314 Inquiry and nausea

314 Inquiry and nausea

night.

The area around Professor Kettleburn's house suddenly became lively. The nearby residents quietly opened their windows and looked around, and the Aurors finally arrived.

The three people headed by Kingsley walked into the house vigilantly, and they all saw with their own eyes the traces of destruction left by Obscurus - the mess everywhere.

"What could be the reason for this?" Ted asked in surprise, "Why is there such a big fuss?"

He looked at Andromeda worriedly. Kingsley ignored their thoughts. He was silent for a long time. After checking the basement, he told them: "You don't need to worry about these things. As long as Just strengthen patrols in the village."

"As for the rest... I will find someone to ask in person."

Ted and Andromeda nodded silently, without any intention of disobeying.They trusted Kingsley and the identity of the man he said was Albus Dumbledore.

Pig's Head Bar.

The shaking sound from the village woke Aberforth up. Before he could fully regain his consciousness, he immediately jumped up from the bed, subconsciously left his bedroom, quietly walked to the corridor on the second floor of the bar, and then Stopped in front of a door.

"Knock knock."

He knocked on the door twice and asked in a low voice: "Ariana, Ariana?"

There was no movement from the bedroom, and Aberforth's expression became much more solemn.

"Who is it...Aberforth, is it you?"

It wasn't until Aberforth gradually lost his patience that Ariana's voice came out little by little, looking a little confused.

"It's so late, what happened? Is Albus here?"

Aberforth finally felt relieved.

"It's nothing, just go back to sleep. Good night, Ariana."

Aberforth's footsteps faded away.

At the same time, the humanoid black fog in the room finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, the black mist dissipated, and a blond girl appeared in the bedroom.Ariana tiptoed into the bed. Before going to sleep, a smile appeared on her face, peaceful and beautiful, like a sleeping beauty.

The night passed.

The next day, many rumors related to the attack appeared in Hogsmeade, and it didn't take long for these rumors to spread throughout Hogwarts.

"Did you hear that a Death Eater showed up last night in Hogsmeade!"

"How is that possible? No one has seen the Dark Mark before. I think it looks more like a werewolf!"

"Why can't it be a troll? I heard there was quite a movement last night."

"Of course it's not a troll. The Aurors are still in the village. How could they not be able to deal with such a stupid giant like a troll!"

The rumors spread more and more fiercely, and Lily heard more and more strange stories. What on earth did Karan and Sif do last night?

This was a completely unexpected reaction. Lily thought it was just related to a werewolf. She never expected to be related to Death Eaters and trolls.

She originally wanted to find the two of them after breakfast, but in the end she found no one, and she also noticed that James and the others, who had always been uncooperative, were acting a little strange - all four of them had colds, and they had been cold all morning. Sneezing.

She remembered that among the potions she gave out, there happened to be cold potion...

"Sif, Sif!"

After the Transfiguration class, Lily finally saw Snape, but Snape seemed not to have heard her call and disappeared up the stairs without looking back.

has a problem!

Lily felt more and more something was wrong. Neither Snape nor Callan had ever pretended not to see her. This could only mean that Snape was so distracted just now that he really didn't hear her scream. Voice.

Fortunately, Karan, who was found in the library next, had no chance to avoid her.

But after sitting in silence opposite Karan for 10 minutes, without the other person raising his head to look at her, Lily realized that it wasn't that Karan didn't want to leave, but that he didn't notice her coming at all!

"Karan!" she whispered angrily: "What on earth did you do last night?"

Karan then slowly raised his head.

"Lily?" He asked doubtfully, "When did you come here? Have you also learned the Silent and Breathless Curse?"

Lily suddenly became angrier.

"Oh, you are asking about what happened last night." After a while, Karan said with a smile: "And Snape? He didn't say hello to you, nor did he hear you calling him? This It’s really strange.”

For some reason, Lily always felt that the smile on Karan's face seemed a little malicious.

"You will know." Karan's evil smile became more obvious: "I don't want to reveal it in advance, and I hope Snape will tell you what happened last night in person."

"But I can give you a reminder: He did something that even I thought was disgusting. I'm afraid it was so disgusting that I couldn't even eat breakfast."

Lily snorted dissatisfiedly. She hated Karan for showing off in front of her, so she left angrily, planning to go find Snape again to ask in detail what was going on.

Karan didn't leave, he was still sitting in the library.

It's just that his luck was extra unlucky today. Not long after Lily left, two more people sat down opposite him.

It was Steve, who had the word curiosity written directly on his face, and Guspard, who had stern eyes.

If it weren't for the fact that this was a library, Karan would have guessed that Gaspard's glasses would have started to glow.

"Come on, tell me!" Steve whispered excitedly: "Rumors have spread throughout the school. What did you do yesterday? Is there really a troll? Aren't you just going to find werewolves? ?”

Gaspard didn't ask questions out loud, but his eyes were still fixed on Karan, as if asking: Where is my werewolf? Where is my werewolf? Where is my werewolf?

"The werewolves are gone." Karan said helplessly: "Even Snape and I almost didn't come back alive."

This is an unmistakable fact. Although the large number of werewolves already poses a certain threat, what Karan is most afraid of is Ariana, the longest-surviving Obscurus in history.

Karan was not sure whether Ariana could control herself perfectly, instead of suddenly losing control, and ended up targeting several students on the scene.He couldn't imagine how powerful Obscurus could be after surviving for so long. It was definitely a magic that he couldn't resist alone. Otherwise, Karan wouldn't have rushed away with a few people last night.

But what he still couldn't figure out was why Ariana was still so young?She was only slightly younger than Dumbledore, but the face that appeared in the black mist was about the same size as hers, and looked exactly like a child - if you think about it carefully, it was even the same as Ariana's when she was supposed to die. About the same age.

Could the crown be capable of more than just resurrection from the dead, but also eternal life?

But what's the price? Is it just Ravenclaw's crown...

Karan did not say these words in his heart, and what Steve and Gaspard saw was that he slowly fell into silence after saying the last words.

Steve waited patiently for a while, but Karan still didn't speak.

His eyes suddenly widened and he couldn't help but ask: "Are you kidding, are you serious? You and Snape almost died in Hogsmeade? But how is that possible? That's just It’s just a werewolf, and you were prepared in advance... aren’t you scared now?”

Steve inexplicably guessed the reason for Karan's silence: "This is not easy to handle. I remember that you live in Hogsmeade Village. Is it possible that you don't plan to go back to live there? Is there a shadow in your heart?"

Compared to Rory's fussy Steve, Gaspard was much calmer. He noticed the book that Callan put at hand: "Hogwarts: A School History".

He remembered that the books Karan had borrowed before this were all related to werewolves, and Karan should have read this book a long time ago. There was no reason to read it again.

"What's wrong?" Gespard asked: "Why did you suddenly change the direction of your research? Are you planning to give up on werewolves?"

Karan shook his head slightly.

"There are just some questions that I can't figure out." He said, "By the way, be careful. Don't think about leaving Hogwarts through the secret passage during this period. It's not safe outside the school."

He still roughly told the two of them what happened last night, but he hid a lot of the content and only emphasized the captured Fenrir Greyback and the other werewolves who came to the rescue.

This is to make the two of them more vigilant, lest they become curious and sneak out of the school through the secret passage.

"So many wolves - ugh!" Steve's exclamation was stopped in time by Gaspar, preventing him from shouting something loudly in the library.

After Steve gradually regained his composure, Gaspard took his palm away and at the same time rubbed Steve's clothes expressionlessly.

"I'm sorry, I just-" Steve still couldn't say anything: "This is really too dangerous, you will actually encounter this kind of thing. No, I have to go find my dad, he may know something .”

After saying this, Steve hurriedly left, and Gaspard followed him out of the library.

Karan still didn't leave.

He was still thinking about the exact purpose of the Ravenclaw Diadem and how to use it.Although it is said that the crown can improve the wisdom of the wearer, he remembered that the original Voldemort had obtained the crown, but he did not want to use it, but only regarded it as a magic item used to make Horcruxes.

In addition, there are really not many people who have received the crown: now there are only Ms. Ravenclaw, her daughter Helena, and Albus Dumbledore.

This is not really good news, because there are very few records about the crown, let alone the specific magic. These have been lost for many years and have never been mentioned.

Even if some students occasionally ask Ms. Helena, most of them do it just to brag, even to the point of exaggerating just to improve their test scores. They have never thought about how magical this crown is.

"It's really difficult to handle..."

After sighing, Karan slowly closed the book. He was almost torn through the book. In the end, he even refused to be opened by Karan several times, but there was really not much useful information recorded in it. , no different than just watching it once.

Ravenclaw's diadem.

Karan knew that this was in the Room of Requirement, but he also guessed that the specific method of use would definitely not be as simple as just wearing it. Otherwise, Helena would not have died in vain after getting the crown. Before she was stabbed to death by Barrow, It doesn't look like there is any improvement in intelligence at all.

"I knew it wouldn't be this easy."

Karan said softly. Only he could hear what was being said in his mouth, but it didn't look like he was just talking to himself.

He seemed to be talking to someone.

A person who he hated so much, but who taught him how to love.

"Wait a little longer."

he finally said.

"Mr. Anthony."

At the same time, Snape was still wandering aimlessly in the playground outside Hogwarts Castle.

He still didn't understand why he was so impulsive last night, and suddenly threw the potion bottle to save that disgusting guy James. This incident made him sick all night, and he still hasn't recovered from it until now. Come on, I can't even eat breakfast.

If James were replaced by Lily and Callan, he would undoubtedly do this, or even Steve and Guspard. They had at least been together in the potion preparation room for some time. Apart from some Weird but not that bad.

But it’s James!

James Potter!

This damn arrogant, disgusting guy everywhere!

Plus his group of friends, Sirius from the Black family, werewolf Remus Lupin, and follower Peter.

This made him so sick that he wished he could turn into a werewolf and bite them all to death!

"Hey, isn't this Snape?"

The distant voice made Snape frown. The people who spoke were as disgusting as James and others in his heart - they were his roommates.

Rozier walked over in a swaggering manner, followed by Avery, Mulcerbaugh and Wilkes, all with joking expressions on their faces.

"It turns out to be the traitor of Slytherin." Avery seemed to be afraid that others wouldn't hear, he said loudly: "I thought he was Hufflepuff's loser!"

This was their latest way to annoy Snape, who was usually closest to Callan.

The scattered crowds on the playground gradually gathered, and many Slytherin students were booing. Regulus appeared in a small group of first-year students. He looked at this scene and frowned dissatisfied.

"Did you hear what happened last night?" Avery asked loudly.

Snape's cheeks tightened - four against one, this was a complete disadvantage.

He was not interested in asking for trouble and planned to leave here without looking back. At the same time, he inevitably thought that he had used up all the potion last night and should save some for today.

"What, the traitor is planning to escape?" Avery shouted: "Where can you run to? Hogsmeade village? Let me tell you, the next one chosen as the target of the attack is your home. I remember that What’s the name Gobstone Club? It’s such a terrible name, it’s so unpleasant!”

Anger welled up in his mind, and all his reason turned into incomparable anger. Snape turned around angrily. He didn't care what kind of punishment he would receive next, he just wanted to teach these mean-mouthed guys a lesson. !

But someone moves faster than him!

"Passed out!"

"Stick a big stick in your front teeth!"

"Stop stiff legs!"

In an instant, several spells appeared inexplicably on the playground. The four Averys all fell down before they even had time to fight back. They all lay on their backs on the cold ground, in a terrible state of embarrassment.

James and Sirius silently walked out of the crowd, followed behind them were Remus who quietly put down his wand, and Peter who was cowering but a little excited.

"Aren't they mortal enemies?" a Slytherin student asked, and Regulus beside him looked at this scene with the same surprise.

But after receiving this so-called help, Snape's cheeks became even tighter and his lips pursed tightly.

The expressions on the faces of James and Sirius were not much better, especially James. When he looked at Snape from a distance, it was more like he wished that the other person would die immediately!

This was exactly the same as Snape's expression after throwing the potion bottle last night - he felt extremely sick until he realized what he had done!

The expressions on both sides became uglier than the last, as if they had been hit by a hundred dung eggs.

"Humph!"

"Humph!"

After two consecutive snorts, the two parties turned around and left, parting ways.

But the expressions on their faces became even more disgusting.