Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Chapter 316 A Little Trick
The atmosphere in Professor McGonagall's office was a bit awkward.

Harry stared at Professor McGonagall intently, while Ron next to him rubbed his nose awkwardly.Hermione looked normal, standing quietly on the other side.

"This is a very serious accusation, Potter." Professor McGonagall paused in astonishment, and his tone became more serious, "Do you have evidence?"

"No... But, during the summer vacation, we saw Malfoy go to Borginburg's by himself..." Harry recounted what he saw during the summer vacation, plus his own guesses.But when he finished speaking, Professor McGonagall was a little confused.

"So, you didn't see or hear that Malfoy got the necklace from Borginberg's?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"No, but Professor..." Harry was about to say something, but was stopped by Professor McGonagall raising his hand.

"Okay, Potter, thank you for telling me this, but we can't think that Mr. Malfoy has anything to do with this incident just because he has been to that store." Professor McGonagall said, "Also, this year we have strengthened our strict I don’t believe that the necklace will enter this school without our knowledge..."

"But……"

"Also!" Professor McGonagall interrupted Harry again, "Mr. Malfoy did not go to Hogsmeade today."

"What!" Harry was shocked when he heard that, he couldn't believe what he heard, "How do you know, professor?"

"Because he is in confinement with me, Potter." Professor McGonagall said, "Having failed to complete the transfiguration homework twice in a row, I think he needs a quieter environment to complete those things that should be done."

"Okay, thank you for telling me this, but now I'm going to visit Katie Bell in the school hospital." With that said, Professor McGonagall stood up and strode away from the three of them.

She opened the door of the office and stood by watching them.The three of Harry had no choice but to leave behind.

After leaving Professor McGonagall's office, Harry's face was full of anger. He was very angry that Professor McGonagall didn't believe him, and also angry that Ron and Hermione didn't support him just now.

At this time, Hermione who was walking in front suddenly stopped.She turned and said, "To the Room of Requirement? Harry, Ron?"

"The Room of Requirement?" Harry was taken aback when he heard the words, but then he reacted, the anger on his face became even worse, and he replied angrily, "Okay!"

"Let's go then." Hermione nodded and headed towards the Room of Requirement.After she turned around, Ron gently pulled Harry down from behind, but he was thrown straight away.

Seeing Harry striding after him, Ron was taken aback for a moment, and then he could only chase after him helplessly.

They came to the door of the Room of Requirement. Harry was about to call out the door according to the previous method, but Hermione stopped him.Without explaining, he walked back and forth in front of the wall three times, and a door Harry had never seen before appeared there.

"come in."

Harry and Ron looked at each other, followed Hermione into the door, and then froze in place.

The decoration of this room is full of Ravenclaw style, the carpet, sofa back and even the curtains are all blue.Especially the carpet, with an eagle embroidered in the middle.

Around, there are two walls are bookshelves, filled with all kinds of books.Opposite the door is a fireplace, on which there are all kinds of strange objects.On the remaining side, two tables stood side by side, one with a cauldron on it, and the other clean except for a carving knife.

"Where is this, Hermione?" Harry frowned and asked suspiciously, "Can the Room of Requirement do this?"

"Of course." Hermione nodded, beckoned Harry and Ron to sit down on the sofa, snapped her fingers, and three cups suddenly appeared on the coffee table, filled with lemon tea.

She picked up the cup and took a sip, and the two of them froze when she opened her mouth again.

"It used to be a secret between Ike and I, and you two were the only ones who came in besides us."

"Ike!" Harry's face was reddened with naked eyes, and he felt that his anger was on the top of his head, and he immediately shouted, "You still have contact with that traitor!"

"As I said, there are no more now." Hermione immediately retorted, "Besides, he's not the kind of person you think..."

"What kind of person is that?" Harry asked immediately.

"Someone like Snape."

"Snape...Snape?" Hermione's calm reply made Harry's anger worse, but he reacted immediately.Although in his impression Snape had always been a hateful Death Eater, in fact, he was Dumbledore's man and provided the Order of the Phoenix with a lot of extremely useful information.

"Is he Dumbledore's man too?" Harry asked.

"Strictly speaking, no, but in the fight against the mysterious man, he is on the same front as us..."

"Then why..." Before Harry could finish, Hermione continued, "As long as we don't block his way..."

"Wait... what does this mean?" Ron, who had been listening in a cloud, interjected, "Why am I getting more and more confused the more I listen?"

Hearing this, Hermione took a deep breath, put down the cup in her hand, and said, "Ike is different from us. He has his own goals. He joined the Death Eaters and followed the mysterious man because the mysterious man could give him certain things. Help, there's what he needs."

"What? I mean, what exactly does he want?" Harry asked.

"magic."

"Magic?" Harry said excitedly, "He can do it at Hogwarts, there are so many in the Restricted Section..."

"But he'd already read it, in our fourth year," said Hermione. "As a matter of fact, I've read all the books in the Restricted Section."

"No wonder..." Harry muttered, he felt that he already knew the reason why Ike and Hermione had such strong spellcasting abilities.Undoubtedly, because they have all read the books in the Restricted Section and learned the magic of them.

Thinking about it again, Harry also noticed that many things that happened before have clues to follow. At least several times when Ike could kill himself, he chose to keep his hand.

"Then why did he kill Mundungus?" At this moment, Ron asked in confusion.

"I don't know about that." Hermione shook her head, "As I said, the most important thing to Ike is the goal that we don't know, and everything he does is to achieve that goal ...Maybe Mundungus was in his way, I don't know..."

"What's that?" Harry said angrily, "Mundungus died in vain?" After speaking, he picked up the glass in front of him and took a long gulp.Ron next to him shook his head helplessly when he heard the words, and also took a sip of the lemon tea in the cup.

"Does Dumbledore know?" Harry asked, putting down his glass.

"I should know." Hermione nodded, "Dumbledore believed in him, just like he believed in Snape, and Ike also made an unbreakable oath with Dumbledore."

Hearing this, Harry and Ron glanced at each other, feeling a lot more relieved.Nothing else can convince them, but an unbreakable vow can.

"By the way!" At this moment, Hermione suddenly interrupted the small movements of the two, with a smile on her face, and said, "What I told you today, you can't tell anyone else, even Deng Xiaoping. Neither can Bullido."

"Why? Didn't you say that Dumbledore knew @!￥%!" Harry was stunned suddenly, and tried to say it again, but it was still a series of words that he couldn't understand at all.Ron next to him also tried it, and it was the same.

The two looked at Hermione who was smiling, and felt a chill down their backs.

"Hermione, what did you do?"

"It's just a trick to make sure you don't talk nonsense."

"Also, to be on the safe side, unless I take the initiative to mention it in the future, you will forget what I said here today..."

"Of course, don't worry too much. When the time is right, this magic will be lifted naturally..."

"And when is that?" Harry and Ron asked in unison.

Hermione smiled sweetly and winked at the two of them.

"Of course it's... the right time..."

(End of this chapter)