Chapter 318： Urgent situation

"God, god-Wallup, are you okay? Where's Miss Granger?!" Sean ran into Professor McGonagall who came to the rescue as soon as he rode the horse-shaped water monster to the center of the lake.

She rode a sweeping seven-star, holding a wand, and three silver-spectacle-framed kittens were standing on her shoulders.

Sean waved up and showed his ring: "I'm fine, Professor. Hermione is fine too, you know."

In fact, Professor McGonagall has known Professor Scamander for a long time, so Sean is not going to hide the existence of the ring in front of her.

Professor McGonagall saw Sean's ring at a glance. Obviously, she had known it for a long time.

"That's good—" She breathed a sigh of relief, then became stern, "Mr. Wallup! You're so impulsive! Besides, I know you're good at dealing with magical beasts, but that's not your excuse for misusing your textbooks. !"

The hippogriff, which is the object of study, is naturally the teaching material.

"Of course, Professor, I'm sorry," Sean said apologetically.

"Fortunately, nothing happened to you..." Professor McGonagall looked towards the border and controlled the broom to approach Sean, "Have you encountered a dementor?"

Sean nodded: "Encountered."

"God—" Professor McGonagall exclaimed, "how did you rescue Miss Granger? No, I mean, didn't those ugly things stick to you?"

Sean waved his wand, and silver light flickered on it.

"Good luck, Professor, I've only encountered one Dementor." He decided to hide the number.

Otherwise, it is unreasonable for a third-year student who is not proficient in the Patronus Charm to be able to deal with a dozen Dementors.

Only then did Professor McGonagall really relax, and at this time, the two had already seen the shore.

Hagrid apparently took the other students back to the castle first, and the shore was empty.

The horse-shaped water monster rushed to the shore under Professor McGonagall's slightly odd gaze, and leaned down quite thoughtfully so that Sean could slide off its back safely.

"Thank you, man." Sean patted the head of the water monster affectionately, "Go back, just stay at the bottom of the lake for a while, I'll see you when I have time."

The horse-shaped water monster neighed, and after arching Sean, it turned and dived into the lake.

Professor McGonagall, who was beside him, got off the broom, his face full of hesitation.

In the end, she decided to give up talking with Sean about Fantastic Beasts.

Obviously, this child has gone much further than most wizards in the magical animal path.

She approached Sean and said quite seriously: "Mr. Wallop, I must say, instructing the animals in the Fantastic Creatures Conservation class to take a student to the sky - this happened without the teacher's permission. , this is a serious violation of school rules!"

Sean wanted to speak, but saw Professor McGonagall's serious expression involuntarily dropped.

Professor McGonagall used a spell to dry his robes wet by the lake water, and continued to educate him: "In addition, it is very reckless to face the dementors without authorization, although I can understand your anxiety. However, if If the number of Dementors is not one, but two or three or more, your unformed Patronus Charm alone cannot save you and Miss Granger. Ravenclaw because of two violations. The academy lost twenty points because of you."

"Yes, professor." Sean was trained honestly.

"However," Professor McGonagall's expression changed, his face softened, and his eyes brightened with pride, "your bravery and affection are admirable. Under the circumstance that you understand the horror of Dementors, You still don't hesitate to rescue your friends, the glory of Hogwarts is accumulated by students like you, and it's already very easy for a third-year student to be able to cast the Patronus Charm. Amazing."

"Ravenclaw plus forty points."

Sean scratched his head a little embarrassedly, the process was completely different from what Professor McGonagall said...

"Thank you, Professor."

"You're welcome, Mr. Wallup," Professor McGonagall said as he took out two bars of chocolate, "I think you're cold and in a bad mood now, come on, eat this, it's good for you benefit."

To be honest, because of your spell just now, I felt warm all over...

Sean thanked him and took the chocolate.

Professor McGonagall looked at his ring: "Let Miss Granger come out, she should need it too."

"Uh, Professor, Hermione is fine..." Sean said embarrassingly as he tore off the chocolate packaging.

Hermione must be fine, the point is, what if she accidentally misses the point...

"Huh?" Professor McGonagall's eyes showed suspicion.

The safety of the students was at stake, and she would definitely not be at ease if she didn't see that Hermione herself was indeed safe.

"Mr. Wallup?" she added a little more.

"Okay, I'll call her out now..." Sean sighed helplessly.

Hermione, we're best friends, we're on the same page.

The entrance of the ring gradually enlarged, and when it expanded to the size of a basketball, Sean immediately put his head in.

He deliberately shouted: "Hermione, it's alright, Professor McGonagall is on the side, come out."

Inside the ring, Hermione, who was gasping for breath, ran over immediately. She looked up and saw Sean winking at her. Then, Professor McGonagall also stuck her head out.

"Miss Granger, are you all right?"

"Oh, oh--Professor, I'm fine," Hermione replied, waving her hand in the other direction without making a statement.

Phew, fortunately Hermione is smart enough... Sean let out a sigh of relief.

When Hermione climbed out of the ring, she immediately looked at Sean.

"Are you all right, Sean?"

"Professor McGonagall's spells and chocolates are great, of course I'm fine." Sean opened his hands to signal that he was fine.

Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, and then Professor McGonagall handed him a piece of chocolate with a kindly face.

"Don't be afraid, Miss Granger, come and eat this."

"Uh, okay, professor, thanks." Hermione glanced at Sean secretly, pressing down on her still heaving chest, and took the chocolate.

After Professor McGonagall confirmed that the two were indeed safe and sound, they were quickly brought back to the castle.

"You go to the auditorium, I'll check the situation again, there will be a student meeting later, don't be late." Professor McGonagall instructed the two at the entrance of the castle, and then hurried away.

As soon as Professor McGonagall walked away, Hermione grabbed Sean's hand and ran to the empty back of the gate.

In the corner, the girl raised her brows, her voice was small but extremely sharp: "Sean!"

"Uh, did you see that?" Sean smirked.

Hermione held her chest, her eyes widened in disbelief.

"Are you crazy?! That's a basilisk, right? A basilisk!"

It was an emergency, and Sean, who had no time to hesitate at the time, directly sent Hermione into the ring, and did not instruct the basilisk to hide in advance. Apparently, Hermione saw the ring and the basilisk that Sean had been hiding.

Sean snorted and tried to change the subject: "I'll see if you're injured..."

"I'm fine!" Hermione glared at him.

"Okay—" Sean licked his lips, then looked serious, "Actually, it was a particularly huge cobra—is my explanation convincing?"

"Sean!"

"Okay okay..." Sean looked around, there was no one here, and the students had already gathered in the auditorium.

"Slytherin, Salazar Slytherin, remember?" he whispered.

Hermione nodded, then widened her eyes: "You said that the last time you disappeared, you fell into a secret place in the castle. In fact, it was another secret room of Slytherin?!"

"Obviously, it's like this - please, Hermione, don't look at me like that, I didn't mean to hide it, isn't it for fear of you?" Sean jerked at the girl who raised his brows, "You Look, I'm fine."

"Then, that basilisk?"

"That guy is different from other basilisks. His IQ is about five galls higher than Crabbe's. You know, it's one of my dreams to open a private Fantastic Beasts Circle." Sean spread his hands.

"So you kidnapped a basilisk back?! And put glasses on it?! No—" Hermione looked at him suspiciously again, "You have to make eye contact with magical beasts..."

"Hiss..."

The hiss from Sean's mouth made Hermione's mouth open wide: "Parseltongue?! Sean, you are a descendant of Slytherin?!"

Sean licked his lips: "Obviously not, my family tree is quite credible. Parseltongue is essentially a language magic that can be learned."

Hermione seemed stunned by the flurry of news, and it took her a while to calm down.

Finally, she glanced at Sean: "What does that Parseltongue mean."

"You're very beautiful, but are you over-learning?"

"It's Parseltongue! By the way, can I learn it?"

"It should be possible, do you want to learn? I will teach you."

"real?!"

...

When Sean and Hermione entered the auditorium, the students who had gathered here all turned their attention.

It's a big deal that a dementor suddenly came to guard the school, but no one has encountered it yet, and the students have no real feeling - just, those students who have heard their parents say that dementors are terrible have already spread the news. out.

And the news that Hermione Granger may have encountered a Dementor spread like wildfire. Of course, the most shocking thing was that the third graders witnessed the real monster at the scene.

Sean Wallup summoned a huge horse-shaped water monster from the Black Lake.

This made a huge change in the way others looked at Sean.

Of course, there are heartless ones too, Fred and George applauding Sean as soon as he comes in, and whistling at him from time to time.

Sean has long been used to the various looks from others, and he walked towards the Ravenclaw long table without changing his face, and Daisy was already waving at them both.

"God, I heard from Harry, are you two okay? No, Professor McGonagall didn't follow you, so you must be okay. God gosh I'm freaking out, I heard dad and Sirius say it. Dementors so many times, I've been worried about what I'd do if I came across something like that - are you guys really all right? I've got some hot pumpkin juice, would you like a sip? Or go to Madam Pomfrey now Check it out carefully?"

Daisy seemed to be in a panic. Although Sean and Hermione were both safe and sound, she still came out with a barrage of words.

"When did you get infected by Hermione? Don't worry, we are all fine." Sean said with a smile.

Hermione glanced at him and took Daisy's arm: "We're all fine... Sean saved me from the Dementors..."

As if Hermione's words had gold, Daisy relaxed at once.

And her previous cold war with Sean disappeared all of a sudden.

Sean was so happy that he didn't mention it at all, only talking about some other situations.

However, Daisy's group of people who had been in the castle didn't know anything else, but they suddenly received a notice on the way to class, and then the class teacher came to the auditorium with the school.

After listening to Sean, he was a little puzzled. Even if the matter was urgent, it was impossible for the Dementor to enter the castle with Dumbledore. Normally, there is no need to interrupt the normal class.

Unless something more serious happens.

While thinking about it, at the other end of the auditorium, Dumbledore, whom Sean hadn't seen for a long time, appeared.

Although he was still wearing a gorgeous burgundy robe, he looked a lot more tired than ever Only the eyes under the glasses were still full of wisdom and determination.

"Quiet, children." Dumbledore stepped forward and gestured for everyone to be silent.

The noisy auditorium soon subsided.

"I'm sorry for interrupting your class, but I have to announce an urgent notice."

He glanced around the auditorium, his eyes did not stop.

"I believe many people already know that, yes, there was a large-scale prison escape in Azkaban. I learned from the Minister of Magic that the situation was very serious this time, so a large number of dementors were urgently dispatched."

"As the only wizarding school in the UK, Dementors will guard the borders of Hogwarts 24/7 until the matter is resolved, to prevent dark wizards from breaking out from doing evil."

Dumbledore's tone became more serious: "I have to remind everyone present that Dementors have no emotions, they can't distinguish between prisoners and innocents, so don't try to provoke, challenge them, and don't give them anything to hurt you. Reason. Dementors don't know what it means to beg for mercy, they just want to **** away all your joy and hope—I think someone has felt that."

Hermione's face turned pale, thinking of her desperation when she was surrounded by dozens of dementors. Beside her, Daisy sensed something was wrong with her, and Xiaobaihua tightly held the opponent's hand.

Hermione smiled to indicate that she was fine, and then whispered, "Professor Dumbledore looks very angry about the Dementor's presence."

Sean nodded, then whispered, "I'm afraid it's more than that."

Sure enough, when the voices of the students' discussion were slightly reduced, Dumbledore said again: "Another news, there have been a number of extremely serious Muggle attacks in the wizarding world, and the current situation is serious."