97 Hermione's Investigation
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Dumbledore arranged a very lively celebration feast for Harry and Ron. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione stepped into the auditorium, they were greeted with thunderous cheers.
Gryffindor gave Harry and Ron the most enthusiastic cheers, and the little beasts also enthusiastically gathered around to express their congratulations to Harry and Ron. Even the reserved little ravens gave the two a round of applause.
Only the little snakes in Slytherin sat in their seats with disdain and said nothing. They thought Harry and Ron were just lucky.
As soon as Ron entered the auditorium, he couldn't wait to find Ginny. After repeatedly confirming that Ginny was all right, Ron finally relaxed.
Percy sat on the Gryffindor bench, happily digging into his mashed potatoes; Harry and Ron added many points to Gryffindor, which made Gryffindor finally escape the history of Hogwarts, the lowest-scoring disaster.
Percy couldn't even imagine what would have happened had Gryffindor scored the lowest in Hogwarts' history as the prefect.
Hermione absentmindedly poked at the oily lamb ribs in front of her with her dining knife, still thinking about the scene of Professor Ethan arguing with Dumbledore just now.
"Hermione, don't be sad; we promise you will be involved next time something like this happens." Harry thought Hermione was sad that he and Ron went to kill the basilisk and didn't call her, so he came here to comfort Hermione.
"It's not because of that!" Hermione stabbed the lamb chops twice before her, "Didn't you hear when you left the principal's office? Professor Ethan and Dumbledore fought!"
"Did they quarrel?" Harry scratched his head in confusion. At that time, he wanted to go to the auditorium to eat delicious food. He only remembered that Professor Ethan walked past him very quickly.
Hermione cast a disgusting glance at Harry, then turned her worried eyes to the professor's chair in the auditorium. Ethan's chair was empty, and he didn't even attend the celebration.
Due to Ethan's absence, Lockhart gained momentum and constantly told Professor McGonagall about his new book. Professor McGonagall had to nod impatiently to deal with him.
"What kind of conflict will there be between Professor Ethan and Dumbledore? Dumbledore trusts Professor Ethan so much that he even handed Chamber's case to him," Hermione said to Harry worriedly.
"Hermione, let the professors handle their affairs. This is not something we should worry about." Harry couldn't understand why Hermione's little head could be stuffed with many things.
She was always busy making a compound decoction, investigating the Chamber of Secrets, planning to free the house elves, studying Signs as Professor Ethan's assistant, and preparing to review for the final exam.
Harry felt that it would be hard enough to deal with one, and Hermione was able to juggle so many at the same time, and she did them all very well.
Hermione nodded helplessly; she also knew she couldn't get involved in this matter; she just smelled something abnormal in this quarrel.
"Are you worried about Professor Ethan?" An ethereal voice suddenly came from behind Hermione. When Hermione looked back, she found that Luna was standing behind her.
She was wearing a Ravenclaw-coloured uniform with a Gryffindor scarf wrapped around her neck and snow boots that Ethan had given her on her feet, which made Luna look weird.
Finding Harry and Hermione staring at her, Luna stretched out and shook Harry's hand, "Congratulations, Harry, I heard the news that you killed the Basilisk; you are brave."
Luna congratulated Harry with a singing voice. Harry scratched his head and thanked Luna; he didn't know how to get along with Ravenclaw's crazy girl.
After congratulating Harry, Luna seemed to have forgotten the question she just asked, smiling and wanting to return to the Ravenclaw table.
Seeing this, Hermione quickly stopped Luna, "Luna, do you know anything about Professor Ethan?" Hermione asked curiously.
Since Luna asked for a stack of autographed photos from Ethan, the fact that Luna and Professor Ethan are friends has spread at Hogwarts, and everyone is a little curious. Luna's eccentric personality: Why become friends with Professor Ethan?
"Yes, Professor Ethan has been in a terrible mood recently, probably because he buried someone in the Forbidden Forest," Luna said these terrible words absentmindedly.
"Buried?" Hermione's voice raised an octave, attracting the little wizards' attention.
Hermione hurriedly lowered her voice again, "Who did Professor Ethan bury? What happened?" Hermione asked Luna in a low voice.
"I don't know that, but Professor Eason was unfortunate then. Nargles surrounded him," Luna said.
Seeing Luna talking about something like Nargles that don't exist, Hermione felt she couldn't get anything out of Luna's mouth.
After thanking Luna and giving her the almond double-skin eclair on her table, Luna happily ate it and returned to her seat at Ravenclaw Academy.
"We have to investigate this matter." Hermione turned her head and said to Harry seriously.
"Please, Hermione, this is not up to us." Harry covered his forehead helplessly. He didn't know why Hermione was so curious.
Hermione's eyes forced Harry to swallow the following words.
In the evening, Harry and Ron wrapped their wizard robes tightly around their bodies and followed Hermione towards the Forbidden Forest with a lifeless expression on their faces.
Gryffindor prepared a lively party for his two heroes, Harry and Ron. Harry and Ron, drinking a beer of butter beer, were planning to sleep comfortably in bed.
Unexpectedly, Hermione rushed into the dormitory and pulled him up to carry out the so-called "investigation."
"Hermione, we really shouldn't care about this thing that has nothing to do with us. Professor Ethan is a grown-up wizard; he can do whatever he wants!"
Forced from the warm bed into the cold night, Ron, who came, yawned heavily and was still trying to persuade Hermione. He didn't know what Hermione was smoking.
But in line with the principle of coming here, Ron still followed Hermione closely in his footsteps, and he didn't want to run around in vain in the winter.
According to the location described by Luna, the three quickly found where Ethan buried Salazar. It was just a small mound with a slate standing on it, with a drawing holding his tail—a snake in a circle and the letter S.
Hermione illuminated the slate with a flashing spell, holding her wand and carefully looking at the pattern on the slate.
Hermione researched for a long time but still couldn't find any clues. She had no idea what the snake and the letter S on the tombstone meant.
On the side, Ron spoke first, "It's obvious, it's a friend of Professor Ethan; this friend should be a Slytherin; after all, the snake is the symbol of Slytherin, and that S is Professor Ethan's friend. The initials, he can't be Salazar Slytherin."
After all, Ron stomped his feet hard, trying to dispel the cold.
"Yeah, Hermione, it's probably just Professor Ethan burying his friend, so Professor Ethan is in a bad mood, but we should go quickly; if Professor Ethan finds us at night, sneaking to study him A friend's tombstone, he will make a big fire!" Harry advised Hermione on the side.
Hermione, who had found nothing, could only listen to Harry and Ron's advice, but before leaving, Hermione still drew the snake and the letter S on the tombstone with a pencil. She had an inexplicable premonition that this matter was not that simple.
