Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 453 Could it be a conspiracy?
"How about the research on black pudding?"

“There is a lot of resistance in the hearts of black pudding carriers.”

……

It's right to resist. Snape never thought that there would be a day when he would become a researcher.

Everyone soon discovered that Charles' treatment in Potions class suddenly became worse than Harry's.

During class that day, Charles and Neville were sitting next to the aisle, and on the other side of the aisle were Crabbe and Goyle from Slytherin.

"Oh!"

"Wow!"

A crack suddenly appeared at the bottom of Crabbe and Goyle's cauldron, and the potion came into contact with the fire below, exploding with a burst of extremely pungent smoke.

A group of people around were choking and coughing violently. Pansy, who was sitting at the back, coughed so hard that her lungs almost popped out. When she waved her hands to disperse the smoke, she accidentally knocked over her own crucible, and the boiling potion splashed onto Daphne who was in the same group with her.

Daphne was also coughing so hard that it was too late for her to dodge when she saw the potion splashing towards her.

Charles had just cast the Bubblehead Charm on himself and Neville in time, and when he saw it, he immediately threw an Shield Charm at Daphne.

The potion was blocked by the Shield Charm, and Daphne avoided having to go to the infirmary and become neighbors with Malfoy.

At this time, Snape came over and waved his wand twice to clean up the mess.

He turned to Charles and said in an emotionless voice, "Smith, why did you sit there and watch Crabbe and Goyle's cauldron break down without doing anything? Was it to be a hero?"

Before he could say anything about deducting points from Gryffindor, Charles immediately said, "Professor Snape, I think you will not forget the front-page headline of the Daily Prophet the day before yesterday, which said that the leakage rate from the bottom of the crucible was increasing at a rate of almost 3% per year, and called for strengthening the management of crucibles. The data you provided was cited in the report."

“It was I, Mr. Tokufi, who put the report there, and this is my small contribution to the damage to the crucible.”

"It's their own business to check whether the crucible is normal. I'm not their father, so why should I remind them?"

"Then again, their father's former companions should pay some attention to them from time to time."

Are you looking for trouble? If you do, I’ll do the same.

Crabbe and Goyle's fathers were both Death Eaters and were on vacation in Azkaban, and were occasionally brought to the Ministry for questioning.

The Ministry of Magic is now extremely nervous about the Death Eaters. Snape is currently the only Death Eater who is still alive and kicking. With Charles' power in the Ministry of Magic, it is not a problem for him to create some trouble for him.

Snape looked at Charles coldly, then turned and vented his anger on Crabbe and Goyle, but no points were deducted.

After the bell rang, students poured out of the Potions classroom and headed towards the cafeteria.

Daphne walked quickly to Charles and said with some fear: "Thank you, otherwise I would have been hurt just now."

Charles said, "You're welcome. It's my duty."

Daphne asked again: "Are you free during next Hogsmeade week? I think..."

Before she could finish, Charles said, "I'm sorry, I have to go to St. Mungo's that day."

At this time, the crowd came to the entrance hall, and the third-year Ravenclaw students who were taking the Herbology class just came back.

Erica followed them to class and came over immediately when she saw Charles.

Charles went up to say hello, and Ellie pulled his arm and said, "That student named Lovegood is terrible!"

"I don't know where she heard about so many strange animals. She kept asking me if I knew anything about them."

Charles forced a smile and said, "You'll get used to it."

They passed where the Goblet of Fire had been placed, with a golden circle on the ground around it.

Another failed attempt by the twins left them hanging from the ceiling, chatting with the nearly headless Nick. Erica said, "I heard Fleur threw the name in."

Charles nodded and said, "Yes, I think she will definitely be selected."

Erica said, "Whoever is chosen by Durmstrang will ask me to participate as an assistant."

Because of Charles, she was very familiar with British herbs, so Charles judged that the competition would be held in the Forbidden Forest, not in the greenhouse.

Charles said, "I think Klum will be elected."

Erica said, “I think so too.”

"Hey, have you tried it?"

Charles pointed at the two people on the ceiling and said, "Do you want to see me become like them?"

Erica nodded.

Charles was speechless.

What he is worried about now is that the old man has signed him up for some purpose.

And now the competition has come up with an assistant rule. If someone wants to attack Harry, they may take advantage of it.

There are more and more gossips about the competition recently, and everyone is mainly discussing the issue of assistants.

It is said that the number of assistants and the way to obtain them are particular, and it is likely related to the performance of the Warriors in the game.

Charles and Erica came to the Gryffindor table while chatting. Before the meal, Fleur came over and Seamus consciously made way.

Fleur whispered to Charles, "Let's find a place to talk after dinner."

Charles nodded.

Erica heard Fleur speaking in French, so she didn't join in the fun.

Later in the evening, Charles did not take Fleur to the alchemy laboratory because someone was blocking it, but came to the room where the time converter was used before, which is now a gym.

Guests can freely choose the courses they want to audit at Hogwarts, so Erica often goes to the Herbology class. This afternoon, Fleur attended the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, which was attended by several Durmstrang students.

The two sat down on the sofa in the lounge area, and Charles prepared mint lemon tea.

Fleur said to Charles, "I think there's something wrong with Mr. Moody."

"Today I talked to him about what happened in Ouagadou and he seemed to have some confusion about it."

Charles also had doubts about Moody's identity, but he didn't want Fleur to get involved in this, so he said, "Maybe he's old and his memory isn't very good for a while."

"He has been under a lot of stress, which sometimes has some effects on his brain."

Furong took a sip of tea, put down the cup and took a long breath. She leaned lightly on Charles' shoulder and said, "I always feel that this competition is a little strange."

"I heard from Madam Maxime that the competition was originally planned to be held according to tradition, but then Mr. Dumbledore proposed to change the content of the competition, and in August, Mr. Karkaroff proposed to add assistants."

"Do you think Karkaroff's proposal has anything to do with what Erica said about Durmstrang having a few more people?"

Charles reached out and patted the back of Fleur's hand gently, saying, "I will find a chance to mention this to Professor Dumbledore, and I will not allow anyone to interfere with the fairness of the competition."

He knew that Furong had worked very hard to win the competition, and now someone might want to destroy the fairness of the competition, so she would naturally be angry.

But they were worried about Erica's safety, so they chose to take the cold approach.

Charles became alert. Could it be that Karkaroff's new plan and his bringing people here were some kind of conspiracy?

(End of this chapter)