"Why did you call me out in such a hurry?" Hermione looked curious. As soon as she went to the library after class, she was pulled out by a mysterious Ryan before she could write a word, and then they came to an unknown place together.
On the corridor of people.
"I found a suspicious point in the two previous attacks." Ryan said, and Hermione immediately became energetic when she heard this. "You found the suspicious point? This is great, can you tell me what you found?
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"The Three Broomsticks Tavern." Ryan didn't sell it. "Katie was attacked in the toilet of the Three Broomsticks Tavern. At the same time, the bottle of mead also came from the Three Broomsticks Tavern."
"You mean someone is doing tricks in the Three Broomsticks Tavern? This can indeed greatly reduce the scope of the investigation." Hermione thought for a while and said. "Although the people in the Three Broomsticks are very mixed, we want to catch
At least leaving that person is more convenient than searching aimlessly now."
"We can further narrow the scope of suspicion." Ryan added. "If attacking Katie in the bathroom can be done by anyone entering the bar, then it is not that easy to poison the wine. At least it is impossible.
Most people who go into a bar to drink are unlikely to touch alcohol that is destined for somewhere else."
"In this way, the scope of suspicion is narrowed to the bar staff, the people who deliver wine into Hogwarts, and the regular customers of the Three Broomsticks Bar who rarely have access to the wine cellar." Hermione reacted immediately, "I won't be talking to you.
We fourth graders were also impersonated as bar staff, right?"
"Or it may be the Imperius Curse, or it may even be necessary because a loved one has been kidnapped." Ryan then added. "I think even if we find the person behind the attack, we may not be able to catch the real culprit. The wizards are suspicious of it.
There are so many ways to control a person."
"Okay, don't worry about this matter." Seeing Hermione lost in thought after listening to his words, Ryan interrupted, "The next thing is not a headache for us, we only need to report this to
Principal, Principal Dumbledore will naturally have a way to solve the current problem. Even if we can't catch the real culprit, I think we can stop the attack."
In fact, just as he said, after Ryan and the others used an owl to send a thick letter of analysis to the principal, news spread in the school the next day that Mrs. Rosmerta had to go to St. Mungo's to recuperate due to a sudden illness.
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"This means that the Three Broomsticks may have to close for a while, which sounds really bad." Seamus expressed his opinion at the table during lunch.
"But this has nothing to do with us at all," Dean said frustratedly. "Because I heard someone said that our Hogsmeade Day has been canceled indefinitely until the situation is stabilized."
"Alas -" There was a sigh from the long table of Gryffindor, because for them, bad news has been coming one after another recently. Whether it was two people in the Gryffindor Quidditch team being attacked in a row or Hogg
Mod's indefinite suspension, all of this is very bad for everyone.
On the morning of the match against Hufflepuff, Ron was finally allowed to leave the hospital. With Lavender's support, he slowly walked out of the school hospital, and happened to meet Ryan and Hermione in the corridor who came to greet him when he was discharged.
Sensitive.
"Harry and Ginny were originally going to pick you up, but you knew they were about to play a game. So the two of us finally persuaded them to go to the stadium. You don't blame us for this, right?" Ryan explained.
"Of course I can understand, this game is very important. Especially now, McLagan is always lecturing others, thinking that he can be better than the rest of us in any position. I can't imagine that he can't cooperate with other teammates.
How can people who come together win this game——"
Ron became more and more excited as he spoke, and soon a red cloud appeared on his cheeks. Seeing this, Lavender immediately squeezed his hand to interrupt his tirade. "Although Madam Pomfrey thinks you have recovered, she
I think you should not be too excited during this period. She even specifically told me that you must not go to this game."
"Ryan, is there any way you can let me go and watch this game?" Ron looked at Ryan pitifully, but Ryan was unmoved. "What you need now is to rest, if you don't want to stay
If there are any side effects, I suggest you listen to Madam Pomfrey honestly."
The four of them walked through the deserted corridor. Everyone in the school had gone out, either already sitting in the stadium or walking there. So the corridor seemed empty, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps at the corner in front.
Ryan looked warily towards the corner where the sound came from, and it turned out that Malfoy was walking towards them, accompanied by two junior Slytherin girls, one of whom had a sullen look on his face.
After seeing Ryan and the others, Malfoy suddenly stopped. However, he did not use blood and other reasons to provoke them as usual. He just gave a short dry laugh and continued walking forward.
"Where are you going?" Ron asked loudly.
"Ah, a child of a pure-blood traitor." Malfoy sneered, "I don't think I have anything to report to you. You should have just come out of the school hospital looking like this, right? But don't put yourself in trouble for being nosy.
Send it in again."
One girl gave a forced laugh, but the others' faces were tense. Ron looked very angry, as if he was about to punch Malfoy, but Lavender held him back.
Perhaps because of Lavender, Ron stopped struggling. Malfoy walked past them with his head held high like a victorious general, while the two girls trotted to follow his footsteps, turned the corner and disappeared.
After confirming that Malfoy and the others had disappeared, Ron suddenly turned his head and whispered to Ryan: "Didn't Harry tell us what Malfoy was doing sneakily? Now it seems that is indeed the case. Otherwise, he wouldn't be here.
When the whole school went out to watch a game, they took two people to wander around the castle. So can you two follow them and see what Malfoy is doing?"
"Of course." Ryan nodded, "But you have to promise that you won't go to the court. I don't want to hear about you being sent to the school hospital again."
"I promise in the name of my mother that I will go back to the common room to rest immediately and will never leave the castle during this game." Ron raised a hand and solemnly swore, then he put his hand down and said: "
You hurry up and follow him, or you'll lose him in a moment."
"Don't worry, I will keep an eye on Ronald." Lavender also promised, so Ryan and Hermione nodded to them, and then chased after Malfoy around the corner where he disappeared just now.
Malfoy was indeed cautious. Even though there was no one in the castle at this time, he made many circles and finally disappeared completely in an empty corridor. This made Ryan and Hermione lose their target.
"What's going on?" Hermione asked Ryan after asking about several portraits on the wall.
"I guess they have some magic props that can make them invisible, and they came to this corridor just to get rid of the surveillance in the school. It seems that Malfoy is indeed planning something detrimental to Hogwarts." Ryan turned around and said.
"Then what should we do now?" Hermione asked. She originally thought that now that there was no one in the castle, it would be a good opportunity to stop Malfoy, but she did not expect that Malfoy could actually use other methods to escape.
"We can only wait for the next opportunity." Ryan shrugged. Anyway, when he went to the Requirement Room to check the disappearing cabinet, he found that Malfoy was indeed repairing this thing, but there was still a long time before it was repaired. They had enough time to go there.
Investigation. Not to mention that the tricks and traps Ryan used on the vanishing cabinet were not triggered, which means that even if Malfoy had an idea and repaired the disappearing cabinet, it would not cause much harm to the school.
This is why Ryan did not report it directly. He hoped that the disappeared cabinet with added materials would surprise the intruders.