Chapter 210: Dumbledore's Chessboard
"Oh, Oude!"
In the pile of leaves, Neville suddenly jumped out, and he shuddered, "Don't say it, please." β
A foul stench of blood emanated from Neville's arms, and the grudge of the Hippogriff began to flood over the still-beating heart, which would soon lose its magic and become useless.
"My dad and mom have been in a coma for thirteen years because of the Diamond Heart Curse, and now I need this heart!"
Neville's eyes were filled with stubborn tears, and he looked at Brie timidly and desperately, as if to intimidate Brie with his face stained with rotting leaves and mud.
Brie saw Neville's wand clenched inside his wizard's robes, and the corners of his eyes jumped slightly.
"Do you think you can take me down, Longbottom?"
"I, I've got to try, I've got to save them!"
Neville raised his wand and pointed it straight at Brie's heart, then wept bitterly, "Help me, I don't notice me, please, Ode!" β
Tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, mixed with snot and slowly falling...
"Uhhhhh
Brie hurriedly stepped back and said in disgust, "It's disgusting, you're not a first-grade doll anymore, Longbottom." β
Brie reached out a little, casting a magic that kept Neville alive when he couldn't even react, keeping his heart beating.
"You, what did you do?" Neville looked at the heart in the jar in his arms, but he found he couldn't open it.
"Guaranteed that you will take it away tomorrow, don't you know that even if the heart of a magical beast can beat for a while when it leaves its body, it will die completely as the magic dissipates... This is what is in third-grade Potions class. β
Neville's face flushed, he stumbled as if he were facing Snape, and said, "I, I'm afraid I won't be able to pass the potion today, I almost blew up the cauldron again during the exam." β
Brie glanced at Neville helplessly, he didn't think Snape would want to retake Neville's exam, or let Neville stay for an extra year to torture him, anyway, most wizards wouldn't do potions-related operations after they left Hogwarts.
Snape was arguably the most tolerant professor in this regard.
"Rustle..."
Someone came over.
Brie grabbed Neville, and a phantasmagion spell vanished him from view.
"Huh?" Snape, who had just arrived, shrugged his nose and said in disgust, "The smell of the blood of the Hippogriff is broken... But how can there still smell of rats and dogs here? β
"Snape, did you make a discovery?" Lupin came from behind, but unfortunately Snape couldn't see it, and when Lupin came here and found the unusual and unusually familiar smell of blood, the child's hole instantly enlarged, as if he was surprised by something.
"Humph!" Snape looked left and right, and only heard a croak, and said with a cold face, "Maybe some great person did it, otherwise he could have escaped your nose." β
Without hearing Lupin's reply, Snape turned around dissatisfied, walked directly past Lupin, and walked in the direction of Hogwarts.
"Since there is no result, let's leave it at that." Snape gave Rifle one last glance and left.
Lupin still didn't reply, he was analyzing the smell, looking for the direction in which Siris and Peter had left.
"If you want to stay in the Forbidden Forest and become a werewolf, just stand still, maybe you forgot that this month's werewolf potion has been wasted on the test just now, and you can only go to your place for one night, otherwise what awaits you is Azkaban, where you should go."
Lupin slowly came back to his senses when he heard Snape's mocking reminder, and he said, "I'll go and beat Lyuna at night, thank you, Severus." β
With that, Lupin chased Snape in one direction, despite Snape's stinking face like a fly swallowing it.
Snape snorted, shook off his wide black robes and headed for Hogwarts.
"Phewβ" Neville was finally able to catch his breath, clutching his chest and inhaling heavily.
"Ahem, thank you, you're such a nice guy, Ode." Neville looked at Brie gratefully, and of course he understood that Brie was helping him.
"Go back to Hogwarts." Brie pulled out his notes.
Soon a teleportation circle appeared.
"Go in, now the Forbidden Forest is full of Aurors, it's not convenient for me to take you." Hearing this, Neville stepped into the circle with trepidation.
"Quack..."
Neville forgot about his toad...
Brie kicked Fortune in and stepped into it himself.
Inside the Corner Tower β
Neville looked around suspiciously, it was filled with potion materials and various instruments, strange magical objects.
"Don't mess around, I'll take you out."
"Of course, you'll have to clean it up first."
Fearing Neville's bare light, Brie didn't let him perform his own magic.
"Clean up!"
In an instant, the blood on Neville's body was gone.
"Let's go."
Leaving the Corner Tower with Neville holding the potion jar, they made their way to Hogwarts through the portrait of the giant tree.
"I don't think I need to send you back to Gryffindor."
"Thank you, Ode, if you need help in the future, I can't say anything about it." Neville said to Brie firmly, covered the jar with his robe, and trotted towards Gryffindor.
Brie looked at Neville as he left, thinking.
He still remembered that in Professor Lupin's Boggart class, Boggart had transformed into a man and a woman who had been tortured by the Diamond Curse, and he was probably still lying in a hospital bed.
"Hippogriff's heart can indeed alleviate the sequelae of soul damage, but if you want to wake them up, I'm afraid even a hundred can't do it."
Brie's eyes flashed, and he remembered that the Longbottoms were the same prophecy family as Voldemort.
Harry had previously said that he suspected Dumbledore of calculating his parents, and that the Guardian of the Gods was similar to the one his mother had cast on him before she died......
Was Dumbledore sure that the Potters were the prophesied family in the first place?
Prophecy, Brie, who had read the book, certainly knew that the Longbottom family was also eligible at that time.
If Dumbledore didn't know, then could Neville's mother also have this magic and have something to do with Dumbledore?
"If the Longbottoms wake up, they might be able to give some answers."
Brie has been working on the solution of the three unforgivable curses for some time, and he now needs some patients to experiment, but it is too inhumane to force them.
"Hazard has suffered a long-term damage similar to the Imperius Curse, which can test the release of the Imperius Curse."
"The Longbottoms were hurt by the Diamond Heart Curse..."
As for the Killing Curse, it will have to wait, this dark magic Brie has not studied deeply enough, because it involves the power of the Grim Reaper.
β¦β¦
Soon it was afternoon, and the people from the Ministry of Magic also left the Forbidden Forest one by one and headed towards Hogwarts Castle, Professor McGonagall, who had traveled all the way, was grim-faced, and when she saw Professor Flitwick who was still organizing the final dinner, she stepped forward apologetically.
"I'm sorry, Filius, maybe we have to stop what we're doing first, and he may not be able to come in handy."
"What happened?" Filius sensed that something was wrong, because there were so many Aurors coming, it was like he had emptied the Ministry of Magic.
Fudge stepped out of the group of Aurors with a very fast pace that caught everyone's attention, and he laughed loudly, "Haha, let the children go back to their dorms, they just have to wait for tomorrow's train." β
"Oh, what happened?" The little wizards looked at each other, they didn't understand, the final dinner was a thousand-year-old custom, how could it be changed just because of a word from the Ministry of Magic?
"Don't panic boys, you need to listen to the Ministry of Magic, it's ...... for you"
"Enough, Connelly!"
Dumbledore, dressed in a conspicuous floral robe, dressed as if it had been made by a little girl, squinted at Fudge and said, "I can allow the Ministry of Magic to inspect everything outside the hall, and that's the maximum, you can't disturb the final dinner at Hogwarts." β
Tonight, it's the final moment, the chessboard can't be at Hogwarts, this is Dumbledore's arrangement a long time ago, Fudge they can't find anything, Dumbledore doesn't want the children to be implicated and disturb their last day of the term.
"Oh, Albus, you can't do that, you know Potter just now..."
"I know, they're just going to give Buckbeak one last ride, that's what you said."
Fudge choked, but was quick to continue.
"Enough, don't disturb the children's interest... I can agree that tomorrow you will be checked at the station and boarded. Dumbledore's squinting eyes slowly opened.
"Oh!" Fudge's eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth grinned.
"Of course, of course, we can't break Hogwarts customs."
Fudge was not ashamed of the change of day, he raised his hands, bowed heavily, and said comically "I'm sorry then, and happy ending, children, the Aurors won't disturb everyone in the hall." β
Soon, Fudge led the Aurors around the hall and searched Hogwarts Castle.
Brie was already sitting at the table in the hall at this time, looking at Dumbledore's arrangement and nodding slightly, Dumbledore did not deceive him, and violated the original agreement between the two, this plan to cultivate a savior, the chessboard is on the side of the Forbidden Forest.
But......
Harry had already returned to the hall with Ron and Hermione.
Brie couldn't help but look at Dumbledore, quietly waiting for the follow-up, he didn't believe Dumbledore didn't make arrangements.
"What did you just do in the Forbidden Forest?"
Brie heard the voice and looked up to see Snape's massive nostrils...
"I'm sorry, Professor, but I was just curious about what killed the Hippogriff." Without a trace, Brie stepped back from his chair and back from Snape's side.
Snape snorted, bent over, and whispered, "I don't think it's you, who can hide the murderer, it's like being in the forbidden book area, Dumbledore can't see through your illusion charm." β
Snape was spotted again, much to Brie's sigh.
Magic is never perfect in front of people.
"Do you already know who the killer is?" Brie whispered in response, propping up a noise barrier.
Dumbledore felt a little sensed and looked over, but quickly moved away as if nothing had happened, he didn't want to get entangled with Brie today, and the young wizards should be happy to stay in the hall for the dinner, except, of course, the Savior and his friends.
Dumbledore walked past the Gryffindor table, and a short time later, Hermione's cat came to Hermione with a roll of parchment in her mouth.
"Don't bite anything, Crookshank." Hermione frowned and warned the flat-faced big cat on the ground.
"Wait, Hermione, that's my thing." Harry saw what Crookshank was holding and quickly remembered what it did.
This is what he picked up in the first place, and it shows the names of everyone in Hogwarts!
"Give it to me, Crookshank." Harry stretched out his hand, and Crookshan obediently spat on Harry's hand.
Then Harry opened the parchment and whispered the incantation.
"I solemnly swear that I have not done anything good."
β¦β¦
"Hey, George, that looks like we lost the map."
"How is it in Hari?" Hearing this, George looked over, and at the same time followed Fred, and quietly walked over.
"He also knows spells!" Fred whispered.
The two gathered quietly behind the three Harry, who were still in a circle, and watched silently, but did not say anything more.
"Harry, where did you get that, it's full of people's names, it's amazing." Ron whispered.
Hermione thought thoughtfully.
"It's an alchemical item."
Harry was still staring at the map, and he explained in a low voice.
"It was at my feet on the day of the Hogsmeade Open House."
"Oh, a baby from the sky?"
Ron was sour, no, how could he not have such luck.
At this point, Hermione pointed to the map and said, "Look, the name on it. β
"Pointed forks, moon faces, worm tails, big feet... That's the author's name, right? β
Just as Hermione was guessing, a voice came from the side, and the sound caused Harry and the group, including the Wesley twins, to stiffen their backs nervously.
"Oh, you found it......"
Harry hurriedly covered the map and explained in a low voice, "This ......"
"Don't be nervous, Harry." Dumbledore winked at Harry and said softly, "Speaking of which, this map has something to do with you, too. β
As he spoke, Dumbledore let Harry spread out the map, touched the map of the living spots, and dotted on one of the names, causing a ripple of magic: "Pointed fork, this is your father's nickname, the rest ......"
Harry's eyes lit up at his father's hearing, and he looked at Dumbledore expectantly, but Dumbledore just smiled and didn't continue to explain.
"It's up to you, a puzzle left by your father, it's very interesting."
With that, Dumbledore walked back to his own pedagogy.
"Oh... Dumbledore was so naughty that I was ready to listen to it. Ron disgruntled, but at the same time looked at Harry uneasily.
"Are you alright, Harry?" Ron asked in a whisper as he shook Harry, who was staring at the map.
Behind them, the Wesley twins looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders, realizing that the map had returned to its original owner, and they left one after another.
"I think we can find the killer with a map, Ron."
Harry hid the tears from the corners of his eyes and sighed silently.
"The Buckbeak thing is my fault..."
Of course, Harry couldn't say what kind of mistake it was, he wanted to find out the killer out of guilt.
"We can go to the Aurors, we have ......," Hermione began, but Harry soon interrupted her.
"Hermione, I want to go by myself." Harry held out his hand and pointed to a location on the map for Hermione to see.
"He's there, I have to go!"
"Oh!" Hermione covered her mouth tightly, but also Ron who hadn't yet made a sound of surprise.
It's Ciris Brick, and he's chasing a guy named Peter Pediru.