Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 67: Can the plan to steal the Philosopher's Stone be put before the final exam?

On the way back to the Gryffindor common room, Ron wanted to take Cohen and Harry out to play.

But when Cohen passed the third floor, he saw Quirrell. He waved at Cohen secretly, as if he had something to say to Cohen.

"I really wanted to play with you this time."

Coin said sincerely, but Ron and Harry both gave him distrustful looks.

"But I really have to go to Quirrell. I promised him last time. You don't want him to be threatened by Snape and tell you how to get through the restrictions of the Philosopher's Stone."

"Indeed..." Harry nodded in agreement after hearing this. "Professor Quirrell does need support – he sounded like he was about to break down after the last Quidditch match."

"Do you need our help?" Ron asked enthusiastically. "Would three of us give him more confidence?"

"Three people would make him feel like he'd let the cat out of the bag."

Cohen declined Ron's application to join the team. If he asked the two of them to go with him, how could he discuss stealing the Philosopher's Stone with Quirrell?

"Don't forget, we're not supposed to know about the Philosopher's Stone."
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After parting ways with Harry and Ron, Cohen turned back and went to the door of Quirrell's office.

Quirrell looked even more anxious than Hermione, who had just rushed to the library.

"What's going on? Are you stressed out by not having a nose again?" Cohen closed the door and asked Quirrell.

"It's not this time... I really can't..." Quirrell seemed a little scared, and even his voice trembled, as if he really stuttered. "It was Dumbledore... He called me to the headmaster's office..."

"Did he still attack you?" Cohen said in a deep voice, "He is indeed the evil Englishman. He is over a hundred years old and still has so much energy."

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Quirrell looked at Coin with a strange and confused look, and Coin was confused in return.

"So what are you saying?" Cohen asked, "Dumbledore didn't have a secret relationship with you?"

"He's a man!" Quirrell said incredulously. "Me too!"

"Yeah, that's why I doubt it!"

Cohen nodded reasonably.

"Actually, from Dumbledore's point of view, you are pretty good-looking, apart from the fact that you have no hair. If you give up stealing the Philosopher's Stone because of this incident and get scolded by Noseless, I will comfort you-"

"I—he didn't do anything to me… Dumbledore talked to me about… things, and I thought he might…"

"You guess he probably knows you're going to steal the Philosopher's Stone." Coin finished Quirrell's words, "So the reason you're afraid isn't because Dumbledore will take advantage of you..."

"Of course not…" Quirrell whimpered.

"Then you are a coward!"

Cohen said with regret.

No, was he so frightened that he didn't dare to steal the Philosopher's Stone? No wonder Voldemort constantly put pressure on him - if it were Coin, Coin would also be a pressure monster.

Moreover, if Quirrell himself backed down, how could Coin steal the Philosopher's Stone with justification?
How come this person's faith is not firm at all...

"If you don't steal, how can you resurrect without a nose? How can I help? How can we overthrow the Ministry of Magic and rule the world?" Cohen taught him earnestly, "You can't just think about yourself all the time..." Quirrell's expression was gradually solidifying. He felt that he was trapped in some kind of illusion magic of Dumbledore - Cohen now looked like a fusion of Dumbledore and Voldemort.

"Be brave. Once you get the Philosopher's Stone, you can just run away. Just think of a way to lure Dumbledore away. For example, write a letter in the tone of the Ministry of Magic. Wait, I think I have an idea..."

Cohen suddenly came up with a plan.

There is Cohen in the school!
The two Aurors encountered before obviously recognized Cohen's appearance, which meant that the Ministry of Magic had Cohen's information on file - but for some reason, Cohen was not under full-time surveillance.

From this perspective, the Ministry of Magic had one more reason to look for Dumbledore. Quirrell and I could use this method to get Dumbledore out of the way—

Of course, Cohen knew that no matter how reasonable the reason was, Dumbledore would not believe it.

But he would definitely leave the school temporarily to allow Harry and Voldemort to meet.

As Dumbledore said, "Blind protection will only make people drown in a hotbed, and only storms can make trees stand taller."

After telling Quirrell and Voldemort about the plan, they all agreed that although this method was simple, it was indeed the only feasible one at the moment.

"As soon as possible..." Voldemort said eagerly. "Don't delay too long..."

"When do we start?" Cohen asked eagerly. "It would be best if it were earlier, like two weeks before the final exam. I can find an excuse to take time off. Then you can cast an Avada Kedavra on me, and I'll pretend to be dead until the final exam is over. That way I don't have to review."

"???"

Quirrell felt as if his ears were broken - what had he just heard?

"What did you say? What curse was cast on you?!"

"Avada Kedavra, don't you know how to do it? I showed you how to do it last time—when you said you would teach me the dark arts."

Cohen frowned and said:
"If this isn't possible, shouldn't Nose consider replacing his subordinates? His accomplices' requirements are a bit too low..."

"I mean... this spell can kill people." Quirrell felt like his brain was about to explode. "It's just a final exam... it's not that serious..."

"Just cast the Killing Curse. I'll take care of the details," Cohen said seriously. "Otherwise, how am I going to clear my name after you steal the Philosopher's Stone? You're bad enough anyway. I'm different. I'm still young, and my education and clean academic background are very important to me..."

Voldemort unilaterally agreed to this plan - and Quirrell's confusion was suppressed.

Noseless has been enduring his ghostly state for ten years, and this is the closest he's ever been to returning to the living world—so much so that the only thing on his mind now is getting the Philosopher's Stone.

In the end, they decided to schedule the meeting two weeks before the final exams—at this time, other professors were preparing for the exams, and Quirrell had a lot more freedom.

And usually at this time the Ministry of Magic will also send some documents such as evaluation reports, as well as some work preference forms of outstanding Hogwarts graduates, which will be used by the Ministry of Magic to directly recruit some graduates who have met the NEWT (Final Wizarding Test) scores.

Sure enough, the end of the world is organization.

"By the way - did Snape come to you before? - I heard from Harry that they now suspect Snape of stealing the Philosopher's Stone."

Cohen asked suddenly.

"And I heard Snape asking about me the last time I came here - are you cooperating?"

　Oh no! I can't seem to manage five updates a day! I'll make up for it by updating three times a day from now on...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)