[HP] Being a problem student at Hogwarts

Amid Hermione's sobs and Professor McGonagall's rage, they arrived in the kitchen. While the two ladies were finishing up, Harry and Ron were kindly invited to the table to have snacks, while Tom slipped off the table and planned to pack some more pet snacks. Mrs. Norris and Jiujiu were both very happy when they brought them back last time. like.

"Okay, sir." Luoluo answered him sharply, "No problem, sir."

But Tom noticed that Luo Luo's eyes were red and listless.

"What's wrong with you?" Tom asked hesitantly, "Is it because..." He glanced at Hermione.

"No, no, kind sir." Luo Luo shook his head and said, "It's nothing." But tears were welling up in his eyes.

Tom hesitated, then straightened his face and said, "I order you to tell me truthfully what happened."

Luo Luo winced, tears flowed down his cheeks, and he sobbed: "Luo Luo shouldn't bother the kind-hearted Mr. Wizard with these trivial matters... But the gentleman asked... Luo Luo had no choice..."

"Rogg is missing..." Tears continued to flow from its huge brown eyes. "It is Luo Luo's brother. He suddenly disappeared... Rogg is the third elf missing during this time!"

"Luoluo is looking everywhere, Luoluo keeps looking -" it cried and fell to the ground, "but Luoluo couldn't find it!"

"Rogg has only one brother, sir," it cried. "Rogg is a very obedient elf. He never runs around!"

"Did...were you asked to do temporary work by someone?" Tom asked.

Luo Luo cried and shook his head, his wet face full of sorrow, and said: "No, Rog will come back every night. He knows Luo Luo will wait for him every day..."

Tom's first reaction was to ask the Weasley twins to borrow the Marauder's Map.

But he soon recalled that the map showed no house elves at all.

Trouble.

"How many days has Roger been missing? What was he doing before he disappeared? How many other elves are missing? When did they disappear? What were they doing before they disappeared?" Tom asked.

"Today is the fifth day, sir. Roger finally went to water the plants in the third greenhouse. He is a very capable elf. Professor Sprout does not allow ordinary elves to go near the greenhouse... so This is a very, very great honor..." Luo Luo praised his brother, becoming more and more sad as he spoke, and finally burst into tears.

The faces of the elves next to them showed expressions of sadness and dissatisfaction. Some of them also started to cry, and some of them hurried over and patted Rollo on the back, asking him to keep quiet. They also looked at Tom's face timidly, fearing that he would be unhappy because of the loud cries of the elves. .

Harry and Ron were alarmed and ran over to take a look.

Harry asked uneasily: "What's wrong?"

Ron's mouth was still stuffed and he couldn't speak. He looked at Tom with doubtful eyes.

Tom sighed and raised his hand to wave at Professor McGonagall who was already looking this way. Shouted: "Professor! Can you come here?"

"What's going on?" The witch in green robe walked over quickly and asked with a frown.

Rollo was still crying so much that Tom had no choice but to say: "This is Rollo. His brother Roger has been missing for the fifth day. Before he disappeared, he went to the third greenhouse to water water. It is said that Roger was the third missing brother." A little elf."

Professor McGonagall's frown deepened. She turned to the house elves and asked, "Who else is missing?"

The elves rushed to answer her:

"Ruda!"

"And Coco!"

Professor McGonagall continued to inquire and found that the places and times where these elves disappeared were different. The first one to disappear was Coco, who went to feed the octopuses in the Black Lake and then never returned. A week later, Ruda disappeared. He just went to clean the empty classroom late at night and never came back. The latest missing person was Luo Luo's brother, Rogge. The day before, he was still proud of being ordered to water the plants in the third greenhouse. The next day, no elf saw him again.

"I understand." Professor McGonagall said seriously, "I will go find them. From now on, you should travel at least in pairs, and don't just go alone. This way, if something happens, you can still help."

After Professor McGonagall comforted the elf, she turned to several students and said, "I'm going to go to the principal to talk about this matter. You guys should go back to Gryffindor Tower. Miss Granger," she said coldly, "I hope Don’t cause such trouble again.”

Hermione frowned unconvinced.

Professor McGonagall had no intention of continuing to educate her and hurried out of the kitchen.

Harry looked at these sad elves and was very touched and said, "Let's help them."

Ron nodded vigorously, swallowed the snack in his mouth, and asked, "Where should we start?"

"Start by asking the adults for their opinions." Tom said angrily, "House elves are magical creatures. I dare say that a house elf can fight better than any of us. Since they can disappear, we How much security can you get if you go to investigate privately?" 7K妏婩

"Will the professors really investigate this matter seriously?" Hermione said angrily, "Even Professor McGonagall doesn't agree with the free status of elves!"

Tom said as he opened the kitchen door: "I think so. If a safety hazard is discovered in the school, how can the professors not deal with it? We can't wait until students start missing before the professors start taking it seriously, right?"

But Tom couldn't convince his friends. They all thought that if the professors would take this kind of thing seriously, the house elves would have reported it when the first elf disappeared. Since the elves don't have any, it means they also know that the wizards think they are insignificant.

"You don't understand, Tom." Ron said, "What happened to the elves? Many wizards are indeed indifferent. Even if the professors notice that there may be safety hazards, the focus is on preventing them from happening again, but the missing elves What should the elves do?”

"Rolo has been waiting for his brother to come back." Harry said sympathetically, "I think it should at least be given an answer."

So Tom was forced to join the "Hogwarts Junior Detective Team" - proposed by Hermione, Harry and Ron voted in favor, and Tom abstained.

Unfortunately, the Hogwarts Junior Detective Team failed in their first mission - to visit the third greenhouse.

"First-year students are not allowed near the third greenhouse!" Professor Sprout waved his hands covered with dirt to drive them away, "Go and play elsewhere!"

Harry also tried to communicate: "Professor, we heard that an elf disappeared in the greenhouse-"

"What?" Professor Sprout asked in shock, "When did it happen?"

"About five days ago, a house elf named Roger went to the third greenhouse to water the plants, and then never came back." Hermione asked eagerly, "Professor, did you see that little house elf again?" Elf?"

"No, no." Professor Sprout also frowned, "But I remember it, a very capable elf... There are not many elves who can take good care of magic plants."

"I'm still wondering, how could I only do half of it..." She muttered in a low voice, "Don't let me get caught in the greenhouse-" She glanced at a few children and waved them away distractedly, "Okay, Okay, I understand, I will investigate this matter later. You go and play somewhere else."

They had no choice but to walk away frustrated.

The sunshine was very good that afternoon, and they walked along the edge of the black lake, carefully looking for possible clues. The lake was sparkling, and a huge octopus had its tentacles sticking out of the lake nearby. It lay lazily on the lawn, allowing the naughty students to climb up and down happily. It only twitched twice from time to time, which aroused the children's excitement. A shrill laugh. From time to time, beautiful silvery fish tails flash past in the distance, leaving only splashes of water mist and a small rainbow reflected in it.

"I don't think we can find any clues here." Ron said pessimistically. "We might as well just ask the octopus if he was eaten by it."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Hermione snapped.

"But it's hard to tell after so long," Harry said anxiously.

"We haven't mastered any advanced time-traveling spells yet." Tom was listless from the sun. "Seriously, we might as well ask the professors."