Seeing the bouquet of flowers in the principal's hand, Hoffa froze on the spot, as if his whole body had been struck by lightning.

Memories came to him like an explosion. He thought of the flash of lightning on the Quidditch field. He thought of the weird club with only one person, and the masked man slowly changing flowers in the club's secret room three months ago.

, and the mask paintings covering the walls.

.......Are you the only one in the club?......

...If one person can do the things of ten people, then the existence of the other nine is meaningless...

Wow, you really did what ten people did by yourself!

Hoffa gritted his teeth.

Damn it!

What is the relationship between that guy and Principal Dippet?

Could it be that the destruction of the teleportation array was planned by the principal?

How is it possible? It doesn’t make sense?

The reason?

What's the cause?

It made no sense at all. Seeing the principal walking further and further away with the bouquet of violets, Hoffa gritted his teeth and forcibly suppressed his urge to follow.

No, he can see through normal stealth.

The ghost walk can only be used three times, and each time can only last 10 seconds. If you follow it, you will most likely be discovered by the principal.

Hoffa did not advance but retreated, watching from a distance.

It wasn't until Principal Armando Dippet opened the passage to the Violet Chamber and disappeared into it that he slowly followed it.

The woman in the portrait still hasn't come back, and the entire portrait is blank.

Hoffa didn't know how Dippet got in.

But he couldn't help but fantasize about what Dippet was doing in the secret room.

Like the masked man, replace the withered flowers in those vases?

Why on earth would he do this?

Who brought the dark wizard in?

Damn it...

The mystery begins to become entangled, and the shadow of the unknown begins to spread.

Hoffa pressed his forehead, looked at it for a while, then turned around and left reluctantly.

With everything unknown, he didn't dare to make the slightest move.

Back in Ravenclaw's tower, Hoffa's mind was still filled with thoughts about that weird society.

In the common room, a group of girls were sitting in the corner chatting. They were dressed very formally, and some were wearing long skirts and dresses. They looked like they were preparing to attend a party. Aglaia and Miranda were also among them.

Hoffa didn't pay much attention to them. All he could think about was Principal Dippet and the bouquet of violets in his hand.

Seeing Hoffa passing by, Aglaia just glanced at him quickly, then turned around and continued to joke.

But Miranda walked out from the group of girls, stopped Hoffa, and waved her hand in front of her.

"I lost my soul."

Hoffa then raised his head and noticed Miranda.

Today she wore a simple short ponytail and an elegant collared dress. She looked much cuter than usual.

"What's wrong?"

Miranda first looked back at the group of girls, and then said with a smile: "Are you free tonight?"

Hoffa thought for a while and said, "Yes, everyone is free today."

"I want to ask you a favor."

"What?"

"Slughorn invited me to his Christmas dinner. We can take people there."

It took a while for Hoffa to realize. Slagenhorn's Christmas dinner? This was in line with his style. He glanced at Aglaia among the girls in dresses.

But the old guy actually invited Miranda, who had average grades, because she was Gorshak's granddaughter.

"Then what?"

"Will you go with me?"

she asked calmly and generously.

Hoffa's eyes widened at first, then he shook his head.

"Thank you for your kindness, but you'd better go on your own."

He really wasn't in the mood to attend Slughorn's dinner party right now. On the one hand, he really didn't get along with the Potions teacher and didn't want to participate in his activities. On the other hand, all he could think about now was Dippet.

Back view with violets.

He would rather attend the school's formal dinner. Maybe at the school Christmas party, he can see Dippet again. He is eager to find out the secret between the masked man and the principal.

Miranda was slightly stunned by Hoffa's decisive refusal.

After being stunned for a second, she shrugged.

"Oh well."

After saying that, she returned to the group of girls.

...

...

At night, in a dormitory with only one person, Hoffa woke up from meditation and decided to attend the school banquet.

Speaking of which, he still has a little expectation for the Christmas banquet.

After all, after the banquet at the opening ceremony, he had not attended any other banquets.

When passing by the auditorium, students were crowded under the Christmas tree placed by Joey during the day.

They were talking to each other excitedly, and Hoffa looked around. It turned out that there were piles of gift bags under the tree. Each student could receive one.

Learn about the novice gift package.

Hoffa showed a weird smile.

I don’t know if opening it will give me an experience pill or a secret sword or something.

He also took one from behind his classmates.

Of course, when he opened the gift bag, he did not get the magic secrets he imagined. There was only a squeaking hamster, three crackling wizard salute guns, and a spring trumpet in the gift bag.

It's a very good toy. If I were a few years younger, I would probably jump with excitement, Hoffa thought to himself.

And at the bottom of the gift, Hoffa saw a mask, a Santa Claus mask.

Although it was just an ordinary mask, Hoffa couldn't help but think of the masked man in the snow. He rubbed his temples helplessly.

Am I really crazy because I don’t think about that guy dying for a day?

Many students around happily opened gift bags, wore various masks in the gift bags, and laughed with each other.

Some people have Santa Claus in their gift bags, and like Hoffa, they have a lot of white beards. Some people wear reindeer heads with long antlers, and the bells on the antlers jingle, and some people have a crown on their head.

Wearing sleds and socks. These wizard toys are made lifelike and look much more realistic than Muggle masks.

Seeing his classmates laughing happily, Hoffa frowned more and more. It was strange that he couldn't feel any happiness from his classmates' play.

The shadows cast by those big antlers on the wall made him feel very uncomfortable, and he felt a strange thirst. This made him shake his head.

After a while, Hoffa recovered from the weird feeling and prepared to go to the auditorium.

But at this moment.

He smelled an inexplicably familiar smell in the air.

A smell he was familiar with but had forgotten.

It's the same smell as the last time I was in the rain at the hunting ground.

He shook his head vigorously again.

There are some details that I can't remember.

The meditation method begins to work.

The tentacles of the spirit rummaged through every corner of memory.

Hoffa finally remembered the smell.

Club secret room.
To be continued...