Hogwarts Homecoming

Where's your courage, Potter?

When Professor Brian said this, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that a heavy burden had been lifted, and her whole body came alive. She finally understood that Professor Brian didn't intend to kill the three of them. , just, 'educating' Harry in his own way!

Harry also figured this out, his dry and pale lips murmured, unable to utter a word, looking devastated.

Yeah, where's my courage?

Harry asked himself, he thought that the hatred for Black would make him desperately deprive a fresh life, but it turned out that he was not as brave as he imagined, and he didn't even have the courage to kill a fake Black!

"Sorry, Harry, I misled you."

Professor Brian, who was sitting down, smiled and said something that made Harry stunned. He stared blankly at the powerful young professor in front of him who made him irresistible, and didn't understand why he said that. Professor Brian thought teach yourself a lesson, he's done it

"I guess, you must be resenting yourself in your heart for being a cowardly little wizard, who doesn't even have the guts to kill a dummy turned into a match."

Amosta's sharp gaze penetrated Potter's heart,

"But in fact, I misled you. Killing a person, taking a person's life is never a matter of guts, Harry."

Hearing this sentence, Harry's blue eyes shook, and he recovered a little anger.

Amosta glanced over the three young wizards who were a little stunned, and his voice was calm without any waves,

"It's not cowardice that stopped you from killing that dummy just now, it's kindness, Harry, and Hermione and Ron, the three of you are very kind little wizards, you don't want to deprive the common people of their rights." Life, I bet, even if you think of a wicked wizard like Black who has a blood feud with you, deep down in your heart, you just hope that he can return to Azkaban and continue to be imprisoned."

"But is there anything wrong with that, Professor Blaine?"

Hermione's thin body was shaking, her cheeks were also pale,

"Followers of You-Know-Who. Those wizards called Death Eaters. Each of them hurt many people, but the Ministry of Magic just put them in Azkaban for execution"

Hermione felt a tightness in her chest, and she couldn't continue speaking, but she insisted on saying

"The law does not allow the death penalty for professors, it would have been abolished long ago"

"law?"

Amosta sneered, and was about to say something, but considering that this was just Harry and the others who were still underage children, their world was this fairy-tale castle right now, Amosta shook his head,

"As a young wizard who has not yet graduated, Potter, you must understand that the gap between you and an adult wizard with outstanding magical skills is insurmountable.

I remember I shared my opinion with you three before - power is power, it's a pure thing, neither love nor hate, nor courage, can make your power leap in an instant Therefore, the end of your personal revenge on Black is to waste the hard work of so many people who are worried about your life and health, including the sacrifice of your parents. "

The long silence that followed made Harry feel extremely tormented, but Ron, who was relieved, comforted him sincerely,

"I always thought you couldn't afford to be a murderer for something like that, Harry."

"Harry certainly wouldn't be a murderer, would he!"

Hermione also said nervously, she was afraid that what the one-sided Harry would say would make Professor Brian fly into a rage, so she leaned over and tightly grasped Harry's sweaty but cold hand.

"I will be cautious, Professor Blaine."

Finally, Harry pursed his lips tightly and said in a hoarse voice.

"So, may I assume?"

Professor Brian's voice suddenly became cheerful,

"I'll never see you again in that magical invisibility cloak, sneaking away to the Three Broomsticks to steal a drink?"

"You did see it, Professor Blaine!"

Hermione glared at Ron fiercely. Although she expressed surprise, her tone was not the same. Obviously, the three of them had already made relevant guesses in private.

"Oh, it's not stealing, Professor—"

Ron didn't dare look into Hermione's eyes and said weakly, "I paid for Harry's butterbeer"

Harry was also a little nervous, because when the three of them discussed this issue in private, Harry agreed with Ron. They all thought that there was a lot of noise in the Three Broomsticks bar that day, let alone people wearing an invisibility cloak. He himself, Professor Bryan, probably didn't even notice Hermione and Ron.

"Headmaster Dumbledore seems to have told you—"

Out of precaution, Amosta added another word,

"Invisibility spells, invisibility cloaks and other methods will not work in front of dementors. You must have noticed that there are dementors at the school gate again, but according to the results of my discussion with the Ministry of Magic, The Ministry of Magic has reduced the number of dementors dispatched, so you are absolutely not allowed to use the invisibility cloak to sneak out of the school gate!"

Hearing Professor Bryan's words, the expressions of the three of Harry changed subtly, especially Hermione, her face suddenly tightened, as if she was trying her best to hide something.

Because both Hermione and Ron knew that Harry didn't break out from the school gate at all, but from Fred and George's magical map.

"you."

Even without the magic of reading people's thoughts, the changes in the expressions of the three little guys could not be hidden from the experienced Amosta. He narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice,

"It seems to be hiding something important?"

After all, they were still a group of third-grade children. When faced with pressure, their way of coping was too young. They just looked at each other, and then Ron and Harry lowered their heads, staring at the ground and refused to move away. Only Hermione, hesitantly, seemed to want to say something.

"professor--"

Under the constant pressure from Professor Brian's gaze, Hermione, who hesitated for a while, finally took a deep breath,

"Harry. He's not"

Harry and Ron looked up nervously at Hermione.

Don't talk about that map!

Through her eyes, Hermione knew what Harry and Ron were trying to yell.

This is for your own good, Harry--

Hermione returned Harry's resolute look.

"Actually, Harry, uh, he accidentally discovered a secret passage while he was walking in the castle. He got into it out of curiosity, and after he came out, he found Hogsmeade by accident."

Hermione was evasive, hiding the truth not to keep the magic map, but to keep Fred and George from being implicated.

Hermione finally didn't tell everything, which made Harry and Ron heave a sigh of relief, but their expressions didn't get any better, because now there is only one way to get out of Hogwarts' secret passage secretly, Now that Hermione said it, in order to prevent Black, Professor Brian must have blocked it.

"Secret passages?"

Amosta's expression suddenly became serious,

"Secret passages. However, Argus once told me that all the four secret passages in the school have been sealed off by him?"

"I think--"

Under the blazing gaze of Professor Brian, who had shown his might just now, Harry couldn't keep silent. He followed Hermione's lie and said bravely,

"I think... I must have accidentally discovered a secret passage that Filch didn't know about."