Chapter 226: The Secret Passage
What about your courage, Potter?
When Professor Bryan said this, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she had been lifted from the burden of a thousand pounds, and her whole body was alive, and she finally figured out that Professor Bryan was not trying to kill the three of them, but was using his own way...'educate' Harry!
Harry had figured this out, his parched pale lips pursed, unable to utter a word, looking dejected.
yes, what about my courage?
Harry asked himself, he thought that his hatred for Blake would make him desperate to deprive him of a fresh life, but it turned out that he was not as brave as he imagined, and he didn't even have the courage to kill a fake Blake!
"I'm sorry, Harry, I misled you."
Professor Brian, who sat down, smiled and said something that made Harry stunned, and he stared blankly at the powerful young professor in front of him, who couldn't resist him, and couldn't understand why he said that... Professor Bryan wanted to teach himself a lesson, and he had already done it...
"I guess you're resenting yourself in your heart right now that you're a cowardly little wizard who doesn't even have the guts to kill a match-turned dummy."
Amosta's sharp gaze saw through Potter's heart,
"But actually, I misled you, it's never guts to kill a person, to take a person's life, Harry."
Hearing this, Harry's blue eyes twitched, and he regained some vitality.
Amosta's gaze swept over the three little wizards who were all a little stunned, and his voice was calm without a trace of waves,
"The reason that stopped you from killing that dummy just now was not cowardice, but kindness, Harry, and Hermione good Ron, the three of you are all very kind little wizards, you are not willing to take the life of all living beings, I bet that even if you want a vicious wizard like Blake who has a blood feud with you, deep down in your hearts, you just hope that he can return to Azkaban and continue to go to prison."
"But what's wrong with that, Professor Blaine?"
Hermione's body swayed, her cheeks equally pale,
"Followers of the mystery man... The wizards called the Death Eaters, each of them hurt a lot of people, but the Ministry of Magic only imprisoned them in Azkaban... Death penalty..."
Hermione felt her chest go on and couldn't speak, but she insisted
"The law does not allow the death penalty ... Professor, that would have been abolished a long time ago..."
"Legal?"
Amosta sneered, ready to say something, but, considering that this was just Harry and they were just children who were not yet adults, and their world was the fairytale castle right now, Amosta shook his head,
"As a young wizard who has not yet graduated, Potter, you must understand that the gap between you and an adult wizard with outstanding magical skills is insurmountable...
I remember sharing my opinion with the three of you before - strength is power, this is a pure thing, whether it is love or hate, or courage, it can't make your strength grow by leaps and bounds in an instant, so the end of you going to Blake to take revenge is to make so many people who are worried about your life and health work in vain, including the sacrifice of your parents. ”
The long silence that followed was a great pain to Harry, and a relieved Ron comforted him sincerely,
"I've always felt that you can't be a murderer for that kind of thing, Harry."
"Of course Harry isn't going to be a murderer, is he!"
Hermione said nervously, fearing that Harry's words would provoke Professor Bryan's anger, so she leaned over and grabbed Harry's sweaty but cold hand.
"I'll be cautious, Professor Brian."
Finally, Harry, pursing his lips tightly, said in a hoarse voice.
"So, can I assume?"
Professor Bryan's voice suddenly became pleasant,
"I'll never see you sneak up to the Three Broomsticks Bar in that magical cloak of invisibility again?"
"You saw it, Professor Bryan!"
Hermione glared at Ron fiercely, and although she said something that was surprised, her tone was not, and it was clear that the three of them had already made relevant speculations in private.
"Oh, not stealing, Professor--"
Ron didn't dare to look into Hermione's eyes and said weakly, "I paid for Harry's Butterbeer..."
Harry was also a little embarrassed, because when the three of them discussed this issue in private before, Harry's opinion was the same as Ron's, and they both thought that there was a commotion in the bar with three broomsticks that day, not to mention himself in the cloak of invisibility, and Professor Bryan probably didn't even notice Hermione and Ron.
"Headmaster Dumbledore seems to have told you--"
Out of precaution, Amosta said more,
"Invisibility spells, cloak cloaks and the like don't work in the presence of Dementors, you must have noticed that there are Dementor handles at the school gate again, but according to the results of my discussions with the Ministry of Magic, the Ministry of Magic has reduced the number of Dementors sent... So, you're never allowed to sneak out of the school gate using the invisibility cloak again! ”
Hearing Professor Bryan's words, the expressions of the three of Harry changed subtly, especially Hermione, her face suddenly tensed, and she looked like she was trying to hide something.
Because, both Hermione and Ron knew that Harry didn't break out of the school gate at all, but from Fred and George's magical map...
"You..."
Even without the magic of reading people's minds, the changes in the expressions of the three little ones could not hide from the sophisticated Amosta, who narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice,
"Seems to be hiding something important?"
After all, it was still a group of third-year children, and when faced with pressure, their way of coping was too young, they just looked at each other, and then, Ron and Harry lowered their heads, staring at the ground and refusing to move away, only Hermione, hesitantly, seemed to want to say something.
"Professor--"
Under the endless pressure released in Professor Bryan's gaze, Hermione, who had hesitated for a long time, finally took a deep breath,
"Harry... He's not..."
Harry and Ron looked up at Hermione nervously. Reading Pavilion
Don't talk about that map!
Through her eyes, Hermione knew what Harry and Ron were trying to shout.
It's for your own good, Harry--
Hermione responded to Harry with a resolute look in her eyes.
"Actually, Harry... Well, when he was walking in the castle, he accidentally found a secret passage, he was curious to get into it, and when he came out, he accidentally found Hogsmeade..."
Hermione flickered and hid the truth... Not to keep that magical map, but to keep Fred and George from being implicated.
Hermione finally didn't say everything, which made Harry and Ron breathe a sigh of relief, but their faces were not much better, because, now that they can secretly get out of the secret passage of Hogwarts, there is only one way that can be used, since Hermione said it, in order to prevent Blake, Professor Brian must have sealed it.
"Secret passage?"
Amosta's expression suddenly became serious,
"The Secret Passage... However, Argus once told me that all the four secret passages in the school had been sealed by him? ”
"I think--"
Under the fiery gaze of Professor Bryan, who had just become a powerful man, Harry couldn't say a word, he followed Hermione's lie, and said stubbornly,
"I want to... I guess I stumbled upon a secret passage that Filch didn't know about..."
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