Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

"Mud?"

Draco was stunned for a moment, then quickly focused his eyes on the shoes under Quirrell's feet.

Sure enough, just as Ron said, when he lifted his foot and stepped forward, although it was not obvious, you could still see the soles of his shoes, and traces of brown-red soil were stained on them at the moment...

"Yes, it is indeed mud!"

Light quickly flashed from Draco's eyes, and he nodded, as if he had discovered something extraordinary. His whole person instantly became more energetic, and then he said this.

Quirrell walked towards the distance and gradually disappeared from the eyes of the four people. When Hermione and Harry heard Ron's voice, they also cast their gazes in unison.

"What's wrong?"

Hermione frowned slightly, closed the book in her hand again, and held it in her arms. She tilted her head to the side and couldn't help but ask doubtfully.

"Didn't it just rain the day before yesterday? It's normal to have some mud on your shoes. Maybe it's from somewhere..."

"No!"

However, before she could finish her words, Draco turned around and interrupted Hermione's speech bluntly.

"The floors in the school are all flat tiles or marble... there is no such mud at all."

Hearing this, Hermione suddenly reacted, and her frown relaxed a bit, but soon, she realized something again and couldn't help but exclaimed

"He's out!?"

"Forbidden Forest!"

Suddenly, Harry, who was standing aside suddenly, thought of something and quickly spoke. Seeing the eyes of the three people gathered together, Harry continued to add:

"I remember, when Hagrid came last time, I saw it, and he also had this kind of mud on his feet... And as for Hagrid, besides Principal Dumbledore's office, Hagrid's usual places are

There is only the Forbidden Forest!”

“Great!”

Hearing this, Draco finally couldn't restrain the joy in his heart, his smile spread out, and he couldn't help but clapped his hands to express his excitement.

"After so many days, we finally found this guy's tail!"

Ron was also excited. As he spoke, he waved his fists excitedly, as if in the next second, they could rush directly into the principal's office and bring Quirrell to justice...

Unfortunately, this is impossible. The mud on his feet can only mean that Quirrell sneaked out. Even for a Hogwarts professor, this should not be considered stealing, even if he walked out openly.

, and no one would say anything more.

Now, Draco and his team just accidentally discovered something suspicious about Quirrell. Everything still needs further investigation to a deeper level. Only in this way can they truly know what this guy wants to do.

What kind of evil purpose does he have in coming to Hogwarts...

However, even so, it still inevitably makes a few people feel happy. After all, this is the first time they have gained something after working hard to investigate Quirrell for a long time! Although it is not big, it can still make the four little wizards feel happy.

I cheered up and regained my spirits.

"What do we do next?"

Harry asked, and then all three of them looked at Draco in unison, seemingly acquiescing to leave it to him to make the decision on such a big matter.

"Go find Hagrid."

After thinking for a moment, Draco spoke.

"After all, he should be the person most familiar with the Forbidden Forest in the entire school... No matter why Quirrell went to the Forbidden Forest, we need to learn the basic information about it from Hagrid."

"Then when is the right time for us to go find Hagrid?"

Hermione's eyes turned to the window on the side of the corridor, and she couldn't help but look out.

The sky was slightly heavy, and the thick clouds spread out like water ripples, covering up the sun. Only a little sunlight could shine in through the gaps, barely bringing a few rays of light.

"How was your evening?"

Draco looked around at his friends and asked casually without thinking too much.

Harry, Ron and Hermione nodded in unison, their expressions were as usual, and they did not raise any objections.

After all, night walks in Hogwarts have almost become their tradition... They have only been at school for a few months. A rough calculation shows that they have spent at least more than a month in the deep and lonely corridors.

In the middle of the night.

When the clock struck twelve, they returned to the Slytherin and Gryffindor lounges respectively, and slept until dawn as if nothing had happened.

However, what is surprising is that even if they go out at night so frequently, they have never been caught by Filch and his Mrs. Norris... If a few people reveal this news and tell those who know more,

The older young wizards will probably be regarded as some kind of legendary experience worthy of admiration in the exclamation, and then spread among the students in the future.

"Then what if Hagrid doesn't want to tell us..."

Suddenly, just when everything was about to be agreed upon, Ron thought of something again and asked.

He looked around, then rubbed his somewhat red nose with his fingers, and explained in a low voice

"After all, you know, no matter how good our relationship is, Hagrid is essentially a staff member of Hogwarts... We violated the school rules and regulations by going around and talking to him about Quirrell's issues... right?

It’s not very good.”

Caught off guard, everyone was really stunned by this question. They were all dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Fortunately, in the end, Harry, who had the best relationship with Hagrid, gave his thoughts.

"Hagrid likes violet candies very much. Maybe we can take some more and give them to Hagrid... What do you think?"

After Harry finished speaking, he looked around at everyone to see the reactions of his other partners.

"I...there are two more packages here."

Draco sighed, and without hesitation, he took the lead in setting an example. Then Harry quickly followed and said

"I also have two bags here."

A look of hesitation appeared on Hermione's face. After she lowered her head and struggled for a moment, she finally chose to speak frankly.

"I have seven bags..."

After saying that, she hurriedly raised her head and looked at the surprised eyes of the others. Her face could not help but turn red. She could only adopt a tough attitude and said in anger.

"What's wrong! I still don't like to eat sweets, but the wind-sniffing violet candies are really helpful for me to prepare for my homework, so I just stocked up a little more..."

When Hermione finished speaking, everyone turned their heads in unison and looked at Ron expectantly.

Ron's scalp was numb at the sight of them, and he subconsciously took two steps back. He quickly took out two and a half packs of candies from his pocket and showed them to his friends...

"That's all I have! There should be four or five more pills in the opened bag, so hand them all in."

Hermione couldn't help but narrow her eyes after hearing this. After looking him up and down, she asked suspiciously

"Only two packs? I remember you were eating it every day some time ago, how could you only have this little... Tell me honestly, did you hide it secretly in the dormitory?"

"It's just because I keep eating..."

Ron had a helpless expression on his face, and while scratching his head, he defended himself in a low voice.

"Originally, Fred and George gave me a dozen packs of violet candies and other things... but I didn't know I would use them at this time... so I just kept eating, and kept eating, until there was nothing left.

Got two packs.”

After listening to Ron's words, regardless of others, Draco already believed it in his heart... After all, this was indeed something he could do.

He pinched his eyebrows, closed his eyes, and after thinking for a long time, he slowly said

"In this case, you and Hermione will go back to Gryffindor to find Fred and George and get some more violet candies."

As he spoke, Draco paused for a moment, then pointed at Harry beside him and continued.

"Harry and I are going to prepare and see how to sneak out of Hogwarts Castle tonight. We will meet in the cafeteria during dinner tonight!"

After saying that, the four of them looked at each other and nodded in unison. Without writing anything else, they divided their troops into two groups and went straight to complete the preparations they were responsible for...

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"Qiluo, I have to say that you did a good job in this matter..."

A sudden voice, with a sense of great joy, sounded in Quirrell's mind.

Quirrell held the book under his arm, as if he hadn't heard anything. He lowered his head and walked slowly in the corridor. From time to time, there would be a few chatting and laughing little wizards passing by.

However, no one noticed Quirrell, just as if he was just air, they ignored him without any feeling.

Quirrell just continued walking leisurely, walked down the stairs, and returned to his room following a familiar route.

It wasn't until the wooden door of the room closed tightly with a "bang" that Quirrell's vision finally became clear.

"It is my greatest honor as a slave to be recognized by you!"

He hurriedly took off his turban, and then flattered him in a respectful and flattering tone.

On the back of his head, the terrifying human face seemed to be much more obvious than before, and the eye sockets that were originally just sunken and hole-like also faintly glowed.

The light passed through Quirrell's thin scalp, reflecting a bit of purple energy, which looked extremely cold. Basically, it was the kind of point where even just looking at it would make you have nightmares at night...

Ignoring Quirrell's flattery, perhaps because he was too happy, Voldemort asked eagerly as his skin continued to rise and fall.

"So, when are you going to help me kill a unicorn?"

"Don't worry, my great master... through these few days of preparation, I have completely mastered the hunting time of the gamekeeper."

Quirrell leaned down, with a confident smile on his face, and answered Voldemort's question conclusively.

"Tonight! My master, I promise, I will bring you everything you want tonight!"

Obviously, Voldemort was extremely satisfied with Quirrell's attitude, and even his voice contained unprecedented joy.

"Hahaha……"

Heartfelt laughter burst out from his hoarse throat, as if he had been looking forward to this day for so long that he temporarily forgot about the pain and nothingness of his body disappearing, and even had time to draw a picture of Quirrell's future.

.

"Very good, great... Quirrell, you are very loyal, even if you are more loyal than my most trusted Death Eater! When I can come back and conquer the entire British wizarding world - you! That's me

The appointed head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement!"

As soon as these words came out, Quirrell was so excited that his eyes gleamed and his legs trembled. He simply knelt down and began to desperately show his loyalty to Voldemort.

You know... what exactly was he doing for Voldemort for so long? Isn't this the promise he personally admitted!?

Now when it really came true and entered his ears, Quirrell only felt an invisible force filling his body!

He couldn't help but start to fantasize about how glorious he would be when that day really comes! You know, that would be one person below ten thousand people. By then, what Severus Snape, what...

Charlie Black...will crawl at his feet!

The bright future unfolded in front of him on a ladder to the sky! And the first step on this ladder was just to hunt down a unicorn... It was a piece of cake!

Quirrell couldn't help but clench his hands, and at the same time, he began to look forward to the arrival of the night more and more...

At this moment, he never imagined that at the same time, he was not the only one looking forward to this...

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In the deep and lonely Forbidden Forest, there are towering trees. Under the canopy of trees, only a few rays of sunlight can barely pass through and shine on the ground... Therefore, even in the daytime, when you are here, it still looks...

Dark and lonely.

Charlie was wearing the black windbreaker, sitting on a huge branch high up, closing his eyes, enjoying the unusual silence at the moment...

Beside him, Vivien stood steadily, closed her eyes, and curled up into a ball.

And directly below them, unicorns with beautiful bodies and white hair were gathered together leisurely, resting and playing.

Just as Hagrid once lamented to him...these magical creatures are naturally the darlings of nature.

The invisible protection they receive allows them to avoid all kinds of disasters. And their powerful magic and vitality allow them to resist the infringement of most people with ulterior motives.

At least in this forbidden forest, they have no enemies... Even the stupidest trolls will retreat when they encounter them.

For humans, the extremely dangerous Forbidden Forest is, in their eyes, an extremely comfortable paradise...

Charlie changed into a comfortable position, moved his buttocks, and squeezed Vivien beside him outwards, then looked up at the dense tree canopy and sighed.

"Come on, Tom..."