two parties do not actually conflict.

   "Are you going to mobilize Death Eaters to suppress the commotion in Hogsmeade?" Of course Snape had heard about what happened in Hogsmeade.

   "Yes, it's not suitable to continue to mess up there." Yaxley said seriously.

   "I'm fine, but will that really work?" Snape was very dissatisfied with Yaxley's decision, "I mean, I'm afraid this can only solve the problem temporarily."

   “Problems will always exist, and I never expect to be able to completely solve them.”

  Yaxley knew that he had to solve Hogsmeade's problems before the Dark Lord returned to England, especially when four or five Death Eaters died in one breath. He had to give a reasonable explanation, otherwise he would be in trouble.

  (end of this chapter)