Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 142: respectively

"Matthew!"

Hermione and Neville, who were in charge of the "Lookout", quickly noticed the strangeness displayed by Matthew.

They quickly surrounded them.

"What's the matter with you, Matthew?" Neville asked with some concern.

"Could it be that, Professor Slughorn and that Shafik, did they say something secret?" As for Hermione, she seemed interested.

"No...it's not..." Matthew quickly denied, "I just slipped my hand..."

He bent down, picked up the soft little ear, and reattached it to the ear...

But at this time, apart from the obvious noise in the bar, there was no other sound... Neither Slughorn nor Rosmerta's voice had disappeared.

It sounds like both Professor Horace Slughorn and Miss Elaine Shafik have left the Two Broomsticks.

However, at this moment, what Matthew was thinking at this moment was the words Miss Shafik said before leaving:

"He's in Hogsmeade!"

There is no doubt that the "he" in the subject of this sentence refers to the person who has been communicating with Miss Shafik for the batch of goods smuggled from Italy some time ago, the person whose name has not been mentioned.

Before Mr. Shafik was imprisoned in Azkaban, he had been in contact with two people, one of them was Lucius Malfoy, and the other——

"Tom Gunter!"

Undoubtedly, it can only be the name that once appeared in the ledger of Lihen Bookstore!

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Whether it's "Tom Gunter" or "Tom Riddle".

During the period after school started, Matthew had searched the library for news related to these two names many times.

However, the information found is pitifully small...

Until today, Matthew only found out that Tom Riddle was a student of Slytherin College who entered Hogwarts in 1938 in some materials fifty years ago.

And in 1943, he was awarded a Special Contribution Award for his outstanding contribution to Hogwarts; that medal is still in the prize room today.

In addition, in 1945, the year Gellert Grindelwald first came to Hogwarts, Tom Riddle successfully graduated from Hogwarts. He took all the courses in the exam. To the O (Outstanding, excellent).

But Mr. Riddle's resume ends here.

In the records after 1945, Matthew did not find any information related to Mr. Riddle.

Yes, I can't find it at all... No matter which book in the library, or which newspaper...

It was as if this Voldemort, who had once been powerful in another world, disappeared from the earth after graduating from Hogwarts in this world.

Maybe something happened to him...or maybe he has been hiding his name...

But now... Matthew suddenly knew that he had appeared in Hogsmeade again!

Matthew's heart suddenly picked up.

Why is he in Hogsmeade?

Is it just a coincidence?

Or...

He was looking for the whereabouts of that book... the book that fell into his hands more than a year ago, its original "owner" should be that Mr. "Tom Gaunt"...

The reason why he came back to Hogsmeade...was to find himself and take back the book from him...

"Matthew... Matthew... Matthew..."

A series of calls "woke up" Matthew.

Neville and Hermione surrounded him, and looked at him with great concern, whispering his name.

"What's wrong with you Matthew...Your face is so pale...you look sick?" Hermione asked while pressing Matthew's forehead.

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Matthew Wakefield, who was "waking up from a dream", glanced around.

There was no one around, it was silent.

And on the top of the hillside, there is a dilapidated hut covered.

It looks slightly taller than other houses in the village, the windows are tightly sealed, and weeds grow beside it.

"Where are we?" Matthew asked in a low voice.

"Over there is the 'Screaming Shack', which is said to be the most haunted house in the whole of England," Hermione explained, "because of this, no one would normally approach this hillside... you I just said I wanted to find a quiet place, so I brought you here..."

"...Even the ghosts of Hogwarts don't want to go near it," Hermione continued to explain after a pause, "I heard Ms. Gray once, she heard that there used to be a very rough Guy..."

"Okay, I understand!" Matthew nodded, then sat down on the stone steps next to him, panting.

He hesitated for a moment, glanced at Hermione and Neville respectively, and said, "It's nothing...Professor Slughorn didn't say anything important...It's just that I'm suddenly a little tired..."

"Shall we take you back to the school hospital?" Neville asked hastily, "You look ugly now~IndoMTL.com~Matthew."

"No...it's okay...I said it's okay..." Matthew shook his head, "You guys go back first, go back to Hogsmeade, go to Honeydukes...I'll sit here and rest for a while, and I'll be there later. I'll go find you...or I'll rest and go back to Hogwarts..."

Matthew spoke in a somewhat intermittent tone.

Hermione gave Matthew a suspicious look, and at the same time, there was a bit of worry in her suspicious eyes.

"That's impossible!" Neville retorted without hesitation, "If you really can't walk, I'll carry you down the mountain..."

"Matthew," Hermione bent down and asked softly, "Is there something..."

"It's nothing, I tell you to go!" Matthew Wakefield looked a little angry, and he shouted angrily:

"Get out of here, you two!"

"Matthew..." Neville still looked hesitant.

But Hermione thought about it, and she nodded.

At the same time, she tugged on Ranaway's sleeve, signaling Neville to leave with her.

She said, "Then let's go back to the village, Matthew, and we'll be waiting for you at Honeydukes."

"Yeah." Matthew nodded weakly.

…

Neville and Hermione walked down the hill slowly, and their figures quickly disappeared from Matthew's sight.

Matthew's pale face quickly became vigilant.

He has to leave Hogsmeade quickly...as soon as possible...

As long as you return to Hogwarts, you will be safe...With the threat of Headmaster Gellert Grindelwald, that "Tom Gaunt" may not dare to break into Hogwarts... Ma Xiu secretly thought.

He stood up and turned his gaze to the top of the hill.

Without hesitation, he ran towards the dilapidated, desolate, and weird "Screaming Shack".