Chapter 31: Results
"Minerva, advice for you - go back and have some nice lava cakes at this time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info" Professor Snape reminded Professor McGonagall softly, hinting that he intended to handle the internal affairs of Slytherin House on his own.
Professor McGonagall looked at Vio's suddenly pale face and couldn't bear it, but nodded and turned to leave.
"As for you. Professor Snape stood straight, his hooked eyes looking down at Vio, sharp again. "This weekend from 6 to 9 p.m., confinement. β
When he was about to turn around, his gaze swept to Vio's side and turned back, "Potter, what's in your hand?"
Vio noticed that Harry and the three of them sat down next to her silently, and her heart warmed.
"Quidditch Origins," Harry hurriedly added after meeting Hermione's warning eyes, "Professor." β
"Books in the library are not allowed to be taken out. I'm going to confiscate it. With a flick of his wand, Snape jumped out of Harry's hand, "Gryffindor deducted five points." β
"γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" Harry was speechless, he knew there was no such rule.
Just like that, Snape seemed to be in a better mood when he turned to leave.
"Where have you been this morning?" Hermione handed over a plate of steak with mushroom sauce and looked at Vio in dissatisfaction.
"Surely I haven't found a classroom againβ" Ron speculated confidently, and Vio was speechless, as if there was indeed a reason for missing class this morning. She continued to munch on the steak, pretending not to notice what they were talking about her.
"Can you find Professor Snape's office compared to this?" Hermione didn't ask any further, she almost believed Ron's reasoning - who told her to go to the third floor when she and Vio first met?
"Hermione, I thought you wouldn't want to talk to us anymore. Harry wondered.
"Hmm, why?" Vio was so excited to finally have a topic he could talk about, so he almost immediately forced his mouth to swallow the food in his mouth.
"Hmph. Hermione's face turned red, she didn't answer, but simply waved at Vio, took her bag and left angrily.
"What's wrong with you guys?" said Vio, looking back curiously at Harry and Ron. "Did something happen last night?"
"By the wayγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" Harry and Ron looked at each other, and the two nodded, leaning closer to Vio to tell him about last night.
It was probably that they were going to the prize showroom in the middle of the night, and Hermione came out to stop them, but the fat lady (the portrait of the Gryffindor common room gatekeeper) went to the other portraits, and Hermione couldn't go back, so she had to go with them.
Then they meet Neville who forgot his password and was locked out of the break room door - Ron mimicked Neville's blank look as he said this, "I don't want to be here alone anymore, the soul of Barrow the Bloody has passed through here three times!"
He imitated it so vividly that both Vio and Harry laughed.
Then, the four of them had to go to the prize showroom together, only to be chased by Filch and Lady Loris on the way because Peeves were chased all the way, and finally hid in the room on the third floor.
"You don't know! there's a big three-headed dog that almost fills a whole room!" said Ron, fearfully, "and all three of its heads were drooling at us together, no, the column of water. β
That's Lu Wei! Vio knew that they had seen the first level set by Hagrid to protect the Philosopher's Stone, the three-headed dog Lu Wei.
"Hm, and then Hermione won't talk to you guys?" Vio cleverly diverted the conversation, she didn't want to get into anything about the main plot of the book, at least not for the time being, it was too dangerous for her to risk trying.
"Yes, yes," Harry hesitated for a moment, but confessed, "Last night, when you were there, she reminded us that Malfoy was just lying to us and wasn't really going to duel, and then she said it in the common room for another night, and no one paid any attention to her. Malfoy broke his promise, and we were almost caught by Filch or killed in the mouth of the big dog. β
Ron nodded weakly in agreement.
Vio rolled her eyes, she was there at dinner last night, Hermione- oh no, she didn't seem to support Hermione in order not to change the direction of the plot, no wonder Hermione was so cold just now, she didn't want to stay and wait for her.
"Alas. Vio sighed. Hermione seemed to be genuinely angry. β
"Don't worry about her, she doesn't need any friends at all except books. Ron said nonchalantly.
As soon as Vio was about to retort, Harry continued, "By the way, come to the meadow at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, okay, we have something to show you." β
Vio nodded, and they stopped talking, grappling with the last bit of delicacy on their plates.