Witcher at Hogwarts

Dumbledore arranged a very lively celebration banquet for Harry and Ron. When Harry, Ron and Hermione stepped into the auditorium, thundering cheers awaited them.

Needless to say, Gryffindor gave Harry and Ron the warmest cheers. The eaglets also enthusiastically gathered around to express their congratulations to Harry and Ron. Even the usually reserved eaglets gave The two clapped.

Only the Slytherin snakes 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 fine, Ron finally relaxed.

Percy sat on the Gryffindor bench and happily dug mashed potatoes to eat. Harry and Ron added four hundred points to Gryffindor, which finally allowed Gryffindor to escape Hogwarts history. Lowest scoring disaster.

Percy couldn't even imagine that when he was a prefect, Gryffindor actually had the lowest grades in the history of Hogwarts.

Hermione absentmindedly poked the sizzling lamb ribs in front of her with her dining knife. She was still thinking about the scene she just saw of Professor Ethan and Dumbledore arguing.

"Hermione, don't be sad. We promise that we will ask you to participate next time something like this happens." Harry thought Hermione was sad that he and Ron didn't call her when they went to kill the basilisk, so she came here specially. Comforted Hermione.

"That's not why I am!" Hermione poked the mutton chops in front of her twice, "Didn't you hear it when you left the principal's office? Professor Ethan and Dumbledore had a fight!"

"Did they quarrel?" Harry scratched his head in confusion. At that time, he only wanted to go to the auditorium to eat delicious food, and he only remembered Professor Ethan walking past him very quickly.

Hermione glanced at Harry with disgust, and 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 banquet.

Due to Ethan's absence, Lockhart gained the upper hand and was constantly telling Professor McGonagall about his new book. Professor McGonagall had to deal with him by nodding impatiently.

"What kind of conflict will there be between Professor Ethan and Dumbledore? Dumbledore trusts Professor Ethan so much that he even left the matter of the heir to Ethan." Hermione said to Harry worriedly.

"Hermione, let the professors handle their own affairs. This is really not something we should worry about." Harry couldn't understand why Hermione could fit so many things into her little head.

He was busy making Polyjuice Potion, investigating the Chamber of Secrets, raising house elves, learning sigils to be Professor Ethan's assistant, and preparing to review for the final exam.

Harry felt that it was already difficult enough for him to deal with one task, but Hermione was actually able to take care of so many at the same time, and she did them all very well.

Hermione nodded helplessly. She also knew that she really couldn't get involved in this matter. She just smelled something abnormal in this quarrel.

"Are you worried about Professor Ethan?" A disembodied voice suddenly came from behind Hermione. When Hermione looked back, she found Luna standing behind her.

She was wearing a Ravenclaw-colored house uniform, but a Gryffindor scarf was wrapped around her neck, and her feet were also covered with snow boots that Ethan gave her, which made Luna look strange. weird.

Finding that both Harry and Hermione were looking at her, Luna stretched out her hand and shook Harry's hand. "Congratulations Harry, I heard the news that you killed the basilisk. You are so brave."

Luna congratulated Harry in a singing voice. Harry scratched his head and thanked Luna. She really didn't know how to get along with the crazy girl from Ravenclaw.

After congratulating Harry, Luna seemed to have forgotten the question she just asked. She smiled and wanted to go back to the Ravenclaw table.

Upon seeing this, Hermione hurriedly stopped Luna, "Luna, do you know anything about Professor Ethan?" Hermione asked curiously.

Ever since Luna got back a large pile of signed photos from Ethan, the news that Luna and Professor Ethan were friends has spread in Hogwarts. Everyone was a little curious about Luna's out-of-the-box character. Why did you become friends with Professor Ethan?

"Yes, Professor Ethan has been in a very bad mood recently, probably because he buried a lot of people in the Forbidden Forest." Luna said such terrible words absentmindedly.

"Bury someone?" Hermione's voice suddenly rose an octave, attracting the attention of the little wizards around her.

Hermione quickly lowered her voice, "Who did Professor Ethan bury? What happened?" Hermione asked Luna in a low voice.

"I'm not sure about this, but Professor Ethan was really sad at the time. He was surrounded by harassing flies." Luna said.

Seeing that Luna was talking about non-existent things like harassing flies, Hermione felt like she couldn't get anything out of Luna's mouth.

After thanking Luna and giving Luna the almond milk on her desk, Luna happily ate the milk and returned to her seat in Ravenclaw House.

"We have to investigate this matter." Hermione turned her head and said to Harry seriously.

"Please Hermione, this is really not our responsibility." Harry covered his forehead helplessly. He really didn't know why Hermione was so curious.

Hermione used the same iron look in her eyes when she ordered Harry and Ron to administer the Polyjuice Potion, forcing Harry to swallow the next words.

At night, Harry and Ron wrapped their wizard robes tightly around their bodies and followed Hermione towards the Forbidden Forest with expressions of despair on their faces.

Gryffindor prepared a lively party for its two heroes Harry and Ron. After drinking butterbeer, Harry and Ron were planning to lie down in bed and sleep comfortably.

Unexpectedly, Hermione rushed into the dormitory and pulled her up to carry out the so-called "investigation."

"Hermione, we really shouldn't care about this matter that has nothing to do with us. Professor Ethan is an adult wizard. He can do whatever he wants!" He was forcibly taken from the warm bed into the cold night. When Ron came, he yawned greatly and was still trying to persuade Hermione. He didn't know what happened to Hermione.

But in line with the principle of come and go, Ron still followed Hermione closely. He didn't want to go to waste in the middle of winter.

The three of them quickly found the place where Ethan buried Salazar according to the location described by Luna. It was just a small mound with a stone slab standing on it, with a picture of a circle holding his tail in his mouth. Snake, and a letter S.

Hermione illuminated the slate with a flashing spell, and raised her wand to look at the patterns on the slate carefully.

Hermione studied 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.

Ron on the side spoke first, "It's obvious. He's a friend of Professor Ethan. This friend should be from Slytherin. After all, the snake is the symbol of Slytherin, and that S is Professor Ethan's friend." With his initials, he can't be Salazar Slytherin."

After saying that, Ron stamped his feet vigorously to try to get rid of the cold.

"Yeah Hermione, maybe this is just Professor Ethan burying his friend, so Professor Ethan is in a bad mood, but we should leave quickly. If Professor Ethan finds us sneaking around to study him at night, He will definitely be very angry about his friend's tombstone!" Harry advised Hermione from the side.

Hermione, who found nothing, could only follow the advice of Harry and Ron, but before leaving, Hermione used a pencil to make rubbings of the snake and the letter S on the tombstone. She had an inexplicable hunch that this matter was not that simple at all. .