"Professor McGonagall—" Seeing a thin layer of snowflakes on the elderly Professor McGonagall's hat and shoulders, Ryan immediately stepped forward to greet her. But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the professor.

"Now is not the time to say hello, bring Miss Katie with me. With that, Professor McGonagall made a crisp turn and walked across the field towards the castle, and Ryan glanced at them before hurrying to follow. Thankfully, most of the students were either in Hogsmeade or inside the castle due to the weather, and the grounds were empty, otherwise Katie would have panicked as she floated in the air.

Madam Pomfrey came out of the office after arriving at the hospital and putting Katie on the bed, "Minerva, what the hell is going on with this child?"

Ryan said she looked like she had been under the Imperius curse. Professor McGonagall briefly explained the situation, and Madam Pomfrey's expression immediately became serious. She immediately drew her wand and whispered a spell, and a cloud of distorted smoke appeared on Katie's forehead.

"It's a Requix Requirement, what a poor girl. Madam Pomfrey grunted and walked into the office, then walked out with a small bottle of azure potion and gave it to Katie to drink, before releasing the spell from Katie's body. "Better than expected, the one who used the Imperius Curse wasn't skilled. After drinking the nourishing medicine just now, she should be able to sleep well. ”

"That's good. Professor McGonagall and Ryan breathed a sigh of relief, and Ryan was then led into his office by Professor McGonagall. Splashes of rain and snow clattered in the window frames, and it was cold even though the fire crackled in the grate. Professor McGonagall closed the door, walked quickly around the table, sat down, looked at them, and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Lini stammered, as there were several pauses in the middle of the tension. She tells Professor McGonagall how Katie went to the bathroom at the Three Broomsticks Bar and how she came back looking a little weird with the unmarked package in her hand, how the two of them argued because she didn't think Katie should have agreed to hand over an unknown object, and how Ryan and Hermione had quickly controlled the two of them with a spell.

"Alright," Professor McGonagall said in a gentle tone, the expression on her face slowed. "Lini, you can go and rest now, I think a good night's sleep will help you recover. If you're still feeling unwell, you can go to Madam Pomfrey and get some medicine. ”

After Linee left, Professor McGonagall looked at Ryan and Hermione, "What did you two just find?"

Ryan recounted that they had heard an argument between Leni and Katie on a date, and looked at it out of curiosity, only to find out that Katie seemed to have been under the Imperius Curse, and finally brought her back to the castle after taking her under control. After recounting the whole process, Ryan placed a lead box on his desk: "This is what Katie brought into the castle after her attacker was released from the Imperius Curse. ”

"What's inside? Have you checked it?" asked Professor McGonagall, putting on her glasses.

"A gorgeous silver necklace with opals. Ryan opened the box and let the necklace reveal. "But there is a deadly curse on it, whether you wear the necklace around your neck or just pick it up with your ungloved hands, the victim will be killed on the spot, and there is also a temptation magic on the necklace that can tempt people to touch it. Luckily, I stopped Miss Katie when she was about to pick up the necklace with her hands. ”

"Oh my God, Ryan, all I can say is that you did a great job with Hermione this time. Professor McGonagall's tone was full of joy, "If this necklace is found during the school inspection, everyone in the foyer will be in danger of their lives." I'm going to add 30 points to you and Hermione. ”

"Thank you, Professor, by the way, this necklace—" Ryan asked Professor McGonagall, who was about to write something on the parchment.

"I'll give it to Professor Snape in a moment, do you have any ideas?" Professor McGonagall looked up and stared at Ryan with her stern eyes, as if she wanted to see something bad in Ryan's face.

"This necklace is very useful to me, mainly because the compound curse composed of the few black magic on this necklace is very valuable. Based on the results of my research on the dark arts above, I was able to develop targeted alchemy items for defense. Ryan explained earnestly to Professor McGonagall.

"Uh-I'm sorry, Ryan, I can't give you this. Professor McGonagall thought for a moment and said to Ryan, "After all, you're in the castle now, and you have so many classmates around. For security reasons, it is not appropriate for you to possess this item. ”

This made Ryan a little depressed, as he couldn't tell Professor McGonagall that he had a space. But Professor McGonagall also saw Ryan's frustration, and she smiled and comforted, "Of course, Ryan. You can go to Sirius's house during Christmas break, and I'll have Professor Snape bring it with you, and you can study the necklace to your heart's content. ”

"Okay, thank you then. Ryan adjusted his mood and bowed slightly to Professor McGonagall, before leaving Professor McGonagall's office with Hermione. It happened that lunch time was approaching, and the two of them simply went downstairs to the auditorium for lunch.

"Ryan, who do you think is responsible for this attack today?" asked Ryan, after Hermione scooped herself with a spoon and took a sip of the curry and seafood soup.

"—hard to say. Ryan swallowed the roast chicken in his mouth and frowned, "But I think it's most likely that it was done by some Death Eater hiding in the school." ”

"Why?" asked Hermione curiously, wondering what Ryan was basing her judgment on.

"Because this attack was too naïve to be done by an experienced Death Eater. Ryan concluded. "A truly experienced Death Eater can't use a completely unskilled Imperius Charm to get a person to bring this dangerous object into the school, because the paper bag can't even pass the inspection at the school gate. ”

"What about random terrorist attacks?" Hermione asked, "like panic or something." ”

"No, although the mysterious person may be emotionally unstable after slicing his soul, and will have a lot of abnormal thoughts. But when you sum it up, you can see that all the previous attacks were purposeful. And as long as Professor Dumbledore was in charge of the school, such a crude attack was just a joke, and he wouldn't devote so many resources to something that would be too small for him. ”

"Is there a lot of resources invested in this attack?" asked Hermione, puzzled, "isn't it just the loss of a dark magic necklace." ”

"Isn't it just the loss of a dark magic necklace?" Ryan looked at Hermione, "You can't think this kind of thing is common just because I'm good at making magic items, like this necklace, I once saw it in the Boginbock store when I went to Tumbledown Alley, and it was worth 1,500 Galleons." ”

"Well, that's a huge investment indeed. Hermione admitted that in the wizarding world where 1000 Galleons could be in a store in Diagon Alley, 1500 Galleons was definitely a big number. "Who, then, would pay such a large price to carry out an attack that is essentially doomed to no sense?"

"It should be a rich and inexperienced person. Ryan said categorically. "It's likely that the Death Eaters will have to do something to prove themselves before they join the gang, and that's how someone with a lot of money will get by. ”

"How does it sound like Malfoy. Hermione said with a smile, but restrained her smile after looking at Ryan's serious expression. "You don't think he really did it, do you? This is killing an innocent person at random, is Malfoy so bad?"

"Quite possibly. Ryan reminded. "Think about what happened to Harry on the train, and what he'd heard. Don't forget that Malfoy comes from a pure-blood family, and his father needs him to support the family after he is imprisoned. ”

"-Damn it!" Hermione opened her mouth wide and didn't know what to say, and finally spat out a foul word as if to vent.