Hogwarts from another world

The sudden huge loss made Professor Horace Slughorn no longer interested in introducing his precious collections to the students.

In the next period of "after-class practice", Matthew and Malfoy began to put on dragon leather gloves in the storage room of the Potions classroom. They needed to clean the Japanese puffer fish one by one with Mothra juice. It's a job with a very fine eye, but it's not a big workload.

When the two of them completed their task, the three students in the "second group" in the Potions classroom still had almost half of their work left.

The differential treatment is naturally self-evident.

At lunchtime, Matthew came to the auditorium.

He was surprised to find that it was as peaceful as usual.

It was nothing like the atmosphere that one would expect after another attack.

You must know that a few hours ago, he heard the Minister of Magic, Ms. Millicent Barnold, personally say: Another child has disappeared.

Perhaps, this attack has not been publicized yet, so most students are unaware of it.

Matthew secretly guessed.

So, who will be the fourth victim?

He stretched his neck and looked around the auditorium several times

Of course, this behavior is in vain. It is almost impossible to find the "missing" among so many students.

Lunch started, and there was a lot of food on the plates on the table. Matthew simply ate something; then he was going to the library to borrow a few books and take them back to the Slytherin common room to see Professor Slughorn’s special approval. He and Malfoy have completed today's "after-class practical" content, and there is no need to go to the Potions classroom to help organize the medicinal materials.

But just as Matthew walked out of the auditorium, two people suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked his way.

"Hermione, and Neville." Matthew looked at the two familiar faces in front of him and asked softly, "What's the matter?"

Both Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom had extremely serious expressions on their faces at this time, and they did not look like twelve-year-old children at all.

"We want to talk to you, Matthew." Neville's voice sounded a little hoarse: "Are you free now?"

"Of course." Matthew nodded slightly hesitantly.

He looked up and down at Neville Longbottom. The formerly tall and handsome boy here now had messy hair and dark circles under his eyes. He looked like he had not rested well.

"What's wrong with you, Neville?" Matthew asked with some concern: "You seem to be in a bad state. Is your confinement over?"

"It's over, for some special reasons." Neville said hoarsely: "Come with us, Matthew."

The three of them arrived at the History of Magic classroom closest to here.

Since it was Saturday, this huge classroom was empty and dark, and there was no one there.

Neville walked in and closed the curtains, while Hermione looked around and quietly closed the door. The two of them were very careful and a little sneaky. Finally, the three of them gathered around a torch. The atmosphere was like Just like the secret contacts of MI6 agents.

"What happened?" Matthew asked softly.

"Matthew, do you know?" Neville's voice was a little heavy: "Just yesterday, there was another attack and someone disappeared. It was most likely that the attacker hidden in the school took him away. "

This is in line with what Minister Millicent Barnold said previously.

"Who is missing?" Matthew frowned and asked seriously.

"Justin Finch-Fletchley, first year Hufflepuff," Hermione whispered from the side.

Since the curtains and doors were closed, the surrounding light was very dark, and everyone could not see each other's faces clearly.

Otherwise, Hermione and Neville would be surprised if they saw Matthew's expression; because Matthew's face suddenly showed a look of relief.

"When?" Matthew continued to ask.

"Just yesterday afternoon," Neville lowered his voice, "I have experienced it firsthand."

"Justin and I were still in solitary confinement at that time. We were responsible for helping Professor Kettleburn to carry several bags of feed to the Forbidden Forest. However, when we entered the Forbidden Forest, it was the two of us, and when we left the Forbidden Forest, only the two of us were involved. I’m left alone”

Neville's voice sounded a little scared.

"I don't know exactly when Justin disappeared. In fact, I didn't feel it at all at that time." He plucked up the courage and continued: "It was Professor Kettleburn who reminded me that I realized that only I am alone. Professor Kettleburn and his friends searched the entire Forbidden Forest completely, but they did not find Justin's whereabouts or even his body."

As he spoke, Neville couldn't help but shed a few tears:

"I was the one who harmed his poor Justin. If I had found out in time that he was missing and went to the teacher in time, maybe I could have found him back."

"It's not your fault, Neville," Matthew whispered.

"I have been enlightening Neville." Hermione on the side said: "In that case, he is very lucky to be able to return safely. Justin's disappearance has nothing to do with him at all, and he does not need to blame himself."

Neville wiped his tears and tried to be strong.

"Justin's disappearance brought my confinement to an early end." He smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly: "Of course, I am prohibited from making this matter public, otherwise I will have to accept more severe punishment. Now, I can only I’ll tell you this news secretly.”

"You're right, Neville," Matthew said calmly.

He looked at Neville Longbottom's wrist. There were obvious traces of chains on it, which were left when he was previously in solitary confinement.

"You mean this?" Neville also noticed Matthew's gaze and raised his two hands.

His voice also became very passionate: "I'm not afraid. This little injury is nothing. Matthew, I believe that I haven't done anything wrong. Even if Hogwarts is in this semester and I'm in solitary confinement all the time after that, I don’t care at all”

"Neville" Matthew looked at his friend carefully.

His eyes sparkled with courage.