Tom Riddle is hiding in the Room of Requirement, which can only be said to be a mixed blessing.
The good news is that identifying his location is better than letting him continue to hide in the dark and make trouble; the bad news is that Rolf can't enter the Room of Requirement either.
After he finished Wormtail's interrogation, he rushed to the eighth floor that day and found the portrait of Barnabas the Fool.
Barnabas was a Jewish Christian in the New Testament, also known as an apostle. He sold his land, dedicated it to the church, and also helped St. Paul and St. Mark.
And that painting describes the story of Barnabas trying to teach the troll how to dance ballet, but was beaten violently by the troll.
Opposite the portrait is a white wall. As long as you walk through this wall three times and concentrate on what you want... the entrance to the Room of Requirement will appear.
However, when this room is used by someone, the wizard who wants to enter must make the same request as the user before he can enter.
Rove tried many ideas, but unfortunately the door never appeared.
Since he couldn't get in and could only conduct surveillance, Luo Fu asked the invisible beast Uduka to take her two daughters to take over in turns... twenty-four hours surveillance!
He didn't believe that Tom wouldn't come out.
Although this is a stupid method, it is also the most effective method.
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The school is safe for the time being until Tom leaves the Room of Requirement, but the professors obviously don't think so.
Every class is escorted by teachers, and students cannot go out for less than five people at a time, so you can often see long queues at the door of the toilet.
In order to ensure the safety of students, teachers have also moved out of their offices and moved into the common room to ensure that students can be protected as soon as possible when problems arise.
Even the Quidditch match was forced to be cancelled. This is the second consecutive year that the match has been interrupted.
This is not good news for Hufflepuff. They have ranked first in points for two years and have a high probability of winning the championship. However, they were unable to compete due to unexpected events.
What's worse is captain Truman and a group of veterans. They are in their prime and have rich experience, but they will graduate this year. They missed this opportunity and the team's strength has declined obviously.
But the students really didn't care about the competition, especially the day before the Easter vacation, when the Minister of Magic Fudge suddenly appeared at Hogwarts.
Rumors spread all over the place for a while, and they said anything.
Malfoy told everyone that the school was getting a new principal, but when asked who it was, he always said vaguely: "Anyway, he is a good friend of my father's!"
Gryffindor's McLagen also mysteriously said that the Ministry of Magic had caught the criminal, and that his uncle was good friends with Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror Office.
As for why it is not announced, I can only say that everyone understands it. If you don’t understand, you won’t understand it if you tell it. It’s better not to say it.
Susan even swore to tell the Hufflepuff students that Hogwarts was going to be closed. Her aunt Amelia Bones was the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and the information seemed reliable.
Everyone has their own information. Either this person's uncle or that person's uncle next door works at the Ministry of Magic.
Even the ghosts in the school seem to have old friends who are out of reach and tell them some secret gossip.
But the work of the school is still proceeding in an orderly manner, especially the second-year students, who need to consider the third-year courses.
"You should think about it carefully during this Easter vacation." During the Transfiguration class, Mag pursed her lips and said with a serious expression:
"This is a very important choice in magic education. It is related to the ordinary witchcraft level test in fifth grade... and it is also related to your future work..."
Although the second year is not over yet, Professor McGonagall has already thought about future employment. Her suggestion is to learn more important courses and obtain some important certificates.
Courses that are of no use can be abandoned selectively.
But when the little wizard asked what useless courses were, Professor McGonagall just laughed and said:
"Merlin doesn't play dice."
This sentence has been interpreted as Merlin does not do divination. Many people know that Professor McGonagall does not like Professor Trelawney very much and compares her divination class to throwing dice.
Professor Trelawney also disliked Professor McGonagall. Every now and then, she predicted that Gryffindor would die and that the Gryffindor Quidditch team would not win the championship.
Professor Sprout also reminded the little badgers that the employment situation in seventh grade this year is very serious, and it is the most difficult employment season in history... Everyone must be careful when choosing courses.
Compared with the considerations of the teachers, the students' priority is that the course is simple, easy to pass and...the teacher is not a pushover.
The most classic negative example is Potions class, where the learning is difficult, the exams are difficult, and the teacher is a bitch.
Of course, everyone was very careful when saying this, for fear of being heard by Professor Snape.
At this time, seniors and senior students seem to be more trustworthy existences than experienced professors.
After all, they have stepped on all the pitfalls they should step on!
It's like a graduate student choosing a mentor. It doesn't matter how good the external reputation is, how beautiful the boss's resume is, how round and big the pie he draws for you is...
If one of his students expresses in a very subtle way that he does not recommend coming, then run away quickly without hesitation!
"If you want to choose the easiest subject, my suggestion is Professor Trelawney's Divination class."
In the Hufflepuff common room, Prefect Cedric imparted personal experience.
"Isn't it said that Professor Trelawney predicts the death of a student every year?" Hannah asked worriedly.
"But it has never been realized," Cedric shrugged. "Professor Trelawney is a bit weird, but her courses are very easy. You only need to know how to lie to get through it easily."
The little wizards were all whispering, and many of them decided to take the divination class.
But there are exceptions. McMillan heard that ancient magic texts are the most difficult. He has always claimed to have a high IQ and wanted to realize his talent.
As for Justin, he was even more cool. He numbered the courses, then closed his eyes, rolled the dice... and chose which course whatever the dice was.
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in the library,
Rove and the others are also discussing the choice of courses.
Neville looked confused. His family sent him many letters, giving him many suggestions on course selection. If he followed the content of the letters, he might need to select all the courses.
"It's okay, just choose what you are good at." Rolf said softly: "Neville, you are planning to engage in herbal research in the future, or even stay at Hogwarts as an herbal teacher.
Courses like arithmetic and divination will not help you in your future employment, and you don’t like them too much...then there is no need to choose them."
As Rolf said, he checked his courses. He didn't choose Muggle Studies or Arithmancy. He only chose Care of Magical Creatures, Ancient Runes and Divination.
Protecting Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes are subjects that must be chosen. As for the divination class, he went there to get Professor Trelawney's prophecy for free... although this was a matter of probability.
Shirley's other classes were the same as Rove's, except for the divination class, which she changed to arithmetic divination.
Only Hermione was the most troubled. She had been studying there for several days with more than a dozen reference books.
"We still have to be cautious, this will affect our entire future." Hermione pursed her lips as she spoke, looking very much like Professor McGonagall.
Hermione studied for a long time and finally came to a conclusion:
These courses are all valuable for learning, and choosing them all is the best!