Chapter 322 Expectation

As Hermione went downstairs, she was repeating what Dumbledore said in her mind. She felt that Fanlin was back, but Fanlin's Animagus should be a ferret if she remembered correctly. Yes, but Dumbledore asked her to bring up her white cat.

This made Hermione feel confused. A cat obviously had nothing to do with the people in the tower, but Dumbledore said that they would wait for her to carry the cat up to the tower. Was he stalling for time?

Hermione's mind was filled with all kinds of strange and bad thoughts at this time, and the most fundamental problem was that Fanlin failed to hunt down Peter Pettigrew alone.

And there will be many changes in this issue. For example, Sirius will be taken away by Fudge in a few minutes, and Harry will lose his relatives again, and Fan Lin...

Hermione felt that something had happened to Fan Lin. The more she forced herself not to think so wildly, the more her head was filled with all kinds of bad thoughts.

Peter Pettigrew was extremely vicious. He didn't even consider Ron's physical condition and controlled Ron to release a killing curse on Fanlin. He didn't even release the killing curse on Sirius. This shows that Fanlin meant a lot to Peter Pettigrew. What a threat it was, he couldn't wait to kill Fan Lin.

Although Peter Pettigrew did not have a wand, he could use those powerful black magics at will, as well as the Unforgivable Curse. He released this evil spell, the Soul-Tampering Curse and the Killing Curse on Ron and Fanlin respectively. , maybe he will have some powerful black magic hidden in his hands.

The more Hermione thought about it, the worse her mood became. It was already past midnight, but the castle was brightly lit because of the arrival of the Ministry of Magic.

Hermione trotted all the way to the outside of the castle. All the murals along the way were discussing Sirius's capture. Hermione saw the emotions they felt because of Sirius' capture, and she was frightened and excited.

At this time, they kept coming and going in the mural, from the easternmost wall of Hogwarts to the westernmost wall.

God knows where they got so much energy. It was already late at night. According to the habits of these murals, they were just like real people. They were obviously sleeping at this hour. If someone woke them up with a light, they would have a hot temper. The murals are also full of curses.

The worst thing is the Fat Lady. She has moved to the hall and is no longer responsible for guarding the murals in Hogwarts, but she still has not changed her habit.

She was currently celebrating Sirius' capture with her singing voice. What she sang was really ugly, and for a moment, her chirping voice almost shook the hall.

Hermione lowered her head. She tried hard to control her body and ignore these annoying murals, but since she came downstairs, those annoying mouths have been discussing her. They know that this is because of being kidnapped. Sirius attacks children.

"Hey, did you see that Gryffindor girl, the one walking on the stairs?"

"See, what's wrong?" This is a mural that I just woke up from. It's really too noisy here.

"She was one of the Gryffindor children who was attacked by Sirius. Together with her friend, the famous Potter, I heard that Sirius used magic to control their minds, but this is not certain. They are all from Gryffindor..."

Unsurprisingly, this is a statue of a Slytherin, and you don't know how such a bitter and mean woman was hung in the hall, but this does not prevent Hermione from hating this painting.

Hermione glared hard at the characters on the mural. In her opinion, the words and deeds in the mural were simply terrible.

The unknown woman on the mural seemed to be frightened by Hermione's gaze. She shrank back, and then continued to discuss conspiracy theories about Gryffindor with the mural next to her.

Hermione was determined not to pay attention to these disgusting murals. Maybe she could wait until Fanlin came back, and then...

Hermione went downstairs faster. In the past three years, all the little wizards in Hogwarts will not get lost because of the trouble on the stairs. This kind of thing has only happened in one year, and a few have nothing. Things that only happen to little wizards who understand.

For example, Harry in the first year. As for Ron, Hermione swore that Mrs. Weasley must have warned Ron about all the important things, and Hermione also knew very well that Ron would not listen. He would rather …Okay, that’s really bad.

Hermione thought wildly, it was quite a long distance from the top of the tower to the first floor, but luckily Hermione had her head down and didn't pay attention to those damn murals, and Hermione specially picked the nearest one. road.

Walking to the first floor, turning a corner, the gate of the castle appeared in front of Hermione. Since Sirius escaped from prison, the gate of the castle has been sealed by Professor Snape.

However, Hermione didn't know how to open the castle door, which involved the magic circle defense system of Hogwarts, but Dumbledore told her to go outside the castle and pick up a white cat.

Of course, Dumbledore would not let her come in vain. Hermione tried to walk over. She stretched out her hand and gently pushed the heavy door of the castle, and then she seemed to be slapped on the node of the magic circle. The shackles of the castle gate began to be untied one after another with the sound of clicking.

Hermione stood quietly inside the door, looking at the door that gradually opened to both sides. She had passed by here countless times, but this time she was a little scared.

She hoped that when the castle door opened, it would be that familiar smiling face standing outside the door instead of some indifferent white cat.

However, the gate of the castle has been completely opened, but there is no one outside, not Fan Lin, and no white cat.

Hermione seemed a little panicked for a moment. He didn't know what to do at all. Hermione felt very lost when she didn't see Fanlin. Moreover, the white cat that Dumbledore asked her to hold didn't show up either. She didn't know what to do. Knowing what she should do and where she should go, she hoped that someone who would make her feel friendly would appear on the edge of the Forbidden Forest in the distance.

Hermione just looked around, holding her hands tightly together. It was already late at night, all the little wizards should be in bed, and Fan Lin was alone in the dark and cold Forbidden Forest. There was no one around him who could help him.

Hermione was a little scared. She took two steps forward. She wanted to wait here, waiting for Fan Lin to run out of the Forbidden Forest. She wanted to make sure that she was conspicuous enough so that Fan Lin could spot her at the first time. .

The girl felt a little cold, and the cold night wind blew on Hermione's thin clothes, making Hermione feel a little lonely.

The girl took out her wand and cast a warming spell on herself, but even so, Hogwarts was still so cold tonight, and hundreds of dementors were wandering outside the castle, right above Hermione's head. , although they had no way to get in, the scene like this still seemed very scary to me.

Hermione's lips were a little blue, and she tried to raise her wand higher.

"L...Lumos!"

Hermione shook the wand vigorously, but the weak light emitted by the wand could not bring any warmth to Hermione. However, this also made Hermione visible enough at the door, she seemed to glow.

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Fan Lin, who was still traveling through the Forbidden Forest, did not dare to stop at all. In fact, he was very tired. The blood from the scars on his body mixed with the soil and completely dried up on Fan Lin's body.

His hair was condensed together, which made his body very heavy. He still had Peter Pettigrew in his mouth. He could clearly feel that the air in the bottle was very thin. He could not let Peter go yet. Just die.

Fan Lin carefully used his fangs to bite the cork at the mouth of the bottle to create a gap. He had to ensure Peter's life, although he didn't want to do this.

He ran slower and slower. He felt that his body was in very bad shape and his magic power was exhausted. He could not even release his Animagus form.

"It's just close." Fan Lin secretly gritted his teeth and bit the tip of his tongue a little bit. He no longer cared about the bloody smell. He just hoped that he could return to the castle. The pain could awaken his spirit. This Very important.

With a vigorous leap, he jumped down from a tree. Vaguely, he saw that the gate of the castle was open, and there was a silvery-white light spot flashing continuously, like It was a firefly, but it was also like starlight, and the light seemed to be guiding him.

He looked at the castle uncertainly. He didn't know what it was. Maybe it was his hallucination. Judging by the time, Hermione and Harry should have returned to the castle.

He didn't know if his disappearance had been discovered, and he believed that Dumbledore would not do such a thing that would leave clues.

He thought maybe Hermione was waiting for him to come back at the gate of the castle. He thought so when he saw the silver light spot.

He sped up his pace, and accidentally stumbled while running up the hillside. He rolled around on the ground, and his body was covered with mud.

However, he did not stop. He had already seen that there was indeed such a person at the door. The person he wanted to see the most, the person Eduen was imitating, he could be sure that he recognized him at the first moment. Out.

He ran for two more laborious steps, and all the wounds on his body were opened due to the staggering just now, and the soil on his body began to slide into the muzzle of the gun, which made him feel very painful, but he couldn't care about that, as long as he went wherever Go, go to that person's side, this is his only thought. (To be continued)