Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 173 Come on, Tom
"Mud?"

Draco was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes quickly gathered, looking at the shoes under Quirrell's feet.

Sure enough, as Ron said, when he raised his foot and stepped forward, although it was not obvious, he could still see the soles of his shoes, and the brown-red mud traces were staining them at the moment...

"Yes, it is indeed mud!"

Light flashed across Draco's eyes very quickly, he nodded, as if he had discovered something extraordinary, his whole body instantly became much more energetic, and he said so.

Quirrell walked towards the distance, and gradually disappeared in front of the eyes of the four, while Hermione and Harry heard Ron's voice, and also cast their eyes in unison.

"What's wrong?"

Hermione frowned slightly, closed the book in her hand again, and held it in her arms.Tilting his head to the side, he couldn't help asking in doubt
"Didn't it just rain the day before yesterday? It's normal to have some mud on the shoes, maybe it's somewhere..."

"No!"

However, before she finished speaking, Draco turned his head and interrupted Hermione's speech bluntly.

"The floors in the school are flat tiles or marble...there's no such thing as mud."

Hearing this, Hermione reacted abruptly, and the frowning brows relaxed a little, but soon, she realized something again, and couldn't help but exclaimed:
"He went out!?"

"Forbidden Forest!"

Suddenly, Harry, who was standing aside suddenly, thought of something, and said quickly.Seeing the eyes of the three people coming together, Harry continued to add:
"I remember, when Hagrid came last time, I saw it too. He also had the same kind of mud on his feet... As for Hagrid, the places he usually goes are other than Principal Dumbledore's office. Only the Forbidden Forest!"

"great!"

Hearing this, Draco finally couldn't restrain the joy in his heart, and with a smile on his face, he couldn't help clapping his hands to express his excitement.

"After so many days, we finally found this guy's tail!"

Ron was also jubilant. As he spoke, he waved his fist excitedly, as if in the next second, they could rush into the principal's office and bring Quirrell to justice...

Unfortunately, this is not possible.The mud on his feet can only show that Quirrell sneaked out. Even for a Hogwarts professor, this shouldn't be considered stealing. Even if he walked out openly, no one would say anything more.

Now, Draco and his party just accidentally discovered Quirrell's suspiciousness.Everything still needs further investigation towards a deeper level.Only in this way can they truly know what this guy wants to do, what kind of evil purpose does he have when he comes to Hogwarts...

However, even so, it still inevitably made several people feel happy.After all, this is the first time they have worked hard to investigate Quirrell for a long time!Although it is not big, it can still cheer up the four little wizards and revive their spirits.

"What shall we do next?"

Harry asked, and immediately after, the eyes of the three of them all looked at Draco in unison, as if they had tacitly agreed to let him make the decision on such a big matter.

"Go to Hagrid."

After thinking for a moment, Draco spoke.

"After all, he should be the person who is most familiar with the Forbidden Forest in the whole school... No matter why Quirrell went to the Forbidden Forest, we need to learn about the basic situation from Hagrid."

"Then when is the right time for us to go to Hagrid?"

Hermione's eyes turned to the window on the side of the corridor, and her eyes couldn't help looking out.

The sky was slightly sinking, and the thick clouds spread out like water ripples, covering the sun, only allowing a little sunlight to shine in through the gaps, barely bringing a few rays of light.

"How was the evening?"

Draco looked around at his friends around him for a week, and asked casually without thinking too much.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione nodded in unison, their expressions normal, and there was no objection.

After all, night tours to Hogwarts have almost become their tradition... They have only been in school for a few months. Roughly calculated, the few of them spend at least a month in the dark and lonely corridors. In the middle of the night.

When the bell struck twelve, they went back to the lounges of Slytherin and Gryffindor respectively, sleeping until dawn as if nothing had happened.

However, what is surprising is that even though they travel so frequently at night, they have never been caught by Filch and his Mrs. Norris... If a few people reveal this news and tell those more The older young wizards may also be regarded as some kind of legendary experience worthy of admiration amidst the exclamation, and then spread among the students in the future.

"Then what if Hagrid doesn't want to tell us..."

Suddenly, just when everything was about to be agreed to be completed, Ron thought of something again and asked.

He looked around, then rubbed his red nose with his fingers, and explained in a low voice

"After all, as you know, no matter how good the relationship is, Hagrid is essentially a Hogwarts staff member...We violated the school rules and regulations, and then went to talk to him about Quirrell...Isn't it, Not very good."

Caught off guard, the crowd was really caught by this question.Everyone was dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Fortunately, at the end, Harry, who had the best relationship with Hagrid, gave his thoughts.

"Hagrid likes violets. Maybe we can take some more and give them to Hagrid... what do you think?"

After Harry finished speaking, he looked around, looked at the crowd, and wanted to see the reactions of other partners.

"I... have two packs here."

Draco sighed, without hesitation, he set an example first.Then Harry hurried after him, saying

"I also have two packs here."

A somewhat hesitant look appeared on Hermione's face. After lowering her head and struggling for a while, she finally chose to say frankly
"I have seven packs..."

After finishing speaking, she hurriedly raised her head again, and looked at the surprised eyes of the others, her face flushed a little, she could only put on a tough attitude dryly, and said angrily
"What's the matter! I still don't like sweets, but the wind-smelling violet candy is really helpful for me to prepare for my homework, so I stocked up a little more..."

After Hermione finished speaking, all the people agreed, they all turned their heads in tacit understanding, and looked at Ron expectantly.

Ron's scalp was numb from their gaze, he subconsciously took two steps back, hurriedly took out two and a half packs of candies from his pocket, and showed them to his friends...

"That's all I have! There should be four or five more in the opened package, and hand them all in."

Hermione narrowed her eyes when she heard this, looked him up and down, and asked suspiciously

"Only two packs? I remember that you were eating every day some time ago, how could there be only so little... Tell me honestly, did you hide in the dormitory secretly?"

"It's because I've been eating..."

With a helpless expression on Ron's face, he scratched his head and defended himself in a low voice.

"Originally Fred and George gave me a dozen packets of violets, and some other things... I didn't know I would use them at this time... I just kept eating, and eating, until there was nothing left. Ordered two packs."

Listening to Ron's words, regardless of others, Draco has already believed it in his heart... After all, this is indeed something he can do.

He pinched his eyebrows, closed his eyes, and after thinking for a long time, he said slowly
"Well, you and Hermione go back to Gryffindor to find Fred and George first, and get some more violet candies."

With that said, Draco paused for a while, then pointed to Harry beside him, and continued
"Harry and I are going to prepare and see how to sneak out of Hogwarts Castle tonight. We will gather in the cafeteria for dinner tonight!"

After finishing speaking, the four of them took a look at each other and nodded in unison.No more ink marks, the soldiers divided into two groups, and went straight to complete the preparations they were in charge of...

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"Qi Luo, I have to say, this is something you did well..."

An abrupt voice, with a sense of great joy, sounded from Quirrell's mind.

Quirrell held the book between his hands, as if he didn't hear it.Walking slowly in the corridor with his head down, a few talking and laughing little wizards would pass by from time to time.

However, no one noticed Quirrell, as if he was just air, and ignored him without feeling.

In this way, Quirrell continued to walk unhurriedly, went down the stairs, and returned to his room according to the familiar route.

It wasn't until there was a "bang" that the wooden door of the room was tightly closed that Quirrell's eyes finally became clear.

"It is my greatest honor as a slave to be recognized by you!"

He hurriedly took off his turban, and flattered him in a respectful and flattering tone.

On the back of his head, that terrifying face seemed to be much more obvious than before, the hole-like eye sockets that were just sunken, also faintly glowed.

The light shines through Qi Luo's thin scalp, reflecting a little purple, and it looks extremely cold. Basically, it is the kind of situation where even if you just take a look at it, you will have nightmares at night...

Ignoring Quirrell's flattery, perhaps because he was too happy, Voldemort kept rising and falling on his skin, and asked eagerly
"So, when are you going to help me kill a unicorn?"

"Don't worry, my great master... Through the preparations of the past few days, I have fully mastered the time for the hunting ground guard to patrol the forest."

Quirrell leaned over, with a confident smile on his face, and answered Voldemort's question with certainty.
"Tonight! My master, I promise, I will bring you everything you want tonight!"

Obviously, Voldemort was very satisfied with Quirrell's attitude, and even his voice brought out unprecedented joy.

"Hahaha……"

A heartfelt laugh broke out from his hoarse voice, as if he had been looking forward to this day for too long, which made him forget for a while the pain and emptiness of the disappearance of his body, and even had time to draw a future pie for Quirrell .

"Very good, very good... Quirrell, you are very loyal, even compared to my most confidant Death Eater, you are not far behind! When I can make a comeback and conquer the entire British wizarding world - you! It's me Crown appointed Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement!"

As soon as these words came out, Quirrell was so excited that his eyes lit up and his legs trembled.He simply knelt down and began to show his loyalty to Voldemort desperately.

You know...for what purpose did he spend so long working for Voldemort! ?Isn't it the promise that came from his own mouth! ?
Now when it really came true and entered his ears, Quirrell only felt an invisible force filling his whole body!

He began to fantasize involuntarily, and when that day really came, how glorious he would be!You know, that is one person under ten thousand people, at that time, what Severus Snape, what Charlie Black... will prostrate at his feet!

In this way, a bright future has opened up a ladder to the sky in front of his eyes!And the first step on this ladder is just to hunt down a unicorn... It's so easy!

Quirrell couldn't help clenching his hands, and at the same time, he began to look forward to the arrival of night...

At this moment, he never thought that at the same time, he was not the only one who was looking forward to it...

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In the deep and lonely Forbidden Forest, the trees are towering to the sky, and under the canopy covered by layers of trees, only a few rays of sunlight can barely pass through and shine on the ground... So, even in the daytime, when you are here, you still look like a ghost. It was dark and lonely.

Charlie was wearing that black windbreaker, sitting on a huge high branch, closing his eyes, enjoying the extraordinary silence at this moment...

Beside him, Vivien stood steadily, closed her eyes, and curled up into a ball.

And directly below them, beautiful unicorns with white hair are gathering leisurely, resting and playing.

Just as Hagrid once felt with him in his heart... These magical creatures are born to be the darlings of nature.

The invisible blessing they received saved them from all kinds of disasters.And its own powerful magic and vitality allow it to resist most people with ulterior motives.

At least in this Forbidden Forest, they have no enemies... Even the most stupid monsters will shy away from them.

For human beings, the extremely dangerous Forbidden Forest is an extremely comfortable paradise in their eyes...

Charlie changed his comfortable position, moved his buttocks, and squeezed Vivien beside him, then looked up at the dense tree crown, and said with emotion

"Come on, Tom..."

(End of this chapter)