The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 19 Nightmare
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Ada's heart was beating more and more violently, as if it would pop out of her throat at any moment.Beads of sweat flowed down her forehead, but she didn't dare to reach out to wipe it off.

Regret, very regret.If she hadn't been bewitched, she should be sleeping beautifully in a warm and comfortable bed at this moment, instead of hiding here and overhearing the secrets of Snape and Foley.

This is much more serious than being caught by Filch!Even if he was caught by Filch, it would be nothing more than point deduction and labor service, and it would be nothing more than confinement.In this situation, who knows what will happen.

If the two of them just discussed some unimportant things, Ada's punishment would not be a big deal.However, no matter how much she thought about the private conversation between the two of them in the middle of the night in a deserted place, she didn't think it would be a trivial matter for the two of them to discuss!
Ada wanted to turn around and run away, but she couldn't do this, because it would expose herself directly, and show her back to two adult wizards, which is a very stupid thing!

Don't say that Hogwarts is safe, there is still the greatest wizard Dumbledore here.The castle has stood here for thousands of years, and no matter how you look at it, there will be many people who died here. Even when Dumbledore was here, there were not accidents in the school!
Ada prepared silently. She knew that she couldn't be the opponent of the two people on the opposite side, but as long as she could procrastinate, make the noise louder, and attract the attention of others, then she might be rescued.

She forced herself to calm down, gripping her wand tightly in her right hand, which was Ada's last resort, she was never one to sit still.

"What...what's wrong, Severus?" asked Foley, who didn't seem to notice anything unusual.

Ada's grip on her wand was getting tighter and tighter, and she could already smell the potion on Snape.

"It's nothing, I misheard." Snape stopped in his tracks, no longer approaching.

"What did you hear wrong?" Foley asked, and then Ada heard Foley's footsteps moving in her direction.

"I said, it's nothing!" Snape said, standing a little higher on the stairs, watching Foley coming forward.

Foley stopped in his tracks, and said suspiciously: "What's the matter..." Foley didn't finish his sentence, he really wanted to know what Snape found, but he asked Snape, so he didn't go directly over the stairs Snape above.

Snape no longer looked at Foley, but returned to the platform below, and said to Foley, "I'm not very interested in what you said. Now, I'm going back to rest."

Foley standing on the stairs heard this, returned to the platform in three steps at a time, followed Snape, and said anxiously: "I need your help, Severus, let's work together to find that place." One thing, we can welcome..."

Now for Benedict Foley, the most important thing is to find that "thing". As long as he can find it, he can change the world and bring the world back on the right track. Put it aside for a while.

Ada didn't hear the words clearly because she had already left secretly.Just as Snape and Foley moved away from her one after another, Ada slipped away.

Ada walked very carefully, for fear that the sound of footsteps would attract the attention of the two of them again.It wasn't until she was far away that she dared to walk quickly. She unconsciously increased the output of the fluorescent spell, illuminating the corridor in front of her very brightly.

"Little devil, turn off the lights!"

"You disturb people's sleep at night, do you have a sense of public morality?"

The portraits hanging on the wall were awakened by the glare of the light one after another, and they complained of all kinds.Ada ignored them, turning a deaf ear to these beautiful words, and now she just wanted to go back to the common room as soon as possible!

Ada finally returned to the dormitory. Angelina and Alia were still asleep. They didn't know that Ada had ever left, nor did she know how frightened she was this night.

After wiping the sweat off her forehead, Ada fell powerlessly on the bed, her beating heart finally slowed down, and Ada let out a long breath, but she still didn't put down the wand in her hand.

Ada closed her eyes, deceiving herself and trying to forget everything she heard today. For weak people, knowing too much is usually not a good thing.

The more you know, the faster you die!

However, the conversation between those two people kept ringing in her mind, and Ada's brain was also constantly thinking about what was hidden in the words.What exactly is Foley looking for?Why did he need Snape's help?What about Snape's position?

Ada has too many problems that she can't figure out, and she can't tell others about it.Telling the Weasley brothers would only put them in the same danger.Tell Professor McGonagall that Ada directly ruled out the vice principal. A 12-year-old first-year student is more credible than the two professors, and a fool knows how to choose.

She is not Harry Potter, she is just an ordinary first-year student without such a big aura of the protagonist.What's more, Ada didn't have any evidence, and she didn't even know what their purpose was!
Severus Snape has been teaching students at the school for a long time, and has also served as the head of Slytherin, so it can be said that he is deeply trusted.Although he has a venomous tongue, guards his weaknesses, and is not loved by his classmates, Ida has never heard of Snape's outrageous behavior.If Snape really had ambiguity, how did he hide it from Dumbledore?

Snape must have noticed something unusual just now, that's why he came over to check.The two were talking about such an "earth-shattering" event, and he obviously found out that someone was eavesdropping. Why didn't he say anything, and didn't choose to expose it on the spot?
After that, Snape forcibly took Foley away again, and it was precisely because of his actions that Ada was given a chance to escape.

When I was outside, because I was always worried about being caught, Ida didn't think about this, and I didn't feel that Snape's behavior was abnormal.Now that she calmed down, Ada carefully went over the situation just now in her mind before discovering Snape's unreasonable behavior.

Snape was covering for eavesdroppers, was he protecting me?After thinking about it, Ada had such an idea in her mind.

The extraordinarily long night was finally over, and Ada was just falling asleep when the dawn light shone on her face.It's just that she didn't sleep soundly. In her dream, she kept running away, and behind her was a man wearing a hood whose face could not be seen clearly, chasing and killing her.Spell after spell shot from the man's wand, each powerful enough to kill Ada...

When Angelina woke up Ada from her nightmare, she seemed to be just fished out of a black lake, and she was wet all over.

"Ada, what's wrong with you? You look very uncomfortable." Angelina asked with concern.

"It's okay... I just had a nightmare." Ada, who was still in shock, forced a smile.

"If you don't feel well, I'll ask for leave for you." Angelina put her hand on Ada's forehead, "You look very bad."

"It's just that I was frightened by the nightmare, and I didn't rest well." Ada said.

"Today is Defense Against the Dark Arts class and Potions class. If you don't feel well, don't force yourself." Alia said.To her, Ada looked really haggard, like a broken doll.It would be really pitiful if Snape made things difficult for Ada in this state.

Defense Against the Dark Arts class and Potions class, the classes of the two parties last night, Ada had to go.

Aida cheered up and went out, even found a pair of glasses that the system had rewarded her before, and used them to cover the bloodshot eyes.

While eating breakfast in the Great Hall, the Weasley twins noticed that Ada was not normal.Ada also just said some perfunctory words such as "I had a nightmare" and "I didn't rest well".

The Weasley twins were skeptical, but they didn't ask any further questions. They just thought that Ada might not be feeling well today.

Fred and George kept playing tricks and telling jokes to coax Ada, which moved Ada, although she was really not in the mood to laugh now.

When I arrived in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, thanks to the Weasley brothers, Ada looked much better than when she just woke up in the morning, and she looked much more normal.

If Ada just looked normal, Benedict Foley didn't see anything abnormal at all.This class is still adhering to his usual humor, showing this class to the students vividly.His every move is what an excellent professor should be. Last night's hesitation in the corridor seems to be just a dream of Ada, a fantasy.

In the potions class in the afternoon, Snape was also very normal, he was still wearing a black robe, wandering in the dimly lit underground classroom, the skirt of the robe fluttering.Snape was still wantonly spraying the venom, covering the little lions of Gryffindor with rain and dew.

The only difference is probably that today Snape didn't make things difficult for Ada as usual, he just stayed in front of Ada's cauldron for less than ten seconds before leaving.

Everything seemed so normal, it was as if what happened last night never happened at all.It's a pity that the huge [Night Tour 1/10] in the system task completion rate reminds Ada that last night was not a nightmare, and everything last night was a real thing.

　Sent the contract today...Tangyuan will keep working hard

　　
　
(End of this chapter)