Chapter 20 Remnants of the Event
News of Sirius' reappearance soon spread throughout Hogwarts. Gryffindor also lost all his face for this.
"Have you heard of it? This time Sirius Black actually entered the Gryffindor lounge openly."
"What? How could Sirius have a Gryffindor password? The portrait would not put a person without a password into the public lounge."
"Who knows, Sirius is said to have read the password from a small piece of paper that contains the password for Gryffindor for the whole week."
"Who would be so stupid that he wrote down all the commands for this week and put them around? Although Gryffindor is famously reckless, he would not do such a stupid thing."
"I can't believe it either, but according to Gryffindor, it was Longbottom, the one with a very poor memory, Neville Longbottom..."
"It's really fun, the reckless Gryffindor is bad enough, and now I have to add a stupid student with a poor memory..."
Similar discussions were heard everywhere in Hogwarts. Professor McGonagall was furious about this and did not allow Neville to go to Hogsmeade village in the future. He was locked up again and no one was allowed to give him the order to enter the tower. Poor Neville had to wait in the public lounge every night to see who could take him in.
The alert in the castle rose to another level. Professor Frieve took a large photo of Black to teach everyone who guarded the front door to identify. Filch suddenly ran back and forth in the corridor, from the small crack in the wall to the mouse hole, he was nailed to death by him. Sir Kadogan was fired. His portrait was put back to the lonely stair platform on the eighth floor, and the fat lady came back. He had professional repairs to the fat lady, but she was still extremely nervous. She had the conditions for her return to work: she must be protected. The school hired a group of rude and rude dwarfs to protect her. They walked around the corridor with threatening steps, muttering and comparing the size of the stick in their hands.
Ron has become a celebrity. People now pay more attention to him than Harry. Compared to the reappearance of Hogwarts by a murderer who escaped from Azkaban, people immediately forgot that Harry Potter, who was admitted to the school hospital again because of the dementor.
This was the first time Ron had encountered such treatment in his life, and he obviously liked this experience. Although Ron was still shocked by the events that happened that night, whenever someone asked, he was happy to tell people what had happened and added many details. "I fell asleep, I heard the sound of tearing things, I thought I was dreaming, you know? But there was another gust of wind. I woke up, one side of the curtain beside the bed was torn off, I turned over, and I saw him standing in front of me. One was like a skeleton, a large ball of dirty hair, he held a long sword, which must be twelve inches long. He looked at me, I looked at him, and then I screamed, and he ran away."
"Ron, I believe you have the talent to be a bard. Every time you listen to this story, you can always hear something new." Silver smiled and patted Ron on the shoulder. "I have to admit that in this regard, Harry's ability to describe things is far less than you." At this time, the second-year girl who had been listening to him, the creepy story, had just dispersed.
Ron's ears suddenly turned red. "Jack, you..."
"Don't worry, although Harry now has an inexplicable hostility towards me, I will not vent your anger on you. After all, the relationship between the Weasleys and my Silver family has always been relatively harmonious, so don't worry about making us unhappy because of Harry." Silver said indifferently.
Ron looked greatly relieved.
"Ron, I'm going to ask about the situation again. You must tell me truthfully because it's very important."
"No problem, I must tell the truth completely," said Ron.
"Blake did come to your dormitory that night?"
"Yes."
"Has he walked straight to your bed? Has he turned Harry's bed ever?"
"I don't know, but I'm sure Harry's bed has not been turned over. After Harry was admitted to the school hospital, the things on his bed are still the same."
"Does Black look like he's looking for something in your bed?"
Ron touched his chin thoughtfully. "Jack, I couldn't think of this if you don't say it. Black tore open my bed curtain, but didn't hurt me with the knife in his hand. It seemed that he was looking for something."
Ron was suddenly shocked. "Is there anything I deserve to think of Black? The whole wizarding world believes that Harry is Black's first goal."
Silver patted Ron on the shoulder. "Calm down, Ron, it's always good to find some new clues. Now that the school is so tightly guarded, Black will not have the chance to enter the Gryffindor common room."
"If you're really worried," Silver added, squinted. "You can provide this clue to Professor McGonagall or Professor Dumbledore, and believe they will definitely get some valuable news from it."
A shocking loud noise came from the auditorium—
"Navi, you bastard!"
"You brought the Longbottom family a shame that I can't wash away! Do you know how ashamed I am? I have never dared to go out to face my other old friends these days! What am I going to say? I said that because of my grandson's stupid behavior, a murderer, Black, was put into the Gryffindor public lounge!"
"If you do such a stupid thing again, I will definitely take you away from Hogwarts!"
...
A sharp old woman's voice spread throughout the auditorium, and even Silver and Ron on the second-floor aisle could clearly hear it.
Silver shrugged. "Poor Longbottom, I hope he can get through these difficult days."
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"Severus, is there anything important about you suddenly come to my office?" Dumbledore said.
"Principal, you know very well why I came." Snape's eyes were firm. "We must have traitors who helped Black in our school, and this dangerous person should undoubtedly be driven out."
"Severus, I believe him."
"But don't forget that James, who was stupid back then, lost his life because he believed in Black!"
Dumbledore said in an unquestionable tone: "Severus, I believe that there is something hidden in Black's rebellion. And even if Black really defected to Voldemort, he would not help Black enter the school. He has the same position as us."
Chapter completed!