harry potter book of crimes

"...So, what will happen to those who violate the contract?"

Under Ron's eager questioning, Harry also cast curious eyes at Hermione. But just when Hermione was about to whisper to them, she was interrupted by another sudden voice.

"Miss Granger——"

This crisp shout immediately attracted the attention of the three people. They turned their heads almost at the same time and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

"Miss Granger...oh! Are Mr. Weasley and Mr. Potter here?"

Running briskly from the other side of the hall was the third-year "freshman" who had just been admitted to Hogwarts last night and became one of the many Gryffindors - Helen Schon.

"Good morning!" Helen waved to them happily.

Compared to yesterday's restraint, she seemed to be a little more cheerful and lively today. Perhaps it was because of a night of dormitory life that Hermione and the others clearly felt the difference.

The sense of distance between Helen and them is being eliminated little by little as the smiles increase.

"Ah - good morning, Helen." Hermione said with a smile, "Just call us by our names!"

"Oh! That's great -" Helen nodded repeatedly, "Hermione, Harry, and Ronald!"

"'Ron' -" Hermione pointed at Ron and said with a smile, "Just call him 'Ron', we all call him that! If we call him by his real name, he won't get used to it!"

"No, no," Ron hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I think I will get used to it... rather, if you are willing, please be sure to call me 'Ronald'!"

"Do you think you can really afford this name?" Hermione said with unceremonious contempt, "Just call him 'Ron', otherwise he will definitely get carried away!"

"Um..." Helen looked at Ron with some confusion, "Is it really okay?"

"Okay, okay... just call me 'Ron'!" Ron seemed to have given up and muttered dejectedly, "Am I really not like a 'ruler' at all... As long as I have that

Just a little bit is good!”

"Before thinking about 'ruler', make 'strong' and 'competent' your goals in life!" Hermione said angrily, "Mr. Weasley must have been thinking the same thing when he gave you this name!

"

Harry reached out and patted Ron on the back, suppressing a smile and encouraging him: "Work hard, I believe you will be worthy of this name sooner or later - Mr. 'Strong and Capable Ruler'!"

"Even you laugh at me! Are we still good buddies?" Ron grabbed Harry's neck and said angrily, "Hermione, what does Harry's name mean?"

"Hmm..." Hermione suppressed a smile and said, "I remember it seemed like - 'bumpkin who steals bird eggs'?"

Seeing these three people starting to play tricks again, Helen on the side couldn't help but giggle. It seemed that as long as you were around these three little lions, there would never be a lack of joy in life.

"Hey! Let's go have breakfast quickly! Breakfast time will be over in a while..."

Under Harry's dark-faced urging, the four little wizards played together and walked to the side corridor leading to the auditorium.

But at this moment, a slightly thin figure walked out of the doorway where Helen came from, watching them disappear at the corner of the side corridor from a distance.

"Sokas? What are you doing standing here?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind him. He almost subconsciously stretched his hands to his waist, but then naturally lifted them up, put them on his shoulders and rubbed them.

"Oh, Mr. Malfoy?" He turned around and chuckled, "I may have had a stiff neck last night... The bed at Hogwarts is much softer than what I used to sleep on..."

Yes, this figure is the Minos student with a very convoluted name. According to what Helen said, he seemed to be the student president of Minos before, but now he is a sixth-year Slytherin student.

.

That day when he was in the atrium foyer of the Ministry of Magic, he was the one who took the initiative to come out and talk to Maka.

"You'll get used to it soon, Socas," Malfoy smoothed his short blond hair with his hand and said with an elegant smile, "The living facilities in Hogwarts are very good.

Our family has donated a lot of money to the school.”

"Really?" Sokas smiled and nodded, "The conditions here are indeed very good... Oh, by the way! I've heard of Mr. Potter, is his... okay?"

As he asked, he pointed at his forehead and gestured to Malfoy.

"Hahaha, our Potter boy does have a problem with his head," Malfoy said happily, "I didn't expect you to understand this truth not long after you arrived - just like me, you recognized him early on.

A pure-blooded traitor'."

"Oh?" Sokas said with interest, "'Pure-blooded betrayer'...how do you say this?"

"As a pure-blood wizard, that guy always hangs out with half-bloods and even mudbloods - what do you think?" Malfoy curled his lips and said disdainfully, "His behavior itself is...

You are tarnishing our sacred and noble pure-blood wizard family!"

"Well..." Sokas said thoughtfully, "That's really too bad..."

"But... although I have always wanted to teach that pure-blood scum a lesson, you must remember," Malfoy suddenly approached Socas and whispered, "Don't leave that Harry Potter too much."

The same goes for his dirty little friends - the backers behind them are not easy to mess with!"

"Backer?" Sokas seemed to be thinking about something, and said slightly absentmindedly, "Who is it?"

"...Maka McLean," when mentioning this name, Malfoy looked around habitually, and then continued, "is the current professor of Ancient Runes - listen, don't mess with me.

That guy, the best way is to avoid him forever!"

"Forever? Isn't this a bit too much?" Sokas smiled, "He must be very powerful to be a professor at Hogwarts at such a young age... But no matter what, he won't

Have you done anything to harm students?"

"Hmph! I've never seen anyone worry about anything!" Malfoy snorted angrily, "Anyway, you're right to believe me! My father also told me this - if I didn't like you, I wouldn't

I would be so kind to tell you!”

"Of course, thank you for your care," Sokas nodded slightly towards Malfoy and said, "I will have the interesting necklace I mentioned last night sent to my family as soon as possible."

"Haha - I told you, you don't need to be so polite," Malfoy said happily, "Unlike that Potter boy, you are an excellent pure-blood wizard - I believe that in the following days,

, there will definitely be a wonderful spark of friendship between us!"

"Aren't we already friends?" Sokas spread his hands and said with a smile.

…

On the other side, as soon as Hermione and Helen entered the auditorium, they found that there was a special sense of tension here. Most of the students in the auditorium were gathered in a group of three or five, chattering about something, and the scene seemed chaotic and unusual.

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They had just found a space to sit down at the long Gryffindor table when Fred, George, Neville and Ginny rushed over together.

"Did you all see it?" Fred asked hurriedly.

"She really already knows, right?" George added tacitly as usual.

"So... what should we do?" Neville still looked a little timid, and he also whispered.

Everyone looked at Harry and Hermione with some urgency, and Fred glanced around warily, as if to make sure there were no professors nearby.

Hermione looked at them, but her eyes subconsciously glanced at Helen aside, wondering whether she should avoid this cheerful and cute little girl.

"Of course we will continue," Harry didn't pay attention to Helen. He just walked close to Fred and others and whispered, "This must not be able to stop us, right?"

"We knew you would definitely say that." George said cheerfully, and stretched out his finger to poke Harry's ribs hard.

"Where are the two prefects? You have to continue-" Fred looked at Hermione and Ron, but when he noticed Helen with a curious look on his face, he couldn't help but stop talking.

"What are you talking about?" Helen looked this way and then that, wondering, "What do you want to 'continue'?"

"Uh..." Hermione hesitated, "Well, actually..."

"Oh - no, no need," Helen seemed to see Hermione's hesitation, and quickly waved her hands to stop her, "If it's an important secret, it's okay if you don't tell me... We just met, yes.

I'm too familiar with it."

"No, that..."

Seeing that Helen knew how to measure things, Hermione felt as if she had done something wrong.

But even so, we really need to be more cautious about this matter now. Especially since Umbridge obviously already knows about it, there is really no chance of any accidents happening.

"...Well, I'm sorry..." Hermione said guiltily, "Wait...when the situation settles down, I will definitely invite Helen to join us! I promise!"

"It's okay!" Helen said with a sweet smile, "Well, you guys talk first...I'll go over there and have a look, maybe I can make a few more friends!"

After saying that, she immediately took two steps back, then turned around lightly and walked towards the other side.

"Oh -" Hermione said apologetically, "This is such a good girl!"

"Yeah... Oh, Ernie and Hannah are coming this way too," Ron turned around and happened to see a few figures on the other side, "Well... there are also Ravenclaws... Oh!

Zachary Smith!”

When he saw the person he least wanted to see, Ron couldn't help but look at Hermione.

"You didn't say anything just now! What will happen to the informer?"

However, Hermione's eyes were full of panic.

"Two runes will appear on the cheeks, it itches and hurts... Now is not the time to talk about this! Those fools, you can't come over now, this is too suspicious - go back!" She said to Ernie and Hannah

Ke Jin was gesturing and mouthing to try to make them understand, "Wait - go back - talk later - let's talk!"