Hogwarts Asylum

48. Ghouls and giant bats



In the secret passage, George and Fred looked at each other.

"Isn't Professor O'Loughlin right here?"

Fred pointed to a small, stationary black dot on the left side of the first floor of the campus hospital. Under the small black dot, it was clearly written - Michael O'Loughlin.

"Impossible!" Harry shouted in disbelief, "I was just following him..."

Harry quickly covered his mouth mid-sentence, but it was too late.

The twins looked at each other and said in unison:

"It turns out you're not just traveling at night."

"You're still stalking the professor~"

"Cool, as expected..."

"The Boy Who Lived!"

"I am truly impressed by your courage."

"Please accept our respect~"

The twins winked, put one hand on their chests, and the other behind their backs, bent down and gave a gentleman's salute. It would have been more vivid if they had a hat in their hands on their chests.

Harry was a little embarrassed that he had accidentally let the secret out.

After the twins stood up, they sandwiched Harry between them again, as if they were afraid that he would escape.

"Tell me, why are you following Professor O'Loughlin?"

"Your dung bomb was also confiscated?"

"Don't say 'yeah', George, it was a long time ago when we last had a dung bomb confiscated."

"Hahahahaha."

Harry looked at the twins who could make him laugh first with just one sentence, and he was speechless and choked.

In the end, he confessed what Hagrid had said. Since the secrets had been leaked anyway, he didn't have to say a few more words, right?

After hearing Harry's description, the twins looked at each other again.

"I didn't expect that Professor O'Loughlin was so good when he was in school."

"Maybe we can go to him and learn from him. We haven't asked him how to blow up the school yet."

"?" Harry tilted his head, "Wait, don't you think Orolin is very evil?"

"Why evil? Isn't it normal for wizards to hunt?"

"Yes, don't other professors often go hunting in the Forbidden Forest at night?"

"I saw Professor Quirrell in the Forbidden Forest last time."

"Which time? I remember only seeing Professor Kettleburn and Snape."

"Only that time we almost ran into a troll."

"Isn't that Hagrid?"

"Hagrid doesn't stink that much, does he?"

The twins' attention was quickly diverted by themselves, and they began to count their adventures in the Forbidden Forest on their fingers.

"Wait, wait." Harry heard the meaning behind their words, "You mean, Professor Quirrell, Snape - er, professor, and Professor Kettleburn, all went there at night. Forbidden Forest? Who is Professor Kettleburn?"

"He's the professor who teaches Care of Magical Creatures. We just met this year. He's a little - uh, reckless?"

"I always thought Professor Kettleburn was a Gryffindor graduate, but I heard he was from Hufflepuff."

"Hufflepuff people like little animals the most, don't they? What is the name of the senior they always talk about -"

"Newt Scamander is the author of the textbook we use."

"Yes, that's him. He is a very famous magical biologist, the pride of Hufflepuff."

"But they're nothing alike, are they? Except for the fact that they both like magical creatures."

Seeing the twins chatting further and further away, Harry quickly brought back the topic: "Professor Kettleburn, we are talking about Professor Kettleburn."

"Oh, yes, Professor Kettleburn, he's a really interesting guy."

"With only one arm and half a leg, I can still be a professor."

"I heard that he already has 62 probation records."

"It's a pity he won't let us feed the salamanders with the hard-drawn fireworks."

"That's because you were too rude when you 'borrowed' the salamander. You made the salamander, which usually doesn't scream, scream. Otherwise, he would definitely not be able to find it. I was blocking it."

Harry interrupted the conversation between the two brothers again and asked: "Article 62 probation? How did he do it?"

"Yeah, how did he do it?"

"The form in Filch's place only stated the number of times, without explaining the reason."

"Perhaps there was one where he fed the firework to the salamanders himself and caused huge damage?"

"I think so. He's not afraid of the fire dragons when he goes to the fire dragon sanctuary where Charlie is staying. How could he be afraid of the salamanders?"

The two brothers chatted further and further apart, but this time Harry did not interrupt them. He lowered his head thoughtfully. For just a moment, he felt that he might be close to the truth.

Maybe O'Loughlin is innocent and the murderer is Professor Kettleburn, but can Professor Kettleburn, who only has one and a half limbs, hide it from Hagrid?

Moreover, if it wasn't Olorin, then what was he doing in the restricted area in the middle of the night?

Why is it that the Marauder's Map, which can display all the teachers and students in the school, including Professor Dumbledore, cannot record the true location of Eurolin?

Or is it that what he saw just now was not Orolin?Then, who is the man in black robe?ghost?

Not a single problem had been solved, and a lot of questions arose, and Harry felt that his mind was a little confused.

He patted the wound on his leg again. The wound on his leg was almost healed. The pain was not as irritating as before, but Harry was still a little more energetic.

Forget it, let's see what O'Loughlin wants to do first, and then go see Professor Kettleburn.

Yes, just do it!

Harry, who had somehow eliminated Quirrell and Snape as suspects, made a decision, squatted on the ground, and spread out the Marauder's Map completely.

Filch stayed at the end of the left side of the corridor, right next to the "Oluolin" station he saw just now.

What is he doing there?Chatting with "Oluolin"?

Harry felt his mind was a little confused, and the pain could no longer drive away these thoughts.

So, was the "Oluolin" I saw just now actually Orolin?

Harry glanced again in the direction of the Forbidden Forest marked on the map.

On the map, the black dot representing Hagrid remained motionless deep in the Forbidden Forest, seeming to be squatting again.

The black spot representing Professor Kettleburn was moving slowly near the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

The black spots representing Professor Quirrell and Professor Snape moved rapidly in the depths of the Forbidden Forest one after another.

"Why is Professor Kettleburn in the Forbidden Forest!" Harry exclaimed, "And Professor Quirrell! Professor Snape! Why are they all in the Forbidden Forest?"

Hagrid lives near the Forbidden Forest. Harry knows it. There is no way he would doubt Hagrid. Who else but Hagrid would be so kind as to cry for magical creatures?

The twins who were sharing the blame for not "borrowing" the Salamander heard Harry's exclamation and immediately stopped talking. They looked at the map.

"Professor Kettleburn lives in the Forbidden Forest, didn't we tell you?"

"Professor Quirrell and Snape often go hunting in the Forbidden Forest, which is normal."

"They may have agreed to hunt together tonight."

"It looks like he is chasing some fast prey."

"I just said I've seen them."

"Maybe you just saw a hooded ghoul and a big bat."

"It makes sense, hahahahaha."

The twins laughed again, but Harry felt a little sad.

Professor Kettleburn lives in the Forbidden Forest, so Hagrid must not have doubted him, otherwise Hagrid would have told him.

If it really is Professor Kettleburn...

Harry didn't think any further, because if that was the case, Hagrid would never be able to find the murderer until his death.

Fortunately, I know this.


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