Chapter 40 Gryffindor in action

"Caught?" Ada asked while eating. "I still don't know how Hogwarts treats thieves."

Fred snatched the cake from Ada's hand and said to Ada: "Can you please wake up..."

"What would I do if I got caught?" George said.

"Someone stole something and wasn't caught... so what was lost?" Ada asked.

"The problem is that nothing is lost!" the twins said in unison.

Someone stole something from Hogwarts without taking anything, he was caught but not caught. This operation is a bit confusing. What is the purpose of this wave? Ada finally got rid of Snape's shadow and started to think.

Ada, who was lagging in news, asked: "Who discovered it this time? Could it be Filch again?"

"A Ravenclaw student discovered that his belongings in the dormitory had been moved, but none of his classmates and roommates had moved them," George said.

"More Ravenclaws discovered the same thing later," Fred said.

"Ravenclaw?" Ada asked. "Only Ravenclaw?"

"Well, only the Ravenclaw students were talking about it during dinner, and they also told Professor Flitwick about it." George said affirmatively.

"Do you think it's strange for this thief to rummage through so many classmates' things and end up getting nothing?" Fred said with a smile.

Ada had some ideas and said, "Maybe I didn't find what I wanted!"

"What can you find in Ravenclaw? They don't have anything but books, right?" Fred joked.

Among the four houses, Ravenclaw recruits young wizards who are full of wisdom and thirst for knowledge. It is said that there is a private library with a rich collection of books. The average number of books owned by Ravenclaw students is also the most among the four houses.

Entering the Ravenclaw Common Room is as simple as answering a question on the bronze knocker at the door. The same goes for students from other colleges. If you answer the questions correctly, you can enter. No password is required, as long as you are smart enough.

If this "theft" incident is not caused by an insider, it at least proves that the thief should be very smart.

"I really hope that this 'Mr. Thief' can come to Gryffindor." George poured a glass of pumpkin juice for Ada. He was afraid that Ada would choke to death.

Ada took the pumpkin juice, took a sip, and said, "I hope that if a thief comes to visit me, there won't be a third one in Hogwarts."

"You are wrong about that. I think there are many people who have the same idea as us."

"Although 'Mr. Thief' doesn't steal anything, we can make him take the blame!"

The twins' perspective of observing things is really strange, and their ideas are just different from others.

"For example, when Gryffindor is visited, we will tell Professor McGonagall that our homework is missing!" Fred and George said together.

Ada rubbed her temples with her fingers and said to the two brothers: "As expected of you, Professor McGonagall has really found a treasure."

"Although we know Professor McGonagall won't believe it..."

"But life should still be full of hope, what if..."

After destroying the food brought back by the twins, Ada also took out her homework book. She needed to finish writing quickly. The twins were "waiting for food."

The next day was Saturday, and the students did whatever they were supposed to do without any impact. The thief's deterrence was obviously not as good as the murderer who attacked Daniel last time, not to mention he was still a little thief who "didn't dare to take anything."

Some Gryffindor students even wanted to catch this little thief with their own hands. Although they couldn't get a special contribution award, they would still be rewarded with points! If Dumbledore were more generous, he might be able to launch another attack on the Academy Cup.

A large group of Gryffindor students wearing gold and red scarves were scattered in every corner of the school, setting up a dragnet to monitor the school around the clock.

No matter where students from the other three houses go, they can see Gryffindor students in pairs, which can be said to be omnipresent.

Charlie Weasley and other student administrators kept silent about the Gryffindors' behavior, and even helped to organize it a little. In everyone's eyes, this little thief was already in Gryffindor's possession.

Ada and the others did not participate in the action. The seniors did not bring the first- and second-grade kids to play with them. They felt that these kids might not even be able to do "eyes" well, so we should wait until they are older.

As of dinner, Gryffindor's massive round-up operation had not achieved much results. As long as this thief was not stupid, he would not carry out his theft on the weekend, not to mention there was a large group of "eager" Gryffindors. Llanffindor hid aside.

The atmosphere at the Gryffindor table was slightly subdued, in stark contrast to the usual hustle and bustle. The seniors are all discussing what to do next and what measures to take to succeed. A small failure cannot shake the determination of the Gryffindors.

Ada looked at the twins whose eyes were as red as rabbits and asked, "What's wrong with you two? Are you crying?"

"The two of us looked at the Marauder's Map for a day." George sat weakly next to Ada, "I feel like my eyes are going to go blind!"

"If anything is discovered, it would be worth it to be blind. But the two of us are blind now." Fred's appearance was not much better.

Ada didn't know why the two brothers were suddenly so active. She asked: "Didn't you still hope that Mr. Thief could steal your homework yesterday? Why are you trying so hard to catch him today?"

"Of course it's for extra points, what else could it be."

“It’s rare to find such an interesting way to add points, so of course you have to try it.”

They don't have to answer questions honestly in class, and they don't have to be good. They just need to catch the little thief. This kind of thing is naturally very attractive to the twins. Not only do they like pranks, they also like interesting things.

"There are many students in the lounge on weekends. Who would pick something like this to steal and expect to be beaten?" Ada said earnestly, "So just give up. Besides, there are so many people on the map, can you keep an eye on them?" ?”

The twins stared at the map for a long time, probably not even blinking. It would only be more tiring to stare at the various lounges. There were a lot of names crowded into the small common room, and it was very troublesome to distinguish them.

"Do you think Dumbledore will compensate us for our eyes?" the twins said together.

"You should go find Madam Pomfrey." Ada said, and silently added in her heart, don't worry, you can't be blind. I used to sit in front of the computer all day long and I wasn't blind. Where are you guys at?

While Ada was enjoying her dinner, a Slytherin student appeared behind her.

"Drizzt."

As soon as Ada turned around, she saw the Slytherin senior standing behind her. The senior gave Ada the note in her hand and said, "This is from our dean to you."

After saying this, the Slytherin walked away directly. Ada looked at the note in her hand, which read: 7:30 pm, underground classroom.

The "summoning" that she had been worrying about all day finally came. When they were just having dinner, Ada thought Snape had forgotten her. It seemed that she thought Snape was too kind...

The twins wanted to give Ada a look of sympathy, but the emotion conveyed by the twins' red eyes was not like sympathy at all, but more like jealousy about why Ada was able to "single Snape's favor".

Ada continued to eat her dinner as if nothing was chewing. In fact, she was very happy to get extra opportunities to practice potions. But when Snape stood opposite, her happiness turned into hardship.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Ada had already been processing raw materials in the basement for thirty minutes, and had continued to steal from teachers for thirty minutes. It cannot be called stealing from teachers, and this cannot be said about scholars.

From the moment he entered the classroom, Snape was very precious about his words and never said a word to Ada. All his instructions were through gestures and looks, as if speaking to Ada was a blasphemy.

In this way, the two people who disliked each other lived together peacefully in the underground classroom. There were only two sounds in the entire classroom - the sound of Ada processing materials and the sound of Snape making potions.

As her proficiency increased, Ada became more and more comfortable handling raw materials, which also allowed her to focus more on Snape. Being able to observe a potions master making potions at such a close distance is the dream of many potions apprentices. Although Ada still cannot fully understand some of Snape's methods, she has also benefited a lot.

As curfew approached, Snape asked Ada to stop. Ada, who was packing up the tools at hand, suddenly felt the urge to commit suicide. She actually asked Snape a question. She asked: "Professor, do you know about the theft of Ravenclaw?"

Looking at Ada's question, Snape crossed his arms and said, "I know."

"What do you think?" Ada carefully weighed her words, trying not to offend the old bat.

Snape said: "What does it have to do with you? You can go."

Ada looked at the tight-lipped Snape. She was not disappointed at all. It was normal that she couldn't ask anything. After cleaning up, Ada turned and left the classroom. When she walked to the door, Snape stopped her.

"Miss Drizzt, if you don't want to face me every day, just go back to the common room and don't go anywhere." Snape said the longest sentence tonight, "I really don't want to. Saw you, so you better not let me catch you in the hallway or the second floor bathroom.”