No one expected Professor McGonagall to be so decisive in handling Dumbledore's downfall, and within an hour of the news spreading, she issued a series of orders in her capacity as acting headmaster. This is certainly the most acceptable and safest solution for students who are in a state of anxiety and panic: evacuate them from the castle as quickly as possible, then close the school for subsequent searches from the school board or the Ministry of Magic, and wait until the threat of the Chamber of Secrets is eliminated before resuming normal educational work.

It is conservative, but it will undoubtedly minimize the risk of another attack and the loss of Hogwarts' reputation. Even Harry and Ron, who didn't want Hogwarts to close, couldn't think of any reason to refute her.

But this is not necessarily good news for Brandy's team, who are in a race against time - at this point in time, they should still be looking for clues left by Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest, and according to Hagrid's style of dealing with fierce birds and beasts, that trip to the Forbidden Forest is definitely not just a simple sightseeing trip. And if that's the case, then Brandi and the others can't think of any less time than they can get out.

Come to think of it, if Brandi hadn't come back before the academy counted the students, they would have been considered another victim of the attack - and the already fragile nerves would have naturally broken open and eventually turned into a school-wide panic. And if Harry and Ron were the first to stand up and confess everything...... Their attempt to find the Chamber of Secrets would be terminated, and there would be no way Professor McGonagall would allow a few students to take the risk.

Then, in front of Harry and Ron, there was only one choice. They must find an excuse to hold Professor McGonagall back and prevent her from restarting Hogwarts Express before Brandi returns.

So, when Harry and Ron hid their cloaks of invisibility and stopped Professor McGonagall and her party at the entrance of the Great Hall, Professor McGonagall's lungs almost exploded.

"Potter! Weasley! What the hell are you trying to do! ”

"It's clear that Potter and his slug friends are planning to sneak out of the castle and have some fun." Snape said in a slick tone.

Her lips pursed into a straight line that couldn't be thinner. "Don't you understand what time it is? Wandering around the castle now is a joke on your life! Confinement! I'm going to give Gryffindor ......"

She didn't finish her sentence before she froze—and then she realized that the school was about to close, and that the punishment was pointless.

But what she didn't expect was that Harry and Ron weren't just hanging out in the castle this time.

"No, Professor McGonagall, we want—we want—" Ron stammered, "we want to go—go see—"

"Hermione and Parvati, Professor McGonagall."

Harry spoke in time, and Ron and Professor McGonagall looked at him in surprise at the same time.

"We've heard George say that the school may not be able to open...... Harry's tone was a little low, and this moment was definitely a revelation of his true feelings - he was probably the last person in the school to let Hogwarts close, and Hogwarts was the real home compared to the Dursleys' cupboard.

"We want to see them again, where will they go, the wizard's hospital? We probably won't see each other again. We have something to say to them—so we went to your office to look for you, but the fat friar nearby told us that you were meeting on the first floor, so we were waiting for you in the auditorium, Professor. ”

He felt Ron touch him lightly beside him, apparently pleased with the excuse he had made up in a hurry.

Professor McGonagall was still staring at him, and for a moment, Harry thought she had found a loophole, as Brandi hadn't come with them, which wasn't in keeping with their small group. But she spoke, with a strange tremor in her voice.

"Of course," she said, both of them surprised to see that Professor McGonagall's eyes were glistening with tears, "of course, I can understand your feelings, Potter. For all the victims' friends, the pain of parting was unbearable...... I ......"

She blew her nose and returned to her strong woman posture.

"But now is a special juncture, I won't allow the two of you to go alone - and now that a lot of protection has been added near the school hospital, that whole team of demon armor guards won't talk to you, and it is impossible to let you go unless you are accompanied by a professor."

"But ......," Harry's face looked anxious and lost.

"Don't be too busy and upset, I'll go with you." The lines on her face softened a lot, "After all, I need to make sure you return to Gryffindor Tower." ”

"Minerva? Hogwarts ...... quickly," a professor Harry didn't recognize, hesitating.

“…… Let's wait for a moment," she hesitated, "After all, we won't be officially evacuated until noon tomorrow, and we still have plenty of time." Let's go back to our respective offices and stand by, Philius, Sprout, and Severus—you can go back to your respective academies and organize order first, and wait for my notice. ”

Lies come at a price...... Now that they had no other choice, Professor McGonagall walked silently beside them, and the two of them walked nervously towards the school hospital. There were two rows of shiny armor standing in the hallway in front of the school hospital, and they realized that the jingling things that usually walked in the castle were also Hogwarts guards in case of emergency.

These guys are completely different from what they used to be—their pitch-black iron armor is now covered in mysterious spells, and they have silver swords in their hands that come from nowhere. Looks dangerous......

"By the way, didn't Barton come with you?" Walking down the hallway, Professor McGonagall suddenly remembered.

Harry and Ron's bodies shook in unison, and they looked at each other quickly.

"He's so upset, Professor McGonagall, we didn't wake him up when we saw him fall asleep."

"Yes, Professor McGonagall, he's been in the bathroom all day, crying in the bathroom at noon." Ron sang and harmonized tacitly. "He insisted that he was responsible for the attacks on Hermione and Parvati."

"If so...... He's such a stupid boy - how could such a thing be his fault. Professor McGonagall sadly reached out to cover her mouth, "You can see that he's always cared about his best friend. I wish he hadn't been too sad when he woke up and learned that you were going to be separated—you still had a chance to see each other again, but Patil ......"

"Parvati? Professor? What's wrong with her? ”

"Even if we heal her with a mandrake, I don't think the Petyrs will ever give you another chance to see her." She said simply, not wanting to bother with it. "Here we are, Potter, Weasley...... I think you have a lot to say to them, so I'm not going to go in with you, but you only have ten minutes. Then I'll send you to the fat woman, and after that, you're absolutely forbidden to slip out again!" Got it? ”

The two of them nodded in unison. Professor McGonagall chanted a spell at the door of the hospital, and the door opened itself.

"Ten minutes, let's say goodbye to them."

…………

The hospital was still the same as before, with only a few candlesticks emitting a dim light, and Madam Pomfrey had been moved to her hospital bed by the professors, so that she could finally stand with her neck stretched all the time. The silence was so terrible that Harry and Ron didn't even dare to speak loudly, and they quietly walked from room to room - stopping in front of Hermione and Parvati's room.

The door was open, and the two of them could see them at a glance, they hadn't been moved, they were still the same as when they had been attacked—Hermione was in front of Parvati's hospital bed, and Parvati was half-seated, both wands in hand. Even though they had recovered from the initial shock, they could still feel their hearts tremble when they saw the scene again.

"What are we going to do, sit here for ten minutes, and then go back to the common room with Professor McGonagall? It's really ......."

Harry glanced at Hermione with some reluctance, they had always quarreled every day, and Hermione would instinctively dislike Parvati this stupid girl almost every day...... But when her life was at stake, she still chose to stand up and try to protect her with her thin body.

They really felt the friendship between these close friends.

"Anyway, Brandi also mentioned that let's take a look at them, and that's the end of the mission...... It's so dark here. Ron looked around the room, then turned to look at Hermione's face full of vigilance and incredulity. I wonder if they saw the attacker clearly? If only we could read minds. ”

"Don't think about it, even if you can, you probably can't use it against a stone." Harry stepped closer, but instead of paying attention to Hermione's stiff face, he was more interested in Parvati, who was half-seated in the hospital bed. He looked suspiciously at her hand holding the wand...... Is that posture to point the wand out the door? It seems a little awkward......

"Ron, do you find it strange?"

"What?"

Harry mimicked Parvati's movements, gesturing in the air. Their faces were all wary, and they must have obviously noticed the movement outside - even Hermione, who was next to the door, had enough time to get out of bed and run to Parvati to protect her, but Parvati had been sitting on the bed stupidly? She's coarse...... But she's not an athletic stupid! ”

"Huh? What do you say......" Ron thought for a moment, he also felt that something was wrong. "Could it be that Parvati was busy doing something else at the time, so he didn't have time to get out of bed! But what is she doing? ”

Harry was stunned as he walked back and forth around Parvati's hospital bed.

"Ron, what did you say before?"

"I said if Parvati would have been busy doing ...... at the time"

"No, no, no, it's not this one, it's earlier." Harry looked at the room closely, and he vaguely felt that something was missing from it. "Did you just say about this room?"

Ron was stunned for a moment, "yes, I said it's so dark in here—it's so dark!" His eyes widened.

"They couldn't have been sleeping at the time, so how could they not have a light in the room! There was no light in the room - Parvati must have used her wand to extinguish the candlestick in the first place! It should be - so that the attackers do not notice what they left behind! ”

They looked in the direction of the candlestick at the same time, and their hearts seemed to be jumping out of their chests.

Hermione and Parvati, what exactly were left for them......