Chapter 1312： News of the Crown (2)

 Chapter 1312 News of the Crown (2)

 “Is Professor McGonagall okay?”

 “Minerva is fine.”

“The pink toad let Professor McGonagall go so easily?”

 Ron felt incredible about this. Based on his understanding of Umbridge, it was obvious that the other party was not a toad who would give up easily.

 “Umbridge was planning to use strong force at that time.”

 “Strong measures?”

"She has brought a lot of Aurors with her, and she is bound to get the home addresses of those expelled students." Professor Flitwick said.

 “What happened next?” Hermione asked.

"Minerva said that she had burned that part of the record." Professor Flitwick said softly, "Albert had anticipated this day and reminded her to burn that part of the information."

　　"Umbridge believed it?" Harry felt that the possibility was very low.

"Of course Umbridge doesn't want to believe it and wants to use Veritaserum on Minerva." Professor Flitwick's eyes were full of unconcealable disgust.

“That guy is a lunatic. I really don’t understand why she has so much prejudice against Muggle wizards.”

Hermione simply couldn't understand Umbridge's crazy behavior.

“Later, we almost got into a fight.”

 At that time, Flitwick had thought about attacking Umbridge and leaving Hogwarts.

 “Umbridge actually gave in?” Ron couldn’t believe it.

"Minerva agreed to take a small amount of truth serum to prove that she was not lying, but Umbridge still refused to give up." Professor Flitwick still feels that Umbridge should be given a severe lesson at that time.

"I have never seen anyone as vicious as her." Harry said angrily. "If I seize the opportunity, I must use the Oblivion Curse to turn her into an idiot."

 Ron and Hermione both looked at Harry in surprise.

"and after?"

“Later, Snape appeared and stopped the farce.” Professor Flitwick frowned.

 “Snape?”

"I guess his master wants to control the parents of those students through Hogwarts." Harry saw through Voldemort's purpose of controlling Hogwarts at a glance. "Naturally, the noseless monster will not allow Hogwarts to close down. .”

"But, how did Professor McGonagall..." Hermione seemed to realize something, "She prepared the antidote to Veritaserum for herself?"

 “Yes, we were also surprised at the time.”

Professor Flitwick stopped in front of an old and bare wooden board and said to the three of them, "If you are really in trouble, I still recommend that you go to Anderson. He is a prophet. I bet he will definitely Can help.”

“Is this the entrance to the Ravenclaw common room?”

Ron looked at the door in front of him that had no handle or keyhole, only an eagle-shaped bronze door knocker.

"Yes, I need to answer the question, just like this." Professor Flitwick stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, opened his eagle mouth and said in a gentle voice.

“Phoenix or fire, which one comes first?”

"Miss Granger, what do you think the answer is?" Professor Flitwick looked at Hermione.

"The Phoenix rises from the ashes, it's a cycle." Hermione replied, "There is no beginning and no end."

 “That makes sense.”

 After the voice finished speaking, the door opened.

 “Excellent answer.” Professor Flitwick said with a smile, “Go in.”

The Ravenclaw common room was empty. It was a large circular room with many windows on the walls. During the day, the surrounding mountains could be seen, and the scenery was beautiful.

However, Harry didn't care about the scenery outside the window. His eyes were attracted by a tall white marble statue standing in the alcove opposite the door.

Harry knew that it was Rowena Ravenclaw. There was an exquisite ring made of marble replica on the top of her head, which was the legendary Ravenclaw's diadem.

“Hermione, do you have a camera?” Harry asked suddenly.

 “How could I bring something like that.”

"If you want to take a picture, I can help." Professor Flitwick waved his wand, conjured a camera out of thin air, and took a picture of the marble portrait of Rowena Ravenclaw for Harry.

"This is the Christmas gift Albert gave me before." Professor Flitwick said, handing the photo to Harry.

"Thank you Professor, it's really helpful." Harry said as he took the photo.

"Perhaps, we should ask Albert to come with us." Hermione suddenly had a strange feeling. She felt that Albert might be hiding something from them.

"What are your plans next?" Professor Flitwick put away the camera and asked, "Will you continue to search for news about the diadem?"

"I plan to see Ms. Grey." Harry's thinking was very clear. "If nothing can be gained, I will go to Professor Binns..."

"Harry, I found Ms. Grey." Ron reminded excitedly as he stared at the Marauder's Map.

“It’s time for us to leave, Professor. I hope you can keep this secret for us for the time being. The less people know about certain things, the higher our probability of success.”

After saying that, the three Harrys hurried towards Ms. Gray's location, but the other party disappeared through the wall before they arrived.

 “Where is she?”

The three of them ran all the way, and they were all out of breath from exhaustion.

 “She just left.”

Ron handed Harry the event map.

 “Looks like we need a little luck.”

Harry took out the few remaining Felixirs, and after using them, he started jogging quickly following the Felixir's guidance.

 A few minutes later, Harry finally succeeded in stopping Ms. Grey.

"Ms. Grey, I'm sorry to disturb you, but I need your help." Harry looked at the Marauder's Map, confirmed the person's name, and said firmly: "There is something really important."

 “Is it something very important?”

"Yes, it's very important. I hope to talk to you about it. It's related to defeating the mysterious man. I think you don't want that guy to occupy Hogwarts and train all the students here to become dark wizards!" Harry stated his purpose directly to prevent the other party from ignoring him and floating away through the wall.

 “Harry.”

 Ron and Hermione rushed over panting.

 “What do you want to know?”

Ms. Gray looked at the three Harrys indifferently.

"Do you know where Ravenclaw's diadem is?" Harry added, "I just want to make sure that You-Know-Who has the diadem."

"I don't know." Ms. Gray shook her head. "You are not the first to ask this question. Generations of students have been pestering me to find out the whereabouts of the crown."

Ms. Gray lied. She actually knew where Ravenclaw's diadem was.

Shortly before Dumbledore's death, the crown was handed over to Albert, who kept it temporarily until the end of the Second Wizarding War, before Albert returned the crown to Hogwarts.

Ms. Gray was at the scene and was one of the witnesses.

 So, she knew what Potter said about defeating the mysterious man, but she just didn’t understand why Albert and Dumbledore wanted to hide it from Harry Potter.

However, after Ms. Gray agreed to help keep it secret, she naturally did not break the agreement and tell Harry Potter about the tiara. They had their own plans.

 Ron looked at Ms. Gray who was leaving through the wall, frowned and asked: "What should I do next, go find Professor Binns?"

 “I think Ms. Gray is lying.” Harry said suddenly.

"What?"

"I suspect that Ms. Gray knows something, but she just doesn't want to tell us." Harry's mind was spinning rapidly and he suddenly asked, "Do you think Ms. Gray looks a bit like someone?"

 “Like who?”

Ron's face was full of confusion, not understanding what Harry wanted to express.

"Ravenclaw, Rowena Ravenclaw." Hermione said suddenly, "We just saw her portrait."

"Go to Professor Binns. I need to confirm something." Harry unfolded the activity map and began to search for the location of the ghost professor. He told the two of them his guess, "If Ms. Gray is really the daughter of Ravenclaw, Or granddaughter, Professor Binns must know something.”

 “What if Ms. Gray doesn’t want to admit it?”

"This is not important Hermione, her identity is indeed more important. I suspect that Albert is hiding something. With his level, he must have discovered this."

 “But why didn’t Albert tell us?”

 “This is what I don’t understand too.”

 (End of this chapter)