Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 635 Curiosity killed the cat

  Albert never thought that Hermione would be attacked at this time.

  In his opinion, Tom Riddle's first target should be Gilderoy Lockhart, not other Muggle wizards.

  At least, Albert, who is plagued by panel tasks, has a higher probability of being attacked than others.

  Hermione was attacked, it should be just a coincidence.

  In the novel, Nearly Headless Nick also happened to save a certain Hufflepuff student, and this ghost happened to save Hermione now, which feels a bit like a revision of history.

  However, almost headless Nick was petrified, which always gave Albert an indescribable sense of weirdness.

   Is it really just a coincidence?

  Albert actually didn't know.

   This kind of weird feeling will be born, and it is more due to some of the time converter's saucy operations.

   After confirming the location of Ginny Weasley and taking out the detection ball to confirm that the basilisk had returned to the secret room, Albert went to the school hospital to visit the petrified Hermione.

  He met Harry and Ron in the corridor outside the school hospital. The two looked distressed, obviously not thinking that Hermione would be attacked.

   Albert stopped Harry and asked, "Where was Hermione found?"

   "The third floor, near the corridor leading to the stairs leading to the second floor." Harry saw that there was no one around, and lowered his voice, "I heard that voice again."

"It seems that my guess is correct. Well, Harry, don't be sad. You should think about the good. Hermione was only petrified, which is considered very lucky." Albert reached out and patted Harry on the shoulder. He comforted: "At least, you don't have to worry about being attacked again."

  Harry and Ron were speechless when they heard the words. They didn't expect Albert to comfort people like this.

   If you can't comfort others, don't talk!

  The two of them failed to understand what Albert meant, and they were undoubtedly very lucky to be attacked and not lose their lives.

  After being separated from Harry and Ron, Albert went to the school hospital alone.

  If he didn't know Madam Pomfrey very well and said he was Hermione's good friend, he might not have been given a five-minute visit, but would have been kicked out of the school hospital directly.

  Albert walked to the hospital bed and looked at Hermione who was lying on the bed stiff. The girl's eyes widened, full of horror, obviously she also witnessed the ugly basilisk with her own eyes.

  If it were me, would my legs become weak from the fright of the basilisk?

  After leaving the school hospital, Albert looked at the panel task that was triggered, and he was quite satisfied. He came to the school hospital, but he just wanted to see if he could find any clues, and it would be best to trigger the panel task.

sleeping Beauty?

   Well, the task is simple.

   Probably to wake up Hermione before Snape configured a powerful recovery potion. The rewards are also very general, some experience and favorability, a task that is better than nothing.

  Albert has a powerful recovery potion in his hand, and he can drink it for Hermione at any time to wake her up.

  Of course, Albert didn't intend to let Hermione wake up from petrification now, at least until Tom Riddle's diary was destroyed, otherwise early removal of petrification would only bring her life in danger.

After leaving the school hospital, when Albert was about to return to the library, he saw a glove waving at him in the air, and then made a ticking motion, leading him to an empty classroom that no one was using. There was no one there, but a piece of parchment lay on a dusty table.

   There is indeed a problem with this matter!

  Albert saw that the glove was pointing at the parchment on the table, motioning him to read the content on it, and then lost his strength and fell on the parchment.

  He stepped into the classroom and when he reached for the parchment, his eyes were attracted by something in the corner of the classroom.

   Albert turned his head to look, and was so frightened by the black shadow in the corner that he pulled out his wand.

   When he concentrated his gaze, he recognized at a glance that it was Nearly Headless Nick.

  This Mister Ghost is no longer milky white and transparent, but has become black and smoky, looking like a hideous evil ghost.

   No way, half of Nick's head fell off, looking horrible.

   The Mr. Ghost, also petrified, lay flat, motionless, suspended six inches above the ground. There was an unconcealable panic on his face, but Albert could see a bit of determination to die bravely from the panic.

   Albert picked up the parchment and began to read the contents inside. On the parchment was written in scrawled words: 4:30 p.m., third floor of West Tower, one circle, map.

   "Sure enough, there is a problem." Albert stuffed the parchment back into his pocket, which was undoubtedly a reminder for himself, asking him to go back to the past to save Hermione.

   Weird!

  However, Albert didn't think about it. He took out the time converter and prepared to return to an hour ago, recalling the information on the paper in his mind:

   Four thirty in the afternoon should refer to the time when Hermione was attacked.

  The third floor of the west tower should refer to Nick's location.

  One lap should mean going back one hour ago.

  Map should refer to the Marauder's map.

  I reminded myself on the parchment that it will definitely be used.

  Albert put away the time-turner, stuffed the gloves into his pocket, and hurried towards the boys' dormitory. He knew where the twins kept the Marauder's Map.

  After returning to the Gryffindor common room, Albert found that the place had been fried, and everyone was discussing the fact that Hermione and Nearly Headless Nick were both attacked.

   Strange to say, people seem to care more about Nick being attacked.

Kenneth Toller approached Albert almost when he returned to the lounge, hoping to continue to cooperate with him on the amulet, but Albert found a reason to shirk it until the evening, and he has no time to argue with the other party now .

   After picking up the Marauder's Map from the drawer, Albert used the Time Converter to go back an hour.

  Going downstairs, she inadvertently glanced at the corner of the common room. Ginny was still in the common room, and she didn't know if she was controlled by Tom now.

  Hermione is also here, and seems to be talking to Harry and Ron. Everything looks peaceful, and who can guess that there will be an attack soon?

   Albert was a little suspicious, could this attack be caused by something he did?

  He quickly suppressed all his emotions, and quickly left the Gryffindor common room to find Nearly Headless Nick, who had to convince Nick to protect Hermione from the basilisk.

  Nick, who was almost headless, was not difficult to find. It was around the third floor of the West Tower. Albert quickly found Nick's exact location through the Marauder's Map.

   When he rushed over, he found that Nick was talking to a female ghost.

  Albert hesitated whether to step forward to disturb the other party, but after seeing Nick's back gradually going away, he finally couldn't help but quickly stepped forward and called the almost headless Nick to stop.

   "What can I do for you, Albert." Nick took off his head and greeted Albert like taking off his top hat.

   "Yes sir, there is something that only the brave Sir Nicholas can do." Albert did not forget to compliment the other party.

   "Oh, what's the matter?" Nick became interested, and Albert's flattery made him very happy.

   "Are you aware of the ongoing attack in the school?" Albert asked.

   "I know." Nick nodded,

"In the near future, there will be another attack in the school." Albert took out a time converter from his pocket, stretched it out in front of Nick and said, "This is a time converter, which can make people go back a few hours. forward."

   "So, how many hours are you from?" Nick asked suspiciously.

"An hour later, to be precise." Albert put his index finger on his lips, made a hush gesture, and said softly, "Remember to keep this secret for me. I couldn't tell anyone about this. Of course, the ghost Neither."

   "I will." Nick nodded assured, "What do you need me to do?"

   "I need Sir Nicholas to save a friend of mine at a critical moment." Albert solemnly begged.

   "I'm just a ghost," Nick reminded.

   "I know." Albert explained, "The attacker is actually the basilisk, which is the monster that Slytherin left in the secret room, and someone released it."

   "You just said... a basilisk!" Nick's voice stuttered a bit.

"Yes Basilisk, my friend Hermione will lose her life if you look into the Basilisk's eyes, but if you get in Hermione's way in time, you can save a life from being killed by the Basilisk. eyes petrified."

"Please don't worry, the basilisk can't hurt you, looking directly into its eyes will only temporarily incapacitate you at most, and you will save a life." Albert is trying to convince Nick, "Only the brave Gryffin Only then can we have the courage to face the basilisk. In the near future, you did, and successfully saved Hermione's life."

   "Well, you're right, not all ghosts have that kind of courage." Nick agreed to help.

   "One more thing, please be sure to keep it secret for me, otherwise I will be severely punished for violating a large number of Ministry of Magic laws." Albert did not forget to remind.

   "I will." Nick patted his chest to express his willingness to help, and he also realized that he was doing a great thing.

   Yes, they were trying to save a student's life, something only a brave Gryffindor ghost could do, and most importantly he succeeded, which is important.

   Under Albert's flickering, Nick agreed to help, he hurried to the third floor of the school, and waited for Hermione's arrival by the corridor according to Albert's plan.

  It is now 15 minutes before 4:30 pm.

  While Albert was working hard to save Hermione, Hermione was sneaking out of the Gryffindor common room after Ginny Weasley, trying to figure out what Ron's sister was doing.

  Actually, Albert's guess is correct, this incident was really caused by his return to the past.

  Not long ago, when Albert hurriedly left the Gryffindor common room, he caught Hermione's gaze. The inadvertent glance at Ginny Weasley happened to be noticed by Hermione.

  Hermione was very curious as to why Albert paid special attention to Ginny. There was obviously a reason, after all, they were not familiar with each other.

  Although Hermione didn't know why, but after she secretly observed Ginny, she quickly discovered Ginny's abnormality. This abnormality was probably the reason why Albert glanced at Ginny inadvertently.

  Although Hermione didn't understand what was going on, she quickly connected it to some abnormal behaviors of Ginny in school.

  Ginny had nightmares a while ago, she had emotional breakdowns, her face was pale as if she was sick, and she was sad when Filch's cat was attacked...all of them proved that Ginny was acting abnormally.

Moreover, Riddle's diary was stolen, and it was a Gryffindor student who stole the diary. Albert thought there was something wrong with that diary. Albert noticed Ginny, maybe he had discovered Ginny's Behaving abnormally and becoming suspicious of Ginny?

  Is it possible that Ginny Weasley was the thief who stole the diary?

   There is another possibility.

  A ridiculous idea surged in Hermione's mind. Ginny was related to the Chamber of Secrets. She knew who opened the Chamber of Secrets, and even Ginny opened the Chamber of Secrets.

How can it be!

  But Albert would never aim indiscriminately, he would suspect that Ginny must have a reason.

  Ginnie's expression just now was also very strange.

Hermione couldn't help but stop. She felt that she should tell Harry and Ron what she knew, but she was a little curious about what Ginny was going to do. If she returned to the common room, she would definitely lose her, and Ginny is Ron's younger sister, and Ron may not necessarily believe his words.

  In the end, Hermione still secretly followed Ginny, intending to find out what the **** Ginny was doing first. But she didn't know that Ginny Weasley knew that someone was following her.

Yes, Tom knew someone was following him, but he didn't care, especially after learning from Ginny Weasley's mind that the person following him was a Muggle wizard and a friend of Harry Potter, Tom Then he had other thoughts, planning to summon the basilisk to kill the other party.

Presumably after the death of his friend, Harry Potter will definitely pursue this matter desperately. At that time, he believes that he will meet Harry again, and he will have the opportunity to find out the reason why Voldemort failed back then, and kill Harry completely. in the cradle.

  As for the despicable guy like Lockhart, Tom Riddle originally planned to kill him this time, but the appearance of Hermione behind him made Tom change his mind.

   After all, Lockhart still has some value. He can guide Harry to the Chamber of Secrets, and then they can kill him together.

  If Lockhart is allowed to die too easily, it is obviously not in line with Voldemort's style of doing things. He has the final say on **** the other party when he leads people into the secret room.

  Ginny quickened her pace and easily got rid of Hermione on the second floor. She sneaked into the secret room and controlled the basilisk to attack Hermione.

  Tom didn't know that everything he did was seen by Albert through the Marauder's Map.

   To be honest, Albert was actually very surprised when he saw Hermione following Ginny through the Marauder's Map. He never thought that Hermione would suspect Ginny. It really should not be underestimated!

   Gryffindor's death-defying character is very problematic. If it wasn't for him, Hermione would probably be cold.

   Curiosity really killed the cat!

  (end of this chapter)