Just after Christmas, the next day's Daily Prophet was out of stock, with a large report on the terrorist attack at the Ministry of Magic last night. Because of the "overwhelming evidence", everyone believed that it was the work of the Death Eaters. Although the Daily Prophet did not express their emotions in Li Quan's UC font, the font still revealed deep shock and incredible—after eleven years, the Death Eaters reappeared. Could it be that the Dark Lord is back?

In the newspaper, the Minister of Magic, Fudge, said in a moving photo in an interview that the Ministry of Magic will do its best to bring the criminals to justice as soon as possible, and the Ministry of Magic will not tolerate this unscrupulous and bad behavior!

No matter whether anyone believes this or not, Li Quan will resolutely not believe it. He didn't believe the Ministry of Magic could catch his own tail.

The time watch was in his hands, and now, he could leave the plane at any time. As for the Philosopher's Stone, whether you can take it or not, the system has made a good offer, but now he wants to return to Earth as soon as possible - his own Earth to reverse time.

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As soon as Christmas passed, Hogwarts reopened. The difference is that all the students came back and all of a sudden they were caught in a tense atmosphere.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all in the public hall at the moment, which was used as a banquet hall during the festival and for the students to study and rest during the week. There are many students around who are studying on their own, because Christmas is over, which means that the graduation exams are coming, and everyone seems a little nervous.

Coupled with the fact that what happened to the Ministry of Magic last night has already caused a lot of noise in the entire wizarding world, it is difficult for young wizards to think about it. From time to time, there were whispers in the hall, and many young wizards were excitedly discussing the topic.

The three of them had just exchanged views on the matter, and their minds were more focused on the exam questions. Needless to say, Hermione would never allow herself to fail her exams, so she would always be seen studying extremely hard. Harry also wants to get a good grade in the exam, and he is also studying hard with his head down. Ron was the only one who was still playing the Wizard cards, playing hard.

Hermione glanced at Ron and criticized Ron dissatisfied, saying, "Look at you, arrange your lessons, don't always expect others." Let's do the upcoming quiz! ”

Ron absentmindedly replied while playing the wizard cards, "I'm ready to ask any questions." ”

"Really? What are the three most basic doses of the Forgetting Potion? Hermione asked.

Ron frowned and thought about it, he held it for a long time, but he still couldn't think of a reason, his head was empty, how could he know such a thing. "Over...... Next question. He quibbled.

Hermione lectured him solemnly: "You can't answer such a simple question, Professor Li has spoken about it many times in class. What if you smash the final exam? ”

Harry laughed beside him.

Ron took it for granted: "Copy yours." ”

Hermione snorted, "You're not going to succeed, besides, according to the rules of the exam, we'll use a special quill with an anti-cheat spell." ”

"What?" Ron was immediately indignant and said, "It's so infuriating, they don't believe us!" ”

Harry nodded in agreement.

Hermione gave them an angry look.

After a while, Ron suddenly exclaimed, "I can find him!" ”

"Whom to find?" Harry looked at him suspiciously.

Ron held a wizard card and said to it, "...... Dumbledore is known for defeating the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, discovering twelve uses for dragon blood, and contributing to alchemy with his companion Nicolamay...... Nicola May! ”

They've been looking for Nicola May lately, and they're going crazy. The library was all over, even Harry had broken into the forbidden section. But nothing was found. They all suspect that this Nicolame is the crux of the matter - the three protagonists will not go to school quietly, the story will always revolve around them, and the villain will always come to the door. The trio had come to discover that there seemed to be a dark force lurking at Hogwarts - they didn't know it was Lord Voldemort lurking around them. It's just that Harry's premonition and the pain of his scars, as well as his curiosity about adventure, continue to lead them to the truth, and to the trap that Voldemort had already set for Harry.

Listening to Ron's words, Hermione suddenly realized, "I once read this name, on the train that day. Come with me! ”

In the library.

Hermione brought a heavy book from a shelf. "I'm in the wrong place, why am I so stupid?" She muttered, scaring Harry by placing the thick, heavy, horrible book on the table.

"This is a book I borrowed for recreation a few weeks ago......" Hermione said.

Ron interrupted her, "Is this a pastime?" His face was full of incredulity.

Hermione gave him a disgruntled look, she turned the thick and ancient pages, looked at them, pointed to a certain line of text on them, and said, "I see, you see, Nicolas Lemay is the only person in the world who can make the Philosopher's Stone......"

Ron interrupted her again and asked, "What was made?" ”

"Really, don't you usually read?" Hermione was very dissatisfied, criticized it, and then explained: "The Philosopher's Stone is a legendary stone with amazing magical powers, which can turn metal into pure gold, and can also make an elixir, and if you drink it, you will live forever. ”

"Immortality?" Ron wondered.

Hermione gave him a blank look: "It's just not dead, understand?" ”

"Of course I know that......" Ron argued.

Hermione ignored him and continued reading: "The only Philosopher's Stone in existence is owned by Mr. Nicolas Lemay, a famous alchemist who turned 665 last year. ”

Even Harry was stunned this time, and he and Ron looked at each other, and both could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

Hermione tapped her finger to the page and said, "This is the treasure that Mao Mao guarded on the third floor. ”

"Maomao" refers to a three-headed Cerberus. After getting lost in the castle, the three Harry stumbled into the restricted area corridor on the third floor, where Dumbledore strictly forbade students to go before school started. In a room at the end of the hallway, the trio found a vicious giant dog with three heads that seemed to be guarding something.

"Everything makes sense now. Hidden under the trapdoor is the Philosopher's Stone! Hermione said firmly.

Harry also suddenly remembered something, and said, "Snape was trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone when the trolls broke into the castle that day!" I saw that his leg was wounded. ”

Snape again...... The three of them looked at each other.

The three of them now suspect that Snape is responsible for all these bad things, the trolls that appear on Halloween Eve, Harry's broomstick that is bizarrely out of control during a Quidditch match, and all the signs that Snape wants to steal the Philosopher's Stone, and even Harry's life!

Ron finally got his senses and proposed, "That ugly dog is Hagrid's pet, and I think we should go to Hagrid and ask about it." More information was needed to prove that Snape was a thief. ”

However, Harry groaned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Before we go to Hagrid, we should go to another person to help us." ”

"Who is it?" Ron asked.

Harry replied, "It's Professor Lee." I think Professor Li will be willing to help us. ”

After getting along this semester, coupled with Li Quan's deliberate closeness, he took care of Harry everywhere, which made Harry have a good impression of Li Quan. And because Li Quan always blatantly favors Gryffindor House and suppresses Slytherin House, and nominally he is the opposite of Slytherin's dean, Snape, so Harry immediately thought of asking Li Quan for help.

It's not that Harry doesn't believe Hagrid, but he thinks that Li Quan is more sure about dealing with Snape.

Although Li Quan and Snape did not have a face-to-face confrontation at school, the two of them did not like each other, which was something that all the students in the school knew.

According to some senior students, before Professor Lee joined Hogwarts, he had a private duel with Professor Snape, and it seems that Professor Lee won in the end.

This news could not be confirmed to be true, but it made Li Quan give a big point in the minds of the Gryffindor students.

Harry trusted Li Quan more than anyone else, and he thought that since this matter was about Snape, he should ask Li Quan for help first.

When Harry and the others knocked on the door, Li Quan was packing his things and preparing to leave Hogwarts.

Li Quan was a little surprised to see Harry and the others, but he quickly thought of something, roughly calculated the time in his heart, and immediately guessed the situation.

Li Quan pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that you know about the Philosopher's Stone. ”

The three of them looked at each other, all of them looking surprised, Professor Li actually knew everything.

Harry immediately spoke, "Professor, we suspect Snape is trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone!" On the night before Halloween, I saw that his leg was injured, and he must have tried to break into the basement that Mao Mao was guarding! ”

When Li Quan heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Harry, who seems to be a bad person, may actually be a good person, and a seemingly good person may have more problems." Things are often not what you see on the surface. Snape wasn't a bad guy. ”

None of Harry were clearly convinced.

"But how do we explain the clues we've found?" Harry asked.

Li Quan groaned. He didn't intend to help Snape clear his name, Snape was purely his own death, voluntarily pretending to be a bad person, and he didn't bother to care. It was only a few years later, before he died, that Snape would tell Harry the truth. And he doesn't plan to change the process, which has nothing to do with him.

"What are you going to do?" Li Quan asked Harry rhetorically.

"Professor, I'd like to ask you for help, if it's really Snape's job, someone has to stop him. Professor Dumbledore could do it, but Professor Dumbledore trusted Snape too much. Harry said.

"Okay. In that case, you'd better ask Hagrid. He is the caretaker of the school, and Mao Mao is also his pet, he should know more details. Li Quan nodded and promised to help with this.

He had planned to leave the plane tonight, but it didn't seem good to think that he would say goodbye. Thinking about how to find a way to reverse time, it has been a few months now, and I shouldn't rush this time. So, let's finish this semester, and it can be regarded as a beginning and an end.

"We're going." Harry said happily that he knew Professor Lee would definitely help him.

"I'll go with you." Li Quan smiled slightly and said.

The group soon arrived at the hunting ground and knocked on the door outside Hagrid's hut.

The door was opened, and Hagrid's huge figure filled the doorway, and when he saw that it was Harry and the three of them, and Li Quan, Hagrid was a little puzzled, but he didn't hesitate to say to them, "Sorry, it's not the right time." We'll talk about ...... tomorrow."

Hagrid was about to close the door, but Li Quan said directly: "Hagrid, raising dragons is not in a hurry. Harry and I wanted to talk to you about the Philosopher's Stone. ”

Hagrid's eyes widened suddenly.

Whether it was Li Quan's words that he was raising dragons, or Li Quan's words about the Philosopher's Stone, it made him extremely uneasy. His eyes widened and he asked, "You, how do you know?" He poked his head out of the door, looked around, and hurriedly beckoned to Li Quan and the others, "Come in quickly." ”

In Hagrid's hut, Li Quan and Harry met Hagrid's little Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon, whom Hagrid named Norber. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were simply stunned, they didn't expect Hagrid to be so bold and actually raise a dragon in the school!

Harry's focus was on the Philosopher's Stone, and he quickly shifted the conversation from Li Quan and Hagrid to Snape.

Hagrid couldn't help but laugh when he heard Harry's skeptical words, "What? Are you still suspicious of Snape? No, no, no. Snape was one of the keepers of the Philosopher's Stone, how could he steal it? He turned to Li Quan and said, "No offense, Professor Li." You know, the people who can take care of the Philosopher's Stone are members of the Order of the Phoenix, so you weren't invited to participate. I think Professor Dumbledore will explain this to you. ”

"I totally understand." Li Quan said with a smile, saying that he didn't care about this matter.

In fact, all his thoughts were on getting the time watch, and he had no spare time to help take care of the Philosopher's Stone. If Dumbledore did come to him for help, he wouldn't be in trouble.

Hagrid was lovingly teasing the palm-length Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon, who was lying on the table, only to be scorched by the bite of the dragon that had just broken its shell. At this moment, Ron suddenly pointed out the window and shouted, "That, what is that!" The timid Ron thought he had seen a ghost outside the window.

As a result, everyone hurriedly looked, but found a panicked face passing by outside the window. "It's Malfoy!" Harry gritted his teeth and said that Malfoy had apparently been following them.

"Oh...... Worst. Hagrid was dumbfounded, and Malfoy actually saw Noble—and bumped into him raising dragons. He even hid this from Dumbledore, and Malfoy was going to tell Dumbledore that he could foresee Noble's fate and would definitely be sent away by Dumbledore.

Li Quan saw that Hagrid looked lost and depressed, and he remembered that later in the plot, Hagrid did say goodbye to his dragon, which was sent back to Norway by Dumbledore. He decided to do Hagrid a favor.

Why help Hagrid? He has his own reasons. Hagrid can be said to be his breakthrough into Hogwarts, without Hagrid, who has a big nerve, it is difficult for him to enter Dumbledore's field of vision, and then come to Hogwarts to teach. That time was equivalent to him taking advantage of Hagrid, although he traded the hydra egg in exchange, but he still felt a little sorry for the straight-eyed Hagrid.

"Let Hagrid keep this dragon and make amends." Li Quan thought and walked towards the door.