Neville came out of a corner of the common room, holding his toad in his hand. He seemed to be looking for his own toad again.
"Nothing, Neville."
Harry said and quickly hid his invisibility cloak behind his back.
Although Neville is a little timid, loves to cry, and is naturally stupid, he is not a fool.
He saw the guilty conscience of several people.
"You are planning to go out again, right?"
"No, no!"
Hermione stood up and said.
"We didn't want to go out! Neville, why don't you go to bed?"
She used a tried-and-tested diversion method.
"I was just looking for my toad and was waiting! You can't go out!"
Neville said subconsciously, but this time, he quickly woke up.
"You will be caught! In that case, Gryffindor will be even more unlucky!"
Because of Harry, Gryffindor has already been deducted a lot of points.
In the Quidditch game, which could add points to the academy, although Gryffindor surpassed its old enemy Slytherin, it was firmly suppressed by the new "overlord" Ravenclaw.
Neville really felt that Gryffindor was so unlucky now!
He couldn't let Gryffindor get any worse!
"You don't understand, this matter is very important!"
Harry tried to persuade Neville.
"I can't let you do this!"
Neville rushed over and blocked the entrance to the portrait hole, raising his chubby fist fearfully.
"If you want to go out, I, I will compete with you!"
Ron looked at Neville, his heart filled with anger.
How could he have such a stupid roommate?
"Neville, get out of that hole quickly, don't act like an idiot!"
In the past, the timid little fat Neville would have retreated long ago.
But this time.
Little fat Neville is very tough!
"You are not allowed to call me an idiot!"
Neville shouted.
"I think you should stop violating school rules! And it was you who encouraged me to bravely resist others! If you want to go out, I will compete with you! Come on! I'm ready!"
He waved his chubby fist twice, his chubby face full of nervousness.
This idiot!
Ron couldn't help but cover his face.
I asked you to resist Draco, not us!
"It's too late!"
Hermione looked at the grandfather clock by the door and decisively pulled out her wand.
"Neville, I'm so sorry! They're all petrified!"
He pointed the wand at Neville and waved it.
Snap!
Neville's arms were attached to his sides, and his legs stood at attention, standing straight.
His whole body became stiff!
I saw him swaying on the spot a few times.
thump!
Fell to the ground.
Hermione quickly ran over and turned him over.
Neville's upper and lower jaws were locked together, and he could no longer speak. Only his eyes could still move, and he was looking at them in horror.
"Is he okay?"
Ron asked softly.
Although he always scolded Neville, the relationship between them was still good.
"I used a full-body binding spell on him. He may have to suffer some pain."
Hermione said sadly.
Neville was arguably her best friend in Gryffindor.
"Neville, I'm so sorry!"
"Let's go quickly!"
Harry glanced at Neville and urged him quickly.
"Let's go, he will understand later."
Ron also said.
Hermione nodded and stood up.
The three of them put on invisibility cloaks.
Exited the portrait hole.
Perhaps it was because of Neville that they all looked a little nervous. Every sculpture they saw in the shadows looked like Filch's figure.
Fortunately, they only met Filch's cat along the way, the cat named Mrs. Norris.
They carefully walked around it and successfully reached the stairs leading to the fourth floor.
Harry breathed a sigh of relief.
"On the road to becoming a hero, there will always be some twists and turns, but it doesn't matter, I will soon become the hero of Hogwarts!"
A few seconds later.
They arrived outside the corridor on the fourth floor.
Then.
They saw a half-open door and a person!
"Why is he here?"
Harry frowned.
Here, whether he saw Snape or Professor McGonagall, he could understand.
But what he couldn't understand was.
Why does Fang Mu appear here?
"Could it be"
Harry vaguely thought of something, and his face became a little unsightly.
"Fang! You're here!"
Hermione took off her invisibility cloak and jogged to Fang Mu.
really!
Harry's face immediately darkened.
It's really because of her!
Hermione!
It was she who told Fang Mu about the matter, and that's why he came here!
"Damn it! I shouldn't have believed her!"
Harry cursed in his mind.
After being together for so long, he once thought he could trust Hermione.
But he didn't expect that she would actually give him the deepest betrayal at this time!
"Traitor! She is the most hypocritical traitor!"
Harry's mood was extremely bad.
Fang Mu is here!
Can he still be a hero at Hogwarts?
"Well, after hearing your news, I've been making preparations."
Fang Mu smiled and nodded to Hermione.
He looked at where Harry was. Even though his strength had improved a lot, he still couldn't find Harry under the invisibility cloak.
But he wasn't surprised.
It is a legendary item after all!
However, Professor Quirrell chose to steal the magic stone today, which surprised Fang Mu.
In the original book, although Professor Quirrell had already learned about the method of passing through Luwei (the three-headed dog), it took him more than a month to prepare before starting his plan.
Now that the fire dragon incident and the forbidden forest incident have not happened yet, is he ready so soon?
To know.
This opportunity may only come once!
Next time you want to transfer Dumbledore away like now, it won't be that easy.
If you are not well prepared, what if you fail?
This made Fang Mu feel a little surprised and confused.
However, what Fang Mu doesn't know is that all this is because of him!
Because of his sudden appearance, Voldemort felt a huge threat.
He originally wanted Professor Quirrell to solve Fang Mu.
But I didn't expect that Professor Quirrell was so unsatisfactory. Not only was it useless, but he was also injured by the backlash.
As a last resort, Voldemort had no choice but to contact his former subordinate, Lucius Malfoy.
Lucius agreed at first and made Christmas plans.
But because Fang Mugou grew up in Hogwarts, he just wouldn't go out.
Lucius's Christmas plan failed.
And Lucius's ambiguous attitude after the failure of his plan made Voldemort aware of some kind of crisis.
He hasn't been around for too long!
His subordinates who used to be 'loyal' to him are no longer so obedient!
Even Professor Quirrell had some psychological changes due to Lucius' change in attitude.
It was this series of events that forced Voldemort to take risky measures.