The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 50 Transformation into a living person
Slytherin senior Erinni took the lead and Ada followed behind her in a daze. The two of them crossed a large meadow and came to the Forbidden Forest.

The light was still on in Hagrid's hut. Ada wanted to break free, but she had no way to use the Imperius Curse for the time being. Ada could not make any sound or move, so she could only follow Eriny's orders.

As the lights in the cabin faded, they entered the forbidden forest.

The two people did not stop at the edge of the forbidden forest. They walked all the way to the depths of the forbidden forest. No animals approached them, and there was not even an insect on the ground.

Erini, who was walking in front, stopped. Her originally petite figure suddenly began to grow taller. The robe she was wearing no longer fit her. Her long light-colored hair gradually became darker and shorter.

In just a moment, the original Slytherin senior disappeared, and was replaced by a big man in Hogwarts uniform. Unfortunately, there was only one audience member, Ada, who could not even applaud and cheer for the scene of the resurrection.

The fake senior schoolmate, the real big man, turned around and looked at Ada. It was none other than Benedict Foley, the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts who had long since left the school!
Foley walked behind the tree and changed his clothes, muttering to himself, "The timeliness of the Polyjuice Potion is still hard to control. The subject of potions is as annoying as Snape."

After changing his clothes, Fuli came out from behind the tree. He held Ada's wand in his right hand and tapped his left palm repeatedly. He walked to Ada and said, "I will give you a ride today. This is the greatest honor of your life."

Foley tapped Ada's face with his magic wand and continued, "I originally wanted to throw you into a spider's nest. They would eat you till there is nothing left. But that would be a bit cruel. How could I, such a kind person, do such a thing? I'd better kill you first and then do that."

Foley smiled, waved his wand and began to chant the spell: "Avada..."

Ada, who had been standing still like a wooden stake, suddenly kicked Fuli in the abdomen, and the sudden pain interrupted Fuli. Not only did he not finish the spell, he even bent down like a shrimp.

Ada, who broke free from the control of the Imperius Curse, directly used a rocket headbutt, and her whole body hit Foley. The impact caused Foley's wand to fall out of his hand.

Ida didn't treat Foley the same way she treated Avery. This was inappropriate. Ida wasn't a double-A fighter. If she went to fight with an adult man, she would probably be hung up and beaten. She was a little reckless, but she wasn't stupid.

Quickly picking up the wand that fell on the ground, Ada cast a stun spell and turned and ran, not caring whether the spell hit the target or not.

Fuli was knocked to the ground unexpectedly, but he still managed to dodge Ada's stun spell in the first place. He was able to react in time when danger came. This was his combat instinct and experience.
Foley drew his wand and prepared to fight back, he was very angry now!
"Crucia!" Foley chanted the spell angrily. Now killing Ada could no longer extinguish his anger.

However, the Cruciatus Curse did not hit Ada who was moving in a serpentine manner. It just passed by Ada. Ada gave up the straight-line method at the moment of escaping. She chose to move in a serpentine manner to avoid being hit by Fuli behind her.

Spell after spell continued to hit Ada, and Foley behind her was also approaching her.

"Run, keep running!" Fuli screamed behind her, "I will torture you and then throw you into the spider's nest and watch you become the spider's dinner!"

"Fall to the ground! Shattered to pieces!" Ada ran while turning back to fight back. This state seemed to have become her normal state.

These attacks did not cause any trouble to Foley. He waved his wand to block them one by one. He said loudly: "It's useless to run, Drizzt, you can't run away!"

Instead of the distance between the two increasing as Ada ran, Foley gradually caught up with her.

"Don't run away. Weren't you quite capable in the castle?" said Foley. "If you were that stupid little girl Eriny, you would have succeeded just now!"

Foley was very angry when he was knocked to the ground by Ada, but he forced himself to calm down during the pursuit. He didn't mind letting Ada live a little longer, because the prey could not escape from the trap anyway.

Ada stopped after running for a while. She hid behind a thick tree, panting, and adjusted her condition.

It wasn't that Ada couldn't run anymore and chose to give up, but she found that she had been running in circles for a long time. Ada found that everything in front of her was so familiar. She had never left this area. She was trapped here.

At first, Ida thought that the reason why the distance was not increased was because she did not run in a straight line. But after running for a while, she found this abnormal situation. No matter how she ran, she was circling around Foley.

Fuli behind him was chasing slowly, looking more like an old cat teasing a mouse. Ada, panting, hid behind a tree. She needed to slow down before making her last attempt.

"Why don't you run? Maybe if you run faster, you can escape." Fuli kindly reminded Ada. Bullshit! Ada didn't believe Fuli's nonsense at all. He had just made such a big commotion in the castle, and now he was trapped in a wall. If he could run away, Fuli might as well just kill himself.

"It seems that you finally found out. You are not so stupid." Seeing that Ada no longer ran away, Fuli slowed down his pace and walked to a place not far from Ada's hiding place.

Foley cast a spell, and he deliberately made it hit the side of the tree to make it look like he was playing.

Foley said, "I have some talent in banishing spells, and I also have some talent in trapping people. So you can't escape, and no one will come in to disturb me. You're dead."

Ida, who was hiding behind the tree, could no longer remain silent. She said sarcastically, "Professor Foley is really capable. He made such a big scene just to trap a first-year student."

"A first-year student? You are a little modest. A first-year student can master the art of occlumency? Can make my Legilimency ineffective?" Foley approached Ada step by step. "A first-year student can cast so many spells so skillfully? Can he get rid of the control of the Imperius Curse so easily?"

"Maybe I'm gifted?" Ada said jokingly, trying to laugh off the hardship.

"You do have a great talent, but you don't deserve it!" Foley's voice suddenly became louder, "Avada Kedavra!"

Foley cast a killing curse directly at the tree where Ada was hiding. Under the effect of the spell, the sturdy tree instantly lost its life, and the withered leaves fell all over the ground.

"Expelliarmus!" Ada cast a disarming spell as she fled to another tree. "I can't escape anyway. For the sake of our relationship as teacher and student, why don't you let me die knowingly?"

Fuli looked at Ada who had hidden herself again. He laughed very loudly and said, "Do you really think you can evade my eyes by disrupting your route? It may be a coincidence once or twice, but you are so stupid as to go through the places I have been to again!"

"Someone has sneaked into the forbidden forest. Is this person also Professor Foley?" Ada asked.

"Yes, it's ridiculous that that savage guy Hagrid wants to catch me." Foley's tone was full of disdain for Hagrid.

"You were also responsible for the thefts at the four colleges?"

"It's me. It's not difficult."

Ada thought for a moment and continued to ask, "Where is Daniel Bell?"

"Who?" Foley couldn't remember who Daniel Bell was for a moment, "Oh, it's him. I did it."

"Why?" Ada was dissatisfied with Fuli's behavior of only speaking half of the words. "I am about to die, can't you satisfy my curiosity?"

"Okay, after all, I am so kind." Foley said, "I just wanted him to help me, but he dared to resist my control, so of course I have to teach him a lesson."

Ada was very annoyed by Fuli's nonchalant tone. She had just been hit by the Imperius Curse. This curse that could not be cast against one's will was worthy of being called the Unforgivable Curse. Anyone who used this curse was indeed unforgivable.

"So that's how you made him look?"

"I just used the Cruciatus Curse to reward his bravery, but I didn't expect him to be so fragile." Foley paused, then continued, "I will also use the Cruciatus Curse to reward you in a while. I hope you can hold on a little longer! Don't be like that little crybaby who only knows how to cry for mommy!"

Every time Foley answered a question, he would fire a spell at Ada hiding behind a tree. This kind of playfulness was really hateful.

"One last question. Since you've already left, why did you come back? And why me?"

(End of this chapter)