The next day, as soon as it was dawn, it was snowing outside the castle. At first, it was still as light as the catkins in April, but by the time Brandi and the others went downstairs for breakfast, the cold wind was already howling outside the castle. Layers of snowflakes, manipulated by the wind, swept through the castle window, obscuring the gloomy sky.

In this way, the last herbal medicine class of the semester was unfortunately cancelled. Professor Sprout had to rush to the third greenhouse to put on socks and scarves for the mandrakes, and in order to mature them as quickly as possible and save the lives of Lady Loriss and Dean Thomas, Professor Sprout was almost becoming the personal babysitter of the grass bear children.

I don't know what happened to Self now......

Brandi looked at the empty bench beside him and sighed sadly.

He really didn't expect that the mere ability to talk to snakes could cause such a big panic - when he had spent a terrible and tired night, and was about to go downstairs to drink a glass of warm water, he was keenly aware that the students downstairs seemed to be staring at him with a suspicious and frightened look behind his back. And every time he turned his head, they would immediately pretend that nothing had happened and look away...... Everyone was reluctant to look up when they faced him, as if they would turn into stone if they met Brandy's eyes.

He hasn't announced his brother-sister relationship with Salf yet, it's just that he usually becomes like this when he gets close to her, so what can Luna and Salf do? You know, the two of them didn't have any friends in Ravenclaw......

"Oh, for God's sake, Brandy." Harry looked at the empty plate in front of Brandi with some distress, "Don't think about it, okay, didn't I tell you everything, don't listen to Ron's nonsense, the ability of the parseltongue is definitely not rare." You see, wouldn't I be ...... too?"

"But you didn't let everyone find out." Brandi took the bread he had handed him and placed it on his plate with a sigh of relief. "You can sit at the table and eat your toast leisurely, like Salph, she might still be hungry!"

“…… Shh "Kindness was treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, and Harry couldn't help but give him an annoyed look." Then you should bring some food to them, and you won't help them fill their stomachs by sitting here stupidly. ”

Brandi gave him a grateful look, and he pulled a bag out of his bag and began to scan the food into it desperately. The eyes of the people around him looked at him even more abnormally......

"Why do you still have this with you?" Harry watched dumbfounded as Brandi poured a full plate of cookies into the bag.

"It turned out that I always helped Salf feed the kittens and dogs, and there was no place to put the food, so I brought a bag with me." He gave a perfunctory explanation, then stood up and walked out of the auditorium door.

But where will they be?

First-year Ravenclaw was supposed to have a flying lesson today, but it's clear that it's probably been canceled now, as is the herbal medicine class. In the current situation of Sorph and Luna, they would definitely not go back to the common room to meet the disgust and fear of their classmates, they should be in a place with few people...... This obviously won't be a library either—

Walking down the hallway, he inadvertently looked out the window.

Thick and gray snowflakes were flying, trying to hide everything outside the window, and he vaguely saw a figure trudging through the heavy snow, moving in the direction of the castle gate. There was no doubt that a humanoid creature over ten feet tall could still walk outside in such weather, and that could only be Hagrid.

I don't know what he's braving so much snow for.

Brandi resisted the urge to meet him at the door, and continued on his way—and then, he froze.

No, Sorph and Luna shouldn't be so stupid.

Brandi quickly turned around and ran down the hallway, running in the direction of the castle courtyard.

He must have found the right place—he thought, and stopped at the corner of the corridor that led to the courtyard. He had to do it, for there were many people at the end of the hallway, and the undisguised voice reached his ears—Brandy heard Salph's name.

"What a cunning girl, isn't it," said a senior Ravenclaw boy, "who pretends to be an ann on weekdays, and goes out of his way to befriend that crazy girl." It would be impossible for anyone to pay attention to her, and she would have plenty of time to open the chamber...... In fact, if it weren't for the Parseltongue she accidentally exposed at the dueling club, maybe all the Muggles in the castle would not have suspected her. ”

"But she seems so gentle, could she really do it?" A brown-haired girl asked eagerly. "You see, they're still playing with the wild cats over there with so much snow. A girl who can be kind to small animals, I don't think Miss Scrange can do such a thing-"

"Lisa," the boy said in an unusually serious manner, "she's a parseltongue!" Who doesn't know that being able to talk to snakes is an exclusive Slytherin ability? I've seen it in books, the despicable Helmo, the mysterious man...... Who can talk to a snake who is not a famous dark wizard? If I want to see it, Scrange is definitely the heir of Slytherin! ”

The crowd began to stir up.

"But why did she attack Lady Loris and that Thomas?" Another voice came out of the crowd, and it was a nice female voice. "Scrange shouldn't know them well......"

"Good question, Zhang." The boy seemed to be very confident. "Didn't you notice that Scrange was in close contact with that Gryffindor boy named Brandi Barton? She even went to Gryffindor's long table to eat! The relationship between the two of them must be unusual, and I have a bold guess - that Barton might be a minion of the Slytherin heir, or a servant - that his magic level is completely out of his age, and you remember, he defeated a dragon last year! ”

Hidden in the corner, Brandi was so annoyed by this strange idea that he wanted to come out and defend himself, but the Ravenclaws quietly lowered their voices.

"Do you understand now? Barton and Filch don't have a good relationship, and the whole castle knows that they fought for a whole year last year, and look at it now, Filch has been tortured so badly. Look at that Thomas again, he must have known some shady secrets of Barton, and he didn't dare to say anything in the dormitory, so he pulled Longbottom to the prize showroom. Unexpectedly, Longbottom was afraid of the dark, so he stupidly told the Lord about it. And then, Thomas was killed - and now that Fenriel has exposed the Scrange parseltongue, what do you think? ”

For some reason, from the boy's words, Brandi seemed to vaguely grasp something...... But he couldn't think of it for a while, he frowned and thought, and suddenly a hand slapped him on the shoulder. He subconsciously turned his head -

"Hey! Blondie? I can call you that~" Diggory looked at him with a smile and said heartily. "Hell in the weather, isn't it? I made an appointment to meet here...... What are you hiding here so secretly? ”

His voice was loud, and Brandi was embarrassed to hear the screams of terror behind him. After the sound of hurried footsteps, several people quickly ran past them.

"Let's be clear, Barton—I might as well tell you that we're all pure-blooded wizards here! You don't beat our idea! The boy spoke quickly in a trembling voice, and then ran for the other end of the hallway.

"What are you ...... about? Hey, Autumn! Where are you going? Wait for me! ”

Diggory glanced at Brandi apologetically and hurriedly chased after him. In an instant, there was a stupid Brandi in the hallway, who seemed stunned by the sudden event.

Speaking of which, Akihari? He remembered the clear-eyed face he had just glimpsed at him......

Isn't that the girl Dumbledore mentioned?

He shook his head and stepped into the courtyard.

Sure enough, at a glance, he saw a pinch of bright color abruptly in the white background.

"Luna! Sharf! He shouted, and the snow poured into his mouth, choking him and coughing. You guys are too good at tossing, and you have to run outside on such a cold day! ”

Luna and Salph were now wrapped up like rice dumplings, wearing scarves and gloves, and sitting adornly under a leeward wall—a few colorful cats sat or lay on them, turning over and stretching their waists on them.

"Brandy, you brought something to eat, I'm so hungry—"

When Sharf saw Brandy, her big pretty eyes lit up all at once. She patted the little silver pig on her lap, and it shook its head in displeasure and jumped off of her—the bristles looked familiar.

"Oh my God! Yale, why are you so fat! It took a long time to recognize him, and Brandi was so shocked that he slashed him and lifted Yale up in a fit of rage. It's a lot of work, this fat chick is almost three feet long!

"Looks like I'd better take you back......" Brandi looked at Yale, who was sniffing in his arms with black lines, confirming the smell of his former shovel officer, and the killing intent was decided. You're probably going to need a well-rounded weight loss plan, and you're about to become Garfield! ”

…………

Watching Luna and Salph feed the wildcats some white bread and wave goodbye to them, the three of them returned to the castle with a cold ham sandwich in their mouths. On the way back, Brandi comforted the two guys who didn't seem to know anything as tactfully.

“…… So try not to get out of the crowd during this time, even if they don't look at you very friendly. The last thing in Hogwarts is gossip, and when this time passes, everything will be fine-"

Seeing their careless assurances, Brandi was a little relieved. If there were any more attacks, Sharf, who had been following the crowd closely, would probably be able to clear her suspicions - of course, this idea is not right at all, and she is actually longing for someone to be attacked!?

He condemned himself in his heart as he led the way up the fourth floor and into a hallway.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the light here is getting dimer. A piece of window pane seemed to loosen, letting in the cold wind—he was shuddering with Yale in his arms, and was about to turn a corner when he suddenly tripped over something.

"Meow!" Yale was crushed by him, and swooped out of his arms and jumped onto the thing.

"I'll tell you, it must be because Yale is so heavy—" He turned his head to explain his clumsy actions when he saw something that had tripped him. Suddenly, he felt as if his stomach juices had turned into ice.

Justin Fenrery lay on the floor like a slate, stiff and cold, his eyes glazed in the direction Brandi had come, and a look of horror on his face. And he wasn't alone—Nick, who had almost lost his head, was suspended not far from him, his body blackened and the same look of horror on his face.

"Is this, again?" Luna's distinctive voice rang out.

She and Sharf stood behind Brandy, staring fearfully at Justin's stiff face.

"No, we can't stay here anymore......" Brandi's heart was beating fast, the suspicion on them was big enough, if it happened to appear in this kind of place again, it would be impossible to wash it away even if it jumped into the Thames! He scrambled to grab Yale and pull Salph's hand. "Let's go, let's go......"

Suddenly a voice came around the corner, and Madam Pomfrey walked over with a large pile of pill bottles. She saw Brandi and the others, and she saw the two things on the floor. Brandi realized that this was already very close to the school hospital-

"Whoa!"

There was a sound of glass shattering, and Madam Pomfrey's flask fell to the ground. She stared blankly at the three people at the scene of the crime, the corners of her mouth twitching in panic.

"What's going on, Barton?"