Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 212 Gemma's Inspiration

Just as Ron was about to make another bet with his girlfriend, who was still far from being a couple, his voice suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

Seeing Ron's expression, Hermione couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing:
"Is it twenty this time? Or is it that you couldn't find a girlfriend before you were fifteen?"

"No, um... Sherlock, I think she's here to see you..."

Following Ron's gaze, Sherlock and Hermione saw a tall, slender girl walking in their direction.

Upon seeing Gemma Farley, Sherlock remained calm, Hermione frowned slightly, and Ron looked surprised.

Gemma stopped in front of the three of them, smiled, and greeted them.

"Hello, Sherlock, Granger, and Weasley Jr.!"

Sherlock and Hermione both nodded.

Ron hesitated for a moment, but still kindly reminded him:

“Prefect Farley, Slytherin just lost a match, is it not good for you to be so happy—I’ve heard some unpleasant rumors about you from Percy recently.”

It had already become known that Gemma had forced him to apologize to Harry and Colin because of Malfoy.

Clearly, in today's environment, her actions are highly controversial.

Upon hearing Ron's words, Gemma was taken aback, then shook her head and said with considerable disappointment:

"In competitive sports, being bad is the original sin—but if you can't even face your own failures, then you might as well surrender as soon as possible."

After saying that, her expression softened again:
"As for those rumors... thank you for your concern, Mr. Weasley."

However, I think your friend Harry Potter is more qualified to speak on this than I am—the rumors about him haven't stopped yet.

Even the oblivious Ron understood what Gemma meant.

Clearly, she paid no attention to the rumors.

After saying this, Gemma turned to Sherlock:
"I'm sorry, I originally wanted Malfoy to apologize to Mr. Potter and Mr. Crevy after this match, but..."

"Is he still being scolded by Flint?"

Sherlock spoke the rest of the sentence for her.

Gemma was a little surprised, then laughed as if she had breathed a sigh of relief, "I knew you would guess it."

"It was inevitable. Given Marcus Flint's personality, he would definitely do it."

"Yeah, when I left I saw Flint yelling at Malfoy, saying that the Golden Snitch was right above his head and he couldn't even see it."

He also said he shouldn't have stepped aside at the crucial moment, that he was a complete coward—but…

Gemma looked around. "Mr. Potter and Mr. Crevy don't seem to be around either?"

"Harry left with Professor Lockhart, and Colin went with him."

Hermione raised an eyebrow. "If Prefect Farley can really persuade Malfoy to apologize to them, we might as well wait a little longer."

"Okay."

Gemma smiled at Hermione and then sat down opposite Sherlock.

That smile was so warm and inviting that even Hermione was taken aback.

They all thought they would only have to wait a little while, but the wait turned out to be much longer than they had imagined.

During this process, even Qiu Zhang made a trip.

Her purpose was naturally to celebrate Harry's excellent performance in the match just now, which brought a victory to Gryffindor.

However, seeing Slytherin prefect Gemma Farley with Sherlock, Hermione, and Ron was somewhat surprising.

After all, Slytherin had just been decisively defeated by Gryffindor, and now the prefect had come here to play mahjong with Harry's best friend...

Could she be here to confront me?

Before she could even speak, Gemma initiated a conversation with her:

"Miss Zhang, the next match is Slytherin vs. Ravenclaw. Are you ready?"

"Am I... alright?"

Qiu Zhang didn't expect Gemma to ask him this, and because he wasn't sure what she meant, he gave a rather vague answer.

"Judging from this race, the Nimbus 2001 has made a very significant improvement in speed and stability."

To win under these circumstances, you need Mr. Potter's determination and strength!

"Thank you, Prefect Farley, I will do my best!"

Gemma's aura was indeed quite strong; she figured only Penelope could withstand her, and besides Harry, Cho Chang was only really close to Sherlock.

So after asking Sherlock to convey her congratulations to Harry and saying goodbye to the three of them, she hurriedly left.

"She seems to think I'm threatening her?"

Watching Qiu Zhang's somewhat hurried departure, Gemma chuckled softly, "Did I say something wrong?"

"no?"

Ron hesitated before saying, "I think Prefect Farley is absolutely right. Slytherin is not weak to begin with—to win, you have to be like Harry."

"Thank you for your compliment, Mr. Weasley."

Gemma nodded gracefully to Ron.

"The same words spoken by different people will have different effects."

Sherlock calmly added a sentence.

"That seems to be the case."

Ron scratched his head and said, "Percy once said that he broke the school rules, and Mom said it was okay to break a few rules occasionally."

But if Fred, George, and I said that, we'd probably get a beating. "Pfft~"

Hermione and Gemma laughed at the same time, while Sherlock sighed.

This kid is really quite straightforward.

"Speaking of this..."

Gemma suddenly turned to Sherlock, her sea-blue eyes sparkling with curiosity:
"I'd like to ask, how's the investigation into the locked room going? You returned the book to me so quickly; you must have gotten some useful information, right?"

"Unfortunately, I didn't get any information about the secret room from that book, but I did learn about it from my history of magic class."

"The news has spread now, thanks to Miss Granger asking Professor Binns a question. We were able to find out about it. In fact, we should all thank Miss Granger, otherwise Mrs. Binns would have had a real headache."

"Why does Mrs. Pince have a headache, and what does this have to do with her?"

"Since all of 'Hogwarts: A History of the School' has been borrowed, it's not surprising that anything could happen after a long period of time. As the librarian, Mrs. Pince would certainly be worried that someone might lose it."

"Hermione, you're so smart! How come I didn't think of that!"

"Because you're only thinking about what to eat tonight—Prefect Farley, Professor Binns thinks the Chamber of Secrets is just a rumor. You've been at the school longer, haven't you heard anything about it?"

“Oh, now that you mention it, I remember something. Someone once told me about the Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts… Let me think… it was probably Bill…”

"Why didn't you tell me before?"

"You didn't even ask!"

"you……"

"And he only mentioned it briefly; I've forgotten the specifics."

"Is the person Little Weasley is talking about William Weasley?"

"Yes, yes, that's him!"

"Hehe, I remember him too. He was a very cool wizard: I remember he was very tall, with the red hair that is typical of your Weasley family, a long ponytail, and an earring with a small fan-like thing hanging from it."

"Ha! I didn't expect that such an outstanding woman as Prefect Farley would know Bill!"

"Compared to your older brother, I am far behind! He not only served as a prefect and student council president, but also obtained 12 certificates in the OWL exam. In my memory, he was sincere and warm, had a great sense of humor, liked to joke, and was a very responsible person."

“Prefect Farley, you’re not bad either. I heard from Percy that you and he both got 12 certificates in the OWL exams.”

"I'm not the student council president."

"I believe that by the time you're in seventh grade, you'll definitely become the student council president!"

"Then I'll take your kind words, young Weasley."

"Just call me Ron."

“Okay, Ron.”

At this point, Gemma turned to Sherlock again, smoothly steer the conversation back to him: "Speaking of the locked room, I've actually heard a rumor about it, but I don't know if it will be of any use to your investigation."

Sherlock, who had been silent until now, immediately leaned forward upon hearing Gemma's words: "I'm all ears."

Gemma smiled slightly and leaned slightly toward Sherlock: "The secret room... was once opened."

She lowered her voice, but still made sure that Hermione and Ron could hear her at the same time.

Hermione and Ron were stunned, while Sherlock raised an eyebrow and made an "Oh" sound.

Gemma's blue eyes swept over Sherlock as she continued to explain:

"I heard it from my elders that the secret room was opened about fifty years ago."

The monster in the Chamber of Secrets attacked several students and eventually killed one, causing Hogwarts to be temporarily closed.

Fortunately, people later found the student who opened the secret room, and he was expelled after being caught.

From then on, Hogwarts returned to peace.

After a moment of silence, Hermione was the first to frown and speak:

"I've consulted a lot of materials recently, and I've never seen such a description before."

She glanced at Sherlock as she spoke, “This event is not recorded in ‘Hogwarts: A History of the School’.”

Gemma shook her head slightly:

“Miss Granger, I felt the same way you did at the time.”

However, my family told me that the headmaster at the time was Mr. Armando Dippet, who was ashamed of what had happened at Hogwarts and would not allow people to speak the truth.

The final announcement was that the student died in a strange accident.

To this day, all the specific details of this incident can no longer be found.

However, my elders also said that this is just a rumor circulating in a small circle, and its authenticity cannot be guaranteed.

After saying this, Gemma sat up straight and looked at Sherlock with gentle eyes:
"That's all I know, and I don't know if it will be helpful to you."

"Thank you very much, Miss Gemma."

After a moment of silence, Sherlock raised his head, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Seeing Sherlock's appearance, Hermione and Ron both looked surprised, and Ron couldn't help but ask:

"Sherlock, do you really believe this rumor is true, that the Chamber of Secrets was actually opened?"

“I’m not sure, but the information Miss Gemma provided did give me some inspiration.”

Sherlock stood up and said, “I think it’s time to go and have a talk with our headmaster.”

"You're going to see Professor Dumbledore?"

Seeing Sherlock's actions, not only Hermione and Ron, but even Gemma was startled.

(End of this chapter)