"Strange?"

Deveraud raised his eyebrows, took the parchment, and looked down.

His eyes quickly changed from indifference to surprise.

This paper has a rigorous structure, clear logic, detailed arguments, and even cites several magic books that he has not read much. The writing is fluent, the wording is precise, and the development and ending of each paragraph are textbook-level.

He raised his head, with a hint of disbelief in his tone.

"Is this... written by Harry?"

Hermione nodded, her fingers twisting the tablecloth unconsciously, and she was obviously confused about this matter.

"Yes, that's the problem. You know, Harry is not particularly good at this kind of paper that requires in-depth research... but this one is so well written."

You know, whether in the description of the original work or in Deveraud's experience with Harry in reality, Harry has never been the kind of person who can complete high-quality papers independently.

Most of his homework requires reference to Hermione's results, and sometimes he even directly plagiarizes part of it.

Of course, Harry had his reasons, such as Quidditch training took up a lot of time, but even so, his academic ability has never been outstanding.

But this paper in front of him completely broke through Deveraux's cognition.

It felt like a student who always failed in exams suddenly scored higher than the top students in the class in a test.

This abnormality is definitely worth noting.

Deveraux frowned and continued to read the paper while thinking about possible explanations.

After reading the last paragraph, he slowly put down the parchment and looked up at Hermione, with a bit of inquiry in his tone.

"Hermione, do you think there is anything unusual about Harry recently?"

Hermione was a little surprised by this question, and she was stunned for a while before speaking.

"Ah? Not normal? There is nothing particularly strange. It's just that the old problem is still there-sometimes he will suddenly stand in a daze, not saying a word, as if he is wandering. Other words..."

She paused, as if she was thinking seriously.

"Oh, by the way, his academic performance seems to have improved a lot recently. Another thing, well, he has become more talkative than before, and he interacts more with everyone."

Deveraux listened, nodded slightly, and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Dazing, academic progress, more talkative..."

He repeated in a low voice, as if he was sorting out clues.

"Do you know where he is now?"

Deveraux asked, his tone becoming more cautious.

Hermione thought for a moment and answered.

"Just now he and Ron said they were going to explore the Black Lake, and they brought their invisibility cloak. Oh, by the way, Ron said Harry had finished his homework, and he wanted to take the opportunity to copy it."

Hermione pointed to the parchment at hand.

"But I'm a little curious about Harry's paper, and there were some strange noises coming from the direction of the Black Lake before, so I didn't go with them."

After hearing this, Deveraux already had a rough action plan in his mind.

He nodded, didn't say much, and started to eat his meal voraciously.

However, perhaps because he ate too fast, he suddenly choked, his face flushed, and his cough attracted the attention of the surrounding students.

Hermione couldn't help laughing, and quickly reached out and patted his back gently to help him relieve it.

"Eat slowly, no one is competing with you!"

Deveraux coughed and waved his hands, wanting to say something, but he couldn't make a sound, so he could only drink a few sips of milk in Hermione's kind laughter.

This scene made the atmosphere a little more relaxed and diluted the tension just now.

——

As night fell, the breeze by the Black Lake brought a hint of coolness.

Deveraux looked up at the sky, and the night had completely enveloped Hogwarts.

He whispered to himself.

"Well, according to the time, Harry and the others should be back soon, right?"

He set out from Hogsmeade after dinner and walked along the familiar path towards the Black Lake, thinking that if Harry and Ron were really exploring there, they should be ready to return now.

He could just meet them on the way and chat about the thesis.

However, as he walked, Deveraux's brows gradually frowned.

He walked all the way to the Black Lake, but he didn't even see the shadows of Harry and Ron.

What was even more strange was that he turned on his perception and covered the surrounding area, but still couldn't find any traces.

"Invisibility cloak?"

He muttered in a low voice, but soon shook his head.

"Impossible, perception can detect the breath of life, even if they are wearing an invisibility cloak, they can't hide."

He stood on a tall oak tree by the lake, his eyes swept across the lake and the path in the distance.

The lake was shimmering in the moonlight, and occasionally a few nocturnal birds flew over the water, stirring up circles of ripples, but Harry and Ron were never seen.

"It's really strange,"

Deveraux muttered softly.

"Isn't this the only way back to Hogsmeade? Could it be that Fred and George dug a new secret passage?"

Although he guessed so in his heart, he felt it was unlikely.

After all, the secret passages in Hogwarts had been thoroughly investigated, and even the mischievous twins were unlikely to open up new paths at this time.

Deveraux pondered for a moment, then floated down from the tree, his feet lightly stepping on the grass.

He looked around, confirmed that there was nothing unusual, and sighed softly.

"Forget it, let's go around and take a look. If we still can't find them, we will definitely see them when we go back to the dormitory at night."

After that, he slowly walked further along the path by the lake.

He walked slowly along the lakeside path, but his heart couldn't completely calm down.

"The annoying noise has finally disappeared. It seems that Professor McGonagall has contacted Dumbledore."

He murmured quietly, his eyes falling on the calm lake.

"I hope Norbert won't be discovered..."

Thinking of this, Devereaux couldn't help but sigh, and his pace quickened slightly.

However, his thoughts were quickly interrupted by a sudden voice.

There was a strange movement from behind the boulder ahead, like someone gasping for breath, mixed with the sound of sand and gravel rubbing against the ground.

Devereaux was instantly alert, frowned, and walked quickly in the direction of the sound.

He walked around the boulder and stopped suddenly when his eyes fell on the scene in front of him.

The scene left him speechless for a moment.

I saw a boy riding on another boy, his posture was indescribably weird.

Devereux subconsciously felt that he had encountered something he shouldn't have seen, but the next second, he recognized these two people.

"Harry? Ron?!"

Ron was lying on the ground at this time, his face was blue and purple, he was almost completely unconscious, and his legs occasionally twitched weakly.

And Harry - with a ferocious look on his face, strangling Ron's neck with both hands, his eyes showed no trace of the usual gentleness and confusion, instead there was a frightening ferocity.

Devereux stretched out his hand almost instinctively to stop him, but the moment he got closer, a transparent virtual panel popped up in his mind.

Devereaux couldn't tell whether he was shocked by such a scene, or whether he was more shocked by the scene with Harry that popped up the next second.

...

[Name: Harry Potter]

[Age: 11 years old]

[Spell library: Love (ancient magic/effective before the age of 17, currently in effect)]

[Entry: Dark Lord (Red), Blessing of Love (Gold), Flying Genius (Purple), Magical Talent (Purple)]

.....

[Dark Lord (Red): You will eventually become the devil that makes the world tremble. You are extremely charming and have unparalleled talents in black magic. You will definitely have countless fans! ! 】

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Depend on? !

What happened? ! ? ! !

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