It is worth mentioning that the professors' trust in Tom seems to be extraordinary.

The incident of Moody's disappearance has not yet been investigated, but none of the professors have come to Tom to inquire about the situation.

At the same time, the drawbacks of Tom not taking the first three years of the course appeared.

Even though each class was pre-revised, Tom still couldn't understand the professor's lecture.

And Harry, although the first three years of experience were colorful, and he barely missed any courses, but it was obvious that he was only better than other students in practice, and he only knew a little bit of theory.

When Tom asked Harry about his studies under the guise of "asking for advice", he was confronted only by Harry, who didn't know anything and looked dazed.

Therefore, Tom did not spend a lot of time and energy, and dragged Harry to the library for "tutoring".

On the other hand, Moody's disappearance also set off a storm of public opinion among students.

All the students who saw the cause and effect of Moody's disappearance at the scene puffed out their chests and frothed at the mouth.

In the word of mouth among the students, this incident became more and more mysterious.

From "Professor Moody disappeared silently due to an accident" to "Tom Cooper, frustrated by his inability to accept Professor Moody's title as a 'Little Death Eater', Cooper waved his wand and made Moody disappear into darkness".

Because of such rumors, most of the students almost always left with an evasive attitude when they saw Tom, but their inner curiosity made them secretly look at Tom with their eyes, which made Harry worry for a while.

Similarly, due to the absence of the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, Dumbledore had to hire another professor to substitute for him temporarily, and the most capable professor in Hogwarts was Professor Snape.

"I gotta say, it seems to make everyone more unhappy. Harry was worried.

That's right. Professor Snape was known throughout the school for his harsh partiality, and the last thing students in other houses except Slytherin wanted to deal with was Professor Snape.

And the students who were fortunate enough to take Professor Moody's class on the first day complained a lot.

They said that Professor Moody's Defence Against the Dark Arts class was very interesting, and even if Professor Snape's class taught them a lot, the serious and dreary atmosphere made people unhappy.

For this reason, many students will inevitably give Tom some looks when they see him. But luckily they didn't come to trouble Tom, which made Tom breathe a sigh of relief.

"Are you going to the library again?" Harry and Tom walked side by side, a little helpless, "Seriously, I never thought I'd study so hard. ”

"It's okay, it's too late to start working hard. Tom quickened his pace.

Harry followed with heavy steps.

Just as they were about to enter the library, Malfoy came out of nowhere and impatiently shoved Tom with a small note: "Here you go." ”

Tom clutched the note, looking at Malfoy with some blankness.

"What did you write?" Harry asked Malfoy with interest.

Malfoy turned his face away in disgust and said arrogantly, "I don't have that much time to write about this." ”

With that, he left with Goyle and Crabbe's two followers without looking back.

Harry and Tom watched Malfoy leave, and saw a reckless Gryffindor accidentally bump into Malfoy's shoulder, and Malfoy was knocked out of the way.

"Looks like it's the same Malfoy we know. Harry touched his chin and nodded, "He's been weird this year. ”

"Strange?" asked Tom, confused, unfolding the note in his hand, "how do I think he's still like that." ”

Harry's eyelids rolled and he put a hand on Tom's shoulder, "Didn't you notice?" Malfoy used to like to get into trouble with me, but this year his focus seems to have shifted. ”

"Could it be that you miss the days when he troubled you?" Tom saw the familiar circle of flowers on the note, "I'm afraid I won't be able to go into the library with you." ”

He spread out the note to Harry and looked at him apologetically.

Harry patted Tom on the shoulder in understanding, "I've been wondering when Professor Dumbledore will be looking for you these days, and now it seems that you really can't hide from it." ”

"Ahh

Harry reassured, "It's okay, Professor Dumbledore is still very kind. It's not like you haven't been invited to the principal's office for tea before, don't worry. ”

Behind her, Mrs. Pince walked out of the library and asked loudly in Tom and Harry's ears, "How long are you two going to be in front of the library?

Harry and Tom jumped to their feet, and the two of them ran away.

Harry ran to the first floor, while Tom was alone to the door of the headmaster's office on the eighth floor.

For some reason, compared to the bustle of other floors of the castle, the eighth floor is exceptionally quiet.

There was no laughter from the students, no excited conversation from the portraits, only the huge stone beast at the door of the headmaster's room staring at Tom with big, emotionless eyes.

"Uh...... Headmaster Dumbledore asked me to ......" Tom began to stutter at the stone beast's lifeless gaze.

"Password. The stone beast said coldly.

"Mouth...... The password is ......" Tom was nervous, forgetting whether Dumbledore's note had a password written on it.

He rummaged through his pockets, trying to find the note, but no matter how he looked for it, it seemed to be out of his pocket.

The note may have been lost during his run.

"I ...... I'm looking for a note with the password written on it!" Tom turned and ran.

The stone beast sighed faintly, "I hope you can still find it." ”

With that, the stone beast closed its eyes.

"Click, click, click"

Tom's footsteps echoed throughout the eighth floor.

Tom lowered his head and looked closely at the ground where he had come. There was nothing on the ground but messy footprints.

He had to go down the stairs.

7th, 6th, 5th floors...... Every floor of the castle was so quiet that it was as if Tom was the only one left in the castle.

"What's going on?" Tom finally sensed something was wrong, slowed his pace, and looked around cautiously.

The castle is still the same castle, but the portraits in the portraits near the hallways have disappeared, and the students who were active on each floor are gone.

"I think it's time for you to be with your classmates - like Potter, who has always been inseparable from you. ”

Tom suddenly remembered what Professor Snape had said to him the day Moody disappeared.