Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 280: Has no one told you that you are a Gryffindor?

Professor McGonagall looked a little gloomy.

The situation she least wanted to see occurred.

The last question is whether it would be possible to detect the basilisk immediately if it appeared.

Harry's "can't" was a lie, so he can.

Regardless of Professor McGonagall's mood, the two Aurors decided on the next plan in a few words.

"We will do our best to follow Harry, and we should be able to find clues from him."

The female Auror breathed a sigh of relief: "I was afraid that I would return empty-handed this time, but I finally got something."

The male Auror said, "But how are we going to monitor Harry? It's too inconvenient to be invisible all day. We need a more reasonable identity."

Female Auror: "Let the Ministry of Magic worry about this matter. Anyway, we only care about arresting people, not their identities."

If they were not afraid of causing negative influence or psychological trauma to students, they would not be willing to adopt such a roundabout approach.

After determining the breakthrough point, the easiest way was to let Snape feed him a mouthful of truth serum.

Thinking of this, the female Auror couldn't help but sigh. It was too difficult.

Veritaserum is really expensive.

When the two Aurors were about to leave, Professor McGonagall suddenly said, "Wait, isn't there another little wizard to question, Greg from Slytherin?"

The male Auror frowned, "We have found the suspect. We should not need to observe Gress anymore."

The female Auror nodded in agreement, "No need to waste time."

Professor McGonagall said seriously, "No, there are three people who can speak Parseltongue, so naturally we have to ask each candidate.

And Harry didn't know where the Chamber of Secrets was, he just knew that the Basilisk was there, and if the Basilisk escaped, Harry wouldn't be able to track it down. "

The two Aurors looked at each other and shrugged.

"As you wish, Professor McGonagall."

……

After Harry left Professor McGonagall's office, he regretted it again and felt a little disgusted with his own cowardice.

He should speak out everything bravely and loudly.

This incident made him dejected, and he was even absent-minded during the subsequent Quidditch practice, thinking that he had lost the brave spirit of Gryffindor!

"Harry, what happened to you?"

George walked up to him and asked curiously.

Harry looked up. "Huh? Nothing. I still have to go train on my broomstick. I'll be leaving first."

He was about to leave, but Fred grabbed him by the collar.

"Harry, something must have happened to you, otherwise you wouldn't be so absent-minded that you didn't even notice that Quidditch practice was over."

Harry glanced around.

It was already dark and the other members had left. The entire stadium was empty and somewhat quiet.

Harry: "I'm sorry, I don't know, I—"

George: "Oh, dear Harry, you have no idea how stinky Wood's expression was this afternoon. He looked at you many times, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything to you."

Fred followed suit and said in a rhythmic tone: "Hey, Harry is the only Seeker in Gryffindor. No one can replace him. He is so awesome!"

Harry looked a little pale.

He felt like the twins were taunting him, even if they didn't mean it that way.

"Sorry, I-I was a little distracted this afternoon."

George looked at his expression and said in a serious tone: "Honestly, go to the infirmary and get some medicine. I suspect you are sick."

Fred agreed: "Not only is your mind absent-minded, but your expression also looks pale. Are you anemic? Maybe I can give you some red dates as a tonic?"

Harry fled in panic.

He felt that if he stayed any longer, the twins would definitely talk endlessly, which would be terrifying!

As Harry returned to the Gryffindor common room.

Grace was also called to Professor McGonagall's office.
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"So, will Harry and Grace also be visited by the professor?"

In the laboratory, Lin Xia, Draco, Hermione and Ron were all talking about the conversation with the professor at noon.

Lin Xia said: "It should be."

She added: "If Snape would listen to me."

Hermione suddenly thought of something: "Maybe Harry has been found. I saw him go to Professor McGonagall's office this afternoon."

As for why you saw it?
It's simple. Hermione often goes to Professor McGonagall to ask questions and maintains a good "teacher-friend" relationship with the professor.

She opened the laboratory window, whistled, and a little bird appeared in front of her.

Hermione hurried back, waved her wand, wrote a note with an automatic quill, and stuffed it into the messenger cage next to the bird's legs.

"Deliver it to Harry Potter for me."

After saying this, Hermione fed the bird some more magic feed.

She closed the window again and turned around and said, "I'll call Harry over by letter. Maybe we can get some useful information."

same moment.

Gress sat down, glancing around wantonly, somewhat disrespectfully at Professor McGonagall.

This is the original character of Gleich that Voldemort figured out based on the opinions of Gleich's friends.

Gress is very arrogant, a pure-blood supporter, and a member of the aristocratic class who has fallen on hard times...

Voldemort was pleased with him.

If it hadn't possessed him, he would definitely have become one of his fierce generals.

Professor McGonagall observed Grace and felt that this student was a little different, too casual and not nervous at all.

Mag asked thoughtfully, "Gris, do you know snake language?"

Gress curled his lips and said, "Professor, isn't this obvious? I don't want to answer such a low-level question."

Mag continued calmly, "Do you know the location of the Chamber of Secrets?"

Gress: “I don’t know.”

Mag asked again: "After the basilisk comes out, can you track him?"

Gress: "It should be possible. I have heard some voices of the basilisk, but I have never chased it."

He paused, and asked in confusion: "Professor, you are not my dean. These questions should be asked by the dean. Why is it the dean of Gryffindor who is asking me?"

Professor McGonagall raised an eyebrow and asked, "You don't know?"

Gress: "Hmm? What can I know?"

McGonagall: "Hasn't anyone ever told you that you're a Gryffindor?"

The corners of Gress' mouth twitched.

crazy!

How could he be like those violent, angry and brainless lions!

Professor McGonagall stood up and looked down at him, "This expression of disrespect for professors is very Gryffindor."

Gress: ...

He reiterated, "Professor, if you want to ask me questions next time, I ask that Professor Snape do the asking."

After Gress left, two familiar voices were heard from Professor McGonagall's office.

Male Auror: "No lie."

Female Auror: "But he can also find out where the basilisk is." McGonagall said calmly: "No one knows the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets."

Suddenly, she thought of something. "The basilisk should not be discovered by them. On the day when Lin Xia and Hermione were attacked, Harry and Grace did not react at all. They only ran over after hearing about it from others."

The female Auror and the male Auror looked at each other, both of them showing a hint of helplessness.

Female Auror: "If that's the case, the investigation will become more difficult and the situation will become more complicated."

The male Auror emphasized again: "We must find a reasonable identity and appear openly."

The two Aurors said in unison: "Deputy Headmaster, I need your help!"

Professor McGonagall was speechless.

If there is something to do, then he is the vice president; if there is nothing to do, then he is the professor, right?

……

Lin Xia and others waited for Harry for a long time, but Harry did not come to the laboratory.

The curfew bell rang and they had to return to their respective common rooms, where they met some professors who were preparing for their night patrols.

Lin Xia was chatting and laughing with the professor.

Draco watched silently, thinking that he would do the same next time.

After returning to the golden wooden house, Lin Xia did not open the diary, intending to give it a long and thoughtful look.

Her talent in magic runes had improved a lot, and she was able to research alchemical products quickly. Tom's role in her was no longer as big as she had imagined before.

After all, this is just Tom as a student.

And he is best at black magic.

It is somewhat difficult to train a black one into a white one, and you have to train it step by step.

Lin Xia practiced as usual.

She originally thought that after entering the Xuan Dian realm, the magic power gathered in the golden wooden house might not be enough for her to use, but after practicing, she found that she had thought too much.

There is still plenty of magic!

Lin Xia thought that it should be enough to sustain her until the next stage of training.

Whenever she had free time these days, she would study her own Eye of Destiny.

——The power of destiny lies in that it cannot be spied on or controlled. If you see through destiny, destiny will also see through you.

This is a sentence that slowly emerged in Lin Xia's mind.

She couldn't understand its meaning at first, but later she found that "cannot be spied on, cannot be controlled" should be the true destiny.

Her eyes of destiny seem to be able to peek into the fate of others, but every time she peeks, she causes a small change to the fate of others.

——You think you can see through fate and control everything, but in the end you are still fooled by fate like a clown.

After his thoughts became clear, Lin Xia no longer worried about the triggering conditions of the Destiny-Knowing Eyes, and left everything to fate.

She should know it, and she will know it eventually.

She should not know things, forcibly see the fate of others, and interfere with the life trajectory of others, so she will also bear the consequences.

Most importantly, how do you know whether you wanted to intervene, or whether you were being seduced by fate and chose to do so?

After the training, Lin Xia used various tools to test his physical fitness.

In her normal form, her power increases again.

When entering the Xuan Dian realm, the body changes again. This change does not happen all at once, but slowly transforms the human body.

Make it closer to the "perfect" form.

When Lin Xia looked in the mirror, she discovered that her eyes seemed to be changing from light gold to gold.

The next day, early in the morning.

Harry had an early breakfast alone, not going to class with Ron and avoiding Hermione.

"Has something happened to him?" Hermione asked speechlessly, holding a pile of books in her hands.

Ron shook his head, bewildered: "I don't know either!"

Hermione gave half of the book to Ron and asked him to help carry it. Ron looked down at the heavy book with a bitter expression.

It felt like this was the reason Hermione was traveling with him.

"Good morning!"

Lin Xia and Draco met them and greeted them. Draco looked left and right, "Where's Harry?"

Ron frowned: "I think he is avoiding me. I don't know what happened."

As he spoke, he shared some of the book in his hand with Draco.

Draco flipped through the cover of the book and saw Hermione's name was written on it, so he took it.

Lin Xia asked: "Weren't you together this morning?"

Ron shook his head. "No, he got up very early and I couldn't find him. I finally saw him while having breakfast in the Great Hall. As soon as I greeted him, he immediately turned and ran away."

Draco thought for a moment and said, "Could it be related to what happened yesterday? I heard that Harry was called to Professor McGonagall's office, and Grace was also called there in the evening."

Ron: "That's about the Chamber of Secrets. What's there to hide about?"

Lin Xia said: "We will stop him and ask him when the time comes. He can't hide from us forever."

The first class in the morning is History of Magic.

Professor Binns's slow voice was the best lullaby, and more than half of the little wizards couldn't hold on and fell asleep immediately.

In the past, Lin Xia was busy writing papers in the History of Magic class.

Her research progress has been good recently, and she has relaxed for a rare time, listening to the professor's lecture while looking out the window.

She used the clairvoyance charm.

Blocking out other senses and focusing only on the amplification of her eyes, in an instant, a whole new world slowly unfolded before her.

Lin Xia discovered that her consciousness was extremely active, as if it could leave her body and float to a farther place as long as she focused.

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows. This should be because some special changes occurred between the supersensory spell and the spiritual consciousness, which led to such a result.

She didn't care too much.

After arriving at the Xuan Dian Realm, her body has become mature. The bloodline abilities of the Eastern Warlock, the abilities of high-level wizards, and the abilities brought by the Xuan Dian Realm will be unlocked step by step.

Just like opening a blind box, she never knows what abilities she will unlock.

Although it is full of unknowns, there is one good thing.

That is, once unlocked, she can use it quickly without having to study and practice it specifically.

Suddenly, Lin Xia's eyes moved slightly, and his consciousness fell along the place where his sight was focused, magnifying the sense of that area.

She saw a lush forest. Every tree was tall and strong, with many small creatures living on them. The sunlight shone through the leaves, leaving patches on the ground.

——This is the forbidden forest.

Several people appeared in front of her, their lips moving and talking.

Lin Xia recognized that one of them was Cornelius Fudge, who had once come to her house to discuss business.

He was surrounded by a group of people, and at the end of the group was Professor Snape. He was the only professor in the group.

She tried to focus on their slightly moving lips and soon read their lip language -

"He was punished as he deserved and was thrown into Azkaban."

"But Dumbledore wouldn't allow us to do this..."

"How could that be? He won't let Hagrid, who opened the Chamber of Secrets, get away with it. He just won't do it because of the past agreement. We have to do it for Dumbledore in advance."

Lin Xia frowned slightly. Hagrid is in danger? !
(End of this chapter)