"Professor McGonagall" saw a thin layer of snowflakes on the hat and shoulders of the elderly Professor McGonagall. Ryan immediately stepped forward to say hello. However, he was interrupted by the professor before he finished speaking.
"Now is not the time to say hello. Bring Miss Katie and follow me." After saying this, Professor McGonagall quickly turned around and walked across the field toward the castle. Ryan and the others looked at each other and hurried to follow. It was worth it.
Fortunately, at this time, most students were either in Hogsmeade or in the castle due to weather conditions, so the venue was empty. Otherwise, Katie floating in the air would definitely cause panic.
After arriving at the school hospital and putting Katie on the bed, Madam Pomfrey came out of the office and asked, "Minerva, what is going on with this child?"
"Ryan said she seemed to be under the Imperius Curse." Professor McGonagall briefly explained the current situation. After hearing this, Mrs. Pomfrey's expression immediately became serious. She immediately took out her wand and whispered some spell.
, then a twisted cloud of smoke appeared on Katie's forehead.
"It is indeed the Imperius Curse, poor girl." Madam Pomfrey mumbled and walked into the office. After a while, she took a small bottle of sky blue potion and came out and gave it to Katie to drink. Then she lifted the curse.
"It's better than expected. The person who used the Imperius Curse is not skilled. After drinking the spirit-tonifying medicine and having a good sleep, I think she should be fine."
"That's good." Professor McGonagall and Ryan both breathed a sigh of relief, and then Ryan and the others were brought into their office by Professor McGonagall. The windowpane splashed with rain and snow rattled in the window frame, although
There was a fire crackling in the grate, but the room was still very cold. Professor McGonagall closed the door, walked quickly around the table, sat down, looked at them and said, "Tell me, what is going on?"
Lini stammered and started, pausing several times because of nervousness. She told Professor McGonagall how Katie went to the toilet in the Three Broomsticks pub and looked a little weird when she came back, holding something in her hand.
holding the unmarked package; how they quarreled because she thought Katie should not agree to deliver an unknown object; and finally, how Ryan and Hermione used magic to quickly control the two of them.
"Okay," Professor McGonagall's expression slowed down and she said in a gentle tone. "Lini, you can go and rest now. I think a good sleep can help you recover. If you still feel
If you feel uncomfortable, you can go to Madam Pomfrey to get some medicine."
After Lini left, Professor McGonagall looked at Ryan and Hermione: "What did you two just discover?"
Ryan said that they heard the quarrel between Lini and Katie during the date, and took a look out of curiosity. As a result, they unexpectedly found that Katie seemed to be under the Imperius Curse, and finally controlled her and brought her back to the castle. Then she described the process.
After the entire process, Ryan placed a lead box on his desk: "Here are the things that Katie's attacker asked her to bring into the castle after she was released from the Imperius Curse."
"What's inside? Have you checked it?" Professor McGonagall asked after putting on her glasses.
"A gorgeous silver necklace set with opals." Ryan opened the box and revealed the necklace. "But it has a fatal curse on it, whether it is worn around the neck or just with ungloved hands.
Picking up the necklace will kill the victim on the spot. In addition, there is a temptation magic on the necklace that can tempt people to touch it. Fortunately, I stopped Miss Katie when she was about to pick up the necklace with her hands.
Got her."
"Oh my god, Ryan, I can only say that you and Hermione did a great job this time." Professor McGonagall's tone was full of joy, "If this necklace is found when returning to school for inspection, it will be in the hall by then.
Everyone inside will be in danger. I will give you and Hermione 30 points each."
"Thank you, Professor. By the way, this necklace," Ryan asked Professor McGonagall, who was about to write something on the parchment.
"I will give it to Professor Snape later. Do you have any ideas?" Professor McGonagall raised her head and stared at Ryan with her stern eyes, as if she wanted to see something evil in Ryan's face.
Same.
"This necklace is very useful to me, mainly because the compound curse composed of the black magic on this necklace is very valuable as a reference. Based on the research results of the black magic above, I can develop targeted defensive alchemy props.
"Ryan explained to Professor McGonagall seriously.
"Well, I'm sorry, Ryan, I can't give you this." Professor McGonagall thought for a moment and said to Ryan, "After all, you are in the castle now, and there are so many classmates around you. For safety reasons, you hold this
This item is not suitable."
This sentence made Ryan a little depressed, because he couldn't tell Professor McGonagall that he had a space. However, Professor McGonagall also saw Ryan's frustration. She smiled and comforted: "Of course, Ryan. You have Christmas vacation."
You can go to Sirius's house when the time comes, and I will ask Professor Snape to bring this thing there, and you can study this necklace to your heart's content there."
"Okay, thank you then." Ryan adjusted his mood and bowed slightly to Professor McGonagall, and then he and Hermione left Professor McGonagall's office. It happened that lunch time was almost here, so the two of them simply went downstairs.
Have lunch in the auditorium.
"Ryan, who do you think was responsible for today's attack?" Hermione asked Ryan after scooping out more than half a bowl of curry seafood soup with a spoon and taking a sip.
"It's hard to say." Ryan frowned after swallowing the roasted chicken in his mouth and said, "But I think it's most likely that it was done by a Death Eater hiding in the school."
"Why?" Hermione asked strangely, she wanted to know what Ryan based his judgment on.
"Because this attack is too childish, it really doesn't look like it was carried out by an experienced Death Eater." Ryan concluded. "It is impossible for a real experienced Death Eater to use a completely unskilled Soul Imperius Curse to kill someone."
Let someone bring this dangerous item into the school, because this paper bag cannot even pass the inspection at the school gate."
"What about random terrorist attacks?" Hermione asked, "Like creating panic or something."
"No, although the mysterious man may be emotionally unstable and have many abnormal thoughts after slicing his soul. But after summarizing, you can find that all previous attacks were purposeful. As long as Professor Dumbledore is at school
If he is sitting here, this kind of crude attack is just a joke, he will not invest so many resources into something that will bring him too little gain."
"Were a lot of resources invested in this attack?" Hermione asked puzzledly, "Isn't it just the loss of a dark magic necklace."
"Isn't it just that I lost a dark magic necklace?" Ryan looked at Hermione, "You can't think that this kind of thing is very common just because I am good at making magic props. For example, this necklace, when I went to Knockturn Alley once,
I saw it in Bojin Bock's, it's worth 1,500 galleons."
"Well, this is indeed a huge investment." Hermione admitted this. In the wizarding world where 1,000 Galleons can be purchased in a store in Diagon Alley, 1,500 Galleons is definitely a big number. "So,
Who else would pay such a high price to carry out an attack that is basically destined to be meaningless?"
"It should be someone who is rich but inexperienced." Ryan said decisively. "It is possible that the Death Eaters have to do something to prove themselves before joining the group, and some guy with a lot of money will use this method to get through."
"Why does it sound like Malfoy?" Hermione said with a smile, but her smile faded after looking at Ryan's serious expression. "You don't think this is really what he did, do you? This is a random killing of an innocent person.
Man, is Malfoy that bad?"
"It's very possible," Ryan reminded. "Think about Harry's experience on the train and the news he heard. Don't forget that Malfoy comes from a pure-blood family, and his father needs him to support him after he is imprisoned.
The whole family.”
"Damn it!" Hermione opened her mouth wide and didn't know what to say, and in the end she could only spit out a curse word as if to vent her anger.