Harry Potter and the Legend of the Temple

"Cedric is lying."

Qiu Zhang stood up with a very firm tone.

"I know he has been helping you recently, but he has a purpose. He has been refusing to tell me the truth."

"Is that why you had a fight at the Yule Ball?"

Qiu Zhang didn't answer him, just said to himself.

"He was not like this before. It seems that since the selection of the Triwizard Tournament, when he knew that the champion of Hogwarts was not him, his jealousy could no longer be hidden, although he was still that person in front of everyone. Excellent Hufflepuff senior."

Jealousy? Before the results of several warriors were announced, Cedric's voice was the highest, and it was almost certain. Suddenly, two people who did not comply with the rules of the competition entered and occupied two of the four places.

It was as if he had hit rock bottom all of a sudden from the sky. Anyone would be a little emotional, let alone Cedric who would choose to join the Death Eaters after being insulted twice.

Of course, there is another possibility that Cedric was bewitched by Barty Crouch Jr. or that he is Barty Crouch Jr. himself.

"You have to be careful, and he is very close to Durmstrang students."

Louis naturally knew who the Durmstrang student Qiu Zhang was referring to. He and Astoria even bumped into the two of them conspiring loudly at the Christmas dance.

"Okay, I'll pay more attention."

After bidding farewell to Cho Chang, Louis opened the Marauder's Map again and found that Snape's footprints were still glued to Dumbledore's.

He quickly estimated the approximate time it would take to walk from the principal's office to the potion storage room, and then walked to the door of the storage room pretending to be passing by.

"The Alajo hole opens."

After confirming that no one was around, Louis recited a spell to the locked door. The lock cylinder slid slightly, and the wooden door opened by itself according to inertia.

What came into view were rows of magic medicine cabinets, with only a small passage in the middle for one person to pass through. The potion cabinet was so high that the top could not be seen. Every time Snape took materials, he needed a magic ladder that could move by itself.

"The eyeballs of the flame beast, the oozing grass, the horn of the Lys Wyvern..."

"These are extremely rare materials on the market."

Louis observed as he walked, and had to sigh that Hogwarts has a very rich heritage. The inheritance power of a thousand years is almost the result of the labor of dozens of generations.

The thick herbs exuded its unique fragrance, and Lewis wanted to move everything out of here. Of course, this idea was destroyed in the next second.

First of all, not to mention Dumbledore, even Snape can make him die at least ten times.

He carefully climbed through the cabinet, fearing that he might accidentally damage a precious medicinal ingredient.

The total supplies here amount to at least hundreds of thousands of Galleons, and basically every Potions professor will put something in there.

In the innermost layer of the storage room, Louis found a small jade box on the top. From the bottom, it looked like there was no trace of time erosion on the surface.

"What the hell is this."

Louis summoned the escalator with magic, then put his hands on the escalator and crawled upward slowly. The further up the escalator, the brighter the light emitted from the box.

He tried using the Flying Curse to attack the box, but there seemed to be strong anti-magic protection around the jade box, and the Flying Curse could only make it move lightly before returning to the same place.

The moment his hands touched the box, a chill spread to his nerves, and he quickly retracted his hands as if he was electrocuted.

"The Ice Jade Box is made from jade sourced from the top of the Himalayas in China. It emits cold air all year round and is an excellent choice for storing yin medicinal materials."

Lius' reminder seemed to be deliberately delayed, "You'd better wrap yourself in this magic cloth and go get it."

After that, a piece of inconspicuous rag appeared in his hand. Louis quickly covered the jade box with the piece of cloth, and the dazzling light and cold breath disappeared in an instant.

He wrapped the rag and was about to pick up the jade box when there was a sudden sound of unlocking at the door.

Severus Snape came back from the principal's office at some unknown time, and Louis immediately put the box on his chest, using the Stone of All Life to suck it into it.

But the sound produced by this range of movement still caught Snape's attention. The hooked nose frowned and took the wand in his hand.

"Who's there?"

Snape is now extremely cautious about keeping potions. He even left a magic door behind the storage room that leads directly to his own office. Of course, only he can open this door.

If someone really breaks into the potion storage room without his permission, he doesn't mind giving him a shot of Shen Feng Wu Ying.

Louis held his breath, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Snape's shadow was already about to appear around the corner.

At this time, there was a rapid knock on the door. Snape paused for a moment, then turned back and opened the door.

"You are indeed here, Severus."

It was Karkaroff's voice, and his tone had never been so nervous.

"What's so urgent?"

Snape was a little unhappy, being interrupted by Karkaroff, which made him very unhappy.

"this."

Louis' position was at the top of the viewing angle, and he could just see Karkaroff rolling up his right sleeve.

As for what was on it, although he couldn't see it, he could probably tell that it was the Dark Mark carved on his right arm when he was a Death Eater.

"I told you before, I have a hunch that he is coming back!" Karkaroff was a little flustered. "Now this is irrefutable evidence!"

"Put it away!" Snape shouted at him, then looked around to see if anyone was passing by.

"But you must have noticed..."

"So what." Snape interrupted him, as if he didn't care.

"You know, he hates people who betray him the most, so..."

"That was you, not me, Karkaroff!" Snape corrected him, "Who betrayed Crouch in the first place, please think carefully."

There was a moment of silence, and Karkaroff suddenly realized that Snape's situation was completely different from his.

"But you have to help me, Severus." Karkaroff used a pleading tone, which completely lost the dignity of Principal Durmstrang.

"I don't want to yet..."

"I can help you, but this is not the place to talk." Snape looked around and led Karkaroff to the back, the door leading to his office.

"I can't guarantee that you are completely safe, but I can at least guarantee that your life will be safe within the next year. You can only control the rest of the day by yourself."