Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 76: The fourth victim

The sudden huge loss made Professor Horace Slughorn not interested, so he continued to introduce his precious collections to the students.

In the following period of "after-school practice", Matthew and Malfoy began to wear dragonhide gloves in the storage room of the Potions classroom. Those Japanese puffer fish eyeballs... a delicate job, but not a lot of work.

When the two of them finished their task, the three students in the "second group" in the Potions classroom had almost half of their work left.

The difference in treatment is naturally self-evident.

……

At lunchtime, Matthew came to the auditorium.

He was surprised to find that it was as peaceful as usual.

It's not at all like the atmosphere that should be after another attack.

You must know that a few hours ago, he heard Ms. Millicent Barnold, the Minister of Magic, personally say: Another child has disappeared!

Perhaps, the attack has not been publicized yet, so most of the students are unaware of it.

Matthew secretly guessed.

So, who will the fourth victim be?

He stretched his neck and looked around the auditorium a few times...

Of course, such behavior is futile. It is almost impossible to find the "missing person" among so many students.

Lunch started, there was a lot of food on the table, and Matthew simply ate something; then he was going to borrow a few books from the library and take them back to the Slytherin common room to read... Slughaw Professor En specially approved that he and Malfoy had finished the content of "after-school practice" today, and there was no need to go to the Potions classroom to help sort out the medicinal materials.

But just as Matthew walked out of the auditorium, two people suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking his way.

"Hermione, and Neville?" Matthew looked at the two familiar faces in front of him and asked softly, "What's the matter?"

Whether it was Hermione Granger or Neville Longbottom, the expressions on their faces were extremely serious at this time, and they didn't look like twelve-year-old children at all.

"We want to talk to you, Matthew." Neville's voice sounded a little hoarse: "Are you free now?"

"Of course." Matthew nodded hesitantly.

He looked Neville Longbottom up and down. The once tall and handsome boy here now has disheveled hair and dark eye circles. He looks like he hasn't rested well.

"What's the matter with you, Neville?" Matthew asked with some concern, "You seem to be in a bad state? By the way, is your confinement over?"

"It's over, because of some special reasons." Neville said hoarsely: "Come with us, Matthew!"

……

The three of them came to the nearest Magic History classroom.

Since it was Saturday, the huge classroom was empty and dark, and there was no one there.

Neville went in and closed the curtains, while Hermione looked around and closed the door quietly, the two of them were very careful, and both looked a little sneaky... Finally, the three of them gathered around a torch , This atmosphere is like the secret meeting of MI6 agents.

"What's the matter?" Matthew asked softly.

"Matthew, did you know..." Neville's voice was a little heavy: "Just yesterday, there was another attack...someone is missing, and it is very likely that he was attacked by the person hiding in the school. Or, take him away!"

This is in line with what Minister Millicent Barnold said earlier.

"Who is missing?" Matthew frowned and asked seriously.

"Justin... Hufflepuff's first year, Justin Finchrey!" Hermione whispered from the side.

Because the curtains and doors were closed, the surrounding light was very dark, and everyone could not see each other's faces clearly...

Otherwise, Hermione and Neville would be very surprised if they saw Matthew's expression; because Matthew's face suddenly showed a look of relief.

"What time is it?" Matthew continued to ask.

"Just yesterday afternoon..." Neville lowered his voice: "I can be regarded as a person who experienced it first-hand."

"At that time, Justin and I were still in confinement, and we were responsible for helping Professor Kettleburn to carry a few bags of feed into the Forbidden Forest... However, when we entered the Forbidden Forest, it was the two of us who came out. I was the only one left in the Forbidden Forest..."

Neville's voice sounded a bit frightened.

"... I don't know when Justin disappeared. In fact, I didn't feel it at the time." Realized that I was the only one left...Professor Kettleburn took his little friends~IndoMTL.com~to search the entire Forbidden Forest completely, but did not find Justin's whereabouts at all... ...not even a body was found..."

While talking, Neville couldn't help but shed a few tears:

"It was I who killed him... Poor Justin, if I found out that he was missing in time and went to the teacher in time, maybe I could find him back..."

"It's not your fault, Neville." Matthew persuaded in a low voice.

"I have been enlightening Neville." Hermione on the side said: "Under that circumstance, he was very lucky to be able to return safely... Justin's disappearance has nothing to do with him at all, and he doesn't need to worry about it." responsible."

Neville wiped away tears and tried to strengthen himself.

"Justin's disappearance made my confinement end early." He smiled self-deprecatingly: "Of course, I was forbidden to make this matter public, otherwise I will receive a more severe punishment... I am now , and can only secretly tell you this news.”

"You are right, Neville." Matthew said calmly.

He looked at Neville Longbottom's wrist, there were obvious traces of iron chains on it... This was left over from his previous confinement.

"You mean this?" Neville also noticed Matthew's gaze, and he raised his two hands.

His voice also became very passionate: "I'm not afraid, this little injury is nothing... Matthew, I believe, I have done nothing wrong! Even if Hogwarts is in this semester, all the future I'm locked up all the time, I don't care at all!"

"Neville..." Matthew looked carefully at his friend.

There was a light of courage in his eyes.