Hogwarts from another world

More than a month has passed since the Easter holiday ended.

At the same time, Professor Horace Slughorn, the head of Slytherin House and Potions teacher at Hogwarts, died mysteriously, almost as long ago.

No one knows exactly what happened... According to the official reason, he died from accidental poisoning.

But as a potion expert, Slughorn was fine not long ago, but suddenly died due to accidental poisoning? This sounds obviously a bit unbelievable, and even insults everyone's IQ.

Naturally, the students didn't agree with this, but there was nothing they could do...

Horace Slughorn was a lonely old man, with no wife, children, or even any surviving family members. No one spoke up for him... He actually had many proud disciples, and had relationships with many pure-blood wizard families. The relationship was not bad; but the world was in trouble, and after his death, those people did not speak up for him...

In fact, it’s possible that someone made a statement but no one knew about it.

In fact, since the Easter holidays, many, many things have happened around them, not just Slughorn's death——

For example, Elaine Shafik, a first-year Slytherin, was taken out of the school by the Aurors without giving any reason... The "Daily Prophet" was temporarily suspended, and the students lost the ability to know information from the outside world. The only channel... The opportunity that Hogsmeade was supposed to open to students at the end of May was also cancelled...

The castle and campus of Hogwarts seem to be forcibly separated from the outside world...

They now know nothing about the outside world!

"There must be something big going on out there!" whispered Neville Longbottom as he joined his friends.

Neville's father, Mr. Frank Longbottom, also left Hogwarts at the end of the Easter vacation. It was said that he had undergone some "examination"; together with several of his Auror friends... Neville said that he had Haven't heard from him in a long time. The new Aurors are completely unfamiliar faces, and they look extremely cold...

The final exam is getting closer and closer. According to previous years, Hogwarts will be very nervous at this time, and students will be scrambling to review or preview...

However, the situation is different this year. Everyone is preoccupied and they obviously have no intention of reviewing.

Even Hermione Granger is like that...

"God knows what it will be like outside when summer vacation comes?" she said.

"It's also possible that we won't have a summer vacation at all this year." Neville said sarcastically, "It's just like the vacation to Hogsmeade, it's cancelled!"

"By the way, where's Matthew?" Hermione asked softly, "I've always felt that something is not quite right about his recent state..."

"I don't know... today is Sunday... maybe I went to the library to review..." Neville shook his head.

……

Matthew Wakefield was not in the library, but in the Potions classroom.

At this moment, he was the only one in the Potions classroom.

Even if it is Sunday, even if the final exam is approaching, no one is willing to go to this remote classroom to review. Especially the owner of this classroom passed away not long ago.

In front of Matthew, there was only a wrinkled letter and a withered flower.

Matthew's mood was not as affected as his two friends.

It may also be related to the fact that he knows a little more about the ins and outs of this matter than the two of them.

This is thanks to the letter he found in the cracks of the stone——

In a sense, this can no longer be called "faith".

When Matthew read it several times a month ago, the contents on the letter had completely disappeared.

As for the above content, Matthew has already "memorized it by heart"...

The letter was signed by "Horace Slughorn."

Therefore, it is understandable that Flor flower did not suddenly initiate guidance for herself until noon that day...

It was because Professor Slughorn gave the petals of the Flor flower placed beside the envelope and cast a concealment spell; under the effect of the concealment spell, the rhizome of the Flor flower could not sense its petals, so It had no effect; it was not until noon that day, with the death of Professor Slughorn, that the Concealment Curse expired, and I was able to discover its guidance...

Now Matthew recalled that after secretly picking flowers in the garden that day, he met Professor Slughorn soon after.

At that time, I was lucky that the "stealing" behavior was not discovered by the dean...

In fact, he saw it all...

Not only did he see it, he also picked up a few petals from the ground that Matthew accidentally dropped while picking them after Matthew left.

If these petals are not treated, they will quickly decay and turn into dust.

But Professor Slughorn handled them carefully to keep them fresh... so that they could be used as a tool to "tell Matthew" after his death!

When he thought of this, Matthew suddenly felt sad.

……

It is hard to find the handwriting on the wrinkled white paper.

But when Matthew saw it again, the content on it seemed vivid again:

"Dear Matthew,

I will certainly be dead by the time you read this letter; so I earnestly hope that it is best that you never see this letter.

Of course, if that unfortunate scene really happens, please don’t be sad... I have lived in this world for ninety-seven years (although I am confident that I have taken good care of myself and do not look that old). I have lived It’s been long enough, and it’s time to meet my old friends who have left this world!

To be honest, Matthew; in you, I vaguely see a little bit of myself when I was young——

Ambitious, shrewd, smooth, calm... To be honest, you meet the most perfect qualities of a Slytherin student, except perhaps for blood... The Sorting Hat cannot make mistakes when faced with some extreme cases. It's as if it assigned you, a Muggle-born student, to Slytherin House...

Of course, you also have talents that I cannot match (for your current age), and I must admit this.

Even the most tactful person should have the most basic persistence deep in his heart. I have always believed in this...

I hope you can follow the same path. I originally planned to spend more than five years slowly cultivating you, but it’s a pity that time waits for no one...

Gellert Grindelwald is a lunatic...if that's not the right word, let's use "paranoid"...

He sacrificed his whole life and countless lives for his plan... He has walked on his road for a long time, and he can no longer look back (A little clever guy like you, I am afraid that Green will have been killed long ago. DeVoe’s true face is clearly visible, I don’t need to say more).

So we have to stop him!

As far as I'm concerned, my maternal grandmother was a muggle...she has been dead for many, many years, but I still remember very clearly, as a very young child, her tenderness when I was with her...because of her presence , I have never hated Muggles, let alone Muggle-born wizards...

Muggles are no different from us, except that they don't know magic... The roots between the Muggle world and the wizarding world are also deeply intertwined, such as my grandmother, Minerva's father, and you. 's parents...

Muggles, they are our relatives, our kind.

Wizards have no need to enslave Muggles. We have the best servant, and that is magic!

Everything is just Grindelwald's paranoia.

Let’s get down to business, Matthew.

To be honest, the reason why I wrote this letter is that I know very well that our hope of success in this operation is actually very, very slim... Even if we gain the power of Hogwarts, we will not be Grindelwald's opponent.

His power was too strong, so powerful that it was suffocating, so powerful that people couldn't see his back.

Pandora's box is about to be opened, and it's clear to us that his ultimate plan is about to begin...

Nothing we did could slow him down at all... If you want to describe what despair is, I'm afraid this is it...

The only thing we can do is to leave the last glimmer of hope in the magic box.

The truth of that hope is a book...a book that can defeat Gellert Grindelwald!

I'm afraid you are surprised, Matthew... because through the few times you took the initiative to ask me questions, there is a high probability that the book is in your hands...

What a coincidence!

That book is not an occult magical item. The occult magic on it is actually very weak and just an appearance; just like I told you at the beginning.

The reason for this appearance is that I need my student Tom Riddle (the Tom Gunter who attacked you that day) to help me bring it over from abroad... I deceived Tom because Tom came from Afghanistan. After Zikaban was released from prison, he found some ways to smuggle... You must know that it is not easy to transport contraband from abroad to the UK now!

Before Tom's vassal Lucius Malfoy took away those books, our people had arrived at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, ready to steal...

But something strange happened, the book disappeared!

It wasn't until later that you suddenly found me...that I started to wonder if you had gotten the book!

In other words, that book chose you!

So, don’t worry about Tom... Tom did sense that the book was on you, and he did attack you twice in Hogsmeade; but those two times, you were protected by people from the Order of the Phoenix...

The first time, there is an Order member who has been following you closely. If Tom is going to attack you, she will protect you even if her identity is exposed...

The second time, Tom's whereabouts in Hogsmeade were under our control from beginning to end.

Let’s get back to the point, that book chose you!

Honestly, that’s a good thing…

Only when hope chooses its master can people see the light of day.

We were all excited!

But you're too young, and I don't want you to get too obsessed with her, and I don't want you to tell anyone else about it...

So I used a scary tone to "terrorize" you...

I originally hoped that you would grow up slowly, and then I would slowly tell you the truth... And I can't get too close to you. There are too many minions of Grindelwald in Hogwarts, and if you are not careful, you will be exposed...

It's a pity... time waits for no one...

Grindelwald easily defeated an ancient invader who broke into Hogwarts. His self-confidence grew more and more, and his minions were ready to move across Europe...

We all know that that day is coming, so from now on, we have to take risks and start a series of actions...

These actions are only very weak attempts.

Their real purpose is just to confirm whether the book is really in your hands... and at the same time, using the demise of the Order of the Phoenix, Grindelwald loses his guard against the inside of Hogwarts; making you a little safer …

This is all we can do.

Don't worry about James, Sirius and Minerva. Even if they are caught, Grindelwald has never been a cruel person. The most they can do is be locked up in Azkaban...

But I am different, because I am the only one who knows the truth about it.

If I survive, I will continue to try my best to cultivate you...

But if something unexpected happens and I am exposed, then I can only choose death...

My Occlumency is indeed very good, and I do carry the antidote to Veritaserum with me, and all my memories of that book have been deleted... But in the face of Grindelwald's powerful power, I still Extremely trembling...

There are countless ways he can get the truth out of me if he chooses.

The only way is death... He can't learn the truth from the dead!

I'm leaving, Matthew; the Order of the Phoenix has fallen apart...

If you really want to deal with Grindelwald, you can only rely on you...

Of course, if you choose to give up, I will understand... Our opponent is too scary, so scary that even I will lose my courage many times.

There is no need to be afraid of that book, she is actually a very kind soul inside... Since she has chosen you, she will only protect you and not harm you.

If you decide to deal with Grindelwald, go to the Hog's Head pub in Hogsmeade and ask the bartender, he will teach you how to do it...

If you decide to give up, make a pot of dried nettles, living roots, scurvy, and leeches in a pot of decoction, soak the book in it for two and a half hours, and the soul in it will naturally be destroyed... You can also return to your original peaceful life.

So, make your choice, Matthew...

The only people who know this are you and me; now that I am dead, you are the only one.

No matter what choice you make, no one will blame you.

Your loyalty,

Horace Slughorn"