76: Quirrell Is Sus

"Gasp~~~!!"

The first- and second-year students didn't understand why, they just thought Ivan was invincible.

But the older students knew better.

They understood exactly what Ivan meant by strong enough magic power.

"Is he really just a first-year wizard?"

"That's too exaggerated."

"You'd die if you got hit by that kind of Stunning Spell."

"But Ivan looked so cool just now."

"Yes, even when he was angry, he was so elegant."

Ivan ignored the exclamations of the younger students. He wanted to know where the professors were and where Dumbledore was.

"Merlin's beard."

Professor McGonagall hurried over from behind the crowd and saw the troll lying on the ground.

"Thank goodness."

After confirming that no one was injured, Professor McGonagall excitedly stepped forward to check on Ivan: "It's good that you're okay, it's good that you're okay."

"What's going on, Professor?"

Ivan looked at Professor McGonagall, whose eyes were filled with tears, and his initial thoughts of blame and questioning softened considerably.

"There are three trolls!"

Professor McGonagall said in shock, "Someone released three trolls into Hogwarts."

"Three?"

This number was clearly different from what Ivan remembered.

According to the original book, Quirrell designed a level for Hogwarts with a troll, and on Halloween Eve, he released another troll.

But now, the number of trolls had changed from two to three...

'No, there might be more,' Ivan thought.

If the troll in the level hadn't escaped, then there were four trolls.

Considering that Voldemort could get something as rare as a dragon egg, it wasn't difficult for him to find three trolls.

Soon, Ivan learned what had happened from Professor McGonagall.

Led by Dumbledore, the professors went to find the troll that had broken in.

But halfway through, Snape, who left midway, encountered the second troll, blocking his way to the trapdoor room on the third floor.

After Snape defeated the troll, he thought there might be more, so he returned immediately.

Professor McGonagall received Snape's notice, so she rushed to protect the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw students.

What McGonagall didn't know was that Slytherin and Hufflepuff also encountered a troll.

"Is everyone here?"

Percy was the head of Gryffindor, but McGonagall was asking Ivan.

"Not one missing."

Ivan had counted them, and there were no casualties.

"Percy, go comfort the children. I have something to say to Ivan."

"Okay, Professor."

Percy not only did not feel humiliated, but he respected Ivan, who was four years younger than him.

If Ivan hadn't acted in time, the stick thrown by the troll alone would have injured and killed many young wizards.

"Ivan?"

"Isn't Ivan back?"

"Where is Ivan?"

The Gryffindor students saw Percy going upstairs, but there was no sign of Ivan around, so they all started asking.

After the battle just now, the students of Ravenclaw and Gryffindor, whether they were seniors or juniors, were now convinced by Ivan.

He was not afraid of danger and remained calm.

At the critical moment, he not only protected everyone, but also defeated the terrible troll with a crushing attitude.

Even though they had returned to their respective dormitories, Ivan's previous actions were still echoing in the hearts of the young wizards.

'Elegant!'

'Too elegant!'

Ivan's smooth spellcasting was magnificent and exquisite.

This gave Ivan a special temperament in addition to his gentle, knowledgeable, and reliable image—a sense of security!

Yes, a full sense of security.

It seemed that as long as Ivan stood there, they would be fearless.

"Ahem."

Percy was a little embarrassed because he was the head of Gryffindor: "Professor McGonagall has something to tell Ivan."

However, the young wizards still didn't want to leave. They needed to see Ivan go upstairs and be with them before they could feel at ease.

At the door, Ivan was asking McGonagall in detail about what happened tonight.

The news from Professor Sprout, who went to assist, also came in, and they had also encountered a troll.

"So there are not only three trolls, but four!"

Unexpectedly, even the three trolls were not all of them.

Ivan was sure that these trolls must have been put in by Voldemort controlling Quirrell.

No one else would be so bored as to come to Hogwarts and cause trouble except him.

Of course, the most important reason was the memory of the original book.

'But, why?'

Ivan couldn't understand Quirrell or Voldemort's train of thought: 'In the original book, a troll was let in to lure Dumbledore away, to attract his attention, and attempt to steal the Philosopher's Stone.'

'What is the situation now?'

Snape obviously also thought of the luring strategy.

But what did Voldemort want to do with the other three trolls?

'One of them was to attract the attention of Dumbledore and the professors, and that part shouldn't have changed.'

Of the remaining two, one troll blocked Gryffindor and Ravenclaw on their way back to the dormitory, while the other blocked the young wizards of Slytherin and Hufflepuff.

'Huh?!'

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Ivan's mind like an electric current: 'Is Voldemort looking for me?!'

The more he thought about it, the more Ivan felt it was possible.

'No way?'

'Am I being targeted by Voldemort?'

Ivan suspected that Voldemort might be trying to confirm the identity of the powerful wizard who fought Snape a month ago!

He must have checked all the professors through Quirrell.

Obviously, the eerie power of the Obscurus was definitely not in any of the professors.

In this way, even if he was unwilling to admit it, Voldemort could only place his suspicion on the young wizards in the school.

So, that explained what just happened.

The two trolls blocked the students of the four houses and attacked them.

"The trolls have strong protective magic, and ordinary spells can't break through," Professor McGonagall told Ivan, explaining that the two trolls that attacked the students had been specially modified and were more powerful than ordinary trolls.

'It is basically certain that Voldemort's target is me!'

Next, Ivan shared his suspicions with Professor McGonagall.

He did not mention Voldemort explicitly but replaced it with 'a certain dark wizard,' indicating that someone had noticed the magical fluctuations that night and had designed this crisis because of it.

"Who is it?!"

Professor McGonagall was furious.

What she could not tolerate was her students being put in danger.

She did not blame Ivan.

Ivan had done nothing wrong. The blame lay with the dark wizard hiding in the school—the one who deserved to be imprisoned in Azkaban!

"Ivan, do you have any suspects?"

"I think..."

Ivan considered it, and finally decided to reveal a little: "Professor Quirrell seems the most suspicious."

There was no way around it—Ivan was not afraid of Voldemort's remnant soul.

But what about the other young wizards?

After two months at Hogwarts, Ivan had really grown fond of this mysterious and warm magical school and enjoyed his daily life with Hermione, Neville, Parvati, Harry, and others.

Ivan did suppress the Obscurus, but its dark power still affected him.

However, since entering Hogwarts and being accompanied by the young wizards, Ivan clearly felt that the power of the Obscurus had become much softer.

'Since I know everything, why should I follow the original plot?'

Wouldn't it be easier to just expose Quirrell and let Harry deal with Voldemort's remaining soul directly?

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