nycdaug Chapter 282 No Problem Found
Chapter 282 No Problem Found
Not long after Hermione sighed, Ginny left the crowd, "The topics there are so boring, even if Gwenog is here, I can't stand it. What were you talking about just now?"
Gloria said, "Talking about France."
"Harry mentioned this after returning to Hogsmeade." Ginny asked in a low voice: "Is it true that Grindelwald has nothing to do with the You-Know-Who?"
"Yes." Gloria nodded, "Besides, we have Principal Dumbledore."
Hermione said firmly, "Headmaster Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald once. If there is a first time, there will be a second time."
Gloria was bored, so she asked, "Harry's performance in Potions has improved rapidly recently. Did he find a teacher to take classes at the Burrow during the summer vacation?"
Hermione and Ginny scoffed together.
Hermione was quite disgusted with this situation. "In Professor Slughorn's first class, Harry got an old book with many rewritten steps for brewing potions. It was different from what was originally written in the book. He followed the rewritten steps and suddenly became Professor Slughorn's treasure."
"Not only did his grades improve," Ginny frowned, "he also learned the spells written on it, which are basically curses against others."
Hermione put down the plate, "Ginny and I both think the original owner of this book was not a good person, but Harry seemed obsessed with it and was unwilling to give up the old book even when the new one arrived."
Gloria asked, "Isn't there a name in the book?"
"Yes, but it seems to be a pseudonym." Hermione said: "It's called... the Half-Blood Prince."
It sounds a bit narcissistic.
"Harry was completely absorbed in the book, and was also very interested in the owner of the book." Ginny sighed, "Like..."
She didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but Gloria and Hermione knew what she meant.
Ginny, who had just entered Hogwarts, got Voldemort's diary, which triggered a series of events.
"I checked carefully, there are no strange spells in the book." Hermione said, "and Harry doesn't seem to have a drastic change in his personality."
Gloria heard this and said, "That should be no problem, but the owner of the book is very good at potions and spells."
Excluding geniuses like her, there are very few wizards who can create their own spells and experiment with the correct steps for making potions during their student days.
Hermione's strength was not bad. Since she must have used many methods to examine him, she did not notice anything abnormal about Harry except the residual soul.
They both became deflated when they heard Gloria's praise for the owner of the book.
Hermione picked up the cup and drank the pumpkin juice. After drinking, she asked, "By the way, have Crabbe and Goyle from your college behaved strangely since the beginning of the school year?"
Gloria thought for a moment and said, "I didn't notice. After I dealt with them last year, they hardly appeared in front of us after school started."
"When we went to Diagon Alley before school started, we saw them go to Borgin and Burke's in Knockturn Alley." Hermione said seriously, "I used my telescopic ear to eavesdrop and heard them tell Borgin that they wanted to repair something, but they didn't say specifically what they wanted to repair."
Ginny added, "Because of their father's identity, we all suspect that these two are working for You-Know-Who."
Gloria was puzzled. "Doing business? Maybe sending something there to be repaired. At their age and strength, this is all they can do. But I will pay attention."
Before Hermione could continue, Professor Slughorn called them, and kept lamenting that Harry hadn't been able to come.
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Ever since she learned from Hermione why Harry's grades in Potions had improved, Gloria no longer paid attention to his performance in class.
The Ministry of Magic has been responding to letters more frequently recently, and I've received another one just now.
Draco saw her reading a letter and asked, "What's going on?"
"I told you the results of the Ministry of Magic's investigation." Gloria said, "It is currently confirmed that Grindelwald has no contact with that person. It's just that the address of each meeting is always mysterious, and the French Aurors can never find the location."
He handed the letter to Draco.
"Do they hold every meeting in the New World?" Draco wondered.
"That's not clear. Anyway, they can't see Slytherin Manor." Gloria tilted her head and asked, "What's the whereabouts of Crabbe and Goyle?"
The last time Hermione finished speaking, she told Draco to check what these two people were doing at school.
They both felt that even if Voldemort had something that needed repairing, he would not allow them to bring it to the school.
Although Filch was a Squib, he was not easy to fool, and students were carefully checked every time they entered and left Hogwarts.
"We hired someone to follow them, but they're always sneaking around." Draco said, "I don't know what they talk about all day long. They haven't done anything unusual so far. I heard that they didn't hand in their homework a few times and were put in detention by the professor."
This is the result of the students who secretly followed them for a whole week.
Hearing this, Gloria put the matter aside for the time being and asked, "This week's Quidditch match is between our house and Gryffindor. Do you want to go and watch it?"
Last year I just watched the games occasionally.
"I don't want to see those Gryffindors. They call me by my Christian name when they see me. I have an average relationship with them." Draco said with disgust. "You don't really think I will accept them."
Gloria suppressed her laughter and said, "Then after breakfast, let's finish our weekend homework and then read."
The second day of the competition -
The two went to the Great Hall and saw Ginny bumping into her brother.
Ron was so angry that his cheeks turned red. He opened his mouth to shout, but Harry covered his mouth and pressed him down on his seat. Hermione, who was sitting opposite them, shook her head when she saw this and continued to eat and read a book.
"They might as well just fight during the game." Draco said, turning to Zabini, "Are you going to watch the game?"
"Go ahead," Zabini said. "All that homework is giving me a headache, so it's a good time to go watch the game. Oh - you two are going to date together again, right?"
Draco snorted.
Gloria looked up and saw that there was still no sign of Crabbe and Goyle at the dining table.
After breakfast, the two went to the secret room, no matter how busy it was outside.
After an unknown amount of time, the club members came in. They deliberately did not enter the small room today. Draco wanted to know the result of the game.
"How is it?" he asked immediately when he saw someone coming in.
Zabini sighed, "Potter caught the Snitch and ended the game, Gryffindor…"
He couldn't say the word "win" and felt so depressed that he might as well stay here and do his homework.
Draco immediately gave up the idea of continuing to ask, "Sure enough, there's nothing to see."
Gloria smiled but said nothing, writing her paper silently.
"But..." Zabini raised his eyebrows and said, "You mentioned Crabbe and Goyle before. They did seem to have disappeared in the academy. It's just that when I came back just now, I happened to see them walking upstairs in the castle. I don't know which floor they went to. They looked very mysterious."
"I checked." Draco said, "The people who investigated them said that they always gathered together and talked in low voices, even during class. It seems that they were put in detention again in the past few days."
Zabini curled his lips, "It's not just them. Pansy and Daphne are both very quiet. Sigh - it's only been a short time, and they've changed so much."
Fortunately, he made the right choice.