Chapter 256: Seeds of Distrust
"Yes, the books he reads are very esoteric and complex, and always have been. Harry said nonchalantly, "Evan and Hermione are the best little wizards I've ever met. ”
"Harry, this isn't easy to learn, don't you understand?!" Ron looked up and looked around, and said eagerly in a low voice, "Evan and Hermione are different, although I don't understand why Hermione can take so many classes at the same time, but at least we know what she is doing, but Evan reads those magic books"
"What do you want to say?" Harry looked away from the parchment.
"I mean, all the magic books that Evan reads are in the forbidden section, and he must be studying something behind our backs. I had secretly read his research notes the other day, and they were drawn with some horrible patterns that didn't look like decent magic. Ron stumbled, "Harry, maybe he's researching"
Harry looked up at Ron in surprise, he finally knew what the other man was trying to say.
Neither of them spoke, and a terrible emotion crept through the unease.
Judging by Ron's expression, it was clear that he suspected that Evan was studying the dark arts.
Harry instinctively wanted to retort, but didn't know what to say. Evan has always given the impression of knowing everything, he knows a lot about magic, and in the past, after Ron was controlled by the Imperius Curse, it was also Evan who first discovered the clues. If Evan hadn't studied it, how could he have known that those spells were black magic?!
But to say that Evan was studying the dark arts, Harry didn't believe anything. In his mind, black magic is extremely evil and should be absolutely banned, and the people who study black magic are wizards like Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew.
They were ruthless and ruthless, and Evan couldn't be that.
But Harry couldn't refute what Ron said, and the fact that Evan was studying the dark arts weighed down on his heart like a big rock, leaving Harry breathless, and he felt panic like never before.
"Perhaps, he just wants to understand," Harry said softly after a long time.
His voice was low, and he didn't want anyone to know about his conversation with Ron.
"Harry, it's not something to joke about, I've been controlled by mystery people, and I know that feeling, that dark magic should be absolutely forbidden. Ron also lowered his voice and said uneasily, "We have to act." ”
"What do you want to do?"
"I don't know, but at least we need to figure out what Evan is up to. Ron continued, "If he's really studying the dark arts, we can tell the others about it and let everyone know about it and see him for who he really is." Like Dumbledore or Sirius, they would never allow Evan to do that, he would help us. ”
There was another brief silence as Ron saw that Harry was visibly hesitating. Strange emotions crept back into Ron's body, and after guessing that Evan was studying the dark arts, he was briefly surprised, followed by a strong sense of unfairness.
He remembered the way the others looked at him, and the rumors at the school.
Ron felt very unfair, he was only innocently controlled by the Imperius Curse twice, and he was also a victim. But the other people looked at him, the unspoken distrust, as if the bad things were really what he wanted to do.
Evan was studying the dark arts, which was much more evil than the things he did. But no one said anything about him, the truth was the complete opposite, many people admired him and considered him a hero, and Evan was even more famous in the school than Harry.
In Ron's opinion, everyone was deceived by Aven.
The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was, everyone was blinded by Aven's appearance, Harry, Hermione, his family, and the others.
Everyone trusts Aven, but he betrays everyone's trust. He's studying the dark arts behind everyone's back, and he's sneaking around doing very evil things.
A strong sense of mission rose in Ron's heart, and he felt obligated to expose Evan for who he really was and stop the ongoing conspiracy. And the strange feeling he had at the Quidditch pitch a few months ago was the main reason for Ron's actions.
"Harry, we"
"I know what you mean, Ron, but I believe Aven, there is no evidence that he is working on the dark arts, and he must have had the permission of the professor and the headmaster to borrow those magic books from the forbidden area. Harry thought for a moment and continued, "Evan is not like those dark wizards, even if he is studying dark arts, he just wants to study it, I believe him!"
"But"
"If we're really not sure, we can talk to Aven, and whatever he's doing, he'll tell us. ”
"It's interesting to ask him if he's doing evil research into the dark arts and who he's going to choose as a victim. Ron muttered quietly.
The atmosphere was a little awkward, and the two of them did not talk about the topic again, but the seeds of distrust slowly grew and sprouted invisibly.
Harry and Ron didn't bother Ron in the library, nor did they bother Hermione, who seemed a little grumpy, and the two of them eventually went to ask Sirius to help them finish the paper on undetectable poisons.
Although potions weren't Sirius' forte, the difficulty of third-year homework was too easy for him, and he gave Harry and Ron a lot of useful advice.
To be sure, with Sirius's help, Harry's paper should have at least a good grade, but Snape gave him a terrible rating. Harry didn't care, though, he had expected such an outcome.
As long as the little wizard who had a good relationship with Sirius had a good relationship with his homework and brewed potions, he didn't get much praise from Snape.
Evan was probably the only exception, because Snape had studied all the homework and potions that the second-year wizard had been asked to make, and had come up with the best recipe and recipe for it, even if Snape wanted to find fault.
Snape tried a few times, and even asked Evan to complete the High Wizarding Rank exam before he could get involved in the difficult potions.
But Evan was able to complete it every time, and the process was even more perfect than in the textbooks.
As his face became more gloomy and terrifying, Snape's attitude towards Evan reverted to the same as before, that is, to ignore it.
If you have to shout his name, replace it with "Mr. Jack-of-all-trades".
Evan was now in Potions class, and was the only Gryffindor student who could keep Snape from criticizing him or deducting points, much to the envy of the others. (To be continued.) )