Chapter 1238： memory at hand

  Chapter 1238 Memories at hand

   "Don't worry about Harry, you will definitely succeed."

  Ron put down the "Daily Prophet" he had just brought from the owl postman, trying to appease Harry, who was silent beside him.

   "Any news?"

  Harry hadn't been this nervous for a long time, except for the first year when he was Seeker.

"Let me see…"

Ron looked away from Harry, stretched out his hand to open the newspaper, looked at the front page of the latest issue, and couldn't help but stare: "Yes, there are rumors that the mysterious person plans to rob the prison in the near future and release the group of people detained in Az Prisoner of Caban."

   As he spoke, Ron handed the newspaper to Harry and said, "However, the newspaper said that the Ministry of Magic is ready. If Voldemort really dares to go to Azkaban to rob prison, he will pay a heavy price for it."

   "This news feels like a smoke bomb that someone deliberately released to attract attention." Harry tossed a candy in his mouth, carefully reading the newspaper headlines about Voldemort's planned prison break.

"smoke bomb?"

  Ron caught the bottle Harry pushed over and poured himself one.

   "But... you think this news is true... Someone wants to use this news to attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic?" Ron reorganized his words, "What is their purpose in doing this?"

   "I don't know." Harry took a bite of the bread and said, "I suspect what Voldemort is trying to do with this?"

   "But... this is just a rumor, and similar rumors are actually very common." Ron reminded uneasily.

   "Of course I know it might be a lie." Harry tapped the newspaper on the table with his fingers, "but I prefer to believe it is true."

   "Perhaps, there is a possibility." Harry looked at Ron and said, "This news is actually for Albert. After all, that guy can predict the future. If Voldemort plans to rob the prison, he must not be able to hide it from him."

   "But... why couldn't it be leaked by the Ministry of Magic on purpose, maybe they want to use this to dissuade Voldemort from trying to escape from prison?"

  The intelligence enhancer obviously helped Ron sort out his thoughts.

   "It is indeed possible, but I still think it should be to attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic, if Voldemort really intends to do something."

  Harry didn't think doing so would force the mysterious man to give up the prison break.

   "It's all your guesswork, isn't it?" Hermione sat next to Harry with a plate of food.

"certainly."

  Harry didn't argue with Hermione about it, because it wouldn't make sense.

   "I didn't see Professor Slughorn, I guess he should be eating in his office now." Hermione lowered her voice and said her observation just now, "When do you plan to start acting?"

"After breakfast. I plan to try my luck at Professor Slughorn's place with Felicia first. If I don't have a chance in the morning, I'll go at noon. If I can't at noon, I'll continue to try my luck at night. Anyway, there are enough Felicians. I'm squandering." Harry comforted himself after wiping out the slice of bread in his hand, "I've been preparing for so long, I even used Felicia, and I can't find any reason to fail."

  He ignored the relief of Ron and Hermione, and refocused on the news in the newspaper in his hand.

  The feeling that something is about to happen is stronger.

   After breakfast, the three returned to the Gryffindor common room. It wasn't that Harry forgot to bring Felicia Felicia, but that he needed to go back to the dormitory to get the mead that he was going to give to Professor Slughorn as a birthday present.

  Of course, it is not necessary to get Professor Slughorn drunk, and the success rate will be higher if you follow Felicia's intuition.

   "We are waiting for your good news."

   After Ron and Hermione sent Harry out of the common room, they watched Harry disappear at the end of the corridor.

   "Do you think Harry will succeed?" Ron asked Hermione sideways.

   "I don't know, but I hope Harry will succeed." Hermione said in a low voice, "To be honest, I don't think Albert will be involved in this matter."

   "Why?" Ron asked puzzled.

"If Albert really wanted to do that, he would have done it a long time ago," Hermione pouted, "You wouldn't believe the nonsense that that incident was 'Dumbledore left Harry with a test'! "

   "Isn't it? Didn't Harry say last time..."

  Ron really thought so after hearing Harry's complaint last time, otherwise why would Dumbledore make it difficult for Harry to do something that Albert could easily accomplish.

   "That's just Harry's complaint." Hermione looked really defeated, "Let's go back and wait for Harry. If things go well, it shouldn't take long."

  After taking Felicia, Harry's original anxiety was instantly swept away, and he was confident that he could persuade Slughorn to hand over that memory.

   After all, the preparations for this have been made in the previous months.

   The bottle of mead that Sirius helped to buy feels a bit redundant now that I think about it. After all, it is a bit of luck to get people drunk, but fortunately, it can still come in handy as a birthday gift.

Prompted by Felicia, Harry took out the Marauder's Map from his pocket, intending to reconfirm whether Slughorn was still in his office, lest he make a wasteful trip. half an hour.

  When Harry found Slughorn on the Marauder's Map, he found that there was another black spot in his office, and the name marked next to the black spot surprised Harry even more.

  Narcissa Malfoy.

  How could she be at Hogwarts?

  Harry couldn't help squinting his eyes, smelling a conspiracy.

  What's worth Narcissa Malfoy's risky trip to Hogwarts?

  Harry quickly guessed the reason: Felix Felicia.

   Narcissa Malfoy wanted to get Felix from Professor Slughorn, but why did she come in person instead of letting her son Malfoy steal Felix?

   Did Narcissa Malfoy want to buy Felicia from Professor Slughorn?

  Harry quickly vetoed this possibility. He dared to put all his Felix Elixirs and bet that Narcissa definitely did not come to Hogwarts through the normal way.

Secret passages?

   But not many people should know about these secret passages.

   Harry unconsciously slowed down, thinking of someone. Snape knew a secret way from the Whomping Willow to the Shrieking Shack.

   "Next, just use the illusion spell, or take a compound potion..."

   Maybe, this is an opportunity.

   As for Felix, Harry wasn't worried that Narcissa would be able to get hold of it, since Dumbledore had bought out Slughorn's stockpile of Felix.

  Harry was not in a hurry to find Slughorn, but deliberately slowed down his pace. He had a premonition that this time Slughorn would definitely be able to hand over that part of his memory.

  Harry came slowly outside Slughorn's office, put away the Marauder's Map and pulled out his wand before reaching out to knock on the wooden door.

After waiting for a few seconds, seeing that there was no sound from inside, Harry became even more sure that Narcissa Malfoy was not a good visitor. Otherwise, when he heard someone knocking on the door, Slughorn would definitely make a noise, or come over to help open the door, instead of It was so quiet.

  Maybe, the other party wants to wait for me to leave, or prepare to ambush me?

  Harry didn't hesitate, and directly acted first.

  The wand lightly touched the wooden door. With the help of the Felicity Potion, Harry used the Crushing Charm to open a hole in the door, and then cast a Stunning Charm on the people inside through the hole.

   This insidious move caught off guard, enough to bring down many people.

  However, Harry couldn't help frowning when he heard the noise in the office, because the other party avoided the sneak attack of his stunning spell.

   Tough!

  Harry opened the door without hesitation, and threw in the bottle of wine that he was going to give to Slughorn as bait, so as to distract the enemy's attention.

  After the sound of the wine bottle breaking, Harry suddenly appeared outside the door, shaking his wand and quickly chanting several spells at Narcissa.

  Harry used more practical spells to avoid inadvertently hurting Slughorn. He didn't forget his purpose of coming here, catching Narcissa was only a secondary matter.

  However, to Harry's surprise, the person in front of him was not Narcissa, but Pansy Parkinson, a fellow student of Slytherin.

   Compound medicine.

   This guy really has a problem.

   What surprised Harry the most was not Narcissa's disguise, but the opponent's strength. He even calmly used the Iron Armor Curse to fend off Harry's spell when he was attacked by Harry.

You must know that Harry has specially trained his fighting skills. He dare not say how powerful he is, but with the help of Felicia, ordinary wizards are definitely not his opponents. Under the circumstances, he will also be brought down directly.

   But Pansy Parkinson... No, it should be called Narcissa, she calmly blocked it, and counterattacked very quickly, it is simply unimaginable.

   Aurors may not be at your level.

   What the hell.

  Harry waved his wand, used the Iron Armor Charm to fend off the opponent's spell, and dexterously dodged to the side of the wall.

The brief confrontation made Harry realize how difficult the opponent was. Once a large-scale conflict occurs, Slughorn will definitely be in bad luck. That is not the result Harry wants, because Slughorn's safety is more important , at least until he gets that memory, he can't have anything to do.

   Therefore, Harry did not rush to attack, but gave the opponent a chance to escape by jumping out of the window.

  If Narcissa Malfoy wants to escape, jumping from a window is undoubtedly the best choice.

  However, Harry did not wait for the sound of Narcissa jumping out of the window, but instead waited for a large amount of smoke. His intuition told him that Narcissa planned to escape under the cover of the smoke.

  So instead of fighting back, Harry backed away and let the opponent go.

  After counting silently for a few seconds, Harry waved his wand into the strong wind, sweeping away the smoke in the corridor, and Narcissa had disappeared out of thin air.

  Harry quickly glanced at the Marauder's Map, and after confirming that Narcissa had left, he immediately went to check on Slughorn's situation.

"Revitalization."

  Harry pointed his wand at Slughorn's chest, trying to wake him up.

   I don't know if it's because of the Felix Elixir, but the Resuscitating Charm works better than Harry expected, and Slughorn, who was originally unconscious, started to move.

   "Professor, are you okay!" Harry stretched out his hand to help the old man.

   "I'm fine." Slughorn's tone was neutral.

  Harry raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Slughorn suspiciously, and helped Slughorn to sit on the only intact sofa. At this moment, footsteps suddenly came from outside.

"what happened?"

  Two girls appeared outside the door, staring dumbfounded at the messy potions office.

   "An outsider broke into Hogwarts and attacked Slughorn, go to Dumbledore, go." Harry tried to send the girl away.

  After the person in the way left, Harry immediately asked, "Why did Narcissa attack you?"

"Narcissa, I don't know, that person wanted to buy Felix Felicia. After I said that Dumbledore bought all Felix Elixir, he suddenly cast a body-binding spell on me and fed me Veritaserum... "

   Hearing Veritaserum, Harry knew his chance had come.

"Professor, I need that memory of yours, and I hope you can give it to me." After Harry waved his wand to attract an empty glass bottle, he handed his wand to Slughorn: "I Need that memory, need it to understand Voldemort, I must kill Voldemort, avenge my mother, this is my destiny, because I am the savior."

  Slughorn paled even more, and even began to sweat on his forehead, obviously he was very resistant to doing so.

   "Professor, you don't need to be afraid that Voldemort will find out that you helped me." Harry comforted, "We have found Voldemort's Achilles' heel, and he will soon be finished."

   "Really?" Slughorn trembled slightly.

   "Yes, Professor, Albert has predicted Voldemort's death."

  Gripping Harry's wand tremblingly, Slughorn held the tip of it to his temple, and pulled out a long strand of silvery memory, which he put into the glass bottle Harry handed him.

   "Thank you very much, Professor." Harry said softly, "You did a very brave and noble thing."

  After Harry stuffed the glass bottle back into his pocket, he took back his wand, and with a flick of the wand, Slughorn fell back into a deep sleep.

   "What the **** are you doing, Potter." Professor McGonagall rushed in angrily, followed by several students.

"Someone broke into Hogwarts and attacked Professor Slughorn." Harry looked at Professor McGonagall calmly, and said in an irrefutable tone: "We'd better talk alone, and I need to see Professor Dumbledore, I have something very important to tell him."

   "Dumbledore is not at school, you can tell me, and I can help tell him." Professor McGonagall waved his wand, repaired the door of the potions office, and blocked other students from the door.

"No, no, if Professor Dumbledore didn't tell you, he obviously thinks that you don't need to know, some things are easy to be bad if too many people know." Harry shook his head, "By the way, Slughorn was shot Truth Elixir, better not to be asked questions until Veritaserum is disarmed, and the person who attacked Slughorn was Narcissa Malfoy, who used the polypotion to disguise herself as Pansy Parkinson I don't dare, I think she should escape from Hogwarts through the secret passage now, and, do you have a way to contact Dumbledore? It is very important to get back to Hogwarts as soon as possible."

  Professor McGonagall looked at Harry, pursed his lips and said, "I'll pass the news to him right now."

   As she spoke, she walked to the window, waved the wand in her hand, and a silver-white Patronus flew out from the tip of the wand, and soon disappeared.

  (end of this chapter)