Chapter 65 Unknown Letter
"Harry, if you are careful enough, you may be able to recognize this handwriting - yes, I sent you the Invisibility Cloak."
Seeing these two lines of words, Harry opened his eyes wide and looked down quickly. He wanted to know who gave him such a valuable thing as an invisibility cloak as a Christmas gift.
"I know, you may think that the invisibility cloak is used to do bad things that violate school rules. But its role is much more than that. The invisibility cloak can be used to do many more important things!"
"I got a piece of news not long ago: the assistant teacher of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Quirinus Quirrell, was bewitched by the Dark Lord and tried to help him steal something that was closely guarded in the restricted area of the castle, and he already had it. Enough power to break through those guarding levels. Therefore, I hope you can put on the invisibility cloak, enter the restricted area first to obtain it, and stop Quirrell and the Dark Lord with evil intentions!"
Harry stared closely at the letter in his hand. The more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and his heart beat wildly involuntarily.
"Are you still going to play, Harry? If you don't, you will be considered a loser!" Ron's voice came from behind.
"There's no time to play chess now!" Harry lost control of his emotions and shouted, "Quirrell will steal the Philosopher's Stone at any time!"
"What? Quirrell is so stuttering that he wants to steal the Sorcerer's Stone?" Ron put his hand on Harry's forehead, "Harry, are you in a bad mood after losing at chess, or are you feeling stressed because the final exam is coming soon? Too big? How about we go out and relax."
"I'm fine! But someone did write to me about this." Harry retorted.
"Ron, that pervert Quirrell's stammering and cowardice are definitely an act!" Hermione suddenly stood up from the stack of books, angrily took the letter from Harry and started reading, "Since he If you can disguise your perverted and vulgar appearance as a weakling with kidney deficiency, then you can definitely pretend to be cowardly and make the professors look down on him and ignore him!"
Ron and Harry were startled by Hermione's excitement and looked at each other timidly. As a self-reliant little witch in the new era, Hermione was extremely disgusted with Quirrell's perverted behavior, and now she decisively believed the wording in the letter.
"But this letter doesn't even have a signature. Could it be a prank?" Ron also moved next to Hermione and took a look at the letter. "And why didn't he tell Dumbledore the news directly? Want to send it to you, a first-year little wizard?"
"But if it was a prank, why did he send me such an expensive invisibility cloak?" Harry asked, "Maybe the person who sent the letter thought it was me who defeated Voldemort, so he thought I could defeat him again. defeat him……"
At this point, Harry's mood dropped, "But he doesn't know that I'm actually just a scumbag who couldn't even pass the first-year final exam..."
"Don't be discouraged, Harry." Hermione comforted, "In short, this matter has nothing to do with us. As long as you give this letter to Dumbledore, he will naturally take care of the Dark Lord's matter!"
Harry thought for a moment, then nodded vigorously.
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After making a decision, the three people encountered another problem——
No one had ever told them where Dumbledore lived, and they knew of no one who had ever been taken to see the Headmaster.
So, Hermione suggested going to the vice-principal, Professor McGonagall.
"What are you three doing here?"
Professor McGonagall was in the office at this time, grading a large pile of homework.
Harry and Ron looked at the thick homework and swallowed, hoping that Professor McGonagall wouldn't see them at this time.
"We want to see Professor Dumbledore," Hermione said calmly.
"Want to see Professor Dumbledore?" Professor McGonagall repeated, seeming to think it was very suspicious that they had such an idea. "Is there anything you can't tell me that makes you have to go see Dumbledore?"
Harry was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.
"It's a secret." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he immediately wished he hadn't said them. Because Professor McGonagall was obviously a little angry, her nose twitching.
"Professor Dumbledore left ten minutes ago," she said coldly. "He received the urgent letter sent by the owl from the Ministry of Magic and flew to London immediately."
"He left?" Harry said anxiously, "At this time?"
"Professor Dumbledore is a very great wizard. He has many things to do every day and his time is precious..." Professor McGonagall was interrupted by Harry before he could finish his words.
"But this matter is very important!" said Harry.
"Is what you have to say more important than the Ministry of Magic, Harry?" Professor McGonagall asked in a cold tone.
"That's right," Harry explained quickly, subconsciously throwing the word "cautious" out of his mind, "Professor, it's about the Sorcerer's Stone..."
Professor McGonagall held the quill, and her smooth correcting movements suddenly stopped.
"How do you know about the Philosopher's Stone?" she asked in surprise.
"Professor, someone wrote to tell Harry that Quirrell tried to steal the Philosopher's Stone. We must let Professor Dumbledore know about it." Hermione wisely took the words and said to Professor McGonagall.
She blithely ignored the remote connection between Harry and Ron and Nico Flamel, and at the same time motioned to Harry to hand over the letter he was holding tightly in his hand.
Professor McGonagall looked at the three of them with a mixture of surprise and suspicion, then lowered his head and began to read the letter.
None of the four people present noticed that when the letter was handed to Professor McGonagall, the handwriting suddenly underwent a series of changes, almost instantly turning into another font and another content——
The letter removed the content about the invisibility cloak, and only mentioned Quirrell and the Dark Lord in a few sentences.
"Professor Dumbledore will be back tomorrow." Because of the change in handwriting, Professor McGonagall did not recognize it as Dumbledore's handwriting and did not believe its authenticity. "I don't know how you found out about the Philosopher's Stone, but please Don’t worry, no one can steal it, it’s well protected and foolproof.”
"But Professor..." Harry wanted to say something more.
"Potter, don't be fooled by these pranks." She said, turning her attention back to the homework in front of her. "I know there have been a lot of bad rumors about Teacher Quirrell recently. Of course, I We don’t like what he did, but that’s no reason for us to believe this letter.”
The three Harrys stood there stubbornly and did not move.
Finding that they had no intention of leaving, Professor McGonagall had no choice but to raise her head and said, "As soon as Dumbledore comes back, I will tell him about this, okay?"
The three children saw Professor McGonagall's tone and attitude gradually losing patience, and knew that there was no way they could contact Dumbledore today. So they nodded helplessly and left the vice principal's office.
"Quirrell might take action today!" Hermione said to Harry and Ron as soon as they left the office. "Otherwise there is no way to explain why Dumbledore left Hogwarts so coincidentally!"
"But Dumbledore is not here, and Professor McGonagall doesn't believe what we say. What can we do?" Ron asked.
Harry paused for a moment, then pulled Ron and Hermione and walked in the other direction at a faster speed.
"Let's go find Professor Dracula!"
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