Hogwarts Crawler

Someone at the next table added a little, telling the story of how Sirius betrayed the Potters and how Pettigrew died heroically to stop him.

"A story about the betrayal of a good brother."

Uther took a sip of butter beer and looked at Bernard:

"What do you think of our paranoid Mr.?"

"It's not surprising. I've seen a lot of this kind of thing. There's nothing new under the sun."

Bernard narrowed his eyes:

"Is it that Sirius has finally revealed his true face after hiding for many years, and Pettigrew has burst into courage? Or is Pettigrew the one who hides the deepest, causing Sirius to suffer injustice for decades? Or maybe the Potters designed this fake death, but they actually have other plans..."

"But the Potters' home is protected by the Fidelius Charm."

Uther, who has seen Adam's safe house, reminded.

"Magic makes the already complicated truth even more complicated and difficult to discern."

Bernard sighed,

"Why doesn't the Ministry of Magic use truth serum to interrogate the prisoner directly?"

Eugene suddenly spoke:

"The core of the Fidelius Charm is that the secret keeper must not leak the secret, so it is not truly flawless."

Cologne's face was happy:

"Do you also think that Sirius betrayed the Potters?"

"No, that would be too risky. Everyone knows that he is the secret keeper. He can choose a more covert way... and as far as I know, the secret keeper can be replaced. Remember what Professor McGonagall said?"

Cologne frowned and thought for a while, and picked out a suitable sentence from what Professor McGonagall said:

"Professor Dumbledore suspects that there is a traitor among them... So you suspect that the one who did it is actually the traitor?"

"Yeah."

Eugene nodded and looked at the butterbeer.

Colon scratched his head:

"I still think Sirius is more suspicious. If he didn't do it, why did he stay in Azkaban for so many years without appealing?"

"Hasn't he escaped directly now? As for the appeal..."

Bernard sneered:

"If his appeal is successful, doesn't it mean that the Ministry of Magic at that time arrested people at random without a complete chain of evidence? If the Minister of Magic had not changed, he would not have been arrested in Azkaban if he had the ability to successfully appeal."

Uther and Eugene did not comment on this. Colon could not help but frowned and looked at Adam:

"What about Adam? What do you think?"

"I think... the secret keeper of the Fidelius Charm should choose himself after all."

Adam drank a sip of happy water.

"…makes sense."

Uther sighed,

"Eliminate the possibility of leaks at the root."

"Anything that comes out of your mouth and enters your ears is no longer a secret. If you really want to keep it secret, the best way is not to tell anyone."

Everyone nodded after hearing Adam's opinion.

After returning to the dormitory, when everyone had finished their midnight snack, washed up and prepared to go to bed, Bernard suddenly spoke:

"Do you have a secret in your heart that you absolutely cannot tell others? Just answer 'yes' or 'no' - I'll say my answer first, which is 'yes'."

In silence, Bernard quietly waited for everyone's answer.

"No."

The first person to speak was Cologne. Seeing that he was racking his brains to recall, you can tell that his answer was really from the heart.

"Yes."

Eugene was the second to speak.

At this moment, Uther asked:

"Can't you tell anyone?"

"Yes, if you can tell anyone, it doesn't count."

Uther glanced at Adam:

"No."

Holding Xiao Ke and Spi in his left and right hands, Adam smiled back:

"Yes."

Uther raised his eyebrows.

Bernard lay on the bed the whole time, closed his eyes and listened to everyone's answers, showing a satisfied smile:

"Thank you for your honesty."

After the days of going to Hogsmeade Village, everyone's study and life returned to normal again.

Adam watched with regret that the last dance class (crossed out) and the self-protection content of the Care of Magical Creatures class were finished, and this part of his attention could finally be divided for other things.

For example, the crown left by Rowena Ravenclaw, which had been in his hands for a long time, has now been purified of the soul fragments on this crown. I believe Professor Flitwick will like this gift.

Just as Adam was thinking about how to make up the story of how he got the crown, Eugene pushed open the dormitory door and rushed in.

"Haha! They are coming back - this Christmas!"

"Who? Who is coming back?"

Cologne was writing the homework to be checked in class tomorrow, and looked up in confusion.

"It's none of your business, write quickly!"

Bernard was entrusted by Cologne to keep an eye onHe had to finish his homework before he could do anything else. He was sitting next to Cologne. When he saw him raise his head, he pushed his head back down.

"Are your parents coming back?"

Uther was standing in front of the floor-length mirror combing his hair with sleepy eyes. Every time he woke up, his half-long hair would give him a different hairstyle.

"That's right! They said that this exploration went very smoothly and they will come back to see us this Christmas!"

Eugene sat on the bed for a few seconds and stood up:

"Should I buy new clothes? Will they recognize me? Will I recognize them then?"

"They should at least know where your home is, right?"

Bernard turned a page of the book in his hand and said without looking up:

"There are only you and your grandmother in your family, right? They can't mistake you..."

"Oh! Right... Should I make some preparations?"

Eugene walked back and forth in the dormitory and looked at Adam:

"Adam, I want to buy some snacks and a cake... Are there any dishes that are easy to carry and heat up and eat?"

"Yes, what kind do you want?"

"..."

Eugene was silent for a while. He remembered that he didn't know what his parents liked to eat... or he didn't know what his parents liked at all.

But it doesn't matter, he still has his grandmother. Even if his daughter-in-law is away from home all year round and she is not very familiar with her, she can't possibly not know what her son likes to eat.

Eugene immediately sent a letter to his grandmother, telling her that his parents would be back at Christmas, and asking her if she knew his parents' preferences, especially in terms of food.

After waiting for three days in some tormenting expectations, Eugene finally waited for his grandmother's reply.

Returning to the dormitory with the envelope, Eugene excitedly opened the envelope and took out the letter, but when he saw the content on the letter, the excitement and smile on his face disappeared.

"What did you say?!" x4

"I... my grandmother said..."

After all, he couldn't say what he just said again, Eugene stretched out his trembling hand and handed the letter to everyone.

Adam, who was sitting opposite Eugene, took the letter and looked at it, and his pupils shrank suddenly.