The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 167 Stay Away from Potter

The chaos in the stands made it impossible for Quirrell to cast a spell on Harry Potter, and Harry climbed back onto his broomstick and caught the Golden Snitch. It couldn't be said that he caught it, but it would be more accurate to say that he held it in his mouth or swallowed it.

Gryffindor won the opening match without any danger, but this match was full of weirdness. A Ravenclaw tried every means to kill a Gryffindor, while Slytherin was protecting the injured Gryffindor. This match was really interesting.

Ada is now very sure that the person who broke into Gringotts was Quirrell, and the person who wanted to take away the treasures hidden in Hogwarts was also him. Moreover, Quirrell also wanted to kill Harry Potter by the way. This melon is getting bigger and bigger.

After the game, Ada congratulated her friends for giving the team a good start. But she did not go back to the common room to celebrate with everyone else. She wanted to comfort the empty-nest middle-aged people who were hurt. Harry, Ron and Hermione also did not go back to the common room. They followed Hagrid to the cabin.

Ada came to the door of Snape's office, she knocked on the door, and then heard Snape's impatient voice. Ada pushed the door open and walked into the office. Snape had already changed the burnt robe, but the new robe was still black.

"What are you doing here? There's no detention today."

"Of course I came to see if the professor was injured." Ada said. She picked up a medicine bottle from Snape's shelf, opened the lid and smelled it. "Enhancer?"

"Yes," said Snape, "you have seen it, and you can leave now."

Snape found that Ada was becoming more and more casual in her interactions with him, like taking the medicine bottle directly from the shelf just now, which she would never do before.

Although it may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that it was like a mouse meeting a cat, Ada used to be very afraid of Snape. Now, not only did she dare to touch Snape's things, she also dared to joke with him.

"How does it feel to take the blame for someone else?" Ada now really wants to interview the person involved about his inner feelings. She has forgotten the words of whitewashing and comforting.

Snape's sallow face began to turn dark. Although he did all this without expecting anything in return, anyone would feel uncomfortable when his kindness was treated as an indifference.

"If you're here to laugh at me, you may be disappointed." Snape said, "You'd better not appear in front of me recently. I don't want to see Gryffindor."

Ada carried a stool and sat in front of Snape, saying seriously, "Professor, I don't understand why Quirrell dared to murder Harry Potter in front of so many people?"

When Ada first caught Chiloma's feet, she was very excited, but after calming down, Ada thought about this problem.

In front of so many people, Quirrell's actions would inevitably expose himself, and this method would never succeed. Even if Harry Potter really fell off his broom, there were so many professors at the scene, and Harry Potter would not be in danger.

"You should ask him this question." Snape didn't understand what Quirrell was thinking. "Maybe he's just like the troll on Halloween, his brain isn't working very well."

If she were to exchange identities with Quirrell, Ada would definitely be very low-key, not do anything out of the ordinary, and not attract other people's attention. She would just stay hidden until she got what she wanted.

But Qi Luo's approach was completely opposite. He first made himself look like a waste. Although it was somewhat deceptive, he was still remembered by all the teachers and students in the school.

Today he committed another murder in public, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was a villain. This was a completely unprofitable move. If anyone paid attention to him like Ida, they would definitely find suspicious points about him, which could not be washed away.

Many things Quirrell did were not in line with common sense, and he had no awareness of being a villain at all. He did things so high-profile, was he thinking that he was dying?
Ada was now very curious about Quirrell's train of thought. How did he get into Ravenclaw in the first place? His performance was really a disgrace to Rowena Ravenclaw. How would Ravenclaw recruit students next year?

"Professor, what is hidden under the trapdoor that made Quirrell want it so much that he was willing to murder Harry Potter?" Ada asked.

This matter had nothing to do with Ada, she was just purely curious.

"One day, your curiosity will kill you." Snape said seriously. It was not a bad word, but a worry for Ada. Wasn't it because of her curiosity that Benedict Welfare targeted Ada in her first year?
Everyone knows that curiosity kills the cat, but curiosity is never the real reason that kills the cat. What kills the cat is the ability that does not match his curiosity. Snape is admonishing Ada not to be too curious when she is still weak, but his words are not pleasant to hear.

"Then before I die, can't the professor satisfy my curiosity a little?" Ada knew that her curiosity might kill her, but she couldn't control herself. Seeing that Snape still refused to tell her the truth, Ada continued, "Can the professor bear to watch me die with my eyes wide open?"

"I can bear it," Snape said. "Not only can I bear it, I will applaud. But you don't need to inform me when you die. I will not attend your funeral."

This answer made Ada speechless for a long time. The conversation had come to this point, which was equivalent to killing the topic. She was also stupid. She actually thought of comforting Snape. A normal person would not do such a thing.

Ada was too embarrassed to continue asking shamelessly, so she decided to be self-reliant. She stood up and was about to leave when she heard Snape say again: "Stay away from Potter, and you will be away from trouble. Don't get involved in everything. It's not good for you."

People who only speak half of their words are the most annoying. Snape is now playing such a role. He asked Ada to stay away from Harry Potter, but he didn't explain the reason, which only made people confused.

Although Ada guessed something, she only had a vague understanding. She didn't know the content of Dumbledore's grand plan. Did Dumbledore really include her in this plan?

Before Ada could ask her new questions, Snape kicked her out and slammed the door shut with great force. The sound of a "bang" echoed throughout the corridor.

Ada hesitated whether she should re-enact Aunt Snow's famous scene, but considering Snape's "evil heart", Snape would not open the door even if she broke her hand.

Unless the door was removed directly, Ada might not see Snape again today.

On the other side, Harry, Ron and Hermione also left Hagrid's cabin. They had just had a somewhat unpleasant "discussion" with Hagrid in the cabin.

They firmly believed that Snape was the mastermind, but Hagrid disagreed. He didn't think that Snape, as a professor, would kill a student.

Unlike Ada and the twins, Harry and the other two were still innocent little cuties in front of Hagrid, so he became the tight-lipped Hagrid again and blurted out Nicolas Flamel's name.

This is a crucial clue. Ada had asked Hagrid, Snape, and even Professor McGonagall. But Ada didn't get any answer. Hagrid let it slip when Harry Potter asked casually. It's really true that comparison is the culprit!
On the way back to the castle, the first-year trio was still discussing who Nicolas Flamel was.

Not only Harry and Ron didn't know, even Hermione, the "second generation know-it-all", didn't know. They decided to go to the library to look up Nicolas Flamel and see who he was.

"Should we talk to Ada?" Ron said suddenly.

"Yes, Ada is so powerful, she must know who Nicolas Flamel is!" Harry said excitedly, "But will she pay attention to us?"

Although they didn't know the reason, Harry and Ron still noticed that Ada was distancing herself from them. It had been more than a month, and if they didn't notice it again, they should both go see their eyes.

"She is indeed very powerful, but do we really want to involve irrelevant people?" Hermione said. She didn't want more people to be involved in this dangerous matter, especially irrelevant people.

Hermione knew who the Ada these two useless men were talking about, a senior who was cold (in appearance), fierce (on the train), but a very good student.

"Of course it's not Nicolas Flamel, it's Snape," Ron said anxiously as he looked at the two friends who were walking crookedly. "Ada is always detained by Snape. We should tell her so that she can be more careful."

Ada's love for Ron was not in vain. At least this boy still knew to worry about her. Although their childish ideas would make Ada laugh, the concern here was real.

However, compared to the fact that Snape was the mastermind, what Ada actually wanted to know more was Nicolas Flamel's name.

(End of this chapter)