Chapter 543 Draco Malfoy's Confession
"He succeeded." Harry murmured.
"Potter, go to the school hospital with me, you need a good sleep," said Professor McGonagall.
"No, wait, Professor McGonagall. I know what Voldemort did, what he has been planning for this time! It's a magic wand, a handy wand."
Professor McGonagall stared at him, his mouth tightly pursed, and after a long time, he said, "If you are talking about the 'old wand', Professor Happ has already denied the rumor..."
"It's not the one in the professor's hand." Harry said loudly: "It's too late. He got a magic wand from under a snake tree, and it looked extraordinary, like a legendary wand..." His voice slowed down and his mind turned wildly: "It's a snake wand! He got Salazar Slytherin's snake wand."
Several people took a breath.
"The one with the seventh most ten wands?" Ron asked.
"What? Oh." Harry said blankly, he was still immersed in his thoughts: "Yes, this is Voldemort's purpose. He doesn't care about the old wand...or right, of course he wants it, but the difficulty he gets from Professor Hepp is too great, and he is not sure whether it is true or not... So he deliberately provoked a dispute and caused trouble for the professor to cover up his actions to investigate other wands..."
Snape looked at Harry with a complicated look.
"But how did he know the location of the snake wooden stick?" Professor McGonagall asked dryly.
"He has been pursuing similar rumors, and many people have disappeared." Sirius said: "For example, the owner of the Florin ice cream shop, we suspect that he was caught because of this."
"He is a descendant of Dexter Fosco, the former principal of Hogwarts, and his ancestors have legends of mastering powerful wands." Hermione said sharply, then looked at Sirius carefully, "I only knew about it recently, right?"
Sirius smiled at her.
"It's all right," Harry punched his hand with his fist. "He tried his best to finally get the wand that suited him the best."
"Where has the Dark Lord gone?" Snape asked suddenly.
"I don't know," Harry shook his head, "I only saw a complex on the mountain, which looked a bit like Hogwarts... By the way, there are two huge statues on both sides of the main entrance."
"The top of the mountain is similar to Hogwarts, and there are two statues at the door..." Hermione racked her brains to recall where she had heard this statement.
"Yes, those two statues are a man and a woman, but I really didn't pay attention. No, it should be Voldemort who doesn't care..." Ha looked at Hermione with anticipation, hoping to get the answer immediately. In a few seconds,
"Ifamoni!"
"Ifamoni."
Hermione and Neville said at the same time.
Everyone looked at Neville, who scratched his head, "Bayers told me a lot about his school, including the tree you mentioned. You know, I was very interested in herbal classes, so I asked a few more questions... But what I heard was different. Byers told me that the two founders of the school planted an unknown snake tree outside the school, which could not be cut down or destroyed. Later, people found that the leaves of this tree had a powerful medical effect."
"I will notify Dumbledore right away." Professor McGonagall said decisively. She pulled out her wand, and a silver patron saint flew out of the tip of the wand, flew out of the school outside the school, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Harry felt a little relieved.
"So, Porter" Professor McGonagall looked at Harry.
"I don't need to go to the school hospital," Harry said hurriedly, "I'm fine. A similar situation has happened before... Just take a break, or have some breath." He made an excuse for himself.
Sirius cleared his throat: "Well, I'll take him out for a walk, right nearby."
"Well, I will tell Dumbledore all this intact," said Professor McGonagall reluctantly, and she hurriedly left.
The others were also preparing to leave, but they suddenly realized that there was another person at the scene, not Snape. His presence was too strong. Just standing here, he unconsciously emitted air conditioning, scaring the other students away. It was another person hiding behind Snape.
"Draco Malfoy!? Why are you here?" Ron almost fell out of his jaw.
Harry and Hermione's breathing was stagnant, Malfoy knew! He knew that I (Harry) could see Voldemort's thoughts! He knew, Lucius Malfoy knew, and Voldemort...
The remaining five people figured out the matter at the same time. After a disturbing silence.
Sirius pulled out his wand silently, and Snape said slowly: "Leave him to me, Black."
"Get out if you don't want to be injured, I'm not kidding." Sirius said.
"Is that?" Snape's hand reached into his pocket, where his wand was, and said expressionlessly: "You are still so impulsive and arrogant, and you don't think about the consequences at all."
"I know what I'm doing." Sirius said coldly.
Draco took a step back by his eyes and looked pale.
Snape stared at Sirius and whispered, "Oh? You know what you're doing...in the screaming shed like when you were in school?"
The muscles on Sirius's face suddenly trembled with excitement. He knew what Snape was talking about. They were mortal enemies when they were in school. If they had the chance to get the other party fired, they would never hesitate. Snape spent a lot of time following him and James, and even approached the truth that Remus was a werewolf at one point. Annoyed by the pursuit, Sirius told him the location of Remus' transformation. If James had not pulled Snape out of the screaming shed after learning about it, no one would have known what would have happened.
It is possible that Snape successfully escaped with a secret, and then publicizes everywhere to force Remus to drop out of school; it is also possible that Snape was directly torn to pieces by the werewolf who smelled the human scent...
Sirius hesitated for a moment, but he looked at Harry with a firm expression.
He had already made mistakes once when facing the Petr star Peter. He was so wrong that he could not leave any hidden dangers.
"Just a forgetting spell... Snape, Harry... I can't take risks." He whispered with his teeth, his eyes gradually becoming crazy.
"It's better to wait until Dumbledore comes back before making a decision," Snape held his wand tightly in his pocket. "If our principal knows that you're attacking the student..."
"I don't care!" Sirius said frantically, his wand spewed out a few hot Mars.
Snape immediately pulled out his wand and the two pointed at each other, just like they did in the screaming shack more than a year ago.
"But I care, Sirius," said Harry.
Sirius immediately turned his head to look at him, and Harry looked at him firmly. After a while, Sirius took the initiative to avoid his eyes.
James...
"I won't say it out." Draco said suddenly.
Everyone looked at him.
Draco's face became paler, and a few drops of sweat emerged from the tip of his slender nose.
"You lie!" said Ron, "If you just let you leave, you will complain! He has a criminal record, do you still remember? Buckbeek"
Draco glared at him fiercely, and he said to Harry: "Potter, it is very important that I have something to say to you...you can only know it alone." He added.
Harry looked back at him, Draco's expression was terrified and trembled all over.
"Okay." He said.
"Harry?"
"Harry!"
"It's okay, listen to what he said first." Harry said, looking at Draco deeply: "Malfoy, even if you don't do this, I won't let Sirius recite the forgetting spell on you, not because I believe in you, I saw with my own eyes what happened that night... I just don't want Sirius to leave school because... it's not worth it."
Draco's pale face showed a faint blush, which almost pointed to his nose and said, "I know your dad is a Death Eater, so I don't believe you can keep the secret at all."
"We're here too," Ron said, "Hermione and me, and Neville."
Draco turned and stared at him.
"We stand far away and will not eavesdrop." Ron turned his head and muttered quietly, "Who knows if you will take the opportunity to chant a curse on Harry."
Draco replied with a sarcastic sneer: "Yes."
They walked down the steps, Ron, Hermione and Neville followed them from afar. Harry turned around and could even see Hermione holding his arm. Ron said something to Neville, pointing fingers. Further away, Sirius and Snape stood on the stone steps, and neither of them looked at each other.
They walked a long distance and left the greenhouse and Hagrid Cabin behind them. They were about to reach the main entrance of Hogwarts, and the wild boar wings on the cast iron gate were looming. Harry was finally impatient, and he felt that it was a mistake to appear here.
"How long will you hesitate?" Harry said.
Draco finally stopped, and he glanced at the three men who were draped in the distance, making sure they would not hear what they were going to say next. His lips moved slightly and said in a slight way: "I support Professor Hepp."
"What?"
"I said, between that man and Professor Hepp, I support Professor Hepp." Draco tried to calm his tone, but when he saw Porter's extremely surprised face, it was as if he was talking about a fantasy. He suddenly became angry and wanted to punch him.
But he didn't dare to do this, and there were three followers behind them.
"Don't think I believe everything you say, Malfoy." said Harry.
"Well, I can tell you a secret. You swear not to tell anyone." Draco said reluctantly, feeling very awkward.
Harry blinked, "Okay, I swear."
"The answer was too fast! You have no sincerity at all." Draco said angrily.
"I don't have time to waste," Harry countered, "You can choose to believe it or not, at least my reputation is much better than you."
Draco's gray eyes were full of disgust. He weighed Harry, which was the first time he encountered this situation. He had to force himself to think about a question: Is it worth it to hand over the secret to Harry Potter?
Draco took a deep breath, "Okay, do you remember what happened in the second grade, the secret room and the basilisk?"
"Of course I know." Harry said with a strange expression. Malfoy wouldn't want to say that he knew he and Ron used compound decoction to cover him, right? That would indeed cause them trouble. They violated many school rules. Hermione even sneaked into Snape's private storage room and took away the horns of the bicorn and the skin of the African tree snake.
"I once held that diary."
"What?" Harry was stunned for a moment. It was not because he knew what Draco said, but Dobby told him. What he was wondering was why Draco Malfoy told him this. Shouldn't he never talk about it?
Draco's expression also became weird.
"I followed you to an abandoned girl's bathroom and was later discovered... When I returned to investigate, you were gone. I only picked up a diary from the ground..."
"What then?" Harry asked, he and Ron and Hermione had discussed these things.
"Something happened in the middle..." Draco said vaguely, "later I handed him over to Professor Hayp, who destroyed it."
"You handed it to the professor?"
"Yes, I asked him to keep it a secret for me. I can't get involved with this."
Harry was stunned. He always thought that the professor had discovered an abnormality and confiscated the diary (horoscope) from Malfoy. They also laughed at Lucius Malfoy for tying himself up and almost harming his son... But the truth was that Draco Malfoy handed the diary (horoscope) to Professor Happ, which led to the destruction of the first Horcrux.
This is really ridiculous.
Chapter completed!