Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 2848 "Wooden Man" (8)

  Although Bill is already in the fifth grade and has excellent grades, according to the school's requirements, students are not allowed to go to the restricted area without a note signed by the professor.

   There was no such regulation before. This was mainly because the mysterious person had been to the restricted area after he came to the school, and he had also found some information there, so he had doubts and asked Slughorn some questions.

  But as Fei Liwei's proud disciple, Bill can still easily get a note signed by Fei Liwei, and he can freely shuttle in the restricted area like a professor.

  One day he met Carter in the restricted area, which was not a strange thing, and there is no rule that a professor who is good at Quidditch cannot read.

  But Bill still followed, and found that Carter did not give the book to Mrs. Pince, but found a place where no one was there to copy it, took the copy away, and kept the original in the library.

  Of course, because he had a falling out with Mrs. Pince over some issue.

   After Carter left, Bill picked up the book that Carter borrowed and read it.

  In addition to goblin magic iron and magic silver, there is also a gold-like substance, even among goblins it is just a legend.

  Its status is similar to the Philosopher's Stone, except that the Philosopher's Stone turns base metals into gold, and this gold cannot be created with the Philosopher's Stone.

   "So once it's found, Carter won't have to give the sword of Gryffindor to the goblin?" asked Pomona.

   "Who told you he was going to give the sword of Gryffindor to the goblin?" Severus asked back.

  Pomona was at a loss for words.

   "He believes it's at Hogwarts, and that Barnaby knows where it is," he went on.

   "How did Barnaby know this?" asked Pomona.

   "Because of Paul." Severus pursed his lips together. "Have you ever wondered what he is?"

  Pomona felt that "scary doll" was not enough to describe Paul.

   "His eyes are red, like the Dark Lord." Severus said. "Could it be a Horcrux?"

   "Oh, that's why you guys want him in school?" Pomona yelled.

   "Like you, I encountered this kind of thing for the first time."

  She felt dizzy and a little confused.

   "He probably thought there was that kind of gold hidden in that cave," Severus said. "Don't dawdle anyway."

   Then he cast the Disillusionment Charm on himself, Pomona also took out the invisibility cloak, and came to the place marked on the map of Leeds.

  In front of the cave, they saw Barnaby and Ben, as well as a distraught Carter. With both Barnaby and Ben's hands bound behind their backs, Carter lit a torch and placed it in the hole.

  It was a very small cave, almost only for people to stand in it to hide from the rain, and the cave was full of stalactites.

   "What the hell," Pomona whispered.

   "What the hell?" Severus asked.

   "Where have you seen stalactites in Scotland?" Pomona asked. "This hole is not a natural formation."

   "Tell me how to get in!" Carter asked forcefully.

   "I don't know," Barnaby yelled.

   "You must know!" Carter yelled "Don't pretend!"

   "Can you tell us how you're sure we know?" Ben said.

  Carter was less polite to Ben, and a red light flashed from his wand.

   "The door didn't open." Carter said, "Didn't you say that you can open it with the Unforgivable Curse?"

   "What did you use on Ben?" Barnaby yelled.

   "Obviously not' fainting'." Carter was a little smug.

  Ben falls to the ground, looking as if in excruciating pain.

   "He cast the Unforgivable Curse on the students," Pomona said. "The evidence is overwhelming. What are we waiting for?"

   "Still waiting." Severus held Pomona back.

   "Then what are we doing here so early? An outing?" Pomona asked.

  The strong Barnaby stood up, and he seemed to be planning to hit Carter with his physical advantage.

   But Carter dodged swiftly, his red cape looking like a matador's cape.

   "Don't be complacent, you won't get away with it," said Barnaby viciously.

   "As long as I carry the treasure, what am I afraid of?" Carter laughed. "The world is so big, I can go anywhere."

   "I won't let you," said Barnaby.

   "So you know? Right!" Carter asked eagerly, as if he had caught Barnaby's handle.

   "He doesn't know anything!" Ben yells "I know better!"

   Carter came to Ben's side again, pointing his wand at him.

   "Say, what's going on?"

  Ben sat up slowly.

   "Paul is the guardian of the treasure. He died because he absorbed too much energy."

   "What?" Carter asked confused.

   "Those energies, dark forces gave him great strength, and at the same time made his body unable to bear it, so he died." Ben said, "Before he died, he made a 'container' for himself."

   "What container?" Carter asked.

"This is it."

   Following a faint sound, Pomona saw a puppet appear behind Ben.

  Carter looked at it and laughed loudly, "Can you be a guard just by this?"

   However, the laughter didn't last long, when Carter heard heavy footsteps, and then saw 2 heavily armed trolls standing not far away.

   "Tsk tsk tsk." Paul said regretfully, "It's really powerful and lacks patience."

  Two trolls attacked Carter, and Carter dodged nimbly, but Ben and Barnaby were about to be hit by the troll's mace.

  The troll actually stopped, and the mace almost hit Barnaby and Ben.

   “They keep throwing crazy people in tights on me,” Paul said sadly. “Is that the only thing I deserve to be with?”

   "Of course," Severus said.

   "Ouch, I just want to find someone who can match the playground I created with surprise, our game will continue, I will not let you die so easily."

   Then I saw the little puppet raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist, and the troll began to attack Carter.

   "Are we going to let them go?" Pomona asked.

  Although Carter hasn't fought for a long time, he ran abroad during the Wizarding Wars, but he is agile, and he seems to be leading the trolls to attack the walls of the cave.

   "Wait." Severus said coldly.

  Because there was too much noise here, other people in the Forbidden Forest were soon attracted, including the centaur, Hagrid, and Priya Moore.

   "Stop!" Puglia shouted, "In the name of the Ministry of Magic, stop your actions immediately!"

  Carter ignored her, and Paul let out a sharp laugh.

   If you don't know the inside story, just looking at this scene, it looks like a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor protecting two students from a dark wizard who manipulates trolls.

  Even with the testimony of Bill, Ben and Barnaby, who would believe what the little wizards say?

  At this time, the forest was filled with mist. In this abnormal fog, a group of hanged ghosts suddenly appeared, which shocked everyone at first.

   When they saw it clearly, they realized that the hanged ghosts were just puppets. They were like inchworms, hanging from the branches by a thread.

   "Relax, just kidding." Paul said with a smile.

   "I think Paul might be a boisterous ghost like Peeves, not a Horcrux." Pomona said that she was worried about Paul's "playground", which was scary enough.

  Finally, the adults decided to deal with the giant monster together, and Carter took advantage of this time to slip away.

   "He's gone!" Ben and Barnaby shouted, but no one listened.

   "Should we go get him?" Pomona asked.

   "Catching prisoners is what Aurors do." Severus said dryly, "Let's go."

   "That's it?" Pomona asked.

   But Severus ignored her, so she had to follow along.

  (end of this chapter)