Chapter 1008: The Long-lost Marauder's Map

The twins quieted down, and the topic returned to Furong.

After briefly chatting about her physical condition, her face suddenly became serious. "Our principal came by this morning. She didn't ask me anything about what happened yesterday. She just said that I did nothing wrong and asked me not to think too much and focus on healing."

She noticed the unnatural look on Vincent and Hermione's faces, paused and continued, "I always feel that what happened yesterday was not that simple. I was so careful that I even used the silent spell. The Welsh green dragon should not have discovered that it was me who cast the spell."

Of course, the friends would not believe the contents of the Daily Prophet. Now after hearing what she said, it seemed that except for Harry's Swedish short-nosed dragon, the conditions of the other three dragons when they were rampaging were a little abnormal.

Not to mention the docile Welsh Green Dragon, although the Chinese Fireball Dragon is aggressive, it will not spray fireballs desperately.

There was also that Hungarian Treecrest Dragon, which killed more than a dozen dragon trainers in a few moves, and in the end Dumbledore even had to come out to save the situation.

Vincent and Hermione looked at each other with wry smiles.

Everyone is not a fool. Even if they don’t find the problem on the spot, they will sooner or later realize that something is wrong with the fire dragon.

Furong had been paying attention to their reactions. After seeing the helplessness on their faces, she became more certain that they must know something.

She glanced at Madam Pomfrey, who was concentrating on brewing a potion at the workbench, and lowered her voice as much as possible, "Vincent, Hermione, what do you know? Can you tell me? Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

The two turned to look at their friends who were discussing in a low voice with Gabrielle, and they were both hesitant about whether to tell the truth.

Furong is the victim after all, and she has the right to know everything.

Vincent nodded and quietly cast a spell to confuse the sound.

After hearing the truth, Furong's already fair face turned even paler out of fright.

"Death Eater...you mean the one from more than ten years ago..."

She suddenly closed her mouth tightly and relaxed a little, "That person, that person is back?"

Without waiting for the two to answer, she straightened up emotionally, "No, since he has come back, then who is the savior that your British Ministry of Magic has been promoting for so many years?"

Vincent hesitated, "Harry did deflect the Killing Curse, but it was not enough to kill Voldemort."

Furong stared at him with wide eyes and couldn't help but take a breath, "You...you dare to say his name?"

Vincent shrugged, "Hogwarts has anti-surveillance magic, and it's not like we haven't faced him ourselves before."

"us?"

"Yeah." Hermione turned and looked behind her, "It's us."

Furong followed her gaze and hesitated several times, "Okay, now I understand why you are so brave."

Although Voldemort only operated in Britain, the countless cruel acts committed by him and his Death Eaters against Muggles left a deep impression on the global wizarding community.

Especially the countries neighboring Britain, they know very well that once Britain falls, they will be the next target.

So when they learned that Harry had deflected the Killing Curse and "killed" Voldemort, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

France and Britain are separated only by the English Channel. Fleur would naturally be frightened upon hearing the news of Voldemort's return, fearing that France would fall like Britain in the future.

However, after hearing Vincent dare to call her by her name, her attitude seemed to have changed subtly.

"How did you deal with him before?"

"And how did he come back?"

Fleur's curiosity grew, and Hermione answered a few simple questions. Vincent lifted the spell when he saw that the time was almost up.

The twins and Gabrielle were still discussing which dragon was more powerful, the Greengrass sisters and Qiu were researching what cosmetics could perfectly cover up scars, and Cedric was staring at the ceiling in boredom.

That was a Death Eater who even Moody could hide from. The more people who knew about it, the more dangerous it would be.

It was almost lunch time before everyone left the school hospital.

Before entering the hall, Cedric pulled Vincent to a small corner, and Hermione was also stopped by Daphne and whispered something to her.

"Vincent, I sensed a particularly weak magical aura in the school hospital just now. Is that yours?"

"Hermione, you and Fleur have been talking about Beauxbatons for so long, are you hiding something?"

As the saying goes, no matter how strong the barrier is, there will always be cracks. It seems that the barrier built with magic also has cracks.

Vincent and Hermione had to reveal a little bit of the truth.

But neither of them said anything about the possibility of Death Eaters hiding in the school. It was not because they did not trust Cedric and Daphne, but because they were afraid of implicating them.

The true levels of Quirrell and Lockhart are obvious to all, so it is better to be cautious when facing the unknown.

After the afternoon class, Hermione found Astoria and asked for the Marauder's Map.

She recited the long-lost password, and dense footprints and names immediately appeared on the unfolded map.

Confirming them one by one is a huge project.

However, if you only confirm the name, the actual operation is still very fast.

During the dinner, Vincent and Hermione temporarily confirmed through the names displayed on the map that all the teachers and students in the castle were real people, and there were no Death Eaters hiding among them.

This is good news, but it also brings two pieces of bad news.

First, the Marauder's Map has limitations; it cannot show areas outside the castle.

The greenhouse, the stadium, the Black Lake, the Forbidden Forest, etc. all need to be confirmed one by one.

Second, Peter Pettigrew knew how to avoid being tracked by the map. The fact that he had not been found did not mean that the castle was safe. The hidden Death Eaters were likely to take advantage of the loopholes in the map that he knew about.

However, Vincent and Hermione thought of a solution, which was to ask the map maker for help to extend the map to a larger area and plug the previous loopholes.

On Saturday night, Vincent, dressed in a black cloak, came to Hogsmeade and walked into the Hog's Head Bar, where there were only two customers.

Sirius and Lupin, who were sitting at the bar, were very wary of him, but Aberforth was tactful enough to go upstairs.

As Vincent walked towards them, he took off his large black cloak.

"Merlin, you're dressed suspiciously."

He put the cloak into the ring of Flamel. "Really? I'll dress up as a bat next time."

Sirius picked up a new glass and poured some whiskey into it, "Bats? Isn't that even more suspicious?"

The Ministry of Magic has not yet rescinded the wanted warrant for the Bat Family, and currently Snape is the only one in the British wizarding world who continues to dress up as a bat.

After drinking a glass of whiskey, he tentatively confirmed that Sirius and Lupin were himself before he roughly described the current situation of the school.

"What?! There's a Death Eater hiding in the school that even Mr. Moody didn't notice?!"

The two of them reacted greatly, and Sirius's wine glass was even cracked by him.

Vincent didn't say much. He took out the Marauder's Map and spread it out on the bar. "Even the Ministry of Magic doesn't know this news. If the school is safe, you should understand what this means."

There are only so many people who can come into contact with dragons. If they are not from the school, the only ones left are dragon tamers and the Ministry of Magic.

Sirius and Lupin looked at the map they had made together and instantly understood what Vincent wanted them to do with it.

Since this involves Death Eaters, I will definitely help.

The two of them just stared at each other quietly, looking like they were having some difficulties.

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