The time has come to March, and the event experienced this past weekend can be called a redemption for Oliver Wood and all the members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Gryffindor defeated Ravenclaw at the start of the term, and now Ravenclaw defeated Hufflepuff, losing last term due to the Dementors' Riot. The Gryffindor team has another chance to win the championship again.
This wonderful result made almost all the little wizards in Gryffindor immersed in a sea of joy. Even Harry briefly forgot about the accidental death of Peter Pettigrew that had been reported in the Daily Prophet during this period. Investigation progress.
Potions class on Monday afternoon was more pleasant than usual, probably because Draco Malfoy finally returned to school and started teaching, and Snape didn't have to go through too much trouble with Harry's mentality. The two potions lessons passed peacefully. When the little wizards rushed out of the basement and came to the ground, the sky was still bright.
The evening breeze of this season has got rid of the severe cold of winter. There are still two or three months to go before the heat of summer. It is most comfortable. Many little wizards take advantage of the time before dinner to go out in the courtyard, by the lake and in the forbidden area. Taking a walk at the edge of the forest, on the lawn, many young wizards brought their own broomsticks to practice their flying skills in the hope of playing for their academy in the future.
"Go get your Firebolt and Nimbus, Harry, we can get in on it too!"
Ron said cheerfully when the small group of Gryffindors walked out of the hall and stood on the top step of the marble stairs looking out at the joyous scene on the lawn greened by the spring breeze.
It's strange - in the past, when it came to Quidditch, Harry's energy was not as strong as anyone's, but this time, he seemed a little uninterested.
"Hmm - good idea, Ron -"
Harry glanced in the direction of the school gate and said absently,
"You know where I put them, you can go get them."
Ron didn't realize anything was wrong at all and readily accepted the proposal. He, Seamus and Neville excitedly turned around and rushed up the stairs. After all, every time they come into contact with a world-class broomstick like the Firebolt, Opportunities are rare.
snap——
Hermione, who had been racing against time to absorb knowledge since she came out of the basement, closed the book with a snap. She glanced at Harry and took a deep breath of the fresh evening air.
"Want to talk to me, Harry?"
"Oh!" Harry was a little surprised, "Okay, what do you want to talk about?"
The two people did not stand stupidly at the door, but walked down the stairs, bypassed the group of flying little wizards on the lawn, and headed towards the lakeside.
The breeze was wandering around the fields, and the waves on the vast black lake were covered with layers of waves. Under the reflection of the setting sun, they looked like a huge golden silk satin with wrinkles.
The two of them sat on a raised breakthrough fifty feet away from the lake. Hermione once again opened the old book filled with stares in her hand and read it carefully.
"You have been reading this book recently. What is it about?"
Harry was a little strange. It was Hermione who had obviously asked to talk to him, but he was silent and immersed in reading. After thinking about it, he decided to find a topic on his own.
""Simplified Theory of Ancient Charms"" Hermione showed the book cover to Harry. "The content in this book is very profound, especially the annotations above, but I have recently begun to discover the fun of it -"
Hermione pushed away the wild hair from her eyes and said calmly.
"This is the book Professor Blaine gave you -" Harry reacted immediately.
Hermione nodded. She was still focusing on the gentle words in the book. Her beautiful brows were slightly furrowed, as if she was thinking hard. After a long time, she finally turned to the next page.
"You've been in a bad mood lately, Harry—"
Hermione said straight to the point,
"Are you still thinking about the dark wizard who killed Peter?"
Harry pursed his lips and did not answer the question immediately.
How should I put it, Hermione's guess was not wrong, but it was incomplete.
After the Daily Prophet published the unexpected news, the wizarding world and even the isolated Hogwarts campus immediately caused an uproar.
Everyone is discussing who killed Peter Pettigrew, who overnight transformed from a famous fighting hero in the wizarding world to a despised and infamous one.
The most widely accepted answer is that the person who killed Peter Pettigrew was one of You-Know-Who's former followers.
After the fall of the mysterious man, most of the dark wizards who were loyal to the mysterious man were imprisoned in Azkaban. Some cunning guys claimed that they had nothing to do with the mysterious man or that their actions were caused by soul-stealing. Controlled by a curse, there are also a very small number of wizards who are deeply hidden and their evil deeds following the mysterious person are not discovered at all.
Peter Pettigrew has now 'replaced' Sirius Black as the most trusted minion of the mysterious man. He must know the identities of those people. Therefore, after Peter Pettigrew was arrested, in order to make the punishment lighter, He would most likely betray them and reveal their identities. After all, there was a precedent for this.
As a precautionary measure, it was only natural for those wizards to strike first and kill Peter.
Peter Pettigrew died on the way to Azkaban. This was a great shame for the Ministry of Magic. It completely destroyed the capable image that the Ministry of Magic had managed to create during the Greyback incident. The Minister of Magic All powerful officials were furious about this and vowed to find out the murderer within a month.
But wizards who are familiar with the past of the Ministry of Magic know that the promises of the Ministry of Magic cannot be believed at all, and this matter will most likely remain an unsolved case.
Barty Crouch was in luck.
He was criticized for mistakenly throwing Sirius Black into Azkaban, but he did not receive much harsh punishment for this unexpected incident. In addition, as the "accident" spread, Barty was tough on the Wizengamot Inquisition. Despite his performance, his reputation did not drop much. He retained his position as Director of the International Magical Cooperation Department, and this was one of the reasons why Cornelius Fudge was furious.
Harry and the others have been speculating about who killed Peter Pettigrew. Their primary suspect was Lucius Malfoy. As for the reason, they don’t need any reason to hate Malfoy. Of course, they The Potions Professor was also one of the subjects of suspicion. Otherwise, how could we explain that after the tragic death of Peter Pettigrew, Snape's face became so much 'kinder' than before?
Hermione probably thought she regretted not killing Peter Pettigrew with her own hands. This was not a wrong inference.
Professor Lupine has never returned to Hogwarts since he left that night. Privately, news has spread that Professor Lupine can no longer hold the position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
This is not too surprising news. In recent years, no professor has been able to stay in this position for more than a year. However, it is indeed surprising that Professor Luping met with misfortune after only staying for half a year. .
The young wizards thought that Professor Blaine would be called upon to take over Professor Lupin's position as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. After all, he had taught Professor Lupin last semester, and he had been working safely in this position before. It took half a year.
But this is just a guess after all. Not long after Greyback and the werewolf gang were wiped out, Professor Brain left Hogwarts and has not returned yet.
Professor Dumbledore also disappeared shortly after returning to Hogwarts.
Although everything in Hogwarts was like this when they were away, and teaching and various activities were not affected in any way, Harry always felt that something was wrong. He had an illusion that it was just that the two of them were not in Hogwarts, and the school was not in any way affected. It seemed like it was mostly empty.
But Harry didn't want to tell anyone else, not even Hermione, because he had already had a reputation as a 'coward' for some time because of the Dementors incident last term.
"Yes, it is indeed confusing, isn't it?"
Harry sighed and said half-heartedly,
"Is it the traitor that Malfoy's father asked someone to kill? I kind of miss the taste of Polyjuice Potion. Hermione, I should have kept some as a spare."
The last time she used Polyjuice Potion was not a friendly experience for Hermione. She took her eyes away from the book and glanced at Harry angrily. She was about to say something, but the two figures that broke into her line of sight made her confused. The words on his lips disappeared and his expression became confused.
"Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall?"
Hermione frowned and stared at the black wizard's robes flying across the lawn like a bat and the compact figure and said in confusion,
"It seems they are going to the Forbidden Forest?"
(End of chapter)
