HP: Let professors walk towards the light

"You're going to Hogsmeade, too?"

I looked at the consent form that Hermalena, who was standing at the end of the line, handed to me. It was a very standard consent form with an obviously forged guardian's signature.

"Yes."

Dressing up as a good kid has become a necessary means for her to socialize. Even in front of me, this expression combined with illegal behavior is really embarrassing.

After all this time, you're suddenly interested in Hogsmeade Day? They even lined up to hand me this formal consent form.

"Okay, go catch up."

My student submitted her consent form, and I let her go to Hogsmeade with no problem, except that I kind of want to go to the Three Broomsticks for a drink this weekend.

He gave all the consent forms of the whole school to Mag, and confiscated the forged document of Hermalena from it. Then he followed Fritney to escort the third-year students to the village, and watched the familiar shadow follow the platinum head into the Honeydukes store.

Just here for shopping? I definitely don't believe it, but he didn't do anything sneaky, what does this mean?

There are too many students now. I will look for him after I go out.

Looking at the two people sitting at the door, acting out the "kind father and filial son" act, just when I was about to ignore them -

"So you believed what that girl said, got up in the middle of the night and sneaked into the principal's office, and were caught by Dumbledore?" Sirius Black was conspiring loudly with his good godson, commenting on a girl like a gossip.

"How can you believe what a Slytherin says, Harry? What I say makes sense. You should listen to me -"

"Ahem, Sirius... that..."

Potter noticed my presence and tried to remind Blake to shut his mouth.

"Believe me, Harry, she knows your Parseltongue, which means she has been observing you for a long time. Otherwise, how could she know you so well? Be careful, beware of her doing something strange -"

"I think the Black family's tutoring shouldn't be so bad as to slander the reputation of a fourteen-year-old girl. Oh, look at my memory. The assistant teacher disdains the Black family's education because he probably doesn't know how to spell the word tutor. Do you need me to teach you?"

Look at it, that grinning face looks like it's about to rush up and bite me at any second. Have you almost lost your humanity after being a black dog for so long, Blake?

He slammed the table and threatened to have a manly contest with me. How childish! Who has the time to perform a circus with you here?

In this situation, ignoring the other party is naturally the best option. I went straight to the second floor, shouting behind him.

But I also wrote down every word Black said. I didn't need to think too much to know that the person he was commenting on was Hermalena. But according to what he said, Hermalena was hinting that Potter should go to Dumbledore? Could it be for the Horcrux? Or for some other reason?

In the box on the second floor of the Three Broomsticks, I tried to get information from McGonagall about Potter's breaking into the principal's office at night, but from McGonagall's surprised expression, I knew that she knew nothing about it.

In other words, no one knew what Dumbledore was thinking, and no one knew Hermalena's intentions.

That doesn't matter. Porter has been on a night tour anyway. Just go and ask Hermalena that day.

The wine glass was gradually empty and it was almost time, so I walked out of the bar and strolled along the street. I didn't see Hermalena, so I found a corner and used a tracking spell on the consent form handed in by Hermalena. The direction showed that it was not the way back to Hogwarts, which was just as expected.

I forgot she could Apparate.

So she passed by me with a clear path in front of me just to let me down my guard, so that I wouldn't be discovered by her sneaking around and I wouldn't have to stare at her all the time. Was she even calculating that I would definitely agree to let her come?

This child is really cunning.

Looks like I have to go back and have a couple more drinks.

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Nearing evening, I finally saw a hooded, sneaky man on the road leading to Hogwarts.

"Good evening, young lady."

The man was obviously stunned for a moment, and seemed a little surprised by my appearance.

"Good evening, professor?" Hermalena simply took off her hat.

"I thought you would at least wait for me at school," she said.

"And you can fool me with excuses like feeling unwell or visiting the academy?"

"Uh... no, the excuse I originally thought of was trespassing in the forbidden forest."

"So what you did today was even more outrageous than breaking into the Forbidden Forest? Don't tell me you went back to London." Isn't this just a statement that he doesn't want me to know?

"Hemalena, I thought you wouldn't take such risks anymore. Please don't take your own safety lightly, okay? I've said this many times."

"I know, but don't worry, it has nothing to do with that. I just went back home and visited the ghost granny. I just sorted out some things and took some rare medicinal herbs."

She pulled something out of her backpack to back up her words.

Although I always felt that I had overlooked something, it didn't mean that I would find anything if I dug deeper into that strange thing, so I reluctantly believed her.

"In that case, let's change the topic. How about we talk about the mastermind behind Potter's break-in to the principal's office a few days ago?" I led Hermalena slowly towards Hogwarts.

"You know? Although I didn't intend to hide it from you."

"You just didn't tell me, right?" I couldn't help but glance at her.

"But you will still know, right? You are already very busy with work, and I don't think it is necessary to bother you with such trivial matters. It was me who rescued your wolfsbane potion last month." Hermalena put her hands behind her back and kicked her robe as she spoke.

"Yes, yes, yes. Then I should really praise you. You were able to rescue the patient with such a powerful potion. Ten points to Slytherin."

"We haven't even reached school yet. You should wait a little longer to get extra points, otherwise it won't count."

How come you even know about this kind of thing...

"So what did you do?" I thought I could still find out, even though Dumbledore didn't think so.

"As I said before, he knew about the Ravenclaw Diadem and me, and thought I had something to do with Horcruxes, but it was not me who instigated the break-in to the headmaster's office at night." Hermalena waved her hand.

If that were all, it would be normal for Black to misunderstand. If that troll heard about the story I made up about the crown hurting people, he would definitely think that only a dark person could be attracted to a Horcrux.