Chapter 66: Disappointment

After the Christmas holiday, the first night of school.

The students were all gathered in the Great Hall. The prefect helped to maintain order and handed out sleeping bags. They were going to spend the night in here tonight.

The students’ reaction is acceptable. Hermione understood the situation from Draco’s incident. For all the students at Hogwarts, some of them knew but didn’t know the exact situation. According to word of mouth, most of the students in the castle now know that they are in a very unsafe environment.

“Do you think the professor can find the monster this time?” In the area where the Gryffindor students gathered, Harry asked.

They all knew that if they continued like this, Hogwarts would be shut down. No one wants to see that, so they all hope to catch the culprit immediately.

Hermione shook her head, “I don’t know either, but I feel that they could do it.”

Ron muttered softly, “If only Professor Forrest could say something that would affect this situation.”

Harry and Hermione were taken aback for a moment. They looked at Ron in surprise as if they had discovered something.

“Yes! While the chances are small, we have Professor Forrest! As long as we let Professor Forrest say, “The chance of catching the culprit this time is small,” theoretically, things will go in our favor.”

It was only after finding out Sherlock’s jinx that they had been afraid of its effect these days. Now they remembered that since he can turn a good luck into a bad luck, he might be able to turn a bad luck into a good luck.

They were overjoyed and felt that they had found a way to save Hogwarts, so they immediately prepared to sneak out of the Hall to find Sherlock. However, before they slipped to the door, a cat with big eyes stared at them before blocking their way.

It is the pet of the castle keeper, Mrs. Norris. Filch and his cat were inseparable, and Mrs. Norris blocked their way, which meant Filch was near them.

After receiving the order to guard the students in the Hall and not let them run around, Filch hid in the corner, waiting to catch students who wanted to sneak away. With this, Harry and the others were caught.

“What are you children trying to do, huh?!” He stared and questioned Harry and the others sullenly.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Harry swallowed and struggled for a long time without finding a reason, “We…we…want to…”

Hermione said, “We have something to report to Professor Forrest!”

But Filch, with years of experience dealing with the Weasley twins, wasn’t that easy to deceive. He squinted and looked at Hermione suspiciously.

“Why must it be reported to Professor Forrest? Can’t Professor Flitwick do it?”

This time, Hermione was stopped. She couldn’t explain why. Filch became suspicious as he watched the three. He stayed in the castle every day. Obviously, he had also heard the rumors about the Chamber of Secrets.

“You want to sneak out to find that monster, huh? Did you open that room?” As soon as he said these words, the eyes of the surrounding students changed, and they all looked at Harry and the others strangely.

After being accused like this, Ron couldn’t take it anymore; he shouted, “We’re going to save Hogwarts; we want to see Professor Forrest!”

Harry also shouted, “We want to see Professor Forrest!”

Their voices drew Professor Flitwick’s attention, who was organizing the prefect and managing the students. He was in a hurry and pulled Harry and the others back to the Gryffindor rest area.

“You’ll see Sherlock in a while. He’s searching the boys’ dormitories in the common rooms, and he’ll be here soon.” Professor Flitwick left a sentence for them and hurriedly went to count the number of Hufflepuff students.

Harry and the others had no choice but to sit back and gather. At this time, Seamus came over and asked in a low voice.

“I heard that you wanted to sneak out to attack the monster in the Chamber of Secret just now. Who is the heir?”

Ron glared at him angrily, “If I’m the heir, I’ll let the monster attack you next.”

“Come on, you can’t do that. We are roommates.”

Harry and the others ignored Seamus, and the three gathered again to discuss what to do next.

“We’ll see Professor Forrest later. But how can we make him say “the possibility of catching the culprit is small”?” Harry raised the difficulty of how to get him to speak.

Ron proposed, “Perhaps we can explain things clearly with Professor Forrest and let him say this sentence. Anyway, it’s just a matter of saying things randomly. I don’t think the professor will refuse.”

Hermione kept frowning and did not participate in the discussion between the two of them. Harry noticed Hermione’s behavior and asked suspiciously.

“What are you thinking? Hermione.”

Hermione raised her head, “I’m thinking about a problem I just overlooked.”

“When Professor Forrest said to us before, his words should have been sincere, right?”

Hermione’s question stopped both Harry and Ron. They said hesitantly, “It should be. Although the professor is a little unfriendly on the surface, he is actually a good person.”

“Our test is only a one-way test,” Hermione looked serious, “We tested the accuracy of Professor Forrest’s jinx and the limit of it, but we did not test the conditions for the jinx to happen.”

Ron looked at Hermione in confusion. He didn’t understand what she said.

Harry understood; he said suddenly, “You mean we can’t be sure if the professor’s jinx is activated or not? It’s not enough to just say it out of his mouth, and he has to say it from the bottom of his heart?”

“Correct.” Hermione said solemnly, “I’m just worried that it’s useless if we only ask the professor to say that sentence.”

Ron finally understood this time, “So we’re at a dead end.”

This is not only the disappointment they had realized but also the disappointment of discovering that the jinx they originally imagined as something amazing seems to be not as amazing as they imagined.