Hogwarts Outsider

"Matthew!"

Hermione and Neville, who were in charge of "Looking Wind", quickly noticed the strange behavior of Matthew.

They quickly gathered around.

"What's wrong with you, Matthew?" Neville asked with some concern.

"Could it be that Professor Slughorn and Shafik, did they say anything secretly?" As for Hermione, she looked interested.

"No...it's not..." Matthew quickly denied, "I just slipped my hand..."

He bent down, picked up the soft little ear, and pressed it back to his ear...

But at this time, apart from the obvious noise in the bar, there were no other sounds...neither Slughorn nor Rosmerta's voices had disappeared.

It sounds like Professor Horace Slughorn and Miss Elaine Shafik have both left the two broomstick bars.

But at this time, what Matthew had in mind at this time was the same words that Miss Shafik had before leaving:

"He's in Hogsmeade!"

There is no doubt that the "he" in the subject of this sentence refers to the person who has been communicating with Miss Shafic some time ago for the smuggled goods from Italy, whose name has not been mentioned.

Before being imprisoned in Azkaban, Mr. Shafik had been in contact with two people, one of them was Lucius Malfoy, and the other—

"Tom Gunter!"

There is no doubt that it can only be the name that appeared on the ledger of Lihen Bookstore!

...

Whether it is "Tom Gunter" or "Tom Riddle".

During the period after the school started, Matthew had searched the library many times for news related to these two names.

However, the information found is pitiful...

To this day, Matthew only found out that Tom Riddle was a student of Slytherin College who enrolled in Hogwarts in 1938 in some materials from fifty years ago.

In 1943, he won the Special Contribution Award for his outstanding contributions to Hogwarts; the medal has been kept in the prize showroom to this day.

In addition, 1945 was the year Gellert Grindelwald had just arrived at Hogwarts. Tom Riddle graduated from Hogwarts successfully. He got O( Outstanding, excellent).

But Mr. Riddle's resume ends here.

In the records after 1945, Matthew did not find any information related to Mr. Riddle.

Yes, I can't find it at all...No matter which book or newspaper in the library...

It was as if this Voldemort, who was stellar in another world, disappeared from the earth after graduating from Hogwarts in this world.

Maybe something happened to him...or maybe he's been hiding his name all the time...

But now... Matthew suddenly knew that he had appeared in Hogsmeade again!

Matthew's heart suddenly picked up.

Why did he appear in Hogsmeade?

Is it just a coincidence?

Or……

He was looking for the whereabouts of the book... The original "owner" of the book that fell into his hands more than a year ago should be the "Tom Gunter"...

The reason why he came back to Hogsmeade... is to find himself and take back the book from his hands...

"Matthew...Matthew...Matthew..."

A series of calls "woke up" Matthew.

Neville and Hermione surrounded him, and both looked at him with great concern and whispered his name.

"What's wrong with you, Matthew...your face is so pale...looks like you're sick?" Hermione asked while pressing Matthew's forehead.

...

Matthew Wickfield, who "woke up like a dream," glanced around.

There was no one around, and there was silence.

On the top of the hillside, there is a dilapidated shed.

It looks slightly taller than other houses in the village, the windows are tightly sealed, and weeds grow nearby.

"Where are we?" Matthew asked in a low voice.

"Over there is the Screaming Shack, the most haunted house in the UK in the legend," Hermione explained, "Because of this, no one would normally approach this hillside... You just said to Find a quiet place, I will take you here..."

"...Even the ghost of Hogwarts is reluctant to approach it," Hermione continued to explain after a pause, "I once smelled Ms. Grey, and she heard that there used to be a very rough guy... "

"Okay, I see!" Matthew nodded, and then he sat on the stone steps next to him and took a breath.

He hesitated for a moment, glanced at Hermione and Neville separately, and took the initiative to speak: "It's nothing... Professor Slughorn said nothing important... It's just that I'm suddenly a little tired..."

"Should we take you back to the school hospital?" Neville asked hurriedly, "You look ugly now, UU read www.uukanshu.com Matthew."

"No... it's okay... I said it's okay..." Matthew shook his head, "You go back first, go back to Hogsmeade, go to the Duke of Honey... I will sit here and rest for a while, and I will look for you later. …Or I’ll rest and go back to Hogwarts..."

The tone of Matthew's speech was somewhat intermittent.

Hermione glanced at Matthew with some suspicion, and at the same time there was a little worry in her skeptical eyes.

"How can it work!" Neville retorted without hesitation, "If you really can't walk, I'll carry you down the mountain..."

"Matthew," Hermione bent down and asked softly, "Is there something..."

"Nothing, I tell you to go!" Matthew Wickfield looked a little angry, he shouted angrily:

"Get out of here, you two!"

"Matthew..." Neville still seemed hesitant.

But Hermione thought for a while, and she nodded.

At the same time, she pulled Ranaville's sleeves and motioned for Neville to leave with her.

She said, "Then let's go back to the village first, Matthew, we are waiting for you at the Honey Duke Candy Shop."

"Yeah." Matthew nodded weakly.

...

Neville and Hermione slowly walked down the hillside, and their figures soon disappeared from Matthew's sight.

Matthew's somewhat pale face quickly became alert.

He has to leave Hogsmeade quickly... leave as fast as possible...

As long as you return to Hogwarts, it is safe... With the deterrence of Gellert Grindelwald, that "Tom Gunter" might not dare to break into Hogwarts... Matthew thought to himself Tao.

He stood up and turned his eyes to the top of the hillside.

Without hesitation, he ran towards the dilapidated, desolate, and weird "screaming hut".