Chapter 55: Prelude to the Competition (5)

By the time Holly returned to Hogwarts, it was almost dark. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 Although it is due to the fact that it gets dark early in the northern winter, the biggest reason is that Holly and Aberforth have talked about too many things, including stories about the Dumbledore family, and some old things about the High Jacket Valley, including a name that Holly is very interested in - the Peverell family.

Even if I have learned a lot through the family inheritance, but it is only a few words, it is difficult for a person to string together the whole family through these trivial fragments, originally, this is what each generation of family patriarchs need to do, through their own words and deeds, and many stories that have been told since childhood, so that the family inheritance is not so boring, and at the same time, everyone can increase the family's sense of identity in the process. Of course, this item has already been broken by the time it comes to Holly.

The things inherited by the family are scattered and trivial, not to mention the predecessors who have convulsions, who record their misdeeds in the Muggle world as the content of the inheritance, and there are also ancestors who do not do their jobs properly, leaving the family affairs aside (fortunately, the domestic elves are loyal enough), but they themselves are dashing and chic, leaving their own heirs all over Europe. It's just that these descendants may be famous for a while, but for various reasons, they have no descendants, or they are regarded as heretics, and at a certain age, they have been erased by Muggles. As a result, Holly also turned over a series of titles that should have been inherited by the descendants of those people, but in the end they were left unused and unwanted, just turned into a lonely title.

Of course, after learning so many things, Holly also became more and more confused about the abilities he had obtained not long ago. Although Alcatel babbled a lot, Holly did not extract any particularly useful information from it, and it cannot be said that it was completely useless, but it was also like chicken ribs, tasteless to eat, and it was a pity to discard it.

Maybe it's because Alcatel doesn't know enough about this aspect, but according to Holly's own speculation, it is more likely that Alcatel himself is just talking to others.

With his eyes on Hogwarts, even though he had already seen Krum's heroic actions on the way to Hogsmeade, Harry Potter was still not determined to jump into the Black Lagoon like Krum to discover the secrets of the golden egg.

Fortunately, Dobby sent in time to ask for warmth. Dobby's chance, when he heard Winch and Dolly discussing bringing some hot drinks to Holly, "coincidentally" heard Winch ask Dolly what Holly was doing and why he went to the bathroom for several days in a row. Dolly also responds to Winch's response that Holly has discovered the secret of the golden egg in the bathroom, and as long as you open the golden egg underwater, you can learn the clues contained in the golden egg.

Thereupon...... Dobby cooperated with Harry Potter to relay the message.

Then, on a Thursday night, Harry Potter embarks on his own journey to the prefect's bathroom, and, of course, attempts to uncover the secrets of the Golden Egg.

As soon as Harry Potter left the dormitory, Holly received news from Gryffindor that the two girls were not allowed to take any action, and Holly also wanted to see the Savior's ability to do things on the sly.

Of course, it was also because of the news from Professor Snape, who seemed to have found something very interesting, and asked Holly to go to his own private laboratory immediately.

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The two men held their wands to each other and confronted each other. One was Snape, and the other was Alastor Moody.

This is what Holly saw when he arrived at Snape's laboratory, and the two men kept a certain distance, but they were not worried about being too far away from each other. The arm holding the wand began to tremble slightly, but no one dared to relax a little.

Moody's face was a little pale, sweating profusely, and he seemed to be panicked.

"Oh?" said Holly, canceling the silent spell he had cast on his shoes, and the sound of the shoes rubbing against the ground echoed in the small space.

"Well, it's timely. Snape heard Holly's voice and didn't make a move.

And Moody also saw Holly approaching from behind through the MONOCULUS. The arms, which were already shaky, trembled even more.

"Well, except for your weapons. At an angle that no one could detect, Holly pulled out his wand and disarmed Moody's wand at the same time.

After seeing Moody's wand lifted, Severus Snape also took the opportunity to add a full-body binding spell to Moody, and the rope that appeared out of thin air tied Moody strongly, leaving him no room to struggle.

"Don't struggle. Holly said as he came from the side. "The more you struggle to leave, the faster your stamina and mana drain...... And what about this rope...... It is a ...... specially designed to torture those who do not obey."

"Alright, Holly, stand back. Snape's voice rang out from behind him, and Holly straightened up and stepped back, keeping a triangle with Snape and Moody.

"What is the matter with calling me over?" Holly asked, not thinking it was a big deal to catch a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher who might come to the lab to steal potions, at least in Holly's opinion, it certainly didn't make as much sense as tossing the savior.

"Wait...... There is about half an hour left...... But before that, you can look at the stuff he's holding. Snape said.

"Oh, okay," Holly replied, estimating that in half an hour, the savior would not be able to come out of the prefect's bathroom, so he calmed down and slowly looked at the concentrated potion materials placed on the table. "Huh? This is...... If I'm not mistaken, it should be a polyjuice potion?" Holly was a little puzzled, although the polyjuice potion, it was not a particularly troublesome potion, especially for an Auror, the polyjuice potion, it was a necessity, Moody should not have no channels to get all kinds of materials, and even if he really needed it, he would ask Snape directly for some, and I believe Snape would not refuse him.

"Hmm. Snape didn't say anything after hearing Holly's answer, and still stood there, staring at Moody, who was still tied to the ground. "Let's see you for what you really are. ā€

"Severus, what are you talking about?" Moody still didn't let go, just stopped struggling, indeed, the resistance just now made it obvious to him that he felt the loss of his physical strength and the decay of his mana.