[HP]Aluet

Chapter 12

During this holiday, Riddle went out frequently, and I didn't see him for many days.

The boring time day after day makes me look forward to the start of school every moment.

At dusk, the warm breeze brushed across my face, blowing my hair that was not yet dry, and the faint fragrance of flowers was carried into my nasal cavity by the wind.I squinted my eyes and looked at the place where the Thames River meets the sky. The setting sun was already close to the water surface, and layers of warm orange color spread from the far end of the setting sun along the sparkling waves.

I walked slowly along the river bank for a while, and finally stopped, put my arms on the railing, propped my chin with my hands, and quietly waited for the sun to slowly submerge in the water in the pleasant evening wind.

I have maintained this habit for many days in a row.London’s summer is too hot, and only the evening is the most comfortable time—at least it’s cooler than the day, and there’s always a gentle warm wind blowing by the river, so if it’s too boring, it’s still a good time for this Come out to get some air, watch the sunset by the way, and enjoy the most relaxing time of the day.

Plus... maybe it will happen to wait until Riddle returns.Of course, this idea only occupies a very small part, and I haven't met him for so many days.

The sun only showed a little bright edge on the river, and I felt a little sleepy in the peaceful environment.I buried my face in my arms for a while, raised my head again, and planned to go back, but at this moment I saw a figure in the distance from the corner of my eye.

I turned my head and waited for the figure to gradually approach, and I showed a smile.

"Hi, Riddle." What a coincidence.I didn't expect to meet him back today.

He stopped beside me, and turned his gaze to the distant river: "It's getting dark."

"Yeah." I nodded, "I haven't seen you for a few days, where have you been?"

"You seem to be very interested in what I do?" Riddle lowered his head and straightened his sleeves.

"No, just asking casually." I said.

He smiled, and it took a while before he spoke: "I walked around London and went to many places."

"Have you seen anything new?" I asked.

He snorted softly from his nasal cavity, and he didn't know whether it was an affirmative response or what, anyway, he directly moved to other topics. "How long do you intend to stay here?"

"Ah..." I blinked, "It's getting late, it's time to go back to sleep."

I walked side by side with him in the sunset, nothing special can compare to my happy mood at this moment.

The long summer vacation is finally over, and after returning to Hogwarts, I have devoted myself to a new study life.

I'm in the second grade, and I've probably traveled all over the school, and I'm pretty familiar with the campus environment.A pair of timid faces joined the ranks of this big family, just like us last year.

There was no class this afternoon. I just borrowed two books from the library and walked downstairs while flipping through them casually. When I reached the second floor, three figures in Ravenclaw robes quickly passed me down. went upstairs.

"I'll tell you that she can't take a joke, is she crying again?"

"Crybaby! Who cares about her, hide in the toilet and cry."

"I'm convinced too, why don't I just make a joke?..."

This easily reminds me of Mettle.Of the three people just now, one of them sounded a bit like Hombe—wouldn't Mettle be crying because of them again?

I sighed secretly, and finally chose to continue downstairs.

Glancing at the watch, it was almost three o'clock.The sun outside was not as strong as it was at one or two o'clock in the afternoon. I walked along the outdoor corridor to the edge of the Black Lake, and sat under a beech tree to read a book quietly for a while.

The day passed quickly.On the way back after dinner, I could always hear people whispering, and I didn't find Professor Slughorn there until I returned to the lounge.After he sat there waiting for everyone to arrive, he made an announcement with a worried expression on his face.

"Students, I believe some of you have heard about it. This afternoon, Hopper, a first-year Hufflepuff student, was attacked on the second floor...the other party used the Cruciatus Curse...Oh, Merlin!" He choked up, "Now the principal and the professors are looking into this matter. If you have any important information, you must tell me."

"Hope it wasn't us Slytherin students - using the Unforgivable Curses is never allowed, never allowed! Do you hear me? If I knew..." He opened his eyes angrily, got up and walked out, He was still muttering, "How can there be such a child..."

The Slytherin students looked at each other in blank dismay. After Professor Slughorn left, the quiet lounge instantly became chaotic like a bomb had been detonated.

Some people were frightened, others were laughing, and all kinds of sounds from nearby came to my ears.

"The Cruciatus Curse? Who is so powerful, I admire it." A tall and thin boy joked with the person next to him with a smile.

I glanced at him, and he noticed it, raising an eyebrow at me.I ignored him, took out the book from my bag and started writing today's Potions homework on my own.

"Who do you think did it? Will he be fired?"

"I don't know. I haven't had this kind of thing before. The most serious one was just falling down the stairs and hurting myself. It seems to be the first time I used the Unforgivable Curse..."

The Unforgivable Curse... I read it in a book.The Imperius Curse, the Cruciatus Curse, and the Killing Curse are all extremely cruel black magic. Once used, they will be raped in Azkaban for life.

If it is a student, the minor will probably not be sentenced for too long, but who dared to do this?

The heat of this matter continued until the next day and still did not cool down at all.By noon, things made new progress.Someone revealed to the professor that Avery was seen on the second floor at 03:30 pm on the day of the incident, saying that he still looked unnatural.

I don't have much impression of Avery. I only know that he and Riddle are in the same class of Slytherin students, and they don't usually communicate much, but he seems to be a good person, because most people have a good impression of him. Pretty good, more honest.

Without definite evidence, I still feel a little weird, maybe he just happened to pass by there?The second floor is where the students go most often, and many classes are held in the classrooms on the second floor.It's just that he was still on the second floor when there was no class at that time, no wonder it aroused suspicion.

Until the evening, Professor Slughorn said that they took the two people who reported Avery to Hooper to identify them. Hopper said that he did not know them, and Avery was also taken there. Although Hopper also said that I don't know him, but his expression is panic. In this way, it is basically certain that Avery did it.

"I didn't expect that! It's really our Slytherin students, it's a shame..." Professor Slughorn was shaking all over, and left angrily after scolding the Slytherin students.

The lounge exploded again.

"Why is it really Avery?"

"Shocked me, he was framed, right?"

"If it's all like this, it's actually conclusive, but maybe who instigated him, he is usually quite honest... If he instigated, who would it be?"

"He did it alone, what does it have to do with us? Why should we be scolded?"

Everyone was noisy, and when the time came, they all went to the auditorium to have dinner one after another.

Now that the results have been reached, everyone's enthusiasm for this matter has gradually diminished. After returning from dinner, the lounge is no longer as noisy as before. Those who should go back to bed and those who should go out, only a few people are left Still sitting in the lounge doing homework, reading books and playing chess.

I saw Riddle sitting at the wizard chess table in the corner, stroking his lower lip with his fingers, staring at the chessboard in front of him in thought.

"Play chess with yourself?" I tentatively made a small joke with him.

He raised his eyes to look at me, leaned back slightly with a relaxed body, and tilted his head to signal me to sit down. "can you?"

"A little bit." I thought of the time when I secretly watched the Quidditch match in the Astronomy Tower when I was in the first grade. When I said I didn't understand... Speaking of it, playing chess with people who are not very good at chess is quite boring Yes, so I added, "Actually, I'm not very good at it, I'm not good at it."

"Try." He calmly resumed the chessboard.

I played two games with him very seriously. He won the first game easily, so I became more serious in the second game. We played for a long time, and finally I won.I was taken aback when I glanced at the time, more than an hour had passed.

"So you're playing pretty well," he said.

"Ha, is it?" I smiled shyly, "Then——play next time when you have time?"

He nodded slightly, and I stood up from my seat.

"Aisley." He stopped me suddenly, "do me a favor."

I turned my head in surprise.He took out a small bronze pocket watch from the pocket of his coat.

"Picked it up last night, I just remembered. Give this to Dippet, say someone lost something," he said.

I took it, and I was a little confused: "Give it to Principal Dippet? Why don't you give it to him personally?"

He tapped his fingers on the table, watched me think for a few seconds, and said, "Dumbledore often talks to him in the principal's office, and I don't really want to go. Dumbledore doesn't seem to like me very much." He He shrugged helplessly.

"Why?" I asked.How could such a kind professor like Dumbledore not like a good student who is both good in character and learning?

"Maybe I misunderstood me deeply." He smiled noncommittally, "So don't mention me, okay?"

"Okay." I agreed, "Then where did you find this?"

"The corridor on the east side of the second floor," he said.

I nodded and put away my pocket watch.

I originally wanted to give it to Professor Dumbledore in class tomorrow, but it's not too late now, so the sooner you lose something, the sooner you find it, the better.

So, I went straight to the principal's office.

Sure enough, Professor Dumbledore was also in the headmaster's office, talking to Headmaster Dippet.

"Okay, where did you find it?" Dippet gestured for me to put it on the table.

"The corridor on the east side of the second floor."

He frowned: "Did you pick it up today?"

"No, it was last night." I said.

Dumbledore adjusted his glasses.

"Understood. Five points for Slytherin." Dippet nodded.Dumbledore held the corner of his mouth kindly at me.

"Thank you principal." I put down my pocket watch and backed out.

Back in the dormitory, I had a good night's sleep, and got up for class the next day as usual.

Everything was still as usual during lunch, but after class in the afternoon, I suddenly heard some strange news from a few Ravenclaws passing by.

"Why do you think Humbey's father came back to school? I saw him talking to the principal there..."

"I don't know... Did she do something wrong?"

"It's possible, isn't she the only one who always makes trouble..."

When I got back to the break room to find out what was going on, I was absolutely shocked.

"Let's just say, Avery doesn't look like that kind of guy... just got framed..."

"It's a second-year Ravenclaw... what's his name... Olive Hornby... seems to have accomplices..."

"The evidence is conclusive. I don't know if I will be expelled. I don't think so. After all, the impact does not seem to be that serious... But the punishment will definitely be given..."

"Yes, I heard that she still doesn't admit it... I saw her father came to school..."

A group of people in the living room were chatting and chatting around the fireplace.

How could it be Olive Hornby?Didn't she go downstairs before that happened?Could it be that I made a mistake?

Or did they go back when I went to Black Lake?

I'm already very confused.I don't think Avery is the type to do that, but if he can be framed, can't Humbey?

There are still many doubts about this matter.

The day passed.We were walking towards the castle after Herbology get out of class, and in the hallway I saw Myrtle sitting alone on a wooden chair in the backyard.So I waited for everyone else to walk by, and sat down next to her. "Reading here alone?"

She raised her head and adjusted her glasses, then nodded when she saw it was me.

"Did you hear about ... Hopper?" I asked.

She hesitated, but finally said yes.

"Do you think . . . Olive Hornby did it?"

She pursed her lips in silence for a long time, and finally whispered: "I don't know, probably."

"Did you not see her that day?"

She hesitated for a while: "Yes."

"It's afternoon too, right?"

"Um……"

I suddenly said, "I knew it... As expected, I didn't admit my mistake. Were you in the bathroom on the second floor at that time? Did they go back to find you after they left?"

"No." She seemed very reluctant to say it, but she still said it truthfully.

"That's strange. In this way, Hun Bei was also framed. I think you should go and talk to the principal? I guess no one else can prove it except you. The real culprit has not yet—"

"What do their affairs have to do with me!" Her voice suddenly increased a few degrees, and tears gushed out like a river that broke its embankment. "I can't live well myself, so why should I care about them!"

I looked at her in shock and couldn't say a word.

"Where are they when I'm sad? They're laughing at me!" The more she spoke, the more excited she was, and she hastily wiped the tears off her face, "Why should I be a good person?"

She covered her face and lay on her lap, whimpering.

"Have you ever thought... maybe if you help them this time, they won't treat you like this again? They will be very grateful to you..." I said hesitantly.

"I don't need anyone to thank me, and I don't need to beg them to be nice to me by repaying good for bad," she said.

"It's not begging, Myrtle."

"I just know they don't deserve my help."

"Well, you're right." I sighed, "Let's just let them suffer."

"I'm sorry..." I patted her on the back lightly, "Don't be sad."

I really have no reason for her to prove it.As long as Fan Hunbei and the others are more friendly to Mettle, they don't always make fun of her like before, and they won't be here today.

Even so, I still feel that it is a bit too much for Hong Bei to bear such a serious crime for no reason, but I have no choice but to let it go.

But the good news is yet to come - Hopper identifies Hompe.Humbey's Cruciatus Curse against Hopper was a given.

Hopper and Humbey wouldn't have any grudges, would they?It's clear that she didn't do it, and now the victim has identified her, isn't it hard to argue now?

The Ministry of Magic also sent people to Hogwarts to intervene in this matter, but there was no movement on Humbey's punishment.

After a day, we finally received a new announcement: it was confirmed that the caster was Olive Hornbe, and it was confirmed that he did not use the Unforgivable Curse. Because he caused harm to other students, a penalty was imposed, and Ravenclaw deducted fifty point.

This is really weird.It was said to be the Cruciatus Curse before, but now that the result is out, it is too hasty to say it is not, and even the spell can be misjudged.

But it doesn't matter, it shows that she is very lucky, but it's a pity that the mysterious culprit is still at large.

After a week, two weeks... Slowly, the limelight of this incident has been forgotten by everyone as time goes by.Hogwarts finally returned to its usual tranquility and peace.

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The author has something to say:

Note: The pocket watch was dropped by Hopper. That night Riddle went to the infirmary on the second floor to use magic to tamper with Hopper’s memory. He happened to find Hopper’s pocket watch in the corridor at the door of the laundry room, so he told Ace He changed the location where he picked up the pocket watch to the location of the incident that he learned from Avery when he was young, and changed Hopper's memory to show that Hopper had cast the Cruciatus Curse.As for why Humbey wasn't severely punished, it was because her father knew people from the Ministry of Magic and gave them a lot of benefits in order to clear her daughter's charges.