Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 188: The ultimate truth
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More than a month has passed since the end of the Easter holiday.
At the same time, Professor Horace Slughorn, the head of Slytherin House and Hogwarts Potions teacher, passed away strangely, and almost so long has passed.
No one knows exactly what happened... According to the official reason, he died of accidental poisoning.
However, as a potion expert, Slughorn was fine not long ago, but he died suddenly because of accidentally taking poison? This sounds obviously a bit too unbelievable, and even a bit insulting to everyone's IQ.
Students naturally disagree with this, but there is nothing they can do...
Horace Slughorn is a widowed old man with no wife, child, or even family members left in the world. The relationship between them is not bad; but the world is cold and warm, and after his death, those people did not speak out for him...
Actually, it is also possible that they made a sound, but no one knows.
In fact since the Easter break, a lot of things have happened around them, not just Slughorn's death—
For example, Elaine Shafik, a first-year Slytherin, was taken out of the school by the Aurors without giving any reason... "The Daily Prophet" was temporarily suspended, and the students lost their awareness The only channel for outside information... The opportunity that Hogsmeade was supposed to open to students at the end of May was also cancelled...
The castle and campus of Hogwarts seem to be forcibly separated from the outside world...
They know nothing about the outside world now!
"Something must have happened outside!" Neville Longbottom whispered when he was with his friends.
Neville's father, Mr. Frank Longbottom, also left Hogwarts at the end of the Easter holiday, and was said to have received some kind of "censorship"; together with several of his Auror friends... Wei said that he had not heard from him for a long time. The new Aurors are completely unfamiliar faces, and they look extremely cold...
The final exam is getting closer. According to previous years, Hogwarts will be very nervous at this time, and the students will scramble to review or preview...
However, the situation is different this year. Everyone is preoccupied, and they obviously don't have much interest in reviewing.
Even Hermione Granger...
"God knows what it's going to be like out there when summer breaks around," she said.
"It's also possible that we won't have a summer vacation at all this year." Neville said sarcastically, "Just like the vacation to Hogsmeade, it has been cancelled!"
"By the way, where is Matthew?" Hermione asked in a low voice, "I've always felt that something is wrong with his recent state..."
"I don't know...today is Sunday...Maybe I went to the library to review..." Neville shook his head.
…
Matthew Wakefield was not in the library, but in the Potions classroom.
At this moment, he was alone in the Potions classroom.
Even if it is Sunday, even if the final exam is approaching, everyone is reluctant to come to this remote classroom to review. Especially the owner of this classroom, who just passed away not long ago.
In front of Matthew, there is only a wrinkled letter and a withered flower.
Matthew's mood was not affected as much as his two friends.
It may also be related to his understanding of the ins and outs of this matter, which is slightly more than the two of them.
This is thanks to the letter he found in the crevice-
In a sense, this can no longer be called "faith".
When Matthew read it several times a month ago, the content on the letter paper had completely disappeared.
As for the content above, Matthew has already "memorized it by heart"...
The letter was signed by "Horace Slughorn".
So, it was understandable that Flora didn't suddenly initiate guidance to herself until noon that day...
Because it was Professor Slughorn who gave the petals of the Flor flower on the side of the envelope and cast a concealment spell; under the effect of the concealment spell, the rhizome of the Flor flower cannot sense its petals, so it had no effect; until noon that day, with the death of Professor Slughorn, the Concealment Curse became invalid, and I was able to discover its guidance...
Now that Matthew recalled, after secretly picking flor flowers in the garden that day, he soon met Professor Slughorn.
At that time, I was glad that the act of "stealing" was not discovered by the dean...
In fact, he saw it all...
Not only did he see it, but after Matthew left, he picked up a few petals that Matthew had inadvertently dropped while picking them.
If these petals are left untreated, they will quickly decay and turn to dust.
But Professor Slughorn handled them carefully and kept them fresh... so that they could be used as a tool to "inform" Matthew after his death!
Thinking of this, Matthew suddenly felt a little sad.
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On the wrinkled white paper, it is hard to find the handwriting of the past.
However, when Matthew saw it again, the content above seemed vivid:
"Dear Matthew,
I will surely be dead when you read this letter; so, I desperately hope, you'd better never read this letter.
Of course, if that unfortunate scene really happens, please don't be sad... I have lived in this world for ninety-seven years (although I am confident that I am well maintained and don't look that old) , I've lived long enough, and it's time to meet my old friends who left this world!
To be honest, Matthew; in you, I vaguely see a shadow of my youth——
Ambitious, shrewd, tactful, calm... To be honest, you meet the most perfect qualities of a Slytherin student, perhaps except for blood... It is impossible for the Sorting Hat to make mistakes in some extreme cases Yes, as if it sorted you, a Muggle-born student, into Slytherin house...
Of course, you also have talents that I can't match (for your current age), and I have to admit it.
Even the smoothest person should have the most basic persistence in his heart. I have always believed in this...
I hope you can also walk on the same path. I originally planned to spend another five years to slowly train you, but it is a pity that time waits for no one...
Gellert Grindelwald is a madman...if that's not the right word, then use "paranoid"...
For his plan, he gave his own life, and countless lives... He has walked on his road for a long time, and he has no way to turn back (you, a clever little ghost, I'm afraid it's too early You can clearly see the true face of Grindelwald, I don’t need to say more).
So we have to stop him! Raging Fire Book Bar
As far as I'm concerned, my grandmother was a Muggle...she's been dead for many, many years, but I still remember her kindness very well when I was with her when I was very young...because I have never hated Muggles for her existence, let alone Muggle-born wizards...
Muggles are no different from us, except that they don't know magic... The roots between the Muggle world and the wizarding world are also deeply intertwined, such as my grandmother, Minerva's father, And your parents...
Muggles, they are our kin, our kind.
Wizards have no need to enslave Muggles, we have the best servants, and that is magic!
Everything is just Grindelwald's paranoia.
Let's get down to business, Matthew.
To be honest, the reason why I wrote this letter is that I am very clear that our chances of success in this operation are actually very, very slim... Even if we have the power of Hogwarts, we must not belong to Grindelwald opponent.
His strength is too strong, so powerful that it is suffocating, so powerful that no one can see his back.
Pandora's box is about to be opened, and we know very well that his final plan is about to begin...
Everything we have done can't even slow him down... If you want to describe what despair is, I'm afraid this is it...
The only thing we can do is to leave the last ray of hope in the magic box.
The truth of that hope, is a book... a book that can defeat Gellert Grindelwald!
I'm afraid you're surprised, Matthew... because through the few questions you asked me, there's a high probability that the book is in your hands...
What a coincidence!
That book is not a mysterious side magic item, the mysterious side magic on it is actually very weak, and it is just an appearance; just like I told you at the beginning.
Because I needed my student Tom Riddle (aka Tom Gunter who attacked you the other day) to help me bring it over from abroad... I tricked Tom because After Tom was released from Azkaban, he has some ways of smuggling... You must know that it is not easy to transport contraband from abroad to the UK now!
Before Tom's vassal, Lucius Malfoy, took those books, our people had already arrived at the Lihen Bookstore, ready to change positions...
But a strange thing happened, the book disappeared!
It wasn't until later that you suddenly found me... I just started to guess whether it was you who got the book!
Or that book chose you!
So, don't worry about Tom... Tom did sense the book on you, and he did attack you twice in Hogsmeade; but those two times, you were protected by the Order of the Phoenix... ...
The first time, there was a member of the Order of the Phoenix who was following you closely. If Tom was about to attack you, she would protect you even if she revealed her identity...
For the second time, Tom's whereabouts in Hogsmeade from beginning to end are under our control.
Continue to get down to business, that book chose you!
Honestly, this is a good thing...
When hope chooses the master, people can see the dawn.
We were so excited!
But you are too young, I don't want you to be too obsessed with her, and I don't want you to tell anyone else about it...
So I used a scary tone to "intimidate" you...
I originally hoped that you would grow up slowly before telling you the truth...and I can't get too close to you. There are too many minions of Grindelwald in Hogwarts, and if you are not careful, you will show your feet ...
Unfortunately...time waits for no one...
Grindelwald easily defeated an ancient intruder who broke into Hogwarts. His self-confidence grew more and more, and his minions were ready to move around Europe...
We all know that that day is coming, so from now on, we have to take risks and start a series of actions...
These actions are nothing more than very slim attempts.
Their real purpose is just to confirm whether the book is really in your hands... At the same time, the demise of the Order of the Phoenix will make Grindelwald lose his guard against the inside of Hogwarts; Slightly safer...
That's all we can do.
Don't worry about James, Sirius, and Minerva. Even if they are caught, Grindelwald has never been a cruel person. At most, they are locked in Azkaban...
But I am different, because I am the only one who knows the truth of all this.
If I survive, I will continue to train you...
But if there is an accident and I am exposed, then I can only choose to die...
My Occlumency is indeed very good, and I did carry the antidote of Veritaserum with me, and all memories of that book were deleted by me... But in the face of Grindelwald's powerful , I am still trembling extremely...
If he chooses, he can learn the truth from me in countless ways.
The only way is death... He can't learn the truth from the dead!
I'm leaving, Matthew; the Order of the Phoenix has fallen apart...
If you really want to deal with Grindelwald, you can only rely on yourself...
Of course, if you choose to give up, I will understand... Our opponent is too scary, so scary that even I will lose my courage many times.
There is no need to be afraid of that book, she is actually a very kind soul... Since she chose you~IndoMTL.com~, she will only protect you, not hurt you.
If you decide to deal with Grindelwald, then go to Hogsmeade's Hog's Head Bar and find the bartender, he will teach you how to do it...
If you decide to give up, make a potion of dried nettles, liveroot, scurvy, and leeches, soak the book in it for two and a half hours, and the soul inside will be naturally Eliminate... You can also return to your original peaceful life.
So, make a choice, Matthew...
The only ones who know this matter are you and me; now that I am dead, you are the only one.
No matter what choice you make, no one will blame you.
You are loyal,
Horace Slughorn"
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