Chapter 106: The Year-end Banquet (I)

It's been three days since what happened that night, but the heat is far from gone. Ever since Ron 'inadvertently' exposed their trespass into the forbidden land to protect the stone that could turn stones into gold and immortality at his post-hospital dinner, he had immediately become the focus of the entire academy and even the school.

Everyone was still half-believing to listen to the story, because what Ron said was so evil - how could Quirrell, a cowardly fellow, defy Professor Dumbledore's will and break into the forbidden area in search of some philosopher's stone? In addition, neither Granger nor Miss Petyr seemed reluctant to come forward and explain the truth of the matter, so at first, everyone did not take it to heart.

But the series of events that happened later seemed to prove the truth of Ron's story.

Quirrell vanished...... When everyone had breakfast in the cafeteria the next day, they noticed that there was one less person in the teacher's seat, and it was like this all day. No one ever saw the ridiculously stammering Professor Quirrell again. Professor Dumbledore and the Headmaster refused to reveal his whereabouts.

Then, it was Hufflepuff's Justin who swore he saw the unconscious Brandi and the bored Harry Potter lying in the intensive care unit of the school hospital, both of whom were badly injured.

β€” plus the bandage on Ron's head. Is there any other possibility?

Aside from a thrilling adventure in the exclusion zone, what could explain the injuries of three lion cubs at the same time.

So when Harry was finally released from the dreary hospital room after a day of observation by Madam Pomfrey, he had never expected to be greeted with flowers, applause, candy and letters from the various houses, and the curious and adoring gazes of his classmates.

So, when Hedwig flew into the common room, Ron and Harry were surrounded by a circle of boys and girls, eating snacks brought to Harry by their friends, and aristerously discussing Harry's account of what had happened underground. Harry obviously knew a lot more than Ron, who was dropped halfway through the break, andβ€”a little more reliable. Parvati was among the crowd, but her attention seemed to be more focused on the food than on chatting with them.

"Hey, Harry, there's your letter." Seamus handed Hedwig over.

"Oh, okay, thanks." Harry hugged Hedwig and removed the object from her feet, it was a note with floral characters on it that he knew very well. A few words were written on the note. But his reaction was not small at all.

"Oh my God! Oh, my God! Harry shouted excitedly, and he pulled Ron up from his chair and said quickly to Parvati, "Parvati, let's go first, you go tell Hermione, he's awake!" ”

Parvati was stunned, then suddenly scurried into the girls' dormitory like a rabbit, and after a while, she and Hermione hurried out, and the four of them left the common room together. Everyone who was left confused looked at each other.

- and at this time, it was less than ten minutes before Dumbledore left the hospital room.

The shyness on Brandi's face had barely gone down, and he hadn't even even gotten out of the covers when Harry's chaotic voices rang out in the doorway.

"Madame! Let's see you for a moment. "Harry's four are pitiful and cute." Just for a moment? Five minutes? ”

Pomfrey was the kind of age at which Xiao Zhengtai would be fascinated, and she lay on the table comfortably, without moving her eyelids.

"No, I can't. Mr. Barton had just fallen asleep...... Albus is enough to mess with me. ”

"But Professor Dumbledore is in, why can't we? He wrote a note to inform us to come. Ron still had a circle of linen bandages around his head, but he sounded full of energy, and he was clearly recovering well.

"Can you go and talk to the headmaster Weasley...... Do you know you've caused a lot of trouble for Barton's recuperation, look at your big mouth! How many times more people come to deliver greeting cards and sweets every day! ”

Madam Pomfrey gave Ron a vicious look, "Also, Barton isn't Potter, Weasley, you're causing trouble for Miss Granger by doing this......"

"Ah, what does this have to do with Hermione?" Ron stared in confusion as he turned to look at Hermione, noticing that the tips of her ears were turning red.

"Madam Pomfrey, please, let's meet." Hermione stepped forward and said carefully. "He's been passing out for three days and we're really worried about him."

Looking into Hermione's eyes, Madam Pomfrey raised an eyebrow, the corners of her mouth curled. "Okay ~ five minutes."

She opened the door behind her through a crack.

"Hey, it looks pretty good, doesn't it?" Brandi smiled and beckoned to them.

Hermione looked a little nervous and didn't know what she was thinking, but Parvati didn't have that concern, she flew over like a butterfly and hit her head on Brandy's chest. Everyone noticed that Brandi's face immediately turned white.

"What the hell is going on, you frightened Madam Pomfrey when you first entered the hospital room, she said you had an Avada Curse, but you didn't look like a big deal." Ron said, "Harry, they've told me everything, but there's still a lot of confusion - what happened to you and Parvati following Voldemort to another chamber for a test?" ”

"I don't know ......"

"Don't know?" Ron raised his voice.

Brandi smiled wryly and patted Parvati on the shoulder, motioning for her to stop destroying her fragile sternum. "I really don't know...... The memory is indeed in my head, but I don't know why I can't remember it. ”

He rubbed his still-sore head, "I only vaguely remember, I seem to have gone back a thousand years to when Hogwarts was first founded, in the memory of a boy - he seemed to be very powerful, uh...... A genius, by the way, he's a student of the Big Four? But I don't remember exactly what happened, I just know that it was very important, yes, very important. ”

He retold them everything from beginning to end: the two locations that appeared in the paintings on the walls, the corridor under the altar, the boy whose name had been erased, the deal with Voldemort, the 'original work' under the White Hall, and the scattered white light. Except for Parvati, who was already known, the three of them listened attentively.

"Why did this boy do this, erase his own name?" After listening to this twisty and bizarre story, Hermione asked. "It may seem like sealing most of what you see in the depths of his memory, but what's the point. He shouldn't just use this way of memory regression to test the soul power of outsiders, right? ”

"I don't know, I can't remember what I saw, but he must have done something particularly magical, or dangerous. Every time I try to think back to that memory, I feel an involuntary sense of excitement and fear. He sealed my memories, but not the emotions. ”

Brandi said. "But I was more worried than that about what the boy had said to me, and I couldn't forget it: he said it wasn't a treasure trove, but a graveyard where foreign objects were imprisoned. Hermione, I think we need to confess to Dumbledore what happened - I'm really worried about the guy I let go. ”

Several of them looked at each other strangely and nodded.

"Speaking of which, do you think Dumbledore is deliberately leading us to do this?" Ron suppressed his voice and whispered, "Hermione's idea has been confirmed, what is under the trapdoor happens to correspond to a few of us, and Harry has just enough to restrain Quirrell - his contact can turn Quirrell to stone." Will he have some ...... like this?"

Ron pondered the words, but he couldn't tell.

"I think you're thinking too badly of Dumbledore, Ron." Brandy said thoughtfully, "Actually, Dumbledore was guiding us back in the beginning - you strayed into the forbidden area that day and explained to Harry the role of the Mirror of Eris. I don't think he's just taking advantage of us, you think, his mana is so strong that he can ask a few of us freshmen to face the ...... Mystery Man? I think he is helping us, teaching us courage and love so that we can grow faster. ”

"yes...... That's what makes Dumbledore different, he's trying to make us wizards as great as he is. Ron said proudly, "It's almost time for us to leave Brandy, you'll have to attend the mid-year party tomorrow, the scores for the houses have been counted, and of course, Ravenclaw took first place - Harry was also in the hospital room for two days, he missed the last Quidditch match, we were beaten by Ravenclaw, and it even overtook Slytherin - remember, in our first flying lesson, Slytherin deducted a hundred points with us. Everyone was dying of joy now, and for the first time in a few years, Slytherin had been removed from the top of the list. ”

Just then, Madam Pomfrey burst inβ€”"Almost, you've been there for almost fifteen minutes!" Get me out of here. ”

She squinted at Hermione, then suddenly laughed incomprehensibly.

"Of course, Miss Granger, you're not one of them. If you insist, you can choose to stay here and take care of you - well, good friend. ”

With a planned expression, she smiled and looked at the red-faced Hermione and ran out in one go.

"This is youth...... "Pomfrey pretended to wipe his eyes as he looked at the disappearing figure at the door. Barton! What are you doing sitting there stupidly, be honest, drink the potion and go to bed obediently! ”

A glass of liquid with a yellow and green tinge was placed on the table, and under Brandy's desperate gaze, Pomfrey twisted his waist and left the room.