Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

Chapter 111 Advice to Snape

After Seamus sent Dean back to the dormitory, he fell asleep after chatting with him for a few words.

Dean was tossing and turning, unable to sleep. He was thinking about whether there were any flaws in the process of pretending to be a mysterious walker several times.

Before going to bed, Ron and Harry returned to the dormitory. After seeing Dean, Ron asked in surprise: "Dean, when did you come back?"

"We just arrived." Dean was a little absent-minded. "You should arrive early. The dinner in the restaurant today is very good." Ron said regretfully.

"I've already eaten it - I ate too much during the holidays, and no matter how good the delicious food is, it can't arouse my interest." Dean replied half-jokingly, but his heart was bleeding, Aberforth's The craftsmanship is truly incredible.

"Dean, before the holiday, did Hermione ask you to predict the news about Nico Flamel?" Harry couldn't help but ask.

"Well, I refused - haven't you found it yet?" Dean asked.

"No clue." Harry replied frustratedly.

Dean couldn't help but sigh in disappointment.

Before he left school, his Christmas gift to Audio-Technica was a box of chocolate frogs containing a picture of Dumbledore - apparently no one noticed the hint.

I don't know if they disliked his Christmas gift for being too simple, or because they were troubled by Nico Flamel, so they didn't look at it carefully.

Little did they know that they missed the clues about Nico Flamel precisely because of this.

"Dean, can you give me a little clue?" Ron winked at Dean, "I can exchange a secret with you."

"Ron!" Harry warned disapprovingly.

"Harry, what does it matter? Dean is also a good friend of ours~ I think it's okay to share the Mirror of Erised with him, right?" Ron said.

"Ron, I am not against you telling Dean about the Mirror of Erised, but I want to remind you that the Mirror of Erised has been removed by Professor Dumbledore." Harry said helplessly.

Dean nodded secretly after hearing this. It seemed that Dumbledore's last measure to protect the Philosopher's Stone had been put in place.

Quirrell must have heard about the whereabouts of the Philosopher's Stone. The mark was indeed a test. Fortunately, he was not impulsive this time.

"Harry, I think you missed a good opportunity to find clues about Nicolas Flamel." Dean reminded, "If the most urgent and strongest desire in your heart is to get clues about Nicolas Flamel, then You should be able to get the answer in the Mirror of Erised.”

"That's right, why didn't I think of that!" Harry patted his head in annoyance.

"So the news about Nico Flamel is actually not particularly important to you, right?" Dean ended the topic simply.

……

Unfortunately, the first lesson after the holidays was Potions.

Snape's mood didn't seem to improve because of the holiday, but instead became more gloomy.

In class, Snape always found various reasons to deduct points from Gryffindor, and even Dean was deducted two points out of nowhere.

Dean felt that Snape's situation was unusual, and he was worried that the interrogation before Christmas might cause trouble for Snape.

After class, Dean found an excuse to return to the Potions classroom, only to find that Snape didn't seem to welcome him.

"Mr. Thomas, if I remember correctly, you will have class next period." Snape said with a straight face, "I will find a suitable time to tell you about your biological father."

"Professor, I don't want to ask you about my biological father." Dean quickly clarified.

"Then you stayed here specifically because..." Snape's face showed impatience.

"Professor, I want to know if Umbridge found any excuse to trouble you again after that day?" Dean asked hurriedly.

Snape smiled sarcastically: "I'm afraid Umbridge is too busy taking care of herself right now to cause trouble for me."

"That... is the Christmas gift I gave you, which makes you... dissatisfied?" Dean guessed again.

"No, I'm very satisfied. I don't know where you got that precious formula, but I must remind you not to rely on your own cleverness to try to prepare the potion recorded on that formula - that kind of Potions are very dangerous, and I haven't fully figured it out yet." Snape warned seriously, "I will tell you this - Mr. Thomas, what exactly do you want to say?"

"Sorry, Professor. I just thought you were a little unusual today and wanted to ask what happened." Dean said quickly.

"Abnormal? I don't think so." Snape said, curling his lips.

"Really? Maybe my feeling is wrong." Seeing that Snape didn't want to say more, Dean quickly said goodbye, "Professor, I have to leave quickly, otherwise I will miss the next class."

"Dean, the next Quidditch match is coming soon. Tell Potter to be careful with me." Snape said suddenly when Dean was about to go out.

Dean paused. At first glance, it sounded like Snape was venting his dissatisfaction from the last game, but upon closer inspection, it seemed that he was worried that there would be accidents against Harry on the field.

"Professor, if I were you, I would personally serve as the referee for the next game. Wouldn't this prevent some people from making small moves?" After Dean reminded him unintentionally, he immediately greased the soles of his feet and ran away. .

Soon after, bad news began to circulate in the Gryffindor common room: Snape would be the referee for the next Quidditch match.

After confirming that the news was accurate, the Gryffindors let out a cry, thinking that they would definitely lose the game because of Snape's favoritism.

Dean, who knew the inside story, could only lament that Snape was really good to Harry—to be precise, Lily—and he wanted to prevent any accidents from happening at all costs.

When the Iron Triangle was discussing how to avoid Harry from this game, Neville, who had been cast a leg-locking spell by Malfoy, fell in. While Harry was comforting him, he gave him a horseshoe-shaped chocolate.

And then - just as Dean had hoped over the Christmas holidays, they got word from Nico Flamel in one of Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog cards.

For the Iron Triangle, this news may be the most valuable gain from the news about Snape becoming a referee.

Although Dean gave the hint long ago, they realized now that it was indeed a bit too slow; luckily it was not too late.

What made Dean a little depressed was that the "meritorious" piece of chocolate didn't seem to be the box he sent, causing him to miss a great opportunity to trigger the mission.

In the next Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, since Snape personally acted as the referee, Quirrell had little chance to cause trouble, and Harry set a record - before the game even started. At 5 minutes, the Golden Snitch was caught, allowing Gryffindor to win the game.

Dean noticed that although there was no accident, Snape's face was very ugly - Harry almost caught the Golden Snitch under his nose. Most people believed that this was a powerful counterattack against Snape. .

What a poor professor!