At the end of class, as soon as the bell rang in the castle, Brandi and Hermione threw down their shovels and hurried out of the greenhouse and walked towards the castle.

"Where do we start?" Walking down the trail, Brandi asked, "The journey up...... The concept seems a little too vague, Wright is a student of Hufflepuff, and the Hufflepuff lounge itself is on the basement level...... If you think about it from this aspect, then almost all the places higher than the basement level can be counted as upwards. ”

Hermione shrugged, "So there's so little information, even if you ask me that, I can't immediately analyze the exact location." But if it's just a demarcation...... I do have a general idea. ”

She paused, and pulled Brandi to a flat ground where no one had walked nearby, and she gently touched the ground with her wand, and the ground became incredibly flat, like a giant sand painting.

"First of all, we have to understand that this gate existed in ancient times, that is...... This secret has been going on for at least a thousand years, and in this thousand years, only Wright and his friends have discovered this secret, not even us, because we only knew about such a thing through Wright's message, do you think what that means? ”

"Huh? How do you know that only Wright they found out this secret? ”

Hermione gave him a blank look. "Oliver's fourth-grade notes note - the fifth seal has been used, which means that the other six keys have not been used, and the fifth seal itself was unlocked by Wright himself. You haven't even figured this out? ”

………… I'm sorry, I didn't really think about it that much.

Brandi shrugged helplessly and motioned for Hermione to continue her performance.

"Okay...... I expected that. Hermione grimaced, seemingly content with Brandy's deflatedness. For more than a thousand years, Hogwarts has been in and out of hundreds of thousands of students, more than 1,000 erudite lecturers, and dozens of unfathomable headmasters, but still no one has noticed. That's a big tip in itself... That's the time... Blondie. ”

She stopped, and she thought for a while. "Wright also prompted us, and he said, 'Maybe you can find the answer you need on the journey upward' Pay attention to the word - perhaps, it means that he is not sure if the clue he said will appear when we get to that position...... In other words, there have also been cases where Wright clearly arrived at that place, but the clues were not given. And I think there is only time left to cause this situation. ”

She lowered her head and wrote Arabic numerals from 0 to 23 with her wand in the clearing. "Thinking about it this way, we can first rule out the daytime, because at that time the castle was full of people, and if there were clues, even if it was hidden, it should have been discovered a long time ago, and considering that the castle had a curfew at eleven o'clock, and it would be lifted at six o'clock... So... Not. ”

With a flick of the wand, all but 0 to 6 and 23 dissolved into nothingness in a gust of wind.

"Of course, there's the catch, even after curfew, there will still be a large number of adventurers who choose to roam the castle, such as a certain Brandi and the third-year Weasleys." Hermione glanced at him, who cowered her neck. "Then considering the energy of these troublemakers, maybe the time should be shortened a little longer."

So the numbers 0, 1, 2, and 23 also disappeared......

"Next, I believe that the cooks in the cafeteria should have been waking up at least an hour or so earlier than us, and from the observation from the time we went to school to the present, it seems that the cleaning and tidying of the lounge is also carried out during the time we sleep. Then the activity time of these cleaners should probably be taken into account as well—"

Again, 5 and 6 are also gone. Brandi looked at the numbers on the ground in admiration, "Are you saying that this clue will only appear between three and four?" ”

"I'm just extrapolating a more likely range, because this is the time when there is the least amount of life in the castle." Hermione moved her fingers and said confidently. "But I don't think that's the real thing...... Wright was a Hufflepuff after all, and I didn't think he could be as meticulous as I thought, so he still didn't find a pattern after looking at that clue many times, so he left a 'maybe' message. ”

…… But Hermione, you look like you're just a Gryffindor.

Brandi looked into Hermione's eyes, stunned to say this. He remembered that Hermione had told him that the Sorting Hat had intended to send her to Ravenclaw. In this way, the Sorting Hat's eyes are indeed vicious enough...... But it wanted me to go to Ravenclaw too?

Is it because my IQ potential hasn't been fully tapped, or is it that the dead black mage wrapped around my soul turns out to be quite smart?

So thinking about it, somehow, Brandi turned into a smug look with the corners of his mouth grinning. Hermione was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had suddenly discovered something in a flash of inspiration, but when Brandi was about to drool...... Hermione came to her senses.

"Ouch! Not...... Hermione, you go ahead ......" Brandi finally came to her senses with a tap on her skull with Hermione's finger. "It's obviously not enough for us to know a single time period...... At the very least, you need an approximate range of locations. ”

"We have a limit, but it's a bit ......," Hermione said as she raised an eyebrow, as if embarrassed. Wright says it's an upward journey, not a direct highest point. Then it means that the clue needs to at least keep moving upwards to be able to see it...... So we can rule out towers, because they have come to an end, and the only way I understand them to move up is on stairs or where there is an uphill slope - but there are so many of them, there are 142 stairs at Hogwarts alone, and there are even more ramps up the stairs, not to mention the secret passages up the stairs...... I don't know where that thing is, so maybe we'll need to ask George Fred about it. ”

"If you say that, you forgot about the outside of the castle...... As long as you know a little bit about flying. Brandi added weakly. The whole castle will be your range of activities, after all, the broom cabinet is on the first floor. ”

Hermione was stunned, and then the expression on her face suddenly became even more depressed. "yes, that's a bigger place to look......"

Thinking of this, the two of them sighed in unison. There was only one hour to go every night, and they had to investigate all the stairs, and I really didn't know how Wright did it back then, as the first person to open the door, he probably had far fewer clues than Brandy and the others knew.

"It's unreasonable...... Hermione frowned, "There's no way Wright left us such a vague message, we must have missed something crucial, but what the hell is that......"

"It's okay Hermione, don't force yourself to figure it out now, you've analyzed it very well, at least we have a general direction, don't we?" Brandi patted Hermione on the shoulder comfortingly, "Let's wait until we go back and tell Parvati this information, maybe with Parvati's shit luck, we can easily find that clue." ”

It wasn't until lunchtime, when Harry and the three of them appeared in front of them one after another, that they still didn't have a clue. And, after a minute, they didn't have time to think about the irritating question anymore, and even the scheduled midnight scouting became far away.

Malfoy overheard their conversation...... While Harry had skipped three classes and gone to Hagrid's, Malfoy had followed.

He saw the little dragon!

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The next day, Wednesday, things started to get worse.

With a malicious smile on his face, Malfoy kept wandering around Brandy. Even when eating, he has nothing to do with running to the Gryffindor long table, scratching his head like those glamorous sluts on the back streets of London, and vigorously highlighting his presence. But when they glared angrily, he just smiled and didn't say a word.

This made everyone very upset and irritated, and they gave up almost all of their spare time that day to stay in Hagrid's dimly lit cabin, trying to reason with him.

Hagrid...... Let it go, now Malfoy will be staring at you like a hyena! Brandi tried to persuade him. You know it's against the law! Malfoy's dad is a director of the school! You're going to be in big trouble! ”

And Hagrid ...... "Parvati can tell the weight of the matter at this time, although her brain circuitry may not be the same as someone else's." Are you sure you can raise it? I've seen it eat the fourth chicken...... It's just the first day of life! ”

But that didn't change anything in the slightest, and Hagrid seemed to have made up his mind to live and die with the dragon, his eyes filled with mist, and he didn't want to let the dragon go. "I can't do it, I can't do this, it's too small! I know I can't keep it forever, but I can't just throw it away! If you release it now, you'll die immediately. ”

In the end, Brandi and Hermione had no choice but to return to the castle in a huff, and Harry agreed to put the invisibility cloak with Hagrid first, temporarily covering the crate where the dragon was kept...... But after all, this is only a stopgap measure. In a week or two at most, the little dragon will grow as big as the house, and by that time, even ten invisibility cloaks will probably be useless.