Chapter 547 Katie Bell

Chapter 547 Katie Bell
At this time, McLaggen came back outside the Room of Requirement laughing, his laughter full of arrogance and excitement. Behind him followed a group of Justice Pickets, including Roger Davis, Schuyler Fawcett and others, all of whom looked very excited, as if they had just won a great victory.

They dragged the struggling prisoners and pushed them in mercilessly - Ernie Macmillan, Hannah Abbott, Neville Longbottom... The members of Dumbledore's Army were now being escorted like a group of lambs to be slaughtered. Zhang Qiu took a look and shook his head secretly. More than half of the members of Dumbledore's Army were here.

But, she...is not here. Thinking of Xie Lin's instructions, Zhang Qiu held his breath nervously, moving his feet, and thinking whether to leave here immediately.

"Tie them all up!" McLaggen strode to the center of the crowd, his eyes flashing with irrepressible pleasure. He raised his chin and ordered in a high and majestic voice, "Send them to Professor Umbridge's office and wait for her decision!"

He felt that his moment of glory had finally come - these self-righteous rebels, who had claimed to fight against the Ministry of Magic, were now captured by his own hands and had no power to fight back. He glanced fiercely at the prisoners in the room, his eyes filled with contempt.

Then his eyes fell on Hermione, and the flames of hatred instantly flared up.

This face, this girl who had embarrassed him on the train—she had always thought she was smart, always stole the spotlight, always lectured others with her condescending attitude. He had always been bothered by the superiority she displayed in front of him, and now she was finally in his hands, as vulnerable as a sheep to be slaughtered, and McLaggen could almost hear the vengeance boiling in his chest.

He took a step forward and grabbed Hermione's chin roughly, forcing her to look up and look directly at him. His fingers were so tight that his knuckles turned white due to the force. Hermione's chin was pinched so hard that it hurt, and there were even faint red marks on her skin, but she clenched her teeth stubbornly and refused to make a sound.

"Granger..." McLaggen began in a low, cold voice, his eyes gleaming with a vengeful fanaticism, "Don't you think you are very smart? Don't you think you are self-righteous? Look at what you look like now!"

He sneered contemptuously and deliberately increased the strength of his hands. Hermione gasped and the blood on her face instantly faded. She struggled subconsciously, but her hands were tied tightly behind her back and she couldn't push him away. She was forced to lean forward, almost close to McLagen, so close that his breath almost sprayed on her face.

"What?" McLaggen laughed like a devil, with a morbid smugness in his tone. "You're very smart, aren't you? How come you can't even refute now?"

Hermione bit her lower lip tightly, the pain made her eyes slightly red, but she still didn't let the tears fall. Her cheeks were squeezed hard by McLagen's palms, and her skin was roughly pinched, even faintly red marks appeared. The corners of her mouth trembled slightly, and because her muscles were forced to twist, it became difficult for her to speak.

Her breathing was ragged and her chest heaving like a trapped animal trying to break free, but McLaggen's fingers were like iron tongs, clamping her face tightly and preventing her from moving.

"Look at me!" McLaggen growled, pressing his thumb hard on her chin, forcing Hermione to look up and look into his eyes burning with hatred and revenge. "Don't you always like to use this mouth to teach people a lesson? Come on, try to teach me a lesson now."

Hermione clenched her teeth, and the pain made her eyes well up with tears, but she still stared at McLaggen stubbornly, her eyes did not show any sign of surrender, but full of anger and contempt. Her cheeks were pinched so hard that they hurt and burned, and every breath seemed to cut her flesh.

She tried to struggle, tried to shake his hand off, but her strength was not enough to move McLaggen at all. Instead, the rope around her wrist tightened as she twisted, digging painfully into her skin.

McLaggen sneered, a look of twisted pleasure in his eyes.

He paused deliberately, enjoying Hermione's expression that was stiffened by humiliation, and the pleasure of controlling everything about her flowed freely in his body. He could even smell the faint fragrance of the girl, and feel her body trembling with fear. All of this made him feel unprecedented satisfaction. "I warned you, Granger." McLaggen licked his dry lips, his voice full of sinister pleasure, "Remember the consequences of going against me. This is just the beginning..."

He leaned down slightly, put his mouth close to Hermione's face, and gently touched her ear with his lips. He said softly: "Now it's you, the next one... is Shaylin Malfoy."

……

Zhang Qiu had already left there.

To be honest, she didn't like Hermione Granger. She liked to meddle in other people's affairs and always had a condescending expression, as if she knew more than anyone else.

Most importantly, with a woman's unique intuition, she always felt that there was something wrong with the way Hermione looked at Shaylin, as if she had thoughts about her boyfriend that she shouldn't have.

Of course, she hated McLaggen even more. After all, Hermione and he were both prefects of the same college, so there was no need to be so harsh on a little girl.

Even though she didn't like Hermione, she felt a little bit of pity for what she was going through. She really couldn't bear to watch it anymore, but thinking of her mission, she decided to leave them behind and leave first. After all, this was Hogwarts, and they might suffer a little, but they would not die.

She took out the Marauder's Map that Schelling had given her, and quickly searched for her target among the densely packed names. After a few seconds, her eyes lit up slightly - Katie Bell's name was in a corner of the second floor, surrounded by two other names - Eddie Carmichael and Marcus Belby.

Katie Bell was a student at Gryffindor College, in the same year as her and one year older than Shaylin and Harry. She was one of the chasers on the Gryffindor Quidditch team and was a very good pilot.

Most importantly, many people don't know that Zhang Qiu and she were actually childhood playmates and besties. Their grandfathers Zhang and Bell (full name Cassius Bell) were both excellent Aurors in the British Ministry of Magic in the 30s. They served under Theseus Scamander and once fought against Grindelwald together in Paris. They were comrades who once fought side by side.

The two had often played together since the age of three, and even trained Quidditch together, until they entered different houses and began to drift apart.

"What a coincidence..." Zhang Qiu closed the map, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth. She certainly knew the identities of Carmichael and Belby. They happened to be classmates with her, and both of them were members of the Justice Patrol.

It seems that Katie was unable to escape in the end and was blocked by these two people.

Without a moment's hesitation, she quickened her pace and rushed towards the target location, at the same time feeling fortunate that the true leader she followed had foresight. If Xie Ling had not given her the live point map in advance, she would probably not have been able to complete today's mission.