"Matthew!"

Hermione and Neville, who were in charge of "Lookout", soon noticed Matthew's strange appearance.

They hurriedly gathered around.

"What's wrong with you, Matthew?" asked Neville, with some concern.

"Could it be that Professor Slughorn and that Shafiq have said something secret?" Hermione, as for hermione, looked interested.

"No...... It's not ......" Matthew quickly denied, "I just slipped my hand......"

He bent down, picked up the little fluffy ear, and put it back to his ear......

At this point, however, there was no sound other than the obvious noise in the bar...... The voices of both Slughorn and Rosmerta were gone.

It sounded like Professor Horace Slughorn and Miss Elaine Shafiq had already left the two broomstick bars.

But at this time, what Matthew was thinking about at this time was the sentence that Miss Shafiq said before leaving:

"He's in Hogsmeade!"

There is no doubt that the "he" in the subject of this sentence refers to the person whose name has not been mentioned in the previous correspondence with Miss Shafiq for the shipment of goods smuggled from Italy.

Mr. Shafiq had been in contact with two men, one of whom was Lucius Malfoy, and the other—

"Tom Gaunt!"

There is no doubt that it can only be the name that once appeared in the ledger of the Blotted bookstore!

......

Whether it's "Tom Gaunt" or "Tom Riddle".

In the time since the start of the school year, Matthew has looked up the library several times for news related to these two names.

However, the information found was pitiful......

To this day, Matthew has only found Tom Riddle as a Slytherin student who entered Hogwarts in 1938 in some documents from fifty years ago.

In 1943, he received the Special Contribution Award for his service to Hogwarts, and that medal still sits in the prize room.

In addition, 1945 was also the year when Gellert Grindelwald first came to Hogwarts, Tom Riddle successfully graduated from Hogwarts, and he received an O (Outstanding, excellent) in all the exams.

But Mr. Riddle's resume ends here.

In the post-1945 accounts, Matthew did not find any information about Mr. Riddle.

Yes, not at all...... It doesn't matter which book or newspaper in the library......

It was as if Voldemort, who had been in the other world for a while, had disappeared from Earth after graduating from Hogwarts in this world.

Maybe something happened to him...... Maybe you've been hiding your name all the time......

And yet now...... Matthew suddenly knew that he had appeared in Hogsmeade again!

Matthew's heart suddenly tugged.

Why is he in Hogsmeade?

Is it just a coincidence?

Or is it ......

He's looking for the book...... The book that fell into his hands more than a year ago should have been the original "owner" of Mr. Tom Gaunt......

Why did he come back to Hogsmeade...... It's to find yourself and take the book back from your hands......

Matthew ...... Matthew...... Matthew ......"

A series of calls "woke up" Matthew.

Neville and Hermione gathered around him, both looking at him with great concern, calling his name softly.

"What's wrong with you, Matthew...... Your face is so pale...... Looks like you're sick?" Hermione asked, pressing Matthew's forehead.

......

Matthew Wakefield, who "woke up like a dream", glanced around.

There was no one around, there was silence.

And on the top of the hillside, a dilapidated hut was covered.

It looked slightly taller than the other houses in the village, with tightly sealed windows and overgrown with weeds.

"Where are we?" asked Matthew in a whisper.

"There's the 'Screaming Shack,' the most haunted house in all of England," Hermione explained, "and that's why not many people usually want to approach this hillside...... You just said you were looking for a quiet place, and I'll bring you here......"

“...... Even the ghosts of Hogwarts don't want to come near it," after a pause, Hermione continued to explain, "I once smelled Lady Grey, and she heard that there used to be a very rough guy living here......"

"Alright, I see!" Matthew nodded, then sat down on the stone steps next to him, gasping for breath.

He hesitated for a moment, glanced at Hermione and Neville, respectively, and took the initiative to speak, "It's nothing...... Professor Slughorn didn't say anything important...... It's just that I'm suddenly a little tired......"

"Do you want us to take you back to the hospital?" Neville asked, busy, "You're looking ugly right now, Matthew." ”

"I didn't ...... It's okay...... I said it's okay......" Matthew shook his head, "you guys go back first, back to Hogsmeade, to Duke Honey...... I'll sit here and rest for a while, and I'll go to you later...... Or maybe I'm resting and going straight back to Hogwarts......"

Matthew's tone of voice was somewhat choppy.

Hermione glanced at Matthew with some suspicion, and at the same time, there was a little worry in her skeptical eyes.

"How can that work!" Neville retorted without hesitation, "If you really can't walk, I'll carry you down the mountain......

"Matthew," Hermione leaned down and asked softly, "is there something ......?"

"Nothing, I'll tell you to go quickly!" said Matthew Wakefield, who looked a little angry, exclaimed:

"Get out of here, you two!"

"Matthew......" Neville still looked a little hesitant.

But Hermione thought for a moment, and she nodded.

At the same time, she tugged at Ranavi's sleeve and motioned for Neville to leave with her.

She said, "Then let's go back to the village first, Matthew, and we'll be waiting for you at Duke Honey's candy shop." ”

"Hmm. Matthew nodded weakly.

......

Neville and Hermione slowly walked down the hill, their figures quickly disappearing from Matthew's sight.

Matthew's somewhat pale face quickly became wary.

He had to get out of Hogsmeade...... Get out as quickly as you can......

As long as you return to Hogwarts, it's safe...... With the deterrence of Headmaster Gellert Grindelwald, that "Tom Gaunt" would not dare to break into Hogwarts...... Matthew thought to himself.

He stood up, his gaze turning to the top of the hillside.

Without hesitation, he ran towards the dilapidated, desolate, eerie "screaming shack".