Chapter 353 The twins' deception and Harry's investigation

Professor Trelawney glanced at the twins suspiciously, feeling that their expressions and movements at this time were very similar to hers.

Perhaps, she and they are really destined to become teachers and students?

Professor Trelawney said: "My class does not accept extracurricular tutoring. If you want to learn, you can only start as an auditor. Fill out the form first. Auditors will have to pay additional fees..."

She glanced at the form given to them and found that it was the "material application form" she had written for the school. She immediately took it out and searched among the dense pile of papers.

In the end, I still couldn't find the auditor's application form, so I reluctantly took out two relatively clean pieces of parchment and asked them to write the application on it, vowing:

"After you finish writing, I will submit the application to the school, and you will be able to audit soon!"

George and Fred looked at each other. They specifically sought out Professor Trelawney, and they would definitely not be limited to being "auditors."

They also need a closer relationship with their professors.

George rolled his eyes and suddenly said: "Professor Trelawney, do you know 'disciple'? It's like recruiting 'apprentice'. We want to learn real skills."

Trelawney took out the "material application form" and was inspired by these two students. She had already written several sheets and decided to write one more.

While filling out the form, she said perfunctorily: "Any student at Hogwarts who takes my class can learn my divination skills.

I treat students equally. Divination requires special talents. You can’t learn anything without talents. You can’t blame me. I understand the mentality of you students very well..."

Fred interrupted Trelawney's self-talk: "No, Professor, you can think of it as we want to ask you for private tutoring to deepen our divination abilities."

Trelawney's writing quill suddenly paused, "Private tutoring?"

George smiled: "Yes, personal training, we are willing to pay more gold galleons for it."

The three words "Golden Gallon" completely activated Trelawney's nerves. She rolled her eyes several times and her expression changed, becoming a little proud and reserved.

"Private tutoring is not impossible. I will teach you my real skills, some secrets that other students cannot learn. However, there is no guarantee that you will all learn it.

You know, even if I try hard, some students are really stupid, and the aperture behind them is too blurry. Even if the goddess of fate talks about the future in her ears, she can't hear it..."

George and Fred looked at each other again. As twins, they seemed to be exchanging some special information at this moment.

They bargained for the price in unison and even sang together, even though from the beginning, they did not tell the tutoring price of the professor.

George said with some embarrassment: "Professor, we are very interested in divination, but we are just students and we are short of money.

There were many brothers in the Weasley family, and while my parents were providing for us, our poor younger siblings had to make do with what we eliminated. "

Fred shed two tears at the right time, put on an exaggerated expression on his face, and said tearfully:

"My poor brothers and sisters, those in the family who are poor can only wear our clothes. Only during Christmas can we get new and clean clothes!"

George: "The most we can afford is 5 gold galleons per quarter, and we can't afford it anymore. We are counting on divination to change my destiny."

Fred: "It was the goddess of fate who guided us to you, Professor. We are all servants who listen to fate, ah... ah, the goddess of fate!"

The look of anticipation on Trelawny's face quickly cracked. Only 5 gold galleons for a private tutoring lesson?

Although she didn't know the price of private tutoring in the market, for her, 5 gold Galleons couldn't even buy the materials she needed for a divination!

So cheap!

Professor Trelawney patted him on the shoulder and said with some sympathy:

"Although the goddess of fate accepts anyone's embrace, people who are too poor cannot hear the guidance of fate. You should give up this path early."

George: "Please ask the professor to give us a chance to listen. How many gold galleons do we need for a tutorial class?"

Fred said pitifully: "My poor brothers and sisters——"

Trelawney's head was a little bloated for a moment, and all he could hear was "Can it be less?" "My poor brothers and sisters" "Can it be less?" "My poor frugal parents" "Can it be less?" A little" "Follow where your destiny leads, the great Professor Trelawney."

With a snap, the string called "reason" in my mind suddenly broke.

She muttered: "It needs at least 10 gold galleons, no more. This much is needed for a divination."

George and Fred said in unison: "Deal, Professor, we are willing to pay 10 gold galleons for a private divination lesson, and we two brothers will take it together."

George duly handed Trelawney a piece of parchment with a contract written on it. He didn't know when he wrote it.

On the brand new page, the price of 10 gold galleons has been filled in.

Trelawney signed in a daze, without realizing the meaning. He only felt that 10 coins per session was not bad.

Apart from the consumables, she could still earn a few more gold galleons.

But after class started, Trelawny felt vaguely like he had been cheated.

Shouldn't it be 10 coins per class per person? How come it became 10 coins per class for two people?

This seems to be no different from the 5 coins per class that George proposed at the beginning!

...

Harry finally accepted that his godfather was Sirius Black, and he began to unconsciously collect information about Sirius.

He felt that the Slytherin students must be very clear about this part of the information, so he wanted to find out the news there.

For some reason, he didn't tell Hermione, Draco and Lin Xia that every time he stood in front of these people, he always felt that he was not "honest" enough.

His thoughts were very complicated, but Lin Xia and the others seemed to be able to see through their thoughts at a glance. This may be the characteristic of people who like to engage in academics.

They never think too much about messy things.

He told Ron his thoughts. Ron's expression was also complicated. He persuaded him, "Harry, your current thoughts are very dangerous."

"Although Sirius is your godfather, his reputation is too bad now. Compared with Draco's guess, I am more inclined to think that he is a murderer.

You want to understand him. What if other people know that you are colluding with Sirius?"

Harry said expectantly, "Maybe there is some misunderstanding. After all, the Ministry of Magic is not necessarily reliable, right? Ron, I still want to investigate."

Ron: "Then what do you want to do?"

Harry: "I, I think, first we have to find Slytherin students who are willing to communicate, especially those who obviously know the relationship between me and Sirius."

Ron denied without thinking: "You want peaceful communication, that's impossible. They would like to stay as far away from you as possible."

Harry: "Then what way can we communicate?"

Ron thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he thought of a way.

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In the evening, after the Slytherin students had dinner, they returned to the basement.

Well, their common room and dormitory are in the basement.

Ron and Harry used the Invisibility Spell to ambush on the side. Thank God, the Invisibility Spell they learned from wandering around in the past few years was used smoothly this time.

Ron and Harry suddenly had an idea. Studying diligently on weekdays is not as good as playing around in school. At least in magic, they can learn more magic by playing around.

But soon, they thought of Lin Xia and the other three.

As good students who listened carefully in class, these three people learned much more than them, and many spells were beyond the scope.

Compared with them, their wandering can only be described as rebellious.

Ron and Harry stood for a long time, their legs hurt, and from time to time they switched from left foot to right foot, and from right foot to left foot. One student after another passed by, but they endured it.

They had already chosen the person, the one who questioned Harry in person before, who seemed to know Sirius very well.

After a long wait, when curfew was about to start, they finally waited for that person.

That person walked with two students. The two students were tall and strong, like bodyguards protecting him, listening to his arrogant bragging.

"My family has cooperative relations with the Malfoy family. When Draco greeted me, he had to entertain me personally. I drank the tea he made for me!"

Ron and Harry were instantly alerted when they saw this person, and felt that this person's words were very unreliable.

Although Draco looked very polite, he was very arrogant in his bones. Only Lin Xia and Hermione could drink the tea he made.

Later, after staying in the laboratory for a long time, Draco helped them find British-style milk tea, although the taste was not very good and a bit weird.

But it is said that it is the taste that nobles like to drink, so they drank it and got used to it.

Draco can let go of his reserve to acquaintances, but to a stranger...

They really can't imagine Draco being servile to others. It's too magical.

The two tall men said in unison: "The Malfoy family is going to be lonely. Their heir actually went to Hufflepuff."

The little wizard in the middle waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it. Hufflepuff is not without outstanding people."

"It's just luck that Lin Xia was assigned to Hufflepuff. Without Lin Xia, it's nothing. The students there are all stupid!"

Ron couldn't help muttering: "They are always the first in the college cup every year, and they don't rely on the extra points of Lin Xia and Draco. In the lower grades, the overall quality of Hufflepuff is much better than that of students in other colleges."

Harry habitually agreed: "You are right."

Suddenly, the three people stopped, and the wizard in the middle asked: "Did you hear anyone talking?"

The other two nodded to each other.

It was still the little wizard in the middle who said to himself: "Impossible, how many people dare to come to our basement, and the common room is in front, and the big snake outside the door is scary."

But a second later, the little wizard slapped himself in the face.

After Ron and Harry talked carelessly, they held their breath and watched the three little wizards motionlessly.

After hearing that they were exposed, he went around behind them without saying a word and hit them with a long club, knocking the three little wizards unconscious.

But soon, they were shaken awake and found themselves in the potion class in the basement, with their hands and feet tied and their mouths covered.

Two men in black appeared in front of them, and the little wizard was frightened and trembled.

Ron followed the method seen in movies and TV shows, and first said to each little wizard:

"Tell us anything about Sirius Black and I'll let you go if you tell us what you know.

But if you don’t cooperate obediently, Jie Jie Jie, I will let you go see the God of Death immediately! "

Ron felt that his tone was not fierce enough, so he said "Jie Jie Jie" even more fiercely.

The three little wizards nodded like quails.

First, he released the mouth of the first little wizard. The little wizard screamed in fear and was immediately slapped by Harry.

The little wizard fainted instantly.

Ron scared them that they couldn't see each other. The little wizards were all tied vertically. They asked questions from the last one, and the people in front couldn't see what happened to the people behind.

Ron specifically said: "This one is disobedient and his brains will be beaten out. Please replace him with another one."

Under such intimidation, the little wizard did not dare to create a monster. After the second little wizard was released from his mouth, he said honestly:

"I only know that he is the heir of the Black family, a very ancient noble family with countless wealth in Gringotts.

If Black didn't take out the money, Gringotts would swallow it, which was such a waste. "

Harry asked in a specially changed voice: "I heard that he likes to kill people."

The little wizard stuttered and said: "I, I don't know, that's what the Ministry of Magic said, but I heard that the people who died were all people from the Ministry of Magic. They couldn't find the murderer, so they pushed it to Sirius." body."

Harry continued: "So no one saw Sirius kill someone himself?"

"No, no, even if there is, I can't tell. Everyone who has seen Black has been killed."

Harry covered the young wizard's mouth again without giving him the sap.

They looked at the last little wizard, who was also the one who personally asked Harry that day, asking him if he would hook up with Sirius and let him kill them.

With his mouth released, the little wizard fearfully spilled all the news.

"I don't know the news about Black. I was instructed by my father to spread rumors about Sirius being scary in Hogwarts. I don't know anything about Black..."

Harry was a little disappointed, but still didn't give up.

"You don't know, but your parents must know. What did your parents say?"

The little wizard shook his head crazily: "They don't know either. I only heard that many people died in the Order of the Phoenix during this battle. It was suspected that someone inside had informed the traitor, and the crime was finally placed on Sirius Black, who disappeared at the critical moment.

As soon as Black appeared, he was immediately targeted by the Ministry of Magic, who arrested him and quickly convicted him. The process of talking back was too fast, not like the style of the Ministry of Magic.

They didn't hire a lawyer for Black yet, and no one wanted to listen to Black's speech. Everyone was too panicked at the time, and they just wanted to push one person out to let the crowd's emotions vent.

These are what my parents said, I don’t know anything, I don’t know what they are talking about..."

Harry wanted to ask something else, but the little wizard fainted. (End of chapter)