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Grace opened the door and Harry and Ron emerged from the invisibility cloak.
"Good evening! Assistant Professor Grace, good evening! Professor Rossi."
"What happened when you came to me so late?"
Rossi was a little confused when he saw the two people who came to look for him without sleeping in the middle of the night.
Is it possible that the clue to mission five still depends on the two of them triggering it?
Thinking of this, she suddenly became interested and looked at the two people with burning eyes.
"Professor, I'm here to apologize to you."
But Ron lowered his head and said with some regret.
"Apologize?"
Rosie was a little confused. She couldn't think of a reason for the other party to apologize to her.
"That's right, Professor."
At this time, Harry, who was holding the invisibility cloak, explained for Ron who was embarrassed to speak, "He felt that he only got an A in the final grade of Defense Against the Dark Arts, which was unworthy of your usual teachings, so he came to apologize to you. "
Hearing his friend speak for him, Ron nodded hastily and said with regret:
"I'm sorry, Professor, I failed in your usual teachings!"
At the end of his speech, his tone was a little choked.
"Hey~ Just keep talking, why are you crying? Didn't you say before that you just made a mistake in the exam this time? What? Could it be that you don't work hard on weekdays?"
Rossi comforted him and patted his shoulder with a smile.
"No, no, I have learned a lot!" Ron denied hastily, and Harry next to him nodded vigorously to show that he was not lying.
"Isn't that okay? I've said it before, just pass the test."
"But Hermione said today that just because we didn't do well in the exam, you've been feeling depressed recently."
Ron, relieved, relayed what Hermione had said to them.
Um? What's going on?
Rossi couldn't help but feel a little strange. The test results came out many days ago, and Hermione didn't have any special expression on this matter at first. Why did she suddenly mention this to them today?
Just when her head was full of questions, Grace next to her noticed her doubts and suddenly said:
"I told Hermione that you need to return to the Ministry of Magic and can no longer be a professor here."
"What?!!"
Harry and Ron exclaimed and looked at Rosie in disbelief, "Why? Professor?"
"Because I was originally an Auror sent to Hogwarts by the Ministry of Magic."
Rossi explained in a gentle voice, "The reason why Harry was sent to Hogwarts this year is because last year Harry entered school and there were too many rumors about the Dark Lord, so the Ministry of Magic, who was worried about what would happen to the school, sent him I'm here."
Rufus was told by Rossi three days ago that he would be transferred back to the Ministry of Magic after the end of the school year.
Since the time limit of Mission 5 was also at that time, Rossi was just a little confused about the three years of plots being merged into one year, but he didn't have any other thoughts.
"But since this is the reason for sending you here, and with Voldemort infiltrating the school this year, shouldn't the Ministry of Magic allow you to stay at Hogwarts?" Harry didn't quite understand.
"This is the Minister's decision, Harry."
These words were also Rufus's opening remarks when he informed her of the news.
"I heard my father mention the Minister of Magic. His name is Cornelius Fudge. He is a softie..."
Ron said angrily.
He is indeed a softie.
Recalling Fudge's performance in the original novel, Rossi agreed with this description.
"But..." Harry was about to say something when he stumbled suddenly, then he closed his eyes and covered his forehead and groaned.
"Uh-huh..."
"Harry? Your scar hurts again?"
Ron beside him immediately supported him and asked with concern.
"Scar? Again?" Hearing this, Rossi couldn't help but be confused.
"Well, starting from the night when the test results came out, Harry's scar has been hurting from time to time." Ron explained.
The night the test results came out?
Suspicious thoughts flashed through his mind, and Rossi asked tentatively: "Do you remember the specific time it started?"
"Around midnight that night."
At that time, it was the time limit for mission five.
Could it be that the trigger of mission five has something to do with Harry?
Thinking of this, Rosie couldn't help but feel a little excited: This person is really going nowhere, but the lights are dimming... Bah, bah, bah!
At this time, Harry came back from the pain, gasped and stretched out his hand, and randomly wiped a handful on his sweaty face.
"Harry, are you okay?" Ron breathed a sigh of relief.
"Um!"
Harry's face was full of lingering fear, "The pain has been getting worse and worse in the past two days."
"Does your scar hurt every day? Why didn't you tell us?" Rossi asked.
“It’s not every day, it used to be painful only after a long time, but it’s become more frequent recently.
Because it always hurts at this time of night and then stops hurting, so I forgot to mention..."
Harry explained slowly and slowly, and the breathing that had been aggravated by the pain slowly calmed down.
Hearing this, Rossi nodded slightly, then turned to ask: "Aside from pain? Do you feel anything else?"
"Any other feeling?"
Harry pondered for a moment, "Every time my scar hurts, I have hallucinations. Just like this time, I saw myself turning into a very small lynx, staying in a yard with ivy-covered walls. , by the way, there is a viper in the yard."
"Clue: Harry's hallucination. As the savior of the wizarding world, there may be other secrets hidden in Harry's hallucination..."
have to! Sure enough, it has something to do with Harry!
Turned into a very small animal... Could he have seen Voldemort's current situation?
With his heart muttering, Rosie asked warmly:
"Harry, is this the scene you see every time?"
"No, in fact I can't remember many of them."
Looking at Rossi with his green eyes, Harry asked inquiringly, "Professor, is this important?"
Seeing her nod, he continued:
"Although the scenes are similar, the me in the hallucination is different every time. Sometimes I turn into a mouse, sometimes I turn into a snake or lizard, um... they are all small animals."
"The scene is similar? Do you know that place?"
"I don't know. It must be a place I have never been to."
"Well……"
After hesitating for two seconds, Rossi raised her eyes to meet Harry's eyes, "Harry, I want to see what that place looks like. Do you mind if I use Legilimency on you?"
"Okay, Professor, I have no problem." Although he didn't understand Legilimency, Harry didn't hesitate at all.
"Then try your best to recall the scene you saw."
With that said, Rosie pulled out her wand and pointed it at Harry. The next second, a dilapidated yard appeared in her eyes.
Just as Harry described, the walls were covered with creepers and looked cold and desolate.
A very small bobcat squatted on the collapsed courtyard wall. In the courtyard behind it was a huge iron cage with a sickly-looking viper coiled in the cage.
(End of chapter)
