Chapter 108 Concealment
"When my dad was at Hogwarts, he went to Bowtruckle Island, that island in the Black Lake. There was a forest on it, and there lived a group of Bowtruckles, and they were a very complex society. Sexual creatures.”
"I just used the excuse of going there and deceived Dorcas."
"She knew I loved magical animals and would never miss an opportunity to interact with them."
After finishing speaking, Steve raised his face proudly, with an expression of "Come and praise me."
"What about the suitcase?" Gaspard asked.
"Dorcas already knew about the suitcase." Steve said nonchalantly. He turned to look at the thoughtful Karan: "It was when I first saw her on the train, after you left. , she already knew it during the time I was alone with her in the box."
"But it was just an excuse that I wanted to bring some Bowtruckles back, so my dad kept a bunch of them, and they have been living in the basement of my house."
"Didn't she ask to check it out personally?" Karan asked immediately.
Steve shook his head blankly.
"This should not be allowed in Hogwarts." He asked in an uncertain tone: "Even if she is a professor in the school, she should not be able to rummage through the students' suitcases at will."
Karan shook his head slowly and murmured inexplicably: "This won't always be like this."
"Especially during certain special times..."
Steve looked at him puzzled, but Karan did not continue to explain.
"Okay, who is called next?"
Karan clapped his hands and stood up, ready to be questioned.
And his excuse was much simpler than Steve's.
Just say that I have been studying in the dormitory.
As a Muggle-born, it is actually normal for Callan not to be interested in Quidditch, the most popular sport in the wizarding world. After all, he grew up in Spider-End Alley. That's a very good reason.
"No more." Steve blinked without saying anyone's name.
"Gone"
Karan was stunned for a moment.
"It's gone," he repeated again, frowning deeply.
Even Guspard stared at Steve in confusion.
"Yes, it's gone."
Steve nodded: "After I left, she didn't call you two over again."
"Isn't this a good thing?"
He looked back and forth between the two of them blankly, wondering why they were looking at him like this.
After a moment of silence, Gaspard leaned back on the sofa behind him.
"Perhaps Professor Meadows tacitly admitted that the three of us were together at that time."
He guessed: "After all, we live in the same dormitory, so it's normal to do something together."
Karan didn't retort, he just whispered.
"maybe."
That seemed to be the end of it.
But in the next few days, the three of them discovered that Andromeda's injury had not been notified by the school, and Ted only claimed that Andromeda had more important things to do, so he specially invited a Long vacation.
"Maybe it's because of the location."
In the library, Gaspard placed a copy of Hogwarts: A School History on the table. He pointed at the few lines of text on it and said to the two of them: "There is never a shortage of students who disappear inexplicably in the Forbidden Forest. Andromeda's situation is much better than those people, at least she still has a chance to be treated."
However, this answer did not satisfy Karan and Steve.
"I always feel like they are deliberately hiding something." Steve whispered.
Ever since he learned that Andromeda's matter had not been reported, even he realized that there must be something wrong with it.
"And I heard that Dorcas is still trying to find excuses to confine the snakeborn. It is said that the confinement has been extended beyond the Christmas holiday. Do you think this may be related to the attack on Andromeda?"
Steve lowered his voice: "After all, those people have always been dissatisfied with her relationship with Ted."
"But this cannot explain the decision to conceal the information." Karan shook his head and retorted: "Whether it was done by the snake descendants or not, there seems to be no connection between the two things."
"Maybe it's because of Rita Skeeter." Gaspard guessed calmly: "She has always lived in Hogsmeade Village. If the matter is reported, she will definitely not let this smear go. A chance at Hogwarts."
"I don't think so." Callan shook his head again and said, "Principal Dumbledore would never make such a decision for such a reason. He cares more about the students in the school than we thought."
"You seem to know him very well"
Steve asked doubtfully, and Gaspard also looked at him curiously.
"That's what I observed myself."
Karan put away the History of Magic homework that he had just completed, and he said calmly: "Although the time was short, he was the faculty member who visited me in the school."
"We talked a lot."
Steve looked like he wanted to ask more questions, but Guspard suddenly winked at him.
Not far from their seats, Professor Meadows walked up to them.She was holding a thick stack of books in her arms. If it weren't for her deliberately mature appearance, she would be no different from the students in the school.
In fact, even that just makes her look more like a student body president.
As he passed by the three people, Meadows slowly stopped.
Her eyes were not as blue as Firenze's, but more as clear as the sky.
His eyes passed through the three of them, and finally landed on Karan, staring into his brown pupils.
Meadows smiled and his tone was rare and gentle.
"Have you received those snacks?" she asked.
After the last Quidditch match, Meadows fulfilled her previous promise and sent Karan a lot of magical snacks from Honeydukes.
Karan didn't hesitate.
"Of course, they're all great gifts."
He also smiled appropriately, and there was nothing wrong with his tone.
This is almost like a retreat from Meadows.
"What's wrong with you"
After Professor Meadows left, Steve looked at Callan with horror.He even rubbed his eyes vigorously and blinked a few times.
Gaspard also stared at him expressionlessly. A notebook and quill suddenly appeared in his hand at some point, as if he was ready to record in detail every word Karan would say next.
It seems that Karan's observation diary is no longer limited to the morning period.
"Isn't this natural?"
Karan took out another piece of parchment and prepared to write the paper assignment assigned in Transfiguration class.
"She is a professor, and I am just a student."
"Shhhhh."
The sound of the pen tip scratching across the paper sounded, and Gespard actually recorded this passage.
Steve even had an expression like "I believe you are the only one who has ghosts".
He stared straight at Karan, as if trying to determine whether he was really him.
Karan's face suddenly became serious, and Steve immediately retracted, and he quickly covered his forehead subconsciously.
But this time, Karan didn't extend his hand.
"Now that she sees me as a student."
"Then I wouldn't mind seeing her as a real professor either."
After saying such an inexplicable sentence at the end, Karan stopped talking and began to concentrate on his homework in the Transfiguration class.
Note: Bowtruckle Island is the island that appears in Rita's memories in the movie The Crimes of Grindelwald. The young Newt comforted Rita and took her to see the Bowtruckle Island.This location is located in the school's black lake.