The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 46 Tell the truth
"Of course!" said Fred.

"Why not listen!" George also opened his ears wide.

The twins said at the same time. Although their words were different, they expressed the same meaning: they would grab every "life-saving straw" that passed by them.

Ida waved to the two people, and Fred and George leaned over. Ida whispered, "Do you remember the few times you asked me if I was feeling unwell?"

"Remember, the first time was after the History of Magic class. You looked like Filch had hung you from the ceiling all night!" Fred described exaggeratedly.

Ida slapped Fred on the head and said unhappily, "Not this time. I wouldn't even bother to have you hung up and whipped."

"That was in October?" George thought for a moment and then said, "You were in a very bad state at that time, and you were in a state of disarray. People even thought you had sleepwalked into the Black Lake..."

George was also among the brainstormers. Ada said, "Yes, it was this time. Because the night before, I was strolling around the castle and ran into..."

Fred and George both showed an expression of "I didn't expect you to be this kind of Ada". They had always thought that Ada went on her first night out with them, but now they realized that this was not the case at all.

Ida ignored the death of the twins and continued, "I met Professor Snape and Foley that night, and the two were discussing a secret..."

The twins' expressions became subtle, and the two brothers felt that they had heard something extraordinary.

"From their conversation, I learned that Foley came to Hogwarts with a purpose. He was looking for something behind Dumbledore's back, something that could change the wizarding world."

"Behind Dumbledore's back..." Fred's mind raced, and he lowered his voice even lower, "Will it be possible that..."

"Is it related to the mysterious man?" George also lowered his voice. The two brothers who said this name rarely showed fear on their faces. In Ada's impression, only an angry Mrs. Weasley could have such power.

Ada shook her head slightly and said, "I don't know. I was discovered and didn't hear the rest."

The twins' faces were filled with worry.

"Professor Snape found me, but he didn't catch me. Instead, he diverted Foley's attention and gave me a chance to leave." Ada said, "Since then, I have been keeping an eye on Foley."

"This is the first time, what about the second time?" George asked, "Ah... I remember it!"

"Daniel Bell?" the twins thought at the same time.

Ada nodded and said, "Yes, after I learned that a student was attacked, I wondered if this incident was related to Fuli or the things he was looking for."

"That's why you were so concerned about the attack at the time."

"We thought you were always worried because of your health."

Ada looked at the twins' faces speechlessly, and she asked, "You two seem to know a lot?"

"No..." The twins could hear the teasing in Ada's tone, but they still chose to pass the blame, "It's all Lee Jordan, you know he has always liked Angelina..."

"After that, everything was fine, so I let it go for now." Ada didn't dwell on the fact that the two were premature, and continued, "After the Christmas holiday, you found the Marauder's Map, and I took it over and used it to monitor Foley."

"So what did you find?"

"Foley and Snape are not meeting in private again?"

Ida did not want to satisfy the twins' gossip and said, "He walked around almost the entire castle at night, right before the theft."

"You mean, the person who stole our homework books might be Fuli?" asked the twins. It's better to fool yourself before fooling others, and the twins did it.

"These are all my suspicions, there is no evidence." Ada said, "Foley has the motive and time, and he should also have the ability." Ada doesn't believe that Foley would be a weakling who dares to cause trouble under Dumbledore's nose.

Ida continued, "Last time, Welfare kept me and said a few words to me, which made me feel that he was testing me..." "No wonder you looked a little unnatural after coming out of the classroom." Fred thought about the situation at that time, "Why didn't you tell Professor McGonagall?"

"I've already told you that I don't have any evidence. Who would believe a first-year witch's groundless accusation against a professor?" Ada wondered if the twins had been switched by the troll. Why would she ask such a question?

"Dumbledore! The old man is the smartest man!" said George.

Ida rolled her eyes and said, "Dumbledore is not the You-Know-Who. He can't do whatever he wants."

Although Voldemort's career was huge and frightened everyone, Ada still felt that he was not up to par. If he had done less attacks, assassinations, and intimidation, and more earthly things, he might have succeeded!
Ada feels that the twins have had problems with their brains lately, but the twins think that Ada has gotten stuck in a dead end and refuses to come out. In fact, both of them are right, it's just that Ada has always been thinking in the same way as before, and she is not magical enough.

"Is this the secret you've been hiding from us?"

"From this perspective, Fuli's departure is something worth celebrating."

"Yes, it saves me from having to be on guard against him every day. There is no such thing as a thief who steals all day long." Ada nodded and said, "If I could beat him, I would have had a friendly talk with him a long time ago."

It was certain that they would talk about it. The twins believed that Ada was capable of doing such a thing, but they were not sure whether it was friendly or not. They could ask Avery from Slytherin about this.

"Why didn't you tell us before?"

"If a person keeps things to himself, it's easy for problems to arise."

"Because it might put you in danger, I can't be so selfish." Ada really regarded the twins as friends, even though they were just little kids. Besides, Ada had many secrets, which she couldn't tell them.

"In fact, you can give the choice to us instead of deciding it by yourself," said George.

"Since you are still a kid, we will temporarily forgive you for making decisions on your own," said Fred.

Since Foley was about to leave, it wouldn't be a big deal even if the twins knew about it, so Ada told them everything. But she still carefully said, "Only the three of us know about this. Don't tell anyone else, especially Lee Jordan."

The twins made a gesture to keep quiet, indicating that they understood.

"Since this is something to be happy about..."

"…Let's go celebrate!"

"Such as visiting the Forbidden Forest again?" the twins suggested.

"Please stop your Gryffindor behavior and wait until Foley leaves. Just be patient for a few more days." Ida said, "Also, how is your Spider Repulsion practice going? I don't want to be chased by a bunch of spiders as big as cars again."

Ada was very upset that she was chased by spiders like a stray dog ​​last time, so she went out of her way to find some spells to deal with spiders. She would definitely teach these ugly guys a lesson next time!
She is a young woman and magnanimity has never been her thing.

The twins naturally saw Ada's gritting teeth, and they thought of the last tragedy, and then they thought of Hagrid and the "children of Aragog" mentioned by Hagrid.

"After dinner, shall we go see Hagrid?" George suggested. They could go out for a walk while the weather was good and also get some information about the Forbidden Forest in order to prepare for future adventures. It would be the best of both worlds.

"Why disturb Hagrid? Hasn't he been busy with things in the Forbidden Forest recently?" Ada stood up from the armchair. It was almost time to go to the auditorium.

Fred smiled and said, "It's not for the rock cake. Anyway, there's nothing to do, so just go out for a walk and don't waste this beautiful spring time."

The power of rock cake still scares Ada. This kind of food with horrible lethality should not appear in this beautiful world.

After lunch, Ada ate a lot of food with a great appetite. Bathed in the Scottish sunshine in April, Ada and the twins walked towards Hagrid's cabin. Ada was now in the "grudge period" against Hagrid, so she didn't go to see Hagrid, she just missed Yaya.

(End of this chapter)