Chapter 40 The Exam is Near

Ryan walked out of the woods and looked at his pocket watch by the moonlight, and was surprised to find that it was already 12 o'clock. He hurried to the castle.

When passing by Hagrid's hut, he found that the lights in the hut had gone out. It seemed that Hagrid had recovered a little from the pain of losing the dragon and was now asleep.

Walking into the gate of the castle, Ryan's spirit was highly nervous. He cast an immature disillusionment spell on himself, and made his way around a few grand staircases. Go slowly back to Gryffindor Tower through a few small detours.

But until he got to the portrait of the fat lady, he didn't see any patrolling teachers.

Ryan was surprised by his luck. After returning to the dormitory, he simply washed and then went to bed in the dark and fell asleep.

At breakfast the next day, Ryan sat down at the long table in Gryffindor in the auditorium with dark circles under his eyes. Sure enough, staying up late in your 20s doesn’t mean you can stay up late at 11, so try to come back early next time you go on a night tour.

At dinner today, the people around him seemed to be noisier than usual, and Ryan heard them say Harry Potter several times.

What happened? asked Percy next to Ryan's statue.

You don't look good, no wonder you don't know. Last night my brother Ron and Harry took 100 points in one go. It's a bit disappointing. Percy shook his head helplessly. replied.

This time, there is obviously no Malfoy to inform, how did Harry and the others deduct the points? Ryan thought in confusion.

I can't guess it by myself, and Ryan wants to ask Harry and the others. It's just that Harry and Ron have been hiding from the others during class.

It wasn't until the end of the afternoon class that Ryan found Harry and the others in an empty classroom. Hermione was already here, berating Harry and Ron.

Ryan sat on the side listening to Hermione's scolding, and finally figured out how Harry and the others were caught.

After breaking up in the hallway, Harry and the two went straight to Hagrid to pick up the dragon in a wooden box. Then all the way to the Astronomical Tower very smoothly. According to the time, when they received the dragon entering the castle, Ryan was still in circles with Peeves.

No wonder Ryan didn't see Harry and the others when he rushed to the hall later. They were already upstairs by then.

It's just that after sending the dragon away, the two people who were too excited forgot to put on the invisibility cloak. As a result, they swaggered around the castle. It was easy to be caught by Filch.

No wonder Ryan didn't meet the patrol officers when he came back last night, because at that time Filch had already taken Harry and the others to find Professor McGonagall, and there was no one patrolling the corridor.

After Hermione criticized Harry and the others, she turned her head and said to Ryan, You're just lucky, don't be so reckless next time. If Peeves recruited another night-watching professor yesterday, then we won't deduct 100 points yesterday, but It's 150 points.

Ryan originally thought that the turmoil caused by the points deduction by Harry and the others would soon pass, but he did not expect the situation to intensify.

Harry, once one of the most popular characters at the school, has suddenly become the target of all public criticism. Even the students of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff didn't give him a good look, because everyone had been hoping to see Slytherin lose the House Cup.

People pointed at Harry wherever he went and didn't lower his voice when they said something insulting about him. On the other hand, the Slytherins always applauded and whistled and cheered whenever he passed by. Thank you, Potter, you've done us a great favor!

Ron was also miserable because no one but his brother was willing to talk to her now.

Lane thinks this situation is school bullying, and it is very bad. But he couldn't change the ill will towards Harry and the others in the academy.

In Lane's view, this was purely due to the jealousy of his classmates caused by Harry's previous reputation.

In addition, Gryffindor students are emotionally inclined, which makes the atmosphere in the house very bad.

However, for Ryan, whose mental age is close to 30, seeing a group of children bullying a child, he always wants to intervene, not to mention that this kind of school bullying is completely inconsistent with Ryan's moral values.

So he suggested to the classmates that he should give Harry a chance to correct the problem during the homework discussion time in the evening. After all, as a Gryffindor student, deduction of points is a relatively common thing. Today, everyone treats Ha Li, so who will be treated tomorrow?

Besides, at this time, Gryffindor students shouldn't have infighting and let students from other colleges see jokes.

After these words were spoken, it still had some effect. Although the classmates still did not speak to Harry, at least they would not insult him in front of him.

In addition, Ryan and Hermione also worked hard to answer questions in every class, trying to recover some of the deducted points.

But Harry still seemed in a bad mood. He was now in Ryan's study group, sitting with Ron in an invisible corner, reviewing silently every day until late at night. Keep trying to remember complex potion recipes, remember those magics and spells, remember the dates of major magical inventions and goblin rebellions.

One day Ryan and Hermione asked each other questions and answered all kinds of knowledge in the library. Ron quietly carried a picture of the sky beside him. After all, the exam was only a week away.

Harry suddenly came in from the outside at this time and told Ryan that he heard Quirrell probably succumbed to Snape, and he heard Quirrell's voice of surrender to the evil forces.

After listening, Ron said: This means that the road to the Philosopher's Stone is clear in front of Snape. After all, he is a professor and has applied for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts many times. This shows that he should have enough ways to Deal with that three-headed Lou Wei. What should we do now?

Tell it to Principal Dumbledore. Ryan rubbed his forehead and said, After all, Dumbledore put the Philosopher's Stone in the school, and he is the greatest white wizard, and has the strength to fight against all those who peep at the Philosopher's Stone. The forces of evil.

Hermione also added: If you act alone this time, Harry, you may be fired.

But Harry still objected to telling Dumbledore about it. Because he didn't think cowardly Quirrell wouldn't be on their side to testify for them. (If Quirrell was behind the murder, it would be even more impossible to testify, Lane whispered, but the others ignored him.) And everyone knew they had a feud with Snape, and there was no way without enough evidence. Get Snape to plead guilty.

Most importantly, Harry felt that theoretically students should not know about the Philosopher's Stone and Fluffy, and it would be difficult to explain it to Dumbledore.

Sure enough, this is the thinking of a child, and it is impossible to distinguish the importance of things. Dumbledore should have known what everyone was doing during the night tour. However, in order not to destroy Dumbledore's warrior training plan, Ryan did not point out this point, and let Harry Potter do what he wanted.