Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 77: Courage, Wisdom and Shrewdness (Part 1)

In the History of Magic classroom, there seemed to be a brief silence among the three people.

Neville Longbottom looked down at the ground as if something attracted him; Hermione Granger sat there quietly with her hands folded in her lap; as for Matthew Wakefield Well, he doesn't seem to be able to pull himself together.

"We have to do something!" Finally, Neville took the initiative to say.

"I don't understand." Matthew shrugged: "What do you mean?"

"This is already the fourth attack (actually the third, but Neville mistakenly thought that Malfoy's attack was also an attack)!" Neville said in a deep voice: "Everything has shown that Hogwarts Ci is not safe now, it can even be said to be very dangerous..."

"...Professor Grindelwald's threats have also become ineffective against the murderer lurking inside Hogwarts; at least judging from Justin's disappearance, his behavior can be said to be almost unscrupulous ! Each of us, our lives are being threatened..."

"...But the teachers at Hogwarts don't care about this at all. They will only cover up the truth of the matter in vain until they can't hold it down!"

Neville impassionedly said a series of words:

"So we must save ourselves! We must use our own strength to find the culprit of this series of attacks and bring him out..."

"Please allow me to interrupt, Neville." Matthew said softly: "The culprit once knocked down Miss Maria Adams, a seventh-year Slytherin student, around Halloween...you But don't forget, the three of us are just three first-year students, even if we find him out, we won't be his opponent."

Matthew's words were earnest, and his voice sounded convincing.

Neville frowned, apparently he hadn't thought of this yet.

"At least we can go to the teacher." Hermione on the side suddenly took over the words: "If we find the real murderer, we will go to the teacher as soon as possible... At least I don't think Professor Flitwick will hold back Bystander!"

"Yes." Neville nodded hastily, "Professor Sinistra won't either."

Matthew suddenly showed embarrassment: "Well... I think, Professor Slughorn... probably, maybe, maybe he won't stand by!"

"That's fine!" Neville waved his fist triumphantly.

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Matthew felt that he had to pour some cold water on these two friends.

"Even so." He said softly: "We don't have any clue, don't we..."

"Of course I don't have a clue." Neville immediately lowered his head, with a slightly ashamed expression on his face: "To be honest, I'm not stupid, but my brain is not smart..."

Then, he looked at Hermione and Matthew expectantly: "But I know, Hermione, Matthew...you are much smarter than me, you must have a clue and a way, right? Help me!"

"..." Matthew didn't know how to respond better.

But Hermione on the other side has already spoken: "Yes, I already have someone to suspect!"

"Who is it?" Neville asked excitedly.

"I told Matthew once before, but he didn't believe me at the time..." Hermione squinted at Matthew, and then continued:

"When Weasley was attacked, the blood on his body was almost sucked by something; and Professor Flitwick told me that in the Forbidden Forest on the second Saturday of school, and on the day of Halloween, there were one The unicorns were drained of their blood... so much so that the school finally decided to temporarily move all the unicorns from Hogwarts to Austria..."

"... I have checked the literature related to vampires. Many vampires have the habit of sucking the blood of powerful magical animals, and the blood of unicorns itself has magical uses; the appearance of Weasley after being attacked, It is almost exactly the same as those Muggles who encountered vampires..."

"You mean, there is a vampire in the castle of Hogwarts?" Neville seemed to be very frightened, and he couldn't help shivering.

"That's right!" Hermione nodded affirmatively: "And, it is our Transfiguration teacher, Professor Troka!"

"Professor Troka?" Neville's expression seemed a little dull: "How come..."

"Do you still remember the common sense about vampires that Professor Rozier introduced in the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class—the appearance is no different from Muggles and wizards, but they are pale and cannot touch the sun." Hermione Very fast when speaking:

"Then think about it again, Professor Troka's usual performance..."

"So that's it!" Neville Longbottom suddenly realized, "No wonder I always thought Professor Troka was weird..."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute!" Matthew said helplessly, "Have you guys forgotten that ~IndoMTL.com~ is not the only creature that can **** blood...not to mention, there is no evidence It shows that Professor Troka must be a vampire... Take a step back and say, even if he is really a vampire, there is no evidence that these things must be done by him, right?"

Matthew paused, and continued to explain: "Professor Troka is a teacher at Hogwarts, teacher!"

"Matthew, you are too naive." Hermione looked at Matthew seriously, and said very bluntly: "You always think that all teachers are saints, but all the evidence now shows that Troca The professor is the most suspicious..."

Being suddenly evaluated as "naive", Matthew will be speechless for a while.

"When Weasley was attacked, he was the first to appear on the scene. This is what Neville told me." Hermione continued:

"In the Potions classroom, it is said that he was also one of the first teachers to appear on the scene; and at the dinner party on the eve of Halloween, when Professor Kettleburn broke into the auditorium, I paid special attention to the main teacher. Guest, he was not in the auditorium at the time..."

"There is no doubt that Professor Troka is too suspicious!"

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"Very good!" Neville Longbottom seemed to have made up his mind: "Then from today onwards, we will quietly track down Professor Troka until he reveals his flaws!"

Matthew feels that if he doesn't say anything, things will develop in a slightly worse direction.

"Actually——" Matthew cleared his throat and said with a serious face: "I think there is another person who is more suspicious than Professor Troka."

"Who is it?" Hermione and Neville asked in unison.

"Our vice-principal, Professor Rozier!"