The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 304 Unbelievable Results

If it weren't for the Malfoy ancestors' "good deeds" that left a huge fortune to their descendants, Draco Malfoy would have no capital to cause trouble in school.

Just the word "Mudblood" offended so many people. If Malfoy didn't have a rich and powerful father who was a school director to protect him, he would have been beaten 800 times.

Last Halloween, when the Chamber of Secrets was just opened, Malfoy jumped out to fire a swear word again. Although he only uttered half of his curse words, everyone knew what he was going to say. In such a panic, Ada didn't dare to fire a swear word like this, fearing that she would be beaten to death, but Master Malfoy dared to do so.

There are three main reasons why Master Malfoy was able to live leisurely in Hogwarts for three years: his ancestors' good deeds, his wealth and power, and the kindness of his students.

The most important are the first two points. Without them as guarantees, students will become angry in no time!
The reason why Ada was besieged by a small group of Gryffindors was because she didn't have a rich and powerful father. In addition, everyone didn't have a clear understanding of Ada's strength, so they misjudged the cost of offending Ada.

If Draco Malfoy and Ada were in the same situation, Malfoy would be eaten alive by this group of people. But that's not the case. If the two people's identities were reversed, Malfoy would never dare to be so arrogant, because he would not have the confidence to be arrogant.

The questions Ada asked were very direct, although her words were blunt and her point was valid. She was afraid that Master Malfoy would not understand her if she expressed herself in a more tactful way.

"The only thing you can rely on is the surname Malfoy, but this surname can't help you forever." Ada looked down at Malfoy and continued, "Like today, the advantages brought to you by the surname have been offset by me. I can stand in front of you and preach to you, but you can't do anything. You can only stand there helplessly, like a child who has not been weaned."

There were not many people left at the entrance of the hall, and most of them had left. Pansy Parkinson was still crying, and she covered Malfoy's ears with her hands to prevent him from being "tortured" by Ada.

Avery and Zabini did not interrupt, nor did they show any disdain for Ada. They were both re-evaluating Ada's value. Crabbe and Goyle, the two men who only cared about muscle, were still cracking their knuckles, not understanding what Ada was talking about.

The twins also remained silent, not because Ada behaved like a prefect, but because the two brothers discovered a new change in Ada. This change had some shadows of Dumbledore, but not quite. This feeling was very strange, and the twins couldn't quite explain it.

"This is the biggest difference between you and Harry. Although Harry is a little reckless and sometimes as stubborn as a donkey, but apart from the halo of the boy who survived, he is still a friend worth associating with and a trustworthy partner." Killing the heart, Ada knew that for Malfoy, Harry's name was the biggest trump card.

Sure enough, when he heard Harry's name, Malfoy responded again and his eyes were no longer distracted.

"Why are you telling me this?" Malfoy asked in a trembling voice. No one had ever told him these teachings from Ada before. Malfoy didn't understand why Ada told him these things. The two of them didn't seem to have such a relationship.

Not only Malfoy was puzzled, but others were also puzzled. Even Ada herself didn't know why she was saying all these nonsense. Shouldn't she give Malfoy a punch? Or should she just send Malfoy to the school hospital?
"I don't know." Ada said with a smile, "I don't know why I am so merciful and waste my breath on you. Maybe it's because I'm one year older, or maybe you are not worthy of being my opponent."

Ada did not stay here any longer. After calling the twins, the three of them walked towards the classroom together. When passing by Malfoy, Draco Malfoy subconsciously shrank back and hid far away from Ada.

Maybe it was because the punch Ada gave him after her repeated soul-searching last time was so impressive that Malfoy was worried that the pain from last time would happen again, so he made subconscious body movements.

But this time Malfoy's worry was completely unnecessary, Ada left very decisively, and had no intention of trying to get the money back. This farce finally came to an end, no one was deducted points, and no one was put in detention by a biased professor, so everyone was happy.

The only person who was hurt was Draco Malfoy. The stimulation of being criticized by thousands of people, coupled with Ada's outspokenness, constantly tortured Malfoy's heart, which made him restrained a lot in the next few days.

I hope this lesson will teach Malfoy a lesson and he won't do such disgusting things again.

===Separating line===
Today is Friday, and Professor Snape once again appeared in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

This was not the first time Professor Lupin had to take sick leave in the three months since school started. This humorous professor seemed to be feeling unwell for a few days every month.

Nothing is difficult if one sets his mind to it. Professor Lupin's three consecutive sick leave made Ada, who had been paying attention to his personal behavior, find some patterns in it. She found that each time Professor Lupin took leave, it was around the full moon.

By the way, the first time they met was on the Hogwarts Express, and Professor Lupin looked very sick at the time. Calculating from the present time, the day they boarded the train was also around the full moon!
This discovery made Ada break out in a cold sweat.

Then, Ada thought of Snape's slightly abrupt arrangement - the wolfsbane potion. He inexplicably asked her to prepare the wolfsbane potion and had to finish it before the full moon. Snape did not answer any questions she had. This strange thing also weighed on Ada's mind.

When the full moon comes, Professor Lupin will fall ill on time, and the wolfsbane potion should be used during the full moon. The full moon and the wolfsbane potion, these two things add up, and Professor Lupin's secret seems to have surfaced.

It can’t be such a coincidence!

After coming to this conclusion, Ada immediately overturned her own guess. It was not because Ada did not trust herself, but because she felt that Dumbledore would not be so reckless and would not do such an unreliable thing.

Ada had never come into contact with a werewolf, and she didn't have much prejudice against them. But Ada was not a saint either, and she felt that it was unreliable to put a werewolf in school.

There are too many uncontrollable things about werewolves. Even with the wolfsbane potion to help suppress their inner desires, werewolves are still an unstable factor in the school and can threaten students' personal safety at any time.

What is the difference between placing a werewolf among a group of students and placing a ferocious wolf among a group of docile sheep?
Ada's behavior of overturning her own observations was somewhat self-deceptive. There were too many doubts that could confirm her guess and tell her that this guess was completely correct.

The reason why Lupin lived in extreme poverty was that as a werewolf he could not get a job and received no salary; his weathered face and some gray hair showed that the professor had gone through too many years of torture.

However, the result of this deduction was too incredible. Ada really couldn't believe that the elegant and easy-going Professor Lupin would be a cruel and bloodthirsty werewolf! Ada felt that she needed to treat this result carefully and observe it carefully for a while to avoid making mistakes in judgment.

(End of this chapter)