Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

Perhaps it was learned that Justin was not dead, or perhaps the students in the castle had enough trust in Dumbledore.

On the second day of Halloween, except for everyone exuding all kinds of brain holes during the meal, guessing who the murderer was behind the scenes, there was not much trouble for the time being.

But rumors of the Chamber of Secrets began to circulate at Hogwarts after some students began to explore the writings on the castle walls, now wiped clean by Filch.

Even in Sherlock's class, students asked him about the legend of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets.

"This should not be asked in our classroom. If you are really interested in the secret room, you can ask Professor Binns of the history of magic. He has been teaching here for hundreds of years, and he must know more than I have more."

Sherlock tapped on the blackboard and shifted the conversation back to the class.

"Okay, if you are interested in the secret room, you can learn about it in private, but now in class, we have to continue to study how to get a high score on this year's O.W.L.s exam."

"The three dangerous elements of werewolves must be memorized. At the same time, in the past two years, the question maker has always been accustomed to using which spell to get rid of the werewolf's pursuit as quickly as possible..."

The attack on the students and the opening of the secret room did not change Sherlock's life at Hogwarts much, but the time spent in the library was longer.

He knew that the plot had deviated from its original trajectory, but he had no way to correct it.

Therefore, all he can do now is to improve his magic level as soon as possible, at least before the end of this semester, to reach the strength of the previous owner.

And at the same time Sherlock was giving the fifth grade students a class on Defense Against the Dark Arts.

In the second-year history of magic class, Hermione also publicly asked about the specific rumors of the secret room from Professor Binns' mouth through class questions.

But the stubborn Professor Binns simply doesn't believe the Chamber of Secrets legend is real.

He just told this to the students as a story, but the students didn't think so.

Because Justin had been attacked yesterday, and his attackers publicly announced on the wall that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened.

Justin is only the first step in cleaning up the castle for those students who are not qualified to study magic.

After class, Harry and the three got together.

"The descendant of Slytherin must come from Slytherin Academy, who do you think it will be?"

Ron asked a question, and then answered confidently.

"It must be Malfoy! He looks happy after seeing Justin being attacked, and his family has always believed in the pure-blood theory. It is very likely that he is a descendant of Slytherin."

Hermione was also thinking about this possibility.

To be honest, what Ron said was well-founded. Judging from the current few clues and the psychological bias of the three, Malfoy was indeed the biggest suspect.

But Harry didn't listen to Ron's guess at this time.

His eyes were lost, and all he could think about was the image of Justin talking to Professor Forrest right in front of him when he went to make up his homework after the last Defence Against the Dark Arts class before Halloween.

Ron and Hermione looked at each other, and they both noticed something was wrong with Harry.

"What are you thinking about Harry?" Hermione asked suspiciously. "Do you have any other clues that we don't?"

Harry opened his mouth, hesitating to say what he was thinking.

But he was afraid that this would damage Sherlock's reputation, and he didn't think that the beloved Professor Forrest would be the legendary descendant of Slytherin.

Just thinking of my previous experience, I thought it was a bit too coincidental that he wished Jasyan a happy Halloween at that time, and it happened the next day.

Ron saw Harry's hesitation and said unhappily.

"What do you have to hide from us, but we also hid it for you, the strange sound you heard."

Harry knew that he shouldn't hide from Ron, Hermione and the others, so he said what he was thinking.

After listening, Ron's eyes widened.

"What is this? Are you suspecting that Professor Forrest is the real murderer? You're crazy!"

Hermione also looked at Harry strangely.

"It's just a coincidence Harry, why do you think there's a connection? Professor Forrest just blessed Justin in the usual way you see it, maybe there are other professors in other classes as well. Bless him. We can't take this as evidence, and we can't doubt the professor because of it."

Ron continued: "What's more, Professor Forrest is still a half-blood."

Harry and Hermione's eyes turned to him, and even if they didn't need to speak, they could see that they were asking questions with their eyes, how Ron knew.

"I heard from George and the others," Ron explained.

"Not long after school started, George and Fred seemed to have been taken away by Professor Forrest, so they wrote to Charlie to ask about Professor Forrest's previous time at Hogwarts, and wanted to know more about him. Is he a trustworthy person?"

"Although Charlie and the professor are not in the same class or the same academy, after all, the professor had a very good reputation in the school. It is said that the love letters he receives every year can fill the whole crucible!"

When he said this, Ron looked envious, Hermione urged impatiently.

"We don't want to hear how many love letters Professor Forrest will receive, even though he's still very popular among girls today."

"Charlie said that Professor Forrest was half blood, and that's something almost everyone knew. His wizard mother seemed to have died when he was very young, and his father was the Duke of the Muggle side."

Hermione and Harry looked at each other. They had both lived in Muggle society for a long time, so they naturally knew what a dukeship in England represented.

"Professor Forrest is actually the son of the Duke!"

"However, it seems that none of the dukes who are still inheriting the title have the surname Forrest?"

They didn't struggle with this question for a long time, after all, no matter how powerful a Muggle Duke was, he wouldn't have anything to do with wizards.

But the information that Professor Forrest is a mixed race basically ruled out the possibility that he was the murderer.

Harry scratched his head and said.

"I didn't doubt Professor Forrest at all, I just thought it was a bit too coincidental."

Ron and Hermione didn't think it was a coincidence. Compared with Professor Forrest, Malfoy was more suspicious.

They continued to discuss how to confirm their guesses and test whether Malfoy was the descendant of the secret room.

Until Hermione figured out a way that wasn't the way to go.