The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 200 Why are you here?
Late at night, Harry, Ron and Hermione knocked down Neville Longbottom, the Gryffindor swordmaster who was trying to stop them. Poor Neville, who was under a full-body binding spell, lay on the cold floor, looking weak, pitiful and helpless.

After passing Neville, the trio encountered Peeves again. Fortunately, Harry reacted quickly and disguised himself as the Bloody Baron to scare away Peeves, allowing the three to enter the restricted area on the fourth floor.

But the trio found that they were too late. The three-headed dog Fluffy was already fast asleep, with a harp at its feet. They thought it was left by Snape.

The three of them jumped down the trap door, passed Hagrid's three-headed dog safely, and landed softly on the Devil's Snare set by Professor Sprout. Hermione, who listened carefully to the class, helped Harry and Ron get rid of the Devil's Snare, and the blue bellflower-like flames forced the Devil's Snare back in just a few seconds.

Next up for them was Professor Flitwick's flying keys, and Gryffindor Seeker Harry showed off his skills by easily grabbing the correct key, without any need for any slowing measures like freezing spells.

In the huge chessboard room, Ron had the highlight of his life. Ron, who could even beat Ada, would naturally win the game. But to protect Harry and Hermione, Ron had to "sacrifice" himself, fell heavily to the floor, and fainted.

There were only two people left protecting the Philosopher's Stone. Harry and Hermione walked to the next room. The troll in the smelly room had been knocked down, and they passed the level set by Quirrell without doing anything.

Quirrell is very experienced in dealing with trolls. When setting up the level to protect the Philosopher's Stone, he also chose trolls because he could pass them easily.

Harry and Hermione, unaware of anything, continued to move forward, and Snape's level was placed in front of them.

Hermione was not Ada, she didn't know what these potions were, so she could only use simple reasoning to analyze which ones were poisons and which ones could help them.

After drinking the fireproof potion respectively, Harry and Hermione went forward and backward respectively. Now he was the only one who could stop Snape.

But when Harry Potter entered the last room, he was dumbfounded. He did not see Snape, but instead saw Quirrell, whom he had always believed in!

Harry Potter had been suspicious of Snape since Halloween. No matter what Hagrid said, he insisted on his own ideas. Even Ada's reminder, he ignored it. He was so determined to believe that Snape was the real culprit. No matter how strange Quirrell's behavior was, he never doubted the professor.

Even after seeing Quirrell here, Harry couldn't believe it was true. It was not until Quirrell told him the truth that he understood what was going on!

The last hurdle to protect the Philosopher's Stone was the Mirror of Erised, set up by Dumbledore himself. Quirrell was unable to pass the test of the mirror. It was not until Voldemort, who was attached to the back of his head, reminded him that Quirrell remembered Harry beside him.

Quirrell took Harry to the mirror, and he saw himself in the mirror putting the red Philosopher's Stone into his trouser pocket, and then Harry felt something heavy fall into his pocket. It was incredible, it was too magical, Quirrell tried his best to get the Philosopher's Stone, but he got it so easily!
Harry deceived Quirrell with his naive lies, but failed to deceive the experienced Voldemort, and his lies were exposed.

Quirrell tried to catch the running Harry, but he couldn't touch Harry. As soon as his left hand touched Harry, he screamed and retracted his hand. His left hand seemed to be burned and was covered with blisters.

"Master, I can't hold him... my hand... my hand!" Quirrell cried out in pain, begging Voldemort for forgiveness.

"Then kill him, fool, and act quickly!" Voldemort's harsh voice echoed in the underground room.

Quirrell drew out his wand and pointed it at Harry who was fleeing towards the black flames. Just as he was about to cast a fatal spell, a pleasant voice like wind chimes rang out in the room: "I'm late. It's a pity that I didn't see your shocked expression!"

Esmeralda Drizzt walked through the black flames and came to the underground room. She stood in front of Harry with her wand raised, just as Dumbledore had stood in front of her before.

Harry looked at Ada who suddenly appeared in surprise, and Quirrell had the same expression on his face. Both of them couldn't understand why Ada appeared here?

Let's turn the clock back to when Harry went to Professor McGonagall's office. While Harry, Ron and Hermione were anxiously rushing to Professor McGonagall's office, Ada sneaked back to the castle under the cover of night.

During the three years in the castle, Ada explored the castle with the twins many times. Under the Disillusionment Charm, she easily avoided the students. She intercepted Fred and George who were going to "harass" Professor McGonagall halfway, and hid with them in an empty classroom near the restricted area on the fourth floor.

Fred and George gave Ada a big hug each. They didn't ask where she had been during this time. There was no need to express their longing in words. A long-lost hug was worth a thousand words.

The last time Ada and the twins got together to chat like this was a month ago, but this month felt as long as a year.

The Marauder's Map was spread out on the table, with two similar-looking flat flasks pressed on the corners of the map. George took the Marauder's Map directly from the dormitory, and the two flat flasks were used by Ada to store fireproof potions. Fred had to deceive Angelina to get the two flat flasks from the girls' dormitory.

"Ada, are you really going to help Dumbledore watch over Harry?" Fred asked. He was still dissatisfied with Dumbledore, especially for hiding Ada's whereabouts.

"He helped me, so I will help him back. The less I owe him, the less I will owe him." Ada said nonchalantly, "And I also want to hone myself." "I don't know where you went, but I feel that you have changed." George was very sensitive and he noticed that Ada was different from a month ago.

"I can't tell you about that place for now. I met an interesting old man there. He made me understand a lot of things and see a lot of things clearly." Ada said, "This is an unforgettable journey."

"Of course it's unforgettable. It's so unforgettable that you don't even send a letter back. Do you know how afraid Professor McGonagall is to see the two of us now?" Fred said dissatisfiedly, and rolled his eyes at Ada.

Ada laughed and said, "There is really no way to communicate in that place. Even if I write to you, I can't deliver it to you. Owls can't go there!"

Fred shook off Ada who was pulling his sleeve and ignored her flattery. He looked at the Marauder's Map intently. He noticed that Quirrell had left his office and headed for the fourth floor.

When Quirrell's name disappeared from the right-hand corridor on the fourth floor, Fred asked, "Shall we go and catch him now, or wait?"

"Wait a moment, the protagonist of this play has not yet appeared, why are we supporting actors so anxious to go on stage!"

The three of them continued to chat in low voices, talking about what had happened in school recently while paying attention to the Marauder's Map, especially the Gryffindor Tower.

"You don't know, during your absence, Flint and the Slytherins have been so arrogant that they walk sideways." Fred said, "We even had a fight with Flint because he said bad things about you."

"We didn't let those bastards from Gryffindor go either. Fred and I just happened to have some immature experiments, and their presence helped us solve the problem of having no experimental subjects." George also said, "If it weren't for Madam Pomfrey, they would still be in the school infirmary right now!"

Fred and George would not be indifferent to Ada's departure. The two brothers did not let go of any of the Gryffindors who caused Ada to leave the school. If Dumbledore had not found an opportunity, he would have also been killed by the two brothers.

In front of the twins, Dumbledore was the same as those people. He was not treated differently just because he was the headmaster. All beings were equal.

Fred is showing Ada their research results. These candies can make people sick for a short period of time, but the antidote is still under development.

"Here they come, Harry has left the common room, along with Ron and Hermione." George, staring at the Marauder's Map, interrupted Fred's showing off.

There was no point staring at the common room, there were too many names and it looked too tiring, he only needed to stare at the tower, if Harry left he would be spotted immediately.

Ada jumped down from the desk and said, "After the three of them go in, we will go in after a while. Lu Wei is really pitiful tonight."

Just like that, Harry had no idea that the person waiting for him in front was not Snape but Quirrell, nor did he know that there was someone following him, and he rashly brought his little friends to protect the Philosopher's Stone.

Harry, who has not yet celebrated his twelfth birthday, is still just a child and he cannot think so comprehensively.

Harry never thought about how they managed to get through the layers of protection of the Philosopher's Stone. If it weren't for the professors' slacking and the simple mechanism they set up, they might have been doomed before they even saw the Philosopher's Stone.

Harry had never thought about how he, a first-year student, could stop Voldemort. Was it the courage given by Fish Beam? If he hadn't had the power to protect him, how could he have escaped Quirrell's control?

This is the halo of the protagonist, which cannot be envied.

When Harry and Hermione entered the troll's room, Ada and the twins had just arrived at the giant chessboard. The twins immediately spotted Ron lying on his back on the ground, and they ran over to check on him. They found that he had probably just fainted, and the two brothers were relieved.

Ada also came over and waved her wand at Ron. Under the effect of the resuscitation spell, Ron woke up. Ron looked at Ada and the twins surrounding him in astonishment. He almost fainted again after just waking up.

"How come you are here?"

Tang Yuan changed the order of events at the end of the school year, allowing Quirrell to steal the Philosopher's Stone a few days earlier.

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