Chapter 38 The Coincidence of Doubt
Perhaps it was because he learned that Jasyan was not dead, or perhaps the students in the castle had enough trust in Dumbledore.
On the second day of Halloween, except for everyone exuding various ideas during dinner and guessing who the murderer behind the scenes was, there was no big storm for the time being.
But after some students began to explore the words left on the castle walls that had been wiped clean by Felch, the rumors of the secret room began to spread in Hogwarts.
Even in Sherlock's class, students asked him about the legend of the Slytherin Chamber.
"This shouldn't be a question raised in our classroom. If you are really interested in the secret room, you can ask Professor Binth of the History of Magic. He has been teaching here for hundreds of years and must know more than me."
Sherlock knocked on the blackboard and moved the topic back to class.
"Okay, if you are interested in the secret room, you can learn about it privately, but now in the classroom, we will continue to study how to get high scores in this year's O.W.L.s exam."
"The three elements of the danger of werewolf must be memorized. At the same time, the question-setting people have always been accustomed to using what kind of spell to get rid of the werewolf's pursuit as soon as possible..."
The attack on the students and the secret room was opened did not change much about Sherlock's life in Hogwarts, but he spent a longer time in the library.
He knew that the plot had deviated from its original trajectory, but he could not correct it.
So what you can do now is to improve your magic level as soon as possible, and at least you must reach the strength of the previous original owner before the end of this semester.
And just as Sherlock taught the fifth-grade students the Dark Magic Defense class.
In the second-grade magic history class, Hermione also asked Professor Bins about the specific rumors about the secret room in public through the classroom question.
But the stubborn Professor Bince does not believe that the legend of the secret room is true.
He just told the students this as a story, but the students didn't think so.
Because Jasyan had been attacked yesterday, and the attackers of him openly announced on the wall that the secret room had been opened.
Jasyan is just the first step to clean up the castle students who are not qualified to learn magic.
After class, Harry and the other three got together.
"The successor of Slytherin must be from Slytherin Academy. Who do you think it will be?"
Ron asked a question, and then answered confidently.
"It must be Malfoy! He looked very happy after seeing Jasyan being attacked, and his family has always believed in pure blood theory from ancient times to the present. It is very likely that he is a descendant of Slytherin."
Hermione was also thinking about this possibility.
To be honest, Ron's statement is reasonable and well-founded. Judging from the rare clues at present and the psychological bias of the three, Malfoy is indeed the biggest object of suspicion.
But Harry did not listen to Ron's guess at this time.
His soul wandered outside the sky with his eyes lost. All he thought about was the scene of him going to make up for his homework after the last dark magic defense class before Halloween, and Jasyan was talking to Professor Forrest in front of him.
Ron and Hermione looked at each other and they both noticed something was wrong with Harry.
"What are you thinking about Harry?" Hermione asked suspiciously. "Do you know any other clues that we don't know?"
Harry opened his mouth, hesitating whether to say what he was thinking.
But he was afraid that this would damage Sherlock's reputation, and he did not think that the beloved Professor Forrest would be the legendary successor of Slytherin.
Just thinking about his previous experience, I felt that he wished Jasyan a happy Halloween at that time, but this happened the next day, wasn't it a coincidence?
Ron saw Harry's hesitation and said with an unhappy face.
"What do you have to hide from us? We have also helped you hide the strange sound you heard."
Harry knew that he shouldn't hide it from Ron Hermione and the others, so he told me what he was thinking about.
After listening, Ron widened his eyes.
"What's this? Are you suspecting that Professor Forrest is the real murderer? You're going crazy!"
Hermione also looked at Harry strangely.
"It's just a coincidence that Harry, why do you think there is a connection? Professor Forrest just blessed Jasyan very normally when you see it. Maybe there are other professors in other classes to bless him. We can't take this as evidence, nor can we doubt the professor because of this."
Ron continued: "What's more, Professor Forrest is still a mixed race."
Harry and Hermione's eyes turned to him. Even without having to speak, they could see how Ron knew that they were asking questions with their eyes.
"I heard George and the others say it." Ron explained.
"Short after school started, George and Fred seemed to have taken away something by Professor Forrest. They wrote to Charlie to inquire about Professor Forrest's previous situation when he was in school at Hogwarts, and wanted to know if he was a trustworthy person."
"Although Charlie and Professor are not in the same class or in the same college, the professor was very famous in the school at the time. It is said that the love letters he receives every year can fill the entire cauldron!"
When Ron said this, he looked envious and Hermione urged impatiently.
"We don't want to hear how many love letters Professor Forrest can receive, although now he is still very popular among girls."
"Charlie said that Professor Forrest is of mixed blood, which is something that almost everyone knows. His wizard mother seemed to die of illness when he was very young, and his father was the Duke of the Muggles."
Hermione and Harry looked at each other. They both lived in Muggle society for a long time, so naturally they knew what the Duke in England meant.
"Professor Forrest is actually the son of the Duke!"
"But, there seems to be no Dukes who still inherit the title of Forrest?"
They didn't have much trouble with this question, after all, no matter how powerful the Muggle Duke was, he would not be able to get anything from the wizard.
But the information that Professor Forrest is a mixed race basically ruled out that he is the murderer.
Harry said, scratching his head.
"I didn't doubt Professor Forrest at first, but I just felt that this was a coincidence."
Ron and Hermione did not think this was a coincidence. Compared with Professor Forrest, Malfoy was more suspicious.
They continued to discuss how to confirm their guesses and test whether Malfoy was the heir of the secret room.
Chapter completed!