Chapter 194: Look At Him, Look At Him Quickly!
"what happened!"
"Smith? Where was he petrified?"
After a brief silence, the rest room exploded. Just now they were saying that an attack had happened once, and this was coming soon.
Cedric's face turned red, and the others were talking all over the place. The little badger who came back to report was dizzy and didn't know which question to answer first.
"Everyone be quiet!"
In the end, Wayne stood up and shouted loudly before everyone's voices were silenced.
Then he comforted the little wizard who reported the news:
"Don't be nervous. I remember your name is Clark, right? Just tell me what you know."
Clark looked at Wayne with admiration. The two had never spoken before, but Wayne could call them by their names accurately, which flattered him.
"Right at the door of the library, Smith fell to the ground. Professor Dumbledore, Professor Snape, and Professor McGonagall were all there. I didn't dare to get close."
Clark told him all the information he knew.
It happened that Twoley and the others also came back with food. After hearing this, they suggested with serious faces: "Let's go and have a look."
All the little badgers nodded and were about to go out, but were stopped by Wayne.
"It won't work if we have too many people going, as it will affect the professors. In this way, five people from one grade will come with me.
"Okay." Several prefects nodded, and soon, more than thirty people were selected and followed Wayne out of the lounge.
Justin Finch-Leary and Ernie McMillan, two of Smith's roommates, followed.
As he walked up the stairs, Wayne was still cursing in his head.
Is this a special welcome ceremony that Tom knew he was coming back?
It must be just a coincidence that the attack occurred before his butt was even warmed up. The speed was too fast.
And Snape didn't tell anyone about his decision to come back early, otherwise Hagrid wouldn't be so surprised.
"Zero Sixty" At the same time, other students also got the news and rushed towards the library.
But the large group of people who met Hufflepuff all avoided it one after another, especially after seeing the leader, Wayne. The faces of those Slytherins who came to watch the excitement in great excitement changed even more.
"Lawrence is back too?"
"Nonsense, Russell is back, how can Lawrence not come back?"
"Hurry up and stay away, don't block their way." A little snake quickly pulled his friend away and opened a passage for the Hufflepuff students. He looked very angry but did not dare to speak.
Lawrence is back, and it's time for them to put their tail between their legs again.
Students from other colleges were also separated by this flow of people.
"Too arrogant," the little wizard with the Gryffindor muttered unconvinced.
Hufflepuff with Lawrence and without Lawrence are completely two different colleges. The momentum has completely changed, and it is more ferocious than a lion.
In the wide corridor at the entrance of the library, Dumbledore and several professors were gathered together. Harry stood helplessly behind Dumbledore.
There are many little wizards around, on both sides of the corridor.
Hearing the rapid footsteps, many people turned around and saw Wayne arriving at the scene with a large group of people.
The professors also noticed, and Professor Sprout forced a smile: "Wayne, you are back. Congratulations on winning first place in the competition."
Dean. "Wayne nodded and said hello to several other professors.
"Mr. Lawrence, please come and take a look." Dumbledore stepped aside.
Wayne walked over unceremoniously and met Zachary Smith.
At this time, Smith's body was stiff, his eyes were wide open, and his face was full of horror, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.
Wayne stretched out his hand and put it on the tip of his nose, not even feeling the sniffing.
If it weren't for his body's warmth, people would think Smith was dead.
"What do you think?" Dumbledore's expression was calm, but it made people feel that he was angry.
"Petrification magic is very fast and fast. His eyes were opened as wide as possible, which means he was fixed the moment he saw the murderer."
"A very accurate judgment." Dumbledore nodded, and then asked: "Do you have any solution, Mr. Lawrence?"
"Albus..." Professor McGonagall looked at him in surprise.
Flitwick and Sprout are also unclear.
What even us deans and you, the principal, can't do, you actually ask a student for help?
Only Wayne knew that Dumbledore was referring to the king.
"Professor, I can only try."
The boy snapped his fingers, and the Phoenix King flew out of a ball of fire, happily circling around its owner. She had not seen Wayne for more than a month.
Dumbledore didn't rush him, waiting for Phoenix King's action.
After playing around with Wayne for a while, Phoenix King reluctantly flew up and sprinkled the sacred flames on Smith.
Balls of flames merged into his body, but the petrified state did not change at all.
"Did you fail?" The onlookers sighed.
"This is not black magic, nor is it a curse, and King Phoenix can't help Te." Wayne was not surprised at all: "We can only wait for the resurrection potion."
Speaking of this, Wayne looked at Sprout: "Dean, have you found out who destroyed the mature mandrake?"
"No need to check." Sprout said a little depressed: "It was Slytherin's Blaise Zabini who took the initiative to admit his mistake."
"Huh?" Wayne raised his eyebrows and looked at Snape who was also surprised.
At that time, Snape told him that someone had deliberately sabotaged it.
Looking at the confused looks of the two people, Dumbledore explained: "At first we thought it was someone deliberately sabotaging it, but two days later [Zabi took the initiative to come to Porina to apologize."
"He accidentally broke the flowerpot and suffocated the mandrake."
Is it really such a coincidence?
Anyway, Wayne didn't believe it, but he didn't say much, and instead looked at Snape, whose veins were throbbing.
"Professor, a student from your college has caused a big trouble. Isn't there some punishment?"
Snape glared at Wayne fiercely, but Snape still said:
"Twenty points will be deducted from Slytherin. Starting tomorrow, Zabini will be placed in confinement for a week!"
"That's okay." Wayne smacked his lips and asked casually: "Are there any other clues?"
Swish, swish, swish!
Almost half of the young wizards in the audience looked at Harry, who was desperately trying to reduce his presence.
The savior turned pale with fright: "It's not me, I was just the first one to arrive at the scene. I just came out of Professor Lockhart's classroom."
"What did you do to find him?" Snape asked standing in the shadows.
"I, my last assignment failed." Harry blushed: "Professor Lockhart asked me to rewrite it, he can vouch for it.
"Hmph..." Snape mocked with unclear meaning.
"Did Lockhart fail to pass even his homework? He is truly a rare genius."
"Severus, this is not the time to discuss student studies." Dumbledore silenced Snape with just a quick glance.
He then looked at Harry.
"Harry, you were the first to arrive at the scene. Did you find anything?"
"I..." Harry's heart was beating wildly: "I heard a very strange sound, and I followed the sound."
"Lockhart's office is on the third floor, and if you can hear it, then so can many other students."
McGonagall quickly analyzed and looked at the little wizards around him: "Have any of you heard any strange sounds?"
No one stood on Harry's side, they all shook their heads.
"Professor" Malfoy sneaked up to Snape and smiled evilly.
"Maybe Potter made this up. He had a conflict with Smith not long ago."
Malfoy did not lower his voice deliberately, and the students who were close heard it clearly.
Then the way they looked at Harry changed, and some even took two steps back to distance themselves.
Justin Finch-Fletchley and the other little badgers were also unkind and wary.
Although Smith is now hated by everyone within Hufflepuff, even Finch-Flerry and McMillan, who are roommates, are too lazy to talk to him.
But no matter what, this is Hufflepuff's people.
"What are you in a hurry for? Wait a minute."
Wayne raised his hand, and almost all the little badgers present withdrew their hostility and just stood there quietly.
Sprout marveled at this.
Even if she comes forward, she can't do it to the level of Wayne. It's an exaggeration to say that there are orders and prohibitions, but Wayne's prestige among students has really surpassed him.
Snape even used his eyes frantically to indicate to Dumbledore that he was tired of blinking.
Look at him, look at him quickly!
The Dark Lord wasn't that outrageous back then. If Wayne graduates in a few years, instead of calling him Hufflepuff, he might as well call him Lawrence College!
What made Snape almost curse was that Dumbledore not only didn't say anything, but actually laughed.
Lao Deng felt that Wayne did the right thing. He was not swayed by the will of the masses and maintained his own judgment.
"Harry, don't be nervous. Let's first talk about what's going on between you and Smith."
Wayne glanced outside and saw that while they were stuck here, many more young net masters came over one after another.
Hermione and Qiu also came, and they became excited when they saw the boy, but they held back and didn't pounce on him.
Harry recovered from the state he was in and quickly explained for himself:
"Last week in the Duel Club, my opponent was Smith."
"He was defeated by me and said a few unpleasant words, and we had a fight, and we never spoke again after that. It was really not what he did."
"Well, I have a general understanding of the situation." Wayne nodded and looked at the little badgers again.
"Don't get me wrong Harry, Harry couldn't have done this.
Harry looked at Wayne gratefully, as if grasping at a life-saving straw.
"But he was the only one who arrived at the scene twice." McMillan said: "Once was a coincidence, but what about the two consecutive times? And the sound he just said he heard was a complete excuse. No one heard it except him. ……………”
"I know this is suspicious, but don't worry, Ernie." Wayne comforted his classmates and pointed at Harry.
"Petrified Smith's magic is very advanced. Even I can't do it. If he had this ability, he wouldn't have to learn magic from me."
"Even if I am the murderer, Harry can't be the murderer. He doesn't have the ability."
Harry's grateful eyes suddenly turned into resentment.
Thank you for defending me in this way.
Another little badger raised an objection: "Maybe he got some secret weapon from the secret room?"
"First of all, let's not discuss whether the Chamber of Secrets exists or not." Wayne shook his head: "Even if it does, the heir should be a Slytherin."
This time, everyone finally looked at Harry with no doubt in their eyes.
"Thank you for your explanation, Mr. Lawrence." Dumbledore nodded, "Minerva, send Mr. Smith to the school doctor's office first. Pomona, Filius,
Dismiss the students.
Several professors nodded and began to drive the students out.
Wayne secretly made an eight sign, and when he saw Qiu, Hermione nodded, and then withdrew his hand.
"Mr. Lawrence, I haven't congratulated you for winning the Potions Exchange Show yet." Dumbledore said gently.
"Thank you, Professor." Wayne looked around and said with some confusion: "Where's Professor Lockhart? With his character, he shouldn't miss these things, right?"
"Lockhart has fallen asleep." Harry, who had not yet left, answered his doubts.
"He was very tired just after grading his homework. He just fell asleep on the table."
Harry heard the noise in Lockhart's office, and when he saw Lockhart sleeping, he dared to run out quietly, and almost became a murderer.
If given another chance, he would rather sleep with Lockhart than come out.
The originally bustling crowd quickly dispersed, and Dumbledore took Snape away.
Wayne first returned to the lounge with the other little badgers. After Smith's incident, everyone was not in the mood to celebrate. They simply finished eating and returned to their respective dormitories.
Wayne took this opportunity to sneak out again and came to the door of the Room of Requirement.
After a while, Hermione and Qiu came.
The three of them got into the Room of Requirement together, and Qiu, who was always the most reserved, was the first to hug him.
"Wayne, you're finally back.
During this month, Qiu felt that the days were like a year. Without Wayne, he was listless in doing anything. Even Quidditch, which he cared about the most, became boring.
Hermione looked at the two people who were almost fused into one, with her little mouth pouting.
After Qiu got ahead of her, she would never stick to it again no matter what.
Even though everyone knew in private that Wayne was having an affair with other girls, but on the surface, it was impossible to let him hug her without any grudges.
Fortunately, the little witch's thoughts were noticed, and after separation from Qiu, Wayne took the initiative to hug Hermione.
"Did you miss me?"
"No," the little witch snorted, "I'm just here to borrow the virtual brain machine."
"That's it." Wayne pretended to be disappointed: "I originally said that if you missed me, I could lend you the computer for a few more days, but it seems I'd better forget it."
"Unfortunately, I have also upgraded to reduce the consumption of mental power. You can use it for at least three hours a day."
"I think, can't I miss you?" Hermione blushed and said reluctantly, but if you look closely, you can see the smile in her eyes.
"That's pretty much it." Wayne took out the brain computer, handed it to her, and then said to the two of them.
"You don't have to worry about the secret room. With the necklace I gave you, no danger will harm you.
At Christmas, Wayne gave all the girls the same gift, a necklace that could resist powerful black magic.
Even the killing curse can be resisted, but it will break after one time.
This is possible because each necklace contains the power of the magic stone.
"Well, I'm not too worried anymore." Qiu was a little worried: "But if the matter in the secret room is not solved, the school will always be in danger."
"Hogwarts was almost closed down fifty years ago because of human deaths. If it continues..."
The news that Smith was petrified today will definitely spread.
Hogwarts, known as the safest, is no longer safe.
"Actually, you don't have to worry so much." Wayne touched Qiu's head: "In my opinion, the murderer actually had no intention of killing."
"Why do you say that?" Hermione asked confused.
"Having the ability to petrify Smith and Mrs. Norris in an instant, will it be difficult to add another attack at the same time?"
"But the murderer did not do that, but left directly, which means he did not want to kill anyone."
Hermione and Qiu thought about it and realized that Wayne was right, and their worries immediately dissipated a lot.
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