Chapter 296 Speculations and Rumors
Whether there are werewolves in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts is a question that Dumbledore may not be able to answer clearly. However, in all the years the school has been in existence, we have never heard of a werewolf attacking a student on campus. Ada speculated that there was a high probability that there were no werewolves in the Forbidden Forest.
If there really were werewolves, the attack would have happened long ago. During the full moon, werewolves have no reason or sobriety. They are more ferocious than real wolves. All they have is a thirst for blood and a disregard for life.
The demented werewolf doesn't care whether there is Dumbledore in Hogwarts or not. In the eyes of the werewolf, the principal is just an old and useless piece of meat.
As long as there are students who dare to wander outside the castle, they will become the targets of werewolves, become the full moon dinner of werewolves, or become the next patients with lycanthropy.
Moreover, there was no wolfsbane potion before this, and werewolves could not suppress their inner desire for blood and life. What's more, Ada doesn't think that humans who have been around wild beasts all year round can still stay awake and rational enough in normal times.
Walking into the Forbidden Forest is like walking into a primeval forest. The huge trees that cover the sky make the entire forest shrouded in darkness, making it look eerie. Even Hagrid, who often visited the Forbidden Forest, couldn't tell what was inside.
There are countless magical creatures such as unicorns, centaurs, acromantula and many more. By the way, there is also a green-blue Ford Anglia...
It is precisely because there are so many unknowns in the Forbidden Forest that it makes people fascinated, but it is still dangerous there, and you will lose your life if you are not careful. Instead of letting students take risks in the Forbidden Forest, it is better to let them think that werewolves really exist in the Forbidden Forest. At least werewolves can scare most people away.
Obviously, Ada and the twins were not within the range of most people, and they went to the Forbidden Forest three times in the next few days.
The first time they found nothing, and their trip was in vain; the second time they did find something, but they followed the paw prints and found only a few wolf cubs; the last time, they didn't even find the wolf pups. Didn't see it either.
But Ada and the twins were not without success, at least they got to see Mr. Weasley's beloved car. The green-blue Ford Anglia has a bohemian and free-spirited soul, and it has been running wildly in the Forbidden Forest for a year.
Angria, like Dobby the house elf, is "free".
As the first week of school comes to an end, people who are so busy are no longer limited to fifth graders and seventh graders. Everyone has become busy.
In addition to regular classes, various study and interest groups have also started activities. The recruitment of the Quidditch team has also ended. The four house teams are preparing for the Quidditch match in November.
This year Ada became a prefect, so naturally she couldn't be as comfortable as before. She could go to the library if she wanted to, and go to the underground secret passage if she wanted to fight the trial dolls.
Ada's time has become somewhat fragmented, and she spends most of her free time patrolling the corridors with Clark Gerald. Moreover, because of Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban, the prefects' patrol time and frequency have also increased a lot more than last year.
You said the same goes for Sirius Black, who has been living with the dementors for twelve years. Why did he escape from prison this year? Could it be that the bread made by the new master in Azkaban is too hard?
What's funny is the timing of Black's escape from prison. He escaped the day after Minister Fudge went to Azkaban to carry out a face-saving project, which was equivalent to a direct slap on the Minister's face.
No wonder Fudge was so angry, sent out so many dementors, and even dared to stroke Dumbledore's beard.
The Minister didn't know where he got the courage to first let the dementors enter Hogwarts and touch the tiger's butt for the first time. Who wants to touch it once? He is addicted to it and wants to touch it a second time! The Hippogriff case has yet to come to a conclusion. Such a small case has been dragging on for so long. Who would believe that there is nothing fishy involved?
It is said that kindness does not control soldiers, and Ada feels that Dumbledore is indeed a bit merciful sometimes.
Lucius Malfoy had been making small moves under Dumbledore's nose, and even caused big events like the Chamber of Secrets, but Dumbledore let Malfoy go easily and just kicked him out of the school board.
This may be a master, just click on it. If it were Ada, she would definitely make Malfoy regret going against her. Even if she wanted to save Malfoy's life, she would suppress him to the point where there was no possibility of turning over. She would never expose him as lightly as Dumbledore did. .
Ada believed that whether the dementors were inspecting the Hogwarts Express or stationed around the school, it was Cornelius Fudge's attempt to test Dumbledore. The Minister wanted to know where the principal's bottom line was.
No one wants to be a puppet their whole life, and that goes for Cornelius Fudge. Although Dumbledore never regarded Fudge as a puppet and it was the minister himself who was pulling the strings, the minister lived in Dumbledore's shadow after all, and it was only natural for him to feel resentful.
Hagrid and his Buckbeak are just in luck, and they can only consider themselves unlucky. Who told them to meet the domineering Malfoy? There is no need to delay this case any longer. Ada has already guessed the outcome. Wizards are also politicians!
The area around the school was freezing cold due to the wandering dementors, and the bustling Hogsmeade in the past was also much cooler, but the school was still peaceful except for the students taking Defense Against the Dark Arts.
It's not that Professor Lupine's true colors have been revealed, his teaching level is obvious to all, and he is the best Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in the past five years. But the most popular Defense Against the Dark Arts professor fell ill and called in sick.
But this class still has to continue. You can't delay students' learning just because the professor is sick, right? As a result, Snape finally got his wish and became a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, although it was only temporary.
This was also Snape's happiest few days since the Boggart incident. During the few days when the Potions Professor took over as a substitute, he actually didn't deduct many points from Gryffindor, and the mean Snape actually became a little more amiable.
Despite this, the popularity of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class suddenly fell to the bottom, ranking last with Potions and Divination classes.
In October, when Snape took Lupin's place in teaching for the second time, rumors were rife in the school. It is roughly said that in order to get the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Snape did not hesitate to poison and murder his new colleague Remus Lupin.
The rumors spread like wildfire, and many students felt that this was not impossible. They believed that Snape had planned everything since the beginning of school, and that the Boggart incident was the trigger for the poisoning.
Look, less than two months after school started, Professor Lu Ping, who is in his prime, has already called in sick twice.
Whenever Professor Lupine takes sick leave, Snape takes his place, and every time Lupine recovers, his face turns pale, making people feel as if he will die at any time.
But the students had obviously forgotten that Lupine had been sick since the first day of school.
Even if Snape really wanted to poison the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, why didn't he choose the easier idiot Lockhart instead of the more difficult Lupine? Just to increase the difficulty of the game?
Rumors spread all over the sky, and there were more and more frictions between the Slytherin students and the other three students. Naturally, they wanted to protect their dean. Only the little snakes in Hogwarts would think that Slytherin was a good person. Nap is a good teacher.