On Sunday morning, Ani told Hagrid that he had cleaned up the Acromantulas and left Aragog as he wished.
This was something they had discussed long ago. Although Hagrid couldn't bear it, he didn't say anything more.
Although he has great feelings for the blind spider that hatched from the cupboard that year, being able to become a wizard shows that Hagrid's skull is not filled with the chaotic brain of a giant, but has enough sense.
Hagrid has always known that the uncontrolled Acromantula tribe will inevitably cause trouble. Unfortunately, he never thinks about how to deal with the aftermath. Dumbledore is almost always there to wipe his ass.
Ani is quite speechless about this, the same is true for Aragog, and the same is true for Buckbeak. Even though he is over sixty years old and has a big body, he sometimes behaves like a child.
When Aini was a child, he was beaten more than once for sneaking into the river to swim. Knowing that he would be beaten, he still ran to play, and then became uneasy because of fear. Isn't it one of the characteristics of children?
But thinking about the source of Hagrid's extraordinary height, if calculated according to the lifespan of a giant, he can barely be regarded as a child.
Fortunately, thanks to another characteristic of children, Hagrid's emotions came and went quickly. When Ani brought the topic to Norberta, the big man immediately became happy.
"She may be eating now, and she is growing very fast. She will soon surpass me."
Hagrid laughed like an old father whose daughter got perfect marks in math.
The two walked toward the castle while talking and laughing. When they were still some distance away from the gate, they saw a witch hurriedly walking over.
It's Professor McGonagall.
As usual, the witch wore dark green robes and a pointed wizard hat.
But when she came closer, Aini found that Minerva pursed her lips tightly, and the square lenses could not block the anger in her eyes at all.
They went up to it and got some bad news.
Justin Finch-Fletchley, the backbone of the Transfiguration Society and one of Ani's favorite students, turned into a stone statue at the dinner table not long ago in front of hundreds of people in the school.
When everyone looked at this scene in shock, six more students froze one after another.
Although Professor McGonagall did not go into details, Aini could still imagine the scene at that time. The little wizards must have exploded, and no one dared to continue eating even though they were all alone and grunting with hunger.
Obviously, this was a large-scale poisoning incident.
Lockhart!
Aini gritted his teeth secretly, seeing that the final exam was coming up in less than a month, and wanted him to continue running around with his fantasies for a while to absorb more of the power of the curse, but now it seemed that he was going to close the net in advance.
He hurriedly walked to the auditorium with Professor McGonagall. By this time, all the students had returned to their dormitories. Most of the professors had also been sent to inspect the castle. Only Dumbledore and Snape remained at the scene.
Several people who were petrified were also sent to the school doctor's office, but the food on the dining table was still in place.
After nodding with the two of them, Aini was not in the mood to talk in detail for the time being and walked straight to the long table next to him.
Picking up a plate of fried eggs, Aini opened the Eye of True Seeing.
As before, it was filled with a petrifying agent, but Tom obviously used special means to eliminate the special smell. Even with Aini's sense of smell, he could only smell a little bit of the smell when he was extremely focused.
He was a little unsure of Tom's thoughts. What on earth was he going to do to do such a thing?
As a contracted professor at Hogwarts, Lockhart cannot kill any students at all. Even the Tom possessed by him will still be restricted and cannot break the terms of the contract before the end of his term.
What good would it do him to act like this? Although it can create temporary panic, it will definitely put Hogwarts under martial law, and it will be very difficult to do anything in the future.
As for those students, they would just lie in the school infirmary for a period of time and receive treatment in about a week, which would only cause some chaos at most.
etc!
Create confusion?
"Professor Dumbledore, where is Lockhart?"
in a formal place
Okay, Aini used the honorific, but his tone was a bit anxious.
"Lockhart is gone."
Dumbledore didn't look very good. After the Valentine's Day attack, a dean-level wizard was watching Lockhart's movements at all times. But just now everyone was busy dealing with the sudden change in the auditorium. After arranging the evacuation of the students, , the scene has lost the other party's whereabouts.
Snape also had a straight face on the side. He was responsible for this period of time. He felt something was wrong when he comforted the students of this college. Now think about it, how could Lockhart let go of this opportunity to show off?
He must have been aware of the surveillance of several people, so he created chaos so that he could escape.
With this happening, Lockhart obviously couldn't stay in Hogwarts to cause trouble, so no matter where he went, it was a desperate last resort.
And the last action is often the most harmful action. Lockhart must be found before he succeeds.
Just as they were thinking hard and investigating Lockhart's purpose, Professor Flitwick and others who went out for inspection also returned to the auditorium one after another, and found no trace of the target.
Lockhart's behavior has been the same as usual lately, giving lessons, brushing up on his presence, and going to the "secret room" to repair collapsed passages and magical veins, but he can't find any useful clues.
With no clue, Ani could only make elimination methods in his mind.
First of all, it was certain that Lockhart was not escaping. He had been to Hogsmeade many times before. It was very easy to leave directly from there. Even if he couldn't disapparate, he could still borrow the fireplace in the shop.
It's impossible to go to the Forbidden Forest to cause trouble. After Sylvie wakes up, no one can escape her eyes.
No one was in the "Chamber of Secrets" either. After discovering that Lockhart was missing, Dumbledore checked the small objects left there and found that it was empty and had no visitors.
Where will it be? The Room of Requirement is a place with great possibilities, but since discovering the legacy left by Ravenclaw, he and Dumbledore have set up restrictions at the door, and no one has triggered it for so long.
For a moment, Aini couldn't find any clue, and glanced at the poisoned egg unconsciously.
Poison is a powerful means for potion masters to deal with enemies. There are many related potions, but few are colorless and odorless, and most of them have weak effects.
Therefore, almost every potion master will have a secret recipe to change the external properties of the medicine without affecting its efficacy.
Most of these are not taught to outsiders and are knowledge that will not be taught in the classroom.
Voldemort showed his extraordinary talent for potions when he was young, and was deeply loved by Professor Slughorn.
Even though Tom only has memories from before the super class, it's not surprising that he can do this.
Regardless of whether the formula for hiding the smell of the petrifying potion was created by himself or taught privately by Professor Slughorn, Aini was very curious and wanted to use the Eye of True Sight to prostitute him for nothing.
Afterwards, he couldn't help but feel lucky for his curiosity. Fortunately, he took a closer look, otherwise he might have made a big mistake.
Ani faced Snape and was about to speak when he heard Dumbledore say in a deep voice: "Quick, call Fawkes, let's go to the secret room."
