The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 40 Gryffindor in action

"Caught it?" Ada asked while eating, "I don't know how Hogwarts treats thieves."

Fred snatched the cake from Ada's hand, and said to Ada, "Can you be sober..."

"What am I going to do if I get caught?" George said.

"Someone stole something and wasn't caught...so what was lost?" Ada asked.

"The problem is that nothing is lost!" the twins said in unison.

Someone stole at Hogwarts and didn't take anything, he was caught but not caught.This operation is a bit confusing, and what is this wave of plotting, Ada finally got rid of Snape's shadow and began to think.

Ada, whose news was late, asked, "Who discovered it this time? Could it be Filch again?"

"A student in Ravenclaw found that things in his dorm had been moved, but none of his classmates and roommates had moved," George said.

"Then more Ravenclaw students found the same thing," Fred said.

"Ravenclaw?" Ada asked. "Only Ravenclaw?"

"Well, only the Ravenclaw students were talking about it at dinner, and they told Professor Flitwick about it," George said affirmatively.

"Don't you think it's strange that you searched through so many classmates' things, but you didn't take anything in the end." Fred said with a smile.

Ada had some ideas, and she said, "Maybe I didn't find what I wanted!"

"What can you find in Ravenclaw, they don't have anything but books?" Fred joked.

Among the four colleges, Ravenclaw recruits young wizards who are full of wisdom and eager for knowledge. It is said that there is also a private library with rich books. The average number of books owned by Ravenclaw students is also the most among the four colleges.

The way to enter the Ravenclaw lounge is also very simple, just answer the questions posed on the bronze knocker at the door.The same is true for students from other colleges. You can enter after answering the questions correctly. You don't need any passwords, as long as you are smart enough.

If this "theft" incident is not an insider, at least it proves that the thief should be very smart.

"I would really like this 'Mr. Thief' to visit Gryffindor." George poured a cup of pumpkin juice for Ida, he was afraid Ida would choke herself to death.

Ada took a sip of the pumpkin juice and said, "I hope to be patronized by thieves, and there should be no third one in Hogwarts."

"You are wrong. I think there should be many people who have the same idea as us."

"Although 'Mr. Thief' doesn't steal anything, we can let him take the blame!"

The angles of the twins' observation of things are really unique, and their thinking is different from others.

"For example, when Gryffindor is visited, we will tell Professor McGonagall that our homework is missing!" Fred and George said together.

Ada rubbed her temples with her fingers, and said to the two brothers: "As expected of you, Professor McGonagall really found a treasure."

"Although we know Professor McGonagall won't believe..."

"But life still has to be full of hope, what if..."

After cleaning up the food brought back by the twins, Ada also took out her homework. She needs to finish writing quickly, and the twins are "waiting for food".

The next day was Saturday, and the students did what they had to do without being affected.The thief's deterrent power is obviously not as good as the murderer who attacked Daniel last time, let alone a little thief who "dare not take anything".

Some Gryffindor students even wanted to catch this little thief with their own hands. Although they couldn't get the special contribution award, they would still be rewarded with points!If Dumbledore had been more generous, he might have been able to attack the Academy Cup again.

A large group of Gryffindor students wearing gold and red scarves scattered in every corner of the school, setting up a net to monitor the school around the clock.

No matter where the students of the other three colleges go, they can see Gryffindor students in groups of two, which can be said to be pervasive.

Charlie Weasley and other student management were silent about the behavior of the Gryffindors, and even helped organize a little. In the eyes of everyone, this little thief is already in the pocket of Gryffindor.

Ada and the others did not take part in the action. The seniors did not bring the first and second graders to play with them. They felt that these little devils might not even be able to do "eyes" well. We should wait until they are older.

As of dinner, Gryffindor's huge round-up operation has not achieved any results. As long as the thief is not stupid, he will not carry out his theft on the weekend, not to mention that there are a large group of Gryffindors who are "watching" Ryffindor ducked aside.

The atmosphere at the Gryffindor long table was a little gloomy, in stark contrast to the usual hustle and bustle.The seniors were discussing what to do next and what measures to take to succeed. A small failure could not shake the determination of the Gryffindors.

Ada looked at the twins whose eyes were as red as rabbits and asked, "What's wrong with you two? Did you cry a lot?"

"The two of us looked at the Marauder's Map for a day." George sat beside Ida weakly, "I feel like my eyes are going to go blind!"

"It's worth being blind, if anything. But we're both blind now." Fred wasn't looking much better.

Ada didn't know why the two brothers were suddenly so active. She asked, "Didn't you still hope that 'Mr. Thief' could steal your homework yesterday? Why are you trying so hard to catch him again today?"

"Of course it's for extra points, what else can it be?"

"It's rare to have such an interesting way to add points, of course we have to try it."

You don't need to answer questions honestly in class, and you don't need to be a good boy. You just need to catch little thieves. This kind of thing is naturally very attractive to the twins. They not only like pranks, they also like interesting things.

"There are a lot of students in the lounge on weekends, who would choose this time to steal things and get beaten up?" Ada said earnestly, "So just give up, besides, there are so many people on the map, can you keep an eye on them? ?”

The twins stared at the map for a long time, probably without blinking much.It will only be more tiring if you stare at each lounge. There are a lot of names crowded in the small common room, and it is very troublesome to distinguish them.

"Do you think Dumbledore will compensate our eyes?" the twins said together.

"You should go to Madam Pomfrey." Ada said, and added silently in her heart, don't worry, you won't be blind.I used to sit in front of the computer for a whole day without being blind, so where are you guys?

While Ada was enjoying her dinner, a Slytherin student appeared behind her.

"Drizzt."

As soon as Ada turned her head, she saw the Slytherin senior standing behind her. The senior gave the note to Ada, and she said, "This is from our headmaster."

After speaking, the Slytherin left directly.Ada looked at the note in her hand, which read: 07:30 p.m., basement classroom.

After worrying for a whole day, the "summoning" still came. When I had dinner just now, Ida thought that Snape had forgotten her. It seems that she thought Snape was too kind...

The twins wanted to give Ada a sympathetic look, but the emotion conveyed by the twins' red eyes was not like sympathy at all, but more like jealousy of why Ada could "uniquely get Snape's favor".

Ada continued to eat dinner like chewing wax. In fact, she was very happy to get an extra opportunity to practice potions, but when Snape was standing opposite, the joy turned into suffering.

At 10:10 p.m., Ada had been processing raw materials for [-] minutes in the basement, and she had also been stealing teachers for [-] minutes.

From the moment he entered the classroom, Snape spared no words and never said a word to Ada.All the instructions he issued were through gestures and eyes, as if saying a word to Ada was blasphemy against him.

In this way, the two people who didn't like each other lived peacefully in the underground classroom. There were only two sounds in the whole classroom - the sound of Ada processing materials and the sound of Snape making potions.

With the improvement of proficiency, Ada became more and more proficient in handling raw materials, which also allowed her to focus more on Snape.It is the dream of many potions apprentices to be able to observe a potions master making potions at such a close distance. Although Ada still cannot fully understand some of Snape's methods, it also benefits him a lot.

When it was almost curfew, Snape made Ada stop.Ada, who was packing up the tools at hand, suddenly had an urge to die. She actually asked Snape a question. She asked, "Professor, do you know about the Ravenclaw theft?"

Looking at Ada's question, Snape crossed his hands, still cherishing words like gold, and said, "I know."

"What do you think?" Ada carefully considered her words, trying not to annoy the old bat.

Snape said, "What's the matter with you? You can go."

Ada looked at the tight-lipped Snape, she wasn't disappointed, it was normal that she couldn't ask anything.After tidying up, Ada turned and left the classroom, but Snape stopped her when she reached the door.

"Miss Drizzt, if you don't want to face me every day, just go back to the lounge and don't go anywhere." Snape said the longest sentence of the night, "I don't want to Saw you, so you better not let me catch you in the hallway or the bathroom on the second floor."

(End of this chapter)