At noon on Monday, Harry sat at the dining table with a gloomy expression. The mountains of syrupy fruit tarts, grilled eels, roast beef, and lamb chops placed in front of him could not make him have the slightest appetite. On the other side of the auditorium, Draco Malfoy's weird imitation also made Harry feel extremely bad.
"Seriously, Harry"
Ron, who was sitting next to him, looked at him worriedly and said,
"I think you might have been That notebook ruined your brain, otherwise, how dare you take off your earmuffs when taking care of mandrakes."
In the herbal medicine class this morning, Professor Sprout arranged for them to help some The mandrake, which was growing happily, was changed to a more open flower pot. As a result, Harry, who was upset by Riddle last night, didn't know what he thought, and actually took off his earmuffs.
The consequences of this are self-evident. The screams of dozens of pots of mandrakes that were about to mature made Harry fall into the field. Professor Sprout was shocked by this accident. The scene was so frightening that he screamed and almost fainted.
"It's indeed suspicious, Harry"
Hermione glanced at Professor Blaine with two big black eyes at the staff table, and then frowned. To Harry,
"Why do you think that a notebook that has been in the dark for fifty years would be more reasonable than Professor Brain's speculation?"
Harry couldn't He deceived himself that his bad state this morning had nothing to do with the notebook. However, Riddle's speculation in the notebook seemed to have some truth. Riddle believed that the voice he heard in Professor Lockhart's office and before Mrs. Norris was attacked might be Just an ordinary snake hunting in a water pipe.
Riddle's memory insisted on his own statement. Fifty years ago, it was the monster that Hagrid raised that he could not name that killed a girl in the bathroom.
"Principal Dippet is wiser than Dumbledore. Harry, the Ministry of Magic back then was more objective than it is now. If they hadn't confirmed this, how could they easily treat a young wizard "Expelled from school"
Ron and Hermione looked at each other. Judging from the results of the series of attacks fifty years ago, Riddle was undoubtedly right, but emotionally, they would rather believe in Bree. Professor En's guess.
"Let's put this aside for now, Harry"
Hermione frowned and said,
"Wait until this weekend, I can talk to Brian The professor went to the library to look for information together. If I can find a snake that can kill people and turn people into stone, Harry, I think it’s time for you to hand over the notes."
"You are in Are you going to discuss the practical class this afternoon?"
This is when Neville stretched his chubby head over, his round little eyes full of worry.
"Oh, damn, I forgot about this"
Hermione looked up again at the top of the auditorium where she was talking to Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagallProfessor Blaine, who was discussing something, slammed the table, and even Harry gasped.
Because the number of young wizards voluntarily participating in practical classes has dropped significantly, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class on Monday afternoon, Amosta first spent half of the time talking to the first and second grade wizards about exploring unknown magical ruins. At that time, some ancient wizards like to lay traps in the ruins, and what methods the dark wizards outside usually use when poisoning people. With half the time left, they led a group of young wizards to the eighth floor of the castle. The classroom where the Inferi is hidden.
“Do you think that a freelance worker who runs errands for people, looks for potion ingredients, and delivers goods would be so knowledgeable about the habits of dark wizards?”
Go to On the way to the eighth floor, Seamus whispered to Dean.
"I have a cousin who used to be an Auror, but later retired due to injury"
Dean's tone and expression were very mysterious,
"He once I was told that there is a group of people who are not employees of the Ministry of Magic, but who make a living by arresting dark wizards. These people are privately called bounty hunters. I think Professor Braine, before entering Hogwarts, He is a wizard hunter who pursues dark wizards."
Dean's inference was recognized by many people, and even Hermione blinked with a thoughtful expression.
"There is no reasonable explanation other than this"
Ron, who had decided to withdraw from the practical class, said to Harry seriously,
"I did I heard from my father that the Ministry of Magic sometimes cooperates with some unofficial special personnel to jointly fight against dark wizards, smugglers and other bad guys. They are a group of powerful guys, but they don’t like to be bound by rules. I didn’t choose to join the Ministry of Magic.”
Although Amosta, who was walking at the front, did not look back, the powerful magic gave him sharp five senses, and he listened to all the whispers of the little wizards without missing a word. Got into the ears.
A bounty hunter?
Amosta smiled inwardly. He was not a bounty hunter who attacked the dark wizard, but a bounty hunter who attacked him. The dark wizard
"Then"
Amosta, who was standing in front of the oak door, turned to look at the young wizards with solemn expressions, and read their names aloud,
"Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Daphne Greengrass, Neville Longbottom, Hannah Abbott, Ginny Weasley, Michael Corner, Bressar Beanie, Theodore Nott, Eloise Midgan, Terry Butt, the students whose names I mentioned above entered the maze in the classroom in twos and twos."
A Mosta looked at Potter and Malfoy, who were turning blue, and said with a smile,
"This maze has a memory function. It has recorded the progress of your last challenge. I hope you can grasp it well." Last chance, by the way, if anyone can kill the dark creatures in the maze, I will add fifty points to his academy."
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Harry swallowed, and there was finally something else besides fear in Bi Cui's eyes. A young wizard would have several opportunities throughout his student career. Her own academy had achieved fifty points, but many young wizards might not have been able to get so many points from first grade to seventh grade.
Hermione became obviously anxious, and she suddenly discovered something. , that is, after leaving the textbooks and materials, her ability to adapt to situations seems to be far from her own satisfaction.
Harry and Draco stood together reluctantly again. Last time, Harry's spirit of self-sacrifice did make Draco calm for a few days, but this feeling did not last long. , Draco, who came back to his senses, seemed to think that Harry's behavior was a kind of contempt for him, which made him even more vigorous in mocking Harry recently
"This time the situation is different. , Potter"
As he walked into the door, Draco said to Harry angrily. He took out a silver dagger from his pocket. It looked like it was the one he usually used in Potions class. Used to process potion materials.
"If you beg me, maybe I will be merciful and save your life later"
Draco privately asked Professor Blaine for advice on the object-controlling spell. It's not like Li didn't hear about it. Judging from the situation, he does seem to have some understanding of this powerful curse.
"Are you sure you gave us a hint, Professor Blaine?"
Begging Draco to protect himself
This matter is more important to Harry than Killing him was even more uncomfortable. He looked pitifully at Professor Brain, hoping to gain some confidence from him. Unfortunately, Professor Brain was still smiling and had no intention of saying another word.
Harry's eyebrows moved. When he entered the maze for the first time, Professor Blaine seemed to be smiling in the same way. He also reminded himself that it was very dark in the maze, be careful of falling, etc., very Black
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