The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 48 An unexpected call

The fire in the lounge fireplace crackled. Although it was almost the end of April, the temperature difference between day and night was still large, and the nights at Hogwarts were still a bit chilly.

The centaur Firenze told his prophecy to three first-year students who knew nothing. The information he conveyed had almost no effect. The prophecy he worked so hard to make was wasted. Unless there was something wrong with his brain, why would he do this?
Except for the divination through the stars, Firenze's speech was very logical, and it was obvious that there was nothing wrong with his brain. The centaur Firenze told them the results of his divination, which should be a spoiler to the three of them. The ones with problems were not the kind-hearted centaur, but Ada and the others.

If you can't figure it out, don't think about it for the time being, otherwise you will only get stuck in a dead end and fall into misunderstandings. Ada and the twins said good night to each other and went back to rest. Life must go on.

April was coming to an end, and Dumbledore left Hogwarts again. He was going to London to attend Fudge's inauguration ceremony.

Fudge has been the Minister for some time. He has been busy dealing with the affairs of the Ministry of Magic and looks like a hardworking servant of the wizarding world.

It’s not that Fudge really didn’t want to hold the inauguration ceremony. No one would be willing to give up such a glorious moment. It’s just that Dumbledore had been staying in school and had no time, so Fudge postponed his ceremony.

Fudge invited Dumbledore to London again and again, and the Daily Prophet also widely publicized the minister's humble behavior, which won Fudge praise from the public and made his position as minister more secure.

Dumbledore, who was "visited three times", finally left the school and went to the Ministry of Magic. He needed to support his "puppet". This rumor had been around since Fudge became the Minister, and Foley's various actions seemed to confirm the rumor that he was Dumbledore's "puppet".

A few days ago, the twins designed an elaborate prank for their old friend Filch, but they misstepped and were caught by the embarrassed Filch. As punishment, they had to clean the trophy room again.

The twins were not there, so Ada sat next to Angelina and Alia during dinner, and the three of them talked about topics related to girls.

The headmaster's seat in the hall was empty. Dumbledore had not returned yet. Snape's seat was also empty. Snape did not appear in the hall until the end of dinner.

After dinner, Ada left the auditorium alone. She did not go back to the lounge with Angelina and the others, but went to the kitchen. She wanted to get some food so that the twins would not be hungry when they came back from the punishment.

Just not far from the Great Hall, a senior Slytherin girl stopped Ada.

"This is given to you by the professor." The Slytherin senior said, "Remember to be there on time."

Ada took the note, which read: Tonight at 8 o'clock, basement classroom.

The note was written by Snape, and Ada had seen the handwriting on it many times. Snape had not looked for Ada for a long time. Although she didn't know what the purpose of this summons was, if she dared not to go, she would definitely die miserably in the potions class the day after tomorrow.

"I really don't know what he likes about you. You don't look like anything special." The senior student said without any reason.

Ada was startled by the voice of the senior who delivered the letter. Usually, the Slytherins who delivered the letter to her would leave immediately after putting down the note, and they were too lazy to talk to Ada. So she thought that this senior would leave long ago like the others, and she never expected that this senior would stay and talk to her.

What this senior student said should be that she couldn't understand why Snape chose Ada.

Ada herself didn't understand this, not to mention her. Ada said, "Actually, I refuse. If you like it, you can go for me."

Ada returned the note to the senior student, but she had no intention of accepting it.

“Don’t be ungrateful! You bastard…” The senior student’s tone was very bad and she almost uttered a swear word.

The Slytherin girl came close to Ada and whispered, "You'd better go earlier and don't make people wait for you too long! I'm not an idiot like Avery who brings shame to the pure-bloods. Even if you don't do as I say, I have plenty of ways to deal with you!"

This senior who seemed to be behaving abnormally finally behaved normally. She left directly after saying threatening words, and glared at Ada with disgust before leaving.

Ada remained indifferent to the threats from the Slytherin girl. Such threats had no killing power at all. Her threats were much more powerful than those of the other party.

She planned to go to the basement classroom on time. If this girl dared to cause trouble for her, that would be what Ada wanted. It would be hard to say who would be in trouble then.

After returning to the dormitory, Ada and Angelina chatted while completing the homework assigned by the professors. She also wanted to talk to the twins about this "abnormal senior" today, but after waiting for a long time, the twins never came back. The twins are very experienced in cleaning the trophy display room. Not to mention the trophy display room, the twins are very familiar with Filch's punishment measures. They have experienced all these punishments and are very experienced.

Today, at the end of the afternoon class, the twins were taken away by Filch. Logically, by this time, the twins should have returned long ago.

Ada looked up at the clock in the lounge. It was almost eight o'clock. She couldn't wait any longer. She didn't like being late. After leaving the food to Angelina and leaving a note, Ada hurriedly left the lounge.

Ada felt something strange while walking on the road. Snape asked her to go to the dungeon at eight o'clock, but this time was actually a bit late. Snape usually summoned her at seven o'clock in the evening, and no later than seven-thirty at the latest.

In order to prevent students from wandering around the castle at night, Hogwarts set a curfew, and the curfew for lower grades was earlier. Setting the time at eight o'clock did not leave much time for Ada, and Ada could not complete much work.

There were not many students in the corridor. The bright and warm lounge was obviously more attractive than the corridor. Those who were still in the corridor were mostly senior students, while the junior students had already returned to their respective lounges.

After all, students like Ada and the twins who like to hang around in school and break the rules are a minority. Most students are very obedient. Otherwise, Filch would have died of overwork long ago, and the twins would not have had a turn to fight him.

We came to the underground classroom, but we could not see any students. People only came here when they were in class. No one liked the gloomy underground classroom, and they would not choose this place for leisure.

The firelight in the gloomy corridor was a little weak, and the light beside Ada's face was also bright and dark. The dim corridor did not delay her steps. Ada, who had been summoned by Snape many times, was very familiar with this road. She could find the location with her eyes closed.

When she arrived at the classroom door, the tightly closed door made Ada feel even more strange.

Normally, Snape would not lock the door. He would usually leave the door open for Ada, so that after knocking on the door, Ada could go directly into the classroom without having to trouble him to open the door.

But today, the dark door remained closed. Ada reached out and pushed it but it didn't budge. When she knocked, there was no sound from inside the classroom.

The atmosphere today was a little unusual. Ada took out her wand and knocked on the classroom door again with her empty left hand. She asked, "Professor? Professor Snape?"

There was still no response from inside the door, and the corridors on both sides were still empty. Only the sound of knocking on the door echoed in the shadow of the fire.

She took out the note, which had the time and address clearly written on it. Ada had come to the right place. The handwriting on the note was exactly the same as Snape's, so it didn't look like a prank by someone.

Snape would not joke about such things. Although he had a bad temper and his sarcastic comments always hurt his students, he was still a qualified professor.

What's more, it's hard to say whether Snape has the sense of humor to "make a joke".

Ada planned to leave first. It was already strange that Snape did not show up at the teacher's seat today. The agreed time was eight o'clock, and the door of the underground classroom was locked... If there was nothing hidden in there, Ada would go wash Snape's hair!

Ada slowly backed away from the classroom door. She carefully observed everything around her. Leaving safely was the most important thing Ada should do now.

Ada focused on the situation at hand. As for who set her up, it would be better for her to go back and think about it.

Just as she was about to leave, the tightly closed classroom door suddenly made a "click" sound. Ada quickly raised her wand, and the classroom door opened from the inside. The dark classroom appeared in front of Ada.

"Fall unconscious!" Ada directly fired a [Stunning Spell], and the spell rushed into the classroom with light, but her spell did not hit anyone, it was blocked.

A figure slowly emerged from the dark classroom, with a mocking smile on his lips.

"How could it be you?"

(End of this chapter)