Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Then, Remus and Vader took him away from the Dursleys, and he had a godfather…

Harry sometimes thought that perhaps his previous life was so miserable because God or Merlin saved the best for him after the age of eleven.

"Oh, Harry." Hermione bit her lip and said guiltily, "I'm so sorry..."

She only thought of Harry's great reputation, but forgot what Harry lost for it.

Harry shook his head and said nothing.

Several people discussed Khalil's incident for a while, but as teenagers, no one could come up with any useful suggestions. At most, they just sorted out the scarce information at hand.

"The professors at the school must know which Muggle children are not attending school."

Padma finally said, "If only we could get that list, maybe we could find something."

Neville shook his head. "But such a list must be with Professor Dumbledore... or Professor McGonagall. They can't tell us."

Except for Neville, several Gryffindors' eyes were shining with eagerness.

"That's not necessarily true..." Fred blinked: "If we want to know the information, we don't necessarily need the professor's permission..."

"If only someone could distract Professor McGonagall, like—"

George pretended to hold a book: "——Professor, I have a question that I don't quite understand..."

Everyone looked at Hermione.

"Um... I do have some questions to ask..."

Hermione stopped talking halfway and coughed.

"…I mean, stealing a professor's things is against school rules! And who knows the new password for Professor McGonagall's office?"

Everyone looked at Wade again.

Vader shook his head.

"I'm sorry, I can't agree to this plan, and I won't help you with your actions... Don't the professors understand what we can think of? They must have already investigated what they should have investigated."

"That's right." Michael agreed, "The professors are much better than us in terms of experience and magic. They can also Apparate, and they may be able to investigate all Muggle students in one day. Even if we get the list, what can we do?"

Harry suddenly realized: "So what we should steal is the survey results!"

"Yup!"

The Gryffindors all expressed their agreement and praised Ravenclaw for being so thoughtful.

Michael was speechless: "...Why do you always think about stealing? We are saying that stealing is meaningless, and private investigations are inefficient and a waste of time. The best strategy now is to wait for the results of the professor and the Ministry of Magic's investigation."

"We know!" said Harry. "But now that you know this, can you resist getting involved?"

"I can!" Michael said decisively.

"He can," said Fred at the same time, "He's a Ravenclaw!"

This sentence was just a teasing statement, not a mocking one, so everyone laughed, even Michael himself couldn't help but smile.

"Well, do whatever you want..."

Michael shrugged. "If you are caught by the professor, I will try to reduce your punishment."

"Vade..."

The Gryffindors looked at the person who knew the passcode.

Vader still shook his head.

"I can't pass on the password the professor gave me to others without permission..."

When the little lions lowered their heads in disappointment, Wade looked away, looked at the potted plant in the corner, and said softly:

"But...if someone insists on going with me when I go to see Professor McGonagall...I can't chase him away, can I?"

Several people were immediately overjoyed, and Michael winked at Wade.

Vader smiled sheepishly.

It seems that Ravenclaw and Slytherin agree that taking risks and taking the blame can be left to Gryffindor.

But even if the Gryffindors noticed this, they probably wouldn't mind and would still rush to the front with great enthusiasm.

Because they are not afraid of these things, courage and adventure are what they want.

Again, Wade didn't think Harry and the others could really find out anything.

Especially those who come from wizarding families, they may not even know whether Oxford is west or south of London, and they don’t know what activities Muggle-born children often participate in. Can they find out the reasons for students’ disappearances from the library?

So adults must have investigated everything they could, and adults might also have an idea of ​​what they couldn't think of.

But Wade also did not forget that in that year of the plot, Dumbledore had tacitly allowed Harry to fight and kill the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets alone.

That is a dangerous creature that even adult wizards would stay away from.

At this time, due to Wade's interference, the basilisk has not had a chance to show up. Perhaps Professor Dumbledore would hint to someone to give him the clue in order to train Harry?

——When Harry suggested stealing the investigation results, Wade suddenly came up with this idea.

After finishing their homework, everyone went to practice spells. Theo and Wade exchanged glances, and the two sat in the lounge area with a plate of small cakes on the table.

"Ved..." Theo leaned closer and lowered his voice: "My focus may be a little strange..."

"Any details could be a clue." Wade asked, "Did you find anything wrong?"

"In the incident you just mentioned, after the Johnson family arrived in the United States, it was Major Baird and an old witch who took Caryl Johnson away, right?"

Theo said, "With all the focus on Baird, why are there no clues about the old witch?"

"Because even in Mr. Johnson's memory, the witch only showed half of her wrinkled face. It was barely possible to tell that she was a woman and had a thin figure. Apart from that, there was nothing more."

Wade said: "There are no special jewelry or facial features. There are so many elderly witches in Britain and the United States alone. There is no way to check."

Theo was silent for a while before he said, "Maybe I'm overthinking it, but... do you remember the time you saved me and my brother during the summer vacation?"

"There was an elderly witch that time, too."

Theo said, "After you left, my dad and his team used... some methods to interrogate the werewolf Chad Brick."

"From him, I learned that the witch called herself Ursula. She usually sold black magic materials such as human eyes and fingernails in Knockturn Alley. She also sold children's spines and sphenoid bones."

"You know, this practice is extremely evil among dark wizards. My father and his friends were furious, so they tracked her down. It happened that the witch split into two when she Apparated, and they quickly found the upper half of the witch."

"But when she was found, she was already dead."

"—strangled to death by an enchanted scarf in a deserted alley in Knockturn Alley."

"...strangled by a scarf?" Wade finally understood what Theo wanted to say.

"Yes," Theo said, "Maybe it's just a coincidence, but aren't these two deaths very similar?"

Vader nodded silently.

Both are women, both were strangled to death, and even the circumstances before death have certain similarities.

But it would be too arbitrary to conclude that their deaths are definitely related.

Wade asked, "It seems that this incident was not reported in the newspaper?"

The wizarding world is now too peaceful, and any little thing will be reported in the newspapers. Someone was split and then strangled to death. Such a bizarre murder case would definitely occupy a prominent page in the newspaper.

Unless it's not known at all.

As expected, Theo then said awkwardly: "My dad and his friends... disposed of the body. And the werewolf also..."

Because of this reason, he could not share the information he knew when everyone was discussing it just now.

"So that's how it is." Wade was not surprised.

When everyone has a wand, it's like everyone has a gun - lynchings are not uncommon in the wizarding world.

Especially when a child's life is threatened, angry parents are like man-eating beasts and it is not surprising that they do anything.

"Did they get anything valuable out of the werewolves?" Wade asked.

Theo thought for a moment and said, "I'll write a letter to my father and tell him that Mr. Werner, who saved us, wants to know. He will definitely be willing to tell you all the information."

"In that case, I'll write the letter myself."

"If Mr. Mancini knew that 'Wenar' contacted you privately, he might be worried," Weider said.

Theo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "That makes sense."

He almost forgot that in his parents' eyes, Werner was not a trustworthy classmate, but a strange wizard with unknown purposes.

'Wenal' asked Theo's parents for something through him at school, and it's hard to say whether this was a request or a threat in the eyes of the Mancini family.

……

Weed quickly wrote the short letter and sent it via the owl post in Hogsmeade village at the weekend.

Next is study time.

When Wade returned to Lupin's house wearing a thick cloak, he saw that everyone else who had gathered there had gone shopping or playing, and only Harry was still in the living room.

"I thought you could learn this spell together."

Lupin said: "Although this is an extremely advanced magic that many senior wizards cannot perform smoothly, I think the two of you have reached the corresponding level and there is a great hope that you can learn it."

Harry held the wand, a little excited: "What kind of magic is this, Remus?"

"It's called the Patronus Charm," Lupin explained. "This spell will summon a patronus that can resist most dark magic creatures, including Dementors, and prevent them from corroding your heart."

"What does a Patronus look like?" Harry asked curiously.

"Vader, tell me about it," Lupin said. "I know you must have done your homework."

"Well." Wade looked at Harry and said, "The patronus is a positive force and a symbol of the heart. It is usually in the form of an animal, and is a bit like a ghost with a body. The trick to using it is to concentrate on thinking about happy things, because it itself is a symbol of happiness and hope."

"That's absolutely right." Lupin smiled. "By the way, James's Patronus is a stag and Lily's Patronus is a doe, because they love each other."

"And your Patronus?" asked Harry.

“…It’s a wolf.”

Lupin hesitated, then smiled again.

After a long period of resentment and resistance, he once again tried to face up to his identity as a werewolf and did not shy away from talking about it.