193. Deduction of points
Harry's idea was actually very simple, a big reason why Draco would be caught by Mr. Filch was that he came out to find him and Thor, if he had pretended not to know anything after knowing the news, probably he wouldn't be in the situation now.
In addition, Harry saw Draco's expression and obviously didn't come up with any excuses, so he didn't think too much about it, they needed an excuse so that the professor wouldn't punish them heavily.
What kind of hero saves beauty, that's just Harry's joke, Draco is indeed exquisite, but Harry also knows that the word beauty is generally used to describe women, whether it's a mature man or a boy, they don't like what they call ...... Beautiful. Looking at Draco Malfoy's angry appearance, Harry smiled, he glanced at Filch who was walking in front and said to Draco, "I'll come out with you to be punished, is it considered to be a favor for you?" ”
Harry didn't want to owe too much favor, otherwise Draco, the little snake who was curious about him and his curiosity, didn't know that he would get very few secrets from his mouth, Draco looked at Harry Potter and wanted to say: No, but Draco is still very happy to have someone to punish him, at least if he is deducted points, Gryffindor should not want to be better.
"It's barely a good one, but Potter you should know that you owe me more than this time, and that I have a lot to do with being caught by Filch."
Draco was a standard Slytherin, he was a spoiled little ghost, but he knew how to use his strengths, Harry Potter owed a favor that was not so easy to repay now, he had to at least spit out something he wanted to know.
"So I'm here to accompany you, dear Mr. Malfoy."
"Maybe the Sorting Hat is right, you are indeed a Slytherin."
Harry looked at Draco and shrugged, he never denied it, did he. Filch heard the voice of Sissy Soso behind him, so he turned his head and glared at his own eyes, and said, "You two shut up! I'm going to put you in Professor McGonagall's hands. ”
Draco pouted, Filch was a person who usually liked foxes and fake tigers, and he had to stay in the magic academy even though he didn't have any magic, which was a joke in Draco's opinion. Thor looked at Harry and Draco's distant backs and touched his nose, Harry clearly meant that since Draco was captured because of them, at least one of them should come out and suffer with him. Harry thought that this man should be himself, after all, he was the one who pulled Draco onto the thief ship in the first place.
Thor was going to wait for Harry at Gryffindor's door, and if he followed and was discovered by Professor McGonagall or another professor, Harry's efforts would be in vain.
Harry had already thought that the two of them must be punished, after all, Hogwarts was not allowed to travel at night, and no matter what justifiable reason he found, breaking the school rules would be a violation. However, for a good reason, their punishment can be appropriately reduced.
They were approaching Professor McGonagall's office, and Harry had a reason to believe that the man, if he really had a ghost in his heart, would help them make the lie true.
"Do you remember seeing Professor Quirrell today?"
Professor Quirrell? Draco thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's not like you don't know that Professor Quirrell has always been secretive. ”
Especially recently, Professor Quirrell in their Defense Against the Dark Arts class has become even more mysterious, and he can't find anyone who can't find him until class or mealtime, but he is usually so mysterious, so everyone doesn't suspect anything.
If it weren't for the suspicion of Professor Quirrell, perhaps Harry and Draco wouldn't have paid attention to him.
Harry nodded, well, he already had a solution, and he whispered to Draco as Mr. Filch knocked on the door of Professor McGonagall's office, "Wait, do what I said." ”
Draco frowned, Harry, did he have another solution?
Professor McGonagall opened the office door, she was wearing a plaid dressing gown and a hairnet, looking a little unhappy probably because her sweet dream had been woken up, Harry took a deep breath and pretended to be obedient, and then dragged Draco and whispered at the same time, "Good evening, Professor." ”
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Malfoy?" Professor McGonagall looked at the two men brought by Mr. Filch and was puzzled, so Professor McGonagall immediately asked, "Mr. Filch, what is going on?" ”
Filch pointed to Harry and Draco, "Professor, I caught the two of them wandering around the castle. ”
Filch was a little smug, he thought it would be his honor to be able to catch the students, Professor McGonagall glared at Draco and Harry and let the two of them into his office.
"Mr. Potter and Mr. Malfoy, you are still wandering around the campus at midnight, may I ask why?!" Professor McGonagall's tone was calm, and she looked genuinely angry.
Harry took a step forward and said, "Professor, I can explain that Malfoy and I were commissioned by Professor Quirrell to do him a little favor. ”
"Professor Quirrell?"
Professor McGonagall wondered how Professor Quirrell had come up with the idea of finding a young Gryffindor and Slytherin to help, who was supposed to be an upperclassman.
"Yes, Professor Quirrell, we just got in his office, and the professor said he wanted us to help practice the magic he was going to teach later. You know, sometimes Professor Quirrell is suspicious of himself. ”
Draco knew that Harry Potter was a Slytherin character, and he finally knew why Harry had just asked Professor Quirrell, who had planned to do so.
"Professor McGonagall, you can call Professor Quirrell over and ask."
Draco followed Harry's words, he knew what Harry meant, but he wasn't sure if Professor Quirrell would speak for them if he did.
Harry gave Draco a reassuring look, no problem, if Professor Quirrell really had any idea, he would definitely choose to help the two of them cover it up, or Professor McGonagall would find out something.
Professor McGonagall pointed to the two little ones and said, "Stand here for me, and I'll tell Professor Quirrell to come over." ”
Mr. Filch accepted Professor McGonagall's thanks and left the office, giving Harry and Draco the opportunity to speak as both professors had left.
"Hey, Potter, are you sure Professor Quirrell will help us cover up the past?"
"It depends on whether the news you bring is accurate, Mr. Malfoy."
Draco's mouth twitched, and it looked like Harry was gambling.
"Don't you think it's too much of a bet? If Professor McGonagall asks whose idea it was......"
Before Draco could finish his sentence, Harry said, "You said I threatened you with that." ”
Draco nodded in satisfaction, Harry knew when to say something, just like now he shook his head when he saw Draco's smile, Harry had always regarded himself as a protector in his body, as long as it was someone who entered his protective circle, he would protect it tightly, and not let anyone hurt them in anything.
Just look at the very good people who have been protected by Harry.
Professor Quirrell arrived quickly, still wearing a wizard's robe and a ridiculous scarf wrapped around his head, and he looked like he was hurrying over.
Quirrell didn't know why he had been called, but when he arrived in Professor McGonagall's office, he saw two students he knew, the famous Harry Potter and the Slytherin Malfoy child Draco Malfoy. Quirrell didn't understand why the two of them were here, or at this time.
"Professor Quirrell, Mr. Filch caught Mr. Potter and Mr. Malfoy at the school, and the two of them said that you told them to wander around at midnight because of something, some kind of thing?"
Quirrell chuckled in his heart, he had some bad premonitions, and Harry and Draco turned to look at Quirrell, "Professor, we just came out of your office, didn't we?" ”
Quirrell didn't know what Harry wanted, but it must have been a lie, because he hadn't been in the office, and he wasn't sure if Harry Potter had discovered something, and Harry looked at him with a smile that made Quirrell think he must have known that he wasn't in the office.
He couldn't let Professor McGonagall know that she wasn't in the office, or they would have investigated, there were suspicious people in Hogwarts.
Quirrell nodded, then said to Professor McGonagall, "Yes, I need Mr. Malfoy and Harry to help me with something, so ...... I forgot about not being able to wander around school at midnight, and it was my fault. ”
Quirrell was very sincere, he was going to bring Harry's lie back even if he gritted his teeth, he couldn't expose anything at this time.
"Professor Quirrell, as a professor, you actually helped a student break the rules, I think we can deal with this matter strictly."
Professor McGonagall's face was very bad, whether Professor Quirrell forgot or not, he was a professor at this school after all, and if something happened to the student, Quirrell couldn't tell.
Professor McGonagall was also an old professor in the school, and she was also the head of Gryffindor, so Quirrell could only stand there and listen to Professor McGonagall lecture herself. Harry and Draco thought that the punishment for the two of them was probably indispensable, just by looking at Professor McGonagall's angry look.
The next step is to deal with Harry and Draco, who is a Slytherin, but she still has the right to deduct points and be locked up.
"You two, twenty points, twenty points each!"
Harry and Draco looked at each other, well, twenty points looked like they needed to work hard for points in the next few moments. Draco was a little unhappy, though soon Professor Snape was able to add up the score back to him. But the unhappiness in his heart that was suddenly minus twenty points could not be ignored, Draco watched Harry grind his teeth, if it wasn't for the time was not right, he would have pulled Harry's collar and shook it hard, or went up and punched him.
"And your confinement, I'll arrange it for you."
Professor McGonagall glared at the two of them if they had heard clearly, and Harry and Draco nodded dejectedly, looking like they had no right to resist.
"Go back."
Draco and Harry nodded and walked out the door together, Professor Quirrell following them, and when Professor McGonagall's door was closed, Harry and Draco stopped, and saw Harry pull Draco's sleeve and say to Professor Quirrell, "Thank you, Professor." ”
Professor Quirrell opened his mouth to hear Harry continue, "Don't worry, we won't talk to Professor McGonagall." ”
"Say...... What the? ”
Quirrell didn't know what he had in Harry's hands, he thought he could get their thanks for helping Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, but what did Harry Potter mean by that now?
"About the professor, you weren't in the office."
Quirrell was stunned and took a step back, then smiled a little awkwardly, "I've been in the office all along, Harry, what are you going to say?" ”
Harry blinked, Professor Quirrell's frightened look, whether it was pretending or he was the way he was, the matter had come to an abrupt end, Harry grinned and took Draco's hand and thanked Professor Quirrell again and left.
Professor Quirrell looked at the backs of the two people, narrowing his eyes, Harry Potter doubted himself, he was a little skeptical if this was a temptation, but Harry Potter was just an eleven-year-old child, how could it be......
Unless someone is behind him to guide him, the man is even suspecting that tonight's events are a huge hoax set up for him.
He turned and hurried out of Professor McGonagall's office, believing that he was now in danger.
Draco shook off Harry's hand around the corner, and he wiped the hand that Harry had just grabbed with a handkerchief, showing his dislike for Gryffindor, to be honest, when have you ever seen a Slytherin and Gryffindor like that...... Intimacy.
Although Harry is a home to Gryffindor, the real Slytherin.
Harry looked at Draco's disgusted expression and deliberately showed a sad look, and then followed Draco's long and slow voice, "Oh dear Master Malfoy, are you disgusting me?" ”
Draco's face was already bad, and sure enough, Gryffindor was in a conflict with him, and he put his hand into his robe, if Harry was saying a word, he would definitely do it, and then put all the fault on Harry.
Draco nodded, Harry twitched the corners of his mouth, didn't Draco think he didn't see what he was thinking? His hand was already in his pocket, and the next second he must have wanted to take out his wand and point it at him.
Harry pressed his hand on Draco's hand, "Ahem, isn't a midnight duel too good?" Shall I apologize? ”
Harry was very observant, and he knew what Draco was angry about, so he apologized immediately. Draco shook Harry's hand again, he was going back to sleep, it was midnight and he was already sleepy, and he would have to get up tomorrow to explain to Professor Snape why he was deducting twenty points, and by the way, confinement......
Draco stepped on his own feet, this qiē was Harry's fault, if it wasn't for Harry Potter, how could he run out in the middle of the night!
Harry followed Draco and touched his nose, well, it looked like he was going to have a hard time going to be there, but Draco liked to be angry but a little cute, and it reminded him of his brothers back home.
When Harry was growing up, his aesthetic had been distorted, and Harry had taken this awkwardness and tsundere as a kind of cuteness, and after arriving, Draco's personality became even more awkward, and Harry was credited with it.
Harry still sent Draco to the front of the Slytherin cellar, he looked at Draco and said, "Good night, Draco." ”
"Good night, Potter."
Harry picked up his brother Thor in front of Gryffindor's common room, Thor asked him if there was anything wrong, Harry couldn't say anything, and then entered their common room with Thor in the invisibility cloak, there were many things that needed to be said slowly before they could be clear.
Thor knew something was going on, or Harry wouldn't be like this.
Harry and Thor then lay down on his bed side by side, and told Thor about what had happened tonight, and their suspicions of Professor Quirrell, that the man must have done something behind his back, or he wouldn't be so stupid.
"Professor Quirrell looks like he's playing dumb, he's not as stupid as he seems."
Thor narrowed his eyes, "So Quirrell has been pretending to be stupid, what is he planning?" ”
"Probably...... Bad things. ”
Harry exhaled, it was late, "We need to spend the rest of our time thinking about how to get those twenty points back, and by the way I think Professor Snape will be in trouble with us, given that we have lost twenty points with Slytherin." ”
Harry used magic to make other people unable to hear them, and they did have a lot of problems to face, so Thor took Harry's hand, "My brother, no problem, you still have me by your side, didn't Greg say that we need to take care of each other." ”
Harry also squeezed Thor's hand, this was the family he wanted to protect, and it was because of this that he was willing to give everything for them.
By the next day, everyone knew that Harry and Draco had been deducted points, and the other two houses had jokes about wanting to see Gryffindor and Slytherin, and Slytherin seemed to pretend that nothing had happened to Gryffindor, and even if they had any opinions about Draco, they would not express their faces again, let alone discuss anything in private.
Because that's what their college traditions look like, talking about their classmates will make other people laugh.
Gryffindor has always been like that, and it is not bad for Harry, but twenty points is acceptable for them, and Harry is still a Gryffindor Seeker, so it is even more impossible to offend.
Presumably except for Hermione and Ron who knew what they had done to get the points deducted, everyone else thought they were late because they helped Professor Quirrell.
Professor Quirrell helped Harry and Draco carry the cauldron once, but he still couldn't speak, he began to wonder if Harry knew something, but looking at Harry's usual heartless smile, he felt that he was thinking too much.
One thing is for sure, though, his plan may have been ahead of schedule, and if Harry had done it on purpose and someone instructed him, it was likely that the person behind Harry was Dumbledore.
If it was really Dumbledore, was the old man waiting for him to fall into the net?
Quirrell thought a lot about things, and if it wasn't for the man who reminded him of the consequences of letting him not have the Philosopher's Stone, Quirrell would probably have fled.
However, Quirrell also had one trump card that he hadn't played, and that was the person he was now integrated with, and this person would make even Dumbledore feel a headache.
What Quirrell didn't know was that the mysterious man was thinking about something very important, about the truth of Slytherin's ostracism from the other three houses, about whether Malfoy was a traitor in the first place, and so on.
Harry and Thor wrote home about Professor Quirrell, and they apologized for their suspicions about Professor Snape.
Another important thing is that Harry and Thor have to work hard to earn back the points they deducted before, because Professor Snape's revenge Harry and the co-seated Thor have already lost twenty-five points.
Twenty-five points, Harry thought it was an astronomical number, and he was really going to snatch the score from professors other than Professor Snape, presumably...... I'm a little sorry for Hermione, I'm going to steal the limelight from her.
However, Greg Lestrade wrote in his reply to Harry: "Dear Harry and Thor, Quirrell or not, you must be careful of your own safety, and the premise of everything is your safety.
Lestrade was very worried about whether something would happen to the babies thousands of miles away, but he was worried, he still believed that Harry and Thor would have no problem together!
And just when Harry and Thor were thinking about how to earn points, Quirrell was ready to do it, he couldn't sit still, he couldn't sit still and wait, he could only take the initiative.