The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 230

More and more people gathered on the third floor of the castle, and Filch pushed through the crowd with his shoulders.Then he saw Mrs. Norris, and he stumbled back a few steps, unable to believe his eyes.

Mr. Administrator obviously couldn't accept this sad fact, he grabbed his face with his hands in horror.Filch looked at Harry with his protruding eyes, saw Ada in the crowd again, and he took Ada and Harry as the murderers of Mrs. Norris.

Ada and Harry, one had threatened him with words more than once, and the other had seen his introductory magic correspondence course, and Filch's suspicions were well-founded.

Filch pointed to the two of them with his hands, and he said, "You! You killed my cat! You killed it! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to..."

The professors also rushed to the scene quickly, and Dumbledore also stopped Filch, who looked like a madman, from jumping at any of Ada and Harry.

Dumbledore untied Mrs. Norris from the torch, and let Filch and Harry leave with him.Filch is the owner of Mrs. Norris, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione were the first to appear on the scene, and they were even identified by Filch as the murderer.

Lockhart, who was good at joining in the fun, came out again, showing a wave of presence, and said, "My office is the closest to here, principal, you can go to my place."

"Thank you, Gilderoy." Dumbledore said as he walked out, but suddenly turned back and said, "Ada, you can come with me too."

Ada stretched out her finger and pointed at herself. She didn't know why Dumbledore called her. When she arrived here, there were already many people gathered here.

The silent crowd parted to let them pass.Lockhart was very excited, with a high-spirited look, and hurriedly followed behind Dumbledore. He seemed to have found new material again, and the theme of the next book was available; Professor McGonagall and Snape also followed , Ada followed Professor McGonagall unhurriedly.

When Ada, who fell last, also disappeared from sight, the silent students were no longer silent, and they began to guess who the heir was.Filch's identification was still very lethal, and both Harry and Ida became objects of suspicion, but only a small number of people believed that Ada was the heir.

The reason why these minorities identified Ada was her orphan status, which has infinite possibilities in the eyes of people with big brains. Who knows what Ada's status was before she was left in the orphanage?Maybe it has something to do with that old monkey in Slytherin?
Lockhart's office is a bit dark, decorated in the same style as his classroom, and his photos and portraits are hung on the walls.

The three of Harry exchanged nervous glances, sitting in a corner and watching everything in front of them closely.Ada stood beside Professor McGonagall and asked her about the Chamber of Secrets in a low voice.

Dumbledore put Mrs. Norris on the clean table and began to examine it carefully.Dumbledore's long, crooked nose almost touched Lady Norris' hair.He looked at it carefully through the half-moon-shaped glasses, poking here and there with his slender fingers.

Professor McGonagall also walked over. She bent over, squinted her eyes, and almost touched the cat with her face.Snape stood behind the two, half of his body hidden in the shadows, looking gloomy. He first looked at Harry, then turned his head to look at Ada. He didn't know the strange expression on his face. What exactly does it represent.

"A spell must have killed it—probably the Transfiguration Curse. I've seen it used so many times, it's a pity I wasn't there, I just happen to know the cure that would have saved it... ..." Lockhart started his new round of showing off, but his showing off was interrupted by Ada.

"Professor, I just read about the Transfiguration Torture Curse in a book, why don't I use it on you, how about you solve it for me?"

There was disdain in Ada's tone.The atmosphere in the office was a little dignified. She didn't intend to say anything, but who told Lockhart to step on his own knowledge point so hard to pretend?

Hearing Ada's words, Lockhart was silent, even more silent than the students outside just now.Filch buried his face in his arms and wept bitterly. Whether Lockhart was telling the truth or not, his Lady Norris had been viciously attacked.

"Ada, pay attention to the way you speak." Professor McGonagall returned to Ada's side. Not only did she not blame her in her tone, but she used her body to protect Ada.

Her meaning was obvious: I have taught my students a lesson, you Lockhart can stay wherever it is cool.

Dumbledore straightened up and said softly, "He's not dead, Argus."

"Not dead?" Filch choked out, looking at Mrs. Norris through his fingers. "Then why is its whole body—whole body stiff, as if frozen?"

"It's been petrified," said Dumbledore ("Ah! I thought so too!" said Lockhart), "but how, I don't know..."

When Filch turned his mottled and tear-stained face to Harry, Dumbledore said again: "Students can't do this. It requires extremely advanced black magic to do it."

But Filch didn't believe it at all, or he didn't want to believe Dumbledore's words.He was spitting out his own reasons, why Harry saw his quick spelling lessons and knew he was a Squib, and why Ada just threatened him and his cat, and Mrs Norris had an accident within two days up.

What Filch said was full of tears and tears, but these were his own guesses, which were untenable. Didn't you see Harry jumping around to refute his words?

Ada didn't look at Dumbledore, but said to Professor McGonagall next to him: "Professor, you know me, if I really plan to do something, the person lying on the table at the moment should be Fairy Yes, not his poor cat."

In this regard, Professor McGonagall is convinced.

Not only Professor McGonagall, but everyone in the office except Filch and Lockhart believed what Ida said. She would not vent her anger on a cat, and she couldn't afford to lose him.

"Argus, students can't do this kind of thing." Dumbledore repeated what he said before, and then comforted Filch a few words, "Don't be too sad, we will be cured soon Mrs. Norris. Professor Sprout has recently acquired some mandrakes. Once they are grown, I shall have a medicine that will bring Mrs. Norris back to life."

"I'll make it," interposed Lockhart, "I must have made it a hundred times, and I could be dreaming about making a mandrake resurrection potion—"

The sky has cleared, the rain has stopped, Lockhart thinks he can do it again, can you, Drizzt, still know how to make this potion at your age?Lockhart's face was full of embarrassment, and he turned to Ada, as if to say: Come on, say you can too!Now it's all right!
only……

"Forgive me," said Snape coldly, "I thought I was the Potions teacher at this school."

Since entering the office, Snape has been standing in the shadows without saying a word, which made Lockhart ignore Snape's existence and forget that there is such a difficult person in this office.

The office fell into an embarrassing silence. Harry, Ron, and Hermione didn't even dare to breathe, and even Filch's crying was suppressed.Everyone wanted to see what Lockhart's brain structure was like. Why did he provoke Snape? Did he think he didn't die fast enough?
"Pfft!"

The silence was broken by a short laugh, and everyone looked towards the source of the sound, only to see Ada waving to everyone again and again, indicating that she didn't mean it.She said, "Sorry, professor, I couldn't help it, so I accidentally laughed out loud."

Dumbledore looked at Ada helplessly. The principal knew that this matter had nothing to do with Ada. The reason why he called her together was to tell her to be more careful and not to do the same thing as last year.

This year's attack was not arranged by Dumbledore alone, let alone a test tailored for Harry. If Ada was still like last year, she might lose her life if she was not careful.

"Okay, it's none of your business here, you go back and rest first." Dumbledore looked at Ada and said, "This year is different from last year, I hope you can put more energy into your studies."

After another look at the cat, Ada turned and left.Ada walked out of the office, and before the door was locked, Filch started crying again, Mr. Administrator hoped that someone would pay the price.

After Filch, Snape also started to make things difficult for Harry. The continuous questioning amplified Harry's suspicion. Who made Harry refuse to tell the truth?

Although the office was very lively, Ada did not stay to eavesdrop. As she walked to the common room, she recited the last words Dumbledore said to herself.

"This year is different from last year" and "put more energy into learning", these two sentences sound nothing special at first glance, but the principal of the school cares about students' learning.But who is Dumbledore, how could he say such inappropriate words on such an occasion, there must be another deep meaning in it.

Ada recalled the stress and pauses when Dumbledore spoke, and she immediately figured out the meaning of these two sentences.This is Dumbledore sending a message to himself, telling himself that this year is different from last year, and what happened this year has nothing to do with Dumbledore.

Since this year's attack has nothing to do with Dumbledore, Ada has to deal with it carefully to prevent herself from capsizing.

The attack came so suddenly, without any warning, and there were only two clues left for Ada, the "secret room" and "heir". If she wanted to complete the task issued by the system, she could only start with these two clues.

(End of this chapter)