The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 596 Unbreakable Vow
March, Ron’s birthday is in March, the month when everything comes back to life.

After this birthday, Ron would be seventeen years old, which meant that he was an adult and could cast spells outside of school, order a hot whiskey in the bar, and be responsible for himself.

But Ron was obviously not ready for this. He had not yet become a man who could shoulder such a heavy responsibility.

Ronald Weasley is still the eating king of Hogwarts, and because he is too keen on eating, he eventually ends up in the school hospital.

If it weren't for the diagnosis from the skilled medical Madam Pomfrey that Ron was poisoned, Ada would have suspected that he had eaten too much and ended up in the hospital.

The incident started because it was Ron's birthday and he received a lot of gifts.

Harry was searching for Felicis Felix and a box of chocolate cauldrons had been mixed into Ron's gift pile. The chocolate cauldrons were a gift from Romilda Vane to Harry and were laced with an excessive amount of love potion.

Romilda Vane's idea is very simple, she wants Harry to fall in love with her and wants to become the girlfriend of the savior. The girlfriend of the savior, how exciting, brilliant!
Does this Gryffindor girl really love Harry?

I'm afraid not. If Vannie really loved Harry, why didn't dear Romilda stand up when Harry was being criticized and ridiculed last year? If it was true love, she should learn from Ginny and wait silently instead of drugging him.

Ada really has no favor for such despicable means, which always reminds her of bad things and illegal things.

Harry, who had not learned to say no, reluctantly accepted this "love-filled" gift, but he did not eat it, and did not embrace love as Romilda wished.

Harry had already been warned by Hermione to be careful with love potions.

Since you don't want to eat it, and it has been added with ingredients, you can just throw it away, but Harry didn't do that. For some reason, Harry didn't throw away the chocolate cauldron, but put it away instead.

The mysterious operation is incomprehensible and hard to understand.

Over time, Harry had forgotten about it. On Ron's birthday, Harry accidentally took out the chocolate cauldron with added ingredients while rummaging through the boxes and cupboards, and accidentally mixed it into the pile of birthday gifts.

And then, nothing happened... Ron, the foodie, fell hopelessly in love with Romilda Vane, even though Ro-Ron (Lavender Brown's nickname for Ron) didn't know Romilda.

Aphrodisiac, love potion, or an overdose of spoiled aphrodisiac, which made Ron fall in love immediately and almost drowned.

If it was just a love potion, it wouldn't be a big deal. After taking the antidote or waiting for the effect of the drug to wear off, Ron would naturally return to normal. He might even start calling Lavender Brown "La-La".

Harry took Ron to see Horace Slughorn, the Potions Professor, to ask for help in detoxifying.

The love potion was broken, but Ron, who was quick-witted, drank a glass of wine, and then he was poisoned again. This time it was not another girl's love potion, but real poisoning.

The bottle of oak-aged mead was originally intended by Slughorn to be a gift to Dumbledore, but it was never delivered.

After Katie Bell, another person took the bullet for Dumbledore, and the assassination mission that was suspended with Malfoy's departure started again.

The difficult task of assassinating Dumbledore was originally assigned to Draco Malfoy, but now he is being held in custody at the Ministry of Magic and cannot continue the task. Judging from Ron's poisoning, it is clear that someone else has taken over Malfoy's task.

Thinking of this, Ada hurried to the former Office of the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts.

Sitting in a comfortable high-back chair, Ada asked, "Draco, have you told anyone about your mission? Blaise Zabini, or Theodore Nott, or your two stupid followers?"

"No." Draco Malfoy said. He thought for a moment and said again, "No, I have not mentioned this to anyone in the school. I did it all by myself. No one knows my plan."

"What happened?" Lucius Malfoy noticed the problem sharply, "Someone replaced Draco?"

"Yes, someone is completing Mr. Malfoy's previous task on his behalf." Ada said bluntly without covering up. "My stupid brother has taken the blame for someone else and is now lying in the school infirmary."

There was no need to explain it, both Malfoy and his son knew who this stupid brother was, and who else could it be other than Ron, the youngest son of the Weasley family.

Lucius Malfoy had always been at odds with Arthur Weasley, and he should have been happy that Mr. Weasley's child was injured. But as he was under the eaves, Lucius did not dare to show the slightest joy. He lowered his head and pretended to think, without saying a word.

Draco Malfoy and Ron had never gotten along, and he mocked and insulted Ron several times during school. But when he heard that Ron was poisoned and hospitalized, Master Malfoy showed an expression of pity on his face.

From this point of view alone, Draco Malfoy is much better than his father.

"Mrs. Malfoy, have you remembered something?" Ada asked, noticing Narcissa's abnormality.

When she heard someone continue to complete Draco's task, Narcissa's face changed and became paler, like a person drowning in the water. After knowing the identity of the poisoned person, Narcissa subconsciously grasped her wrist.

"There's someone at school who knows about Draco's mission, and he's very clear about it," Narcissa said.

"Severus Snape?" Ada asked. She had seen Snape once before at Little Hangleton during her search for the Gaunt estate this summer.

At that time, Snape said that Narcissa Malfoy had come to see him, but he did not tell the reason why Narcissa came to see him.

"Yes, Severus. I asked him for help for Draco," said Narcissa. Her husband and son seemed surprised, not knowing that she had ever gone to Severus Snape.

Although the Malfoy family was surprised in the same way, the father and son were surprised in different ways.

Lucius was surprised that he knew nothing about it, and Draco was surprised that Snape really knew everything and he was not deceiving him or lying to him.

"To this end, we have sworn an unbreakable vow," Narcissa continued, rolling up her sleeves to reveal a portion of her arm.

There was a mark on Narcissa's arm left by the unbreakable oath, three thin lines entangled together, sometimes visible and sometimes invisible. If she hadn't mentioned it today, the mark wouldn't have been so obvious.

"Who proposed it first, you or him?" Ada asked in a deep voice.

This is a big deal. The unbreakable oath is not just talk. Once it is established, if it is violated, it will be struck by lightning! Snape made an oath, what is he doing? Or what are the two of them doing?
"I proposed it," Narcissa said, "He didn't hesitate much and agreed quickly."

You can always trust Severus Snape. This was Dumbledore's advice before the breakup. In the process of resisting Voldemort, Snape is always worthy of trust.

Even without Dumbledore's instructions, Ada was unwilling to fight Snape.

What's more, Snape had provided Ada with clues about the Horcruxes, and Voldemort still didn't know that the ring and the cup had been destroyed.

But...but what about this unbreakable vow? Is Snape going to assassinate Dumbledore on behalf of Draco Malfoy? Or is Snape going to sacrifice himself to save Dumbledore and Malfoy?
For a moment, Ada's mind was a mess, unable to be sorted out.

(End of this chapter)