Chapter 164 The stage has begun (6K please read)

An hour later, Harry left the dressing room and prepared to return his Nimbus 2000 to the broom shed.

He was relieved, and he had finally done something truly worthy of pride - no one would ever say that he just had a famous name, and the huge points deduction he brought to the academy could be compensated.

The night air had never been so sweet as it was now. As he walked across the damp grass, the scene just an hour ago reappeared in his mind, all vague fragments of happiness——

The little wizards of Gryffindor ran over and put him on their shoulders. Hermione jumped with joy, Ron cheered with nosebleeds, and Lin Xia and Draco gave him a thumbs up. …

Harry came to the broom shed, leaned against the door and looked at the scenery outside the window, feeling extremely happy. He succeeded. Even Snape couldn't...

Suddenly, Harry was startled. He saw a sneaky figure wearing a hood quickly leave the castle and rush towards the Forbidden Forest.

The figure he recognized was Snape, sneaking into the Forbidden Forest while others were having dinner. What did he want to do?

Involuntarily, Harry rode the broomstick again and flew towards the Forbidden Forest.

Hidden above the leafy trees, he finally saw Snape in a shadowy clearing, but he was not alone, even Quirrell was there.

He couldn't hear clearly.

Quirrell said intermittently: "I don't know why you chose to meet in this place, Severus..."

Snape said coldly: "Because I think this matter should not be made public. After all, students are not supposed to know about the Philosopher's Stone."

Quirrell muttered a few words.

Snape interrupted, "So, you figured out how to get past Hagrid's monster?"

"B-but Severus, I-"

"You don't like to be my enemy, Quirrell." Snape approached him.

"I-I don't know, you, you-"

"Very well," Snape interrupted him again, "We will talk again soon, after you have had time to think it over and decide who you are loyal to."

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"Harry, where have you been?"

When Harry returned to the Gryffindor common room, the little wizards were still cheering and Ron was patting his back excitedly.

"Don't worry about that," Harry said breathlessly, "I overheard that Snape was going to develop Quirrell as his subordinate and let Quirrell find out how to deal with the three-headed dog arranged by Hagrid! Snape needs Philosopher's Stone, he must be the mysterious man's subordinate, and he wants the mysterious man to be resurrected!"

On the second day, both Draco and Lin Xia knew about this news.

Now even Lin Xia didn't know how to explain to Snape.

She also had some doubts about whether Snape was another subordinate installed by Voldemort at Hogwarts, but she had never seen any divination linking him and Voldemort.

But Quirrell is definitely not innocent.

Lin Xia didn't want to reveal this information, so he only said: "Instead of paying attention to Snape, it is better to pay more attention to Quirrell. Maybe he will become a breakthrough point."

"Also, I have something to remind you." Lin Xia said seriously, "Now, you have to focus on next week's exam, not the magic stone."

A look of pain flashed across Harry and Ron's faces, the terrifying exam week was approaching!

Because it was exam week, Lin Xia, Draco and Hermione all stopped working on the papers and began to concentrate on reviewing.

But for those with good grades, it doesn't matter whether they review or not.

Exam week is officially here.

Professor Flitwick asked the little wizards to enter the classroom one by one, and asked them to cast a spell on the pineapple to make it tap dance across a desk.

Professor McGonagall's exam question was announced very early, which is to turn any object into a snuff bottle. The more exquisite the pot, the higher the difficulty, and the higher the score.

When taking the Potions exam, the topic was to make a potion of oblivion.

Professor Snape's sharp eyes were fixed on all the young wizards. Everyone seemed to feel that he was standing behind them and watching closely. They were very nervous when preparing potions...

The exam is over.

Lin Xia and Draco left the examination room together, and Draco looked very comfortable.

"It's much easier than I thought. I thought it would be difficult, but it doesn't seem to be as difficult as I thought."

They met Hermione halfway, and Draco and Hermione became very topical now, and they were comparing each other's answers.

Harry and Ron couldn't help but stay away from those two people. They had to go over the questions again after the exam, which made them feel very uncomfortable.

"Harry," Lin Xia asked, "Does your forehead still hurt?"

Harry sighed: "It still hurts. The pain is getting worse and worse. Sometimes I can't sleep at night."

"Go and see Mrs. Pang Lei?" Lin Xia suggested.

Harry shook his head, "I'm not sick. I think this is a warning...meaning that danger is coming...I always feel like something is wrong..."

Suddenly, Harry thought of something and rushed towards Hagrid's cabin.

"I thought about the fire dragon Hagrid had before. How could it be such a coincidence? Hagrid wanted the fire dragon, but someone gave him the fire dragon. No, there must be something we don't know!"

Lin Xia and others went together.

Hagrid was sitting outside the hut, his trousers rolled up, busy shelling pea pods.

Under Harry's questioning, Hagrid recalled the scene when he got the fire dragon.

When Hagrid recalled what he said when he was drunk, he once again said how to appease the three-headed dog, and his face turned pale.

"I shouldn't have told you, forget everything I said, hey - where are you going?"

The group didn't exchange a word along the way until they arrived at Hogwarts. Lin Xia set up a "disruption spell" and asked: "Harry, what do you want to do?"

Harry's eyes were firm: "I must tell Professor Dumbledore!"

Hagrid had already leaked the answer to passing the first level, but that person hadn't done it yet.

The exams were over recently, and the little wizards were not interested in the restricted area on the fourth floor. While no one was paying attention now - Harry thought that the Philosopher's Stone might be stolen in these few days!

Harry, Ron and Hermione hurried to find Dumbledore, while Lin Xia and Draco returned to the laboratory.

It was enough for them to find him. If there was any accident, Lin Xia asked them to contact at any time.

In the laboratory.

Draco looked at Lin Xia, hesitant to speak.

Lin Xia was talking to the diary and talking to Tom about the research arrangements.

Finally, Draco couldn't help it and asked, "Lin Xia, why don't we follow Harry and others to find the headmaster?"

Lin Xia asked slowly, "Draco, do you know what Legilimency is?"

Draco: "Of course I know. My father mentioned this spell to me. It is a high-level witchcraft that can obtain emotions and memories from another person's brain.

My father said that people with high Legilimency can easily tell whether others are lying, and can also easily know what others are thinking in their minds and get the information they want."

Lin Xia said lightly, "As far as I know, Dumbledore is a master of Legilimency. When you face him, are you sure that it doesn't matter even if he knows your secrets?"

Draco was stunned, "This..."

Lin Xia looked straight into his eyes, "This is also the reason why I don't want to contact Dumbledore. When he appeared on the Quidditch field, I didn't even dare to look at him. I have many hidden secrets that he is not suitable to know."

Draco was shocked.

He also has many secrets that he doesn't want others to know, about himself and about the Malfoy family.

He said carefully: "You are right, I was too rash, so are we going to wait for notification in the laboratory? Should we go to the common room?"

Lin Xia shook her head: "No, we will wait here. I have a hunch that many interesting things will happen tonight."

On the other side, Harry's search for Headmaster Dumbledore was deadlocked.

They met Professor McGonagall on the way and asked her about Professor Dumbledore. It turned out that the headmaster was not in Hogwarts.

Professor McGonagall: "This is normal. The headmaster is often not in school. He is a great wizard, busy with all kinds of things, and his time is precious..."

Harry was very anxious and couldn't help but reveal to her that they knew about the Philosopher's Stone and said that someone tried to steal the Philosopher's Stone.

But Professor McGonagall didn't believe it and suggested that they go outdoors to bask in the sun.

After Professor McGonagall left, Harry and others discussed again. Harry had a hunch that Snape would choose to do it tonight.

"It must be tonight. The young wizards have finished their exams and are relaxed. No one stays on the 4th floor. The professors are busy writing comments and summaries for us. Even Dumbledore has left Hogwarts."

Hermione: "But we didn't--"

She took a deep breath. Snape was standing in the corridor.

She didn't know when Snape appeared. Maybe he heard everything, or maybe not.

Snape's sudden appearance shocked the trio. They returned to the Gryffindor common room to discuss their next plan.

Harry: "Listen, I have to solve this matter and stop Snape's plot to steal the Philosopher's Stone! This concerns my life, I have to do it, but this matter is very dangerous. If I fail, I will-"

Hermione interrupted: "Harry, can your invisibility cloak cover three people?"

"Three, three people?"

Ron also said: "Of course, do you think we will let you act alone?"

...

Time passed by minute by minute, and the classmates went to bed one by one. The number of people in the common room gradually decreased until it was empty.

But something unexpected happened before they left. Neville was still awake and stopped them from going out at night to prevent Gryffindor from being deducted points.

Hermione had no choice but to petrify Neville and leave the common room.

What they didn't know was that outside the common room, there was a cat hiding in a corner, watching them motionlessly.

The cat saw the trio go out, licked its fur slowly, and did not move.

About 10 minutes later, the door of the Gryffindor common room was opened again, and Neville and another student walked out.

The White Fairy recognized the student, it was Mikel, Lin Xia had said that if you meet him, you can pay more attention to him.

It waited for another ten minutes, and made sure that no one came out of the common room, then took the elevator to the laboratory quickly and pressed the door with its cat paw.

"Welcome back, White Fairy."

The White Fairy jumped into Lin Xia's arms in no time, and a series of messages flashed in her mind.

Lin Xia thought for a while, and just when she was about to leave, she suddenly felt that it was meaningless to go with just a few people.

Since we want to muddy the water, the more people there are, the better.