Chapter 73: Chapter 73: You may have transformed into a human after practicing the truth serum
Soon, the day of the final exams came.
The atmosphere in the entire Hogwarts Castle was tense. Even a top student like Hermione would still feel nervous when facing the exams. Even after the exams, Hermione would still mutter annoyedly that she didn't need to remember certain knowledge points at all, sounding very much like her usual self.
Of course, it is hard to say whether Hermione's behavior was nervousness or pretentiousness in the eyes of others.
In this final exam, apart from the Hufflepuffs who usually underperformed, the two who felt the most relaxed were probably Lynn and Irina.
The two people, whose combat power was comparable to that of Aurors, naturally passed the childish test of the first and second year wizard final exams easily.
However, Irina was not sure that she could surpass Hermione in terms of scores. Like Lynn, she was also a student with strengths in particular subjects. She was not very talented in courses such as Potions, so she would definitely not be able to compare with Hermione who excelled in all subjects.
Among the required courses, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Charms, Herbology and History of Magic were her strengths, while Potions was her weakness, which complemented Lynn's strengths.
After the tense atmosphere of the final exams ended, Harry and others finally had the leisure to think about protecting the Philosopher's Stone.
And at this moment, Harry suddenly discovered an extremely serious problem.
"Everyone, I found something wrong! Do you think that the person who brought Hagrid the dragon egg could have deliberately contacted him?!" Harry said seriously to Irina and the others.
Irina nodded slightly. It seems that Harry is still a bit smart, just like his mother.
Hermione's eyes became serious, and she said in her usual prudent tone, "I understand. Let's go ask Hagrid now!"
So, the four of them left Hogwarts Castle swiftly and decisively, and ran across the lawn towards the Forbidden Forest.
At this time, Hagrid was sitting on a chair outside his hut shelling peas.
Hagrid smiled when he saw Irina and the other four coming, "Hello, the exam is over? Would you like a cup o' tea?"
"Okay, thanks..." Ron was about to agree, but was interrupted by Harry.
"No, we have something urgent! Hagrid, I have something to ask you, do you remember the night you won the dragon egg by playing cards? What did the stranger who played cards with you look like?!" Harry asked anxiously.
"I don' know," Hagrid said carelessly, completely unaware of what he had done, "He wouldn' take off his cloak."
Harry, Ron and Hermione all showed astonishment on their faces.
Seeing this, Hagrid looked at everyone with a strange look and said, "What's so strange abou' that? There are always some strange folk visitin' the Hog's Head Bar. Maybe that bloke's a smuggler who deals in dragons..."
Before Hagrid finished speaking, Irina went straight to the point, "Hagrid, have you ever told that person about the three-headed dog?"
Hearing this, Hagrid pondered for a while, nodded, and said, "I think he did ask! I wanted his dragon egg, but he said he had ter find out whether I could handle dragons firs', so I told him that I could even handle Fluffy, and a dragon's nothin'..."
"What else did he ask? Was he curious about Fluffy?" Irina asked calmly.
Hagrid thought for a while and continued, "He was indeed very curious, so he asked me how I did it. I told him that Fluffy is actually very easy ter handle. Yeh just need ter know how ter calm him down an' play some music fer him, an' he'll fall asleep righ' off..."
Irina was speechless.
I think Hagrid, you are no longer grown up by taking truth serum. You must have transformed into a human after taking truth serum!
Hermione hurried forward and said to Professor McGonagall, speaking as she typically would, "Professor, we need to see Professor Dumbledore!"
"Want to see Professor Dumbledore?" Professor McGonagall looked a little confused. "Why?"
Harry subconsciously said, "It's... secret."
Hearing this, Professor McGonagall's face turned cold in an instant, just like her usual stern self.
She said coldly, "Professor Dumbledore left ten minutes ago. He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and flew to London immediately."
Just when Harry was anxious and about to speak desperately, throwing caution to the wind, Irina grabbed him.
"Sorry Professor, we were abrupt. We'll leave immediately!" Irina apologized to Professor McGonagall, then winked at Hermione, and the two of them dragged Harry out of the hallway.
After Professor McGonagall disappeared from sight, Irina finally breathed a sigh of relief and let go of Harry.
Harry was very angry at this time. He questioned Irina heatedly, "Irina, what are you doing?! Why didn't you tell Professor McGonagall about it? What if the Philosopher's Stone is stolen?!"
"Harry, calm down first," Irina said lightly, "Think about it rationally. Do you really think Professor McGonagall would believe that someone is trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone?!"
Harry was choked up, realizing she had a point.
Harry was a little upset, "Originally, we only needed to monitor Snape and stop him from stealing the Philosopher's Stone, but the incident in the Forbidden Forest ruled out his suspicion, and now we don't even have anyone to monitor!"
Irina said softly, "But even if there is such a goal, with our current level of magic, how can you guarantee that our monitoring won't be discovered?! If we are discovered by that villain, I'm afraid the other party will be more cautious and steal the Philosopher's Stone without anyone knowing!"
"There is no other way," Harry said desperately, "I will sneak out tonight, I will try to get the Philosopher's Stone first, so that Voldemort can't get it!"
Ron exclaimed, sounding just like his usual self, "You're mental!"
Hermione looked incredulous, "You can't do this, you'll be expelled for sure!"
Harry roared angrily, caught up in analyzing the stakes of this matter.
Finally, Ron and Hermione were convinced by him, sounding resigned like they often did when going along with Harry's rash plans.
Irina also agreed to do so. Although Harry's behavior was suspected of carelessly rushing in without thinking it through, only by beating Voldemort back to his non-corporeal state in this incident could they live in peace for the next two school years.
Otherwise, if Voldemort continued to be attached to Quirrell and escaped, then Voldemort, who would have a wizard's body, even if he was just possessing someone, could make great use of the still active Death Eaters to stir up a huge storm!
(end of chapter)
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