Chapter 214： Autumn of trouble

Chapter 214 The Autumn of Trouble

 “What on earth is going on?”

 Snape opened his hazy eyes and woke up from his drowsiness. What he saw was a familiar room. He closed his eyes again and recalled some fragmented memory fragments.

 "It seemed like...you had a nightmare last night?" Snape frowned, trying to remember what happened last night. He remembered hearing a strange cry, and then...then he couldn't remember anything.

That was not a memory at all. Snape only vaguely remembered crying, and then he lost consciousness. What on earth was going on?

While Snape was still thinking about the reason, he suddenly glanced at the mechanical wall clock in the corner and suddenly sat up from the bed.

 You actually slept until half past nine in the morning?

 As a potion master who strictly demands himself, this is simply an unforgivable sin.

 Snape hurriedly got up and put on his robes, and immediately rushed to the potions classroom.

 There is no doubt that the Potions Master is late.

The story of Snape letting the students go quickly spread in Hogwarts.

This can be regarded as a rare piece of big news. It is hard for everyone to imagine that someone like Snape would be late for class?

  This is simply something new that is rare to see in ten years.

It only took less than half an hour for this incident to spread almost throughout Hogwarts. It was even more sensational than the news about the stupid Slytherin student who was caught wandering at night in the morning.

 There is no way, no one makes it difficult for everyone to imagine that such a thing will happen.

Of course, no one dares to discuss this matter openly.

No one wants to be caught by Snape and become the chicken who kills the chicken to scare the monkeys. Moreover, everyone noticed Snape's gloomy expression as if someone owed him ten thousand galleons, so naturally no one would seek death.

“What a lively day!” Albert covered his yawn, eating slices of bread with jam, and listened to the interesting things said by the gossip-loving girls next to him.

 Last night, people were talking about how the castle was haunted underground. Some people say that the weird crying sound is actually made by the crying Myrtle in the bathroom on the second floor. Some people say that it may be a prank played by Peeves. Of course, some people... Anyway, Albert is happy to see it. By this point, there's nothing wrong with a bunch of smoke bombs.

As for the Slytherin students who were caught by Filch, everyone was more interested in watching the excitement. Anyway, they were all unhappy with Slytherin House. Slytherin House was deducted a lot of points, and the students from the other three houses were naturally It feels so good all over, like drinking a big bottle of butterbeer.

As Fred and others knew the truth, they tried not to laugh. They all knew that the unlucky Slytherin student had undoubtedly become Albert's scapegoat.

However, they were happy to see this scene. There is nothing more gratifying than seeing an annoying guy in trouble.

 “When will Snape realize that he has lost something?”

At this moment, Fred and the others were gathering in the Room of Requirement, looking at the pot of mandrake that Albert got from Greenhouse No. 3.

George next to him could not help but hold his stomach and laugh.

"Not so fast." Albert explained casually, "However, Snape should be suspicious after a while. Unless they find that a pot of mandrake is missing from the greenhouse, but I don't think Professor Sprout is so You will soon discover that after all, she has too many magical plants to take care of, and she has to teach students every day, so she has no time to remember how many pots there are."

"It makes sense." George wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and nodded. "If Professor Sprout only grows those mandrakes, she will definitely find problems, but there are too many things she needs to care about. I am It’s impossible for Professor Sprout to remember them all.”

"Are you going to return this pot of mandrake?" Lee Jordan suddenly asked. With Albert's ability, he naturally had a way to return the mandrake quietly.

As long as the mandrake is returned, there is basically no flaw in this matter. Even if Snape suspects that the cry comes from the mandrake, he has no evidence.

“No, I can still use this thing.” Albert is already preparing to make this pot of mandrake into a black magic prop. As for the salt problem, he believed he could definitely solve it.

 It’s not like in ancient times, edible salt was not expensive.

 “What if Snape guesses?” George couldn’t help but ask. He believed that Snape was not stupid. As long as he contacted the rumors about the castle and went to Professor Sprout to confirm, he would soon connect these things together. Maybe not in the first two days, but he would definitely It will still be discovered.

"It's impossible for him to use Legilimency on all students, and ordinary students simply don't have the ability to quietly get a pot of mandrake from the greenhouse and knock Snape unconscious. Snape Pu has a spell to protect his office. Do you think a second-year student can break through those protective spells and break into his office?

"Besides, it rained yesterday? There were no footprints left on the ground." Albert blinked at the three of them and smiled, "What's more, the Fat Lady was not here last night, even if Snape suspected It was a Gryffindor student who did it, and he couldn't have learned from the Fat Lady that there was evidence that Gryffindor students left the dormitory in the middle of the night to go out for a night out."

“Unless Snape uses Veritaserum on every student, the Ministry of Magic restricts the use of Veritaserum, and the ingredients required for Veritaserum are also very precious, so even if he wants to prepare more, it will be difficult.”

“Oh my God, have you taken this into consideration?” Fred screamed.

"Of course." Albert thought for a while and continued: "Now, you three are the only flaw. You have to pretend you don't know anything and don't discuss it. In a word, don't attract Snape's attention. Strength, this is very important.”

“We know what to do.” The three of them looked at each other and grinned.

"Snape will definitely be mad if we can't find the murderer." The four of them couldn't help laughing.

“By the way, when are we going out to look for jumping toadstools?”

"This week, if it rains, go out and look for jumping toadstools." Albert thought for a while and said, "After potions class is over in the afternoon, let's go to the library to find information about jumping toadstools."

The book "Thousands of Miraculous Herbs and Mushrooms" actually has an introduction to the jumping toadstools, but it is not complete. They need to find a book called "Encyclopedia of Toadstools" in the library to get relatively safe information. harvesting and storage methods.

Before leaving the Room of Requirement, Albert warned again: "Remember, you don't know anything, don't let Snape notice you."

 There is no other way, they will have potions class later.

“We know.” The three of them said seriously, and then they all laughed.

"Okay, okay, I think you'd better laugh enough here before going out." Albert helplessly raised his hands to cover his cheeks, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

The Ministry of Magic prohibits the misuse of Veritaserum, and it is rarely used even when interrogating prisoners.

  If Legilimency is not used directly by chanting a spell on a person, the information that can be obtained is very limited, especially when the two parties are out of sight. A skilled telegrapher can tell whether the other person is lying through conversational habits.

　　

 (End of this chapter)